Features

Baidu Antivirus 2013 includes full scans that will check your entire computer, quick scans for top level problems, and custom scans to hunt specific problems. You can also opt into real-time protection with additional features such as file system protection, proactive defense, web access protection, and self-defense. Unfortunately, most of these more complicated features only have short rollovers that briefly explain what they do.

Baidu Antivirus 2013 also contains a feedback window where you can provide suggestions or report errors to Baidu. You can easily attach images or files to help clarify your issues. There is an option to include your contact information such as email, Line, MSN, or even Facebook.

Usability

Baidu Antivirus 2013 has large icons that make it very easy to understand their function. When you first open the app you’ll be presented with buttons to select full, quick, or custom scans. An arrow tab on the right will reveal the real time protection tab. Here you can slide large switches to turn options on and off.

You can further customize Baidu Antivirus 2013 in its detailed settings menus. Here you can schedule automatic openings and scannings, choose what happens to quarantined programs, and how thorough each scan will be. There are also buttons to quickly reach Baidu’s website and community forums.

Quality

Baidu Antivirus 2013 looks clean with a simple white and blue color scheme. All of its features are laid out intuitively and we have not encountered any bugs or slowdown. Full scans will likely take a long amount of time, but the scanning process had no noticeable effects on computer performance. One thing to note is that the beta of Baidu Antivirus 2013 has no audio or pop-ups to let you known when a job is completed.

Conclusion

Baidu Antivirus 2013 is an efficient tool for protecting your computer. The beta works great without noticeable hitches. If you do experience any problems Baidu is happy to hear feedback of how Baidu Antivirus 2013 can be further improved.

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AntiBrowserSpy allows you to remove internet traces easily. This contains the removal of history entries and web cache. Download lists and typed URLs can also be cleaned. Additionaly AntiBrowserSpy contains a cookie manager allowing you to view and protect specific cookies. AntiBrowserSpy can create backups of your browser settings. This allows you to keep your bookmarks and all other data in a save place. You can also take the data with you in order to keep your bookmarks in case that you are moving to a new PC. AntiBrowserSpy can automate all main functions, too. For example it can clear all cookies on Windows startup. AntiBrowserSpy supports all common browsers: Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, Opera and Netscape Navigator.

Many espionage features of common web browsers cannot be disabled by PC users – even experts cannot turn off all of them. AntiBrowserSpy makes it very easy to control all browser settings. With one mouse click you can configure the settings of all your browsers and disable even hidden espionage features.

AntiBrowserSpy is a tool designed for helping users to switch off those spy functionality.

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Reviver’s will offer different options depending on whether or not Messenger is currently installed or if it was installed but removed by Skype. In the first case you will be able to select from a list of detected versions of Messenger. If Messenger isn’t installed you can choose to install Messenger 2012 or 2009 (but not 2011) and pick from 47 supported languages. Finally, if Skype has removed Messenger you will be prompted to begin repairs to restore it. All of these different processes are very simple and quick, allowing you to use Messenger again.

The installations and repairs to the different versions of Messenger do not change or update the programs. They still function the same as before. Thankfully Reviver is just a great and simple way to maintain your favorite version of Messenger without having to switch to Skype.

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Single-click logoff, shutdown, restart, sleep, lock, and switch user Can show the Windows "hidden" shutdown dialog

WM Software's Signoff can end the session from a tile, the desktop, or the system tray. It is build on the ORIGINAL shutdown utility software, ShutdownPlus. It is the only software on the market that can intercept the Shutdown/Restart/Logoff from the Start menu and display its own dialog.

WM Software's Signoff is designed for both home users and corporate customers.

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Chrome's outstanding features, like its download manager, incognito browsing mode and bookmark syncing, already make it a stand out app. In version 20, it adds a more new features, as well some tweaks that make it even more user-friendly.

New features

Being able to search directly from the address bar is one of the great things about Google Chrome. Now Omnibox, Google Chrome's address bar, will offer you various suggestions as you type. Depending on how accurate it thinks its results are, Chrome may even begin to pre-load a chosen page. Popular sites like Facebook and Twitter are now sure to load almost instantaneously.

You'll now also receive warnings when Google Chrome thinks a downloading file that might contain malware or something harmful to your PC. It does this by tracing the download's originating server and comparing it to sites on its blacklist. If you're concerned about privacy when it comes to Google looking at your downloads for potential malware, you can disable this feature within your browser preferences.

