articles about free software
Oct 10
Mozilla, the developer of the popular Firefox browser, are about to announce an increase in revenue for 2010. Mozilla’s gross income grew 18%, from a recorded $104 million in 2009 to an anticipated $123 million in 2010. A significantly large portion of that revenue being derived from search engines, with Google providing the lion’s share.
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Oct 09
I don’t actually need to change screen resolution here on my home PC, but I can well imagine how this may be necessary for situations involving multiple users; and especially where multiple users with varying degrees of eyesight are concerned.
If you are in this position, it isn’t too difficult to change the screen resolution …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/10/carroll-set-individual-screen-resolutions-for-each-user/
Oct 07
It seems more and more developers are insisting on bundling extras with their freeware; toolbars are becoming common place as well as changes to home pages and search engines. Some are open and up front about it, many adopt a more sneaky approach – such as including automatic approval for additional installations/changes in a license …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/10/freewarebb-helps-you-avoid-those-bundled-extras/
Oct 04
Longtime Avira fans will immediately notice their favorite anti-virus software has undergone a minor name change; “AntiVir” has been dropped from the title and Avira AntiVir Personal now becomes Avira Free Antivirus. Avira may have changed the name for the latest version of their popular software but don’t expect too much in the way of …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/10/avira-free-antivirus-2012-released/
Sep 30
Nir Sofer is the freeware developer responsible for the terrific range of NirSoft tools and utilities; all NirSoft freeware is lightweight, portable, and very effective. Nir Sofer has recently combined over 100 of his extremely useful utilities into one downloadable package called NirLauncher.
The package includes a vast array of tools and utilities; password recovery, …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/09/nir-launcher-must-have-freeware/
Sep 19
There are several excellent tools available to help us rid our system of malware, but what about any damaged files and altered settings malware can leave behind, even after it has been completely eradicated! This is where the tools available from Tweaking.com can come in very handy.
Tweaking.com provides a number of tools to easily …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/09/tweaking-com-automatic-windows-repair/
Sep 16
A couple of day ago we reported on the confusion surrounding Piriform’s change in policy, where an extra ‘Home’ version costing $24.95 has been added to the downloads for products such as CCleaner and Defraggler – see HERE.
We have since received an email response from the Piriform Support team which confirms our initial interpretation; …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/09/update-piriform-now-charging-for-their-software/
Sep 15
If you are not familiar with the name Piriform, they are the publishers of very popular freeware products such as CCleaner, Defraggler and Recuva. It appears Piriform has revamped its policy somewhat and this is causing confusion among users.
Piriform products have previously been available either as Freeware or shareware Business editions. They have recently …
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Sep 13
If you like to download online video clips from sites such as YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, etc., here are a couple of really simple and completely free methods:
1) If you are a dedicated Firefox user the solution comes via a simple add-on called Video DownloadHelper. The add-on provides a very easy way to download video …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/09/easily-download-online-video-clips/
Sep 08
I recently went hunting around the net for the free download of AnyBizSoft PDF to Word Converter (v3.0.0), which has previously been available for free per medium of an extended giveaway. I was at first disappointed when I could no longer locate the giveaway but then delighted when I discovered this excellent program has now …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/09/anybizsoft-pdf-to-word-converter-now-freeware/
Sep 07
Kingsoft Office Suite has been around for some time now but has always been available only as shareware. This latest 2012 version however has been released as Freeware, which is good news indeed. The freeware ranks are not exactly over endowed with office suites, and even better news is that this one is a truly …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/09/new-kingsoft-office-suite-free-2012/
Sep 06
One of the most important yet often neglected aspects of this process is the preparation. Before you even open Windows Live Movie Maker make sure all the photos you wish to use are contained in the one folder. If the photos are scattered about in different folders; create a new folder and give it a …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/09/how-to-create-slideshows-using-windows-live-movie-maker/
Sep 02
The following article was submitted by guest author Viola from Digiarty; it outlines Air Playit’s functionality and explains exactly what this terrific new freeware can do for you:
The PC or Mac is definitely not the only platform on which you could enjoy the video and music; your iDevice such as iPad, iPhone is also …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/09/air-playit-stream-video-and-music-to-your-idevice/
Aug 30
We have recently been discussing the pros and cons of bundling extras with downloaded software, and freeware in particular. Nobody appreciates this somewhat nefarious practice but CNET Download.com has taken it to a whole new level!
It doesn’t matter what you download from Download.com, it will come down with additional material in tow. There are …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/08/beware-downloading-from-cnet-download-com/
Aug 29
Long time member and good friend Ema has asked us for advice on how to use Windows Live Movie Maker to extract a portion of a video and save it as an independent clip. Here is what Ema posted on the forum:
I used to have XP and I was able to use window movie …
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