Supporting Technology

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Friday 12 March 2010 at 15:03:00

Surf the web anonymously, very useful for protecting your identity in public places

This is the software publisher's description: Privacy Protect Internet privacy with anonymous surfing and browsing -- hide IP addresses and locations, clean browsing history, cookies & more ......

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Friday 12 March 2010 at 14:27:00

Drag-and-drop your home movies to create DVDs with customisable buttons, interactive menus and soundtracks

This is the software publisher's desciption: DVDStyler is a cross-platform free DVD authoring application for the creation of professional-looking DVDs....

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Friday 12 March 2010 at 12:55:00

Share files online

This is the software publisher's description: If you need to access the same files from different devices, Live Mesh can help....

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Friday 12 March 2010 at 12:36:00

Read all 38 plays on your computer

Shakespeare is required reading for most of us at some point but, while the texts are freely available, word processors do not make the best reading experience....

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Friday 12 March 2010 at 12:19:00

Security software for Linux computers

Although Linux users are fairly safe from viruses, that does not mean they cannot transmit them unwittingly to Windows users by sharing infected documents or programs....

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Friday 12 March 2010 at 12:11:00

Kido’z is a child-safe desktop with a large collection of pre-screened websites, activities and video clips

This is the software publisher's description: The Kido'z Kid's Web Environment is the safe, easy and fun way for young kids to surf their favorite sites, watch videos, play games,...

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Friday 12 March 2010 at 11:19:00

Use your broadband connection to watch live television with Zattoo

Zattoo has developed a software program that allows you to watch TV on your computer. All you need is a broadband connection and a current operating system (Windows XP or...

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Friday 12 March 2010 at 10:59:00

Start learning early with spelling, matching and arithmetic

This is the software publisher's description: It's never too early for your child to become familiar with letters and numbers....

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Friday 12 March 2010 at 10:00:00

A drawing program ideal for children

Getting children to do something on a computer other than play games can be a hard task, but Tuxpaint has proved an instant hit with both adults and pre-school children....

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Thursday 11 March 2010 at 14:46:00

A professional-quality 2D computer-aided drawing program for budding architects and designers

Registration is required to use this software. Click here to complete the form. This is the software publisher's description: If you are an AutoCAD LT user, DoubleCAD XT will immediately...

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Thursday 11 March 2010 at 14:10:00

An open-source 2D graphing application with powerful capabilities, perfect for budding scientists

This is the software publisher's description: Graph is an open-source application used to draw mathematical graphs in a coordinate system....

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Thursday 11 March 2010 at 12:38:00

If you have Vista or Windows 7 Media Center but no tuner, this program lets you watch live TV from the internet

This is the software publisher's description: TunerFreeMCE is a Windows Media Center add-in for streaming internet TV programs on your PC and Media Center Extender....

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Thursday 11 March 2010 at 10:57:00

A simple but effective note-taking program

Taking notes with a computer can give more legible results but it can be hard to organise them. Noteliner is a note-taking program that arranges notes to stop them from...

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Wednesday 10 March 2010 at 16:51:00

A better browser for Windows Mobile

Opera Mini has been available for some time and is not only a great mobile browser but helps keeps data costs down....

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Friday 5 March 2010 at 00:00:00

Replace Notepad with a more capable version

Many people use Notepad for editing simple text documents and program/webpage code because it is small and fast. The disadvantage is that it lacks many features that would be very...

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Wednesday 3 March 2010 at 12:26:00

Create a graph showing what is using hard disk space

Running out of disk space is a frustrating experience. And trying to work out what the space is being used for is even more frustrating....

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Wednesday 3 March 2010 at 12:10:00

Use your smartphone to make free internet calls

Many mobile price plans include internet usage. Fring lets you use this to make free internet calls and brings together various different social media and messaging services....

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Tuesday 2 March 2010 at 00:00:00

Take to the skies with this free flight simulator

Flightgear is a free open source flight simulator. It has been designed to be easy to add new aircraft and scenery....

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Tuesday 2 March 2010 at 00:00:00

Excellent Notepad replacement

Notepad is great for quickly editing text documents but it is basic and this can make it harder to use....

Tim Smith, Computeractive, Tuesday 2 March 2010 at 12:07:00

A new look with tabs and better search

From the same stable as the ever more popular Firefox web browser, Thunderbird handles your email and RSS news feeds....