Since Windows Millenium Edition every Windows release have had a built-in ZIP file manager named “compressed folders” and while that’s an included feature most users prefer having a third party tool to compress and decompress ZIP files. There are lots of applications to choose from. I personally choose 7zip …

Paint is a program downloaded to many computers when you turn it on, like Microsoft, or the general games. It is not something I find necessary, but it is fun to have. There are times when the internet is down and it is fun just to fool around on …

Ever since I started using Mac, I have a problem trying out every software which is an equivalent to MIRC. I have used Windows for decades and the shift to Apple computers was a huge change. A chat software like MIRC is helpful when you are bored. You can get …

Ad Aware SE Personal is a program that clears sypware and other harmful wares from your computer. It is produced by Lavasoft, a Swedish company. Ad Aware has been very useful for me, and it’s also free! It’s not shareware, so you are not expected to donate.
Upon first glance, …

Norton SystemWorks cost close to $100. There is absolutely no anti virus in this package. This was recommended to me by my sister, and I already have an existing anti virus installed on my PC. So, I decided to install Norton SystemWorks to fatten up my …

To put it simply, if you won an iPod, you’re probably going to be forced to use iTunes at some point. Apple makes iTunes just about the only way available to copy your music over your iPod. With that said, I’m not a fan of iTunes, at all.
The first …

If you’re a gamer, then you’ve certainly heard of Xfire.
Xfire, is a Internet Messaging Software like no other. It supports just about any gamer you heard of and any game you didn’t. What do you mean by,,supports’’ you ask?
Well, Xfire isn’t any ordinary Alt-TAB-out-of-game Messenger, you can simply press …

GIMP (Gnu Image Manipulation Program) is an open source image editing software completely free to download and use. Starting small as a simple image editing application, it has come a long way through various tweaks and bug-fixes with the help of the developmental team at GUG. Because of the …

There has been a lot of fuss around being healthy, watching your diet and eating well. I do find it weird since it seems like health and fitness are well-marketed products and not the essentials that have always been around. But that good marketing for health really comes in handy, …

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 …

There are many firewall solutions available; many of them are very expensive. At work, I have had to install a few firewalls to protect our networks but as we don’t have any big budget I have always tried to implement free firewall solutions. One of those free firewalls is …

If you’re a digital artist or if you ever even some much as tried to use the brushes in Photoshop, you really owe it to yourself to check out this program. If you enjoy painting or drawing, this program will be exceptional for your needs. This program will provide …

One of the value added service of yahoo is its messenger.It acts like a bridge of communication.Snail mail was replaced by email.Now I am not even writing email to my friends.Only offline messages.The voice chat has added one more feather to the cap of yahoo messenger. As …

Happy was the day I closed Internet Explorer for the last time for that was the day that I opened up Mozilla Firefox. Firefox is the best thing for the internet since the modem! It has features upon features and Internet Explorer has yet to fully catch-up.
One …

I have downloaded the free version of AVG Antivirus, which now has been upgraded to 7.5 version, and my computer has not had a serious virus problem since.
I do not know why some Antivirus programs which requires you to pay works nowhere near as well as how AVG works. …

Dolphin social networking software comes highly recommended by its users and the industry as the software to use if you want to set up an on line community. It has recently upgraded to a more feature packed social networking community package. I agree with the users and …

CyberLink Power Director is one of the most powerful, easy to use, and intuitive video editor available in the market. I started using it just a week back, so that I can edit my YouTube videos before uploading them, and I am very much satisfied with it’s performance. The …

I highly recommend this computer-registry cleaner. It works better than the first registry cleaner that was installed to our home computer by our engineer. This cleaner really cleans out every bit of the traces I’ve been online. It also fix some issues with the registry and deletes the obsolete …

Microsoft’s WordPad Version 5.1 comes with the Windows XP operating system. I believe it is a good word editor, that can be a nice alternative to Notepad and Word.
I like the fact that WordPad is so simple to use. You can immediately create a new document and start typing …

When I got my new computer, one of the things I needed to consider was what kind of antivirus I was going to use. I was wondering whether or not I should use a free antivirus or a paid one. I knew there were a lot of good paid …

At the beginning it is essential to explain what exactly “Praat” is since not all of us may know that. So, I will try to explain properly. It is the program for phonetic speech analysis and synthesis of sound. “Praat” program performs various functions: speech analysis, speech synthesis, …

Itunes is a piece of music/video software which has many uses. The first, and maybe primary use of Itunes is as a free multimedia player, and in particular, music player. You can use it to play all your favourite songs, whether they are from the Itunes Store or elsewhere. …

Video editing is one of my favorite hobbies to do during my free time. I would make videos of WWE Superstars, Britney Spears, and many more. It’s my passion. And one of my favorite programs to use is Adobe Premiere Pro CS4. This is one powerful program I can …

I used the AVG Anti Virus to help protect my computer for many months. My experience with this anti virus software has just been excellent! Please let me share it with you.
I really like the fact that this software is so easy to use! I just need to install …

