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The first week of October has come and gone. As usual, there hasn’t been a shortage on great articles by my fellow bloggers. If you can spare the time, please try to visit each one. These are all great authors and I’m sure you’ll enjoy your visit.

XnView is another free graphic viewer and converter that’s worth a download. This free application can import 400 image formats, and export them to 50 different formats. For an application that’s only 4.89MB, it’s surprising that it includes effects, filters, color modification, lossless rotate and crop, slide shows, etc.
The interface is similar to Windows Explorer […]

Everybody knows that defragging your hard drive takes a lot of time. If you happen to have multiple hard drives, defragging them means that you don’t get to use your computer for half a day(scary thought).
Defraggler is a free defragmentation utility that lets you decide what files you want to defrag, when you want to. […]

Most of you will have similar if not exact copies of the same files scattered on your hard drive or different partitions. When it’s time to clear up some space on your hard drive, it’s a tedious task to go through duplicate files just to see which files are the latest.
Compare Suite is a file […]

Microsoft has announced that the new update for Internet Explorer 7 no longer requires Windows Genuine Advantage validation. This means that users with pirated copies of Windows XP will be able to download the latest IE 7 from Microsoft’s site (assuming they haven’t already downloaded it from somewhere else ).
Microsoft Program Manager, […]

Novell has released the latest version of its popular Linux distro, openSUSE. openSUSE10.3 comes packed with a ton of upgrades. The latest version of the popular open source software features Gnome 2.20, dual boot support for Windows, KDE 3.5.7 with parts of KDE 4, GTK Yast which includes a one click install.

MP3 support is now […]

If you’re tired of getting all the facts from Wikipedia, it’s time to visit a different Wiki with no content. Uncyclopedia looks and feels like Wikipedia with one glaring difference. All the information presented is false.
The welcome message on the main page describes the site as “the content-free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, unless the […]

Just before you decide to go back to being productive take a look at this. Kung Fu Fighter is a free online game that takes you back to the glory of classic fighting games. The game’s characters and location will remind you of the movie “Kung Fu Hustle”. The moves are all keyboard-based and the […]