Dragon Dictation may be one of the most useful free apps we’ve seen for the iPhone. You speak, it transcribes your text and then you decide what to do with the text. From the apps, you can email or text your dictation directly. You can also send the text to the clipboard for other applications....

Recently, Microsoft released Security Essentials their free antivirus and antimalware software. It’s a simplistic program that will compete with the free offerings from AVG, Antivir and Avast. For those on a tight budget or those who run unprotected systems, this successor to Microsoft Live One...

Upgrading from Vista is relatively simply. The steps to upgrade XP are more complicated. You can easily move your program data to the new installation, but programs and their settings are a different matter. Some quick ideas: Get a new hard drive first. This may sound a bit radical, but it has a number...

Traditional antivirus programs block malicious programs. The majority of the crippled systems that we see are running antivirus programs, in some cases very good ones, that didn’t classify the web threat as a “virus.” They can come from legitimate sites too. The best way to deal with...

In two weeks, we’ve recovered data from five PCs. Most of them were home PCs that weren’t backed up. More than 20GB of photos, accounting files and documents would have been lost between the five of them. And that’s why we’re pleading to you now: back your stuff up now. If you...

We spend a lot of time removing bloatware from new PCs. Most systems–even when marketed toward corporate users–include programs that net the PC vendor some cash at the expense of your new box’s performance. One of the first apps to go? Google Desktop. If you’re wondering why,...

Google’s recently started pushing its Chrome browser on its search page. More than an advertisement, it’s making PC users question whether they need it and what benefits it would offer versus Internet Explorer. There are four popular browsers that hold the majority of the web browser market:...