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PDFs are used in almost every professional environment. This has also given rise to various professional tools to help edit and save PDFs. The problem with these tools is they don’t have all the features, so you end up spending on multiple tools to get the most out of your…
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AnyDesk is a popular Remote Desktop application that uses a new video codec, which is specifically designed for fresh looking graphical user interfaces. AnyDesk software is versatile, secure and lightweight. The software uses TLS1.2 encryption and both ends of the connection are cryptographically verified. AnyDesk is very lightweight and is crammed... Read more
Carbon Copy Cloner is a backup utility with a difference. While most backup applications make copies of selected files, Carbon Copy Cloner makes an exact duplicate of a disk. For many Mac users, Carbon Copy Cloner has prevented complete disaster, helping them rescue an entire hard drive before it... Read more
WhatsApp Launches Desktop Client
DesktopMessagingSoftware Reviews January 23, 2015
After six years of WhatsApp porting its messaging service to every conceivable mobile platform, the team has finally launched ‘WhatsApp Web’ for desktop. Users will be able to scan a QR code on their smartphone to gain access to WhatsApp Web. Since users sign-up to WhatsApp with their mobile... Read more
Need In-Depth System Info? Try Speccy
DesktopNewsSoftware ReviewsWindows January 22, 2015
Speccy will give you detailed statistics on every piece of hardware in your computer. Including CPU, Motherboard, RAM, Graphics Cards, Hard Disks, Optical Drives, Audio support. Additionally Speccy adds the temperatures of your different components, so you can easily see if there’s a problem! Key Features Include information on:... Read more
Chrome Remote Desktop has been a service from Google that has been around for a while now, in fact, it’s been knocking around for years. The service basically allowed users to gain access to a Mac or Windows computer from another computer or an Android device. Up until now... Read more
MobaXterm is a complete toolbox for remote computing. The application is an enhanced terminal for Windows with an X11 server, a tabbed SSH client and several other network tools for remote computing (VNC, RDP, telnet, rlogin). MobaXterm has the essential Unix commands for Windows desktop, in a single portable... Read more
Need An Old Style Start Menu In Windows 8? Checkout StartW8
DesktopSoftware ReviewsWindows December 29, 2014
StartW8 is a free but very powerful tool for Windows 8 users. Do you prefer classic desktop to a modern UI? Would you like to logon directly to desktop? With StartW8 you can use Start menu for running your apps or anything else that you can do with a... Read more
WhatsApp is available on almost every mobile platform, including discontinued platforms like Symbian and Nokia Series 40, but has never developed a web client. New reports say WhatsApp will finally come to the desktop, after five years of availability. The new web client will use OAuth, sending a message... Read more
Outdated Drivers? Try Driver Booster
DesktopSoftware Reviews December 18, 2014
Driver Booster from IObit is a high quality piece of software that scans your system and updates any outdated drivers that may be affecting the performance of your PC. Failure to update these drivers could lead to system crashes. Driver Booster is a freeware utility, which has been designed with... Read more
Need to Find All Your System Info? Get Speccy
DesktopSoftware ReviewsWindows December 17, 2014
If you need data on every single piece of hardware that your system consists of, then you need Speccy. Speccy will give you detailed statistics on every piece of hardware in your computer. Including CPU, Motherboard, RAM, Graphics Cards, Hard Disks, Optical Drives, Audio support. Additionally Speccy adds the... Read more
Acronis True Image creates backups of important data, individual partitions or entire hard-drives. With those backups at hand, mistakenly deleted files or hard-drive defects are of little concern. TrueImage features scheduled backups and synchronization of images on hard-disks, NAS systems, USB drives and over the web. As soon as... Read more
The Latest Version of Format Factory is Now Available
Conversion SoftwareNewsSoftware Reviews November 28, 2014
Format Factory is an audio, video and photo converter, which supports a massive range of formats for encoding and ripping. You can convert either single files or entire folders from one format to another. The application also has presets for portable devices that make it simple to create audio... Read more
Need Quality Video Conversion? Get Handbrake
Conversion SoftwareSoftware ReviewsVideo November 27, 2014
I have used Handbrake for a long time now to convert my DVD files to MPEG-4 files. Â The video conversion quality is second to none and the choice of options is very good. HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multi-platform, multi-threaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter, available for MacOS X, Linux... Read more
Need a Backup? Try SyncBack
DesktopSoftware ReviewsWindows November 14, 2014
We all need to backup our data every so often and for some, it’s more often than not. If you need an application that can provide secure synchronisation, with a simple UI, then why not try out SyncBack? SyncBack is well established as a world-class application in the field of... Read more
A few years back Apple introduced Spaces with OS X 10.5 (Leopard). These were, in essence, virtual desktops. Spaces allows you to create multiple desktops, so basically it’s like having multiple monitors, but without the monitors. Some people knock Apple for their OS and say that it is gimmicky etc.... Read more
Windows 7 is relatively old now. After all, the next iteration of Microsoft’s operating system will be Windows 10. Although Microsoft skipped on the Windows 9 name, Windows 10 will apparently be an amalgam of Windows 7 and Windows 8. Well, from a GUI perspective anyway. Personally, I do... Read more
If you love Windows and just can’t wait for the final public release of Windows 10 then don’t worry Windows 10 Technical Preview is here and available to download and install at your leisure. Microsoft made the OS available for download recently and it’s available free of charge. If... Read more
If you need an archive manager, then PeaZip is the open source file and archive manager for you. PeaZip can extract most archive formats both from Windows and Unix systems, ranging from mainstream 7Z, RAR, TAR and ZIP files to new formats such as PAQ/LPAQ. PeaZip supports a varied... Read more