Regular Business Hacks readers know that the go-to freeware for Adobe Photoshop-style image editing is Paint.NET. What you may not know is that there's also a freeware application that can take the place of Adobe Illustrator: Creative Docs .NET. Available for Windows only,...
DiskAid is a freeware utility that allows you to use your iPhone (or iPod touch) as a portable hard drive. All you do is install the program (it's available for both Windows and Mac), then connect your device. DiskAid automatically detects it and provides a familiar tree-like interface for creating...
How to put this kindly... Windows' built-in uninstaller sucks. It's slow. It's buried in the Control Panel. It doesn't always remove all traces of the program. Oh, and let's not forget that sometimes it flat out refuses to remove entries at all. That's why I'm a huge fan...
Five Freeware Gems I Use Every DayScreenshot appFor quick screenshots, I install MWSnap (http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html). It's free, and hasn't been updated since 2002, but I've never run into an issue with it and I've used it since 2004 or so. It's got a very small footprint and loads fast. It doesn't...
Whenever I migrate to a new PC it happens more often than you might think, I immediately install the following five programs. I can't live without them, and neither should you. Copernic Desktop Search I don't know why desktop-search utilities have all but vanished, but thank goodness Copernic...
Diskeeper Corporation® has announced the release of the latest version of Disk Performance Analyzer for NetworksTM DPAN, a freeware application which allows administrators to closely monitor the affects of fragmentation across a network.
A good screen-capture utility is essential for bloggers, site developers, graphic designers, PR folks, and anyone else needing to incorporate images in their print and/or online media. Screengrab, a Firefox extension, lets you capture just about anything in your browser window: the entire page, just the visible portion, a selected...
Video production is rapidly becoming a part of mainstream business, whether you're shooting how-to videos for clients, video blogging for your site, or actually making movies for a living. Of course, all this stuff requires a small fortune in video hardware and software. Well, maybe not software: Free Geekery catalogs...
Well Known for Its Cute Egg Characters, the New ALZip Adds Windows Vista Support and New, Cuter Egg Icons Custom Designed for the Visually Rich Vista Interface; ALZip is a Full-Featured Zip Program Supporting 36 Formats
StillSecure, provider of an award-winning, integrated suite of enterprise network security solutions, today announced that StillSecure Strata Guard Free, the company's freeware IDS/IPS, is available as a VMware virtual appliance for Windows environments. Now, end users can access the pre-built, pre-configured and ready-to-run version of Strata Guard Free using either...
The Internet has an estimated 30 million users, and traffic continues to increase at an exponential pace. The scope of information and services available is astonishing. You can read your choice of daily newspapers, lease a car from bargain auto dealers, or even place an order with your local pizzeria...
HMI Tools enables communication between operator terminals and Palm[TM] handhelds. The software consists of three applications that enable transfer of projects, files and system programs easily and quickly. Files stored in the Palm cannot be edited HMI Tools enables communication between operator terminals and...
PLEASANTON, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 16, 1997--PeopleSoft, a leading provider of enterprise applications software, announced that its new inter-enterprise planning tool, Supply Chain Collaborator, is available today free of any license fee, and may be downloaded from the PeopleSoft web site, installed, and used either in a demonstration mode or for communication...
MENLO PARK and ORINDA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 10, 1998-- Intraware, Inc., the leading Intranet software services company, and InformixR Corporation (NASDAQ:IFMX), the technology leader in enterprise database-powered solutions, today announced that they have entered into an agreement whereby Intraware is the exclusive electronic distribution partner for Informix's free Linux developer kit...
Innovative USB Sleep'n Charge. Stylish Fusion™ finish. Ultra-portable. It's clear why the Satellite® U405 is a smart choice for you and your small business. Only from the laptop expert, Toshiba.
