Batchrun is a free program that assists you in the creation of batch files on computer systems running Windows. Windows batch files seem to be a thing of the past for the […]
Worio is a clever mashup of several search engines, social bookmarking sites and personalization features to improve search. Update: Worio is no longer available, and there appears to be no comparable service […]
Start Panic is a free online service designed to highlight privacy issues in browsers by detecting sites visited in the past. Internet privacy (also know as online privacy or web privacy) has […]
The last two weeks were filled with rumors about the upcoming Windows 7 Release Candidate. Not only because it is a major step in the development of the next Microsoft operating system, […]
Backup Maker is a powerful Windows backup software that does not need to shy away from comparison with commercial backup programs. In fact, it is available as a free for personal use […]
One of the most oft-asked questions I get is "Why should I switch to Linux?" It comes to me either via inbox or sound waves attacking my aural system every day. This […]
I don't know if you guys know about the Fon router, I have personally used one for ages. It is a community based project, the thinking is that a lot of people […]
Folder Cache is a free portable program for Microsoft Windows devices that keeps track of closed folders so that you can reopen them. How often has it happened to you that you […]
If you work similarly to how I work, you sometimes open ten or more tabs in Firefox in a very short period of time. It's actually pretty easy to do so especially […]
If you have a need for an ftp server, and you have a Linux machine on your network, then you need look no further than proftpd. The proftpd project came about to […]
Paint.net is my image editor of choice on Windows. It is free, starts up fast and provides access to all the features and options needed to edit images effectively before posting them […]
With the well developed Google Desktop Sidebar and the Vista Sidebar, putting all your gadgets and websites on a sidebar always visible might be quite tempting and can provide loads of information […]
Whenever a hard drive is formatted in Windows a serial number is assigned to it in the end. This serial number is often used by software applications to restrict software installations to […]
Gmail UI is a free add-on for the Thunderbird email client that brings several Gmail features to the desktop email program. If you use both the online email service Gmail and the […]
Washer is a free program for Windows that you may use to change the color scheme of any program on Windows to grayscale. Font and background colors as well as images can […]
If you run a website, be it as a hobby, semi-professional or professional you need to know some tools of the trade. Webmaster tools can help webmasters in many different area. They […]
Mendeley is a free academic software to manage and share research papers online, or by using the Mendeley desktop program. The desktop version is available for multiple operating systems including Microsoft Windows, […]
Update: AVG Linkscanner is no longer available. AVG has released Secure Search however which offers an extended feature set. It does scan every link and display ratings for them like Linkscanner did, […]
Microsoft has recently introduced a new service called Fix It which aids users in fixing common problems that are encountered when using the Windows operating system and other Microsoft software. Fix It […]
Paper Label Maker is a free software program for the Windows operating system that has been created to design all kinds of paper labels easily. This includes address labels but also other […]
The following guide provides you with a list of download links for Google Chrome, Chromium, and third-party Chromium-based browsers. I recently tried to download the latest version of the open source version […]
Codec Sniper is a free program for Windows that lists all installed audio and video codecs installed on a Windows machine. It is not uncommon that dozens or even hundreds of audio […]
Recently I have had a lot of people asking how to play various media files in Linux. Since most users are migrating over from either Mac or Windows, they are either used […]
The onboard LAN of my Gigabyte ep35-ds4 motherboard died just a few hours ago. Was surfing the Internet and suddenly connection errors showed up. That's bad as the onboard LAN is located […]
Toggle Em All is a free bookmarklet that you can use to toggle all checkboxes an any website you visit with a single click. Ever came across a situation where you had […]
WinLAME is a free audio encoder for Windows that supports audio format such as mp3 or ogg and uses the popular LAME mp3 encoder. If you are looking for an easy to […]
If you are a Windows user you most likely know where to get software. You can either go to your local software retailer or you can go to a place like downloads.com. […]
If you use both Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook's calendar function you are probably looking for an easy and automated way to sync the calendars to access all information all the time […]
USB flash drives cannot be partitioned in the Windows operating if the drive is identified as removable media. The only way to partition the USB flash drive is to flip the removable […]
It is essential for webmasters and system administrators to monitor websites and networks they manage or own. The core reason for that is that monitoring tools provide administrators with information when a […]
Google Talk is an instant messaging software program for Windows that can be used to chat with friends and colleagues, initiate file transfers, do voice over IP and to send and receive […]
In the Linux operating system, a hidden file is any file that begins with a ".". When a file is hidden it can not been seen with the bare ls command or […]
Outlook Attachment Extractor is a free program for Microsoft Windows that allows you to extract email attachments from Outlook. Email attachments can make up the majority of space required by email clients […]
JBidWatcher is a free portable program for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux to snipe, bid and monitor auctions on the eBay marketplace. The eBay auction platform -- or eBay marketplace as […]
The email client Mozilla Thunderbird uses a similar structure for storing data as the Firefox web browser. It uses profiles directories that are saved by default to the Thunderbird folder of the […]
I run another popular site together with Everton of Connected Internet. The site I'm talking about is Windows 7 News, a highly popular and well ranked website about the next Microsoft operating […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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. […]
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