Posted on January 7th, 2013 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Our readers like free and so do we. Here are a few of our favorites. The free VLC Media Player from Download.com is great for playing back audio and video files that your computer can’t handle. The audio files Joy recorded on her new Android smartphone, for example, weren’t playable on the PC. But the VLC player handled them easily on both Mac and PC. To make and send the recording, she tapped “attachment” from the phone’s email window and then “Voice recorder.” She tested it by interviewing Bob about the stock market. Our two favorite free security apps have versions for Windows or Mac. Anti-Malware from Malwarebytes.org is a great program for blocking and getting rid of spyware. To [...]
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Posted on October 23rd, 2012 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
A reader with an image problem loved our suggestion that he download “Screen Hunter,” a free program for capturing anything you see on your screen.
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Posted on August 18th, 2011 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
The easiest way to get help in solving a problem on your computer is to let a helper see your screen and take over the computer from afar. TeamViewer is a free program …
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Posted on July 29th, 2009 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Screen Hunter is a free screen capture program from download.com.
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Posted on May 25th, 2009 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Create training videos with CaptureWiz, or capture video off the web.
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Posted on January 11th, 2009 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
So many programs, so little time. Let’s start the New Year with what we consider the best of the best. By that we mean the programs we found to be the most useful over the years, the ones we use all the time.
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Posted on July 27th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
SnagIt is a Windows program that lets you capture anything you see on the computer screen, including video clips, even if they have been protected against copying.
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Posted on September 9th, 2007 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
We’ve been big fans of TechSmith’s screen capture program Camtasia for creating training and educational videos, but we were bowled over by a new one: Captivate 3 from Adobe.
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Posted on July 12th, 2007 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
The latest version of “ALLCapture” has a new memory manager that allows you to capture computer screens in real time, without slowing the computer’s operation.
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