Tag Archives: Software

Free accounting software from Microsoft

This has been sitting in my “To blog” folder for months: Office Accounting Express 2008 (U.K. version). Microsoft® Office Accounting Express 2008 is an essential, easy-to-use tool for managing your home-based business. With the look and feel of familiar Microsoft … Continue reading

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UpdateStar

PC Plus magazine (Issue 273, October 2008) had an On test roundup of upgrading software: applications that check what software you have installed and whether there’s a newer version available. UpdateStar scored highest with 4/5.  I’m going to give it … Continue reading

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Software developers to be held accountable for insecure software

Interesting news item on the PC Pro News website: Lords want sloppy software makers held to account. The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee is renewing calls for software developers to be held legally liable for security flaws. Nice … Continue reading

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Qumana woes

Well, I was going to make this a really cool first post from Qumana, the easy to use desktop blog editor … but I can’t get it to connect to any of my WordPress.com accounts (I currently have nine!). I … Continue reading

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Things that annoy me when installing software

Here’s area a few things that really annoy me when installing new software on Windows. Applications that: Add their icons to the QuickLaunch toolbar in Windows. Yes! I’m looking at you iTunes and QuickTime. Fill up my My Documents folder … Continue reading

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RCL for DLS?

I do wish that the Libronix Digital Library System (Libronix DLS) which is the engine behind my Bible software package (Nelson’s Ultimate Bible Reference) had a built-in module for displaying the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL). It looks like there is … Continue reading

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Regular expressions

Last week I ordered The Definitive Guide to Apache mod_rewrite by Rich Bowen on Amazon UK. It arrived today, and I’m nearly one third through it already.  It’s a really well written, easy to read book about that mysterious “Swiss … Continue reading

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Paint Shop Pro Photo magazine

I bought the first issue of the Corel Official Paint Shop Pro Photo magazine today. It looks pretty good.  Inspiring.

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Create Web 2.0 icons

Axialis IconWorkshop is great for creating Web 2.0 icons. I liked it so much I bought the … software.

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RocketDock

RocketDock looks quite cool. Assuming that you want that Mac-like interface dock thingy on your Windows desktop. Which I don’t. But you might.

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