Dooble is a free, open-source web browser that, according to the developer, was created to improve privacy. While we mostly used it on a MacBook Pro running OS X Mavericks, we also installed it on a PC with Windows 7. Both versions seemed very similar in our test, so you are not missing out on anything whether you are a Windows or Mac user. In terms of functionality, Dooble comes with a number of features, including a download manager, tabbed browsing, plugins, FTP…

Do you know all the members of your family? People have been using family trees for hundreds of years to organize their families in a clear and easy way. Gramps, which is available here for Windows and Macs, is a free piece of software, which lets you do that on your computer.  In our test, we installed the Mac version on a MacBook Pro running OS X Mavericks. The user interface turned out to be very confusing, and overall, Gramps does not feel like a applicatio…

VDrift is a so-called "racing simulator", which is free to download, as it is open-source. Unfortunately, the game did not impress us very much. You can either practice the "Practice Game" or drive against computer-controlled cars in "Single Race", but there is no way to play multiplayer so you can drive against friends. In addition, VDrift cannot live up to more modern racing games. We think it was unnecessarily difficult to control t…

Do you know how much you use your computer mouse daily? It is not as short a distance as you might think when in use. Use the program to measure the distance the mouse travel over a period of time. You may want to set a goal for how much you should move the mouse before you have a break. So when the mouse have travelled 300 feet you need to pause. (We just hope for your sake that you also use the mouse a little, when working, and not just use the keyboard to write…