Automatically download and shuffle Flickr wallpaper images with Flickr Wallpaper Rotator
What if I told you that you could install an app that gave you unlimited, beautiful, images downloaded and shuffled on your desktop automatically, and that all you had to do was enjoy and, on occasion, skip an image that perhaps didn’t quite strike your fancy? That program in question is free and it is [...]
Five must-have programs for laptops and netbooks
Do you have a laptop or netbook? If so, then check out the following 5 free programs which might prove really useful: AutoSensitivity, Aeorfoil, Touchfreeze, Core Temp, and Prey. Note: this is not a post of must-have general applications; for that check out my Freeware Top 30. Check out my mini review of each of [...]
How to easily transcribe audio or video recordings into text
I recently had to transcribe a number of video interviews into text. This turned out to be much more of a labor intensive project than I thought, and it quickly dawned on me that the process can be vastly improved via a few technological tweaks. This posting aims to present a step by step tutorial [...]
Organize and access your shortcuts, files, and URLs with 8Start, a nice-looking, versatile portable launcher
I am always ready to try out a new launcher, probably because of the prospect of finding a new way of organizing my stuff, or hoping for a stylish new user experience, or simply for a change. 8Start certainly satisfies all of the above criteria. This launcher, in fact, has been around for years, but [...]
Stream your music, playlists, podcasts to multiple PC’s and devices with AudioGalaxy
Let’s say you’ve got a snazzy, large music collection on your hard drive at home, and that you would like to take it with you; get access to it from your computer at work, from your iPhone or Android device. And let’s say you want to do this without having to transfer and copy files [...]
Minus: share large files and photos with this stylish cloud hosting app
If I’ve seen one file sharing web service in the past few months I’ve seen a about twenty. But this one stands out from the pack in several respects; most notably its (ad-free) stylishness and support for multiple platforms and devices. Minus is a file hosting service that will let you upload and share large [...]
Split, merge, paginate, or even change the layout of a PDF with Hexonic PDF Split and Merge
Do you ever need to split pages or sections of PDF documents, or merge several PDF files together into a single whole? Hexonic PDF Split and Merge can do this for you, but it can also do a few more things that distinguish it from many of the free programs in this genre: e.g. adding [...]
