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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.

BumpTop: Your Desktop in 3D

BumpTop is a cool little addition that can make your Windows desktop a little more organized and add a bit of pizazz to the...

Microsoft TechNet’s Server Quest Games

Microsoft has put out two web-based games through their TechNet branch called Server Quest. The games are a compilation of mini-games with a story...

DRoster: Employee Scheduling Software

DRoster is what I'd describe as niche software. Not everybody is going to have a use for employee scheduling software, but for those whom...

Postbox: a Facelift (and More!) for Thunderbird

I’ve been busy preparing for a transition of many co-workers to a Microsoft Exchange service lately. Until that migration occurs, we use a web...

UpDown: Free Online Stock Market Game

I've been looking for a virtual stock market game to play for quite some time. I wanted something like a fantasy football of the...

StorYBook: a Free and Open-Source Tool for Organizing a Novel

StorYBook is an interesting application for a specific niche group. It is not an all-out word processor but instead a tool for organizing a...

Songbird: an Open-Source, Cross-Platform Music Player

Songbird is a an open source, multiplatform music player intened to rival players such as iTunes; but does it have much more beyond the basics? (...)

FreeMeter: a low-impact system monitor

FreeMeter is a free system-performance monitoring utility designed to be powerful yet light on resources. It monitors a number of system activities that most people need,...

VMWare Server: free Virtual Machine Infrastructure, step-by-step

I've previously discussed virtual server infrastructure with an article on Microsoft's Hyper-V which comes included with Windows Server 2008. Due to the performance hit...

Mint vs. Quicken Online: two online tools to organize your finances

In good times and bad, a balanced budget and an understanding of your savings and spending are essential. It is also wise to create...

Canaware NetNotes: capture web pages then store and edit them within a local knowledge...

Canaware NetNotes is a free program that can capture web pages and stores and organizes them within a searchable, local knowledge base. It can capture...

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