It’s easy to get caught up in the Mac’s App Store trying different applications, and an hour into browsing having spent $100 for a handful of applications, only to find out only one of them is something that you would actually use. There’s actually an easy way to try many of the paid applications for free.
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How to Try Mac App Store Applications for Free
5 More Linux Games You Probably Haven’t Played
Linux is not known for gaming, and when most people think of Linux games, they think of a few free and open source games that are good but not numerous. Nevertheless, there is a growing pool of free and commercial independent gaming developers who are pushing the envelope by offering their games on multiple platforms, including Linux.
They are available for purchase and download right over the Internet (often DRM-free), and some of them are pretty high quality. Here are five more you might not have played but are definitely worth giving a try.
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Download MP3 For Free, Right From Your Desktop
Downloading MP3 from the Web is never an easy task. You have to search Google for your favorite song, find the correct site that comes with a proper download link and also constantly in fear that RIAA will come knocking your door. While we have covered 5 useful sites to download free and legal MP3, they are hardly your favorite pop songs that you hear in the radio. Now, what if you can search for the songs you like, listen to a preview of it and download them for free, right from your desktop. Sound great, isn’t it?
Super MP3 Download is one great software (for Windows) that allows you to do what you love best: download MP3 for free. And yes, you can find the Top 40 Hits here, and songs from many other genres and categories. In fact, there are more than 100 million songs available for you to search (and download), so there is a very high chance of you finding the songs you want.
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5 Great Places for Free & Legal Music Downloads
With organizations like the RIAA knocking on the doors of downloaders everywhere, finding and downloading music online can be a dangerous hobby. Ethics aside, the legal troubles that can result from downloads could have you paying fines for the next few decades. Fortunately, there are multiple websites that aim to provide free, fully legal music downloads. You may not find much from this week’s Top 40 Hits, but in my opinion at least, that’s not much of a down side. Some of these sites provide new independent music, while others focus on the older public domain recordings. We’ll go through each to see what they offer.
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Five Free Backup Applications for Mac
Everyone has suffered a hard drive crash and has lost all of their files, photos, and videos, or they know someone who has. You know that it’s best to backup your data to more places than one. Therefore, having a reliable backup application on your computer is something that you should have to assist you in doing that. Here are five free backup applications for Mac users: [Read more...]
3 Free and Useful AntiVirus Software for Windows
Having a reliable antivirus software is something that every Windows user should have on his/her own computer. However, these antivirus tools are usually very expensive and use up way too much computer memory.
Here are three open source free antivirus software for Windows. They have functionality that will give you the ability to protect your system and information the same way as paid antivirus software.
Note: Remember that it is very important to keep it up-to-date because there are different viruses popping up every day.
MacHeist – One Cool Place For Mac Users To Visit

In my recent article about Fresh, I mentioned a a little about a site where Mac users could get several good paid-softwares for free. The site is MacHeist, and I think it deserves a stand alone coverage. So, here it goes.
I know the site from a friend in a mailing list, around the time when MacHeist had the 2008 Christmas bundle. The site started in 2006 with MacHeist I and now has just started with MacHeist III. The story behind MacHeist itself is quite interesting and you can read it in MacHeist’s page in Wikipedia. Anyway, let’s go through the process and see what Mac applications you can get here for free.