Stories by Ian Harac

Article | 9/03/2011 Open source FreeOTFE encrypts disks handily
FreeOTFE may sound like a political bumper sticker, but it stands for "Free On The Fly Encryption." The "Free" part is self-explanatory; "On The Fly E...
Article | 8/03/2011 10 utilities to secure your data
Very few people (certainly not the smart, savvy, people who read PCWorld articles) run their computers without up-to-date firewall and antivirus softw...
Article | 7/03/2011 Erase data permanently with SecureClean
It's well-known that "deleting" a file from Windows doesn't fully remove it, but you may not understand just how much data can remain on your disk aft...
Article | 1/02/2011 Microsoft Word alternatives: Wordsmiths, rejoice!
Microsoft Word is ubiquitous: It's the standard word processor in most places of business, and it often ends up installed on home PCs due to compatibi...
Article | 12/01/2011 ConTEXT text editor a boon for programmers
ConTEXT is a powerful, free, and open-source text editor squarely aimed at programmers. Its feature set makes it especially useful for system administ...
Article | 11/12/2010 New Notepads: Better, stronger, faster
Much as coelacanths have changed only slightly despite millions of years of evolution, some bundled Windows apps have scarcely progressed since the da...
Article | 19/07/2010 PalTalkScene adds video to its chat
PaltalkScene is a full-featured messaging/chat program that includes video, audio, and a host of other bells and whistles, as well as the ability to s...
Article | 6/07/2010 Create your own FPS games for free with Cube 2: Sauerbraten
Cube 2: Sauerbraten (free) is an engine/editor for designing and playing first person shooter games, primarily aimed at multiplayer LAN games. It is a...
Article | 21/05/2010 Tabbles Free
One all-too-common phenomenon on the internet is the promising but not-quite-there-yet program which dies the lingering death of ever-slower updates u...
Article | 27/04/2010 Dungeons and Dragons Character Builder
We've come a long, long, way from "Roll 3d6 6 times." While character creation in <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,83732-order,4/des...
Article | 21/01/2010 Ashampoo Office 2010
Microsoft Office is the de facto standard for productivity tools, to the point at which word processors and spreadsheets are now called "office progra...
Article | 9/12/2009 Stuffit Deluxe 2010
Stuffit Deluxe 2010 is the latest iteration of Stuffit, which is the dominant file compression protocol in the Macintosh world.
Article | 8/09/2009 DeskTube
Want to watch YouTube without all the overhead of a browser? DeskTube (free) lets you do just that. DeskTube is, as you might guess, a desktop app whi...
Article | 7/09/2009 BitZipper
A new year, a new chance for the makers of file compression software to try to convince us that we need to upgrade despite the fact most of the format...
Article | 27/08/2009 Neverball
Those in my age range of (mumble) may remember an old puzzle game featuring a real metal ball and a real wooden board with holes in it.

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