Updates and tweaks

Google Chrome introduces several smaller updates designed to improve the user experience. First, Google Chrome has improved page zooming to make it more consistent with other browsers - you can now zoom up to 500%. In addition, Print Preview no longer shows up in its own tab but rather appears in a highly-configurable modal window - this improves your workflow and makes printing even quicker. Google Chrome's History tab has also undergone a redesign. It now allows users to filter out or even remove specific domains you don't want showing up there.

There's also been an update to the V8 JavaScript engine and more than a dozen security fixes. In short, these changes make browsing even quicker - and using the internet even safer.

In addition, version 20 helps with vulnerability greatly, in that it covers patches for quite a few security-related bugs. Google Chrome's latest update will consequently help make your browsing experience even safer.

Chrome extensions

Last, but not least, there are also changes for extensions - not only can you now count on a range of Google Chrome extensions that rivals (and in many cases betters) Firefox's, but those of you with a more technical bent can take advantage of improved extension APIs, so if you've got an idea, it's even easier to make it into an extension yourself.

If you're considering making the switch from old favorites like Firefox or Internet Explorer, we'd wholeheartedly recommend Google Chrome as the browser of the future!

Google Chrome, Google's browser, mixes a clean, minimalist interface with a variety of powerful tools, making it a great browser.

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Features

Ultrasurf is a super lightweight application so there aren't many features to speak of. When launched, the app will show the three status lights with their respective speeds next to them. You can select the one that gives you the best performance.

In the options, you'll find options for manipulating Internet Explorer, which Ultrasurf defaults to, though you can disable this. You can manually specify a port for listening so you can forward that port with your router.

Other than this, Ultrasurf doesn't really have any other features.

Interface

While Ultrasurf's interface is easy to use and comprehend, it looks like an app from 1998. The icons are low resolution and have low color depth. These are the stock icons you can find on a machine running Windows 2000.

Usability

Ultrasurf is easy to use but that's because there aren't many features. While this is good for beginners, the app really suffers from the lack of options and information. For example, there's no indication of where the proxy server you're accessing is from.

Other apps like Hotspot Shield give users much more control and is more transparent about what the program is doing. Ultrasurf is more like an on and off switch. There's no fancy encryption algorhythm to mask your traffic.

This is what the company has to say about Ultrasurf's encryption:

"Encryption is between your computer and Ultrasurf proxy servers. Normal web traffic (http) is not encrypted between Ultrasurf and web servers, while secure web traffic (https) is encrypted from user’s computer to the web server. Ultrasurf relays https traffic without interception."

Conclusion

While Ultrasurf is lightweight and simple to use, there are simply better alternatives out there that provide a more transparent options with more features.

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* Supports maximum image formats for output This PDF to Image Converter supports number of image formats such as JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF and so on. * Page range settings With iStonsoft PDF to Image Converter, you can convert all the PDF pages or only convert the current page. What's more, it is allowable for you to enter page numbers or page ranges separated by commas. * Preview PDF This PDF to Image Converter enables you to preview the PDF content.

* Easy to use Just within a few clicks or steps, you can convert PDF to various image formats. With simple and clear layout, even a novice can use it easily. * Fast processing speed With the advanced encoding/decoding technology, the PDF to Image Converter assures you fast conversion speed and great output quality. * Accurate conversion Conversion performed by PDF to Image tool accurately transfers the contents of initial PDF document to an image file or files.

PDF Converter allows you to convert PDF to image formats such as JPG, PNG, TIFF, GIF, BMP, and so on.

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Twitter for Windows 8 is the official Modern UI app. Now you can experience Twitter with a Windows 8 look and feel. Twitter for Windows 8 does lack a few features found in the web and mobile versions, but is still useful for most Twitter users.

Features

As expected Twitter for Windows 8’s functionality is the same as on the main Twitter site. There are separate pages for the home feed, connections, discover, and personal profile. You can also tweet or search from anywhere in the app. Clicking on an individual tweet will enlarge it, showing conversation history, retweets, favorites, and time stamps. Clicking on another tweet in a conversation will take you to a separate page. This comes off as rather unnecessary as it would make more sense if you stayed on the overlay you’re currently on. If a tweet includes a link clicking on it will switch to a page displaying the website or media. You can also open websites in your default web browser, which is very convenient.

There are issues regarding mentions. Twitter for Windows 8 lacks a pop-up to find people you follow. Instead you have to type their Twitter name when mentioning them in a new tweet. You must use their exact Twitter handle or Twitter for Windows 8 will not link to the correct account. You have to hit reply even for new conversations to avoid this glaring oversight. On the plus side when you receive mentions a large notification will appear in the upper right corner for a few seconds. This is a nice way to keep informed when someone directly contacts you.

