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 …

Mouse Extender (or MouseExtender) is a free software program used to manipulate the function of the middle scroll button on a mouse. When you click on the middle button, a window pops up with your choice of programs or files. The purpose of this is to minimize the clutter …

FileZilla is a free FTP client download that lets users upload files to an FTP server. I use it to upload fan videos I make for anime conventions and it’s a great software program to use. It’s easy to log in to the server with the password …

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 …

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 …

My family has been raised around music so when it comes to learning about music and how to play it, it’s very important. I have a few nieces and nephews in my family and I have worked very hard to keep them grounded when it came to music. I …

I have been using Ebay Turbo Lister 2 for maybe 3 months and thus far have been very impressed with it. It took me a day or so to work out to use it. I found it fairly intuitive to follow and ease to use. The most …

I use this free, open-source word processing software as an alternative to Microsoft Word. Part of the Open Office pack of programs, this totally free software is so similar to Microsoft Word that you would barely notice a difference unless you used some of the more obscure features …

It’s the program that you’d find me using most of the time for the purpose of converting video files to the DVD format, to of course later be burnt on a blank DVD. Ever since I started using this piece of software, I haven’t had one problem in which …

Apple iTunes 10, new logo, same problems. Launched in 2010 along with the new iPod Touch and radically smaller iPod Nano, Apple iTunes 10 now comes with even more unneccessary features, adding more bloat to an already bloated piece of software. The main perpetrator here is Ping, a new …

The question of choosing the perfect anti-virus software has always makes me reading so many reviews. Recently, I decided to change my current anti-virus software and install a new one with improved features and better malware detection technology. I was recommended to try Norton Internet Security 2010. Since, it …

Any.do is one of the best applications that I have downloaded for my Android Phone. It has made my life quite easy by handling all my important tasks in a seamless and error free manner.
Basically it is a task manager mobile application. It is available only for Android phone which …

Internet Download Manager is a perfect downloading tool for its price. It accelerates the download speed and also gives us so many other services. I’ve downloaded it and started downloading the trial version of a software from Download.com which is about 1.5 GB. Normally with my broadband connection it …

I write up a lot of documents that I later want to create a PDF file with, but I hate using Adobe itself because it’s a complicated program, and I hadn’t at the time found a software that would convert a word document to a PDF file, so that …

When I started learning web design I assumed that all the skills you needed were HTML and CSS. Boy was I ever wrong. In the process of creating my portfolio, our instructor told us to browse other portfolios online for inspiration. I started to notice, in browsing these portfolios …

To start off with, I love love love Foxit Reader. It is a PDF viewer, freeware. First of all, it has all the neccessary features that an Acrobat Reader for a normal user like me.
I has a auto bookmark section for all page which makes navigation to the page …

I’m always in search of services that offer free SMS since I don’t have credit load for my mobile phone all the time. And one of my favorite free SMS service is Chikka and I have been using their Chikka Text Messenger software for years now.
The Chikka Text Messenger …

Adobe Photoshop Elements is the light version of Adobe Photoshop. It has some of the features of the bigger version, but definitely not all. It is very much cheaper though, and doesn’t need as much digital memory as Adobe Photoshop. If you only want to crop pictures, you don’t …

After using Trillian for nearly two years, I decided to try Trillian Pro, the $25 paid upgrade to the basic, free chat application. If nothing else, I’d wanted to support the developers of Trillian. After all, they’d made an amazing piece of software available free of charge to …

Is there really a need to defrag? It is not a must but it certainly helps to speed up overall system performance, and possible help extend the life of a PC.
The files we have created and stored in various locations were actually broken down into smaller pieces of data. …

Ever wanted to record your own songs? Ever needed a simple to use, free and decent audio editor? I know how you feel,and Audacity is just the thing for you. Audacity is an audio editor software available for free (can I repeat that? FREE!).
After playing around with the …

Up until I started selling stuff online through my website sales pages I had been tracking (or trying thereof) performances in a rather manual fashion and now I really think Google Analytics website performance monitoring software is the best thing since sliced bread.
Basically, I now have a live way …

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 …

As its name suggests, Free Download Manager is a freeware product for download management. Even for being a freeware product, it provides a surprisingly user-friendly environment with many functions (along with the basics, of course), including and not limited to file conversion, support of downloading from any file server …

As an amateur photographer, I like my photos to look their best, especially as I try to sell some of them. Anyone who is anyone in the photographer world seems to use adobe photo shop to enhance and manipulate their photos for the best quality picture they can produce. …

