OpenOffice is a free software offered by Sun Microsystems. It is pitched against the Microsoft Office suite. This is very similar to the MS Office suite. It contains a text editor, a spreadsheet application, a paint editor, a presentation application and a lot more.
OpenOffice Writer is the text editor …

Ah, another one of my goodies that I tend to use most of the time. You see, I burn DVD’s a lot, and with that being the case, this is the only program that I really use for that kind of purpose since others have quite disappointed me, such …

Latex is text editing software for scientific texts. You can of course use it for everything, I use it mainly for articles and similar academic work. It is quite similar to html, you write text plus code that tells the program what the text should look like, and you …

Spyware Terminator is a free software download that scans your computer for viruses and spyware developed by Crawler LCC. It is a free program and is easy to install on your computer. You can schedule scans on your PC or you can manually scan your PC for …

WinAmp Player is a free media player that plays various media like audio and videos of various formats. I used this program out of frustration because my Real SP Player could not play a video in .flac format and my VLC player was out of repair. I stumbled upon …

E-Plan is a software prepared by Rittal (No. 1 manufacturer of Industrial Electrical Panels) which guarantees preparation of electrical drawing simple, easy and very very time efficient over AutoCAD. The Best of all features is its capability to get macros prepared in it and use it over and over …

Opera is my favourite browser, it makes both surfing and designing web pages such an easy and pleasant experience. I like the Speed Dial keys because with them I can go in less than an instant to my favourite pages. I also love the Wand tool because it can …

Viruses, trojan horses and worms re becoming rampant these days. I bet no one will ever spot a virus free virgin computer! One way or another, we have been victims of this never ending struggle. I too have been hit by this bizarre virtual sickness and I must admit, …

Reasonably priced at $10, this is the best portable voice recording app I’ve tried so far. Of course, all the current Apple portable devices have a built-in “Voice Memos” app that is available for free, but there are things you may need in a voice recording application that “Voice Memos” …

The best format to share documents over the net is with no doubt Adobe’s PDF. Everytime I need to send a document via e-mail I send a PDF file. I personally hate people sending DOC files and even worse DOCX ones! Adobe’s Acrobat Reader might be the best PDF …

I downloaded my AVG Anti-virus for free from Cnet last year based on the recommendation of a friend. I was looking not for a free anti virus but for one that does not need a big chunk of disk space.
I used to have Norton and McAfee but have problems …

I have started to learn about Microsoft Excel 2008 and I have to say I like all the new features and the new look. It is easier to use and more easy to understand. It has a lot more features that are easy to use and helpful to have. …

For many years I have played around with Joomla and other online web building software’s. If you have an understanding how it is to create websites online then you will know that finding the right template for your site can be really hard. I can search high and low …

This media player plays just about everything, including music, movies, CDs, DVDs, and whatever else you might need a player for. I use it for everything because it is convenient, fairly easy to use even if you aren’t a rocket scientist with technology, and because I like the format. …

Over six years ago I was surfing the internet looking for a photo managing software program, and came across Photo Elf. It was a little family run company, and I decided to give the software a try. It is without a doubt one of my favorite and most …

Dragon Naturally Speaking Basic
Walmart
$50
I kept seeing the commercials for the Dragon Naturally Speaking. The commercials say you are supposed to be able to speed up the amount of words you type within a minute. The software is supposed to expedite your work on the computer. You need only speak …

Before renewing the subscription of my old Anti-Virus Software, I decided to check AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2011. After using it for about one week I decided to retain it in my computer without going for renewing the subscription of the old one. I am quite satisfied with the …

If I were to recommend a CD/DVD Imaging software/Virtual Drive, I’d have to say it’d be PowerISO. The most important reason for me is that it’s programmed to cover almost all image file formats in the software wilderness! Say for example you’re into torrents, from experience you get weird …

LightWave 6 is a great 3D program that I used while I was in school taking graphic design. I think that this program is one of the best I have ever seen and it really does stand out. I love the way I can make 3D shapes and then add …

I have been using Filezilla FTP Client 2.1 for some time because I need to upload my files. Filezilla FTP Client 2.1 by Filezilla is an FTP client which uploads your files online, so if you are building websites and want to upload your files, you need it.
This …

No matter what type of computer you may have, you always need a great home office software setup. It’s hard to find one that is decent enough to tell others about. That’s why you should take the time to research and try as many as you can until you …