Usability

Twitter for Windows 8’s usability is easy to understand for current Twitter users. The Home, Connect, Discover, and Me buttons are all on the left side. New tweets and search buttons are displayed in the top right corner. There is a lot of unused space, which easily could have been filled with larger buttons or menus. The Home and Connect pages are presented vertically, while the Discover and Me pages are horizontal. In Twitter for Windows 8 all pages can be controlled with scroll bars or via mouse wheel. The horizontal pages include a view more button to find new tweets or view image galleries. The layout is passable at best and feels better suited for touch controls, rather than a mouse and keyboard.

A strange aspect of the interface is a lack of a log out button. This is because you can only authorize a single account with Twitter for Windows 8 at a time. Even if you revoke access to the app there's no option to switch to a different account. You will need to completely deauthorization and reauthorize another account. It is very annoying to jump through hoops like this, especially if you want to use Twitter for Windows 8 for multiple accounts.

Quality

Twitter for Windows 8’s appearance mixes the look of the Twitter site with the feel of a Modern UI app. Mellow blue, black, and white is nearly all you’ll see. This is because custom backgrounds will not appear in Twitter for Windows 8.

Twitter for Windows 8 does have a few slow down and hiccups, mostly when trying to refresh many tweets after idling. You can experience tweet limit errors when using Twitter for Windows 8. Twitter typically puts hourly and daily tweet limits of third party apps. This is strange as Twitter for Windows 8 is meant to be an official first-party app, yet is treated as a third party app.

Conclusion

Twitter for Windows 8 is a good way to stay connected to the Twitter universe in a Modern UI app. Twitter for Windows 8 has most of the standard functionality of other Twitter versions. There are currently multiple account issues and daily tweet limitations, but these will only affect the most dedicated Twitter users. For more casual users Twitter for Windows 8 is still a great app.

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So what will virtualization do for you? Well, many people use it as a way of maximizing space and efficiency while undertaking multiple tasks at once. Dexpot does this by allowing you to create various virtual desktops – clones of your normal desktop that are accessed with a simple click.

Dexpot allows you to create up to 20 desktops, making it particularly suitable for power users. Imagine you’re trying to edit photos and copy files at the same time. Simply use Dexpot’s configuration to create 2 virtual desktops, do the editing in one, and neatly “file away” the copying to the second, which will be maintained out of sight.

This virtualization app has some great configuration options that make sure each desktop is tweaked just to your liking. You can change the desktop’s resolution, set a notification for when you come in or out, password-protect it and even customize each desktop’s appearance. Dexpot also lets you tweak overall options, like how to control and visualize switching between desktops and creating rules for automated behaviors.

A lot of thought and attention has obviously gone into Dexpot, meaning that an app that is obviously very useful is also a pleasure to use. We recommend taking a look at the configuration options before you start, and always bear in mind that apps like Dexpot maximize your space, not your memory, so don’t expect it to facilitate any multi-app miracles!

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Thunderbird is Mozilla's award winning and free solution to manage your mail more efficiently. And there are many advantages of switching to it too. Unlike Mail for example, it can handle virtual identities and create on-the-fly addresses and it's widely regarded as having one of the best spam filters out there. Most recently, it's been updated with a slick tabbed interface to make managing your e-mail easier.

The fact that like Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird can be beefed up with all manner of extensions makes it an extremely competitive mail client. It's also now much faster and more stable than before due to the Gecko 5 engine.

Getting going

Setting up Mozilla Thunderbird is painless. You can quickly import your mail and contacts from your Outlook or Mail account and set up POP3, IMAP or SMTP accounts in a flash. To stay well organized, Mozilla Thunderbird offers filters to deliver your mail into separate folders and inboxes. And of course, there's a built-in spell checker to make sure that your mails are professionally crafted.

What makes Mozilla Thunderbird slightly more unusual is the fact that it comes with an integrated RSS reader. Nowadays, this is a little outdated because many people use a separate application - or even Firefox itself - to follow RSS feeds but it may be useful if you only want to mail and follow RSS feeds at the same time when composing mails.

Searching your mail

The search tool in Thunderbird is excellent and searches happen in real time as you type. Search results are displayed in a separate tab. Tabs in general are a very big part of Thunderbird and like Firefox, you can have multiple messages open in separate tabs. This is a fantastic feature of Thunderbird although does tempt you to have too many mails open at once. Archiving is also another handy feature for those that don't want to delete messages but want to clear space in their inbox.

So what about security? You might think an open-source mail client would inherently be less secure than a paid one but Thunderbird is surprisingly secure with a fairly bulletproof spam filter. The reason being is that Thunderbird is regularly updated and crafted by volunteers who's main interest is making a better product rather than profiting from an end-product. Security updates are regular but small so as not to slow-down Thunderbird.