VLC media player is a freeware software available on the internet developed by Video LAN. When I heard about this software, I became keen on trying it and hence downloaded it from the internet. I did not expect a lot from the software but what I saw amazed me …

When one of my friends realized I was using what he called an archaic photo editing software, Photoscape (perhpas he thinks it’s archaic because it’s free), he practically demanded I do the art world a favor and upgrade to an Adobe Photoshop program, and claimed there were less expensive …

Avg Antivirus is one of the best freely available one in the internet that gives you good protection but to mention to a limited extent. This is absolutely free to use for home use and when I used this for the first time on my computer I found it …

I am not a frequent user from MegaUpload but I do download the MegaUpload Manager for some certain purposes. I do not download anything from MegaUpload since the slots for my country is always full. Of course there is some tricks in enabling downloads for my country but since …

It would be wrong of me to talk crap about a software that was suppose to help me along the way when it came to keeping my computer safe. I think that there were perks about this software but for the most part I have had much better software. …

Being a keen amateur photographer I am always looking for ways to enhance and improve my photos and give them an effect different from the norm. Not having much if any money to spare I’m always scouring the internet for free software downloads that are a valuable addition to …

One of my home computers got into trouble some few days back. It suddenly got fake security warnings that kept popping up every single minute. That computer does not have anti-virus expect for Spybot Search and Destroy which has guarded it so well for more than a year. But …

Tuning guitar strings is one of the first lessons that any aspiring guitar player should know. Whether its an electric or acoustic, nothing beats the sound of a well-tuned guitar. You could learn to tune your guitar by ear, of course, but it will take a lot of practice …

The Super is a program, also known as Super C to convert all type of video files. It could convert from wmv to avi, as well as any other extension that is listed on this program. Super is completely free to download and extremely easy to use.
This …

MSN is as everyone knows, a program that allows people to communicate online through messaging and even by sound where people can speak to each other, or through web camming. It first started off few years ago with only text messaging but now it has all those technology …

NOD32 Antivirus Home Edition v. 3.0 is a program that I like but it comes from a company that I do not like. The reason I do not like the company that put out a security program that I find to be fairly valuable is because the company offers …

Fire fox recently relished there beta version this file comes of size of 6.5 MB that can be downloaded from there official web site or any other popular sources on internet. Performance vise they has not much feature added in this version if we compare with earlier fire fox …

My Motorola L72, just like other GPRS and Edge capable phones, has a built-in browser. However, the built-in browser can’t fully load the web pages of the websites I want to visit. And almost all the web pages I visit are graphics intensive. Because of that, I rarely use …

Quickbooks is an absolutly fantastic program when you are trying to do your finances. Especially when you do a great deal of freelance work or work with customers on a regular basis and need to keep yourself organized
This wonderful finace program works well with excel and with microsoft word, …

First of all I want to be the one to say that when it comes to software I like the fact that people don’t allow their software to be kept in a box. I like that I am able to use this software on both my computers. It’s compatible …

Oh, when I think of all the countless hours that I have wasted formatting papers for school, when I could have just used Format Ease, I could kick myself for not finding it sooner! Format Ease from Guildford publications is a software package for Microsoft word available …

After buying my Apple iPhone 4 and owning it for a couple of months, the time came again for me to get another App from the iTunes Store and this would be only the second App I buy after having vowed only to buy useful Apps that enhance my …

This program is developed by TechSmith, the same company that made Snap It. This program takes or captures your activities on your computer, which can be useful when you are presenting a tutorial or a simple video presentation to your clients offline or to anyone through the internet. I …

For years CuteFTP has been one of the best FTP clients available for Windows. I’ve been using it since 1999 and have always been happy with it. Now GlobalSCAPE has released three different versions of CuteFTP: Lite, Home and Pro. CuteFTP Home is very easy to use and lets …

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 …

One of the smartest and the best available free media player is the VLC player, I use this player for reading the DVD and other media files and compared to VLC player I don’t think anything else can provide the same picture and sounds quality. The VLC Media player …

MyShoppingGenie is a type of software that’s supposed to assist the customer with finding the cheapest store to buy particular items from when shopping. MyShoppingGenie is completely free and it’s available for download on MyShoppingGenie.com. I decided to give the software a try because it was completely …

MediaJoin has one purpose in life: to join two or more media files into one single media file. This it does, to a point, but I have to say the program isn’t a very easy one to use.
I don’t ask for very much from a program I want …

It is not at all difficult for me to send SMS through Rediffbol to my parents who stay in India. It is absolutely free. No charges are to be paid for SMS sent .Anybody can send SMS to anywhere in India. That too for “free of cost”. I …

Anyone who has been on the internet knows it’s infested with viruses. I needed a way to protect my computer. I scoured the internet for top anti-virus programs, and being the kind of person who loves free software, I decided to give AVG Free a try.
AVG’s icon of overlapping …