PCLinuxOS is a flavor of the Linux operating system, which is one of the three major choices in software to power your computer. The three are: Microsoft Windows, Apple OS-X, and Linux. Linux differs from the other two in one major way, and that is that it …

I have been using Google Chrome since some days after its launch and found it to be an excellent web-browser. The first thing about chrome that really catches your attention is its very friendly and easy to use interface. Free from the cobwebs of tons of buttons and complex …

I am an avid user of Winrar 3.9. It is a zip utility tool which unzips or decompresses compressed files. It is a shareware which costs $35, and is like Zip Genius and other zip softwares which do the same thing.
But what I like about this software is …

Have you ever been in a public setting and browsing the Internet next to some nosy person who can’t stop trying to look at what you’re doing? If so, and if you like to have your privacy, then TabRenamizer is for you. TabRenamizer is a Mozilla Firefox addon which …

Photoshop Elements 6.0 is an awesome editing and organizing tool for your digital pictures. It is very comprehensive but not exactly out of the box user friendly. My copy came from a friend who didn’t want it as they had Photoshop CS2 (which is much more in …

With my online sales activity taking a more creative turn, as I am now creating my very own electronic products instead of just selling other people’s as an affiliate, I needed some software that would make the electronic book cover creating process a whole lot easier for me, as …

I have been using a software package for years it is called Turbo Tax. I have to say this is one of the better software packages for tax preparation available to the public.
It comes on a CD disk that you download onto your computer. The software …

I’ll start off by saying that I don’t know why I took so long to switch to Mozilla Firefox. But I have not regretted this move and don’t think I will ever go back to using any other browser.
There are so many features I love about this browser.
I’ll start …

Have you ever felt that modernization is not always the way to go? Do you sometimes feel that older is better? If so, you may wish to forgo many of the new internet browsers out there and stick with an older format such as the classic Netscape browser.
Netscape Browser …

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 …

This latest in security system; ViconNet, the ultimate video integration solution, version 4.0 is coming this year, 2007. What I understand from of word of mouths, I’ve come to the conclusion that this latest video integration makes CCTV surveillance easier to manage and is also more effective.
With this …

There are many types of computerized, text-to-speech software in the market, and after trying out the demo versions of these programs, I almost gave up. I tried this program, too, through its online demo version, and at first I was not really impressed because the voice I chose sounded …

Jet Audio is a multimedia player / editor which has the ability to play several file types such as mp3, mp4, rm, ra, midi, avi, dat, mpg, wmv, wma and scores of other formats.
Packed with kool presets, sound effects etc, Jet Audio is one complete package for media playback.
One …

I have used lots of application related to office work since my business demands that. Recently, I had bought few applications for this purpose. Quick Office Pro for Android is one among them. I paid Rs. 730 to buy this application from the Android market.
This application allows me to …

I use Firefox to browse the internet and I believe that it is a really good web browser. I have not had a single problem with Firefox since I installed it onto my computer. I have used Internet Explorer before and I prefer Firefox over …

I used this reporting tool for designing reports while developing an application program for a client. I find it very powerful tool to create reports from simple to more complex ones such as one showing graphs. As computer programmer, I find this software an indispensable part of my career.
A …

I have been using Photoshop quite a bit recently and it is an excellent program although i suggest getting someone to help you learn how to use it otherwise you will be completely lost because it is a lot more advanced than paint.
This is the most powerful image …

Im currently running Free avast! 4 Home Edition on my personal PC and find nothing bad to say about it. I have the free version for non-commercial and home use; there requirements must be met. Ive been using avast! for over a year now, and its working keeping my …

Even if the first computer that I used runs on Windows operating system, I have been more of a Mac user over the past years. Everything that is produced by Mac is something ideal and preferred for me. I have another back-up computer at home though, one which runs in …

I purchased Windows 7 software and I have had a great experience with it. I have had the software installed for a few months now and I haven’t had any problems out of it. This software is great and it seems like there is nothing that it …

After trying out the 30 day trial version of Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2, I decided to buy the full version of the product for the PC.
I found this image editing software very easy to navigate, the new features are incredibility impressive, while the helpful ‘Learning Center’ enables …

If I had to be the official judge of Microsoft’s operating systems, I would have said that Windows Vista was a step backwards from Windows XP Pro in terms of stability and user-friendliness.
Although there is a new operating system out now, Windows 7, I still think Windows XP Pro …

I love Windows Media Center and I use it to organize my videos, music and pictures. Windows Media Center was included with my computer and I believe that it’s great. It gives me the ability to organize all of my media items in one place without having …

Thoosje Vista Sidebar is a free software that can help you give your XP a Vista look by applying a small sidebar that contains the same widgets as Windows Vista. I loved the Sidebar’s interface and very much the fact that it is free and easy to use.
It starts …

It wasn’t until I had some free time to kill that I discovered just how much of a gem this graphics creation and editing piece of software actually is. Up until I recently, I had only been using Paint Shop Pro 8 as somewhat of a better version of …

