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Fotografix: Edit On The Go With This Portable & Lightweight Photo Editor [Windows]

Great software can be hard to come by. That is why there are a select few that stand out and become increasingly popular. What defines "great software"? Typically a program should be practical and useful, lightweight - even portable, feature-packed, and to top it all off, free. Fotografix is all of those and that is why it landed a spot in the Image Editors and Viewers category on our Best Of Portable Apps page.

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Quipio: Typography Meets Photography [iOS]

There are several free apps available for adding text to images using your iPhone, but one of the first apps to offer this feature rolled into a social network is Quipio. The free iOS app makes it easy to add text to images, create messages using typography, and interact with other users sharing their thoughts and images through the app. No design skills whatsoever are required to use Quipio.

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5 Free Influenza Fighting Apps for Facebook, Android, and Twitter

Influenza, arguably, grew to epidemic proportions in the United States and Europe this year, according to Google Flu Trends. Search traffic for illness symptoms reached the most intense since the dawn of the information age. Fortunately, we now have the ability to defend against infection using resources derived from the Internet - in particular, social media. Facebook, Twitter and Google can tell us who among our friends might have a cold or flu.

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Learn To Build Your Own Furniture With These Impressive Carpentry & Woodworking Resources

Few things are as satisfying and relaxing as making something new with your own hands. Programming comes close, at least for me (and I've recently offered some tips on learning to code), but it's still quite different. Typing just isn't the same as clamping planks of wood together, drilling holes and watching something you've envisioned (or planned out in SketchUp) come to life. But where's a good place to start?

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The Best Ways To Send A Free SMS Online

In an era where smartphone ownership is becoming the majority, it’s hard to imagine someone who can’t (or won’t) send out text messages. When was the last time you knew someone who didn’t have a text messaging plan on their mobile? Or better yet, when was the last time someone told you "don’t text me because I've hit my limit!"? You probably don’t remember. And yet, there are still millions of people out there who don’t have access to free text messaging.

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Configuring Antivirus Software for Efficient Scanning That Doesn't Slow Your PC

Antivirus software is important on Windows, but it can slow down your computer. The on-access scanning that protects you from malware means your antivirus has to scan every file you access before it actually opens. Luckily, there are a variety of ways to speed things up without losing security. Heavy antivirus programs can slow down a computer - particularly an older computer running an older, poorly optimized security suite.

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Windows 8 Doesn't Come with Aero - But You Can Add It With These Tools

Whichever way you look at it, Windows 8 has been a controversial release. The latest version of Microsoft’s domestic operating system has built in touch and no Start button on the Desktop view, something that has led many to avoid it. This is a shame as beyond the Start screen and Charms bar, things run pretty much as they always did. One area in which Windows 8’s Desktop isn’t quite the same as Windows 7, however, is in the selection of themes.

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Slice It - Piece Of Cake Or A Hard Shape To Crack? Play The Very Addictive Puzzler [iOS]

Cutting up any shape isn’t a big deal. Some do their slicing and dicing on a knife board, some in geometry class. You might say it’s all about symmetry. Slice It is a game (Price: $0.99) which takes this simple concept and turns it around as a puzzler. And then it proceeds to turn the way you think about proportions and sizes.

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Are Any Android Tablets as Good as the iPad?

The latest web traffic statistics show that 78% of all web surfers using a tablet after the holiday season were on an iPad. Though its dominance is slowly dwindling, Apple’s device remains on the throne. You may wonder – why? Is the iPad all that, or have better Android devices been ignored because of Apple’s famously effective marketing? That’s a difficult and controversial question, but not impossible to answer.

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The Cynical Guide To Your First Internet Startup [Opinion]

Are you tired of your job and looking for a reason to bum around on computers all day? Do you have a lukewarm idea that you're hopelessly trying to monetize? It looks like you need to get yourself a startup and really make something of yourself. Everyone and their dog has a startup idea these days, but how do you know if yours is any good? Well I've got news for you - it doesn't matter!

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Don't Unsubscribe! Keep Track of Newsletters, Receipts & More With the Beautiful Azigo

Here’s a task for you. Go to your inbox right now, and count how many newsletters and promotional emails you've received in the past week. How many did you get? 10? 50? 150? How many brands do you get these emails from? 5? 10? Maybe 20? While such emails are sometimes nothing more than spam you can ignore, you sometimes receive them because you actually care about these brands and what they have to say.

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