Saturday, December 09, 2006

Video communications, Startup Mechanic many more

Sony IVE

Sony IVE, pronounced ivy, (Instant Video Everywhere) brings feature-rich video communications to stay in touch with colleagues, family and friends. IVE allows virtually "anytime, anywhere" communications over a broadband connection. It offers free, unlimited video and voice service worldwide with other IVE users. The IVE service combines the elements of standard "Voice over IP" (VolP) services with live, face-to-face feature-rich video -resulting in VolP Plus, the next generation of IP-based communications. The features of shareware versions includes - make and receive Voice Over IP calls to telephones and cellphones, your own Video Call Mailbox, multi-party calling, Live Video Operators or make and receive calls to conference room based video systems. The 1 5.6 MB freeware version of IVE  CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

Startup Mechanic

This programme can help to ensure that your computer system is running smoothly and without those seemingly omnipresent ad-tracking programs and other such nuisances. Startup Mechanic Scans user's systems which scans users' systems for data mining and tracking components also notifies users when any program registers to run when the system starts up - boot protection of your PC from harmful trojans, adult-dialers, and other scumware. It can hunt down and remove junk and obsolete programs running, freeing up RAM and significantly increasing your system performance. The 651 KB Startup Mechanic v.2.6 is compatible with all computers running Windows 98 and newer. Click here to download Startup Mechanic
(Source:Scout Report)

UMark

With uMark you can mark your personal and professional images and photos. This utility from Uconomix, based in India, helps to watermark the images and photos with a copyright notice or your company logo or both. Watermarking prevents people from using your images and photos without your consent. If they use it they must use it with the your mark! uMark can watermark multiple images at one go, supports for BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG and TIFF image types (PNG and TIFF in Pro version only), Option to add text or graphic as a watermark. There are two versions of uMark available - Lite and Professional. The 793 KB uMark Lite is absolutely free for personal use. uMark requires .Net frame work v1.1 which can be downloaded at www.microsoft.corn. (Source: Linda Bee).

Peer-to-Peer

Peer-to-peer technology, the ability to work with and share files directly from computer to computer, has unfortunately earned a bad name - the term "peer-to-peer" has quickly become a synonym for copyright infringement. However, the developers of BigSpeed Peer-to-Peer SDK claim that it is The reinvention of peer-to-peer for private use. Based on the traditional peer-to-peer technology this application can create a virtual private peer-to-peer network for small groups, providing totally secure data transfer through powerful on-the-fly encryption. BigSpeed Peer-to-Peer SDK vl.O
 (Source: Scout Report)


Friday, November 17, 2006

Cookie viewer, Save your neck, GanttProject, Browser with RSS news reader

Save your neck(Know when to take a break)

One can prevent RSl-related injuries by sitting in a proper position relative to the keyboard, mouse and monitor, and also by using ergonomically designed hardware. But, these aren't enough - Microsoft's own keyboard manuals include a health warning that states, "use of a keyboard or mouse may be linked to serious injuries or disorders." Enter Workrave - this programme can automatically tell you when to take a break / stretch, suggest exercises and even keep track the time actually spent on the keyboard and mouse. It is a GPL licensed application that runs on both Windows and Linux. The three main rest periods that it defines are micro-pauses, rest breaks and the daily limit, all these can be customized too. The programme is currently available on GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows. Workrave CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.
(Source : Sean Michael Kerner)

Cookie viewer

Karen's Cookie Viewer, a simple tool to view cookies' content that are stored by web sites on your computer. With it you can view and delete the web Cookies 'planted' by the web sites you have visited. The Cookie Viewer automatically scans your computer, looking for "cookies" in Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Viewing cookies Netscape's Navigator and Mozilla Project's FireFox web browsers, and displays the data stored in each one. In case you find some cookies harmful, you may go ahead and delete them. The 862 KB Karen's Cookie Viewer v.3.5.6 Aug 3, 2005, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.
GanttProject

GanttProject is a tool to create a project schedule and resource load chart. You can break down your project into a tree of tasks and assign human work on each task, establish dependencies between tasks, add your own task properties using context menu of the task table header, and highlight the critical path of the current project. You can print your charts, generate PDF and HTML reports, import and export files produced by MS Project using special import/export tools, and spreadsheet applications. Crossplatform. GanttProject is a Java application and runs on Windows, Linux, MacOSX and other OS supporting Java, Open source code - tune it for your needs, implement missing features, add your own reporting, etc. The 9 MB GanttProject tool, free for any purpose, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Deepnet Explorer(Browser with RSS news reader)

Deepnet Explorer's developers claim that it is the world's first browser with RSS news reader, P2P client integration and phishing alarm. They also aver that their browser's superior security, functionality and usability, makes it stand out from the crowd. Deepnet's RSS News Reader has many news feeds preinstalled. To organize your feeds use the tree structure to the left of the screen. To search for articles click the Find button on the toolbar, enter a keyword and define your search. It can automatically import Internet Explorer favorites and settings. An earlier version of Deepnet Explorer was mentioned in this column in Dec 2004, and its current version -1.5.3 (BETA 1) - Released May 9th, 2006, is available in two editions, Standard Edition: Web Browser, RSS News Reader, and Advanced Edition: Web Browser, RSS News Reader, P2P Client. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

CDStarter (Freeware program)

