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Diffuse Merge Tool: compare (and merge) text files visually

Diffuse Merge Tool: compare (and merge) text files visually

Have you ever needed to compare multiple versions of a text or code, and wished that the differences would be highlighted visually? This is exactly what this program does: Diffuse Merge Tool is a free, visual text file comparison and merge tool. It will display text files on-screen simultaneously each in their own pane, highlight [...]

Last posting removed (and other options for audio downloads)

I’ve received a couple of emails about my last post, which has since been removed but many people can still read on their RSS readers. Since reviewing the program (an MP3 downloading engine) I received multiple reports on email and in the comments, which I will quote here: "it installs a search toolbar and changes [...]

SingleInstance: allow only one running instance of a program

SingleInstance: allow only one running instance of a program

Have you ever launched a program and started working with it only to discover that there’s another instance of it running in the background? This can be a mild annoyance from time to time, especially when you realize after a few minutes that the two instances have the same file or data open and that [...]

Find and Run Robot: a brilliant search-box style launcher and task management app

Find and Run Robot: a brilliant search-box style launcher and task management app

Find and Run Robot (FARR) a free “search box” style launcher similar to previously mentioned Launchy. These kinds of programs scan certain locations on your hard drive, including your start menu, and provide a floating search box that pops-up on demand to display matching results for programs and files as you type into them. But [...]

Freemake Video Converter updated with cool new features

Freemake Video Converter updated with cool new features

I recently wrote about Freemake Video Converter, a free, very stylish-looking video conversion program that is both powerful and easy to use (see my original review for more information on this program). Since then, the program has been updated with new features, many of which I had requested in the ’wish list’ of my original [...]

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