Last year we took a look at a few useful programs from SmarThumb, these programs are small and made to be installed on a USB Drive and taken with you as a portable suite of  different types of software. They’ve recently released Vista compatible versions of their more popular tools and have me to check them out and give my impressions.

One thing interesting about working with companies is that I sometimes get to actually help in the development of products, especially software like this. When I first received it I found a couple bugs and of course reported them and asked to be advised on how to proceed. So of course I got on IM with the developer and we spent a few hours bouncing back and forth and trying out different versions of the software to make sure it’s 100% compatible with Vista. I’m not going to go into boring details about all that, but with my help new versions of the software were released that now function as they should. I’m sure I won’t get credit or anything but that doesn’t really matter, it was fun to do, and just knowing that I was part of the process is kinda cool…

So, read on to check out the four new versions of the SmarThumb Software, myBackup, myEncoder, myShredder and myZip. This review will be done a bit differently than others, in that each page will be devoted to one of the programs…

Full Review HERE

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The product I have for review today really needs no introduction, pretty much everyone knows what Nero is… but today for review I’ve got Nero 8 Ultra Edition and it features many improvements over Nero 7 including a re-designed StartSmart interface.

I personally love Nero and have always used it as my main software for burning and creating CDs or DVDs. Some people out there complain that Nero is bloated and there’s just too much stuff with it, I happen to like having all of these great programs in one suite of tools where I can essentially do most anything I need to with my CDs and DVDs. To get the functionality you get from Nero you’d have to buy and install a lot of different programs which would easily cost quite a bit more than Nero itself does. So continue on to learn more about the new Nero 8 Ultra Edition, I’ve got tons of information and screenshots of everything for you to browse and see what’s new in Nero 8…

Review link HERE 

Title: PC-Doctor Service Center 6 Review @ Virtual-Hideout

Review link: http://www.virtual-hideout.net/reviews/PC-Doctor_Service_Center_6/index.shtml
Quote: “How many of you out there are, at this very moment, reading this review using a friend’s computer or your PC at work because your own PC… ummm… is fubar? In today’s review, we’ve laid our hands on something very unique that may just be the cure for your computer’s failure: the PC-Doctor Service Center 6. This PC toolkit includes the most widely used PC diagnostics on the planet.”

Link: http://techgage.com/article/nero_8_ultra_edition/

Quote: Is Nero’s latest upgrade worth the cash? We are leaning towards yes. With 8, Nero have shown renewed focus on what it is consumers are most interested in, and as a result, have made the application much easier to use. Read on as we explore all that’s new and notable.