If you have ever had some crazy error message pop up on Windows and you needed to do a search to find out how to fix it, you know how much of pain it is to remember those error codes. Of course, highlighting and copy/pasting them would solve the problem, but Windows doesn’t allow that. [...]
Prior to the launch of Windows 7, numerous tools existed that let Windows XP and Windows Vista users install the interface features of Windows 7 on their machines without upgrading the operating system. The same is the case with Windows 8 and its Metro interface. Instant Beautiful Browsing is an excellent app for Windows 7 [...]
Finding the best software for your computer tasks is not an easy thing to do. You have to filter through a lot of mediocre apps to get to the best one and when you do, it is often accompanied by a hefty price tag. The process is made much simpler by an excellent web service [...]
If you are interested in playing and testing Android apps without an Android phone around, why not try them out on your PC? Bluestacks is a nice utility that lets you do just that. This tool runs Android apps from your desktop allowing you to work with apps you love. This means you can switch [...]
It was only a matter of time before Microsoft launched its phone app website like the iTunes store and Android Marketplace. Now Windows Phone owners can browse and get apps for their devices from the Windows Phone Marketplace. The Windows Phone Marketplace is exactly what its name suggests – an application browsing space for Windows [...]
Does your Windows computer take a very long time to boot? Sometimes, this is caused by bloatware applications that you do not really want running on your system. You can solve this problem by just identifying and disabling these unwanted programs from your startup list. However the challenging part is knowing which items to disable as [...]
There are a number of non-Microsoft tools out there that will help you rearrange keyboard keys. Mostly these apps come in handy when you are bugged by the Caps Lock key and want to disable it somehow. However these apps accomplish their purpose by making changes to the Windows registry ““ you do not want [...]
TinyApps is an online directory of applications that are really small, install without a hassle and do not consume a lot of system resources. The apps are primarily for the Windows OS but there are pages for Palm and OS X as well. For an app to be a part of this site, it should [...]
After a reinstallation of your operating system your first step is to download and install all your favorite applications. Since you have to download and install each application individually, the process can become very time consuming. Thankfully FreeApps has a solution to this problem. FreeApps is a free website that makes it easier to download [...]
If you usually watch recorded TV shows on your Windows computer using the Windows Media Center application then you might want to check out Lifextender. It is a software (could be also used as a media center add-in) that can automatically remove ads from recorded TV shows/videos. When you run it for the first time, [...]