Download Construct 2 r90 Free

Download Construct 2 r90 Free

Construct 2 is an intuitive development program that requires no programming experience.

If you've ever wonder how gamesare made, Construct 2 will dissect those elements for you. No coding required! If you want to start programming or having your child learn to program at an early age, Construct 2 is an excellent program that's simple to use and provides professional results.

The application is beautifully designed and follows the Windows ribbon interface design aesthetic. Construct 2's interface reminds me Photoshop, with layers on the right and the project in the center. This makes the interface easy to learn.

Construct 2 comes with a bunch of game demos that you can try out and see what the program is capable of. There are also plenty of tutorials on the website, which is a great way to get started. Import textures into the application to start building game levels. Actions and events are handled in layers to show how sequences are supposed to progress.

After your project is done, Construct 2 can upload your game to Facebook or the Google Chrome Web Store. The free version of Construct 2 has no time limitations, so you can try it out for as long as you'd like. Paying for the individual license will give you sound effects, music, and other more advanced features.

Construct 2 is a great way for anyone of any age to start developing HTML 5 games. It's a great learning tool and powerful enough to be used by businesses.

Pros

• Intuitive interface
• Powerful and simplified tools
• Ability to export to Chrome Web Store
• Great demos and tutorials to get started

Cons

• Doesn't teach basic programming
• Free version lacks more advanced features

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Download Channel 9 Metro App Free

Download Channel 9 Metro App Free

The Channel 9 Metro app gives users the opportunity to view videos from the Channel9.msdn.com website straight from their desktop.

Channel9.msdn.com offers videos on a variety of different developer and consumer topics. Channel 9 is a community that highlights people who develop software products and connects them to actual users. The Channel 9 Metro apps gives these users (and developers too, if they like!) the opportunity to browse and watch videos from Channel 9's website directly within Metro's interface.

The app is nicely integrated, although some videos are slower to load and play than others. There's a lot of text on some of the video descriptions, which seems a little cluttered in an otherwise minimalist and primarily white interface.

Channel 9 is easy to navigate and appears to be pretty consistently updated with new videos as well, which is a plus.

Fans of Channel 9's website will appreciate the ease with which they can now browse and watch videos directly within Metro's interface.

Pros

• Browse and watch Channel 9 videos in-app
• Easy to navigate
• Nice integration with the Metro interface

Cons

• Some videos are slow to load

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Download CopyTrans Manager 0.977 Free

Download CopyTrans Manager 0.977 Free

Are you sick of iTunes? Would you like to use a lighter, faster tool to handle the contents of your iPod or iPhone? CopyTrans Manager is the answer to your needs.

CopyTrans Manager is an excellent replacement for the sometimes slow iTunes. It lets you fully manage your iPod, just like the Apple tool: see the contents stored in the device, create playlists, add new music and videos, edit the file's tags ? including album artwork... everything on a simpler, lighter application.

The program is compatible with the latest firmware version (3.0) and also with the iPhone 3G S. CopyTrans Manager includes a built-in player that you can use to play music and video files, though the video preview doesn't work with large files.

Although CopyTrans Manager is not as feature-rich as iTunes (for example, it doesn't display lyrics or recognize iPod apps), it's a perfect alternative for those of you who are looking for a faster, easier iPod manager.

If you don't like iTunes, CopyTrans Manager is a great tool to easily manage music and video in your iPod or iPhone.

Pros

• Compatible with iPod and iPhone
• Supports the latest firmware
• Fast and light on resources
• Includes built-in player

Cons

• Misses some features from iTunes
• Video preview doesn't work with large files

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Download RSS Submit 3.5 Free

Download RSS Submit 3.5 Free

The best way to increase the popularity of your site or blog is to have regularly updated RSS feeds and to be visible where it matters, i.e. blog directories, search engines and RSS listings. RSS Submit makes it a no-pain, one-step process and ensures that you?re feeds are out there instantly.

