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Road test: Apple Maps vs. Google Maps

Back in 2012, Apple replaced Google Maps with its own app in iOS and OS X. Apple got a good roasting for Maps’ missing cities, misplaced monuments, and directions that sent drivers onto airport runways. But Apple has made a lot of improvements in the past three years, so we decided to give it a second chance in a head-to-head challenge with Google Maps. We tested both on a road trip, a walk, and public transit. Find out where Apple Maps and Google Maps hit the mark and where they lost the plot. Read more »

Julie Wildhaber

Managing Editor

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Get junk off your Windows machine

		Windows likes to keep files around, in cache or in storage, for faster display or to help you roll back to a previous version. That’s handy, but it also creates clutter that eats drive space and slows your system. Here’s how to clear out the junk. Read more

How to smash Flash

		The hits keep coming: last week Adobe fixed yet another vulnerability, one that allowed remote takeover of your device. If you’re fed up with Flash, here’s how to disable it in Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and IE. Read more

AVG Antivirus Free

		It’s free and has a good antivirus engine, but make sure you’re installing what you want. Read more

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Windows Downloads

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Kaspersky Total Security An excellent security suite with some less than excellent frills.


McAfee LiveSafe McAfee’s latest antimalware suite can be installed on an unlimited number of devices.


Bitdefender Total Security 2016 Bitdefender’s antimalware suite is firing on all cylinders but could use some more gauges on the instrument panel.


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Corel Painter 2016 Bring your imagination to life with a complete digital art studio.


Nevron Writer Work with document in an editor with a complete set of text processing features.


Free ZIP File Opener Access the content in the zipped files, extract and save them in selected destination.


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Mac Downloads

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Microsoft Powerpoint 2016 PowerPoint is top-drawer presentation software, and the 2016 Mac edition gains a handful of useful additions to keep the tool vital.


Microsoft OneNote Microsoft’s OneNote 2016 is one of the top-drawer note-taking apps for OS X.


Apple Mac OS X El Capitan OS X El Capitan version 10.11, the latest edition of Apple’s desktop operating system, pushes the OS forward with a collection of helpful improvements.


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Corel Painter 2016 Bring your imagination to life with the complete digital art studio.


Xee Lightweight, speedy image viewer/browser.


xmCHART Chart business and scientific data with FileMaker.


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