I've always been a huge supporter of text expanding applications because I'm a shortcut junky. When it comes to saving time, there is no better way to do it than to transform a few characters into entire sentences. Direct Access doubles as both a text replacement utility and application launcher, and its recently redesigned interface makes managing all of your "macros" a breeze.

For many people, RoboForm is considered to be one of those must-have applications for any Windows computer. I know quite a few people who are using the free version, but there are several restrictions such as only being able to store 10 passcards (these are basically stored passwords). With the Pro version you can store as many passcards, identities, credit cards, and addresses as you'd like.

Day one of Giveaways is done for our Birthday Bash EXTRAVAGANZA, but not completely! Remember that you can still enter to win each of the Giveaways until Thursday evening at 7:00 PM. The Giveaways you'll want to enter for today include:

I know that we have a bunch of geeks who read our site, and they probably enjoy knowing every little thing that their computer is doing. The Windows Task Manager is a great way to do that, but sometimes you want to take it to the next level. That's where AnVir Task Manager comes into play.

I'm one of the biggest advocates for file backups that you'll probably come across. I've now had four hard drives die on me in the past two years, but I actually haven't lost any data thanks to keeping redundant backups. You can never be too safe, and GoodSync is an excellent backup/synchronization utility that will help you protect your data as well.

Back in August of 2006, we wrote about a Free Simple Task Manager called Remember the Milk. At the time, Remember the Milk had been around for about a year and they were still in the process of making a name for themselves. Three years have past since they launched and they now have over one million users and their service is one of the best around. With time, it has continued to get even better.

Good Morning, or depending on where you live, Good Afternoon and Good Evening! We are excited to let you know that we are celebrating CyberNet's 3rd Birthday with a Giveaway EXTRAVAGANZA which begins today! Various Giveaways will be posting today, tomorrow, and Wednesday.

We have a terrific application that we are going to take a look at today called Videoraptor. Prior to writing this article I had never heard of the program, but I have to say that many of you will find it to be as useful as I have.

Those of you who didn't scoop up the free deal for Pocket Informant last time, you have yet another chance to redeem yourself. All you've got to do is head over to this site, add Pocket Informant 2007 to the cart, and during checkout enter in the PIFREE coupon code. Remember, this software is for Pocket PC users only.

EverNote (review) is one of our favorite freeware apps, and some of you might be enjoying the full $50 version from the last time it was given away. Now Giveaway of the Day has EverNote Portable available for free for today only!