Any version of Windows has the default Windows Media Player bundled with it. While there are some people who use Windows Media Player for all their lives, a vast majority of media junkies out there prefer a third party application to take their audio —“ video needs. Media Player …

Who hasn’t wanted to create high quality home movies? Well, most of us have had a go at it, trying out the use of Windows Movie Maker, and were sorely saddened by the limitations of the program. However, now there’s a chance for something even better. Ever …

I bought Iolo’s System Mechanic Professional (ISMP) after one of my laptops began to give me more grief than usual. I went down to my local Office Depot and looked at what they had on the shelf. The features in ISMP were better than the other offerings …

Music is just apart of my family. There isn’t anything really that I can do to change it. I find that sometimes it takes over our lives. We own so much music equipment and software that I told my husband that we need to consider selling some of it. …

Before I came across this site, I used to think that creating gradient images was the privilege of a few professional designers and that untrained people like me could never have access to such advanced stuff. I used to look at the professional websites and admire their splendid gradient …

I listen to podcasts and books on tape every night using my portable MP3 player. I had downloaded some files from the internet in real player format (.rm files), which are fine for listening on the computer but not playable on an MP3 player. I did a quick search …

Download Accelerator Plus also known as “DAP” is a popular download manager that provides easy management of downloads and great features which includes search tab, download mechanism for faster downloads, and ZoneAlarm download security.
I use it to download large files because it allows me to pause and resume …

I used the Avira AntiVir Personal Free Anti virus Software after I had a major disaster with my previous anti-virus software. I was really skeptical with the Free AntiVir because the last software which I installed was also free and it was horrible, it ruined my computer so with …

No matter the type of picture I might be editing. I find that editing and making them look better is important to me. Photoshop was one of the software’s that I really enjoyed using but I found the Paintshop Photo Pro X3 Limited Edition did a whole lot more …

Who’s never chatting in the internet? I think everybody do it and love to do it, even many marry couple find each other through the chat. With chat application and messenger application, we can chat with other peolpe everytime we need. But, what if everytime we always mobile and …

After a while of using it, your I pod Touch or I Phone might become pretty boring, due to the same, not changeable background, the annoying apps like “Stocks” you can’t delete or the possibility of doing nothing apple didn’t check first.
And of course, you weren’t the first one to …

I had heard some good things about this program and decided to give it a try. If you are constantly searching for some of the best videos on the net then you may want to give this application a consideration. The best part about this program is that it …

In old days, when I first have interest in making a website, there is no other software that I used beside the Macromedia Dreamweaver. Although that software has made to be user friendly, but I still has some difficulties using that product. It is true that I can make …

A few months ago I had to leave home to work a job, leaving my wife and daughter at home. Both of them are what I will call typical computer users. By that I mean that they are functional on the basic tasks of web surfing, email, …

Recently, I bought a new cellphone with Windows Mobile 6 operating system. Earlier I used a phone with Java operating system. Working on the device for a few days, I understood that Windows Mobile is as powerful as any Windows os for desktop PC. You can do almost everything …

I love downloading videos from the net. I download videos most of the ime because I need them for as additional footage for videos I’m editing or I just want to watch something and store it in my Minix uNote netbook for entertainment purposes. I have already tried a …

Because I spend a lot of time with my two year old nephew, I also try to have lots of fun games for him to play installed on my phone. He is quite young so finding a game that it is both visually appealing to him while also …

Spybot - Search and Destroy is a powerful spyware and adware remover. I use this and several free protection programs like this, but Spybot has the most features. It’s more complicated than my more user-friendly Ad Aware SE Personal, but once I learned my way around Spybot, I had …

Pinnacle Mobile Media Converter is a useful software to help collate all the various songs, movie clips and photos on your computer, facilitate conversion to the right format and transfer them to your portable media devices.
It looks and works quite similarly to iTunes. The only exception is that it …

Like many people, I have a lot of trouble managing passwords. For security reasons, I try to avoid using the same passwords on multiple sites, but if there are too many passwords, it’s hard to remember which password is for which site, not to mention what the passwords actually …

This program is made by the same makers of XSite Pro, a popular website-building program aimed at internet marketers. I downloaded and tested this program because it was free, anyway, and I was a little impressed by this program, as a matter of fact. Why? First of all, this …

I have no graphic artist training. I have never been to university or college, but I learned how to lay out my own newsstand magazine in less than three weeks. The QuarkXpress web site has a free tutorial that is written for people who are not techie. If …

Microsoft Frontpage is a program that lets you build your website or edit your website. I have this program and in fact, it is the first website-building software I used. The user interface reminds me of Dreamweaver, which has three panels - one for coding, one for displaying the …

I decided on New Years that I would finally learn German as my resolution. I have always wanted to learn the German language but had always managed to come up with excuses as to why it was never a good time. Although it is tempting to once …

I hardly noticed that my previous anti-virus software had already expired until my computer started acting strangely. I was close to getting my pc infected by a virus and that’s where I learned not to be complacent and look for another anti-virus software to fix the system problems …