PcWarder is a free system monitoring program that you can use in order to monitor network and Internet activity on a Windows-based computer. The author of the program had parental control in mind when the software was being created, but a lot of other people can use this type of tracking software. Companies to keep track of what their employees are doing or you can track your boyfriend or girlfriend if you think that they are not being honest with you. PcWarder will log every process that accessed the Internet and it will write down in a file every web address that was visited and much more than that.

I posted a screenshot of the task manager, because this is all that you will see from PcWarder, the program doesn’t have a user interface. The task manager is the only place where you can see if the program is running, and it will run as soon as it is installed, and every time after that as long as you don’t delete it from the startup program list. Quick warning before we start explaining how to use PcWarder, your antivirus programs might report that PcWarder is a threat, this is due to the nature of what PcWarder is and how it operates. You can ignore the warnings because the software isn’t dangerous and it will not harm your computer.

Using PcWarder, what does it track, how does it track?

PcWarder doesn’t have any kind of advanced options, definitively not any graphically editable options, there’s a config file that you can edit with some very basic options which are not worth the mention. Default actions that PcWarder does is what you get, and the PC information that PcWarder can track is:

• Internet access
• Current process list
• Active registry items and
• Currently running services list

Information that the program gathers is saved in log files which are saved in the program’s installation directory. Look for folder called PcWarderLogs and in there you will find that each day has its own folder, and each day has separate log files that you can access and check to see what kind of things were the people who are using the computer doing.

These 4 log files are where the previously mentioned tracked information is stored, and to see what’s inside you’re gonna have to open them up. Don’t be alarmed by the unfamiliar .pcw extension that the log files have, they can be opened and displayed properly in text editors like Notepad++.

This is the Internet access log file, and as you can see each Internet address that was visited has been logged, time, date, IP address of the visited location and the URL which was visited are present inside the log. All the other logs look pretty much the same, and you can use them to even track which programs were used on a given PC.

If you are in need of a system monitoring software that will track what is someone doing on a computer, what websites are visited, and which programs were accessed then PcWarder is just what you need.

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DesktopNow Remote Computer Access is a software which can be used to log into one’s computer remotely using the internet. All you have to do is to share certain folders in which you want to download or upload files. You will be able to access these folders from some other computer over the net after this. DesktopNow Remote Computer Access enables the user to access and use important files and folders irrespective of the user’s location. This free remote access software makes sure that the user is always able to access and download the essential documents or files from his own computer by using the internet.

Features of this remote access software

• This freeware has been developed by NCH Software which basically means that it is absolutely free and you do not have to pay anything to download this software.
• You need to have either Vista or Windows XP or Windows 7 as your computer’s operating system to meet the system requirements of this software.
• With this free remote access software you can access any file, folder and document present in your personal computer and also download them.
• You can also upload files, folders and documents to a directory that is shared by multiple users.
• DesktopNow Remote Access is a software which can enable you to access the files and documents that you have already shared from any web browser and from any device. This implies that you can use your smartphones and other mobile devices to view the folders, files and documents.
• The software provides a secure and safe SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) connection to your remote computer.
• This free software does not require any elongated and complicated router configuration to select through which network to send the traffic along.
• DesktopNow Remote Access also enables the user to retrieve crucial documents, files and folders using any available browser remotely.
• The free software file browser can explore files spontaneously and intuitively.

Interface of DesktopNow Remote Access

The interface of the software consists of a single window. Right on the top you will find the menu bar with the file, folders, tools and help options. The file option helps you to open web control panel, close software to tray and exit from the software. The folders options allows you to add folders remotely. The tools option allows the user to change the web log in and the web access options. The help option not only shows you the online help contents but also takes you to the DesktopNow homepage,  NCH homepage and the technical support page of the software. It also allows the user to send feedback, bug report and check for updates. Below the menu bar lies the screen which shows you the files, folders and documents that you have added. You will also find the NCH suite button that enables you to browse through the other products that NCH has developed.

Downloading And Installing The Program

You can download this free software from either the official website or several other websites where the download link is available.

Final Verdict

DesktopNow is small, simple and extremely efficient and if you want to access your files and folders from somewhere else this software is absolutely perfect for you.

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ShareMouse free Mouse and Keyboard Sharing is the perfect tool for anyone who uses several different computers connected in a network, with several display monitors. The basic operation which this application does is it allows the user to share their mouse and keyboard across all the computer and their monitors which are networked together, but that’s not all, there’s a lot more that Mouse and Keyboard Sharing can do.

