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Wipeout is a fun television game show that sees contestants make their way through an obstacle course and get beaten and battered in the process. Wipeout for iOS is taken directly from the game show, only you play the contestant as he or she slides, jumps, and falls through the course. The game has lots of navigational controls -- almost too many -- but even if you can't remember exactly how to slide and jump, it's still fun to play.

Thankfully, Wipeout has an Audition feature that walks you through the many controls: Slide your thumb forward to … Read more

So we all know what your Android phone is really for: playing games like Ace Viral's Rage Truck Free. It's a free Android app of an online Flash game. With a name like Rage Truck, what else could it be but a monster truck on a rampage? Of course, you get to crush bad guys in mass quantities, but does that really matter? The important part is crushing stuff. Yes, Rage Truck Free is exactly what it sounds like: Big Dumb Fun. Rage Truck Free is free to download and play, but you can easily upgrade to an … Read more

GOM Video Converter, as its name entails, converts video files into other formats supported by various electronic devices.

The list of formats this converter offers is large. You can find options for Apple, Android, Windows, and many other popular gadgets. As soon as you start up GOM, it asks you to set the output format for the work you plan to do, and then all you have to do is add a file to convert and begin the conversion process. At the point where you have to add a file, however, is where the issues start. No matter what file … Read more

If you just can't wait to open your browser to see what's going on in your Twitter timeline, you'll appreciate this free app. Desktop Twitter from Twitter Brooks promises to keep you up-to-date with tweets from accounts you follow without having to go online.

Once installed, you'll need to authorize access to your Twitter account. Other than that you really don't need to do anything. Desktop Twitter sits in the system tray until activated, just waiting for tweets from your timeline. The compact interface is plain but easy to understand. It even has the same … Read more

eVeR lEFT THE cAPS lOCK oN? Ever felt like a NUMbskull for leaving the NUM lock on? Or maybe your keyboard or system doesn't have lights or other notifications. CaPNotifier is a small, free application that notifies you about the NUM, CAP, and Scroll locks as well as the Shift, Control, and Alt keys.

By default, CaPNotifier starts with Windows, so the first sign we saw of it in action was a small pop-up window with a message that our Scroll lock was off. We found CaPNotifier's icon in the system tray; clicking it let us check for … Read more

Spring is our favorite season and we happen to love butterflies, so we were excited about trying Free 3D Butterfly Screensaver. Unfortunately, the program did not live up to our expectations. Functional problems and poor graphics plague this disappointing program.

Our first beef with Free 3D Butterfly Screensaver was that it didn't automatically install itself in the proper directory for screensavers as most similar programs do. We had to move the file to its proper place in order to get it to show up among the options in our Display Properties menu. We were also able to access it … Read more

We encounter lots of programs that are either image editors or image organizers, but rarely do we see programs that do both. Kestrel GX is an exception, providing people with both a set of basic editing tools and a sleek way to organize and view images.

The program's interface is reminiscent of Adobe products such as Lightroom and Bridge, with a sleek black layout that's fairly easy to navigate. The image viewer portion of the program allows people to view and edit metadata, assign keywords and other identifying information, and search images using a variety of parameters. A … Read more

Windows supports text files natively and also incorporates a search function, but it doesn't go out of its way to put the two together. MuseTips Text Filter is a compact, portable, and free tool that can quickly and thoroughly search text files. It searches as you type and displays matching terms in contrasting colors. It also offers autosuggestions, full support for regular expressions, multiple query modes, and extensive filtering.

At less than 500KB unzipped, Text Filter is certainly lightweight, and since it's fully portable, it runs from any location, including from a USB drive or other portable device. … Read more

Most modern computers have the processing power to run lots of programs at once with no problem, but that leads to a new issue: a desktop cluttered with open windows. Chameleon Window Manager Lite is a clever program that adds extra ways to handle windows without making major changes to the way your desktop functions.

The program's interface is plain and easy to figure out. When it's first launched, Chameleon Window Manager displays a configuration menu where you can customize the way the program acts. Once it's running, the program simply adds extra buttons to each window'… Read more