With SmartPic you can dress up your e-mail messages or Word documents with emoticons of all kinds. The program offers hundreds of smileys and cartoons displayed in a tree view (Funny, Sad, Holidays and Love, etc). You simply select an image and it is instantly pasted into a new message. You can also form a group of your favorite smileys for easy access. On top of it, SmartPic also lets you design your own balloon-smileys. Read the full review.
PhotoRestorer will help you out if you’ve accidentally deleted some image files from your camera or flash driver. The software is easy to use: you simply plug in your flash driver or digital camera, determine a folder to put restored files in and click the Find button. After the operation is complete, the program opens the folder with restored images. Unfortunately, PhotoRestorer cannot be called an absolute lifesaver, as the program only recovers files you deleted recently. Read the full review.
If you want to prevent your children from working at the computer for long hours, Ez OFF 2.001 is an effective tool to do so without unnecessary negotiations with your children. Its modern user-friendly interface lets you schedule the work time of your PC for each day of the week. You can either choose a precise shutdown time or set a countdown timer. It is also convenient that you can create a custom notification and set the time when it appears on the screen. Read the full review.
USBDeview is a small freeware app that lets you view details about USB devices that anybody ever used with your PC. The program does not require installation and is very easy to use. Just double-click the .exe file and see the list of all USB devices that were previously or are currently connected to your computer. The program also provides details about each USB device, such as its description and type, product ID, serial number (for mass storage devices), etc. The software also lets you uninstall USB devices you used before and safely disconnect the ones that are currently connected to your PC. Read the full review.
If you feel your reading speed can be faster, try out Bullet Reader. The software teaches you to speed read by giving you a variety of reading drills and eye exercises to expand your field of view and improve your concentration. Before starting the drills you take a reading test, and the program adjusts its speed according to your results to keep the difficulty level high enough to challenge you. Bullet Reader strikes us as a solid tool that can help you increase your reading speed. Read the full review.
