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Five million is a lot of anything. That's why the folks at Boston-based software maker IObit caught my eye recently when they announced they had just cracked the cinco millones mark in downloads for their free Windows maintenance program Advanced WindowsCare Personal. The application, its most recen...
With the arrival of high-definition cameras, the push for video-to-go and, of course, Windows Vista, makers of video editing software have been handed a ticket to introduce new versions of their products. Canadian application architect Corel has done just that with the new version of its VideoStudio...
If there's one prospect that sends shivers down the spines of shutterbugs everywhere, it's the expectation that some day, some way, all their photos will disappear in a computer mishap. There are several ways to guard against such disasters, but a neat, mobile way to do it is with the Polaroid Media...
There are lots of disk defraggers in the market, but Raxco PerfectDisk is one of the best that I've seen to date. Now the Gaithersburg, Md., company is expanding the scope of its flagship product to further improve computer performance and security. Raxco's new product, PerfectDisk Rx Suite, is buil...
A bane of shutterbugs everywhere is the question of what to do with their photos after shooting them. In the days when film was king, it wasn't unusual to find closets with shoeboxes stuffed with prints or boxes of slides. Today, computer hard drives have become the photo shoeboxes of yesterday. Dig...
An innovative three-dimensional search program puts a unique spin on Internet searching. All results are displayed in a 3-D space that users can navigate and manipulate. SpaceTime presents all search results, shopping windows and browsing activity in a continuous 3-D stack that merges results to sav...
If there's one thing Windows users share -- other than their conflicted emotions toward Microsoft -- it's an insatiable yearning to boost the performance of their computers. Windows, despite all its warts, gives them a dizzying number of ways to to do that -- with the right tools. Such a tool is Cac...
A new installment of Mozilla's sterling e-mail program, Thunderbird, has been released, and while this new variant doesn't blow the doors off its predecessor, version 1.5, it has some tantalizing enhancements that spurred me to upgrade to the new edition without hesitation. A major change in the app...
Hard-core gadgeteers never need a rationalization to buy a new piece of hardware, but for those who need at least a tissue of temperance when seeking new tech, the introduction of Microsoft's new operating system, Vista, is an invitation to splurge. Where should you start your shopping? How about a ...
Veteran users will barely recognize Microsoft Word 2007 as their venerable word processor of choice. That can be good or bad, depending on how you've used Word in the past. If you're a mechanic and loved tinkering with the host of customizable features in the older versions of Word, you'll very like...
Adobe Systems created a media tsunami earlier this month when it released its Creative Suite 3, a two-year project designed to roll all the company's formidable software packages for creative types into an integrated monolith. Needless to say, since the package costs more than $1,000, it isn't somet...
We're all inundated with information every day, and we all have our strategies for dealing with that flood. A common tactic adopted by many of us is making lists. The problem with lists, though, is that they can be misplaced. That problem prompted two serial entrepreneurs, Joe Bergeron and Josh Wein...
With so much sizzle being created in the consumer electronics market by digital media players, it's tough for a traditional gadget like a digital voice recorder to grab much consumer mindshare. That hasn't stopped recorder makers like Olympus from continuing to introduce innovative and interesting p...
Personal Data Assistants have become dinosaurs, and after taking the Motorola Q for a test drive, it's easy to understand why. Just about anything you'd want to do with a PDA you can do with a smartphone like the Q -- and a lot more. The Q is about the size of a PDA -- 2.5 by 0.5 by 4.6 inches -- an...
Although digital still camera makers are making great strides in improving the video capabilities of their products, they still have some distance to go before they catch up with conventional camcorders. Sure, we'd all like to haul around less tech when documenting our lives, but for now, two camera...
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