The most recent Download Reviews from Computeract!ve

TurboCash 3.757 financial software

Tim Smith — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:19:52 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Tuesday 7 October 2008 at 00:00:00

Keep track of home finances with this free download

Bookkeeping might be one of the greatest chores in life but a computer can make it far less painful. TurboCash is a very comprehensive program, suitable for running accounts for...

Google Chrome 0.3.154.0

Tim Smith — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:20:44 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Tuesday 7 October 2008 at 16:56:00

Take a look at this exciting new web browser

Google Chrome is an interesting new web browser with some exciting technological changes. The most obvious of these is that the address bar is now 'inside' the tabs....

Smush It! Firefox extension

Tim Smith — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:23:17 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Monday 6 October 2008 at 17:21:00

Optimise the images on a web page

Even with most people using broadband, it is still very important to pay attention to file sizes when creating websites and blog posts....

Chromepass

Tim Smith — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:45:47 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Friday 3 October 2008 at 16:30:00

Retrieve passwords from Google's Chrome browser

The ability of browsers to save passwords is very useful but not using them means that they are quickly forgotten....

Gnome Partition Editor 0.3.9-4 Live CD

Tim Smith — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:11:02 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Thursday 2 October 2008 at 00:00:00

Prepare a computer for Linux or just organise files

Most hard disks supplied with Windows appear as just that, a single disk. Linux requires that the hard disk is split into several sections called partitions and sometimes this must...

File Hamster 1.6

Tim Smith — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:55:30 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Thursday 2 October 2008 at 00:00:00

Keep backups of previous file versions

Saving and backing up files is one thing, but sometimes what you need to recover is an old version of a file....

GoodSync 7.2.9

Tim Smith — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:16:09 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Wednesday 1 October 2008 at 00:00:00

Sync files across computers and USB keys

USB keys are very useful for transporting information but it can quickly become difficult to remember which files are the most up to date....

Evolution

Tim Smith — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:58:32 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Tuesday 30 September 2008 at 11:54:00

Is this a proper Outlook replacement?

Evolution fills a gap left in Openoffice, that of a replacement for Outlook. Mozilla Thunderbird is very good for email but needs extra plugins to manage calendars and todo lists....

Digsby build 32

Tim Smith — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:04:31 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Thursday 25 September 2008 at 00:00:00

Use one instant messenger for multiple networks

Keeping up to date with friends online is far more than just exchanging messages with instant messaging software. There are websites such as Facebook to consider, all with frequent updates....

Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.0.1912

Chris Wiles — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:38:34 GMT

Chris Wiles, Computeract!ve, Thursday 25 September 2008 at 00:00:00

Popular chat program, with voice

Yahoo Messenger is one of the most popular instant-messaging programs and it's easy to see why: a simple-to-use program supported by a massive online community, and it's all free....

Keybreeze

Tim Smith — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:11:19 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Wednesday 24 September 2008 at 17:07:00

Quickly start programs or open files

Keybreeze is a clever utility for quickly launching programs and documents. Rather than navigating through the start menu, it suggests results as you type....

IE7pro 2.4.3

Tim Smith — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:58:26 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Wednesday 24 September 2008 at 00:00:00

Collection of third party improvements for IE7

This is the software publishers description: IE7Pro is a must have add-on for Internet Explorer, which includes a lot of features and tweaks to make your IE friendlier, more useful,...

Cfont Pro 3.1

Tim Smith — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:48:17 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Friday 12 September 2008 at 00:00:00

Manage the fonts on your computer

Using a different font is a great way of personalising a document but it can be hard to keep track of the fonts installed on the computer, especially when software...

Moo0 SystemMonitor

Tim Smith — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:48:17 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Thursday 11 September 2008 at 11:46:00

A simple way to view the vital stats of a computer

There are all sorts of things going on behind the scenes in Windows and any one of them can cause performance difficulties....

WordPress 2.6.2

Tim Smith — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:48:17 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Thursday 11 September 2008 at 00:00:00

Host and run your own blog

Although there are many websites that host blogs, using your own internet account ensures you get the address you want....

Corel Paint Shop Pro Ultimate X2

Tim Smith — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:48:17 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Thursday 11 September 2008 at 00:00:00

Organise and edit digital photos

Popular photo editing program series, the latest version of Paint Shop Pro offers plenty of useful features. It is important to organise the images on a computer, even before starting...

F-Secure Rescue CD

Tim Smith — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:48:17 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Tuesday 9 September 2008 at 16:56:00

Recover a computer infected with viruses and malware

There are times when a virus or spyware infection is so bad that Windows will barely work. It may seem as though wiping the computer and starting again is the...

Fresh Diagnose 7.90

Anthony Dhanendran — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:48:17 GMT

Anthony Dhanendran, Computeract!ve, Tuesday 9 September 2008 at 00:00:00

Benchmark and diagnose PC faults

Find out exactly what your PC is doing with this diagnosis tool. It will analyse the PC and the tasks that are currently running, and will benchmark, or speed-test, the...

Musescore Notation Software