Play a revitalized Half-Life with the FREE Black Mesa Total Conversion Mod

Do you look back on the original Half-Life game with nostalgia and pleasant memories of blowing up aliens, squishing enemies with a crowbar and...

Noteworthy Shareware turned Freeware in April 2011

As if to prove this site’s slogan ("Someday all software will be free"), every month I feature software that used to be shareware but...

Update Windows and other essential apps from one place with Patch My PC

Software updates through the internet are very convenient, but with the increasing number of programs on your machine they could become quite a time...

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InvisibleHand Beta Invites

The people that brought you Firefox extension "InvisibleHand" would like 200 of Freewaregenius readers to be among the first to try their new version...

Ninite: One installer, multiple programs

OK so you’ve just reinstalled Windows for whatever reason (update, clean slate etc). Now you have to sit there for about an hour just...

MachStudio Pro 2: realtime 3D graphics rendering, now 100% free

MachStudio Pro 2 is a powerful 3D visualization package that had hitherto cost $4000 but recently been released to the public absolutely free. Excellent news...

Noteworthy Shareware turned Freeware – May 2011

Another installment of this series (see Feb, Mar, and April 2011). Not a bad collection this time around, although (a) some of these didn’t actually turn freeware but...

Wunderlist 2 is on the way as Wunderkit is nixed

If you follow this blog you know that we are very fond of Wunderlist, the stylish, GTD-influenced task management app which saves your data...

Support Donationcoder: 2012 fundraiser underway

If websites were judged on (a) the quality of their user-contributed content, (b) the extent to which their users were engaged in the topic,...

Freeware bonanza at Donationcoder – NANY 2011 event

Every year the folks over at Donationcoder sponsor an annual "New Apps for the New Year" event where they showcase a number of freeware...

Noteworthy Shareware turned Freeware – July 2011

A very interesting batch of programs this month; quality not quantity. Multi Commander: a powerful dual pane file management program. Gimpel 3D: converts 2D...

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