I’ve been an AIM user for the past 10 or so years - it was the second instant messenging program I signed up for (after ICQ), and I still use it. There are a lot of good things about AIM, particularly the fact that virtually every young adult has …

I have used many anti-virus programs for my computer but it seems that no program can detect and remove every virus encountered in the internet. I tried Trojan Remover and much to my surprise it detected many worms, Trojan horses and spywares my anti-virus can’t detect. Another great thing …

Advanced system care ver 3.0.1 is a very efficient software of around 7.2 MB from iobit.com.
It is a very versatile software that is virus free and available free of cost for personal use, downloadable from its website www.iobit.com.
I personally am a huge fan of this software and I am …

It is makes me felt tired when suddenly my internet connection disconnected while I am downloading some files from the net. I bet you will feel the same if this occurs to you too. When your download are almost get 100%, suddenly your connection down or you electricity down, …

My experience with the Safari web browser by Apple hasn’t been so great. I’ve been using it on a Windows XP operating system with a moderately slow, not too fast computer for a couple of months now, and lemme just tell you, it does not match up to Google …

My 10 year old grandson decided he wanted to write music. He’s not Mozart, but then, who is? He uses Finale Notepad and got me hooked on it as well. It is a basic program, but you do need at least some background in music to understand the process. …

Steamworks Overview - Steam is a software service which is available for both Windows OS and Mac OS. It is both an online store for buying PC games and a client for running them. Once you buy a copy of a game you gain access to a digital …

I’ve downloaded the Player for Youtube for my Blackberry phone but it won’t work without a data plan and a wireless connection, it’s very impractical and useless and totally devoids the purpose of Wifi and data plan alone, so I’ve tried downloading this one as it had really good …

I have been using AVG Free antivirus for more than 2 years and I find the proformance to be satisfactory. It catches most viruses and like most antivirus programs, a notification will pop up saying there’s a problem and if you want to qurantine it or not. A lot …

A while ago I had the terrible misfortune of having my external 200gb hard drive automatically reformatted by an evil virus. I was devastated to find that all my documents and every single file I used the last two years was completely lost. If you don’t backup your important …

I have not been all that pleased with this program. It is very prone to freezing up and/or crashing to the point it completely closes down the program and losing all the work that has been done to the clip or clips I have been editing. This …

I am pursuing my software engineering and as software developer when I have to design websites then the second tool that comes in my mind is Adobe Photoshop (obviously first tool that comes in my mind is web designing tool). Well this tool is mostly used by Graphic Designers …

Demand for videos and such downloads have become very popular, and you will find that many will want to download such videos onto a DVD so that it can be viewed on a larger screen television and such a like. Unfortunately before you can do this, you will need to …

I got a hold of one of the greatest software’s on the market right now. Well, it may not be one of the best software’s but it’s a great software to have. The older versions have always done me justice so I can vouch for Microsoft when it comes …

Pidgin is a program that allows you to use all your instant message programs at the same time. I have accounts with various providers (GoogleTalk, AIM, ICQ), and running them all at the same time can slow a system down quite a bit. Using Pidgin allows to save plenty …

Windows Vista Basic has so many flows that it is nearly impossible for me to do anything on it, not to mention the compatibility issue.
When I loaded it up as a upgrade for Windows XP the install seemed to take an age to complete when it did my troubles …

Yahoo! Messenger is one of the best softwares for chat. In the messenger, you have the option to change your status to whatever you want, whether it is invisible, available, away,etc. It is convenient in case you don’t want some people to know that you are offline at certain …

Ive been using opera since last 2 years and iam quite comfortable with it. Earlier I used IE6. A friend of mine told me to try opera. Initially i didnt pay any heed to him, because I was too loyal to leave internet explorer.
But, after sometime, i got to …

Doesn’t it always seem like you don’t remmeber sometone’s birthday till you’re about to walk out the door to work? You meant to buy a thank you card, but forgot and now the card store is closed?
Hallmark card studio is a great program to keep on your computer for …

I use Adobe Photoshop CS software to make digital art and to edit photographs. After using several similar imaging programs, like Corel Painter, and a few small photo editors, Photoshop is my favorite. It is the most full-featured, but may not be the easiest to use. I’ve been using …

After I purchased a new computer, I automatically assumed it was protected by all those little cookies and trojans and whatnot. Wrong. The protection my computer came with didn’t do anything on prevention, it only found and deleted problems once they already worked their way into my system. After …

Ubuntu is a Linux distribution like Debian, Knoppix, SuSe or Red Hat. Ubuntu is an operating system like windows or MacOS and on top of that it is free! That’s because the Ubuntu community is based on the ideas of the Ubuntu manifesto: Software must be free, in the …

