Stories by Jon L. Jacobi

Symantec Norton Ghost 15

The update of Symantec Norton Ghost 15 substantially improves one of the most capable disk-imaging programs on the market.

Freebie Disk2vhd creates virtual hard drive images

Free program Disk2vhd does exactly what it sounds like it will do: turn a partition into a virtual hard drive that you can load and even boot from using the aforementioned virtual machine software.

Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 2010 Desktop Edition

Norton Ghost, meet Backup Exec. Backup Exec, meet Ghost. That's right: Symantec's Backup Exec System Restore 2010 Desktop Version is an imaging product based on Norton Ghost. But it's also a substantially improved version that offers a compelling new...

CMS Products BounceBack Essentials 9.1

There's something about maintaining a complete and up-to-date copy of your entire operating system and software installation that brings you peace of mind. In that regard, CMS's BounceBack Essentials 9.1 calms your soul, and does so flawlessly with a...

Ashampoo Cover Studio 2.0

Optical disc label and jewel case insert designers don't come any friendlier than Ashampoo Cover Studio 2.0.

Easeus Todo Backup

We don't understand how companies can make money giving stuff like this away. True, the free Easeus Todo Backup doesn't do every single backup task: it won't schedule, overwrite previous jobs, or do incremental backups. But for anyone willing to back...

LaCie LaCinema Rugged HD multimedia player

LaCie's LaCinema Rugged HD is a hard drive that attaches to your PC's USB port, and it's a multimedia player that outputs the video, music, and images that you copy onto it to your TV via HDMI or composite/analog outputs. It's price (US$349) is above...

Acronis True Image Home 2010

True Image Home 2010 is as effective and easy to use as any imaging/backup program you're likely to find. That's right: I just called True Image "easy to use."

Cyberlink Technologies Powerdirector 8 Ultra

PowerDirector 8 Ultra is a powerful video editor, and its interface is stylish and friendly--when you work with it in full-screen mode.

Ashampoo Core Tuner

Ashampoo's Core Tuner promises to boost your multi-core PC's performance by tuning XP's or Vista's usage of multiple CPU cores for individual applications.

Insofta Document Backup

Insofta Document Backup is basic in name as well as concept, making the backup process as simple as possible.

Pro Tools remains the Pro's choice

Almost since its inception, Pro Tools's outstanding mixing board mimicry has made it the pro's choice for intuitive, upscale audio recording and manipulation -- the DAW's DAW, as it were. You'll find Avid Technology's Pro Tools (usually the Mac versi...

ImgBurn

What's thin, light, powerful, sometimes clever, and always there to handle your data burning needs? ImgBurn, easily the most impressive free/donationware burning software I've run across.

Roxio Creator 2010

The latest upgrade to Roxio's comprehensive disc-burning suite introduces some welcome improvements, but Roxio Creator 2010 costs significantly more than competing packages.

ImgBurn handles burning tasks on CD, DVD, and Blu-Ray

What's thin, light, powerful, sometimes clever, and always there to handle your data burning needs? ImgBurn, easily the most impressive free/donationware burning software I've run across. The program handles a host of image types including ISO, NRG, ...