Software Reviews
Yahoo Mail
Yahoo Mail is the e-mail service that I use and will continue to use because the layout is simple, composing and reading e-mails is easy, and it continually saves drafts of my e-mail so if for whatever reason I lose the compose mail screen, my message will be saved …
OSX Lion Operating System
This operating system is the first update for OSX that I have received from Apple. For a price of 29.99 USD plus tax, I have to say this is one of the best damn deals for a new update to a Mac OS. In fact, no update …
Wimpy FLV Player VIdeo Playback Software Application
The FLV video file format has proved to be somewhat of a hoodoo one for me, since a lot of the video player software applications I have, even the ones that are extensive in the video formats they support, just don’t seem to support the FLV format. Even when …
AVG Free AntiVirus
I have been using AVG Free AntiVirus for many years. All, I can say is that they are quite competent in detecting most viruses.
For a free product, you cannot ask for a better solution. Although, I must say the earlier versions did let a few minor trojans viruses slipped …
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 …
VirtualDub
My love for “KoreaNovela”, or Korean TV series have just upgraded itself. I am not contented by downloading them using a torrent application, and watching it on TV, now I have to sub it and share it with my friends! So I have tried DivMuxGui application, it worked well …
PuTTY SSH client for Windows
PuTTY is a free and open source SSH client for Windows. It runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. There’s also a version (named PocketPuTTY) that runs on Windows Mobile. But PuTTY isn’t really locked to the windows enviroment as there’s also a version available to the …
Amazon Silk Browser for Kindle Fire
When I first started using my Kindle Fire I couldn’t help noticing that there were a few apps that it came with. One of these was the Amazon Silk Browser for Kindle Fire. I was just so happy for my new tablet that I didn’t do what I would …
Internet Download Manager
Are you a tv shows or movie addict? If you do, then Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a godsend software! I didn’t simply claimed this just to make a review out of it, but it is the truth.
If you live in Malaysia, you should know that the internet connection …
Windows Multimedia Player 12
It seems like all the computer I’ve owned come with a built-in Windows Multimedia Player(WMP). This new laptop I just got comes with the WMP 12, the latest model from Microsoft.
The only features that I like with WMP is that (1)it plays all my songs and movies without a …
Dolphin Community building software
I could rave on and on about how much I hate this software/script. I had a project that I wanted to work on and I was looking for a software that would allow me to build a social site. I searched around for months looking for the right one and …
Dolphin Easy Reader software
I have a vision problem. I wear glasses to correct my vision. I have not always known they don’t correct me 20/20 but I know now. I have known it for a couple years. I suppose I was used to the way I see out of them, I just …
Ewido software
My fiance who is a computer techie introduced me to this and I’ve been loving it ever since. This is the cream of the crop anti-spyware I’ve used. Ewido really digs deep into your computer to take out any malware you would have on your computer like trojans, worms, …
Launchy
As someone who is on the computer 90 percent of my time at home, I highly recommend anyone who can say the same thing to try out a program called Launchy. Basically this program allows you to easily access other programs on your computer without having to find them …
Windows Live Mesh
This Windows Live program is relatively new in the Live suite like Live Mail and unlike other programs such as Messenger. However, it used to be called Sync and was in the works to becoming what it is now today: Mesh. This program is the next step …
AVG Free Anti-Virus
AVG Free is an easy to use free anti-virus program. It’s one of the better anti-virus programs, but it has a few drawbacks. The free version is nearly impossible to find unless you go directly to the free soft and it’s not something you remember off the …
Windows Media Player 11
Windows Media Player version 11 is the latest multimedia player that Microsoft has developed. I have it on my computer at work.
This software can play different media files, both audio and video. However, I find it a little disturbing that not all media types are supported.
In my humble opinion, …
MegaUpload Manager
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 …
Magix Studio
Magix studio deluxe is by far my favorite recording software to use, to track music.
I really enjoy the set up that they provide and all the features available within the program.
I have been using it for a few years now, and I am still using it as of right …
Hippie HTML Editor
Years ago, creating a website seemed like an impossibility. In fact, my first webpage was actually created by someone else. She was the one who introduced me to the Hippie HTML Editor. Specifically, Hippie98 which is now upgraded and known as Hippie Pro HTML Editor.
Of course, …
Adobe Illustrator 10
Adobe Illustrator 10 is a great program to use for drawing and making other things online. It’s a lot of fun to use and it’s a great way to make posters and cartoons characters. I Like using the program to draw things and then importing them into photo shop to …
AOL:AIM (Instant Messeging)
Usage of the aol instant messenger is the same as the usage of the windows live messaging and yahoo. The software is so easy to install and it did not take more than 10 minutes for me to be able to set up the software in my personal computer. …
Ephpod
If you have an Apple Ipod and if you do not like I-Tunes because your unable to update the tracks whenever you want then you will love a program called Ephpod. It is a program that has a simple user interface that allows you to add directories or single …
Android Emulator
Android smart phones are getting hotter and hotter by the minute. As android apps begin to dominate the market, android users are having a hard time in deciding which apps they should install. I myself ran into this problem.
There were times when I didn’t want to just install the …
Periform’s CCleaner Utility Software
It is very hard to maintain computer especially if we use Internet everyday. I normally use internet upto 10 hours a day and I end up storing lot of useless data in my browsers. Most people don’t know that while we use internet, we keep adding cookies, history data, …
Zone Alarm Free Firewall from Grisoft
I have used Zone Alarm’s Free Firewall on the last three computers I have owned over a period of ten years. I have used it with the operating systems of Windows 95, 98, 2000, and currently with Windows XP home edition. It has never conflicted with any of those …
Sunbelt - Personal Firewall
Twenty days ago I had problems with internet connection on my laptop and the connection became quite slow and no website couldn`t load
at a satisfactory rate as before.
