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Mahjong Free is a tile-based matching game. Despite the name, Mahjong Free is not the traditional mah-jongg game you'll see played with four players, but what's called Mahjong Solitaire, in which you try to match identical tiles. Mahjong Free is available for Mac and iOS devices.

Mahjong Free starts with a stack of tiles laid out in a predictable pattern. The goal of the game is to choose pairs of identical tiles, which are then removed to show tiles underneath. To finish the game you've got to choose the pairs in such a way that you can … Read more

Kickoff Returner lets you play a kickoff return specialist, charging up a football field and dodging opponents, trying to get into the end zone. This is not a full football simulation, just providing that one specialist play. There's a free version of Kickoff Returner as well as a full version for $1.99.

When launched, Kickoff Returner shows a schematic of the football field from overhead, with opponents represented as helmet-and-shoulder silhouettes. Your task is to start running up field, maneuvering around the opponents who are all out to stop you. Moving your runner with the mouse or keyboard, … Read more

So, your phone is smart. How smart are you? Maybe not as smart as you think. Play Orangenose Studios' free What's My IQ? and find out just how clever you aren't. This fun follow-up to Stupidness 2 & 3 tests your ability to think "out of the box" with a series of simple but clever puzzles with unexpected answers. It times you while you think (thanks a lot) but you can pause the game to get Cheats and Solutions, and then play again to improve your IQ score. The whole point is to sharpen your mind … Read more

Desktop Groups Lite is a free version of a paid ($5.99) app that lets you create folders on your Mac's desktop. Desktop Groups Lite lets you create a folder and drag and drop files into it, or drag them out, to manage the folder's contents. The app installs quickly and easily, but the free app is limited to five folders total.

A clean desktop is a necessity for some; others like a wild collection of icons scattered all over. If you fall into the first category, Desktop Groups Lite is for you. You can assemble all your … Read more

All Mobile Tracker System is not quite what it seems. It is billed as an "entertainment app," not a utility, and for good reason. If you read the publisher's description you'll be led to believe this app uses "government technology" to track any mobile phone in the world simply by entering the phone's number. Sounds cool? It's not what you think. Instead of tracking any phone, you can only track your own phone, and it doesn't use any mysterious technology, just GPS.

All Mobile Tracker System is not readily accessible through … Read more

Starbunker: Guardians 2 HD is a shoot-em-up game for the iPhone and iPad. With a mix of strategy and plain-old shooting built in, Starbunker: Guardians 2 HD tries to appeal to several genres of gaming. The installation proceeds quickly and without a problem.

Graphically, Starbunker: Guardians 2 HD is good, but we found the screen to be overly dark and confusing, and it was sometimes difficult to discern what was going on. The game is quite large, with 36 battlefields to fight on and an array of aliens all storming your position. You first select where to position yourself for … Read more

There seems to be a general trend to develop apps that replace browser access to popular sites. Pin for Pinterest lets you leverage your Pinterest addiction in several new ways. Not only does this app negate the need to surf through a Web browser, but it lets you quickly access Pinterest and provides the ability to move through content easily. While there's a full version available at cost that allows you to upload content for Pinterest, the free app gives you the browsing app needed for casual surfing of Pinterest content.

Pin for Pinterest is easy to use. The … Read more

Many of us use templates for commonly required formatting in Microsoft Office. Templates for MS Office is, as the name suggests, a collection of templates specifically for Office (although they do work with other compatible software apps). Templates for MS Office includes templates for Word, PowerPoint and Excel, with more than 70 templates total in the free package. These can be saved and opened as needed with the selected app, or the Templates for MS Office interface can be used to select the template then launch it in the correct app.

The strength of any template library is the quality … Read more

PeerBlock is an advanced IP blocking utility. In plain words, it lets you control how your PC interacts with other computers over the Internet, letting you block servers and sites known to be troublesome or even dangerous. It lets you choose what to block, and you can also import or create your own lists. PeerBlock is open source freeware maintained by the PeerBlock project.

When you first run PeerBlock, a wizard helps you set up its options, though you can change them later. These include what you want to block; by default, PeerBlock blocks anti-P2P organizations, ads, spyware, and educational … Read more