As a BitTorrent n00b myself, I decided to start with BitLord, the client that most people tell me is among the easiest to use. There a couple other clients waiting in the wings that are more feature-laden, but have a steeper learning curve as well. I’m riding this curve with you, so be patient as [...]

For those of you who haven’t heard of the BitTorrent protocol, I’ll take you through a brief introduction. BitTorrent and P2P networks in general spend a lot of time in the news, being demonized, usually, by both the media and venerable organizations such as the RIAA and MPAA. It is claimed, generally, that the [...]

   First we looked at WinPad, which seemed a little short on bling, then we gave NotePad++ a go-round, and bling it had goin’ on, but perhaps it had just a bit too much for some of us? Look no further. For the third review, I took the time to locate a notepad replacement that [...]

  After doing the write-up for WinPad, it occurred to me that any NotePad replacement would not only have to be superior to NotePad, it would have to be superior to WordPad as well, while still remaining small and nimble, or why not just use a full-featured word processor? After all, WordPad isn’t a significant [...]

Hardly a day goes by when I don’t use Notepad, or one of the multitudes of replacements it’s spawned since it debuted in Windows 1.0 back in the early 1980’s. I hear much the same from other people as well. Despite how simple and “underpowered” this little app is, it is arguably one of [...]

The folks over at Crossloop have released a new version of their fabulous remote assistance utility that we reviewed here a while back. As this handy little tool is one of our “Software Suggestions” in the sidebar, we tend to keep an eye on it, and I’m glad we did. Nearly 13 million minutes have [...]

   For our next installment, I chose HydraIRC, an open-source offering that bills itself as a “Professional IRC client”. Like AdiIRC, it started out as one coder’s desire for an IRC client that met all his personal needs. Then, as he says on the site: “..it just became so good so quick everyone else wanted [...]

mIRC is number two on our foray through the world of IRC clients. This is the client I cut my teeth on about 10 years ago when I was first introduced to IRC. mIRC has come a loooong way since then, friends and neighbors. Looking at screenshot of version 2 and looking at it [...]