CCleaner for Mac 1.07 promises improved cookie management, refreshed look
April 17, 2013 – 12:35 | No Comment
CCleaner for Mac 1.07 promises improved cookie management, refreshed look

Piriform, Inc has released CCleaner for Mac 1.07.233, a minor refresh of its Mac freeware cleaning tool. Modelled closely on CCleaner 4.0 for Windows, version 1.07 sports the same refreshed program icons and interface tweaks …

Optimise your PC’s performance with the lightweight Synei Utilities
April 16, 2013 – 13:36 | No Comment
Optimise your PC’s performance with the lightweight Synei Utilities

The PC world is packed with supposed performance-boosting suites, most of which are almost exactly the same. You’ll have a program to list your Startup programs, another one to delete your temporary internet files, a …

Cleanly remove Java from your PC with JavaRA
February 25, 2013 – 05:41 | No Comment
Cleanly remove Java from your PC with JavaRA

If the latest Java security scares have persuaded you to ditch the technology forever, then removing it from your PC is normally straightforward. Java’s regular uninstaller should do the job in just a few seconds.
If …

View, delete or fix your broken shortcuts with ShortcutsMan
February 21, 2013 – 05:53 | No Comment
View, delete or fix your broken shortcuts with ShortcutsMan

There are many ways to break a shortcut. Moving an important file might do it; manually deleting a program is another possibility; and of course too many uninstallers will leave application shortcuts behind. And because …

Extend the Christmas spirit with two more Downloadcrew giveaways
December 24, 2012 – 07:00 | No Comment
Extend the Christmas spirit with two more Downloadcrew giveaways

You’ve spent a long time organising, planning and preparing, and Christmas is finally here. And it’ll be over all too quickly, of course, but if you’d like to extend the festivities, then maybe we can …

Auslogic BoostSpeed 5.5 adds new features, improves Windows 8 compatibility
December 18, 2012 – 07:02 | No Comment
Auslogic BoostSpeed 5.5 adds new features, improves Windows 8 compatibility

Australian software developer Auslogics Pty Ltd has updated its flagship PC optimization product with the release of Auslogics BoostSpeed 5.5. Version 5.5, which offers a full range of PC cleaning and performance tools, boasts significant …

WizTree finds out what’s hogging your hard drive space – fast
November 27, 2012 – 08:20 | No Comment
WizTree finds out what’s hogging your hard drive space – fast

Your hard drive’s filling up? There’s no shortage of tools around to help find out why, but the need to crawl through every single folder on your system means they can be a little tedious …

CCleaner for Mac 1.05 adds custom file and folder selection, full support for OS X 10.8.2
October 23, 2012 – 11:13 | No Comment
CCleaner for Mac 1.05 adds custom file and folder selection, full support for OS X 10.8.2

Piriform has updated the Mac version of its popular freeware cleaning tool to add full support for the latest revision of Mountain Lion plus an option for selecting files and folders to include or exclude …

Short on hard drive space? JDiskReport can usually explain why
October 12, 2012 – 09:17 | No Comment
Short on hard drive space? JDiskReport can usually explain why

When you’re looking to free up a little hard drive space, then you might start by using something like CCleaner to find and remove logs, leftover temporary files and assorted other junk.
But if that doesn’t …

System Mechanic 11.1 promises performance-enhancing tweaks and improvements
October 5, 2012 – 12:06 | No Comment
System Mechanic 11.1 promises performance-enhancing tweaks and improvements

LA-based iolo Technologies LLC has announced a minor update to its flagship PC optimisation tool. System Mechanic 11.1.1, also available in cut-down freeware form as System Mechanic Free 11.1.1, delivers a number of enhancements and …

JFRemover is a surprisingly powerful hard drive cleaner
October 4, 2012 – 07:51 | One Comment
JFRemover is a surprisingly powerful hard drive cleaner

There are hundreds of tools which promise they’re the ideal solution for cleaning up your hard drive, but in our experience the vast majority are a huge disappointment, achieving little more than Windows own Disk …