Speeding up Vista is something I read a lot about – its more of a niggly habbit really but I’m the kind of guy who defrags files more than once a day, so when it comes to disabling services; cleaning up the drive and improving performance I’m a bit of a nut. Image by cocoate.com [...]

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Image via Wikipedia Lifehacker have an article detailing 5 pieces of software you should have if you are planning on setting up a home network with some sort of server taking care of either storage, http access or a mail server. Media files, data synchronization, and remote backups, oh my! Home computing has advanced to [...]

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iConvert is a web service which lets you convert icons from one format to another, essentially allowing you to ‘cross-platform’ icons! Its easy to use and supports a bunch of formats. They support the following formats according to the front page: .icns .ico .png .svg .tif .jpg .bmp .tga .cur The interesting part about the [...]

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Syncplicity [LifeHacker] is a freeware, Windows only (currently) application which keeps folders and files on your computer synchronized across a network. Example uses include tasks such as Code: synchronize your code automatically between your home machine and work laptop without commiting it (to svn etc). Automatic backups: synchronize your important data to a backup machine [...]

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FastStone Capture is a screenshot taking and editing application. It allows you to take a screenshot of your desktop (or a portion of it) and edit that. For example, in the image below notes have been added and sections highlighted. LifeHacker points out that the latest version of this is no longer free, but the [...]

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Notepad2 is a notepad.exe replacement for Windows; with a whole lot more features. The key here is that its still very much a notepad – no huge memory usage, no long loading time, and its simple to use. “Get code syntax highlighting, regular expression search, better text selection options, and support for Unix and Mac-created [...]

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LifeHacker has the uberlist on tweaks and apps to pimp your desktop out. There are some great ones for Mac and Windows actually, my personal favourite being the tip to embed text documents onto your desktop. For something that you look at every day of your working life, your computer desktop doesn’t get as much [...]

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HardOCP has a full review/test of Crysis on identical machines running DX9 and DX10; with full numbers; FPS and all other changes graphed, documented and more – its a great article comparing the two. “Crysis, 5 months later. No excuses about immature drivers or API issues. We look at how Crysis DX9 compares to Crysis [...]

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Freeware RegShot (LH Featured) allows you to take snapshots of your Windows registry and compare the differences (much like diff would). This is a great tool if you want to roll back changes, or see what changes an application or changes inside an application make to the registry. From darker purposes, to debugging, to safety [...]

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Windows Update does a pretty good job of keeping Windows up to date, but the apps you use on a daily basis easily slip behind. From getting rid of the latest Winamp bugs, to making sure you’re using the newest Flash player the task can be tedious at best. Now, FileHippo.com, brings us the Update [...]

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