Your hard disk is the most important part of your PC. It contains all your saved data and applications but like anything, wear and tear takes its toll especially if it’s left on 24 hours a day.
If you want to know the true state of your hard disk, then HD Workbench can help. The program uses your drive’s Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) which can detect possible read-write failures in your units before they happen.
The program comes equipped with a series of utilities that continually examine your hard drive’s surface and sectors. If it detects a failure, it will try to correct the defective sectors but if it’s too serious, it will offer solutions such as the possibility of recovering data by cloning the disk. If you’re worried that your hard drive is on it’s last legs, you should definitely use HD Workbench to confirm your worst fears.
Cyndicate is a desktop RSS reader with a clever name which lets you organize your news feeds any way you want. Share them, add labels, flag them, add ratings, Cyndicate empowers you to do whatever you want. To better organize your feeds you can also create filters and arrange them into smart folders for the pane on the left side of the interface.
You probably think that an online photo album is pretty much the best you can do with your digital pictures, or maybe one of those slideshows with background music and transition effects. Well, forget about digital albums, they’re just out of date. Digital photography and software development can now produce stunning results like this three-dimensional visit to the 
Despite not being an actual 3D environment where you can freely move around, this amazing photo composition enables you to see almost every single detail of the scene, from the cameras controlling the cockpit entrance to the ground personnel doing their work beside the big white spaceship.
The Apocalyptic Game About Penguins, or TAGAP for short, is a fun mixture of 2D classic platform games with some 3D elements and lots of frantic action. Playing the role of Pablo the penguin, you’re assigned the simple task of saving the world from the hands of a mad scientist. Load up your guns and get ready for the penguin battle!
When I first walked into a casino hoping for a Bond girl I was given a free tuna sandwich and a cup of cold coffee. I then lost £40 watching a ping-pong ball drop on red not black. The truth, I found, is casinos are neither glamorous nor fun. However, games like Poker, BlackJack and roulette can be rather addictive. Just ask my friend Paul.
I’ve never been a big believer in astrology but it’s always a lot of fun hearing what my sign has in store. I certainly enjoyed playing around with some of Softonic’s section for astrology software although I won’t be banking my future on some of the results.
Getting lost in a new city used to be integral to the holidaying experience, but not any more because, tourists, the world has moved on. In fact if you get lost in a new city these days it’s probably because you’ve been drinking too much of the local liquor. No, nowadays there’s no excuse for spending hours looking at churches or bumping into museums. There are enough handy maps, timetables and city guides to fill a large suitcase.
Adobe are behind some of the most important technologies and applications in modern computing. Much like Google and Microsoft, it’s difficult to imagine a normal working day which doesn’t involve using at least one of their products. Blog posts like 
OK, so my stomach has just about recovered from the pummeling it took in Asia (or was that from my local curry house this weekend?) and I’ve arrived in the land down under for the next stage of my great Google Earth world tour. My first stop on this visit had to be one of the continent’s most recognised landmarks, 
Video DJing, ie the art of mixing music with images, is certainly tricky to master. Cell VJ gives you loads of visual effects to associate with your DJ sets. Tweak the speed and transitions for your images and learn to associate the right images with the right music. Although probably more suited to music lovers with some mixing experience, Cell VJ is accessible to anyone, if your willing to play around with it for a bit.