Most people know about ZIP and RAR, two forms of compression that can make large files much smaller to make them easier to transfer over the net. It’s pretty impossible to use the net for long without running into a ZIP file, but about a 7-Zip file? If you’re curious, or if you’ve just downloaded a file that ends in .7z and want to know what’s going on – read on!

If you’re tired of Windows Media Player, PowerDVD and all the other resource hungry players out there, you might want to take a look at this next review – VLC is hands down the best media player for Windows and Linux. Not only is it free and lightweight, it supports a much wider range of features and codec support than many of it’s peers. We take a look at everything the player offers.

FileZilla is a FTP program that allows you to do all of the usual uploading and downloading from FTP servers such as your own website or file archives. FileZilla is one of the most popular FTP programs on the net, and it’s easy to see why.

GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program, which is a fancy way of saying it’s a freeware photo editor.

uTorrent is a freeware bittorrent client for Microsoft Windows and Max OS X. It is lightweight, feature rich and powerful.

Pidgin is an open source Instant Messaging (IM) program that allows you to logon to  multiple chat networks such as AIM, ICQ and MSN using a single program. It also works for ‘chatroom’ software such as Yahoo chat and Internet Relay Chat (IRC).

Firefox is a free web browser offered by Mozilla. It’s an open source software that was derived from the Mozilla Application Suite. The newest Firefox application is Version 3 and offers much more security, speed, and features than you will ever find in Internet Explorer, which is why it’s one of the most preferred browsers of webmasters and web developers.

Radio has always provided us good entertainment since it was discovered decades ago. With the coming of the TV a lot of people surmised the inevitable death of Radio. But this entertainment medium has evolved and even co-existed with TV. Now there are still FM radio stations that provide musical entertainment and news to all of its loyal listeners. But the coming of the internet became another threat to the existence of radio.

Have you ever had a problem deleting a file? You get an error saying the file is in use and cannot be deleted?

What is KillBox?
KillBox is a tool to delete in-use files. If the file is running, KillBox will attempt to end the process (close the running file) and delete it. For more difficult files that have loaded .dll’s or are services, Delete on Reboot will use the native Windows function of deleting or replacing in-use files.

As you might know Windows has a tendency to get slower over time.

CCleaner is a tool designed to reduce this effect by deleting files that you don’t need and removing invalid entries in the registry. After running CCleaner you can expect to have a faster and more reliable computer, you’ll even get more disc space!