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Full Screen Writer Write Monkey

Write Monkey is a text editor that offers several unique features to stand out of the masses of other writers and editors. The first and probably most noticeable feature is that the […]

Connect to a wireless network via command line

I know, the first thing you are asking is "Why would I want to have to connect to a wireless network from the command line?" To that question I can give you […]

Regular Expression Coach

Regex Coach is a free cross-platform program that you can use to learn and work with regular expressions in a visual environment. Regular expression can be used to identify strings of text. […]

Update Notifier checks Windows software for updates

Update Notifier is a free program for Windows that checks if updates are available for installed software programs on the PC it is run on. One of the main disadvantages of the […]

Seam Carving image editor Seamonster

Seamonster is a free implementation of the seam carving technology which removes the least likely to be missed pixels from images during resize operations. Seamonster is not your usual image editing software. […]

Automatically Jump To First Text Field

We mentioned a setting for the Firefox web browser earlier today that allows you to use the tab key to jump to the first text field on a website so that you […]

Manage Sony Reader in Linux

I love to read. I read a LOT. I read books, news, you name it. I even have a book published for the Kindle (a super hero romp called Shero) The idea […]

Find Software Alternatives with Alternative.to

Alternative To is an interesting web service that suggests software alternatives for software and services on Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac and Linux operating systems plus online services. Alternatives to software programs or […]

Google Update Turns Open Source

Google Update is a background program by Google that gets installed on Windows operating systems if you install software such as Google Chrome, Google Pack or other Google software on the system. […]

Quick Jump To Text Fields In Firefox

While some websites like Google Search set the focus on text fields automatically, it is not used on other websites either because the webmaster does not know that such a feature exists, […]

Windows Update Fix

Windows Update is Microsoft's main service for updating the Windows operating system. Users can visit the Windows Update website using Internet Explorer to scan their operating system for possible updates. Updates can […]

Uninstall Microsoft Internet Explorer 8

The following guide walks you through the steps of uninstalling Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 web browser from a Windows PC. Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 8 some time ago and has started […]

Quick Linux Tips: File Naming

If you are coming from the world of Windows you are pretty much used to naming a file whatever. You could have a file named "This Is My File And This File […]

Tired of Photoshop and GIMP? Try Paint.net

Paint.net is a free powerful image editor for Microsoft Windows devices that, as the name suggests, requires the Microsoft .NET Framework. I've been searching for a Photoshop replacement for a while, and […]

Move Files Automatically

Move Out is a free portable program for Microsoft Windows that moves files automatically based on rules that you set up in the program. We reviewed a software program that enables you […]

UK. Sensitive Information. Need We Say More?

The massive increase in data collection throughout the world has not led to responsible data storage laws. That is an imbalance that becomes obvious especially in one country in these days. The […]

Fedora Live USB Creator

Fedora Live USB Creator is a free program that lets you download and copy Fedora Linux to a USB Flash Drive to run or install it from the device. Fedora Linux is […]

Sort Files Folders Automatically

If you save all your Internet downloads in a single location on your computer system, opposed to sorting downloads as they happen into folders, you may have noticed that the folder grows […]

Windows Driver Updates

One would think that there should be at least some free working tools for the Windows operating system that allow users to scan if drivers installed on the computer system are up […]

Do you use your OEM operating system?

I just got my hands on a new Sony Vaio FW, and I'm really interested to know how you guys use the operating system on your laptop. My old one had XP […]

Youtube Comment Cloud Firefox Add-On

Comments can be very useful wherever they are allowed. To many comments on the other hand make it complicated to get a good overview of the opinions in the comments especially if […]

Securely copy files with scp

I have to copy files from machine to machine all the time. Most of the time this copying is done over a network connection. When using that transport method I always like […]

Customize Google For Internet Explorer

Customize Google for Internet Explorer is a free program for Microsoft's Internet Explorer to customize various Google features. Customize Google has been a very popular add-on for the Firefox web browser for […]

Windows Cannot Find Msconfig

The guide assists you in repairing a Windows system that throws the error message Windows Cannot Find Msconfig when you try to load the tool. MSConfig, which stands for Microsoft System Configuration […]

Internet Radio Music Player Radiosure

Radiosure is a free program for Microsoft Windows that you may use to play and record Internet Radio on devices that run Windows. Internet radio has become very popular lately with thousands […]

Internet Explorer 8 To Be Distributed Via Automatic Updates

Microsoft has announced plans to distribute the new web browser Internet Explorer 8 to computers running previous installments of Internet Explorer via Automatic Updates. The final version of Internet Explorer 8 was […]

Launch any app or folder with a hotkey using PS Hot Launch

PS Hot Launch VVL is a free launcher application for Windows that lets you start any app or folder with the tap on a hotkey. I use a lot of applications and […]

Microsoft Outlook Express Email Extraction

Undbx is a free program for Windows that allows you to extract email messages stored in Outlook dbx database files. Microsoft Outlook Express emails are stored in so called dbx database files. […]

PDF Presentation Software Impressive

Impressive is a free presentation software for Windows that improves PDF and Image presentations significantly and with minimal effort. PDF documents are usually not used in presentations. It does happen often however […]

Extend Firefox's User Agent Switcher

Originally written in 2009, the review of the User Agent Switcher add-on for Firefox is still as valid as it has been. The extension is still available and compatible with recent versions […]

P2P: The Owner Free File System

OFF-System, which stands for Owner Free File System, is a distributed system which uses peer to peer technology for distributing files. Peer to peer networks are often associated with the dark side […]

Homedale is a Wi-Fi networking monitor

Homedale is a free wireless networking monitor for Windows that you may use to monitor WiFi access points and their signal strength. Not all wireless networking hardware comes with the appropriate software […]

Web Development: Widerbug For Firefox

Firebug is a very popular extension for the Firefox web browser that provides web developers with an immense set of development related tools that they can make use of on the website […]

Back up your files to a secure remote server with Carbonite

Everyone should back their data up in case their computer suddenly fails or is even lost or stolen. Many will back their data up on mediums like external hard drives, but it […]

Set up MySQL database replication

If you use databases then you know how important it is to back them up. But backing up a database and being able to use that backup depends upon the back up […]

Language Translation Software GTranslater

GTranslater is a free open source program for Windows and Linux to translate languages using Google's Translate API. The Internet has made language translation an easier than ever experience thanks to services […]

Intype is a plain text editor with coding support

Intype is a text, code and xml editor for the Windows operating system that looks similar to advanced editors like Notepad++ in many aspects. It features the same extensibility and customization options […]

How to show 5 top categories in WordPress

WordPress is a great piece of software, and allows more than you'd think to be done with simple coding. I bet that a lot of people out there would look for a […]

Firefox Web Browser Customization With AnyColor

Any Color is an add-on for the Firefox web browser that allows users to change the look and feel of the browser without the need to install themes. While you may not […]

Windows Desktop Alternative BumpTop

Remember BumpTop? We covered a tech demo of the 3D desktop technology back in 2006 and felt that it could be a great way of helping computer users bring order to the […]