Ubuntu is a free, open source operating system. It’s a distribution of Linux, in case you don’t know about Linux, Linux is an open source operating system as well, made in 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux by itself is available for development and distribution but any developer and distributor …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Well Adobe’s Creative Suite is essential for my career as a graphic designer in that it allows me to design advertisements and layout pages for the newspaper in a professional manor. 99% of the graphics feild uses Adobe’s Creative Suite for their creative …

Desktop Toilet is hilarious download for your recycle bin on your computer. You get it free for l5 dollars after that to purchase the entire software it is 5 dollars. You can choose to change your recycle bin to 40 different icons of toilet boils. You …

For the past few years I’ve been trying (and ultimately discarding) Mac recipe management software trying to find something that would be a good fit for and my family and me. Nothing ever lasted more than a few months, mostly due to a poor user interface or lack …

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 …

I honestly think this is the best commercial antivirus out there. I think it originated from Russia and it has quickly become my favourite antivirus probably because I have used it for so long without fail. I used to surf and download a lot on the internet …

I have Microsoft Works Calendar installed on my computer and although I don’t use it a lot I have to say that it works very well and I enjoy being able to use it when necessary. It came already installed on my computer so I’m unsure of the …

Along with Windows vista come several very cool programs which most people aren’t aware of. Most people think that Windows Vista is just an upgrade from Windows XP which “makes everything look cooler” and “is a lot harder on the graphics card/processor”. Well, both of those statements are actually …

Finally, the new web browser to supposedly rival Mozilla Firefox is finally here. Earlier today, Google released Google Chrome, a new sleeker internet browser.
But, it is better than what you already have? Most likely, it isn’t better…yet. Chrome is only in beta, so hopefully in the future, it …

I just got Microsoft Power point 2007 installed on my computer as apart of the large Microsoft Office 2007 home edition. The alternative Open Office program that I was using was good (esp because it was free) but I am a school student that needs the best and the …

Recently I learned about lubuntu, a linux distribution based on Ubuntu that aims to creat a faster and more lightweight version of Ubuntu. This is done replacing a few applications with others. The main difference is the desktop used as lubuntu replaces the Gnome desktop, wich is the default …

Opera is a great web browser for virtually every device and OS on the market, although on Windows it can cause some major system slowdowns. It can also restore tabs if you close Opera and then re-open it again.
This is a direct competitor to Firefox and Internet Explorer, but …

This application is so cool and I could not believe such application was even made; it’s quite like for the semi obsessive-compulsive or for those who just doesn’t want their phone’s secrets to be easily accessed, it’s called the iLock. I thought it was an application for Iphones since …

I’ve always been a huge fan of paying someone else to do my taxes. I’ve always received good returns that way, and haven’t had to put too much thought into all the bills and paperwork that I’ve let gather up over the course of the tax year. I work …

Whenever my MSN or yahoo messenger cannot connect to the internet, I just have to settle for the web messengers these sites open. Well, I am really happy that I was able to discover that I can actually use ebuddy.com and be able to sign in to both of …

I downloaded this application from Blackberry Application World and it had a high rating of 4 out of 5 stars. When it comes to ratings a 4 out of 5 is very high as a perfect 5 out of 5 rating is rarely in effect so the others …

I first used AVG’s Free Antivirus software when I had to reinstall everything on my computer and didnt have my older mcafee subscription left. AVG’s antivirus is simple, easy to use and is great for basic uses. In fact it is probably a really good deal for what all …

When it comes to fast and efficient browsing of the internet only few of them can even come close to Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6, Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6 is just the best browser which provides the user with enhanced browsing experience and it really makes it easy with its various tools …

My experience with Norton AntiVirus Software was actually positive. I haven’t had any bad things when it came to this software. IT has been one of the best ones. The price alone is what keeps it running the show. It took my three different antivirus software to realize that …

So…You want your ubuntu machina to look like Apple’s Mac OS but you just could not find the right theme that will match? Well, I also stumbled upon the same problem. There are a lot of MacOS-like themes out there, but most of them have bugs and are not even …

Auslogics Disk Defrag has taken the defragmentation process to a whole new level. At first, I rejoiced for just discovering a faster and more efficient defragmentation program than the one built into windows. I thought I knew the program up until I decided to review it for Reviewstream. How …

I am a die hard fan of Google Chrome Browser. Ever since, I used it for the first time, I had become a permanent member of its fan club. My close association with Google Chrome is based on solid reason and my long personal experience with various web browsers. …