When apps get too curious Digital budget managers tend to add in all sorts of little features in order to please potential long term users. This is usually evident in the most common function, "add expense". Besides amount, date and category, we get a lot of extra details that I personally don't bother to fill in. I mean, adding in transactions is a chore in...Continue to app
Browsing the news The Internet has done us a great favor. It gave us the possibility to inform ourselves. We no longer have to stare at an all knowing screen that dictates what’s true in the world… or get lead poisoning from reading the papers. Instead, we are now surfing the information sea, making connections and drawing our own conclusions… right? Well even if...Continue to app
Digital Chloride Sometimes you realize that no matter what you try the adware just won't come off. Well, searching will eventually pay off. As it did in my case. A couple of months ago while installing something, I got click-happy and missed the fact that I had agreed to install a toolbar and some other questionable program along with what I intended. I don't...Continue to app
Not another image viewer Sometimes, you want to have all sorts of editing tools in one package. Yes, there's Photoshop and Illustrator but for the regular user, there's only the need for touch ups and batch editing. There are quite a few programs that deal with this need. Here's one of them. Selective editing FarStone Image Viewer picks up where Explorer left off....Continue to app
Here to stay We've been told time and time again that Internet Explorer is the best browser to download another browser. That might be true. Still, one needs to do some exploration on its own to discover whether these words are true. Besides, it's not that hard since your Windows machine already has it installed. Evolving in the background Internet Explorer (or...Continue to app
Apple safari If you ever wanted to taste the experience that every Mac user has when navigating the web, then here's your chance! Enjoy the silver finish of every button and the panoramic view of the dashboard (top sites) and history screen. Well, except for the title bar buttons of course. Unfortunately you will not be able to zoom the window, just maximize...Continue to app
Childhood rites Jumping on turtles, hitting your head on suspended brick ceilings and eating mushrooms to grow in size are activities every kid has experienced since 1983. Still, if your parents never bought you a Nintendo game console then you must be feeling a great frustration. Your anger is righteous, because being robbed of Mario is like being robbed of...Continue to app
Gear up! It's time to talk about another cog in IObit's finely tuned computer management machine. If you have no clue of what I'm referring then you should probably also check out Start Menu 8 and IObit Uninstaller. If you think IObit is to your liking, then you will be happy to know that Advanced System Care brings them all into one package. Since you're...Continue to app
The sandbox A couple of decades ago, children were running up the hills, building tree houses and fortresses. They were making tools with what they could find among the trees and they’d mine the earth in search of precious metals. They were creating tunnels and building powered railroads. They were crafting swords and armor to fight off the ghouls that came...Continue to app
Shopping PDA Although most people refuse to acknowledge this, the digital revolution has a major disadvantage. Holding a smart-phone in one hand and pushing the shopping cart with the other leaves you with few options when needing to check your shopping list. But for all those apps that clutter your mobile device, why not incorporate another digital version...Continue to app