The most recent Download Reviews from Computeractive

Satsports app for Windows Mobile

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Tim Smith) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:34:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Thursday 9 September 2010 at 09:34:00

Use the GPS in your Windows-based mobile phone while running or cycling

Most Windows based phones come with GPS and the Satsports Log app uses this to display your speed, distance travelled and altitude....

XnView 1.97.7

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Tuesday 7 September 2010 at 00:00:00

Convert images to another format

There is a huge number of different image formats and it is very frustrating to receive an image that cannot be opened....

F-Secure Rescue CD

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Tim Smith) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:56:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Monday 6 September 2010 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...

Calibre e-book Manager 0.7.17

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:05:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Monday 6 September 2010 at 11:05:00

Organise a large ebook collection with ease

Ebooks are a good way of passing the time or a long journey on a PDA. Calibre can manage ebook libraries and download news feeds, and convert them into ebooks....

Ducklink Screen Capture

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Tim Smith) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:44:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Thursday 2 September 2010 at 14:44:00

Take extra long screenshots of big documents

Ducklink Screen Capture is a powerful screen capture tool that costs nothing to download and use. The most attractive tool is the ability to scroll through long web pages in...

MySQL Connector for OpenOffice.org

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Tim Smith) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:00:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Thursday 2 September 2010 at 10:00:00

Manage a MySQL database using Open Office Base

Most content management system (CMS) based websites, such as Wordpress and Joomla, use a database to store their information. The MySQL Connector for OpenOffice.org lets you view and edit this...

Allway Sync 10.4.0

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Tuesday 24 August 2010 at 00:00:00

Keep your files updated

Using a USB key for storing files is very useful until confusion dawns on which file is the most recent....

ScribeFire Blog Editor for Firefox 3.5.3.1

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Monday 23 August 2010 at 00:00:00

Post to a blog from Firefox

Blogs are a great way to share whatever has caught your interest, whether this is on the web or from elsewhere....

Zamzom Wireless Network Tool

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Tim Smith) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:52:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Friday 20 August 2010 at 15:52:00

List all the devices using your network

Using wireless technology is certainly the most convenient way of connecting a computer to a home network and the internet, but it does carry the risk of other people using...

Gimp Shop: Image editor

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Tim Smith) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Wednesday 18 August 2010 at 00:00:00

The free image editor Gimp – but with a Photoshop feel

The Gimp image editor is powerful but the interface can be a little challenging. Gimp Shop is a modified version of Gimp that works more like Adobe Photoshop....

D-Fend Reloaded

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:49:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Tuesday 17 August 2010 at 10:49:00

An impressive launcher for Dos games using Dos Box

Dos Box is a great way to play old games but having to learn all of the command prompts can be frustrating....

DIY Dynamic Templates

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:47:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Thursday 12 August 2010 at 16:47:00

Create pages for Filofaxes and alternative organisers

There's more to personal organisers such as the Filofax than simply looking good; the electronic versions have yet to become a complete replacement....

Opera 10.61 for Windows

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:54:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Thursday 12 August 2010 at 11:54:00

Take a look at the future of this web browser

Opera is a popular browser with some of the best support for standards. Opera 10 promises even faster web surfing, built in spell checker and HTML emails....

Disk2vhd

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Tim Smith) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:35:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Thursday 12 August 2010 at 10:35:00

Convert an ordinary computer into a virtual computer

Disk2vhd is a utility from Microsoft that will convert a normal hard disk into a disk image that can be used with software such as Microsoft Virtual PC....

Stylizer

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Tim Smith) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:29:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Thursday 12 August 2010 at 10:29:00

Edit the CSS styles used on your website

The best way to add formatting to web pages is using CSS, either included in the web page or uploaded to the web server as a separate document....

Breevy

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Tim Smith) — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:10:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Wednesday 4 August 2010 at 17:10:00

Create text from abbreviations

We all have phrases and information that we use on a regular basis. Breevy is a clever utility that uses abbreviations to enter text for you....

Sobees

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Tim Smith) — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:00:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Wednesday 4 August 2010 at 11:00:00

Read all your social media updates in one window

The big problem with the many different social networking websites is keeping up to date with all of them. Sobees is a good answer to this problem with support for...

Pamela Call Recorder for Skype

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Tim Smith) — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:55:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Tuesday 3 August 2010 at 10:55:00

Record your Skype calls

There are often times when you want to record a telephone conversation and making the call through a computer seems an easy way to do this....

Password Safe 3.23

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Thursday 29 July 2010 at 00:00:00

Keep all of your passwords in one safe place

Whether the answer is one or hundreds, Password Safe allows you to safely and easily create a secured and encrypted user name/password list....

Vista Start Menu 3.7

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Thursday 29 July 2010 at 00:00:00

Much improved program Start menu

The Start Menu is something used every day but the options for personalising it are rather limited. The Vista Start Menu is an alternative that puts more information on the...

Rapidweaver 4.4.2

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Thursday 29 July 2010 at 00:00:00

Template-driven web design tool

It often seems that it is only possible to create really good-looking websites with an in-depth knowledge of complicated languages....

GIMP Portable 2.6.10

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Thursday 29 July 2010 at 00:00:00

Use the image editor from a USB stick

The GIMP image editor is a very powerful program. It's greatest disadvantage has been that installation can be a little tricky....

DriveImage XML 2.14

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Wednesday 28 July 2010 at 00:00:00

Backup & restore your drive

This is the software publisher's description: DriveImage XML is an easy-to-use and reliable program for imaging and backing up partitions and logical drives....

Taskbar Meters

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:49:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Wednesday 28 July 2010 at 10:49:00

Get more information about computer health from the Windows 7 computer

Taskbar Meters take advantage of the improvements made to the Windows 7 taskbar. Taskbar Meters displays a separate icon for CPU, memory and hard disk activity that gradually fills as the...

Taskfreak task manager

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Tim Smith) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:33:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Friday 23 July 2010 at 10:33:00

Keep track of your todo list online

There are plenty of online task managers but if you want one to run on a home or business network or on your own domain, Taskfreak is powerful and still...