There really isn?t any secret to this application; just type the url of your feed into the program window, click "Add" and lay back and watch as it crawls the web and offers your feeds to all major search engines, including Blogpulse, Daypop, Feedburner or Technorati. RSS Submit has up to 67 RSS listings available but if you haven?t found the one you want you can submit it yourself, thanks to the manual option. Unfortunately RSS Submit will not save new RSS search engines.

The most notable aspect of the application is the auto-discover option which crawls a website in search of all existing RSS feeds. Check out the feed analysis window on the bottom half of the program to verify feed titles and short description, word count and popular keywords. This is a quick way to preview your feeds and make sure that titles and descriptions are well-written.

RSS Submit is only designed for uploading feeds to engines and it takes care of the job well. To complement your RSS arsenal we suggest installing RSSBandit to read feeds, RSS Wizard to convert html to RSS and RSS Builder to create your own syndicated links. Getting your RSS feeds on major search engines isn?t the end of the road though, and if you don?t regularly add and update your content, you?ll quickly fall into the dark waters of the internet and all the work done by RSS Submit will have been useless.

Pros

• Auto-discover feeds
• Crawls the web for you
• Submit your links to 67 different RSS search engines
• Preview your feeds

Cons

• Does not save new RSS search engines

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Download Catcha mouse! Free

Download Catcha mouse! Free

Catcha mouse! is a cute game for Pokki that sees you trying to outwit a cute little mouse. If you've enjoyed playing on the iPhone, you're sure to like it here on the Windows desktop too!

Catcha mouse! aims to get you thinking about where to place a series of mousetraps in order to prevent the mouse from reaching his holes and escaping. It's a very simple idea, but as you progress through the levels, you'll realize that outsmarting a mouse is not as easy as it looks!

Catcha mouse! has three difficulty levels, with 26 levels on easy, seven on medium and an unknown number on hard. To tell the truth, we never got that far, and you have to progress through Catcha mouse! to unlock the most difficult levels. You can also toggle the music - maybe the best bit of the game - and view statistics.

The main problem with Catcha mouse! is that it doesn't offer much in the way of playability. It's fun, it challenges you, but we really can't see you coming back to play more than once or twice. Of course, we could be wrong, so if mouse hunting is your thing, go ahead and download - it is free, after all!

Catcha mouse! is fun, but we don't think it's a game you'll keep coming back to.

Notes

You must have Pokki installed to play this game

Pros

• Cute music
• Fun idea
• Lots of levels
• Statistics

Cons

• Gets repetitive

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Download Windows 8 Enterprise 32 Bit Free

Download Windows 8 Enterprise 32 Bit Free

Windows 8 Enterprise is Microsoft's "gold" version, which means it's the finished product, available to users before its official release of Windows 8 on October 26th, 2012. There hasn't been any any major updates since the Windows 8 Release Preview except for some added customization options and some more business oriented options.

Windows 8 Enterprise includes the same Windows Phone UI, which blends touch and gestures based controls on top of the traditional Windows 8 desktop. The entire interface feels snappy and Windows 8 Enterprise is the most stable version of Windows 8 thus far. Apps launch quickly and snapping in and out of the Windows Start interface is a breeze. While it may be confusing to new users who are used to previous versions of Windows, there are a ton of mouse and keyboard controls for Windows 8 Enterprise that you can read about in our Windows 8 guide.

Windows 8 Enterprise also brings tons of great apps that are included right out of the box. Internet Explorer has a touch based UI, Mail has seen a complete overhaul, and the People app is a great place to look up contacts and see what they've been up to. Be sure to install the latest version Windows Essentials 2012, which includes Movie Maker, Gallery, and many more apps that are optimized for Windows 8 Enterprise.

The Bing and People app have received slight updates as well. The Bing app now shows search results as tiles, continuing with the Windows 8 aesthetic. Scroll horizontally to view more results. There's no more need to click to get another page of results. The People app updated to make things cleaner and more organized. It still supports a ton of social networks including Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Microsoft, Outlook, and Google.

Some minor changes include the ability to 'tattoo' your start screen with new, crazy designs and the death of 'Aero,' the window transparency that was introduced in Windows Vista.

