FREE WINDOWS PROGRAMS
Posted on December 16th, 2015 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
A reader reminded us of a great website for software freebies: NiNite.
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FREE UNLIMITED PHOTO STORAGE
Posted on February 7th, 2015 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Flickr gives you a terabyte of photo storage, but now Amazon Prime members get unlimited storage on the free Amazon “Cloud Drive.”
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THE DIGITAL CLOSET
Posted on October 11th, 2014 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Microsoft has doubled the amount of online storage you can get for your phone, tablet, PC or Mac. It’s now 30 gigabytes. To get started, go to onedrive.live.com and choose your device. If you have Windows 8.1, it’s already installed.
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LIGHTNING FAST
Posted on June 4th, 2014 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
We’re going to need a Thunderbolt connection just to share all those photos. Thunderbolt is lightning fast connection developed for Apple. Some new PCs from HP and Asus will have it too, and fairly soon there will be Thunderbolt cards you can plug into the motherboard of older PCs.
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OH THEFT, WHERE IS THEY BLING
Posted on April 28th, 2014 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
So the one-day sale Of Google’s Internet connected glasses resulted in one-day thefts. They all sold out in five hours, at $1500 apiece. The thefts took place a few minutes later. (They look like glasses but Google calls them “glass.” This may be in preparation for the return of wearing a monocle as a fashion statement.)
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GOOGLE DRIVE EXPANDS TO 15 GIGABYTES FREE
Posted on April 4th, 2014 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Drive.Google.com –Google Drive now offers 15 gigabytes of free storage, or 100 gigabytes for $2 a month, or $10 a month for a terabyte.
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FINDING DUPLICATE FILES
Posted on August 27th, 2013 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
“Dupeless 3” is the new version of a small program for getting rid of duplicate files. It’s $8 from PC Magazine’s Utility Library or free for members who pay $20 for a year’s worth of programs. We paid.
Dupeless 3 removes the duplicates and you have some control over the situation. You can search by file name, content, or both. You can limit the types of files, such as photos or documents. Restricting the search is a good idea, otherwise the program shows you too many files that are part of the operating system.
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NEED MORE STORAGE SPACE?
Posted on July 23rd, 2013 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Windows “Ultrabooks” are thin, fast competitors to the Macbook Air. They usually come with relatively small solid-state drives (SSD) that use the same technology as so-called thumb or flash drives. Typically they hold around 128 gigabytes. That’s not half as much as a typical Windows laptop, but there’s a way to extend it.
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BUNCH A FREEBIES
Posted on March 9th, 2013 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Dozens of free programs have been collected in one place at NiNite.com. You can install them all in one swoop if you want. Check off the boxes for the freebies you want and click “download installer.” The rest takes place automatically.
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A THOUSAND PHOTOS STORED FREE
Posted on January 19th, 2013 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
ThisLife.com offers free photo storage for 1000 photos or 100 gigabytes of files for $3 a month. It can import photos from any other site or folder, and use keyword searches to find particular shots — if you have previously labeled those shots with an identifying word (It’s not magic, you know).
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