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Cleaning off the crap with CCleaner

Is crap piling up on your hard drive? CCleaner, which stands for Crap Cleaner, is a freeware cleaning tool for Windows that's worth every penny -- and probably about $24.99 more.CCleaner's developer is constantly updating the program (just look at ...

CCleaner 2.0 beta goes portable

We've been using CCleaner to clear off temporary files, cookies, and unused registry settings for years. The program is updated so often that almost every time we load it we're prompted with a message asking if we'd like to download the latest ...

CCleaner adds another C: Chrome cleanup

CCleaner has long been a favorite app of our readers, and its developers continue adding improvements to the already great program. One big addition in the current build is support for Google Chrome, which rounds out CCleaner's ability to tidy up ...

KUninstall is a fast, portable uninstaller app for Windows

There are plenty of utilities for uninstalling Windows applications. I'm particularly fond of Absolute Uninstaller, Revo Uninstaller, and CCleaner. Heck, Windows even has a built in uninstaller, but it tends to be slow and has a habit of leaving ...

Clean your registry and junk files with WiseCleaner

It's amazing how much junk your PC accumulates just by running for a few months, or even days. Perform a fresh install of Windows, add a few programs, remove a programs, and you'll see what we mean. Even if you only run a few applications, odds are ...

Advanced WindowsCare v2: Repair, protect, and optimize your PC

PC running sluggishly? We know the feeling. Enter Advanced WindowsCare v2 Personal, another new entry in the "one-step scan and optimization of your PC" arena. Similar to CCleaner (though lacking a few of CCleaner's extras), Advanced WindowsCare v2 ...

Defraggler drops a beta, picks up 64-bit support

Defraggler, a free Defrag utility from Piriform, the makers of CCleaner and Recuva has released a new beta. Unlike the default windows defragmenter, Defraggler allows you to defrag individual files or folders. Often, if a program isn't running ...

Clean your cache, browser history, etc with CleanAfterMe

NirSoft has released an updated version of CleanAfterMe, a free Windows system cleaning utility. The program lets you select from a list of locations where Windows tends to store a ton of files. Cleaning these files out can both free up some disk ...

Portable Little Registry Cleaner tidies up Windows registry clutter

Like the dark corners of your C: drive, your Windows registry can accumulate quite a bit of clutter. Little Registry Cleaner is on the job, ready to locate registry refuse and dispose of it. The application weighs in at just over 1mb and is fully ...

Free tools for optimizing the Windows registry

Ah, the registry--can't live with it, can't delete it. There are ways, though, to slim it down, give it a little polish, and give your system a little boost. Most of those ways are distressingly un-free, but Email Battles has a nice post about a trio ...

Cleano cleans your temp files every time you login

Cleano is a free Windows utility that helps you keep your hard drive clean by deleting your temp files, run history, Internet explorer files, and other data. What sets Cleano apart from other utilities like CCleaner is its simple layout and a nifty ...

5 great program downloaders and updaters for Windows

One big ease-of-use advantage Linux distributions have over Windows is the process of installing and updating applications - thanks to repositories and software like Debian's apt-get. Running Windows doesn't mean that you can't easily maintain your ...

Keep your PC clean with nCleaner

If you run Windows, your operating system, web browsers, and other applications have a tendency to tie up system resources with all sorts of "temporary" files that never seem to get deleted. nCleaner helps you remove thousands of unnecessary files ...

Recuva files you accidentally deleted

I've never really had much use for programs that let you recover deleted files. I remember back in my DOS days, struggling with undelete programs and always being disappointed when a Word document I recovered was filled with errors. Well, times ...

Remove unwanted programs with Revo Uninstaller

You know how when you uninstall Windows software you always wind up with a few leftover files and entries in the windows registry? You could skip the Control Panel and use a program like CCleaner to remove programs and then perform periodic ...

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The World's Hardest Game 2.0 - Time Waster

So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do. Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game. The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...

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