Software Reviews

Useful software, programs and applications are mostly reviewed on this website. We mainly cover Windows Software but occasionally also review Mac and Linux Software.

Back Up Your Valuable Data with Carbonite

Technology is progressing each day. People are now relying more on their computers, laptops and mobiles for their day-to-day work and thus are saving gigabytes of data. Digital data is more personal than ever. We now keep our pictures, videos, important documents and every other small thing saved on hard disks, SSDs, memory cards and other digital media. But have you ever thought about what will happen if disaster strikes and in front of you, just in an instant, everything, and all your important data just vanishes into thin air because the damn drive failed on you without warning? Now what? How will you recover all your precious memories which were saved as pictures and videos? How will you recover your important work-related documents? Maybe you should have kept a backup of your data. But to be honest, most of us are too lazy to complete regular backups manually.

Wouldn’t it be great if there’s a service which will silently back up your data to the cloud and when disaster strikes, with a click of a button restores all your data back? Just like magic! Well, today we will be reviewing one such online backup solution, Carbonite. Let’s dive in to find out how it works and if we can rely on it with our precious data. [Read more...]

Audials One 10 Review

My Technology Guide readers are already aware of the Audials application. We have been reviewing this application since it was in its fourth generation and since then it has been our favorite application. Audials AG, the parent company behind Audials One, has released the tenth generation of the application, Audials One 10. Let’s see if it still holds the punch, more important, will it still be able to hold on to its crown of being our favorite multimedia application? [Read more...]

Variety Wallpaper Changer Keeps Your Desktop Fresh With New Wallpapers

Variety is a lightweight freeware wallpaper changer that officially supports Ubuntu but runs on any Linux desktop environments like KDE, GNOME, LXDE, Xfce and Unity. Variety was created by Peter Levi, for the Ubuntu App Showdown 2012. Variety wallpaper changer works both in offline (local wallpaper sources like saved image folders) and online (online image sources like Flickr) environment.

Variety can automatically rotate wallpapers based on your preferences on a regular interval or on demand. The application supports some unique features like Media RSS support and World Sunlight Map. More about the application after the break. [Read more...]

KeePass Password Manager Keeps All Your Passwords Secure N Safe

The Internet has expanded into every aspects of our day-to-day life. We are now dependent more over online cloud-based services then we used to just few years back. Everything related to our personal and professional life is getting synced to the cloud. The benefits of this transition has also brought with itself the fear of getting ruined when a cloud service or anything related to it gets compromised. We have seen many high-profile websites getting hacked, user data getting compromised and shared in the dark alleys of the Internet, critical personal and financial data getting sold too.

Identity theft is not new but these days identity thieves don’t have to put much effort to gather data about their victims. Thanks to every single personal bit that we share so easily on social networks, which we may have never shared even with our friends in real life. For those thieves, getting hold of birthdays, anniversary dates, nicknames, and other personal data about you is very easy. When most users still like keeping lame passwords even after warnings, the data gathered is like a gold mine for these identity thieves.

In our article about good password security practices, we emphasized on some real solutions which may help keep passwords, personal and sensitive financial data securely. In the same article, we also named a few very good password managers. Almost all of these password managers are cross-platform supported. They not only run on major operating systems like Windows, Mac and Linux but also supports major mobile operating systems like Apple iOS and Android. Out of the several password managers named in that article, KeePass is one. In today’s article, we will see how to take advantage of KeePass to keep our passwords secure. [Read more...]

Audials Tunebite 9 Review (Plus Giveaway)

Audials Tunebite 9 is a versatile multimedia application. Tunebite allows you to remove DRM from copy-protected music, films and DVDs. It also allows you to record audio from sites like Grooveshark.com, Last.fm and streaming radio from any website like Spotify. It also lets you download videos playing on any website like YouTube, Vimeo, synchronize media collection with portable devices, play videos and comes with a built-in audio and video converter.

Here, I’ll take the latest version of Audials Tunebite 9 for review. At the end of the article you’ll find information about our exclusive Audials Tunebite 9 giveaway. [Read more...]

Patch My PC Lets You Conveniently Update Windows, Third-Party Apps and More… [Windows]

Windows users knows the importance of keeping their Windows operating system up-to-date. After-all, Windows has security issues, errors, or bugs that are regularly addressed by Microsoft every month through Patch Tuesday. Occasionally the operating system also receives new features through these updates. But, the operating system is not only the weak point for malicious users and hackers to enter your computer system.

Today, malicious programmers have shifted their focus on third-party applications such as Adobe Flash and Java. The reason for shifting their focus on third-party applications from the operating system is most users seldom update their third-party software. It is the truth, and you all will agree with me. After all, have you every checked all your installed apps to see if they are up-to-date? The main problem lies in the way Windows software is delivered to end-users. Microsoft doesn’t have any control over third-party apps so they don’t offer updates for them through Windows Update. [Read more...]

Easy, Quick To-Do List and Task Management with ShoutDone [Review]

Do you need help in your task management and keep your to-do list organized? Today, I’ll be looking at ShoutDone, a simple to-do list and task management software for Windows and Mac users.

This review will take a look at the design and task management functionality of ShoutDone, which may be of interest for many users. At the end of the review there’s a giveaway for all My Technology Guide readers. [Read more...]

PerfectDisk Free Defrag: Powerful, Fast Disk Defragment Utility

Hard disk fragmentation is one of the main reason behind sluggish computer performance. As the amount of disk space has increased, it has become difficult to keep it in good shape. Most users don’t even bother to defragment. The most obvious reason is the amount of time required for completing the defrag process. Although, the default Windows’ default defrag utility pretty much does its job. But, if you’re looking for a more powerful, faster defrag utility, meet PerfectDisk Free Defrag utility by Raxco Software. [Read more...]