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Always one of the first programs to get installed on any Windows machine we get our hands on, CCleaner is a superb system optimisation and privacy tool that comes with …
CCleaner freeware system optimisation tool: review Read MoreGoogle Chrome is finally available for shimmying onto shiny Macs with a long overdue beta release of the browser for Mac users. It’s been a mighty long wait for Apple …
Google Chrome browser gets Mac beta release Read MoreMany users of Avast anti-virus software appear to have had problems with their computers on December 2 and 3, not because of undetected viruses, but because an update to the …
Avast anti-virus update causes havoc with streams of false positives Read MoreMicrosoft has been busily ramping up the features on its search engine Bing, with the showstopper being the release of Bing Maps Beta, a substantial upgrade to its online map …
Microsoft Bing adds knockout new features: Street Side impresses Read MoreMozilla Thunderbird, the free email client produced by the makers of the Firefox browser, has recently undergone some important revisions, and is now available as Thunderbird 3.0 RC1. RC stands …
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0 RC1 email client – full review Read MoreIf you’re bored stiffer than Mary Whitehouse’s super-starchy ironing board with all this on/off ‘Palm Pre syncing with iTunes’ malarkey, there’s an easier way to shunt tunes on off your …
MediaMonkey 3.2 now supports music sync for Palm Pre, iPhone, Android Read MoreIf you’re sitting on a fast web connection and are busting a gut to start playing with some of the funky tools coming in Office 2010, then Microsoft is inviting …
Office 2010 Professional Beta is free to download Read MoreIf you’re not mindful of re-mortgaging your house to get the latest copy of Adobe Photoshop, then the freebie Paint.Net application may be worth taking a look at. The Windows-only …
Paint.net: FREE powerful image editor for Windows Read MoreApple has been busy fixing bugs found lurking in its latest operating system, Snow Leopard, and has today released version 10.6.2 to users. A ludicrously large download at half a …
Apple Snow Leopard 10.6.2 update out Read MoreLaunched on November 9, 2004, the web browser Firefox is now five years old. Starting life as an experimental arm of the Mozilla project, whose hefty suite of apps included …
Firefox is five years old Read MoreEveryone knows that the file browser that comes with Windows is a bit on the basic side, so if you fancy yourself as something of a power user, it may …
Directory Opus v9.5: the king of Windows file managers Read MoreIf you’ve got a mile-high pile of old vinyl forlornly gathering dust and remaining unheard, Roxio’s new Easy LP to MP3 software should help you shovel those lovely old warm …
Roxio Easy LP to MP3 shovels your vinyl onto your PC Read MoreTechradar has posted a comprehensive review on Microsoft’s new operating system, and like many others, they’re finding it a vast improvement on the dreaded Vista. Their reviewer was suitably impressed …
Windows 7 Home Premium gets comprehensively reviewed Read MoreIt’s Friday, you’ve probably got a hangover like us, and your PC desktop is a blurry mass of endless icons and shortcuts confusing your Stella-addled mind. You might be able …
Fences desktop icon organiser for Windows. It’s great. Read MoreIf you prefer your interfaces to be of the hugely lavish, eye-candy-laden, extremely interactive kind, then feast your eyes on the preview of the new BumpTop ‘desktop workspace’ for Windows …
BumpTop reveals slick multi-touch Windows 7 interface Read More