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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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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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SurfEasy review: Fast speeds, unjustifiable price tag
SurfEasy offers a reasonable price for the first year and the speeds are good. But barring that, we can't recommend this VPN in its current state.
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PDF Candy review: A feature-packed free PDF editor
With an impressive set of 44 tools, PDF Candy can take care of most PDF-editing tasks.
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IVPN Pro review: VPN privacy gets a huge boost
Recent updates to IVPN help it excel at anonymity and privacy, but it's pricey.
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PC Matic 4.0 review: Healing is still holistic, but with a new coat of paint
PC Matic 4.0 isn't your average antivirus suite, but the integrated approach of optimization and security, as well as very good pricing, make this suite an interesting option.
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VeePN Review: Passable speeds and crazy-good five-year deal
Newcomer VeePN features a Double VPN, Netflix support, and workable speeds.
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AceVPN.com Ultimate review: No desktop app, but that’s not its biggest problem
AceVPN.com has been around for a while, but it still needs a lot of work.
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Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review: All of Android for somewhat less
The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra is less expensive than the S20 Ultra, and it's still Samsung's best and most full-featured phone to date. It is very big, though.
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G Data Total Security review: The best antivirus app you’ve never heard of
Germany-based G Data's Total Security premium suite has all the features you need in a well-organized app, with relatively fair pricing.
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Samsung Galaxy S21 review: A premium phone that’s a great value
The Samsung Galaxy S21 isn't a huge upgrade over the S20, but it makes smart sacrifices to reach its best price in years
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PureVPN review: Now with a new app and streaming-service support
We like the changes PureVPN has made in the last couple years, but virtual servers are still part of its mix.
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ClearVPN review: The stream is the thing
This new service from MacPaw focuses on what you want to do with a VPN rather than where you want to do it.
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Google Pixel 4a 5G review: Stuck in the middle
The Google Pixel 4a 5G is a fine phone placed in an awkward position—sandwiched between the budget Pixel 4a and the premium Pixel 5.
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Reviewed: Windows 10 October 2020 Update inches in the right direction
Microsoft's fall update to Windows 10, the Windows 10 October 2020 Update (20H2), improves the Alt+Tab functionality, makes the Start menu less attractive, and makes the new Edge browser official.
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Gatekeeper Two-Factor Authentication review: Needs a consumer-grade overhaul
The Gatekeeper login and 2FA system from Untethered Labs is an interesting device, but this product needs consumer-grade modifications.
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OnePlus 8T review in progress: Return to a winning formula
The 8T is just what Android and OnePlus fans need to close out 2020.
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Office 2019 vs. Office 365: Microsoft Office plans compared
Microsoft offers two Office flavors: Office 2019 standalone software, or Microsoft 365 subscirption. They differ in apps and support. Here's how to decide between the two.
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