Luckily for all of us in the past few years we have witnessed the launch of quite a few new browsers – browsers that are faster, better, and easier to use than their predecessors. And even though some computer users are looking for the browser with the most add-ons, whistles and bells, if you are searching for a lightweight, super-fast browser, then K-Meleon should be on the top of your list. Freeware (open source), released under the GNU General Public License and based on the Mozilla rendering engine, K-Meleon is easy to use, highly customizable and lightning-fast.

Gladinet Cloud Desktop is a Windows utility, which allows you to mount your cloud storages as local folders. This permits you to access all your files and images, stored on your FTP servers, Google Picasa albums, Google Docs and Amazon S3 folders, Box.net, Windows Live Sky drive and other online storages with a single mouse click from within the Windows Explorer.

We’ve reviewed a lot of browsers, and while many are taking the threat of web page scripts seriously, there are few that really specialise in what is a relatively new field in the security world. NoScript addresses that imbalance by offering up additional protection from malicious code that can work with or without additional internet security.

Download accelerators used to be all the rage back in the days of dialup, especially as many of them introduced features that browsers at the time simply couldn’t do, such as split part downloading and pausing of live downloads. Now the browser market has done some catching up and most people have good broadband connections, are download accelerators a thing of the past? Not if FlashGet has anything to say about it.

TightVNC allows you to administrate a computer remotely. This might not sound like the most exciting thing ever, but it’s actually very useful program with a huge variety of usages. You can use TightVNC for anything from quick technical support to a long lasting solution for people who own more than one computer but don’t want to spend their time running between. Media Centres are a good example of this.

FileZilla Server is an FTP server program. If you don’t know what an FTP server program is, it’s a utility that lets you use your computer as a file server, allowing other people to connect to you and download your files. If you do know what one is, than you owe it to yourself to take a look at FileZilla server, one of the best programs around for setting up and maintaining an FTP server.

Safari is a browser that exists in two different worlds. For Mac users, its right up there with Firefox, but many Windows users have never even heard of the browser. Safari has shown a very small but steady rise in its popularity over the last few years, and while it’s one of the least used of the mainstream browsers, it still packs a punch in terms of features. With Safari 4 recently released, we take a look at what Safari can do for you.