Five must-have programs for laptops and netbooks

Do you have a laptop or netbook? If so, then check out the following 5 free programs which might prove really useful: AutoSensitivity, Aeorfoil,...

Add thumbnail previews for a wide range of image types with Sage Thumbs

If you’re like most people, you like to look at a folder full of images and see thumbnail previews rather than icons. Windows explorer will...

Eject USB devices quickly and safely with ProEject

One of the things that continue to puzzle me is why ejecting a USB drive remains such a labor intensive affair, even on Windows...

Access geo-restricted sites from anywhere in the world with Tunnelbear

Geographically restricted web services turn up at a seemingly alarming rate. For example, if you are outside of the US you cannot watch programming...

Special Folder Manager 2: move special folders easily across partitions on Win 7 and...

There is a growing trend to move special folders, such as your “My Documents”, “My Music”, and “My Pictures” folders off the main OS...

Zip2Fix: extract undamaged files from a corrupt ZIP archive

I’ve been waiting to test a couple of freeware ZIP archive recovery apps for some time. And then, it finally happened (oh joy); I downloaded...

DriverPack Solution: install and update drivers in one click

If you’ve every had to reinstall Windows on a computer, you know what a hassle it can be to find and update all of...

SKTimeStamp: add a timestamp tab to file/properties

If you’ve ever found the need to manage your files’ time stamps then you will probably like this free Windows Explorer extension: SKTimeStamp adds...

Oolauncher: take complete control of your startup programs’ loading order, time delay, etc.

Ever wished you could determine the order in which your items are loaded on startup, or the priority, or to set specific time delays...

Desk Topmost: access the desktop without minimizing any of your active windows

This program lets you access your desktop  while keeping all of your open windows right where they are, without minimizing any of them. The desktop...

MiniTool Power Data Recovery Free Edition: Recover Files From Broken Drives

I loaned my wife my USB drive that had YUMI, the successor/rename of the MultiBoot USB tool, on it with CloneZilla loaded in order...

Handy Shortcuts: create desktop shortcuts to frequently used Windows functions

Do you ever wish there was a simple shortcut on the desktop to “safely remove hardware” rather than having to go hunt for it...

Latest posts

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...