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 …

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 …

Google Earth is one very interesting aplication and an very useful thing that was released to the public through the Internet. This easy and free downloadable software enables you to see the Earth from the space, and you can zoom over the Terrestrial Globe, so that you can go …

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 …

This is some privations for Microsoft word 2000 program by using the keyboard:
The alt key + f opens the File menu,
The alt key + e opens the Edit menu,
The alt key + v opens the View menu,
The alt key + I opens the Insert menu,
The alt key + o …

I’m sure that everyone has had there say about Wordpress blog and website publishing software but I think I want to put my 2 cents in. I have used Wordpress for a long time and everything about it is great. Well, almost everything. I can’t say that I don’t have …

So I finally broke down and downloaded WinAmp 5.12. And I have to say, I’m happy with it. There haven’t been too many changes to the basic working of it, which pleases me. I don’t like too much change that way, my WinAmp looks pretty much the …

I have a Dell Inspiron Laptop purchased in early 2007 with Windows Vista installed. After a few days up setting up my system, I came to the realization that Norton AntiVirus was just not working for me at all. A decided to go a web search of the better …

I recently did a review on Turbo Tax, which a friend of mine recommended, and I really liked it, but before I made that leap, I made the mistake of investing in the TaxAct bundle package. I think I was initially pulled to it because it was a much …

Limewire is a software which allows you to share (Upload/Download) anything. You can simply select what to upload & download thousands of files from others around the globe.
Best thing in this software is all the downloads and uploads are totally free. In my personal experience you can find almost …

I recently bought a Dell Laptop (Inspiron 6400) with operating system Windows Vista Premium Edition. At first, I was really excited that I was the first person in my little group to have a machine with said operating system. All of my “techy” friends at work and …

Well, where else can u search and download audio and video files in the internet free and very fast? The answer is LIMEWIRE, this utility has an edge to search not just for the music your looking for, but also search the entire web which host that file you …

My family seems like they are spread out all over the globe. I have cousins, aunts and uncles overseas, as well as in various parts of the country. And sometimes, chatting on the phone just is not as good as having a conversation with them in person. That is …

I was looking for a free alternative to the Documents to Go word processing app. Besides cost, my other requirement was that this program had to allow me to edit and create documents on my smartphone. After spending several minutes browsing through potential applications on the Android …

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 …

Everybody is downloading music these days, or so it seems. The traditional places to get music, such as Napster, might be gone, but many other software utilities have come to take its place. One, my beloved WinMX, has passed, but iMesh 5.0 takes up the slack.
I used …

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 …

Lucid Puppy is a Puppy Linux Distribution, it is an operating system that uses the linux kernel, GNU utilities and a lot of other free software. Puppy Linux has always been a live-cd distribution aimed for being used on old (or just low-tech) computers like those with slow processors …

Since I haven’t heard anyone truly talk about their feelings about SocialGo software, I wanted to be the one to say a few things about them. I have had my share of different site software’s but I stick this one in it’s own category. I had heard a lot …

I never knew that cellphone could never be this good. I know how high tech cellphones and yeah I once too became a fan of Iphone mainly because of its wifi features and how sleek the design was.
But then after a few months of wondering if that expensive gadget …

In my experience of Microsoft Office 2008, I really think they were just trying to complicate things. I am so not impressed with Office 2008 that I resorted back to using Microsoft Office 2003, because of familiarity, ease of use and a general look and feel that I find …

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 …

With Microsoft’s word processor and office application pack becoming more and more expensive, as well as more and more complicated to use, I happened to come across what I think is a suitable alternative to the mainstream, in terms of office application software.
OpenOffice is word processing and spreadsheet application …

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 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 …

According to me Limewire is the best P2P sharing software available on the planet today. I have used dozens of other P2P softwares such as kazaa, edonkey, Morpheus, etc. but they don’t even stand in competition with Limewire.
There are two versions of Limewire, viz, Limewire and Limewire PRO. The …

Easy pc Software
It is a cad program for designing and making printed circuit board (PCB). It is easy to be used but I take some disadvantage notes about it:
1- It must be used for a lot of layers not only for a double side printed circuit board.
2- It some …

When it comes to secure my PC from viruses, and worms, spywares, and lots of dangerous stuffs like these, I only trust on Norton antivirus, and I am using this antivirus software for many years, like about six years, and in the previous year I bought “Norton antivirus 2008″, …