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LastPass Gets Long-Awaited Update

News Productivity Software Reviews February 9, 2016

In a world rife with hacking events, cybercrime, and record-setting numbers of data breaches, it falls to tech users to be as proactive as they can about guarding their content. All too often, the user names and passwords that protect our accounts are the gold standard in identity theft-related... Read more

Pale Moon : A Real And Fun Alternative Browser

Internet Software Reviews February 3, 2016

“Your Browser, Your way.” (Allegedly.) I’ve used a lot of different browsers over the years and I remember writing about the Linux based Pale Moon browser back in 2014, and I liked it. But now Moonchild Productions has released Pale Moon 26.0, the browser’s first big update in two years,... Read more

Remote Connecting Made Easy With NoMachine

Desktop Software Reviews February 3, 2016

NoMachine is a remote desktop utility designed for people of all skill levels. The ability to connect to other PC’s and devices legitimately has been around for a long time. But having used several other similar based programs such as TeamViewer, No Machine is the one I’ve managed to... Read more

Hibernate ORM Comes To FileHippo

Development News Software Reviews February 2, 2016

Most of the time you have to pay for really good specialist software, and sometimes like when you use Hibernate, it’s open source and it’s free. When it comes to framework selection with Java developers, you can be pretty sure the overwhelming response will, 9 times out of 10,... Read more

The Best Gets Better: CCleaner’s Latest Update

News Software Reviews System Tuning January 29, 2016

There are a few applications that every tech user–from the IT expert down to those who do little more than email and Solitaire–needs to have in the arsenal. A strong, updated antivirus and anti-malware package is vital, a really powerful, updated browser is a must, and a highly-functional but... Read more

Firefox 44 Gets Official Release And Some New Features

Internet News Software Reviews January 29, 2016

The latest version of Firefox has been officially released, and users should be prepared some new features. According to the changelog Mozilla released for Firefox version 44 everyone’s favorite fox based web browser now has Web Push notifications. This latest added trick should save users on battery power, and... Read more

Novabench Takes The Guess Work Out Of Tech

News Software Reviews System Tuning Windows January 26, 2016

One of the hardest things for any hands-off tech user to know–whether a private consumer or a corporate client–is if their equipment is up to snuff. There’s a lot of wasted money out there in upgrading components or entire systems, and the result is often a storage closet overflowing... Read more

Ex Firefox Boss Releases Open Source Ad-Blocking Web Browser In Brave Move

Internet News Software Reviews January 25, 2016

The newly released web browser Brave claims to be ad-free but how true is that? Brendan Eich, the former CEO of Mozilla, and also the inventor of JavaScript has unleashed his new brainchild on the internet; an ad-free web browser that automatically blocks tracking cookies, and promises a faster,... Read more

Skype Translator Now Supports 7 Languages

News Social Media Software Reviews January 20, 2016

Microsoft promised that Skype would soon deliver a real time translation service. Now it has. The downside? It’s only available in Windows, for now anyway. Yes, that’s right. Skype Translator has been officially released to the public. Users of Skype on Windows can now hold voice-to-voice conversations with another... Read more

Filehippo.com Now Hosting Project Management Software

News Project Management Software Reviews January 18, 2016

We thought we might try something a bit different this year and kick off 2016 with a new addition to our site: Project Management Software. As of right now, we are trialing our new Web Apps section to see what our users make of it. So far, the response and... Read more

PotPlayer Media Player Does It All

Multimedia Software Reviews Video January 14, 2016

In an effort to provide the best multimedia experience possible for tech users of every need, a lot of developers have put out media player software. And while they can all claim to be the best, the fact of the matter remains that so many of these players are... Read more

Start 2016 With Better Productivity Thanks To SHAREit

Mac Productivity Software Reviews Windows January 5, 2016

It’s the same thing every year: “I’m going to get organized.” “I’m going to finish that project I’ve been working on for years.” “I’m going to finally go after the career I’ve always wanted.” Possibly second only to New Year’s resolutions to lose weight and get healthy, getting organized... Read more

5 Software Titles You Should Have Been Using In 2015

Best Software News Software Reviews December 31, 2015

Everybody loves “free.” They love things that make our lives easier. And most people even love software. So what’s better than free software that makes our lives easier? Chocolate! No wait. Free productivity software! Here’s a look at some personal favorites when it comes to free, freemium, or dirt-cheap... Read more

Foxit Reader Takes On Big Names In PDF Software

News PDF Software Reviews December 21, 2015

There’s little doubt that PDFs are such an integrated part of our connected lives that there’s a real need for quality software for the medium. Unfortunately, there are only a few major developers in document software, and they’ve become such household names in their industries that it’s easy to... Read more

Wolfram Alpha: Free For All

Development News Software Reviews December 16, 2015

We’ve never been closer to the future predicted in Star Trek than we are right now. In the dream-state setting of the television series and films, there is no struggle on Earth. There is no disease, no poverty, no clashing of ideologies that erupts in violence. Humans have moved... Read more

Why You Need EaseUS Partition Master Free!

Software Reviews System Tuning Windows November 24, 2015

Create, resize, copy, format and split partitions with ease It’s a fact of life that hard drives just keep getting bigger. But while all that extra space allows you to install more programs and store more information than ever before, it also makes it a whole lot harder to... Read more

Lightroom Update Proves Need To Know Your Users

News Photo and Image Software Reviews November 18, 2015

We can all put down our torches and pitchforks, as Adobe has thankfully issued an update–only a month after a previous version update–to undo some of the damage it did to its popular photo editing tool Lightroom. The public outcry over some of the changes was loud, and luckily,... Read more

Deep Instinct: Next Gen Antivirus You Never Have To Update?

Antivirus Software Reviews November 4, 2015

Israeli start-up Deep Instinct has plans to launch an antivirus service that can detect malware and viruses by essentially teaching itself to spot nefarious code… Having an antivirus and malware solution on your computer is a really good idea if you want to keep your digital life safe and... Read more

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