Diskeeper: No maintenance defragmentation

Your hard drive needs to be defragmented regularly to keep your pc running in optimum condition, or else your computer begins to slow up after a while due to files and parts of files being stored in scattered places all over the hard drive. Therefore it’s essential you defragment it from time to time. A lot of people probably don’t even bother or don’t know they have to, and if they do, it can be a slow or almost impossible process, as it can keep getting interrupted by screensavers, virus scanners accessing the drive, etc.


Leading to you going crazy and maybe even giving up on defraging altogether! That’s where diskeeper comes in, with its simple to understand, “set it and forget it” settings, it’s fully automated very regular defragmentation and some advanced options much better than what the built in windows defragmentation is capable of, such as defragging the MFT (master file table) and most times you won’t even notice it when its doing its thing and can continue using your computer as if nothings happening, it can’t even be interrupted by those other things i mentioned! So once you “set it and forget it” (yeah, it’s really what the settings called, i didn’t just make that up!) nothing can go wrong and you can rest assured your hard drive and files are being kept in top condition! Although in my opinion it could be a tad cheaper.

Go here to grab the trial version http://www.diskeeper.com/downloads/menu.aspx

Pandora: Internet Radio to suit your tastes!

Pandora is an internet radio station site, but with a twist! It knows what you might like, before you’ve even heard it! You simply type in the name of a song or artist, and it generates a playlist of similiar sounding songs and artists! It bases its findings on musical similiarity, not popularity, only the music counts!

It’s part of the ‘Music Genome Project’ an attempt to group thousands of songs by musical similarity. Everything from melody, harmony and rhythm, to instrumentation, orchestration, arrangement, lyrics, and of course the rich world of singing and vocal harmony. It’s not about what a band looks like, or what genre they supposedly belong to, or about who buys their records - it’s about what each individual song sounds like. You can even give a “Thumbs Up”, which makes that song and songs that sound like that song play more often or “Thumbs Down” bans that song from that station, and makes songs that sound like that song play less often.

It’s a great way to discover new music based on what you already know you like. I like how they even provide links to more info on each band or artist, so if you find something you like you can easily learn more info!

Start listening right now by going here!

Adaware: Essential spyware removal

Its estimated that a large percentage of computers are infected with spyware, so its important that you take the necessary precautions to ideally prevent it getting on your computer in the first place, but failing that, it’s necessary to scan your computer and remove any spyware that may have already installed,as many spywares can secretly install themselves on your computer in the background, just by visiting a webpage, without you having to even download or install anything.

It’s very likely you already have some of this unwanted spyware already on your computer. So this is why you need a program such as this, and this one has been around a long while now and has a very good reputation. I recommend you grab this free download and then i can almost guarantee it’ll find some little nasties you didnt know were there, let me know how you get on!

More information and a free download here

Your Uninstaller 2006: Cleaning things up properly!

Even after you uninstall them, many program leave traces behind, which can clutter your computer after a while, slowing it up and even leading to errors. “Your Uninstaller” is an uninstaller program that cleans all that clutter and leftovers off your computer.

You simply uninstall the unwanted program through “Your Uninstaller”, it calls up the unwanted program’s default uninstaller and uninstalls the regular way, and then after that, it works its magic, scanning for leftover files, folders and registry entries that would normally be left behind by many programs if you dont use a third party uninstaller such as this one. Ive been using this for over a year and i highly recommend it for people who like to keep their computer running smoothly and error free and anyone who wants a safe, clean way to try out new programs from sites such as this one your reading now!

More info and a free download here

Marine Aquarium: Gone fishin’

If you’ve ever wanted an aquarium but don’t have the space or patience, then here’s the perfect screensaver for you. Welcome to your first 3D aquarium.

The fish in this screensaver are actually lifelike as they’re modeled on real fish, so you can see their eyes move and their fins working through the water in a lifelike manner, as the water ripples over coral and gravel. It also has the option of having a clock and/or calendar showing. It’s definitely one of the best screensavers I’ve ever seen.

I’d highly recommend this to aquarium lovers or anyone who would like to see their screen come alive when it’s not in use, and all without the worry of waking up to a “floater”!

You can get your ‘electronic’ aquarium right here. But if you ask me, it’s too pricy…

Skype: Now your talking!

Ever wanted to call a friend but they live too far away or something and you don’t wanna pay for long distance? Then you’ll like this! Skype is a popular program for voice chatting over your PC. All you need is a microphone and a friend to chat with.

It allows you to talk to your friends for free, (assuming they have a microphone too, of course) as much as you like and without having to worry about charges. One tip: I found you might get echo sometimes unless you and your friend have headphones on. Latest version of Skype also does video calls as well as regular voice calls and text chatting. As an added bonus, I even found the voice quality to be much better than phonecalls, definitely much clearer.

If you want to be able to call regular phones too, you can do it through Skype at a much reduced rate (so those crank calls won’t cost you a fortune anymore!)

More info and a free download at http://www.skype.com