Archive for September, 2008

CoolIris Makes Image Searching on the Web Magical

Every once in a while, a piece of software comes along that establishes a new watermark on how things should be done and what others will soon be copying. You are about to read about one such program. Seaching for images on the web is pretty clunky and time consuming. But once you install Cooliris, [...]

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CCLeaner automatically makes your PC run better

Many utilities have come through our labs, each claiming to clean and optimize the PC, fix registry problems and a host of other claims. But none provide the satisfying results of CCleaner, a freeware utility that removes unwanted temp files, detects and fixes registry problems, removes unwanted cookies and similar Internet tracing files, and helps [...]

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Capture Screenshots and Desktop Video With Taksi

Capturing screenshots under Windows is fairly easy. Hit the PrintScreen button to capture your entire desktop or Alt-PrintScreen to capture the currently selected Window to the clipboard, and then Ctrl V to paste the captured image while using your favorite image editing program.
But if you’ve ever needed to capture screenshots or video from a 3D [...]

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Wine Runs Many Windows Programs on Linux

Normally, PC Rebellion only reviews software that’s suitable for the average computer user. But here is a topic worth keeping tabs on. It’s a very ambitious project that just may allow you keep your favorite Windows apps around as you make the switch to Linux. The open source project is called WINE, which stands for [...]

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PortableApps Lets You Take Powerful Software (and your files) Anywhere

This is perhaps the coolest computing solution of the year! Imagine carrying all your favorite applications with you wherever you go.  Now imagine when you use the application, it remembers your personal settings, bookmarks, or even passwords. What comes to mind to most people is that this can only be accomplished with a laptop or [...]

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