While Windows 8 Enterprise didn't surprise us with anything new and revolutionary, it gives an idea about what to expect in the final release of Windows 8. one thing to note when using Windows 8 Enterprise is that after the 90 day trial, the evaluation will expire and cannot be upgraded. You will also have 10 days to activate this evaluation copy online.

Overall, Windows 8 Enterprise gives users a healthy evaluation period with full access to every feature Windows 8 has to offer.

Notes

Clicking the download button will take you to Microsoft's site where you can log in to download the operating system.

Review last updated: 10/10/12

Pros

• Snappy interface
• Lengthy 90 day trial period
• Access to all of Windows 8 features
• Added business oriented features
• More customization options

Cons

• May be confusing for new users
• Jumping between touch and desktop interfaces is jarring

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Download Maxthon 3.3.9.1000 Free

Download Maxthon 3.3.9.1000 Free

Maxthon is an Internet Explorer-based browser that will give you an opportunity to take a break from the big two of internet browsing.

Maxthon really surprised us here at Softonic. If you are a person who likes lots of options, you should really check it out - the IE-based browser has more buttons, menus and configurations options than Photoshop, and you can really customize it to the max. All aspects in Maxthon can be re-sized, moved or taken away and there are multiple skins, interface styles, and language options.

Maxthon generally opens its configuration options in new tabs, rather than windows. This means they are easy to see and modify, which is just as well, as there are so many of them. These options, including the standard File, View, and Tools types, can be found in the Menu Bar, while there are even more in the lower Status bar. If things are beginning to sound a bit crowded, you can disable most, leaving the whole Maxthon interface much cleaner.

It would take a very long time to detail all of Maxthon's options, so suffice to say that as well as the standard ones (tab behavior, display, encoding), there are a multitude of other features, from content control to image and script disabling, an in-built ad-blocker, auto form-filler and advanced screenshot function.
In fact, some of the options are quite complex, and you might want to take a look at the user manual before jumping straight in.

If you like a simple browsing experience, or are a big fan of your Firefox add-ons, Maxthon probably isn't for you (although there are a good selection of Maxthon add-ons).

If you are an Internet Explorer user who wants more options, however, or are just interested in life beyond Mozilla, give Maxthon a try. You might be as surprised as I was.

Recent changes

• Fixes:
  
• Main Frame
  
• Online Notepad sync failed after setting Proxy like stunnel
  
• Webkit
  
• Newline might lose when copied some words to Notepad from the page
  
• Favorites
  
• Tab would be displayed in reverse order of Favorites when opened all Favorites items in one folder at once

Pros

• Dual screen option
• Extensive filter function
• Excellent options
• RSS feature

Cons

• Can't change default search engines
• Translation is only partially complete

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Download Pandora One Desktop App 2.0 Free

Download Pandora One Desktop App 2.0 Free

Pandora One Desktop App is a nice-looking app that plays your favorite Pandora stations right from your desktop.

Overview

Pandora is a music streaming website that helps you discover new music and artists. It does this by taking into account music you give either a thumbs up or thumbs down after listening to it. The more songs you rate, the better Pandora gets at personalizing song suggestions for you.

Features

Pandora One Desktop App does the same thing, except straight from your PC's desktop this time around. Using the Music Genome Project, Pandora One Desktop App will analyze the music content of the songs or artists you enjoy and will subsequently play music that shares some of those defining characteristics.

Pandora One Desktop App is also a nice looking app. It's small and has a great, sleek appearance that will fit most peoples' aesthetics.

Pandora One Desktop App is only available to people subscribed to the streaming website's paid service, Pandora One. In order to make use of this app, you'll need to be a paid subscriber as a result.

On top of the same great service the regular Pandora web app offers, Pandora One Desktop App gives you better music quality and, best of all, no annoying commercials or advertisements during your music listening experience. Music aficionados will undoubtedly love the new perks that come with a premium membership.

