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Review: Wise Program Uninstaller Portable solves problem program issues

Wise Program Uninstaller Portable forces annoying programs off of your computer, but it comes with its own nuisances, too. There are some weird pop-up ads to put up with and it doesn't delete programs quickly. However, it's helpful in a pinch and is nice to have since you can stick it on a USB drive to take with you.

This program downloads as an executable file, which may make your anti-virus software flag it as suspicious. During testing, the program didn't behave suspiciously, but it did bring an unnecessary pop-up ad out of nowhere. It was for … Read more

Review: PiXcompare locates and eliminates duplicate photos on your hard drive

PiXcompare for Mac helps users with large numbers of digital photographs eliminate duplicates, easily. It is a basic program that allows photo comparison, but offers no additional features, meaning it will likely only appeal to users who have a large amount of hard drive space dedicated to photos.

PiXcompare for Mac is freely available and installed quickly. A readme file with the installer contained basic directions. The program, itself, had a very limited menu, but could have used the addition of some feature-related buttons. In a window on the left side, the user can designate a folder for analysis. Once … Read more

A look back at NASA's planet-pinpointing space 'scope

NASA announced this week that a key piece of gear on its Kepler space telescope has run into trouble. And though the space agency hasn't given up on a jump-start, the mission may well be at risk.

It's already gone well beyond its planned duration, however, and presented us with many fascinating discoveries.

In this gallery, we take a look back at that mission -- at Kepler's intriguing quest to find Earth-like, life-friendly planets among the Milky Way's many stars.

Skype 6.2 arrives for Windows, Mac

Microsoft's Skype team today rolled out two new updates, both labeled as version 6.2, for Windows and Mac.

The Windows version includes a redesigned top toolbar that brings together main actions, like calling phones, creating groups, and adding contacts. It also includes "eGifting," or the ability to send Skype credits to users on their birthday which the recipients can use anytime.

Another feature in the Skype 6.2 for Windows release includes the option to send an instant message using ctrl+enter. This version drops support for PCs using Intel Pentium 3 or similar CPUs which … Read more

Share screen captures and files with other using puush for Mac

puush for Mac is a screen capture and file sharing app for Mac OS X. Using puush for Mac you can capture any part of your device's screen and share it with others, or share files. The app installs easily but requires a user account on the puush.me site.

Keyboard shortcuts or the mouse allow you to capture the entire screen or parts of it. When a capture happens, the captured image is quickly uploaded to your account on the server, where it can be shared with others. To share a file, you simply indicate the files you … Read more

Fast pics for cell phones

You want to use a certain picture as your cell phone background image, but it's too darn big. So you open your graphics app...it's loading; be patient...and navigate to...hold on; phone's ringing...gotta go! You'll get back to that picture--when monkeys fly out of your USB jack. PictureCropper's developers know you so well that they've gone and made a program just to help you quickly resize pictures for mobile wallpapers, posting online, sharing, or saving.

PictureCropper's simple interface displays Crop Options in a right-hand preview panel. The program opened with … Read more

Portable file conversion tool

A good, fast file converter is a handy thing to have in your PC toolkit. ArcConvert is a small, flexible, free tool that is completely portable, so it can travel along with you on a USB drive or other portable device or media.

ArcConvert converts 7-Zip, ACE, ALZ, APK, Arc, ARJ, BEL, BH, BZ2, CAB, DEB, DZ, GCA, GZ, HA, HKI, IMP, LFB, LZH, MSI, Noa32, PAQ7, PAQAR, PMA, RAR, RPM, RS, SPL, SQX, TAR, TGZ, UCL, UHARC, YZ1, YZ2, Z, ZIP, ZLIB, and ZOO into 7-Zip, ACE, BGA, BZ2, CAB, DZ, HA, HKI, LHA, Noa32, PAQAR, RAR, TAR, TGZ, … Read more

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Virtual hard disks made easy

Microsoft's free Sysinternals Disk2vhd utility creates a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) image of a physical disk drive for Microsoft Virtual PC and Hyper-V virtual machines. It's built on the Volume Snapshot capability introduced in Windows XP. Disk2vhd uses this capability to create accurate "snapshots" of disk volumes selected for conversion. Disk2vhd can also create VHDs on local volumes, even those that are being converted. It preserves your disk partitions and only copies the data on selected disk volumes, which lets you convert only system volumes while excluding data volumes. The biggest difference between Disk2vhd and other … Read more

Buzz Out Loud 1294: Web: there's an app for that (podcast)

Turns out the Web is dead. Nope, sorry, Chris Anderson from Wired said so, and that's just the way it is. Nevertheless, we discuss. Also, the Chrome OS is about to hit the tablet world like a meteor, you're only getting half the broadband you're paying for, and Microsoft Flight Simulator is back! Darren and Rafe are so excited! Molly and Jason are also here!