Productivity

Prepare yourself for that 'it'll never happen to me' event

UPDATE: August 22, 2011: This offer has now ended.

Please note that this offer is only good for PC's.

It'll never happen to me. As much as we'd like to believe that to be true, things do happen. If something was to happen to you or your family member tomorrow, is there a way for your loved ones to access some of the most critical information to help them continue on with their lives?

Preparing for the worst is not the easiest thing to think about, but today, we bring you a special offer on an app … Read more

Go back to school in style with StudyX

Have more fun studying with StudyX. Use the built-in study materials or create your own games, flash cards, or study sheets to learn faster and retain the information longer. This software is appropriate for students of all levels (elementary to graduate). For three days only, get StudyX for just $9.99 (originally $39.99) and have fun studying.

Key features include:

Go beyond flash cards with games, practice tests, (multiple choice, fill-in blank, matching) and study sheets. Intelligent engine tracks students' progress while studying onscreen by tallying correctly answered questions and helping students focus on areas that needs more attention. … Read more

The last cloud solution you will ever need - save 50%

UPDATE July 30, 2011: This offer has now ended.

If you are like me, you've fallen madly in love with the ease of use and the easy accessibility of some of the cloud storage solutions out there. At every chance I had, I would try to invite all the people I knew to increase my free storage space until one day, I was maxed out. I now had to choose between deleting some of my files and moving them off of the cloud, or paying an annual fee for a certain amount of storage space.

In the past, I … Read more

Don't just burn, have some fun!

UPDATE July 26, 2011: This offer has now ended.

Got something to burn?

Ashampoo Burning Studio 10 is a must-have utility tool for all of your burning needs on CD, DVD, and Blu-ray disc in full HD. Rip, backup, restore, and easily create your own HD and full-HD Blu-ray videos. Most of all, save the hassle of installing multiple multimedia programs--burning has never been easier!

And four days only, Ashampoo and CNET have teamed up to bring you this special opportunity to save 84 percent and get Ashampoo Burning Studio 10 at its lowest price ever: $7.99 (originally $49.… Read more

Access your files wherever you go with Trend Micro SafeSync

UPDATE June 20, 2011: This offer has now ended.

It's Friday again and we have yet another offer for our CNET readers. Trend Micro is typically well-known for its antivirus and Internet security software, but with cloud backup services getting ever so popular, the company wants to get in on the cloud action too. There are several other solutions out there, but SafeSync has a strong security background of Trend Micro backing it up. Traveling? No problem. Access your music, movies, photos, or documents away from home and on your mobile devices. SafeSync keeps your files synchronized and up-to-date … Read more

Work faster, smarter, safer with WinZip Pro, save 40 percent

As one of the most popular compression tools, WinZip is widely known for its ability to shrink the size of large files and create a single zip file that is easily sharable with friends and family.

WinZip Pro takes it a step further to make it easier to use and provide feature sets that are sure to impress. For three days only, we bring you a special offer from WinZip, in which you can get WinZip Pro for the price of WinZip Standard and save 40 percent off MSRP price. You can grab a copy for just $29.95 (originally $… Read more

Tax Day special on NovaBackup Pro - save 50% through Monday

As if filing your taxes wasn't stressful enough, can you imagine losing all of your important documents? Just in time for the big Tax Day, we have an exclusive special offer for you from NovaStor on their award-winning product, NovaBackup Professional. Regularly priced at $49.99, you can take advantage of this special offer for just $24.99 until Monday, April 18, 2011.

NovaBackup Pro can help you back up your files and emails to a local drive, device or to an online location automatically - taking the headache and the manual work that can be very time-consuming. Not … Read more

Free Panda Cloud AV Pro with WinRAR

Today, we bring you a special offer from the two of our top performing products on CNET Download.com - WinRAR and Panda Cloud Antivirus Pro. For a limited time only, you can get Panda Cloud Antivirus Pro for FREE when you upgrade to WinRAR. That's a savings of more than 50% off and both can be yours for just $29.

So, what do they do and why should you get them?

WinRAR is ranked #1 in the File Compression category and was also one of the Top 10 Most Downloaded products of 2010. On CNET Download.com alone, … Read more

Shopaholic? Save 50% on this Personal Debt Management tool and control your spending!

Is your college loan getting in the way of your next big ticket item? Whether that be a brand new house or a pair of shoes you've been eyeing all week, we all need a little help when it comes to our finances and planning for the future. There are a number of apps out there that can help you understand and manage your personal debt, but for a limited time only, DebtDasher is offering a 50% off discount to CNET users to get you on track for a debt free future.

With the tools in DebtDasher, you will … Read more