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Keeper review: The security-enthusiast’s password manager
While the popular password manager has made some welcome user-friendly updates, the integrity of your login credentials is still its top priority.
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Sync.com review: Superb, simple online device sync and backup
Sync.com boasts end-to-end security, web browser operation, and local software for both syncing your data across devices and backing up data you don't want shared elsewhere.
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Dashlane review: The best password manager around
With its top-notch password auditing, Dashlane teaches you to better protect yourself online.
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Windows Security review: Basic but effective protection built into Windows
The days of scoffing at Windows free, built-in virus protection are long over. It's good to see Windows Security get even more refined over time.
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Bitdefender Password Manager review: Straightforward security
Bitdefender Password Manager lacks the capabilities of more established password managers, but provides an easy way to keep your credentials safe.
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Hi-Fi Rush is a colorful beat-em-up that lacks variety, but oozes personality
With rythm-based combat and smooth cartoon visuals, Bethesda's Hi-Fi Rush is a refreshing change of pace
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Bluehost review: Great-value web hosting for first-time site owners
With a very low entry fee, a newbie friendly setup process, and a solid array of features, Bluehost offers a lot to new website owners in particular.
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iDrive review: Excellent online backup, sharing, and more
iDrive offers online storage, sharing, backup, and more. Unless you want the functionality of an office suite, online services don't get any more comprehensive.
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LastPass review: This virtual vault makes password protection effortless
LastPass remains the standard by which all other password managers are judged.
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F-Secure Safe review: Effective, comprehensive AV at a friendly price
F-Secure packs a lot of extras into its Safe antivirus offering such as ID protection, password management, and parental controls. Despite this, it remains very simple to use.
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Perfect Backup review: Perfect? No, but darn close
Free programs as easy to use and as versatile as Perfect Backup don't come down the pike often. With support for network, FTP, and online destinations, it's also far more capable than you might expect.
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ShadowProtect SPX review: Highly effective continuous backup with virtual perks
Continuous data protection doesn't get any faster or more reliable than Arcsoft's ShadowProtect SPX. With support for virtual machines and reliable disaster recovery, it's a good fit for SMB and IT types.
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Windows File History review: Free, effective continuous data protection
Windows own File History is all most users need to keep their vital data backed up, but with version 11, Microsoft has made backing up data not found in the standard system libraries less intuitive.
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Swifdoo PDF review: Essential features and easy to use
This Windows desktop PDF editor provides everything you're likely to need for working in PDFs at a fraction of the price of the big brands.
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Bitwarden review: This ultra-affordable password manager has few restrictions
Bitwarden's generous free plan and inexpensive paid service helps it stand out among more polished rivals.
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Genie Timeline 10 Home review: Time Machine-like backup for Windows
If you've envied the easy backup of Apple's Time Machine, you as a Windows user can have the next-best thing in Genie Timeline 10 Home. It's great for protecting your PC's files with a minimum of fuss.
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PDF Studio Pro: Now with new productivity hacks
Qoopa's already-solid PDF editor benefits from automated actions and other enhancements.
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Paragon Backup & Recovery: Fantastic file-level backup for free
You'd be hard pressed to find a better free solution for backing up your files than Paragon's Backup & Recovery. If you choose compression, it's the standard ZIP format, and you can use Microsoft's nearly universally supported VHDs as containers so you don't need the program to browse and recover files.
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PDF Expert review: A full-featured PDF editor for Apple devices
If you're all-in on Apple's ecosystem, this is the PDF editor for you, allowing seamless integration among Macs, iPhones, and iPads. Read on to learn more.
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Grid Studio's beautiful gadget art is taxidermy for geeks
Grid Studio's meticulously dissected Game Boy Advance brings a touch of class to my nerdy interior decoration.
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RemotePC by iDrive review: The big dog of remote desktop and backup
Remote desktop services don't come any more robust than this product by iDrive, the online backup company. In fact, iDrive has melded it remote desktop software with its online storage service for backups.
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Into the Breach's free Advanced Edition makes a great game even better
Into the Breach's new Advanced Edition adds a ton of variety, and it's a free update.
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ShadowMaker 3.6 review: Fast imaging, sync, and disaster recovery
MiniTool's ShadowMaker, one of our favorite free backup programs, is much improved, more powerful, and considerably more expensive in its paid tiers.
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TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge is a near-perfect beat-em-up time machine
80s and 90s kids who can recite the Ninja Rap need to experience TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge right now.
