Build Your Own Free Security Suite →  April 16, 2009 13

I often get asked which security products I would recommend. So… today I am blogging about my current favourite freeware firewall (easy for you to say) and antivirus products and why I have chosen them. This combination I believe is as good or better than any you can pay for. Antivirus There are 3 major antivirus products [...]

How to Split Directories to Span Dvd’s →  April 12, 2009 11

After trying to backup 20gb of files onto 4 or 5 dvd’s recently I thought there must be an easier way to automatically sort the files into 4.7gb groups.  There are some solutions out there luckily and here are the best. SizeMove Sizemove is best described by their own literature: SizeMove.exe is a command line utility, with a GUI [...]

Disk Space Management Freeware To Visualize Files and Folders →  April 3, 2009 9

If you suffer from Hard Drive full messages or simply wonder where all your hard drive space is going to then the following hard drive disk space freeware could be invaluable. This freeware will let you visualize disk space on a hard drive or in a folder to see which files are taking up space. [...]

Bookmarking Alternatives – Managing Information →  March 11, 2009 2

Information comes at us in many forms and I have been looking at ways to try and manage it. By manage I mean the sorting and storing of data like bookmarks or random bits of text or other pieces of info. To help with this I’ll be looking at 3 browser based apps Stumbleupon, ReadItlater [...]

10 Usb Flash Drive Freeware Programs →  February 27, 2009 8

In this roundup of usb flash drive freeware I will be looking at 10 applications to help manage and secure your portable drives. This is not a list of portable apps, rather it's a list of freeware usb related tools.

Software Updaters Compared →  February 1, 2009 20

Are you the sort who is still running Netscape Navigator on Windows 98 or perhaps you're running the latest beta of Google Chrome on the newest Windows 7 build? If you're the latter then you may appreciate the following run-down of updating software. Perhaps if you are running older software this article may give you the kick you

Freeware Disk and Browser Cleaning Utilities Comparison →  January 11, 2009 12

Freeware Disk Cleaning Compared - Ccleaner Alternatives Disk cleaners are not the most glamorous of  tools and some think they are a waste of time. How much junk do we need to get rid of when a 500gb hard drive can be had for around £50? Photo by Schnittke One reason