Windows only
In March we covered two free CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning applications that pretty much amounted to everything you'd need. One of the programs, called BurnAware, was sold off a few months later to a company who scrapped the idea of offering a free version of the program. I had uploaded a mirror

Windows only
With Windows XP there were several PowerToys that added awesome features to the operating system, such as virtual desktops. Unfortunately with the release of Vista many of those free applications no longer worked, and users were left trying to find alternatives.

Sysinternals, who is part of Microsoft, took it upon themselves to

Tutorial Thursday

Windows; Mac
One of the things that Apple hasn't made easy for iPhone owners is providing a way to create custom ringtones in Windows. If you're a Mac owner you can use GarageBand, but Apple doesn't provide that application on Windows. Instead what they expect you to do is

Windows; Linux
I've been a big fan of the open source 7-Zip application, and it has served me well over the last few years. Today, however, I came across a new program called PeaZip that looks like it is just as nice, and the great news is that it

Windows only
uTorrent is definitely one of my favorite BitTorrent clients on Windows, and after 9-months of development version 1.8 has finally been released. This new release includes full Vista support (including the Windows Firewall), Teredo/IPv6, and numerous other enhancements.

Back in December 2006 you may recall our concern as to where uTorrent was going

Windows only
DonationCoder started a competition in June 2008 looking to recruit some fresh new blood apps, and it's come to a close with the winner taking home a copy of Microsoft Visual Studio Team Suite with an MSDN Premium subscription. That prize is worth over $10,000, and as you can imagine some great apps came out of the contest.

Windows; Mac
A nifty little program called Amazon Watcher can save you from those "if only I was a little faster" moments. What it can do is watch any item on Amazon, and then notify you when the price has dropped or when an item becomes available. When