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Thirty-seventh in a series. The app growth has slowed down considerably again in the past two weeks. This week growth made it past the 2,000 new apps mark, but barely with a total of 2,083 new apps. That's almost half the growth we saw two weeks ago in the Windows Store. The total application...

Now Windows 8 has been released fully into the wild the number of apps to be found in the store has risen considerably. There are now literally thousands to choose from with some being better than others. If you have a favourite or know of a particularly useful app, which is free, please post...

I have no smart phone, so not familiar with how the Apps you can download for free work. In my case, the app was on a Kindle Fire. But after a couple of weeks, I started seeing advertising on the screen. Is this fairly normal for the free apps? Do paid apps not behave this way?

Hey all, I came across this free app the other day. Just toying around, I wanted to change the color of my Windows 7 taskbar without turning off Aero. Windows 7 Taskbar Color Changer; Download from http://grantman.net/info/win7tbcc Enjoy, Don

Great news! Windows7Forums.com Mobile application is now available on Google Android Mobile Devices free of charge. The current integration of this software contains no mobile advertisements. This application is safe to use on Android phones and available in the Android Marketplace. You can...

What should i do? I have a Free wallpaper app in the market and it had been doing really well until recently. I keep getting a bunch of 1 star ratings and really negative comments from people. I have reason to believe it's my competitor because he has the same wallpaper app (PAID) but it's...

Washington - Many say that Windows 7 is Microsoft's most impressive operating system yet. That does not mean, however, that the applications that Windows 7 provides are full-featured - or even desired. Link Removed

LG and Microsoft announced today that they are teaming up to provide customers with a free selection of quality applications for LG customers with Windows Phone 7 handsets. LG and Microsoft will subsidize a revolving portfolio of hand-picked applications, ... More...

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We talk a lot about tweaking your user interface around here—often in radical ways —but if you’d just like to make a few small tweaks to Windows Aero, free app AeroTuner gives you a few more options than the Control Panel. (more…) Link Removed

# downloads We talk a lot about tweaking your user interface around here—often in radical ways —but if you'd just like to make a few small tweaks to Windows Aero, free app AeroTuner gives you a few more options than the Control Panel. More » More...

Many of us now opt for the free security apps currently available but which is the most popular? Plus does this also mean that the favourite is the best? Hopefully this thread and accompanying poll will try and find the answer... As the poll is limited to 10 apps if yours isn't up there then...

Are there any apps that can provide a 'Shred' option to the right-click context menu? I'm currently using 7600 RTM build of Windows. I was using Tune-Up Utilities for this and it was very useful as I could switch deletion methods on the fly depending on how sensitive the file that I wanted to...

Check it out, found this over at Lifehacker. A bunch of free apps that are more than useful. Lifehacker - Lifehacker Pack 2009: Our List of Essential Free Windows Downloads - Lifehacker Pack 2009

These apps will help you keep vista running smooth and are absolutely free. You may find that you already use one or two (as I did) but it's worth checking over the others. I can particularly recommend the defrag utility which works a treat... Enjoy.... Five must-have FREE apps for Windows...