FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT By Deanna McElveen Some programs stand the test of time like a fine wine, while other programs last about as long as potato salad. Today, we’ll take a peek at a 20-year-old file-copy program that hasn’t been updated in 15 of those years — because it doesn’t need to be updated. Roadkil’s Unstoppable […]

FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT By Deanna McElveen There are plenty of RSS readers out there to give you the latest news and info from your favorite websites. But wouldn’t it be neat to have that info scroll across your desktop like a Times Square news ticker? Desktop Ticker by UK developer Mike Batt does just that. You […]

ISSUE 22.37 • 2025-09-15 FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT By Deanna McElveen Sometimes we get a little help from one of our daughters when she’s not too busy. We like to set up a temporary email account for her on our server and an email client to handle only those emails. It just makes things easier for us, […]

FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT By Deanna McElveen If you’ve ever watched Seinfeld, you probably remember the bit where George spots a perfectly good éclair sitting at the top of the trash in his girlfriend’s mother’s kitchen and takes a bite of it. That’s me. I would take a bite. The stuff in my Windows trash (aka Recycle […]

FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT By Deanna McElveen The folders containing my pictures are named according to their contents, but I want to rename the photos to include some extra information in the name. Is that too much to ask? Apparently not. FocusOn Renamer by Pintosoft (made portable by OlderGeeks.com) is just what I need! Let me show […]

FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT By Deanna McElveen The oldest audio recordings occurred during the late 1800s (one of my daughters has a PhD in music, so I checked). But do you know when the newest audio recordings will happen? That’s right — today. Many of you have probably used the popular audio recorder and editor Audacity. As […]

FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT By Deanna McElveen With the age of social media and smartphones in full swing, there’s a never-ending supply of emojis to get our point across when arguing with people we’ve never met. But what about just writing on your computer, using your favorite word processor or email program? If you want to add […]

FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT By Deanna McElveen There are so many file types for images these days — from cameras, phones, and security cameras to trail cameras, patient portals, and children’s toys. My husband’s three drones save still images in three different file types! On top of all that, there are animated-image file types such as PNG, […]

FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT By Deanna McElveen By now, you probably have dozens — if not hundreds — of passwords saved in your Web browser. Those created by your browser are super strong. But some are a pet’s name with maybe a number or two thrown in. Today we are going to accomplish two things. First, we’ll […]