Inkscape is a cross-platform vector-based graphics application, which can be used for creating graphics, logos, diagrams, icons, maps and many more. Inkscape was released for a first time in 2003 and has been under constant development ever since; it offers features that can be found in similar commercial software and it aims to be more user friendly, while still supporting advanced SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics )features. The tool also allows the end-user to import many popular formats such as JPEG, BMP, PNG, EPS and TIFF and export PNG file formats.

Saving passwords in text files on your computer’s hard drive is unsafe; your computer can be infected by malicious software and all your usernames and passwords can get into the hands of hacker, spammers or criminals. Of course, simply writing your login details in your notebook is also unwise, which is why you can use Password Safe – a tool that stores all your sensitive data, securely encrypted, on your hard drive. With Password Safe you will have to remember just one single “master” password and you will never have to worry about getting your important passwords stolen.

No matter what email client or service you use, you are likely to have your inbox bombarded with spam messages: they can range from solicitations to malicious viruses that can do real damage to your computer and steal some of your private information. In order to prevent these messages getting to your computer, you need a program that is able to intercept them before them before they reach your hard drive and this is exactly what MailWasher Free does.

PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery is data recovery software, which supports NTFS and FAT 121632 file systems and can recover files in more than 20 popular file formats. The tool can retrieve lost data that has been accidentally deleted or damaged due to system failure, malicious viruses or other reasons; it recovers the files with their original time stamp even when the header entry is not available. PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery is capable of recovering lost data not only from hard drives, but also from memory sticks, USB flash, external disks, Smartmedia™ and other similar devices.

Powerresizer makes working with multiple windows extremely easy and lets you maximize your desktop space; even though some of its functionalities are built-in in Windows 7, it comes with additional features that make working with numerous windows much easier.

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.

GoodSync is a backup/synchronisation package that allows you to keep up to date backups of any files you choose with just a few buttons. The program has been around for many years now and with each release it gains more and more features. We take a look at the latest version to see exactly what GoodSync is capable of.

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.