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Hot Apps Review: Picosearch
August 03, 2006
What's the right price for a search engine on your Web site? How does free sound?
Hot Apps: JAJAH For Phone-To-Phone VoIP
July 12, 2006
With charges that range from zero to 2.5 cents per minute and features like integration with your address book, this phone-to-phone VoIP service rocks.
Review: LockNote
May 11, 2006
With this elegant single-purpose utility in place you can get rid of all those sticky notes that help you remember passwords and similar sensitive data.
Review: Can You Learn 101 Languages From A Four-CD Tutorial?
May 01, 2006
While the claim of teaching you 101 languages may be a stretch, this set of CDs can be as entertaining as it is helpful.
Hot Apps: Password Management
April 13, 2006
Memorize one master password of your choice to access all your password-based Web sites from any computer--with strong encryption tossed in as a bonus.
Six Things You Need To Know About VoIP
April 10, 2006
Think you know VoIP? Think again. There are plenty of myths and misunderstandings out there. We talk to 30 experts who tell you exactly what you need to know.
Review: ProShow Gold Creates Slide Shows
March 31, 2006
It's a simple product to use, but you can create compelling home slide shows of images, videos, and audio with no artistic experience required.
Hot Apps: Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8 Preferred
March 16, 2006
Speech-recognition software can be useful in many applications, but its potential remains unfulfilled.
Review: ZoneAlarm Security Suite
February 02, 2006
Despite some glitches with downloading antispyware updates and a frustrating interface, ZoneAlarm provides protection that few competitors can match.
Hot Apps: Third-Party Desktop Search Tools Revisited
January 23, 2006
In a world where free desktop search apps abound, are traditional third-party desktop search utilities still worth the cost?
Hot Apps: AMUST ECondom
January 09, 2006
By ensuring that you're running IE in the safer user mode rather than administrator mode, this free utility helps you avoid the dangers of spyware.
Review: Panda Platinum 2006 Internet Security
October 10, 2005
Panda's do-all security suite offers solid protection against malware wrapped in a well-designed interface.
Review: ZoneAlarm Desktop Security Suite
September 15, 2005
ZoneAlarm Security Suite 6.0 provides great anti-spyware, firewall, and other security all in a single package.
Hot Apps: Camtasia Studio 3
September 01, 2005
Capture, edit, and publish videos of everything from your screen, Webcam, microphone, and multimedia files.
Hot Apps: GhostSurf 2005
August 20, 2005
You want to stay anonymous on the Web? This will make you invisible. GhostSurf does anonymizing in an easy-to-use package and its Platinum edition adds antispyware features.
Hot Apps: Free Web Site Search
July 01, 2005
You want to give your Web site visitors the ease and convenience of searching your site's contents, but you're worried about the cost. Worry no more.
Review: DriveShield+ Keeps PCs Clean
April 07, 2005
Afraid of malware? DriveShield+ is the ultimate safety app -- it removes virtually every change to your computer when you restart your system.
Hot Apps: Spy Sweeper 3.5
April 01, 2005
While Microsoft AntiSpyware is a hot topic of discussion in the press these days, J.W. Olsen finds nothing in its beta release that threatens his conviction that Spy Sweeper is the best of the bunch.