Before going into the software itself, I will briefly describe what it means to defrag. When defragging a hard drive, you are “organizing” it. Over time, it is very common to build up clusters of information throughout the hard drive just by creating, saving, moving, and deleting information on …

While millions of people us google search I am one who does not. The google toolbar when downloaded a million other things are downloaded with it or you can simply check off the ones you dont want. But the toolbar is placed on your home page, …

As of December 2009, Windows 7 is Microsoft’s most recently-released operating system. It was released a few months ago as an upgrade to Windows Vista and has seen success in its sales, both in updates and on new computers.
I have enjoyed using Windows 7 very much so far. It …

I’ve had a lot of problems with several antivirus softwares before. Mostly due to their inefficacy in the process of eliminating the viruses in my computer, but with AVG free antivirus I can surf the net being sure that I’m protected by a software that will not only protect …

I use the computer at home frequently, I use it every day until a few hours to support my work. During the activity, of course there are some files and programs that I install or uninstall. As usual, I uninstall all unnecessary programs through “Add/remove programs” from the control …

I am currently using the AT&T Navigator application for the iPhone, developed by Telenav. I am satisfied with this application, as it provides clear turn-by-turn directions, and a host of great features, such as re-routing, option to select route by street or highway only, view the estimated time …

I was looking for something different as a gift idea for this Valentine Day. Sifting through lots of innovative and unique options, I stumbled upon Touchnote Postcards Android Application. This application is not a free one and hence I was in a dilemma to pay for it. However, after …

After I purchased a new computer, I automatically assumed it was protected by all those little cookies and trojans and whatnot. Wrong. The protection my computer came with didn’t do anything on prevention, it only found and deleted problems once they already worked their way into my system. After …

Right after I started Graduate school I found an amazing software program dedicated to streamlining psychological report writing. The Clinician’s Electronic Thesaurus, for Windows available through Guildford Press, is less a piece of student software as it is and indispensible electronic tool for psychology students and …

Coffee Cup HTML Editor is a website-building software which works like Dreamweaver and HTML Kit. I used this program because of the rave reviews I got from it. I found this program satisfactory because of the features offered by this program and because of how much it helped me …

I used to use Jeskola Buzz all the time. I wasn’t particularly good, but this software allows you great control in making all kinds of music. A talented person can do quite a lot with this software. I mostly just fooled around with it. Then …

IrfanView - created by Irfan Skiljan, a bosnian programmer with a big heart, is known as a compact and easy to use image viewer. But it goes more than being an image viewer. You can also edit images using its effects library. Speaking of tools, this one makes real …

Dreamweaver MX comes with a more simplified functionality in creating websites. The website tool is heavily loaded with several plug-ins ranging from servlets and other mini-scripts to database and publication and set-up over the internet.
In making a basic page, you can find the 1-Library item 2-Actionscript 2-css 3-javascript 4-xml. …

What is it?
Google acquired a company called Keyhole Inc in 2004, who used satellite imagery to superimpose 3D views on your PC screen. So in essence you can view the whole world from a satellite almost as a map, and zoom in to what you want to look …

Google Analytics is a free program that tracks traffic to, around, and from your site. It will tell you what kinds of traffic has come in (repeat or new), where they came from, what pages they visited, how they found your site, and even track sales from starting points …

Microsoft has done it again. What a great package!
I personally like the Microsoft Math portion it. I’m a university student and I recently did a calculus course. The Microsoft math portion really helped me with some of the course work questions as it allowed quick calculations of the questions. …

The upgrade to Real Player Plus (music software) for $39 isn’t really worth it (www.real.com). While I do like Real player, the free version does everything you need. The Pro / Plus version does have a lot of good features. You can rip music and …

I recieved this software with my Blackberry Curve. It wasn’t until recently that I actually used it and I had no idea that it could do so many things! I was able to backup my entire phone onto my computer using the media manager by just plugging my phone …

Virtual DJ is a handy little software program that, well, allows you to be a virtual DJ. You load in any two songs via MP3 file into the program, and it gives you a virtual set of turntables where you can play, mix and scratch to your heart’s …

I am a multimedia specialist, and I need a good anti-virus that can provide me efficiency and cost-effective approach. For a long time, I’ve been trying to use free anti-virus software that I can download in the internet. And most of the time, they will ask you for an …

VirtuaWin is a piece of software that enables the use of multiple virtual desktops on Windows systems. This is a very handy feature that is usually available on all Linux distributions and is also available on Mac OS X (at least since the Leopard release). Windows have never included …

With the recent deployment of a new networking solution, Strong DC++, our peer-to-peer file sharing network at the students’ residence has almost tripled in capacity, particularly in the speed department and this is a good thing because a whole lot more people have decided to join in and there …

I have several photographic enhancement suites downloaded on my computer. One such download is Virtual Studio. As with all photographic software they are all a variation on a theme. Virtual Studio is no exception.
Virtual studio allows you to adjust the image, with the usual auto adjust as well as …

There are lots of applications on Facebook; there are these Farm Town, Farm Ville, Yo Ville, Mafia Wars, Pet Society, Poker and lots of quizzes. But I want to talk about the application that really captures my attention now—”the Know-It-All Trivia.
It is a quiz type application where a person …

