The days of drawing up plans using pen and paper are, for the most part, over. Design projects – everything from cars and consumer products to houses and apartments – are now large carried out in CAD (computer-aided design) apps. While CAD software has helped to make design and project…
Upgrading to ESET Home Security Essential adds a spam filter, parental controls, webcam protection, a secure browser to protect online transactions, and an anti-theft feature for Windows. It also throws in a firewall, traffic monitoring, Android support, and a vulnerability scanner feature for your home devices. Prices start at a…
Does the world really need yet another cloud backup storage solution? The answer is yes when you look more closely at what MEGA, the brainchild of Kim Dotcom, has to offer. First, there’s the offer of 50GB free storage space (capped to 10GB bandwidth a month), with paid-for plans offering…
Backup4all is an easy-to-use but very capable backup tool, available in three different versions. The Lite edition is aimed at home users but still offers all the core functionality most people will need. You can specify the files and folders you’d like to back up; these can be saved to…
The metadata contained within your digital photos can be very useful and incredibly revealing. It can include information such as the camera or device used to take the photos, timestamps and even location. If you are sharing the photos you have taken online, sharing such information can pose a risk…
Computer Aided Design tools are notorious for not only being quite expensive, but also being complicated to use. LibreCAD gets off to a good started thanks to the fact that it is available free of charge as it is an open source design tool. Despite the similarity in naming conventions,…
Well, maybe not. AV-Comparatives is an independent lab that regularly runs in-depth tests of all the best antivirus software. Most vendors submit their full-featured paid security suites to be sure they get good results, but Avast sends this edition, Avast Free Antivirus. That shows huge confidence, but it’s easy to…
There are various reasons you might want or need to keep files synchronised in two locations. You might work on a laptop when you’re on the move, and a desktop computer when you’re at home or in the office. If you don’t want to have to manually copy files between…
SyncBackSE is a powerful file backup and synchronisation tool which can be used with hard drives, removable media, network shares, FTP servers and more. The program enables you to set up backup or synchronization profiles. A backup profile essentially copies the source folders and their contents to the backup location.…
MediBang Paint Pro is a free cross-platform paint and drawing tool (a rewrite of FireAlpaca), aimed at manga artists but usable by anyone. There’s a strong core drawing engine with customisable brushes, pressure sensitivity, lots of layer controls and a pile of powerful tools. The free cloud storage and Windows/…