Category: Internet Tools

Black Menu for Google is a straightforward Chrome extension which makes it easier to access commonly-used Google services. The program adds an icon to the right of the search bar, and clicking it displays a menu of Google tools: Search, Google+, Translate, Maps, Play, YouTube, News, Gmail, Drive and Calendar. Moving your mouse cursor over […]

Many people are happy to stick with the default browser set up when they fire up their computer for the first time, which means Edge if you’re a Windows 10 user and Safari if you’re on an Apple Mac. Both browsers have improved massively in recent years, but part of that improvement is down to […]

Telegram is a free instant messaging app which works on all your devices: Android, iOS, PC, Mac, Linux, Windows Phone, and there’s a web version to cover everything else. You can have the app running simultaneously, everywhere, if you like– Telegram automatically keeps everything in sync. Chats can be simple, just you and one or […]

Brave is a web browser that prides itself on the privacy and security it offers users. it boasts that not only is it three times faster than Chrome, but also that it offers “better protection from Google and Big Tech”. There is a slight irony to this as the browser is based on the same […]

The BitTorrent protocol provides one of the fastest ways to download large files from the internet, but to take advantage of it you need to install a torrent client. Transmission is one such client and it benefits from an extremely small resource footprint as well as the fact that it is incredibly easy to use. […]

Everyone needs a password manager – and these days they’re ten-a-penny, offering most of the core functionality you need from easy secure password management and generation to integration into your browser and ability to sync across multiple devices. What makes Bitwarden worthy of your attention then? For us, the fact it’s open-source is a major […]

FrostWire is a P2P file sharing program for the Gnutella network, and based on the LimeWire source code. A simple search tool makes it easy to look for particular videos, audio files, images, documents or programs. Or you can just click the Torrents tab and enter any keyword that might appear in your target torrent […]

Despite the sheer number of browsers on the market, look under the hood and you’ll find virtually all of them are powered by a single browser engine. The major exception is Mozilla’s Firefox, which is powered by its own Gecko browser engine, and has long been a favourite of privacy-first browser enthusiasts. But what happens […]

There is no shortage of programs that can be used to download torrents, but BitComet has a combination of features which make it worth checking out. As well as support for standard torrent files, the program can make use of magnet links and downloads that have been paused can be quickly resumed without the need […]

Thunderbird is an email client from Mozilla, the organisation better known for the Firefox web browser which has a great deal to offer. In addition to handling multiple email accounts, the program can also be used to subscribe to RSS feeds and access online newsgroups and a new tabbed interface makes it easy to jump […]