Online Armor has a professional feel that is typical of freeware versions of advanced security tools, pared down to its firewall options. The installation is blazingly fast, taking less than 30 seconds from double-clicking on the installer to running the firewall. Once installed, Online Armor defaults to running its installation wizard, which it calls a [...]
Eusing Free Registry Cleaner
Aug 26
The more software and hardware you install and uninstall, the more full your Registry gets. A great deal of software doesn’t clean up after itself, and leaves behind old and obsolete Registry entries, or upon install creates invalid ones. There will be pointers to missing DLLs, listings of no-longer-valid file extensions, invalid paths, invalid ActiveX [...]
AceMoney Lite
Aug 19
AceMoney Lite is free account-management software. It will help you keep a tight rein on your spending habits, your stock portfolio, your 401(k), and your bill payments. With more than 100 transaction categories, support for password protection, 150 currencies, and more than 20 supported languages, AceMoney Lite is powerful and clever enough for any home [...]
Evernote
Aug 9
The idea behind Evernote is to be a sort of digital file cabinet. It allows you to create “notebooks” containing items called notes. These notes can range from text to photos to many kinds of attached files. You can locate, group and peruse them quickly, without having to dig through a computer’s file system. When [...]
Lego Digital Designer (LDD)
Jul 22
Lego Digital Designer (LDD) is the official Lego CAD-like program for Windows and Mac. For many this smart toy will be a clear first choice. The graphics and controls are excellent. If you’re accustomed to Google Earth, say, you’ll probably soon feel at home navigating in 3D on the virtual grid, moving building blocks [...]
Miranda IM
Jun 21
Miranda IM is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows. Very light on system resources and extremely fast, Miranda IM requires no installation and can be made to fit on a single floppy disk or USB drive. Featuring a powerful plugin-based framework and boasting over 350 plugins, Miranda IM is one of the most flexible [...]
Foxit Reader
Jun 14
It’s small, loads in a flash, supports bookmarks, has search capability, offers many extra features and even allows you to annotate PDF files. On top of that, it can also print PDFs. On the downside, I find the PDFs look less clear on my PC screen than with PDF-XChange; and the annotation feature leaves validation [...]
ZScreen
Jun 10
ZScreen is an open-source screen capture program that allows for region/window/full-screen screenshots. It can FTP screenshots and put the URL in your clipboard in a single keystroke. It supports automatic custom naming conventions with variables. It can also interface with image editing software. ZScreen makes snapping and uploading screenshots easier. It captures full screen, [...]