Exchange support

One of the biggest selling points of Mozilla Thunderbird is that it offers Microsoft Exchange support, meaning it will appeal to Office users who previously discounted it.

On the downside, the app is lacking some finesse in certain areas. Thunderbird still doesn't have conversation style email views like in Gmail (although an extension to do this can be downloaded separately) and there aren't many options for managing attachments and photos. There's also no calendar but again, this can be downloaded separately in the form of "Lightning".

Overall, Thunderbird is an excellent free alternative to Microsoft Outlook.

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This simple yet powerful deletion tool supports more than a dozen different wiping methods, including the standards used by the US Department of Defense, the US Airforce and the NATO. The methods included in WipeFile go from the simplest one – which overwrites data just once – to the most complex one, which overwrites deleted files up to 35 times.

Using WipeFile is really simple. The program launches in German, but you can easily switch to English by going to Extras > Sprache/Language. Then all you need to do is select the files and folders you want to erase, pick a wiping method and click the Wipe button. The whole deletion process in WipeFile hardly takes more than one minute.

WipeFile includes also handy features such as the possibility to add file masks when working with folders (so that you only erase a certain file type) and seamless integration with Windows Explorer, which lets you use the program from the context menu. The only drawback to this great little tool, if any, is that the documentation hasn't been translated to English. But then again, you don't really need help to use it.

WipeFile deletes selected files and folders permanently, so that no one can recover them later on.

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Features

ModernMix can open Modern apps as the normal fullscreen, maximized fullscreen windows, or smaller windows. You can set different appearances for programs opened through the start menu or desktop. ModernMix can also be used to disable the app opening flip animation and display fullscreen Modern apps on the taskbar.

ModernMix includes a list of recently used applications where you can set how each one appears when opened. However, due to either a bug or strange design this list does not update in real time. Instead you must quit the program and reopen it to see new apps.

Usability

ModernMix is very straightforward and easy to understand. Even though it modifies Modern apps, ModernMix itself opens directly on the desktop in a window. All settings are controlled by toggling checkboxes that are clearly labeled and explained. There are also buttons to toggle automatic updates or quickly open the ModernMix forum.

When viewing a Modern app a ModerMix overlay will appear in the top right corner. Pressing this icon will switch between the three appearances modes. You can also use F10 to quickly switch through modes. In ModernMix’s settings menu you can choose to hide the overlay or change the hotkey.

Quality

ModernMix is rather plain looking with simple white backgrounds and basic menus. The Modern app overlays are small and may be unnoticed until rolled over and clicked. The taskbar icons use the same image as the Modern app’s tile. One downside is that taskbar hover previews do not always work, often times showing a blank screen.

ModernMix’s integration is seamless, which could lead you to forget that the app is even running. The app has no apparent performance issues, even when running multiple windows.

Conclusion

ModernMix is a great way to view Windows 8 apps on the desktop. The trial contains all the features of the full version for 30 days. While there are some minor bugs, ModernMix is a fast and simple way to change Modern app appearances.

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TopDesk gives you an overview of all open windows, including minimized windows. With a single key press, you can instantly view thumbnails of all open windows, display windows belonging to the current application, or hide all windows to quickly access the desktop.

Pressing the F9 immediately scales down all your windows, including your minimized windows, and tiles them all on-screen in an easy to navigate layout. Window scaling is animated in real-time - a trick that'll really impress your mates. Choosing a window to switch to is simple - just move the mouse over the window you want to select, or navigate to it using the Arrow or Tab keys. Once you've chosen your window, a single keystroke or mouse press zooms all of the windows back to full size and makes the window you selected the active window.

Pressing the F11 key will clear your screen of windows in an instant, and another press calls them right back. Want to check out that document you just downloaded to the desktop, quickly drag and drop a file from the desktop into an application, or get rid of that Solitaire window before the boss walks past? With TopDesk, it's a breeze.

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Using the options you can choose to set automatic shutdown while restoring the original appearance of the home screen. Useful if you enable the option to see the home screen when the program starts (combined with oblytile) you can have your personal space as an example for your games, software ... Advanced mode allows you to set the home screen where you want on your desktop and the size you want.

Compare with other software on the market, ImmersieTaille is much more comprehensive and more visually pleasing. There may like the software market. those with multiple option combinations you can make to suit your needs. It can all use this software as they are possetion have a computer.

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Among the features in CDBurnerXP you’ll find tools to burn data discs, music discs, ISO images and also copy discs all from your memory stick, without leaving any trace on the host computer. All of these options are conveniently organized in a tool menu – the main screen you seen when running CDBurnerXP.

