PAST REVIEWS
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PAST REVIEWS
A - J
AWESOME DUPLICATE PHOTO FINDER (FREEWARE) Remove duplicate photos from various folders on your hard drive. Oct/20
AWESOME ICONS (FREEWARE) Customize your home screen icons on your Android device. Dec/20
BLEACHBIT (OPEN SOURCE) Use with caution to free up disk space. Oct/23
CAMELIZER A free browser add-on for tracking prices of Amazon products. Mar/20
CHATGPT Use ChatGPT to write computer code. Aug/23
CLEANUP.PICTURES Vs PHOTOSCAPE X A photo cleanup comparison that might surprise you. Apr/23
CURSOR HIGHLIGHTER Make your cursor more visible to your audience when presenting in person or via video conference. Sep/21
CX FILE EXPLORER (FREEWARE) Another file explorer for Android. Dec/21
DEBUT SCREEN RECORDER SOFTWARE (FREEWARE) Create a simple video tutorial. Apr/20
DUPLICATE CLEANER FREE (FREEWARE) Identify and remove duplicate photos. Jun/22
DUPLICATI (OPEN SOURCE) Backup your data with this simple, flexible, and highly effective program. Jan/24
EASEUS TODO BACKUP FREE (FREEWARE) Not another backup utility! Feb/24
FANCYZONES (A MICROSOFT POWERTOY) Define various zones on your desktop. Dec/20
FREE VCF FILE TO CSV OR EXCEL CONVERTER and CSV TO VCARD (FREEWARE) Convert your smartphone contacts to a format that can be exported to another smartphone or a spreadsheet. Feb/20
K - Q
LIBREOFFICE DRAW (OPEN SOURCE) A PDF editor in disguise. Nov/22
LINUX MINT DEBIAN EDITION (Open source) New Life for 32-bit Machines. Sep/22
LOGITECH M720 Mouse (COMMERCIAL) This mouse can leap simultaneously between platforms. Dec/23
MICROSOFT PC MANAGER (BETA) (Freeware) Boost your PC’s performance. Nov/23
MINITOOL PARTITION WIZARD, FREE EDITION Create partitions on your hard disk. Jan/21
NEUXPOWER (FREEWARE and COMMERCIAL) This PowerPoint add-in program can do so much more than just clean up your presentations. Jan/24
OBS STUDIO (OPEN SOURCE) Record streaming video or video of your display screen. Dec/22
OCENAUDIO (FREEWARE) An alternative sound editor. Apr/22
PATCH MY PC HOME UPDATER (FREE EXECUTABLE FILE) An easy applications updater with no program installation required. Apr/24
PDFSAM BASIC (OPEN SOURCE) PDF document management revisited. Sep/20
Qt CREATOR (OPEN SOURCE and COMMERCIAL) A simple yet powerful IDE for C++. Dec/23
R - Z
REMOVE DUPLICATES (Open-source) An extension that lets you remove duplicate entries in LibreOffice Calc. Jan/21
RESCUEZILLA (Open source) A flexible backup solution. May/23
Sejda PDF Desktop (Freeware) A free PDF file editor with powerful features. Oct/22
SHORTCUT MAKER (Freeware) Create shortcuts to files on an Android smartphone. Mar/22
SHUTDOWN (NO ROOT) Use software to shut down your phone. Apr/22
TREESIZE FREE Make some room on your hard drive with this free program. Jun/20
WALKMETER GPS PEDOMETER An Android app for exercise walkers, hikers, runners, and cyclists, designed for mobile devices. Jun/21