All those who have several monitors probably know how problematic it can be to use the same mouse and keyboard on all of them, especially when there’s several different computers that needs to be used. When it’s only one computer with a dual monitor setup it’s a lot easier, things work on their own, but with several different computers used, the person is forced to either have several different mouse’s and keyboards, or to use a KVM switch, which stands for Keyboard, Video and Mouse switch. Both of these options involve a lot of cables, and in case of using separate keyboard and mouse’s you need to use a lot more than just cables. Not to mention the fact that some switches are not automatic, and of course they cost money.

How does Mouse and Keyboard Sharing work?

It’s very simple, the application uses network in order to establish communication between computers. There’s no need for any kind of additional equipment or expenses, apart from the expenses for the program, which sadly isn’t free, or at least not free for unlimited number of computers and monitors. You can use up to two monitors and the program has to verify that you are not an expert user, by various different tests. Application needs to be installed on every computer inside the network in order for the mouse and keyboard cross monitor sync to work.

What you see here are the Settings window of Mouse and Keyboard Sharing. Here we have various different options, like making inactive monitors dimmer, or setting quick jump keyboard shortcuts, with which you can jump between monitors easily with the help of keyboard.

You can also check out Input Director, free software to control several computers with one.

Sharing data between computers with Data exchange

Drag and drop data sharing and clipboard synchronization is one of those things that I said Mouse and Keyboard Sharing app can do on top of mouse and keyboard synchronization that it does so well. Again here the network does everything, and you can basically copy/cut and paste files and data from one computer, from one monitor on another computer that uses completely different monitor. Usually for something like this to be possible you would need to create folders and share them between computers.

Also check out Synergy free software to control multiple computers with one keyboard and mouse.

Password protected clients

If for some reason you don’t want to connect to a machine or you don’t want anyone else to connect to a particular machine, then you can prevent other people from doing so by protecting the application in that particular machine with a password:

That would be all the options that Mouse and Keyboard Sharing has to offer. Program will work right after installation, there’s no need to configure anything, and best of all it works on both Windows and Mac, so you can have both of these connected via LAN and control several different machines with a single set of mouse and keyboard, great tool indeed.

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Control Multiple Computers with One Mouse and Keyboard: ShareMouse was originally published at I Love Free Software

SeeIt is a Google Chrome extension to see the preview of the links on Reddit.com. You can now preview links of the news in articles, view images without clicking on the links on Reddit.

This chrome extension to preview links makes your Reddit browsing easier and faster. You just have to install SeeIt chrome extension on your Google Chrome browser and you are done with. Login to your Reddit account and then hover over the links to preview the content.

Now you can avoid unnecessary clicks and back buttons to view news articles and images from links on Reddit. This chrome extension to preview links makes your browsing experience wonderful while browsing Reddit on Google Chrome browser.

Also, along with previewing the links, the extension marks the previewed link with a specific color. This shows that you have already previewed the links which are marked with a specific color.

The good part of this chrome extension is its previewing speed. The extension works very fast in previewing the links on Reddit. The extension activates itself when you access Reddit on your Google Chrome browser.

Check out very new Google Offers chrome extension.

Key Features Of SeeIt To Preview Links:

• See preview of links on Reddit without opening the link.
• The extension is specially designed to preview links only on Reddit.
• Activates itself when you are on Reddit webpage.
• Marks already previewed links with a specific color.
• Automatically minimizes the existing link preview when you preview any other link.
• Adjust the time taken to open the preview of any link.
  
• Close the previewed links anytime.

How To Use The Extension:

• Install SeeIt extension on your Google Chrome browser.
• Now, open your Reddit account on your Google Chrome browser.
• Roll the mouse icon over the link and you will see the preview of the links.
• Press ESC or click on close button of the preview window to close it.

Install The Extension:

Open the web store and then search for “SeeIt” extension. You can also click here to download and install SeeIt extension on your Google Chrome browser.

Install this chrome extension and browse Reddit differently on your chrome browser. Make Reddit simpler and easier to access and browse. If you find any other chrome extension to manage your Reddit, then do let us know in comments.

Also, if you want to check page rank of a webpage, then install page rank extensions on your chrome browser.

