Alternative To is an interesting web service that suggests software alternatives for the Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac and Linux operating system plus online services. It works by selecting one of the applications that are already listed on the website or by using the search form on the top of the page. The website will then [...]

Categories: Online Services

Nirsoft are known for developing free and portable computer software for the Windows platform including some extremely popular applications like CurrPorts which displays the open ports and software programs using them, Wireless Key View which can recover wireless keys from a computer system or MessenPass which can be used to recover instant messenger passwords. Way [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

The Windows Registry is one of the major attack locations for malicious software and should therefor be protected by security software to ensure that no settings get changed or added to it. One prime example is the addition of new startup items to the Windows operating system. The Windows Registry contains several locations where those [...]

Categories: Security, Software, Windows

Adding new entries to the Windows right-click context menu is no easy task if you only have the tools the Windows operating system is providing to you at your disposal. It is essential for a better file management to add entries to the shell context menu to access and manage files and folders easier and [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Desk Drive is a free software program for Windows XP and Windows Vista that solves a problem for lazy users. Whenever you pop in a removable device you need to click on Windows Explorer and then on the drive icon to access it. Desk Drive on the other hand places a Windows shortcut right on [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

If Windows Live Messenger is your instant messenger of choice you might like the idea of retrieving all the content that you have accumulated over time including custom emoticons, avatar pictures, backgrounds, deluxe display pictures or dynamic backgrounds. Creating a backup of the multimedia contents of MSN Messenger can be useful if the data has [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Your hard disk space may seem increasingly small but you may not be aware what is taking the space. I, for example, subscribed to dozens of podcasts but naively overlooked them when trying to clear space. In fact, they took up 5GB of space! Whilst disk space is no longer seen as a problem, considering [...]

Categories: Linux, Mac, Software, Tools, Windows

The Donation Coder website and community is special. Not only because I have a long standing relationship with several of its members but also because it is taking an approach that most other sites on the Internet does not take. Instead of relying on online advertisement to fund their projects they rely on donations from [...]

Categories: The Web

Mail Cure is a portable software application for the Windows operating system that has been designed to recover accidentally deleted email messages. Unlike other email recovery tools Mail Cure does not only look for existing mail databases and emails but does scan the free space of the hard drive for traces of mailboxes or deleted [...]

Categories: Email, Software, Windows