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Jason Hamilton writes the occasional post for FreewareGenius when he finds software worth recommending and the time. He is a full-time system administrator and writes more frequently at 404 Tech Support and AssumeAwesome.

WinMHR: Free Malware Detector

WinMHR is a free security tool that provides a similar function as the VirusTotal website but with some additional features, and more to come....

MultiBoot USB: Simplifies Taking Your IT Toolbox With You

Pen Drive Linux has made it easy to turn your USB drive into a Live bootable Linux instance, allowing you to easily sample a...

Recycle Your Gadgets for Free or for Cash with Gazelle

Getting a new gadget is always fun but if it's replacing an old gadget you might have questions about what to do with the...

Free eBook Readers – Read eBooks on your PC, Mac, Netbook, iPad, and More

On Monday the cost for Amazon's Kindle dropped from $259 down to $189 and Barnes & Noble's Nook dropped to $199 while they introduced...

KwiClick – Firefox addon delivers a host of quick tasks right at your fingertips

KwiClick is an Addon for Firefox that simplifies multi-tasking and allows for some cool picture-in-picture style browsing. Ideally it makes your browsing more efficient,...

Eraser – Securely Delete Your Files

I've previously discussed why you shouldn't just throw out or recycle your computer without wiping the drive first to protect your identity and files...

ICSI Netalyzr – Know your Connection

ICSI Netalyzr is a service maintained by the Networking Group at the International Computer Science Institute, an affiliate with the University of California, Berkeley ...

Seesmic Look – A Polished, Functional Twitter Client

Seesmic Look is the first Twitter client I've used and I have to say it simplifies a whole lot over Twitter. Seesmic Look's best feature...

Screenr: Screen Recordings, Easy to Make, Easy to Share

If you ever need to make a quick video capture of your screen but don't want the hassle of having to install any software...

Three Free Web-Based Charting and Mind Map Tools

This article will introduce you to three online mind map tools that are free to use and have solid functionality.  A number of note...

TextOn9: Type on your Computer like you’re Texting from your Phone

Have you ever said to yourself: "Man, I hate having to type on a keyboard! If only I could use my phone to type,...

High Sign: control your PC using mouse gestures

In this post I will review "High Sign", an excellent freeware mouse gesture program. While Samer has previously reviewed gMote, another mouse gesture program,...

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The Best Free Antivirus for Windows – January 2016

I have been looking into the question of which free antivirus is the best for almost 10 years now, and the only way to...

“The Bafflement Fires” – an experimental game designed to manipulate your world view

We’ve always been interested in the intersection between games and art, and have written up a number of games by Jason Nelson exploring the...

Get cloud access to anything on your PC, with TackaCloud’s ‘Personal Cloud’

Although Dropbox and other cloud services have gotten us used to accessing our files anywhere from the cloud, somehow there is always that important...

Introducing: The Ballerina Monsters

Are you missing Freewaregenius and wondering what we’ve been doing for the past several months? One project I’ve been working on is: “The Ballerina...