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If you need to prevent an application from running accidentally or would like to disable an application you can’t uninstall, AppLocker provides a simple interface to do so.

Most “Boss Key” programs are of limited utility, functioning more as a panic button than anything else. Clicky Gone is a full featured tool for managing and stashing program windows.

Microsoft recently announced POP3 support for all Hotmail users, finally freeing your email to be used anywhere-even from the vastly superior Gmail.

Tiny portable utility NiftyWindows adds a ton of features that make working with windows easy-so you can move, resize, and even roll up windows without moving your hand off the mouse.

Using the AutoHotkey scripting language we can throw together a tiny script that assigns the Ctrl+Shift+C shortcut key combination to automate coping the text to the clipboard, and then opens your default web browser with the Google search for the selected text.

We Love Torrents, so when you are away from your home computer, and still want to start up any download at a moment’s notice. Solution: Use file-syncing application Dropbox to sync torrents between computers.

If you get excited about the prospect of really, really fast broadband Internet service, here’s a statistic that will make heart race. Or your blood boil. Or both.

Torrents are great, they are the best way to share large files with your friends, or even with people you don’t know at all. But surprisingly enough, not many people create torrents when they need to share something. I have “a lot of” friends who know how to download torrents, but when they need to [...]

Console is a Windows console window enhancement. Console features include: multiple tabs, text editor-like text selection, different background types, alpha and color-key transparency, configurable font, different window styles.

We know you’d never goof around on non-work stuff while you were on the clock, but if you did, it’d be nice if your goofing off tended to (literally) blend right in.