When you next get bored with your home then you could try randomly rearranging the furniture, until you find a layout that appeals. But if that sounds too much like hard work, then we may have a better idea. Sweet Home 3D is a free, open-source interior design tool that…
Invest in audio hardware, such as mixing desk, and you are immediately limited by what you can afford and have to resign yourself to the fact that in a year or less there will be something far more impressive available for the same price. This is true in many walks…
Image editors are ten-a-penny nowadays, so anything which wants attention from a divided audience needs to offer something quite special. GIMP (or the GNU Image Manipulation Program) is one of the most powerful free image editors available and is frequently described as being a free alternative to the likes of…
Enter Comodo, whose free firewall is designed to make sure your PC doesn’t become a statistic. It blocks malicious software from getting onto your PC, and if there’s already malware on your PC it stops it from communicating with villains over the hills and far away. Comodo Firewall offers safe…
VSDC Free Video Editor is a surprisingly powerful, if unconventional video editor. The program comes with a host of transition effects, for instance. You can tweak colours, brightness, contrast, levels and more in a range of ways. And there are options to apply blur or sharpen filters, flip or rotate…
There isn’t a need to download anything and most tools, especially malware protections, are already enabled. There is some setup necessary for optimizing particular tools to be at their highest strength, but even if you don’t touch anything, you’ll be protected from threats, including ransomware. Indeed, some of Microsoft Defender’s…
When it comes to ripping DVDs to your hard drive, Handbrake is one of the best known open-source tools there is. One small problem if you’re a Windows user: the GUI was designed for the Mac, and the Windows build sometimes feels like an afterthought, particularly with the slightly cluttered GUI.…
Kdenlive is a powerful open-source non-linear video editor. It was first developed for Linux, but has been ported to OS X and a Windows port is now available. The program uses FFmpeg to import and use almost any audio or video format, with no need to convert or reencode your clips. Drag…
Ashampoo Backup Pro is an easy-to-use tool for backing up your hard drives and partitions. When you first open Backup Pro, you’ll notice it keeps operations very simple. Choose either a drive, partition or folder to back up, a destination, frequency, and you’re ready to go. All these options are presented…
Ocenaudio is an free audio editor. There’s a lot of competition around in this area, but ocenaudio stands out from the crowd immediately. Try opening a file, for example, and you’ll find the program supports a vast number of audio formats (including raw and text-based), video files and URLs. It can…