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FAR Manager is an open-source Norton Commander clone, that is highly customizable

July 10, 2019

FAR Manager isn't new, at least not to most geeks.

FreeOffice 2018 Anniversary Update launches

July 10, 2019

A new version of the free Office suite FreeOffice 2018 by SoftMaker called the Anniversary Update is now available for all supported desktop operating systems.

Zim is a free, open source, text editor with wiki like features

July 10, 2019

One unusual text editor which I came across a while ago, was Zim.

Spotify Lite: Alternative to Spotify on Android discontinued

July 9, 2019

Spotify Lite is a smaller (under 10 MB), faster, and more efficient version of the Spotify app designed for older Android devices (4.

Newsflow is a free, customizable RSS reader app for Windows 10

July 6, 2019

Sometimes we may only have time to read the headlines of articles, and if something piques our interest, we read the entire post.

Xpotify is an open-source Spotify client with some nice extra features

Xpotify: Open-source Spotify client alternative

July 5, 2019

Xpotify is a third-party client for Spotify, designed primarily as a native Windows 10 app.

A look at mpv.net, a mpv frontend with Everything integration

July 5, 2019

Mpv.

Notepads is an open-source text editor with a fluent design

July 4, 2019

Notepads is the newest text editor on the block, and it looks gorgeous.

How to fix "You'll need a new app to open this calculator"

July 3, 2019

Windows 10 is no stranger to errors.

How to fix the "An exception occurred" error on Nintendo 3DS

July 2, 2019

"An exception occurred" on a Nintendo 3DS is the crash screen of Luma3DS, the custom firmware, and it means a process crashed, not that the console is broken.

First look at file manager Altap Salamander for Windows (now free)

July 2, 2019

Altap Salamander is a two-panel file manager for Windows that was turned into a freeware application recently.

WebChangeMonitor for Windows monitors websites for you

June 30, 2019

WebChangeMonitor is a free open source software program for the Windows operating system to monitor websites.

How to configure Safari in iOS - A user-friendly and privacy focused guide

June 27, 2019

Most iPhone and iPad users don't often pay attention to how their default browser works, unless they run into an issue.

Ribbon Disabler 4.0 restores Explorer's classic interface

June 27, 2019

Ribbon Disabler provides users who dislike the interface with an option to restore the classic Explorer interface on Windows 8 and newer versions of Windows.

How to disable Twitter's new interface and get the old design back

June 26, 2019

When websites that you have grown accustomed to for years suddenly change their design, it often gets confusing.

Auto Screen Capture for Windows

June 24, 2019

Auto Screen Capture is a free open source program for Microsoft's Windows operating system to capture up to four connected screens automatically.

Joplin: Note taking app for iOS, Android, Windows

June 24, 2019

Joplin is a free note-taking app that uses Markdown, offering excellent privacy via end-to-end encryption and local-first storage.

Fake (Commercial) versions of Open Source applications on the Microsoft Store

June 17, 2019

The Microsoft Store, formerly known as Windows Store, has had its fair share of application related issues in the past that ranged from copycat applications, de

Krisp: mute background noise during calls

June 15, 2019

Krisp, a background noise cancelling application that was released for Mac OS X initially, is now also available for Windows devices.

A quick look at Vov Podcast Downloader for Windows

June 14, 2019

Vov Podcast Downloader is a program for Windows to download podcast episodes from RSS feeds that you add to the application.

GIMP 2.10.12 update: faster painting, support for user-installed fonts, and more

June 13, 2019

The development team behind the open source graphics editor GIMP released GIMP 2.

Revo Uninstaller Free: Windows Apps uninstallation added

June 12, 2019

Revo Uninstaller is a popular established program for Windows to uninstall programs and to deal with traces of uninstalled programs that default uninstallers of

A look at Win-X Menu 3.0 for Windows

June 11, 2019

Win+X Menu Editor is a free software program by Happy Bulldozer to change the Windows-X power menu of the Windows 10 operating system.

VLC Media Player 3.0.7 released: security updates and improvements

June 6, 2019

A new version of the cross-platform multimedia application VLC Media Player hast been released today.

ScanFS: file search and disk cataloging software for Windows

June 4, 2019

ScanFS is a powerful file search software with in-content search and regular expression support for Windows that is free to use for Home use.

IrfanView 4.53 Image Viewer released

May 20, 2019

IrfanView is one of the most advanced image viewers that is available for Windows.

About CCleaner's Easy Clean Mode

May 15, 2019

Piriform released www.

NVIDIA Pixel Clock Patcher: remove resolution and refresh rate limits

May 15, 2019

NVIDIA Pixel Clock Patcher is a free program for Microsoft Windows devices that removes certain resolution and refresh rate limits.

Sound Editor Audacity 2.3.2 update integrates MP3 Encoder

May 15, 2019

A new update for the sound editor Audacity to version 2.

Simplewall 3.0 Beta First Look

May 13, 2019

Simplewall 3.

A look at the archiver Explzh

May 12, 2019

Explzh is a free software for Microsoft's Windows operating system to manage -- create, extract, change -- archives using an Explorer-like interface.

Microsoft releases buggy Office 2016 Patch KB4462238

May 8, 2019

Microsoft released non-security updates for Microsoft installed-based versions of Microsoft's Office suite on May 7, 2019.

KeePass Tip: access the password history

May 6, 2019

KeePass is a powerful password manager for the desktop that is available for Windows officially and through forks for other operating systems as well.

KeePass 2.42 Password Manager is out

May 2, 2019

KeePass 2.

Control Windows Updates with Sledgehammer (formerly WUMT Wrapper Script)

April 28, 2019

Windows Update, or more precisely maintaining full control over the update behavior of the Windows operating system, was the topic of many articles here on this

MoviePrint: create video thumbnail summaries

April 24, 2019

MoviePrint is a free open source program for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh systems that creates thumbnail summaries of any number of video files.