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…

The Hippopotamus of Words

Let’s say you’re feeling particularly ornery and you want to lash out. You could write a vitriolic diatribe and post it on your social media account. But what if you don’t like the word vitriolic — say it annoys you because it sounds like I’m a sesquipedalian. If you visit Word Hippo you can type in vitriolic and… Read More »

Unchecky checks to make sure you don’t leave sneakware checkboxes checked

Windows users, more than anyone else are targets for sneaky installers that add unwanted programs to your computer, and hijacking toolbars to your browsers. If you keep installing bundled sneakware, your computer will become erratic and start becoming unresponsive — and if you let it go on and on, it will start doing odd things — and finally… Read More »

Mending Wall…kind of

Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun, And makes gaps even two can pass abreast… “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost This article has zero to do with Robert Frost, but it might. It has nothing to do with poetry, but it might. It… Read More »

A change in Friday’s Freeware Pick of the Week — IMPORTANT

YoWindow Weather Program & Screen Saver Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Mac, iPad 32bit and 64bit Systems Approximately 11MB download PLEASE READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE — THERE IS A HUGE CHANGE TO THIS RECOMMENDATION: “Yo Adrian!” “Yo Rocky!” “YoWindow!” Yep, we’ve found a doozy of a program for you this week, it’s weather station… Read More »