Navigating files and folders in Windows has – it’s true – become easier with each successive release, but there’s still one major problem that’s never been addressed by Microsoft: the single folder view. Despite the existence of the Favorites Bar, copying or moving files from one folder to another usually involves opening two separate folder […]
Month: February 2026
Desktop Software
Feb 24, 2026
Advanced SystemCare 19.5.0.231
Without regular maintenance, your once fast PC is liable to grind to a crawl and become frustrating to use. Things might even slow down to the point that you think it’s time to invest in a new computer – but this is probably not necessary. With IObit Advanced SystemCare you have everything you need to […]
Internet Tools
Feb 20, 2026
OnionShare 2.6.5
OnionShare is an open-source Tor-based tool for sharing files securely and anonymously. Rather than using public servers (from companies such as Google Drive, DropBox, WeTransfer) to host your files for sharing, OnionShare uses the ‘DarkNet’, meaning no-one knows where they are hosted, sourced or who supplied them originally. This is powered by the popular Tor […]
Desktop Software
Feb 15, 2026
AIDA64 Extreme Edition 8.35.8400
AIDA64 is a powerful system information, benchmarking and diagnostic tool that can provide a host of information about the current state of your PC. The program is able to tell you a great deal about your PCs hardware, for instance, without you having to open the case. Motherboard model, CPU type and speed, chipset details, […]
Internet Tools
Feb 9, 2026
Betterbird for macOS 153.1.0Recommended
Think open-source email client, and Mozilla’s Thunderbird comes to mind, but despite resuming development after years of neglect, there are still frustrations with the project. Betterbird is one of several forks designed to address these issues, with the added cachet of being run by the man who maintained Thunderbird while it was on life support. […]
Internet Tools
Feb 7, 2026
Biscuit 2.1.0Recommended
We now all use so many online services that using a traditional web browser has become something of a nightmare. If you don’t want to have to keep typing URLs or clicking bookmarks, you probably have a large number of tabs open for you email, your social networks, you chat tools and numerous other things. […]
System Tools
Feb 1, 2026
SysGauge 13.4.12
SysGauge launches much like any other PC system monitor. Choose one of the usual counters (CPU usage, memory usage, disk activity, disk transfer rate, network transfer rate), its current, average and minimum values are displayed, and a line graph shows how your counter is changing in real time. What’s interesting is that these aren’t the […]
Office & Business
Feb 1, 2026
Rambox 2.7.0
If you’re the kind of person who runs with multiple tools and services running alongside regular apps, switching between them can becoming quickly annoying as windows overlap and you struggle to find enough screen space to house them all. A second display can help, of course, but what if you’re looking to group related items […]