I went to download and install Sunbelt Personal firewalls.
Firewall is free for 30 days with full functionality, while continuing to …
Ares P2P Software
Ares is, well, Ares. It’s nothing spectacular as far as a P2P program is concerned. It is good, gets you results and downloads. You can search for more than just audio, which is fairly standard these days. No ads or adware whatsoever, putting it ahead …
iVideoCamera, IPhone Application
iVideoCamera is another video camera application for the iPhone. What this application does, is use your current iPhone’s camera and routes it into this video camera application. You will then be able to record videos straight from your iPhone.
Now, I know that there are many video camera applications …
WinPatrol 10.0.5.0 Free
I had firewalls, spyware, anti-virus, and even specialized Trojan detection software–all free of course–when I came across WinPatrol. “How could this possibly help me?” I asked. “I already have everything I need.” Unfortunately that wasn’t the case. I found out WinPatrol acts not only as an additional security layer, …
HP Online Service
I have been using a Hewlett-Packard Officejet all-in-one printer in my work. The other day, when I had to change the computer, I needed to reinstall the driver of the printer onto my new computer. When I was going to do that, I just could not find the software …
000webhost.com’s Website Builder Software
I recently signed-up with 000webhost.com becasue they offer free web hosting with a free domain name. One of the things that drew me to this site was the lure of an easy to use website builder. They advertise that you can build and publish your web-site in as little …
Lexmark Precision Photo
This is another program that came with my camera. It is the one that automatically loads each time I upload new photos to my computer. Basically it makes a little grid with all of the new photos in the grid so I can see them. Then the program will …
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 …
Adsense Deluxe
If you have a Wordpress blog and an Adsense account, publishing Adsense ads can be quite hard. Thankfully, though, some Wordpress plugins are made to easily let the user manage his Adsense ads from his admin account. One of these plugins is what we call Adsense Deluxe.
Adsense Deluxe …
Adobe Photoshop CS5
My family loves to take pictures. My wife is the main person who enjoys taking the most pictures. I think that what she needed was a software that would allow her to actually put some dazzle to her pictures. I figured she could use some action in her pics …
Ad-aware by Lavasoft
I have some free software on my computer called Ad-aware by Lavasoft. What it does is take out all the tracking cookies companies send into my computer to find out information. I didn’t like this so I decided I needed the free software to get it out of my …
Tuneup Utilities 2009
“Tuneup Utilities” is a set of software which helps to run your PC faster.I am using “Tuneup Utilities” for 2 years,and yes friends they do fasten our PC’s.At first I thought that it is like those softwares,who promises to fasten up our PC,and at the end they gave …
Facebook Application for iPhone/iPod Touch
The Facebook application for the iPhone and iPod Touch is a definite must if you are a constant user of the social networking website Facebook.com. The creators of this application did a great job in incorporating all the important aspects of the actual Facebook website, such as your news …
Turbo Tax Deluxe
When I started doing my own taxes I started using h and R block but found that there were things about H&R block that didn’t satisfy what I needed. There were things lacking and missing and each year I would lose more and more money.
I started using Turbo …
Linux Ubuntu
A couple years back I got Linux Ubuntu after my Windows XP installation somehow crashed due to a psycho virus or virus(s)
So, I didn’t want to pay alot more money just so I can buy something I already have so I opted to go for a Linux product …
Google Toolbar version 5
I would like to share my opinion about a great software with you. It is called Google Toolbar version 5. The toolbar was developed by Google, and is intended to enhance your web surfing experience.
I have downloaded and installed it on my Firefox 3.5 web browser. I must say …
Avast! Free Antivirus
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 …
Yahoo! Messenger Beta 9.0
I just tried 3 days ago to download the messenger 9.0 beta version of Yahoo! I was having problems with the 8.0 version because it does not display the emoticons or the smileys in a graphical format; I reinstalled it already but still I had the same problems. I …
Opera Mini cell phone application software
Opera Mini is a very useful piece of cell phone application software in that it acts as a fully functional web browser.
At only 150 KB of memory required for version 4.1, this utility is a very powerful tool and a must have for all who literally want to use …
Jet Audio 6 Plus
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 …
Advanced SystemCare 3 Software
Advanced SystemCare 3 is a free software download from IOBit.com, it is a free program that scans your computer for spyware and cleans up your registry. I like it because it’s free and it does clean up my registry pretty well. It has also found spyware on …
Windows XP (Service Pack 2)
Windows has always ben my favorite Operating System. I have been using Windows for many years. I first started with Windows 98, then Windows 200, then Windows XP. I am really very happy with Windows XP. This is the one Operating System I have been using for the longest …
Excel 2003
I have been using Microsoft’s Excel 2003 in my work, on an almost daily basis. Our boss has designed a beautiful Excel spread sheet that is designed as a work calendar. It is used as a punch-in tool.
I have had a good experience with using the spread sheet. It …
Brasero CD and DVD Burning Software
Brasero is the default application to burn CD and DVDs on the Gnome Desktop. It is a simple application that can burn audio CD and data CD or DVD. On its 2.26.1 version it also includes the option for creating video DVD and SVCD but I haven’t tried it …
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