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Samer Kurdi

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Has been reviewing software since 2006 when he started Freewaregenius.com

Get your weather forecast displayed on a Google map with “Full Screen Weather” –...

There is something that makes sense about seeing the weather forecast displayed on a big map, which may be related to the fact that...

Two awesome new free ZIP archiving programs that you’ve probably never heard of

We recently published a big comparison of free ZIP archiving and compression programs on Freewaregenius that looked at many of the more well known...

Ten ‘Chrome Experiments’ in WebGL that you MUST see

What are Chrome Experiments? Simply put, they are interesting bits of coding that use some of the latest open technologies (e.g. HTML5, Canvas, SVG,...

The easiest way to download YouTube videos: add ‘pwn’ to the URL

Imagine the scene: You’re visiting family and watching YouTube videos (naturally- isn’t this what all families do?) and your mother/brother/father wants to download the...

Download torrents without a torrent client (or when torrent traffic is blocked) – with...

There are times when downloading torrents using a torrent client is simply not possible, such as when using a PC where you cannot or...

Create multiple folders quickly and in batch with “Text2Folders”

If you’ve ever had to create a large number of folders or an intricate folder structure to then you know that it can be...

Add thumbnails to all your media files in Windows with Media Preview

We take thumbnails for images and video files for granted in Windows Explorer. Unless, of course, we do not have them. If you have...

ScaryGirl is a delightful little point and click adventure game

If you love point-and-click adventure games then check out Scarygirl, a free, browser-based game that is very easy to get into and get the...

Four FREE apps that can transform how you read the news

With the explosion of information and news sources that is the hallmark of the internet, application developers are coming up with creative ways to...

Make your PC faster for games or demanding applications, with Jetboost

Consider the PC that you are using right this minute. Chances are there are apps, services, and processes that are running in the background...

Send large files up to 2 gigs with WeTransfer

WeTransfer has to be one of the easiest, least involved and complicated FREE services for transferring large files on the internet. Simply drag-and-drop files up...

Cube is an impressive Google Maps “toy”

I’m always amazed as to the kinds of applications game developers can come up for Google Maps, and this game is a great example. Cube...

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The Best Free Antivirus for Windows – January 2016

I have been looking into the question of which free antivirus is the best for almost 10 years now, and the only way to...

“The Bafflement Fires” – an experimental game designed to manipulate your world view

We’ve always been interested in the intersection between games and art, and have written up a number of games by Jason Nelson exploring the...

Get cloud access to anything on your PC, with TackaCloud’s ‘Personal Cloud’

Although Dropbox and other cloud services have gotten us used to accessing our files anywhere from the cloud, somehow there is always that important...

Introducing: The Ballerina Monsters

Are you missing Freewaregenius and wondering what we’ve been doing for the past several months? One project I’ve been working on is: “The Ballerina...