Installation

To install the Pandora One Desktop App, simply go to Pandora's website, log in with your user name and password and click on your email address at the top right. Then click Settings from the dropdown menu, and choose the Install Desktop App link at left of center. From there, you'll be prompted to join Pandora One if you haven't already or will simply be allowed to download the app if you have.

Pandora One Desktop App offers all the comforts and conveniences of Pandora's music discovery service, straight from your desktop.

Notes

Clicking the 'Download' link will take you to Pandora's website where you can install the app straight from your account settings.

Pros

• Better music quality
• No ads or commercials
• Customized music discovery experience
• Great music inventory

Cons

• Only available with paid subscription
• App is very small

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Download Mozilla Firefox 3 3.6.28 Free

Download Mozilla Firefox 3 3.6.28 Free

This version of Firefox is very old and not recommended for normal use. If you'd like to download the standard version of Firefox, please click here.

Mozilla Firefox 3.6 brought a handful of new features to this already excellent web browser.

First of all, the interface in Mozilla Firefox 3 is now much easier to customize. This version offers seamless integration with Personas, Mozilla's theme gallery for Firefox, which lets you apply new Firefox themes to your browser with a single mouse click. What's more, you can try them on the browser before actually applying them, just by hovering your mouse over the theme's name.

Another impressive new feature in Mozilla Firefox 3 is the native support for watching videos in full screen ? as long as they've got the HTML5 'video' tag. Simply right click on the video and select the "Full screen" mode to turn the browser into a media player. Also, Mozilla Firefox 3 has released a new online service called Plugin Check, which helps you check for new updates for your plugins ? quite handy, especially if you're as addicted to Mozilla Firefox 3 addons as I am!

Regarding efficiency and stability, the new Mozilla Firefox 3 includes the latest version of the Gecko engine and has improved Java performance. These two elements are meant to provide a faster web browsing ? which has been its weakest point of late. While I haven't tested the final version long enough, I have to say I've been using the betas and release candidates for a while, and I'm quite happy with the program's response.

In all, the new features included in Mozilla Firefox 3 may not be as many or as spectacular as other releases, but they do provide a better user experience in terms of usability, customization and performance.

Mozilla Firefox 3 continues its steady development and adds interesting new features and improvements in its latest version.

Recent changes

• Fixed several security and stability issues.
  

Notes

This is a very old version of Firefox and is not recommended for everyday use.

Review last updated: 31/08/12

Pros

• Support for full screen video
• Integration with Personas for easier customization
• Improved performance
• New tool to check for updates for plugins

Cons

• It may be still incompatible with some extensions
• Flash video doesn't benefit from enhanced video integration
• Really old

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Download Dixio 3.44 Free

Download Dixio 3.44 Free

Dixio is a handy translation tool that helps you browse web pages in Spanish and Catalan, and also provides definitions for English words.

Using Dixio is really easy. After installing the program and creating your free user account ? which you can do from the application itself ? you?re ready to go. Simply open any document or web page, hover the mouse over the word you?d like to translate and left click on it while pressing the Windows key. Dixio will immediately display a window with the results ? either a translation from Spanish or Catalan, or a definition in English. You can also enter the term you want to look up right into the text field.

The results in Dixio feature definitions and translations from several resources, including powerful online dictionaries and thesaurus, Google Translate and the Wikipedia. You can also browse results from Google Images based on that word. The order of dictionaries, as well as the keyboard shortcut to trigger the translation and other details can all be adjusted in the program?s configuration options.

Dixio worked perfectly fine during our tests and proved to be a very useful tool for those of us who work with several different languages. Too bad it doesn?t support more!

With Dixio you can quickly translate words from Spanish or Catalan into English, and also obtain definitions from English words.

Pros

• Look up several dictionaries at the same time
• Works with documents and web pages
• Customizable keyboard shortcuts to enable it

Cons

• Only supports two languages (besides English)

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Download Sublime Text 2.0 Build 2181 Free

Download Sublime Text 2.0 Build 2181 Free

Sublime Text 2 is a minimalist coding editor that will let you focus completely on your code.

