Scite is an Open Source text editor for Windows and Linux. It supports many of the features of popular editors like Notepad++ and can therefor be seen as an alternative to those programs, at least on the Windows operating system. Scite can open multiple text files at once which are displayed in tabs in its [...]

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Duplicate file finders can use different methodologies to find duiplicates. Some simply compare file names or types while others compute hashes or use algorithms to find duplicate files even if the size of the files is not the same. Duper is a free program for Windows, Linux and Mac that checks the file size of [...]

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Many computer users who lock their computer regularly do not perform additional actions before doing so. It is for instance possible to save energy by turning off the computer monitor. This is especially helpful for laptops to preserve battery power but can also save some money on the next energy bill. Monitor ES is a [...]

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Virtual Volumes View (VVV) is a free disk catalog software for the Linux, Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows operating systems. It can not only catalog disks like CDs or DVDs but also files and folders in virtual volumes making them available for offline viewing on the local computer system and over a computer network. Virtual [...]

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A simple text file is sometimes all one needs to put thoughts on virtual paper. But text documents, even advanced ones like Microsoft Word documents, do not cut it when it comes to maintaining a regularly updated diary or journal. RedNotebook has been designed to provide a better and more comfortable experience for regular note [...]

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JShot is a free screenshot capture tool for Windows and Linux that provides computer users with all the functionality needed to take and edit screenshots of their computer screen. The program offers all the features expected from a screen capture tool plus some additional features. A configuration window is displayed on the first startup of [...]

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Windows users have two choices when selecting a media player: Select a player that makes use of system wide codecs or a player that comes equipped with all codecs. The later players offer the advantage that it is usually not necessary to go codec hunting to play a video on the computer system. SMPlayer is [...]

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Beta 3 of Mozilla Prism 1.0 has just been released and it is probably a good idea to answer a question that is probably in your mind right now: What is Mozilla Prism again and why would I need it? Mozilla Prism is offered as a Firefox extension and standalone application. It can basically turn [...]

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RSS feed readers can be divided into the two major categories online and desktop feed readers with desktop feed readers again divided into standalone applications and readers that are part of a software suite. Prominent examples of feed readers are Google Reader in the online category, Microsoft Outlook or Opera in the integrated reader category [...]

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