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Picacha is a free screenshot software which enables you to share the screenshots online. The software is very simple to use and has a host of other features related to screenshots.

There are not many software which enable you to click a screenshot and share it online. Picacha helps you to reduce on the donkey work needed to edit a screenshot, modify it and then send the link online. Not only does the Software allow you to click screenshots, but it even gives you the ability to make animation out of these images.

The Features of The program are:

• Ability to create a screenshot within three clicks.
• There is an extra option of creating a screenshot with a Marker.
• Link to the screenshot can be shared online.
• Animation of multiple screenshots can be created.
• Quality screenshots of Video files can be made.
• Various screenshots can be combined to create a Multipart Screenshot.

Interface and Working of this share screenshots online Software

Picacha sits up in the taskbar tray as an icon. It’s pretty simple to use and has a convenient feature set for the user. The main option is to create a screenshot, which gets stored in the directory folder. You can create a screenshot with Marker too, as this serves as the editing feature. Several screenshots could be blended to create a Multipart screenshot too! Even Video thumbnails or Screen animations can be produced using the Software. The software is pretty simple to use and is concentrated on the Screenshot feature.

Downloading and Installation

The software gets downloaded pretty quickly. Size of Picacha installation file is of somewhere around 1 MB. The installation process is also quite fast.

Final Verdict

Picacha is a brilliant software for creating Screenshots and even editing them according to your own convenience. If you do not want to use the tedious method of referring to Paint for clicking Screenshots, Picacha may just be the right option for you!

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iWebAlbum will generate HTML web albums of your pictures, on its own, without you needing to know how to edit HTML or anything like that. Program is very easy to use, only two steps are necessary in order for you to create web albums made out of your own personal pictures, which you can then share with your friend and family on the Internet.

These days a lot of people have their own websites, where they share with the rest of the family and friends, but not just them, with the rest of the world, their thoughts, opinions, basically they share their lives. Pictures definitely fall into category of things that are shared, and if you are not very versatile with HTML coding, but you would like to have beautiful web albums or galleries on your website, then you can rely on iwebAlbum to do the hard work for you, by automatically creating the HTML file of a web album with your pictures.

How to create web albums automatically with iWebAlbum

You can start by adding pictures that you want to see in the album to the list so that iWebAlbum can use them during the album creation. Images can be added individually or you can add entire folders at once.

After you’ve loaded all the pictures that you want, click on Next at the bottom and you will be presented with the last step of the web album configuration process. Here you need to choose how the album will look like, what size pictures used in the album will be, and of course add a name and a caption for the album that you are creating.

In the first drop down menu you can choose the appearance of the album, sadly there are only two different skins available, the default skin which is shown on the image above, or there is also the book skin, where your images are placed inside a photo album type of skin, you can see a demonstration of this type of skin on the second image from the top.

Second drop down menu can be used in order to change the style that the photo album will have. Style here means color, that’s change what kind of color the background will be, what kind of color frame images inside the album will have and so on. The default skin offers you three different types, but the book skin only has one, again here the program might be lacking in options, but since it’s free we have no right to complain.

You can choose how large the album will be by specifying the size of the images used changing the number of rows and columns used. After you’re done with that simple step, add the name of the album and a comment, which will be shown below the name and you can click on the Generate Web Album button.

iWebAlbum is very easy to use and understand, options are clearly laid out, if only it had more skins available for web albums, but since the program is free, what we get is more than enough. Give it a spin and see how you like it.

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Here, are 7 best Android apps from last week reviewed by us. Below is the list of Android apps that I found best when I installed them on my Android phone. You might find the apps useful after installing them.

TTPod:

TTPod is a free Android music player app that offers a music player with multiple advanced features on Android. This music player app is specially designed for the users who want lyrics along with listening to music on their Android phone. TTPod offers lyrics of the music being played on Android. You just have to launch the player, select a song from its music library imported from SD card and then play it. The app is smart enough to identify the song being played and then search for the lyrics on web. Just remember that your Android phone should be connected to the internet before searching for lyrics of the song. Along with lyrics, the app even provides album cover as the background of the player controls and lyrics which in addition looks awesome on Android screen.

Smiley Pops:

Smiley Pops is a free Android game to play with smiley like balls on Android. This Android game is quite interesting and fun-loving game to play. The main aim of the game is to join the 3 smiley balls of same color in such a way that the balls should be together, in a row, in a column or in a diagonal. The twist in the game is that, you need to join the balls by making a triangle of three balls. The triangle will move in a clockwise direction, so that each of those balls takes place of next ball in the triangle.