Sublime Text works by focusing on what it really important - the code - and leaves the other types of eye candy out. The minimalist interface that can be customized with a dozen different color schemes. It also includes a really handy mini map on the right side, which enables you to quickly move from top to bottom in your code. This isn't seen in other code editors and is a really big plus.

Even though Sublime Text is seriously pared-back, don't make the mistake of thinking that it lacks features. This programming editor supports most coding languages and can work with multiple documents at the same time, each one on a different tab.

Syntax highlighting, code snippets, and multiple selection will make your work easier. Sublime Text plug-ins are also a major help, allowing you to add endless possibilities to the application - oh, but it doesn't support Zen Coding.

In its last version, Sublime Text was accused of being a little difficult to get into. While it's still not for programming novices, there's plenty of online support and help, so you should never be too far from a word of advice.

If you're looking for a minimalist, efficient coding editor with support for multiple programming languages, Sublime Text may be what you need.

Recent changes

• New Icon, by The Iconfactory
  
• File and Global settings have been combined into a single settings file
  
• Selecting a word will highlight other occurrences. This can be controlled with the match_selection setting
  
• Reworked text rendering for improved quality
  
• Improved automatic indentation. It now uses bracket matching to better determine indentation
  
• And other bug fixes that can be found here: http://www.sublimetext.com/blog/articles/sublime-text-2-build-2181

Sublime Text supports the following formats

C, CPP, H, HPP, INL, CC, D, ERL, DOT, HTML, HS, JAVA, JS, TEX, LISP, LUA, PL, PY, R, SQL, TCL, XML

Pros

• Minimalist interface
• Handy minimap on the side
• Works with many coding languages
• Support for macros and plug-ins
• Lots of updates
• Fast

Cons

• Code navigation could be better
• No built-in code completion
• Doesn't support Zen Coding

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Download BrainsBreaker 5.2.1.4 Free

Download BrainsBreaker 5.2.1.4 Free

BrainsBreaker is a mind game for Windows users that requires you to piece together a variety of different challenging puzzles.

BrainsBreaker is a truly customizable jigsaw puzzle that lets you choose the picture of the jigsaw to put together. BrainsBreaker also allows you to transform any image into a jigsaw puzzle. Some options include the ability to choose how many pieces you want to break the image into and the level of difficulty.

In fact, the only limit you'll find to the number of pieces you can divide the picture into is the size of your screen. You can choose just about any image on your hard drive to turn into a puzzle with BrainsBreaker, although it has to be in JPG format, which is a bit limiting. For the best results, it's wise to choose a complex picture that makes it challenging to put together. BrainsBreaker's pieces themselves are very realistic with different cuts and shapes, which you can drag and drop into position with your mouse.

If you've created a really complex puzzle on BrainsBreaker, there are advanced options that allow you to move large chunks of pieces together, resize the puzzle or work from the edge inwards. Scoring in BrainsBreaker is based on how many pieces you manage to put together, although the real pleasure is in just seeing it come together.

BrainsBreaker is a truly personal way to enjoy the classic jigsaw game that you'll never lose the pieces to!

Pros

• Allows you to use any image
• Features advanced options for complex puzzles
• Easy to drag and drop

Cons

• Sometimes pieces don't fit into place when you drop them
• Only works with JPG images

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Download Easy Image Modifier 4.61 Free

Download Easy Image Modifier 4.61 Free

Easy Image Modifier is the kind of tool whose name explains its purpose: it helps you modify your photos in a very simple way.

First, Easy Image Modifier doesn?t require installation, a definite plus for the less tech savvy. Second, you only need to drag and drop your images or image folders into the program's interface to begin working with them. It can also be left working in the background while you focus on another task, except sometimes the program is so fast you won't have time for much else.

As for the changes you can make on Easy Image Modifier, they're the most basic and frequent ones. You can convert the image to a new file format, rename your photos, or resize them by exact pixels or as a percentage. Note that Easy Image Modifier will keep the aspect ratio either way with respect to image resizing. On the downside, Easy Image Modifier only converts to JPG, BMP, and PNG. It also doesn't include any editing tools, consequently limiting its usefulness as a comprehensive image editing tool.

