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A Shattered Collection of My Best Memories: An Immediate Solution Thanks to Stellar Photo Recovery
Desktop Jan 2, 2024
Who doesn’t love creating new memories and saving them as photos on a smartphone, PC, or any other digital media? While many of us share some on social media, we keep the most precious and private ones to ourselves. Sadly, my hard drive of photos became corrupted, which held images…
Disclosure: Our team is always looking for things we think our readers will value. We have received compensation for publishing this article. Despite our many technological advances today, we still sit with situations where we open several apps for a task. You use one to compile a document, another one…
Need System Information? Check Out CPU-Z
DesktopSoftware ReviewsWindows October 16, 2014
CPU-Z is a free utility, which gathers information on some of the main devices of your computer system. Information about your CPU, Mainboard, Memory and System can all be gleaned from this lightweight and useful utility. CPU Name and number. Core stepping and process. Core voltage. Internal and external... Read more
WinUtilities Update Is Now Available
NewsSystem TuningWindows October 1, 2014
WinUtilities is a selection of professional tools that are designed to help you optimize your computer’s system performance by performing tasks such as removing unnecessary files and fixing broken shortcuts. Win Utilities key features include: With WinUtilities you are able to delete your application and Internet history. Tjhe application allows... Read more
Microsoft has officially announced Windows 10, not Windows 9 like most people were expecting. It looks to be a rather big update and at the event in San Francisco, Microsoft only revealed small parts of the new update. Windows 10 will be available for all types of devices, anything... Read more
Is Your Keyboard Secure? Check out Antilogger
Privacy and SecuritySoftware ReviewsWindows September 7, 2014
AntiLogger is an extremely powerful and efficient application that can block numerous attempts by hackers to access your computer. Although the application is very lightweight, it can detect any attempts to modify your computer’s settings and place malicious code onto your system. The crowning jewel in the application’s arsenal... Read more
With the NFL getting ready to officially start their season soon, I thought I’d let you know of a nifty little perk of owning a Windows Phone. With all the talk in the air of iPhones and Androids, the Windows Phone can sometimes get left in the dust. That’s... Read more
Need To Backup? Get Alcohol 120%
Back Up and RecoverySoftware ReviewsWindows September 2, 2014
Alcohol 120%, is a powerful CD and DVD burning software for Windows, which makes it simple to create backups of DVDs* and CDs. Additionally, the program lets you store your most used CDs as images on your computer, so you can call them up at the click of a button.... Read more
Like most of you folks I like playing the occasional video game, but find I have no time.  I eventually made the decision it was time for the Xbox to go. When I sold on my Xbox 360, I decided the controller might come in handy for gaming on... Read more
I admit that it took me a while to switch over from Windows XP to Vista and then it took me pretty much no time at all to switch back, may I add. But when Windows 7 was released, I was all over it. I don’t really like using... Read more
If you need to compare files and folders on your system, then Beyond Compare is the ideal tool for the job.  You can compare filesa dn folders, use specialized viewers and a 3-way Merge view.  You can even synchronize folders. Beyond Compare lets you quickly and easily compare your files... Read more
Microsoft is making big news as of late, and it has nothing to do with Windows or any other Microsoft program. Rather, it turns out that the software giant is making headlines currently for some big and unfortunate job cuts. Just how many people are being laid off? Sadly,... Read more
Kinect 2.0 Will Be Out For Windows On July 15th
Windows July 12, 2014
Microsoft irritated some of their fans earlier this year when they announced they were going to start selling an Xbox One minus the Kinect for $100 cheaper than the original price. Some gamers who had already purchased the more expensive bundle when it was first released felt like they... Read more
VirtualBox is a full virtualizer for x86 hardware. The software will allow you run virtual environments within your current set-up. You can run Mac, Windows or Linux operating systems within VirtualBox. The software is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source. Key Features Of VirtualBox:... Read more
To make the jump from Windows to Mac is not one to be taken lightly, but once you have made the decision and you stick with it, you’ll be a happy camper. I moved from Windows to Mac, as my personal computing choice, approximately 10 years back now and I... Read more
IrfanView is a quick, small and compact Freeware graphic viewer for Windows. You can manipulate and export images in a variety of formats. There is support for old file formats and in a variety of languages. Key Features of IrfanView include: Many supported file formats. Multi language support. Thumbnail/preview... Read more
Has Windows 8.1 Saved Windows 8? – Poll Results
Windows June 25, 2014
Thank you to everyone who voted and left comments on our recent poll to find out whether you think Windows 8.1 has saved Windows 8. We received just over 4,000 votes and it was a pretty close run from the start. However, 59% of voters decided ‘No’, Windows 8.1 has not... Read more
You may have noticed that there is a shed load of applications that come bundled in with Windows 8.1, some of which you may not have even realized you have. Do you need all of them? Probably not. So here is a full guide to the Windows 8.1 apps... Read more
Download Wireshark 1.10.8
DesktopNewsSoftware ReviewsWindows June 16, 2014
Wireshark is the foremost network protocol analyzer that is available. The software is standard across industry and educational institutions alike. There are many features to the software including; Deep inspection of hundreds of protocols, with more constantly being added. Live capture and offline analysis. Standard three-pane packet browser. Rich... Read more
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At Apple’s WWDC 2014 developer conference earlier this month, we got the first glimpses of OS X Yosemite and unlike Windows 8, Â it is clearly aimed at the desktop user. Microsoft has really tried hard to resolve the fact that people just don’t like Windows 8 with its trendy... Read more