AndInvoice:

AndInvoice is a free Android app to create invoice on Android. This Android invoice app is a simple application which allows you to create invoice starting from basic details of the customer. The app allows you to enter invoice title, company name, client name, address of the customer, email address, terms of the invoice and note to the client. The good part of this Android invoice app is the creation of invoice into PDF format. The app allows you to convert the invoice created into PDF format and then share the invoice via Gmail, Docs, Dropbox and the like.

Sketch Me More:

Sketch Me More is a free Android app to create sketch out of the images on Android. Android sketch app is a nice and simple sketch app to draw sketch of images. For creating the sketch of the images, you just need to launch the app, select an image from your photo gallery which you want to convert. Now wait for sometime and the app will convert the selected image into sketch image. Apart from creating sketch images, the app also provides you the option to give oil paint effect to the image imported from photo gallery. If you don’t have any image in your photo gallery, then you can take a photo from your Android’s camera and give effects to the image in real-time.

Data Usage Defender-Efficiency:

Data Usage Defender-Efficiency is a free Android app to find out internet data usage by each app on Android. This Android data usage app imports all the apps and shows the list of the apps which uses internet data to run on Android. The app displays the accurate internet data being used by each app on Android. By installing this Android data usage app, you can know the key area of maximum internet usage. You can then kill the app which uses maximum internet data and save your internet data easily on your Android phone.

Rediffmail NG:

Rediffmail NG is a free Android official Rediffmail app to access Rediffmail on Android. This Android Rediffmail app allows you to access all your inbox mails, compose a new mail or set reminder in mail calendar of the app. The best part of this Android official Rediffmail NG app which I liked the most is its reminder option. You can easily set reminder for any event, date, time and place. The app shows all the events or reminder set on different dates. At the time of composing a new mail, you can easily attach a file, if required from the app itself. You can even add signatures to your mail.

Color Splash FX:

Color Splash FX is a free Android app to edit photos in a bit new way on Android. The app comes up with a sketch pen option, from which you can manually make a color photo black & white. You can easily select the part of the image of your choice and make it look black & white on your Android phone. You can even put original colors back to the selected area with color pen provided in the app. You can even zoom the image to make it perfect. You can even adjust the brush size according to your requirements and then create your customized image.

Will see you on next Monday….Stay Tuned!

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Restbreak is a software which is devised to manage your rest time efficiently while you are working. The Software displays periodic reminders, regarding taking a break from the PC work.

There is always a detrimental side of excessive computer use. It affects your health badly. Studies have shown that majority of the illnesses related to excessive computer use, are due to lack of proper rest. Sitting continuously on the Computer is bound to cause a lot of problems to your health. RestBreak understands the problem and compels you to take rest periodically.

Prolonged use of Computers is bound to cause

• Repetitive Strain Injury.
• Weakened Eye-Sight.
• Deep-Vein Thrombosis.

The last medical condition, Deep-Vein Thrombosis, affects many people. If proper rest is not taken during PC operation, Deep-Vein Thrombosis may occur. It’s a fatal disease and proper precautions must be taken to avoid it. RestBreak alerts you regarding these hazardous illnesses by compelling you to take a break from your PC related Work.

Features of this Rest break reminder software:

• The software is easy to use and manually configurable.
• Helps you to take care of your health.
• If the software interrupts your work a single click minimizes it to the taskbar.
• Available for Free.
• Control the Software on Keyboard Shortcuts.

Also check out free software for eye exercise on computer.

Interface and Working of Rest break reminder Software

The Software is pinned to the taskbar tray. Only after the stated periodic time amount, it pops up and alerts the user. An audible alert and a pop up alert, both are shown after a pre-defined time amount. You can edit the settings for a particular day of the year that you may wish to do! The settings can be tweaked according to your convenience too. You can type the break message, alert pop-up interval, audible reminder, option to start the software at system start etc. The software runs completely on your command.

Downloading and Installation

RestBreak is a simple software which has a very small download size. The software gets downloaded quickly and even the installation process is fast.

Final Verdict by Us

RestBreak is an efficient software which can help you to improve your health. Taking periodic breaks between continuous PC hours is critical to maintain health. Many a times a Reminder is what we need to get reminded of the possible consequences. RestBreak provides you that reminder. It’s certainly worth going for, if you are forever positioned on your PC.

