Category Archives: Freeware Picks

Every week we feature a freeware program that meets our very high standards. All freeware picks are free for home & personal use and contain no spyware or adware and do not bundle other applications with them.

Our freeware picks are the best of the best…

Are you color blind?

Are you color blind? We are not sure if you can file this under “U” for Useful or “T” for Time-wasting…but we know one thing, we can file this under  “I” (or should that be ‘eye’?) for Interesting. I’m not sure about EB, looking at her desktop, I swear she’s color blind. Anyone who thinks pink and green… Read More »

What caused that crash?

What caused that crash? This freeware program is one of those we categorize as “any-port-in-the-storm” software. We’re not sure of its value as far as determining the causes of system crashes and boot failures – however it may help if the answer is just a faulty driver or something easy. Don’t count on software to do complex analysis… Read More »

VeraCrypt: The best TrueCrypt replacement

VeraCrypt: The best TrueCrypt replacement TrueCrypt lived a long life. It was the most commonly used Windows encryption tool until TrueCrypt, with no warning, closed up shop. Since then many other have tried, none ever attained TrueCrypt’s popularity or ease of use, until VeraCrypt came along. VeraCrypt is a powerful encryption tool and for most of us not… Read More »

Wear the Badger of Privacy

Wear the Badger of Privacy We think “Do Not Track” browser features and browser add-ons are pretty much worthless – they assume that everything and everyone is tracking you for evil purposes and thus block everything without regard to what it is, who it is , or if it may be beneficial. Yes, indeed, I tells ya… sometimes… Read More »