Freewares and Betas
List of Best Free Encryption Utility for Personal Use at Work – Download Freeware
Camouflage is a free utility that will hide your personal or confidential files within another file. The neat thing is that the container file looks and works like a normal file of that format. So, by way of example, you could embed a secret message in a Word file which could be opened by anyone [...]
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List of Best Free CD Catalogue Organizer – Download Freeware
I don’t really have a need for this kind of product but if you do then you’ll be interested in this excellent suggestion from subscriber David Killian Woods. “Disclib is a terrific utility. I archive all of my projects to CD/DVD and keep them in a fireproof box for storage. But there are over 30 [...]
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List of Best Free File Encryption Utility – Download Freeware
This is what the web site says: “dsCrypt is AES/Rijndael file encryption software with simple, multi-file, drag-and-drop operations. It features optimal implementation, performance and safety measures. dsCrypt uses an advanced encryption algorithm and offers unique options for enhanced security.” To that I’ll add the fact that it’s tiny, easy to use, has open code, employs [...]
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List of Best Free Drive Encryption Utility – Download Freeware
TrueCrypt is an open-source utility which enables you to create encrypted “virtual drives” of almost unlimited size, where you can securely store files and keep them away from prying
eyes. TrueCrypt offers a wide range of encryption algorithms, including the option to encrypt with multiple algorithms, as well as “plausible deniability” for the benefit of the [...]
List of Best Free Non-Adobe PDF Reader – Download Freeware
Sick to death of Adobe’s slow, bloated PDF Reader? If so then check out the Foxit Reader. It’s small, loads in flash, supports bookmarks, has search capability, offers many views and runs on any version of Windows. On top of that it can print PDFs as well. It runs without installation too, so it’s ideal [...]
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List of Best Free Disk De-fragmenter – Download Freeware
My top recommendation here is Diskeeper Lite [1], an older free version of Executive Software’s current commercial Diskeeper product. It works very well indeed given that it is V7 while the current commercial product is at V10 but I’ve had a few complaints from subscribers about the annoying nag screen. I have no magic fix [...]
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List of Best Free Spell-Checker – Download Freeware
This is an impressive little utility that checks individual words on a correct-as-you-type basis, from clipboard contents or from a query box. The provided dictionary is not enormous but more than adequate for normal usage and you can also add words to the dictionary as needed. Resource usage seems modest and the product can be [...]
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List of Best Free Audio Editing Software – Download Freeware
Thanks to subscriber Jay Eitelman for this suggestion: “Gizmo, I’ve switched from using $349 Adobe Audition to using Audacity [1]. It does all the recording and editing I need, and is much simpler/faster to use. Check out the noise reduction – it even allows you to select a noise profile – then remove the profile [...]
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