FreeCommander is software that can serve a convenient and logical replacement for standard Explorer, built in the Windows Operating System. It is an unconditional freeware, developed by Marek Jasinski, as a portable program, that does not require installation on your Hard Drive. You can operate if from USB stick …

I have used Adobe Photoshop CS2 in my school. This is an excellent photo editing and graphics software available. You can literally do anything with your pictures using this softwares. I guess most of the image editing done by large companies is done using it. It has so many …

Good day. Few days ago I bought a software: Instant Blog & Ping.
It’s a product that works silently from the systray of your computer. To use it you need a blog, and you can create one for free to blogger.com. (the systray is the special place on your pc …

The only computer I have at home is probably more than 6 years old. I’ve had this PC since high school and as the years progress I noticed that its performance also declined. I frequently encounter lots of errors and bugs. The once responsive computer slowly became a paralytic …

Ever since the dawn of Universal Serial Bus and various USB powered devices, my computer has become prone to virus infection even when it is offline. I have been using this very old computer for a very long time and I can not afford to lose it. In the …

Steamworks Overview - Steam is a software service which is available for both Windows OS and Mac OS. It is both an online store for buying PC games and a client for running them. Once you buy a copy of a game you gain access to a digital …

I use Ivideomax for my video conversion and I can admit it’s a great piece of software. One of its powerful feature is its easy interface to use it (push-a-button software). I bought it 6 months ago, I’m very satisfied about it and I think it reveals itself as …

There seems to be a software application for just about anything I need to do and I usually find one if I search hard enough.
The latest application I needed to carry out was download a music video and then convert it into mp3 format, as there are certain rare …

If you want to be able to professional edit your pictures, but don’t want to put in the masssive amount of money to buy the full version of Photoshop, Photoshop Elements is aa good deal.
The Elements take the important parts of photoshop, and put them into a fantastic photo …

Words have taken on a whole new meaning for me since I discovered this piece of software. Visual Thesaurus is a software package providing its users with an electronic thesaurus, available as a “desktop” version, via download or shipped CD-ROM, or an “internet” subscription version.
“Fine,” I hear you say. …

I’m crazy about keeping journals, so it was inevitable that I would end up using a computer journal. I even bought a journal software to satisfy my hobby. But then I found out that such things get out-dated. That is, improved versions come out often and …

Everyone knows that vista has a very stylish look but it isn’t very efficient as we don’t find many drivers compatible to the later version of the Microsoft operating system. Take for instance the Nokia Pc suite itself, it still isn’t compatible with the vista operating system and thus …

The Eclipse Engine is a piece of software that allows anyone to create a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game absolutely free. You can download it right off the web at its website, www.freemmorpgmaker.com. While it has several bugs, it is very largely functional.
Although this engine has lots of …

Although the main email service that I am using is Yahoo, I would still say that Google Mail or popularly known as Gmail, is the of the best when it comes to Web-based email service. There are a lot of reasons why I say that Gmail is the …

Compartment is one of my favorite applications that I am using on my Mac. I didn’t notice its full potential during the time when I was reading about it. It’s only after the installation and actual use that I came to know about its usefulness.
Actually I installed this application …

When I went away to Europe, I needed a cheap and easy way to connect with my friends and family back home. Skype was the perfect tool to help me do just that. With just an internet connection and a comfy spot to hang out with my laptop, I …

As someone that does a lot of video recording I know it’s essential to have a good tool for creating them. I just recently started using this and I have to say that it is so much better than other similar programs that I have used.
One …

As far as the new features, one of the biggest additions to this version of Anime Studio is the timeline. When you boot up the program, you’ll notice that the copy, paste and delete buttons have been removed from the timeline, because all the functions for these buttons are …

I recently decided to install the new Windows Vista on my Dell computer. I am thoroughly impressed with the new operating system. However, I have one major suggestion for anyone considering an upgrade: wait until you have a block of time free! Do NOT install it …

Even though my daughter is a baby I still have nieces that love to come over and use the computer. I don’t mind this happening but I know how it is when it comes to web surfing. And there was an incident where they ran into a few …

Gmail Notifier is a cool software that let’s you know when a new email message has reached your Gmail account. I have used this software and highly recommend it!
The idea behind Gmail Notifier is very simple. Let’s say that you are expecting an important message to arrive your Gmail …

In an attempt to set up a blog with no money down, I’ve managed to try several free blogging manager. Those are:
1. Wordpress
2. Movable Type
3. Blogger.
In all aspects, Blogger (affiliated with Google), has all the competitive edges. Those are:
1. Easily set up within minutes
2. Drag Drop method in setting …

I have a computer with Windows 7 installed and I’m always looking to change a setting or fix something so I use the control panel a lot. Of course the control panel comes already installed if you choose to buy Windows 7 or if like with my computer …

Nero is the most popular data writing softwares amoungst indina computer users. I too only use Nero Software to write and make copy of CDs. It is a very effective software for CD writing. It takes ard 5 min for installation, and also takes quite some time to load …

Virtualization software makes possible to try and run a guest operating system onto a machine, the host, with another operating system. This technique is widely being used by people and enterprises all over the world. There are many virtualization solutions; some costs high amounts of money and some other …