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Crap Cleaner is yet another software that you can use in order to optimize your Windows PC. When you visit the homepage of EvonSoft, creators of Crap Cleaner you’ll notice that there are two different free versions available for download, but the second option for free download is not Crap Cleaner, in fact it’s not even software made by EvonSoft, so be careful what you download.

What you see above is the default window of Crap Cleaner, as you may have noticed, the program name is Advanced System Restore, some might think that something is wrong, this isn’t Crap Cleaner, but this is the real deal, I checked it twice. Perhaps the author wanted to avoid the word “crap” in the program name, since it’s not a nice word to hear in front of children ;), that’s why we have Advanced System Restore.

Spyware scanning and removal with this system optimizer

I don’t know how much point there is using Crap Cleaner’s Spyware Removal tool and ultimately relying on it, because program updates are not available in the free version. If you click on Update button on the left side, the program homepage will open and you will be presented with the list of features that the free version has. Then notice that only users with paid versions can update the program and with it the spyware database. The one that comes with the program is probably not updated, newer version of malware might slip under the radar. You can still use it, just don’t trust the scans completely.

How good is the disk defragmentation feature?

After initially trying to scan for fragmentation errors I discovered that there are no errors on my hard drive:

Which is weird because the installation is older and there should be errors, so I looked into it and in options it was set that program ignores errors until defragmentation reaches 5%:

Change this to Always Defrag and remove the check box next to Skip Huge Files. After that program finds defrag errors and it’s pretty good, except there’s no advanced overview of what’s going on when the defragmentation is happening.

Fixing registry errors with Crap Cleaner

During the registry scan, problems were found immediately:

Just like with defragmentation, when I selected the Repair button, progress bar at the bottom filled, but there were no log reports about what exactly was deleted. Hiding information from users is never a good thing, perhaps this will change in the future versions of the program.

Junk files removal

After clicking on Scan, in the junk file removal portion of the program you will be informed about how much file space junk files are taking up on your hard drive:

And after clicking on the Repair button you will not get much more info, just like with the rest of the scanners. The program doesn’t seem to have very advanced reports, which is not a good thing. There is an option View Logs, but surprisingly it didn’t work. Make sure that you check the Option before starting scans, adjust everything according to your taste. Taking the log report issue aside, Crap Cleaner is very good, very lightweight and easy to use, give it a try if other similar PC optimizers have failed you.

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Free Windows System Optimizer: Crap Cleaner was originally published at I Love Free Software

picplz is a free Android app to add multiple photo effects to photos on Android. picplz comes up with ultimate collection of photo effects on Android. You can easily import photos from your Android phone’s gallery and then add multiple photo effects to that photo on Android.

Most importantly, you can easily click a photo from your Android phone’s camera and then give effects to that photo in real-time. The app even allows you to share the created masterpiece via Facebook and Twitter. You can even crop the image, rotate it, add stickers to it, add text, adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, colors, draw on the image and much more.

The appreciating part of this Android picplz app is its photo effects which totally changes the color resolution of the image imported in the app or clicked from your Android’s camera.

The only part which I didn’t like about this photo editing app is it’s photo saving part. After giving effects to photos, you can’t save them to your SD card. The app only offers the option to share the photo via Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, tumblr, Dropbox and much more.

You can check out PicsArt app for Android reviewed by us.

Key Features Of picplz App To Add Effects To Photos On Android:

• Add multiple photo effects to photos on Android.
• Crop the image, rotate it, add stickers to it, add text, and much more.
  
• App is simple and easy to use on Android.
• Add caption to the photos from the app.
• Sign up with app to share your photos with picplz community.
• Share photos via Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, tumblr, Dropbox and much more.
  
• Take a photo from your Android’s camera and add effects to it in real-time.
• The app interface looks as if you are using some social networking app.

You can even check out Instagram app for Androidreviewed by us.

How To Install picplz App On Android:

• Login to Google Play Store on your Android phone.
• Tap on search tab and then search for “picplz” app in Google Play Store.
• Scan the QR Code below with a Barcode Scanner app on your Android phone.
  
• Install the app on your Android phone.

The free Android picplz app will be automatically installed on your Android phone. Now just add multiple photo effects to the photos on your Android phone. Share your masterpiece on your Favorite social networks with your Android phone.

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