Each button in this launch menu opens the corresponding application in a separate window. From then on, the recording process follows the standard procedure: select data to burn, press the Record button, tweak burning settings and you're done. CDBurnerXP supports CD, DVD (including HD-DVD) and also Blu-Ray discs.

The only downside to CDBurnerXP is the fact that the main screen closes every time you choose a burning task, so if you want to switch from erasing a disc to burning something else on it, you’ll have to start CDBurnerXP twice.

CDBurnerXP is a powerful burning tool that lets you create music and data discs, burn ISO images, copy discs and more.

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Tumbukun’s interface is designed to look and feel just like Windows 8’s dashboard, including the exact same pastel palette. When Tumbukun is first opened your only option is to explore and browse through random posts. Each post is displayed as a large rectangle tile that includes a preview picture of the image or text, any description/caption, and the user’s icon. These previews are often too small for the actual picture and will typically be cropped in undesirable ways.

Upon clicking on a preview tile you will taken to the full post that includes the blog name and the post date. On the left of Tumbukun will be buttons to like, reblog, save image, and open in a web browser. On the right will be the amount of likes, associated tags, and the option to follow. Because there is no search option you must click each tag to find related topics. This can lead to a furious amount of clicking through Tumbukun as you try and find specific tags.

Tumbukun offers a few extra options to those who log in. After allowing Tumbukun to communicate with your Tumblr account you will be allowed to make new posts. These include the basic text, quote, link, and photo. Unfortunately there are no chat, video, or audio posts. All of the standard options such as title, caption, urls, and tags can be input. Tumbukun lacks an advanced options tab so you cannot customize urls, source content, or delay post times.

The biggest problem is that you can only post to your established blogs as you cannot create new blogs. For the few with multiple accounts there is no easy way to log out and switch between users. Tumbukun is focused on being used by a single person.

Tumbukun has all the basic features you’ll need to explore Tumblr, but lacks the more in-depth options for dedicated users.

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Screen Recording Suite records from a number of sources including your own internal audio and external devices such as a microphone or musical instrument. Screen Recording Suite naturally also records from your screen and webcam although it saves files in WMV format which isn't the most convenient file for working with in an external edit suite. A built-in video editor however allows you to crop, trim, convert and compress video and output to different video formats, such as AVI, MKV, MP4, SWF, FLV and 3GP etc.

In particular, there are useful profiles setup for Apple, Android and Sony device in Screen Recording Suite which makes exporting for different platforms very easy. To take a screencast, simply click the red Start button in the top left hand corner and Screen Recording Suite will countdown from 3 to 0. To record yourself playing a game or put yourself in the video, just click the webcam icon and Screen Recording Suite instantly switches to picture-in-picture mode.

Screen Recording Suite is perfect tool for making professional screen recordings or screencasts.

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Folder Size for Windows adds a new column to the Details view in Windows Explorer. The new column shows not only the size of files, but also the size of folders. It keeps track of which folders you view, and scans them in the background so you can see complete size of all files within the folder. It's very useful for cleaning up your disk. Once you get used to having that information available, a directory listing simply looks incomplete without it!

Don't switch to another program to see folder sizes. It's always there when you're viewing your folders (even in Open and Save file dialog boxes, you can change the view), and it's a great visual cue to help you find the one you're looking for. Not just for disk cleanup, but for any time you need to choose a folder.

No scanning phase before you can start. As soon as you display the Folder Size column, you'll see sizes immediately. Large folders will continue to scan in the background while you browse your folders. Explorer will automatically update the folder size column in real-time. No more manual rescanning.

Background scans won't monopolize your disk. When Folder Size detects that other programs are doing a lot of reading to and writing from the hard disk being scanned, the background scanning will wait for the other programs to finish.

If you don't show the Folder Size column for a while, it won't forget what it's already scanned, but the background scanner doesn't stay active. It won't waste any CPU time maintaining the cache on your P2P sharing or gaming machine that's always changing files. Automatically displays in French, German, Italian, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese if Windows is one of those languages. More translations are welcome.

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Excel Query Compare is a stand-alone program, Excel Query Compare applies to the Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista/Win7 operating system platforms, on Vista and Win7 systems with excellent compatibility and perfect support. Main program need Excel 2003 or Excel 2003 later versions support, Excel Query Compare all in one interface to compare or summarize work, you do not need to switch back and forth Excel program.

Ms Office user,Using Excel Query Compare can effectively help users to quickly query and summary of data, to reduce your work time and improve your productivity.

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