• Audio & Video

    ShareX 19.0.2Recommended

    ShareX is an open source screen capture tool with a very extensive feature list. The program doesn’t just grab individual windows and a full screen, for example. You can also capture rectangles, ellipses, triangles, diamonds, polygons or freehand shapes. There’s support for multi-monitor systems, and even a screen capture tool…

  • Audio & Video

    paint.net 5.1.12Editor’s Choice

    Paint.NET has long been a staple of the free image-editing market. It sits comfortably between the uber-powerful (and complex) Photoshop on the one hand and Windows’ anaemic Photos tool on the other. The program has a beautifully clean and uncluttered interface, using tabs to make it easy to work across…

  • Audio & Video

    REAPER 7.78 (64-bit)Recommended

    REAPER is a professional Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). If you’re unfamiliar with the jargon, essentially this means that the program is a high-end and very configurable digital recording studio. You can import any audio or MIDI source, maybe plug in a microphone to record something, then loop, pitch shift, trim,…

  • Design & Illustration

    Icecream PDF Editor 3.25

    A PDF (portable document format) file is still one of the best ways of sharing a document between different people who need to read and edit before it’s published commercially. Icecream PDF Editor is a simple tool which you can use to view a PDF file as well as make…

  • Backup & Recovery

    Google Drive 129.0.1.0Recommended

    What? Another Google Drive app? Whether you’re a home or a business user, you’d be forgiven for being confused by the arrival of another Drive desktop client given that there is already more than one available. Google’s idea is to replace the existing Drive File Stream and Backup and Sync…

  • Backup & Recovery

    Evernote 11.27.5Editor’s Choice

    For some workers, taking a laptop and working rom any location is becoming a reality. To make this happen, all you need is the facility to synchronise data with other users and between computers. If you work on your laptop from a hotel room, you’ll want the same notes back…

  • Antivirus Reviews

    AVG Antivirus review

    Indeed, the free version of the software offers access to important features like virus detection, PC performance checks, a firewall and network guard, as well as expedient security updates. That said, upgrading to a paid AVG product will get you a few very handy extras, such as protection against webcam…

  • Antivirus Reviews

    Sophos Intercept X Advanced review

    As for endpoint detection and response (EDR), Sophos responded to market demand with Intercept X, a platform that’s definitely a cut above regular antivirus scanners. Among other things, Sophos claims it uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to detect both known and unknown variants. Furthermore, it uses behavioral analysis and file recovery,…