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Have you ever felt the need to capture what's on your computer screen? There are plenty of free apps out there for a simple task like this, but what if you wanted to do more? What if you wanted to show your parents how to download and install iTunes, so they can start using their brand-new iPhones? Instead of trying to explain this over the phone, you can use FileStream Take-1 Recorder to record your voice and your computer screen and send them a how-to video directly. That way, your parents can open up the video and follow along … Read more

Experience Google Earth as never before

Lover of maps, are you? I personally love getting lost in a big city, trying to get myself from point A to point B, but I guess I would never want to get lost in the middle of nowhere, whether that be with or without a map.

Nevertheless, maps get us to places we want to go and help us see the world from a different perspective; and that's exactly what this app does.

KMZ maps are Earth Maps that enhance and customize your Google Earth experience. With this app, you can easily wrap around the globe in your … Read more

Easily edit and upload photos to Facebook with Picture Dude

UPDATE October 10, 2011: This offer has now ended.

Whether it's a JPEG, GIF, raw image, or other format, Picture Dude reads your images and optimizes them for Facebook, so you don't have to. Turn sets of images into instant albums, complete with captions. You can use Picture Dude to edit existing albums or create them from scratch. Just upload and you are done!

Picture Dude Image Uploader Plus features:

Images are uploaded quickly because the app optimizes them for Facebook ahead of time. Remove red-eye, change contrast, saturation, crop images, or apply special effects and watermarks, all … Read more

Just say "No" to boring slideshows - save over 84% now

UPDATE: This offer has now ended.

Ever spent hours trying to create a slideshow for your wedding, baby shower, or birthdays? I sure have. I specifically remember a time when I was in charge of creating my sister's baby shower slideshow. It started out as a beautiful San Francisco day that soon turned into a night with one too many cups of coffee, I might add, and by the time I was finished, the birds were chirping and it was morning again. I hadn't slept one bit and wondered, how was this possible? I remember trying to match … Read more

Musicjacker 2 aims to get you the song you want

UPDATE September 26, 2011: This offer has now ended.

Ever wanted to know how you to download music from some of the most popular music and video sites? Now you can in just a couple of clicks. Musicjacker 2 is a program that allows you to download music from some of the most popular music and video sites such as MySpace, YouTube, SoundCloud, and Hype Machine, letting you download music that may otherwise be hard to find. In addition, it also features a unique feature called MusicScraper, which allows you to search for the name of an artist or a … Read more

BCC your snarky comments in Outlook e-mails for $1.99

UPDATE September 19, 2011: This offer has now ended.

It's just about 5:00 on a Friday afternoon and you can't wait to get your weekend started, but you have this one e-mail that keeps lingering over your head and whoever "they" may be, they keep responding. It's an e-mail with your high-level executives cc'ed on it, so you can't say anything to the big group, but you want to be able to vent to one of your colleagues without having to send it to everyone else on that email thread. Now, what … Read more

Got protection? Totally.

Just in time for back to school, you can now save 50 percent on the all-new Bitdefender Total Security 2012 and get it for just $34.95 (reg. $69.95). As is often the case, you get a piece of software and you don't know how to customize the settings to fit your needs. Actually, with Facebook continuing to roll out new features, I always feel the need to check my privacy settings to make sure they haven't changed. I just want it to be easy--pick the right level of protection and leave it, forever.

Well, that's … Read more

Free giveaway of a popular word game - TextTwist 2

Happy Friday! Just in time for a long three-day weekend over here in San Francisco, we've partnered with GameHouse to bring you an exclusive FREE offer on one of the most popular word games of all times - TextTwist 2.

Rated 4.5 stars by CNET, you can get a copy of TextTwist 2 completely free for one week only. Grab one, grab two, share it with your friends and family, but be careful - you may end up spending hours with this word game because it is that addicting. MMORPGs I used to play always used to warn … Read more

Zip it good! Save 83% on CNET's highly rated archive

In this day and age, there is so much talk about the cloud solution and how you can share files in a snap. Well, that's great and all and I'm a huge fan, but what if you don't want to share your files in the cloud? For example, my mom loves to send me photos of her outings with her friends and my adorable nephews and niece--except that she literally sends out 10 e-mails with at least 10 photos attached to them. So, how can I help her help me, so I don't have 100 pictures, … Read more

Prepare yourself for that 'it'll never happen to me' event

UPDATE: August 22, 2011: This offer has now ended.

Please note that this offer is only good for PC's.

It'll never happen to me. As much as we'd like to believe that to be true, things do happen. If something was to happen to you or your family member tomorrow, is there a way for your loved ones to access some of the most critical information to help them continue on with their lives?

Preparing for the worst is not the easiest thing to think about, but today, we bring you a special offer on an app … Read more