If you're looking for a free Office-compatible suite then there's plenty of choice around, with tools like LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org offering a host of powerful features. Another option is simply to install Microsoft's Office 2010 Starter ...

It's one of the most frustrating of PC problems. An application isn't working properly; you try to reinstall or upgrade, but there's some error and you're told to uninstall first; so you try to uninstall, ...

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Advanced SystemCare 8 Pro is a comprehensive suite of tools which aims to clean, optimise and generally speed up your PC. There's plenty of competition around, but SystemCare impresses immediately with its lengthy feature list. It ...

Avast is famed for its free antivirus, which the company claims "offers the most-trusted security in the world", protecting "more than 220 million people, businesses and mobile devices". If you need more power, the commercial Avast ...

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