Software Reviews
360 Live Xbox Live Mobile Client Application for iPhone
The 360 Live application for iPhone is a supposedly easy-to-use mobile client that allows you to check your messages and friends on Xbox Live without having to log onto the Xbox website.
Upon First Using- I find that the 360 Live application is kind of slow- it takes a minute …
Aurora Media Workshop software
Aurora Media Workshop is a multi-function multimedia toolkit from Aurora Media Software (mediatox.com). It allows you to manipulate, cut, splice and transform audio and video files and burn CDs and DVDs, although it is not an editor or full blown media creation suite.
The interface is pretty simple, with a …
Dragon Naturally Speaking 13 home edition speech to text software
Dragon is speech to text software designed to help people become more efficient. I am a visually impaired person so I use Dragon because typing is difficult. There are many disabilities that affect a person’s ability to type and Dragon is a great solution. As a writer by trade, …
Fire Fox Web browser
I saw Fire fox web browser version 3 in some internet shops here in the Philippines. I though that Fire Fox looks very ordinary and it looks as if its like a Microsoft word that works like a web browser. I was discouraged by its looks at first glance …
Cabos
Cabos is a peer to peer network for mac similar to limewire. Now let me explain what this all means.
As you may know, Limewire allows you to download songs that are actually on other people’s computers, these people share there songs and so do you while the program …
Logo Design Studio Software
I bought my Logo Design Studio Software at Staples for just under $30.00. I was looking for a do-it-yourself- designer to create logos for a couple of websites that I run. They offer an easy template format, usable clip art and the ability to import your own images as …
Firefox
Firefox is one of the best browsers out there. It offers many features, customization via plugins, and far greater speed than internet explorer. In this review you will learn what makes firefox so great, and what might turn you away from it.
Firefox is built on the Gecko platform, that …
Desktop calendar Software
Desktop calendar is one of the user-friendly calendar software. I have been using this software in our firm where I am working. This software is very useful for marking our daily schedule for reminding or future reference. Once installed then we can make it appear on the …
Spyware Doctor
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 …
Encarta Encyclopedia 2009
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. …
ICQ 6.0
I’ve been an ICQ user for the past 10 or so years - it was the first instant messenging program I signed up for, and I still use it. Even though ICQ is not very piopular in the United States, I think it has a lot of cool features. …
Google Web E-mail Service
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 …
Media Jukebox 14 Media Player
Media Jukebox 14 Media Player is a great media player which can do a lot of things. Actually, I used to use Banshee before, but when I found Media Jukebox 14 Media Player, I began trying it and thought it would be a good media player which can …
Raidcall - Low Latency VOIP Program
Are you in need of a program which will allow you to speak to friends over the internet, whether they are next door or on the other side of the world? Do you play video games over the web with friends, and maybe you think you would like to …
Microsoft Office 2008
As a user of Microsoft Windows Vista, it comes as no surprise that I would be using Microsoft Office 2008 for my word processing, presentation and spreadsheet tasks.
Microsoft Office 2008 took me some getting used to as I took quite a big leap from using Microsoft Office 2003 to …
HJSplit
HJSplit is a program that can be downloaded on the internet. It is only about 300kb and it is free to download.
When downloaded, it usually is a zipped file, all you need to do is open the .exe file when you unzip it. HJSplit does not require you to …
DamnSmallLinux The 50mb OS!
Ok first of all if the name DamnSmallLinux is offensive to you, sorry, it wasn’t my idea to call it that. DamnSmallLinux is a small but efficient linux distribution that runs right off the cd! You don’t need to install it to the hard drive, just burn it to …
Windows 7 Ultimate
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 …
Linux Operating System Software
Since I am one who likes to exploit resources that are free, I acquired my very own copy of the Linux open source operating system some time back, even though I didn’t really know what I was actually going to use it for, having been using Microsoft Windows all …
Avast Antivirus
I have come across the Avast antivirus few days back. This antivirus software is free to download for home users. I was tired of using very heavy load antivirus softwares present in the market. So I have decided to give Avast Antivirus a try.
I have downloaded the antivirus from …
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox is a simply wonderful, easy to use, web browser! I discovered Mozilla Firefox after using Internet Explorer, Netscape and then Safari, for many years. Because Internet Explorer and Netscape were the primary browsers for Internet users for a long, long time, people just did not have a …
AVG For A Safe Surf
When my son(who happens to be my computer Guru)placed all these tools on my computer,I wondered why I needed so many programs just to get online and surf?He said,”mama you go to all those sites,you get a virus,then you will get mad at me when I can’t come right …
Clinician’s Electronic Thesaurus psychological report writing software
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 …
NOD32 Antivirus Home Edition v. 3.0
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 …
Mac OS X - Get out of your Windows world
Mac OS X has recently started to become increasingly popular. Mac is used in most cases in the media, such as journalism, music production, animation, soundtrack making and many more. Mac sales have started to rise because of it’s relative; the iPod. Hundred’s of thousands of people have found …
Tansit iPhone App
I have an iPhone and usually like to browse my App Store once in a while for some free apps. I don’t like to pay for a lot of them because I have in the past and found them to be pretty useless or short-lived.
