What’s really tying up all your hard drive space? Disk Sorter Free can help
May 17, 2013 – 10:09 | No Comment
What’s really tying up all your hard drive space? Disk Sorter Free can help

PC storage space is cheap these days, and if you’ve just bought one of the latest 4TB drives then the chances are you won’t be worried about filling it any time soon.
It’s still important not …

Review: Xara Web Designer 9 Premium
May 13, 2013 – 12:32 | No Comment
Review: Xara Web Designer 9 Premium

Not everyone is a web-coding whizz, or wants to learn the intricacies of HTML, CSS, PHP or other web-based programming languages. Xara Web Designer 9 is aimed squarely at those who prefer to design websites …

Review: CyberLink PowerDVD 13 Ultra
April 9, 2013 – 10:00 | No Comment
Review: CyberLink PowerDVD 13 Ultra

After 15 years of development, it’s probably no surprise that PowerDVD has become one of the most powerful and comprehensive media players around. Music, video and movies, DVD and Blu-ray, 3D, DLNA, mobile device syncing, …

Review: Genie Timeline Professional 2013
April 2, 2013 – 11:31 | No Comment
Review: Genie Timeline Professional 2013

If you like to keep your backups simple then image-based solutions have an obvious attraction. There’s no need to spend an age figuring out what to protect, and then change your settings regularly to suit …

Review: avast! Internet Security 8
March 31, 2013 – 17:25 | No Comment
Review: avast! Internet Security 8

Avast! 8 is the latest generation of avast!’s security range, and as usual it’s available in several different packages, from the basic avast! Free 8 to the do-everything Premier build.
If you just want solid, standard …

Get Linux: an easy way to find and download the distro you need
January 23, 2013 – 08:36 | No Comment
Get Linux: an easy way to find and download the distro you need

If you’re an old hand at Linux then downloading a specific distribution won’t be a problem. You’ll probably have your preferred distro bookmarked already, if not a quick search will turn up the necessary links …

Review: Comodo Internet Security Pro 2013
January 9, 2013 – 06:21 | 2 Comments
Review: Comodo Internet Security Pro 2013

What do you really want from a security suite? Most companies appear to believe the answer is “as many features as possible”, and so they’ll cram their products with as many vaguely security-related tools as …

Review: O&O DiskImage 7 Professional
October 30, 2012 – 13:02 | No Comment
Review: O&O DiskImage 7 Professional

From malware to hardware failure, bugs to human error, there are many potential dangers just waiting to trash your most valuable data. Which is why it’s generally a very good idea to back up your …

Review: IOBit Advanced SystemCare 6 Pro
October 24, 2012 – 07:40 | No Comment
Review: IOBit Advanced SystemCare 6 Pro

Tweaking performance is something that virtually every Windows user is interested in. There are various degrees to which performance tweaks can be applied, starting with simple things such as ensuring that there are not too …

Review: Laplink PCmover Professional 8
October 23, 2012 – 08:48 | No Comment
Review: Laplink PCmover Professional 8

Migrating to a new PC is often a complex, time-consuming business. There will be applications to reinstall, CDs and registration keys to find. And then endless hours of reconfiguration as you try to get everything …

Review: Avira Internet Security 2013
October 1, 2012 – 16:18 | No Comment
Review: Avira Internet Security 2013

If you’re looking for a leading edge security suite, something packed with the very latest features and functionality, then Avira probably isn’t the very first name that comes to mind. The company’s recent suites have …