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The 10 free programs I can’t live without
Monday, November 30th, 2009
I had the delightful task of rebuilding my working life last Monday, as my hard disk decided that would be the perfect time to die. And I realised I hadn’t actually synchronised my online backup system since I last tested a new service. Clever. With time against me – the magazine went to press on Wednesday night – it quickly became clear which programs I desperately needed to install.
1. Paint.NET
Windows 7 may now include a version of Paint complete with a fancy Ribbon interface, but it still doesn’t offer the features I need to quickly enhance photos and mould screenshots to my whims. Paint.NET does, and it also supports plug-ins for RAW files (and more), making it my top photo-editing choice. (more…)
Tags: adobe, BBC iPlayer, Live Mesh, Mozilla, Paint.Net, skype, Software, Spotify, windows live essentials
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What’s been taken out of Windows 7?
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Microsoft has announced with great fanfare all the new features that are in Windows 7, but with a little less fanfare it’s also removed some. Although things aren’t quite as straightforward as they may seem.
On the face of it, Windows Calendar, Contacts, Mail, Movie Maker and Photo Gallery will all now exist as applications in their own right, downloadable from the Windows Live Essentials site.
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