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EaseUS ToDo Backup 2022 review: New interface, same excellent capabilities
With some new capabilities and a revamped user interface, ToDo Backup 2022 cements its position as one of our favorite backup programs. There's a free version that covers the basics as well as an affordable annual version with optional online storage.
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Sejda review: A free PDF editor that puts function over frills
If you PDF editing needs are modest, Sejda is capable of dozens of common PDF tasks, and holds its own against paid PDF tools.
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Microsoft Word PDF editor review: The popular word processor makes editing PDF text a breeze
Word provides all the tools you need to modify PDF text and images, but it may struggle with more complex documents.
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PDF Bob review: This online PDF editor offers little beyond the basics
You can add elements and annotate files, but an inability to modify with existing text will limit this editor's appeal.
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Panda Dome Complete review: The antivirus for feature seekers
Panda Dome Complete offers good protection and a ton of features.
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Smallpdf review: A basic tool for basic tasks
This free online tool is great for converting and making simple changes to PDF files, but look elsewhere for serious annotation abilities.
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Chrome Remote Desktop review: Free, versatile remote access for Google-ites
Google's Chrome Remote Desktop leverages the Chrome browser's functionality for remote access to your computers, as well as single-session support. Because it's browser-based, it supports numerous platforms, and is the only solution we know of for Chrome OS.
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GoToMyPC review: Portal-based remote access software for small business
The venerable GoToMyPC is one of the easiest remote desktop options for end users. It's reliable and affordable for regular use with a PC or two, but gets pricey if you go beyond that.
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Apple Preview review: Your Mac has a solid PDF editor hidden in this image app
Mac users might not know that they have a fee PDF editor at their fingertips embedded in the macOS image editor. That's a shame since it offers a full set of editing and markup tools that can handle most PDF tasks.
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TeamViewer review: Easy, free remote connectivity software
TeamViewer is the easiest free remote connectivity software on the planet. Download it (both parties), run it, and you can help a friend fix their computer's software problems or have them help you with yours.
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Retrospect Solo 18.5 review: Effective, reliable backup, with new anti-ransomware features
One of the most effective backup programs on the market will now ward off ransomware attacks on your backups thanks to anomaly detection and support for immutable data in online repositories.
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Adobe Acrobat Pro review: Still the gold standard
Adobe's PDF editor is as feature-packed as ever, with the addition of more affordable subscription pricing.
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PDF Reader Pro review: A lightweight Windows app for basic editing needs
This freebie makes it easy to edit, annotate, and share documents, but it lacks advanced functions.
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PDFelement Professional review: A full-featured Acrobat Alternative
With a refreshed interface, this elegant PDF editor makes it even easier to modify, secure, and share documents.
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PDF Complete Office Edition 4.2 review: A quietly capable PDF editor
This solid Acrobat alternative has all the editing and review tools you need along with great support options.
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OVPN review: An excellent VPN with a focus on privacy
Sweden-based OVPN is an excellent choice for speed and privacy. Read our review for more details.
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Ivacy VPN review: How much do you value transparency?
Ivacy offers average speeds, a cleanly designed app, and a few helpful features like split tunneling, but it's also frustratingly tight-lipped about who runs the company.
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3 free compression tools for easy file zipping
WinZip and WinRAR are great, but if you'd rather hang on to your $30, check out these free alternatives. Each of them can do basic file zipping and unzipping without making you unzip your wallet.
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Perfect Privacy VPN review: Speedy, secretive, antiquated
Perfect Privacy is in our top 5 VPNs for speeds, but the company would rather not say who's in charge and the interface needs an overhaul. Read on for the details.
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HMA Pro review: Good speeds, new app
HMA continues to deliver with its VPN speeds and server count, but that privacy policy could be better.
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IvyBackup review: Promising, open format, but not quite ready for prime time
IvyBackup uses open-standard file containers (Zip and VHD) and allows local/online destinations. But it's a tad pricey for basic backup and needs better error-handling.
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VPN Unlimited review: A useful app with minimal options
KeepSolid's VPN is simple, the speeds are fine, and the price is right, including a crazy lifetime offer.
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Microsoft Surface Duo 2 review: Better, but still buggy
Microsoft's Surface Duo 2 certainly feels like a productivity phone that no other smartphone manufacturer can really compete with. But it's still buggy, and still can't quite measure up to the basic requirements of a premium smartphone.
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Witopia PersonalVPN review: Good speeds, good service, and an improved app
Witopia's PersonalVPN has a revamped Windows app and solid service. Read our full review for the details.
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