Easy Image Modifier is a simple and quick image processing tool for resizing, renaming and converting a handful of photos all at once.

Recent changes

• Added an experimental Persian translation to the program interface, except for all the help texts because of readability reasons. Also the Turkish translation has been fundamentally improved and several image loading issues have been fixed.

Easy Image Modifier supports the following formats

Opens: JPG, BMP, PNG, TIF, TGA, GIF
Saves: JPG, BMP, PNG

Pros

• Very fast
• Supports drag-and-drop
• Keeps aspect ratio

Cons

• Supports very few image formats
• No editing tools

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Download Ballville: The Beginning Free

Download Ballville: The Beginning Free

Ballville: The Beginning is a children's puzzle game for Windows PC.

From the creators of games like Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom and other titles by Big Fish Games, comes Ballville: The Beginning.

The game has a fun storyline, involving cute little creatures called orbees who are flying through space. In the opening scene, which you can opt to skip if you prefer, the spaceship that the orbees are traveling in hits meteors and ends up crashing onto an unknown, uncharted planet.

With your help, you can build a whole new city for your orbees in Ballville: The Beginning. You do this by solving a variety of different puzzles to move on to higher levels. There are interactive hidden object levels, where you're tasked with finding objects from a list, as well as matching games and more.

The graphics in Ballville: The Beginning aren't anything to write home about, and the levels might get boring for older children. Younger children will likely be delighted by the colorful images and lighthearted storyline.

Ballville: The Beginning is a fun game for younger kids that'll keep them busy with puzzles for hours.

Review last updated: 15/06/12

Pros

• Fun matching game
• Interesting storyline for younger children
• Lots of levels and challenges

Cons

• Graphics are a little weak
• Game will bore older children

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Download Free USB Disk Security 2012 1.0 Free

Download Free USB Disk Security 2012 1.0 Free

Free USB Disk Security is a small, free app that claims to keep your pendrives and USB disks safe and secure.

On first looks, it's a decent app. The interface is simple and clean, although we found it annoying that although the app creates a shortcut icon for you, you can't actually access Free USB Disk Security with it - you need to click on the Free USB Disk Security icon in the notification area in the taskbar to see its options and open the main interface.

Free USB Disk Security claims to offer two main USB tools - a shield, to protect you from incoming threats, and a scan, to scan pendrives once they are inserted. From the main interface, you'll also see an option to repair your system (which are just a selection of basic tools already provided by Windows). The home button provides an overview of the app's services.

In theory, Free USB Disk Security is a great idea and an excellent free tool, but in reality it's very, very difficult to tell if it's doing anything useful. When we did scan, it was extremely quick - to the extent that we weren't sure if it had even scanned. As for the monitoring, Free USB Disk Security claims the protection is real time, but when we inserted a USB stick, it didn't even tell us it had registered the event.

Free USB Disk Security looks good, but it's so hard to tell if it's doing anything useful, we'd prefer to rely on a standard antivirus program instead.

Review last updated: 19/06/12

Pros

• Simple to use
• Includes some extra free tools
• Scans and monitors

Cons

• No options
• Very hard to know if it's doing anything
• Doesn't register events

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Download Sandboxie 3.72 Free

Download Sandboxie 3.72 Free

Sandboxie is a handy app that sits between your system and the programs you run, keeping them safe inside an isolated portion of your hard disk: the sandbox.

Why use Sandboxie?

Malicious programs and viruses usually work by trying to make changes to your computer that serve the hacker's ends, but not yours. Sandboxie is a sandbox app - in other words, a program that acts as a safe zone where you can try out programs, apps and links that you suspect of being dangerous. It prevents any changes being made to your computer by containing the program - and any viruses it may harbor - within the confines of the app, and doesn't let them loose on your PC.