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 …

I got this software when I decided that I needed to have a bit of help with spells, recipes and rituals. This wonderful CD ROM comes with amazing full books on runes, witchcraft and all types of occult knowledge one would need. You can find numerous spells for everything …

For quite some time I was looking for a good software to chat on my pocket Pc HTC P3400i. I used few but most of them caused plenty of problems on my phone and finally I had to uninstall it completely from my mobile device. But being an internet …

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. …

My friend advised me to use the Ad-Block plus Add-on for Mozilla Firefox when I once inquired him about how to load web pages faster. He informed me that Ad-Block Plus will not only speed up web page loading times by blocking the unnecessary advertisements, but also reduce my …

ZoneAlarm is a firewall that one can choose over the default firewall that windows come with. I like this better than the windows one because it includes a lot of features. You can put your computer on stealth mode so it is harder for hackers to find you. The …

I have a Macintosh computer at home and have typically only used internet based mail programs to access my email. I recently tried to use Mac mail in order to access my email and have found the program so difficult to learn how to use that I have reverted …

My Photoshop journey began with Adobe Photoshop 5.5, 6, 7, CS, CS2 however the CS2 was the longest one, and now is Adobe Photoshop CS3 (when I wrote this I’ve known that the latest version is CS4 but I decided to stick to my CS3).
There are no …

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 …

Windows Live Messenger can be downloaded at: http://get.live.com/messenger/
This used to be called Msn Messenger, and continues to be upgraded each year. The thing that really amazes me about Windows Live is that there are so many new features added on every time there is an upgrade.
I have been using …

Any version of Windows has the default Windows Media Player bundled with it. While there are some people who use Windows Media Player for all their lives, a vast majority of media junkies out there prefer a third party application to take their audio —“ video needs. Media Player …

This product has a very descriptive name. The name pretty much says it all basically. This product comes in a case very much like a DVD case. When I opened the package, I found a computer disk and flash drive attached to the case. The first thing I did …

I’m a transcriptionist, and I use this software for transcribing audio files to give my fingers a break when I get tired of typing. The software is easy to install, and is easy to train. You have to train the program to recognize how you speak for …

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 …

The software is quick to download and easy install. I recommend this to those who value their midi collections. Converting is a breeze. Instructions are very easy to follow. Converted MIDIs to mp3s turned out to have better audio quality. The volume is louder and the music is more …

I just recently was introduce to Zbrush, a 3D digital sculpting and animation software that is can create high quality models with realistic features. Zbrush is a common platform used for many video games and even movies, particularly movies like Hell Boy, Pan’s Labyrinth and The Lord of …

Torrent 1.7 is a free BitTorrent client for Windows.
Despite of its diminute size, the single 154kb executable contains more features than most of its competitors - among which are bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and Mainline DHT (compatible with BitComet).
This piece of software is also notable for taking very …

Being on the prowl for anything free that I can use, especially software, I was pleased with a web browser I found totally by accident. It is a Mozilla based browser called CometBird Browser 3.01.1.
It has all the standard functions of other leading browsers with a few extras …

I adopted Chrome over Firefox early on in its life. I wanted an alternative to Firefox because it was clearly bogging me down, taking more resources and acting up by being slow. Since I was not going to revert back to Internet Explorer, I decided to give …

Microsoft Word 2007 truly pushes the envelope of change. While i would typically say change is good. However, i have to disagree in this case. The user interface is COMPLETELY different than previous versions of Word. This would be better implemented slowly, in …

I never really got around with my e-books, especially if they are in word or in txt format. Honestly, paperbacks or hardcopies are better if this will be the case; I tried to read some good files, and e-books that was sent to me by a friend that …

I recently purchased a new computer that came with VISTA, the new operating system. My previous computer had the Millenium Edition, and my laptop has XP, neither of which is available much anymore. You\’re pretty much stuck with Vista.
Well, it takes a little getting used to. …

For a different experience of using the Twitter service I am really looking for an alternative one which may be a website or software. After searching a little in the search engine I found an application that will satisfy and even simplify my Twitter experience. The user interface of …

When the Windows 7 operating system got out, me and my friends actually got excited about it. Sure, Microsoft has its issues, but getting an upgrade is always a great thing.
I’ve quickly fell in love with Windows 7. It has a very easy to use interface and it was …

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 …

I’ve always loved the Windows Movie Maker in windows and use it often to make my own amateur movies. The best thing about this program is that you can add all the special effects and transitions to make your movie look truly professional. I tried the Windows Movie Maker …

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 …

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. …