Ad: Manage updates with the Download App
  • CNET
  • All 2.4 posts

2.4

Skip this uninstaller

Simnet UnInstaller 2010 is a free utility for uninstalling programs from Windows PCs. It's compact and easy to use, and removes programs as completely as the Windows uninstaller. However, it does less than the Windows uninstall tool and similar free uninstallers. It also offers to help you manage your programs, but it only uninstalls them.

Simnet UnInstaller shares a similar interface with the developer's other tools, a compact, colorful dialog with buttons marked About, Status, Programs, Settings, and Help. The Settings are limited to check boxes for automatic updates and creating a System Restore point before uninstalling software. … Read more

Cool loader

KooLoader is a download manager that emphasizes simplicity and ease of use. It supports multiple simultaneous downloads, accelerated downloads, segmenting, and browser integration. We tested KooLoader in Windows XP and Windows 7.

As with many free tools, you can opt to install a third-party toolbar, but there's no other adware. We chose not to install something called the Gossiper Toolbar. The program's interface and functionality are similar to those of other download management utilities, with basic control icons for adding and deleting URLs, pausing and resuming downloads, and accessing the program's options. There are separate windows for … Read more

Amazon.com has the Adesso SlimTouch 2.4 GHz (WKB-4000US) Wireless Mini Touchpad Keyboard for $82.84, after $11.15 savings.

Save $11.15 on the Adesso SlimTouch 2.4 GHz (WKB-4000US) Wireless Mini Touchpad Keyboard from Amazon.com >> Regular price is $93.99 >> Sale price is $82.84 >> Savings $11.15 (11.86%) >> Click here for deal

Lickety-split

When files are too big to transfer efficiently, people often turn to compressed file formats, like ZIP, to make the files more manageable. Another option, however, is to split files into multiple pieces. WinMend File Splitter is an easy-to-use program that lets users do exactly that, as well as reassemble files that have been split. It may not be the best option for everyone, but those who are interested in file splitting should find that it meets their needs just fine.

The program's interface is attractive and easy to navigate, with its two major features--splitting and merging--arranged in separate … Read more

One-click e-mail filing

TechHit's SimplyFile is an Outlook add-on that makes it extremely easy to save e-mail messages in specific folders. It uses a unique folder prediction technology to quickly determine which folder an e-mail message belongs in, without requiring you to create and maintain a bunch of complex rules. A single mouse click is enough to send most messages to the appropriate file. It also analyzes the way you use it, adapting itself to your filing habits.

SimplyFile adds a customizable toolbar with control buttons and a configuration tab to the Outlook Add-In toolbar; right-clicking the tab lets you select between … Read more

Log lightener

Sometimes useful information is buried within a bunch of junk, and this is especially true when you're looking at text logs of just about anything. FLicKeR is one way to cut through the garbage and get to the good stuff. This simple tool can delete any line that's not relevant to your search; that assumes, of course, that you know what you're looking for.

The program's interface isn't much to look at, but it's intuitive. Users simply select the text file that they want to search and then choose words or phrases that they … Read more

Yahtzee, not

We're big Yahtzee fans, so when the time came to test Yahtzee!, a software version of the popular game, we were excited, but the thrill quickly wore off. From a sloppy user interface to an incomplete Help file, this game software is plagued with problems.

The program's user interface resembles a Yahtzee notepad, with the scoring combinations listed down the left side of the small window. The dice run along right side of the window, with a large Roll button prominently displayed. The overall look of the interface is sloppy and dated, and some of the text in … Read more

Complete audio editor

We see a lot of audio conversion software, and the vast majority of these programs are quite limited in scope, allowing you to convert, for example, MP3 files to four or five other formats. But then there are programs like Audio Workstation. This program is so jam-packed with features that it's hard to imagine that the average non-professional user would ever need anything else.

Audio Workstation's interface could stand to be a little less cluttered and a little more intuitive, but overall, it's pretty easy to figure out. The program's major features are all arranged with … Read more