Often times, your fastest DNS service is the one provided to you by default from your internet service provider, but sometimes it isn’t. How can you find out which is the fastest?

The Jung Typology Test is somewhat fun and also very informative. You might learn quite a bit more about what really motivates you and makes you what you are.

Yes, the little dog (XP Search Assistant) is a spy, but you can terminate this spy with a registry hack or a PowerToy from Microsoft. No animals were harmed in the making of this article.

How would you like to replace Windows XP Search with something a whole heck-of-a-lot faster? You can add a faster file search engine to Windows by using a freeware utility named Reroute XP Search.

The Goo.gl URL shortening service can currently be accessed by using the Google Toolbar or a Firefox addon. If you can’t use either, here’s an alternative method using a bookmarklet.

A free encryption utility designed to make it simple to hide and encrypt files on a USB flash/thumb drive. Using Rohos, nobody will ever see your hidden data if it gets lost or stolen.

Now you can play a simple Flash version of a popular game called “Portal”. Warning: This game may cause you to waste hours of time.

Ashampoo’s WinOptimizer is a system suite which allows you to clean and optimize your PC. This free version also offers many other great features such as a Process Manager and Startup Tuner.

Dns Jumper is a small, portable freeware application which makes changing your DNS settings as easy as clicking a button.

The Multifox addon for Firefox web browser, is a good free solution for those who need to log into multiple accounts, at the same time on a single website.

Is your current antivirus protection good enough? You can easily check on that using the ESET Online Scanner for free.

You can have those cool green Matrix codes dripping down your screen as your regular desktop wallpaper. ZMatrix is a free and open source Windows app. Now it’s your turn to be THE ONE.

If you like impressive graphics and need a good document and application launcher, you should give Radian a try. It’s free and open source, so there are no hidden surprises.

Mozilla has made several excellent improvements to their Thunderbird 3 email client. In many cases, they’ve got a real shot at leaving the other email clients far behind in popularity. Here is a hands-on review of Thunderbird 3.

Windows 7 and Window Vista often cannot display older help files which depend on WinHlp32. Fortunately, Microsoft allows you to add support for the older help file format. Find out all about it in this article.