You know those web site forms where you have to prove you are human and not some robotic program by reading crazy shaped or distorted letters and numbers and copy them into a box? Well, that's called Text Captcha…

There are various secure and very sensible ways to lock your PC when you are away from your desk but here's one Propellerhead has found for fans of The Matrix. This small system tray application, called Matrix Screen Locker…

Back when Propellerhead were a lad he was convinced that by the time he grew up (though to be fair that has yet to happen), he would zoom off to work each day in a rocket jet pack and…

Over the years there have been countless attempts to do away with the clunky and antiquated QWERTY keyboard, everything from voice text entry to the single-handed Dvorak keyboard. QWERTY made sense in the days of the typewriter. The layout…

With a Yo Ho Ho and and quick avast there me hearties Propellerhead thought it might be a good time to tell you about the Kallot True Type Font, which includes all of the skull and crossbones and skeletons…

The CD and DVD burning facilities in Windows XP are quite basic but here’s a tip from  Propellerhead that’s beefs them up a bit by adding an ISO image file and disc copying facility. By the way, an ISO…

We've all done it, typed our names into Google to see if we get a mention. If you have any sort of on-line presence you may well score a hit in the first few pages, but how would you…

Here's another one of those hidden features in Windows XP that are actually quite useful, except that Microsoft forget to tell anyone that was there… It's called the ClipBook Viewer and old Windows hands may remember something similar in…

Propellerhead has been trynig out a really secure way of hiding passwords and PIN numbers on PCs, or you could use it if you're travelling, to send a personal or private message in an email picture attachment. It's a…

Does the world really need another web browser? Apparently yes, according to the folks behind Flock. Its key selling point is that it makes it easier to upload and share images with others; threre's also lots of useful blogging…