Does a Dropbox-style cloud storage service with unlimited free storage sound too good to be true? It probably is, since newcomer Bitcasa is only offering this during its beta period (which happens to be right now). But this may be the shape of things to come, →
Organize and update your videos, songs, books, games, and programs with myCollections
myCollections is a tool to organize and access your media library that stresses visual organization paired with tag reference. It’s totally free to download and use and can handle a number of different kinds of media. The average person that owns a computer has at least →
Upload and share large files for free with SkyFile
SkyFile is an absolutely awesome web site that will let you have your own file bank in the cloud for free. It is a ‘file locker’ service for downloading and sharing large files, and not a desktop syncing solution like Dropbox. The free version provides 5 GB →
Run your favorite Android Apps and Games on your Windows or Mac with BlueStacks Beta
BlueStacks Beta is a great program for Windows and Mac OS that will let you run your favorite Android Games and Apps right on your desktop system. It’s totally free to download and use during the Beta phase of development, and very easy to get started. →
Find and delete duplicate images with Image Comparator
Image Comparator is a nifty little program that lets you search for, identify, and manage duplicate images on your hard drive or drives. It searches for similarities on a pixel by pixel basis so it can discover duplicates even if they have different file names or →
Use an FTP folder as your very own, Dropbox-like backup service with FTPBox
Do you have access to FTP storage? Most hosted website come with many gigabytes of free space that stay mostly unused forever, that could easily be utilized for backup purposes. Even if you do not have access to an FTP server, you could sign up for →
Monitor your hard drive’s health and get customized warnings with Acronis Drive Monitor
Acronis Drive Monitor is a helpful utility that will warn you before your hard drive dies, and help you manage other aspects of your hard drive’s health. It’s free, exceptionally easy to use, and unobtrusive. One of the few things in the world that is certain, →
Control your Android from your desktop using AirDroid – a free remote management app
AirDroid is an free Android application from Sand Studios that lets you control your Android and most of its functions remotely, including moving media files and documents to and from your Android wirelessly without a USB connection. It requires that both your Android and your desktop →
Find duplicate image and data files with Anti-Twin
Anti-Twin is a great freeware program that, quite simply, searches for and helps manage duplicate files on your computer. It’s very easy to use, and can help free up tons of space on your hard drives. When you first get a new computer or first install →
Add thumbnail previews to PDF files in Windows with PDF Preview
Adobe Acrobat Reader is one of the first things most people install on a computer, but one thing which I do not understand is why it does not offer the option for thumbnail previews in Windows (other free PDF readers, such as PDF XChange Viewer, offer →
AOMEI Partition Assistant Home Edition updated with cool new features (and FREE giveaway for the professional edition)
Quick: what is our favorite partition manager here at Freewaregenius? The answer, despite what we say in our Freeware Top 30 (which needs updating), is Aoemi Partition Assistant Home Edition, for three simple reasons (1) it’s simple interface, which lacks inactive, ‘paid’ options, (2) it is free for →
Get Mac-like Expose and ‘Mission Control’ features on Windows with “Mission Control / Expose Clone W7”
It seems that so many Windows interface tweaks come from copying the Mac. You may be familiar with the Mac Expose-style replacement for the default Alt+Tab application switching function (we previously mentioned Dexpose and Switcheramong others that do this). We would like to introduce another free →
