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Bluehost review: Great-value web hosting for first-time site owners
With a very low entry fee, a newbie friendly setup process, and a solid array of features, Bluehost offers a lot to new website owners in particular.
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IPVanish review: A U.S.-based VPN that made big strides in recent years
IPVanish is a good U.S.-based VPN that promises speed and security and delivers on both.
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F-Secure Safe review: Effective, comprehensive AV at a friendly price
F-Secure packs a lot of extras into its Safe antivirus offering such as ID protection, password management, and parental controls. Despite this, it remains very simple to use.
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Windscribe Pro review: A simple and helpful VPN and ad blocker
Windscribe Pro has established itself as a simple and effective featured-packed service offering both VPN and ad blocking.
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Perfect Backup review: Perfect? No, but darn close
Free programs as easy to use and as versatile as Perfect Backup don't come down the pike often. With support for network, FTP, and online destinations, it's also far more capable than you might expect.
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Arcserve ShadowProtect SPX review: Highly effective continuous backup with virtual perks
Continuous data protection doesn't get any faster or more reliable than Arcsoft's ShadowProtect SPX. With support for virtual machines and reliable disaster recovery, it's a good fit for SMB and IT types.
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Windows File History review: Free, effective continuous data protection
Windows own File History is all most users need to keep their vital data backed up, but with version 11, Microsoft has made backing up data not found in the standard system libraries less intuitive.
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Swifdoo PDF review: Essential features and easy to use
This Windows desktop PDF editor provides everything you're likely to need for working in PDFs at a fraction of the price of the big brands.
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Bitwarden review: This ultra-affordable password manager has few restrictions
Bitwarden's generous free plan and inexpensive paid service helps it stand out among more polished rivals.
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Genie Timeline 10 Home review: Time Machine-like backup for Windows
If you've envied the easy backup of Apple's Time Machine, you as a Windows user can have the next-best thing in Genie Timeline 10 Home. It's great for protecting your PC's files with a minimum of fuss.
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PDF Studio Pro review: Now with new productivity hacks
Qoopa's already-solid PDF editor benefits from automated actions and other enhancements.
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Paragon Backup & Recovery Community Edition review: Fantastic file-level backup for free
You'd be hard pressed to find a better free solution for backing up your files than Paragon's Backup & Recovery. If you choose compression, it's the standard ZIP format, and you can use Microsoft's nearly universally supported VHDs as containers so you don't need the program to browse and recover files.
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RemotePC by iDrive review: The big dog of remote desktop and backup
Remote desktop services don't come any more robust than this product by iDrive, the online backup company. In fact, iDrive has melded it remote desktop software with its online storage service for backups.
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Bitdefender Total Security review: Good protection, solid value
Bitdefender Total Security offers pretty good value, and now includes real-time data protection and vulnerability assessment.
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ShadowMaker 3.6 review: Fast imaging, sync, and disaster recovery
MiniTool's ShadowMaker, one of our favorite free backup programs, is much improved, more powerful, and considerably more expensive in its paid tiers.
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EaseUS ToDo Backup 2022 review: New interface, same excellent capabilities
With some new capabilities and a revamped user interface, ToDo Backup 2022 cements its position as one of our favorite backup programs. There's a free version that covers the basics as well as an affordable annual version with optional online storage.
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Sejda review: A free PDF editor that puts function over frills
If you PDF editing needs are modest, Sejda is capable of dozens of common PDF tasks, and holds its own against paid PDF tools.
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Microsoft Word PDF editor review: The popular word processor makes editing PDF text a breeze
Word provides all the tools you need to modify PDF text and images, but it may struggle with more complex documents.
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