VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use.

Jungle Disk Desktop Edition lets you store files and automatically backup data easily and securely to Amazon.com's S3 Storage Service.

This is a project to make LeaRNing Japanese simple and inexpensive with accelerated training and home immersion.

Perl2Exe is a command line program for converting Perl scripts to executable files.

Phat Linux will install like a regular Windows application, but run as any other Linux installation would.

With Ulteo Virtual Desktop, you just have to run the application you need to use from the Ulteo panel and its window will show up like any other Windows application.

If you like to create on music on the computer and are fed up with endlessly mousing around in most DAWs, give Renoise a try. Available for Windows, Mac and from now on, Linux.

Even when Windows routinely gives you the Blue Screen of Death, all may not be lost. We'll show you how to restore both your data and your sanity.

On their own, none of these issues would be a show-stopper, but they all add up. It's a death of a thousand cuts.

No matter what OS you use, you need to think about security. We've got you covered with five freeware or shareware security tools for Linux boxes, Macs, and Windows machines, all recommended by Ars staffers.