WebUser – 04 April 2018

This fortnight’s topnewsoftwaredownloadsto helpyoumake

themostofyourPC,andthey’reall FREE

NewWindowsApps

Best Free Software

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MemoryOptimizer is afreememory-

optimisationtool that showsyouat a

glancehowmuchRAMyouhave in total,

howmuchisinuse,theamountthat’s

cachedandtheavailable remainder. You

canfreeupadditionalmemoryatany

timebyclickingtheRecoverFree

Memorybutton. Wheninstalling

MemoryOptimizer,makesureyou

untick the‘Saver’sFund’ optionand

click ‘Skipandignoresavingothers’.

This lightweight tool provides in-depth
informationaboutyourPC’soperating
systemandhardware. Thereare buttons
forComputer, CPU, BIOS,HardDrives,
NetworkAdaptersandmore –justclick
onetodisplaydetailedinformation.
Thereare afewspellingmistakes
(‘SystemTipe’,for example)andSysInfo
doesn’texplain what eachitemin
acategoryis, so youmay needcarry
outalittleresearch.

SYSTEMINFO

GrecTech SysInfo2
bit.ly/grec446
Minrequirements:WindowsXP/
Vista/7/8+/10File size:822KB

iSpyis anopen-source video-surveillancetoolthatworks withanunlimitednumber
of cameras.Itoffersmotiondetection,schedulingandmore.While thesoftware
itself is free,iSpychargesamonthly or annual fee–from$7.95(£5.66)amonth
–for clouduploading,remoteaccess andreal-timealerts viaemail,SMSand
Twitter. Youcanaddextrafunctionality, suchas facialrecognition, byinstalling
plugins.Thislatestversionfixesanumberof bugs.

VIDEO-SURVEILLANCESOFTWARE

iSpy
http://www.ispyconnect.com
Minrequirements:Windows7/8+/10File size:23.6MB

MEMORYMANAGER

MemoryOptimizer 2

bit.ly/mem4 46

Minrequirements:WindowsXP/

Vista/7/8+/10File size:7. 3MB

NotePadPlusPlus

bit.ly/nppp 446

Minrequirements:Windows 10

File size:18.3MB

BasedontheCentennial version

of NotePad++, this source-code

editor andNotepadreplacement

supports plugins, macrosandother

advancedfeatures.

9ZenLo-FiMusic

bit.ly/9Zen446

Minrequirements:Windows 10

File size:54.3MB

This appoffersacuratedcollection

of 33relaxingsoundscapesvia an

attractive interface. Musiccanplay

in thebackgroundandthere’s

anight modeandtimer.

GentleReader

bit.ly/gentle446

Minrequirements:Windows 10

File size:63.8MB

Gentle Readeris anews-reader app

forWindows10.Itdisplaysupdates

fromyour favouritewebsitesand

Twitteraccounts in aneasy-to-read

format withzeroclutter andnoads.