Thanks to the closed testing environment created by Sandboxie, you can freely try programs that you don't trust, without any immediate risk to your system. All files created in your sandbox remain inside it and are deleted when you close it, though the program has a special feature ('Quick Recovery') to recover them.

Not an antivirus

Sandboxie also features an extensive settings menu and is thoroughly documented, including a tutorial to get you started. While you are using Sandboxie, however, you should be aware though that this is no replacement for a standard antivirus app. Sandboxie's more of a tool for advanced users who want to assess specific programs in a safe environment and doesn't work as a general way of keeping your computer safe.

Sandboxie is a handy tool to test untrustworthy software without putting your system in danger.

Recent changes

• The changes to Sandboxie since version 3.70 focus primarily on improving compatibility with Flash version 11.3
  
• Upgrade Sandboxie to fix audio loss issues and crashes when viewing Flash content in a browser running under Sandboxie
  
• If you use Firefox, please also make sure to upgrade to Firefox version 13.1

Notes

This program is not compatible with 64-bit editions of Windows

Review last updated: 18/06/12

Pros

• Provides you with a safe testing environment
• Works discreetly in the background
• Excellent documentation

Cons

• May not be compatible with all programs

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Download Scrivener 1.2.1 Free

Download Scrivener 1.2.1 Free

Scrivener is the long-awaited Windows version of the popular project management and text editing tool for writers that Mac users have been raving about for years.

Installation

This version of Scrivener is relatively easy to install. A message appears immediately after installing, advising that for best results, new users should watch a 30-40 minute tutorial. This can be downloaded via the "Help" tab. Even without going through the tutorial, upon launching, Scrivener offers users the immediate ability to choose what type of writing project they want to work on. Some options include fiction and nonfiction works, poetry, and scripts.

Features

Each Scrivener document type allows for three unique views: a simple text version, the corkboard, and an outline format.

Scrivener?s text version is exactly how it sounds; free of any extraneous information, you're left with only the plain text of the document in front of you.

The corkboard view allows users to ?pin? and categorize different scenes in their work with labels for chapters, scenarios, and concepts. Scrivener users can also list a status to further describe each document, such as first draft, incomplete, and so on.

Lastly, the outline view provides an organized list of all the documents you?ve saved in a particular project with each title, label, status, and a synopsis of their contents.

Unfortunately, for a user who?s entirely new to Scrivener, learning how to use the program isn?t as intuitive as it could be. The video tutorial undoubtedly makes the learning process easier. Barring that, taking advantage of the interactive tutorial offered with this version is highly recommended.

Overall, Scrivener is an excellent product for users serious about the organization of their writing projects.

Review last updated: 19/06/12

Pros

• Multiple ways to view the same document
• Easy organization options
• Several different document type templates
• Full screen view option
• Various tagging/labeling options
• Comprehensive video and interactive tutorials
• Auto-saves work

Cons

• Some bugs still need fixing

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Download RarZilla Free Unrar 4.80 Free

Download RarZilla Free Unrar 4.80 Free

WinRAR is an incredibly powerful archiver but it's not exactly the best looking app in the world. RarZilla Free Unrar attempts to decompress files in a "sexier"way plus add a few cool features to your zipping.

To decompress a file, you simply drag and drop them into RarZilla Free Unrar, double click on it or right click on "decompress" in the menu context shell. To speed-up the process, RarZilla Free Unrar has the option to define a default output folder or a default password or both. Remember that before you do any of this though, you need to specify an output directory or else you'll end-up searching high and low for your files. Simply go to the folder that contains the RarZilla.exe, use notepad to create a text file named "folder.txt" and put one line in it with the path your desired default output folder (e.g.: F:Media)

The only annoying thing is that RarZilla Free Unrar's password prompt dialogue keeps popping up and usually you don't want to set a password. However, this can be deactivated by following instructions in the documentation.

RarZilla Free Unrar is a better looking alternative to WinRAR although doesn't offer any major advantages.

Review last updated: 21/06/12

Pros

• Integrates into Windows shell
• Unzips rapidly
• Allows you to set passwords

Cons

• Password prompt is annoying

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