I was recommended an App …
Virtual DJ
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 …
Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0
Adobe Acrobat 7.0 is the latest version of Acrobat and seems to be the least successful.
Basically I do not need a professional version, it was just available for downloading and installing and I wanted to upgrade an older version. Well why not?
It works perfectly well, and has all the …
Microsoft Windows 7
When Windows 7 was about to come out, I didn’t think I was going to like it all that much. Windows Vista was not that great at all so I didn’t think that this new one would be all that great either. But since my university was selling it …
VLC Media Player
I use this player to play everything besides music. It can play DVDs from regions other than my own (which is when, say, you get a movie from Korea but you live in the US and your DVD player won’t play it). It can play any type of video …
CCleaner for Windows
Developed and freely released by Piriform Software, CCleaner aims at providing tools for system optimization and privacy. More specifically, it easily performs tasks that would otherwise be a chore such as uninstalling buggy software with corrupted removal scripts, deleting temporary and unused files, or inspecting programs set …
Google Analytics
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 …
Greasemonkey Firefox add-on
For those of you who use the Firefox web browser, Greasemonkey is an add-on that helps with various types of web programs. Greasemonkey is kind of like a script editor that can enhance various programs and websites. In my opinion, this is a great piece of software …
Apple iTunes
Sigh. I love my iPod and iTunes. iTunes is the music service created by Apple to get music onto iPods. You can get movies, TV shows, cartoons,music, music videos, games, podcasts,and you can also rent movies on iTunes.I love this service so much because if you have …
mIRC
If you like to communicate and make a new friend through the internet you must be often chatting, like me. First time I know this software when I was in first grade in high school, my friend told me about this software and teach me how to use. But …
Bebot Application for iPhone and iPod Touch
As you load ‘Bebot’ a picture of a cartoon robot is captioned : ‘makes real robot sounds!’ This completely undersells the value of this product as behind the simple interface and playful character is a sophisticated and innovative synthesizer.
In short, this app makes full use of the x-y …
DIY Software
Just like cars have to have gas to run, computers have to have software in order to get anything done. Nowadays, you can get software that does just about anything you can imagine. There is software to run your business, protect your computer, entertain and educate your …
Photo Impact Graphic Design Program
Phot Impact is a graphic design program that is easily used to create web pages and web graphics.
I purchased this software a year ago with little expectation. It was on sale at a local computer shop and I decided to check it out. I have used programs like …
Peachtree Accounting Pro
My sister runs a small business and recently changed to Peachtree Accounting Pro software. I do most of the work during the afternoon for her, but this program is giving me a headache. I read the manual and learned it over the weekend, because it was really fairly easy …
SpectorSoft Spector Pro 5.0
This is some sort of like a spyware, but with a whole lot more. This is created to detect a PC user on his/her activities on email, surfing, messenger usage activities, programs that are installed and other internet related activities. Scary sounding, right?
This cool software is recommended …
Adobe Audition 1.5
Adobe Audition 1.5 is one great audio editing program for both professionals and those who love to experiment with sound or even make music of their own on non-professional level.
Adobe Auditions offers a set of very useful features and doesn’t make it too complicated to figure how to use …
Spybot: Search & Destroy Spyware Cleaner
Spybot is a free system scan that detects trojans, adware cookies and popups that have imbedded themselves onto your system, usually entwined into your computer’s registry.
I have used Spybot for the greater part of five years now, and liked it from the beginning so much so that my municipal …
VirtuaWin Virtual Desktops Manager for Windows
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 …
Microsoft office 2007
Microsoft 2007 by far the best version releases by Microsoft to date. Starting from the animated looks to the ease of use and compatibility, everything about the package is professional and very easy to se. The software is by far very much a updated version of the previous version …
Atomic Clock
Isn’t it annoying when your computer clock is off? Well, it drives me batty. I rely on my computer to have the correct time, and the way I make sure the time is right is by using my Atomic Clock.
Atomic Clock is totally free. Everyone should …
Blue Pumpkin Software
Blue Pumpkin Software is a tool we use in our department when we manage our call center agent’s schedule. Scheduling is made easy with the help of this tool; however maintenance is very difficult for dynamic environment where in agents, or employees change almost everyday, there are a lot …
Express Thumbnail Creator
This is a program which allows you to generate thumbnails for your website. When you download this program, it comes with a 30 day trial, however for the full version, the price is $39.95. The website would show how many days you have left and the website which you …
Blue Pumpkin Scheduling Software
We have been using this particular software at work for workforce management; this software is based on an Erlang C model and since we are a call center industry, using this particular model has proven to be useful in forecasting the number of people you need to be decked …
Paint software
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 …
Yahoo Messenger
Today, I will be reviewing about the most commonly used software in the computer business, and that is Yahoo! Messenger.
Yahoo! Messenger is a software created by Yahoo specifically for you to connect with your friends world wide.
If you still are not familiar with this program, it’s very similar …
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