A freeware program to include a list of buttons to run the software or open files in your CDs. You can define your own lists, and each button can have its own icon. Among the features are: support for different languages and OS; You can create buttons to execute exe files, open web pages, show information or open files; Specify an icon from a .ico file or from any executable (exe or dll) file; language-specific options;different fonts, and easy to configure. The 335 KB CD-Starter v2.2.1 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
(Source: Freeware News)

Disk reporting tool, Mobility Email, ZD son screen Recorder, Flash Slide Show Maker, Easy to use backup tool

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Disktective(Disk reporting tool)

Running out of disk space? Want to know how it has been gobbled up? To find it out run Disktective, a disk-reporting tool to trace used-up space on your system. Disktective can be useful if you have many directories, each one of them housing dozens of subdirectories which in 91 turn contain umpteen number of files. Disktective provides o] a complete report displaying the real sizes of all directories and their containing subdirectories. Disktective does not require installation, just double click on the ,exe file. The 479 KB (zipped) Disktective, v.4.0 for Windows 95, 98, I ME, NT, 2000 & XP, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

Mobility Email

The Mobility Email client supports IMAP, POP and SMTP email. It can be run without installation from virtually any location on a computer, USB stick or iPod. Mobility Email was built aroundMozilla code and has all the features of software like Mozilla Thunderbird. The developers say that it also provides advanced security for private communication and local password, mail and account protection. A pfug-and-go solution for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/GNU/Linux machines. Download Here

ZD son screen Recorder

While Screen Capture software captures screenshots and save them as individual still image files ZD Soft Screen Recorder records screen changes and save them as a single video file. It also captures the system sound to the video file if the sound recording option is enabled. ZD Soft Screen Recorder is very easy to use, it outputs lossless screen video in extremely small file size. You can use this utility to create: Screen demos, Training videos, Teaching videos, Animated tutorials, Animated presentations and Animated help files. The 1.12 MB ZD Soft Screen Recorder for Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 or later version CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

Flash Slide Show Maker

Animated photo slide shows With ANVSOFT Flash Slide Show Maker you can create animated photo slide shows. The application transforms your digital photo collection to Macromedia Flash file format (SWF). You can easily turn a folder full of still images into a stunningFlash slide show with background music and special transition effects. No Flash technologies or programming skills are required. With a simple user interface the utility lets you create amazing slide shows out of your digital photos in just a few steps. The 2424 KB Flash Slide Show Maker vl.05, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

Memory usage indicator, Keeping track of folders, VMware Server, Breaking bigger files into smaller ones, Removing expired cookies

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CPU Usage(Memory usage indicator)

CPU usage is a simple Processor and memory usage indicator. The utility takes only minimal desktop work space, and continuously shows the status. You can configure CPU usage to be always visible, regardless of what you are busy with. You can also change its appearance. The 57 KB CPU Usage vl.0 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Folder Size(Keeping track of folders)

Folder Size for Windows adds a new column to the Details view in Windows Explorer. The new column shows not only the size of files, but also the size of folders. It keeps track of which folders you view, and scans them in the background so you can see the complete size of all files within the folder. It can be very useful for cleaning up your disk. FolderSize v2.3 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD. More details about using Folder Size CLICK HERE
(Source: Digg.com)

VMware Server (Free installation)

Experience Server Virtualization at no cost with VMware Server. It installs on any existing server hardware and partitions a physical server into multiple virtual machines by abstracting processor, memory, storage and networking resources, giving you greater hardware utilization and flexibility. Vmware Server can help to streamline software development and testing. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

HJSplit(Breaking bigger files into smaller ones)

Sending large files can be a pain and this can be avoided by breaking them into smaller files. HJSplit can split your large files into smaller chunks and rejoin them all of them together again. HJSplit supports many platforms (Windows 3.X/95/98/AAE/2000/NT/XP, DOS, Amiga, Java, etc.). All versions are compatible with each other and allow you to exchange files between these different platforms. The 130K HJSplit for Win98/ME/NT/2k/XP CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

Cookies Cleaner(Removing expired cookies)

When we browse cookies get stored on our PC. Each cookie has its own lifetime - from several seconds to several years. Many of them stay-on after their expiration and the hard drive continues to harbour these unused and useless files. You can use Expired Cookies Cleaner to remove expired cookie files which in turn can free some 'disk space. The 26 KB Expired Cookies Cleaner, a freeware program for Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/ XP/2003, IE 4.0 or newer, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.
(Source: Lockergnome's Windows Fanatics)

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Advanced Disk Cleaner, Posterizia, Win Fax

Advanced Disk Cleaner

Advanced Disk Cleaner can scan your disks quickly and display the garbage files for removal. The program detects and identifies only the garbage files which build up over time. These files take up valuable hard disk space and also slow down the system. You can add or modify the folders and file types to be cleaned, and also the ones to be excluded from the search. There are a couple of options of deleting files, deleting to the recycle bin, moving to a special folder or simple deletion. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD the 1.14 MB Advanced Disk Cleaner. You need to visit to get the free registration code. The developers of Advanced Disk Cleaner aver that it contains NO spyware oradware.

Posterizia(Posterizia to create banner size prints)

Create poster or banner size prints from your digital images. The program slices the images into multiple parts and makes them fit into a number of regular size pages (A4, A3, letter, etc.), automatically includes margins to overlap and glue the pages. You can add up to 4 lines of text, as well as a frame to enhance the looks. Features - easy to use and configure, previews of the results, sizes - regular size posters, wall posters or anything in between, photograph as background, supports BMP, JPEG and GIF formats, output can be saved as JPG files, no installaion, any windows printer to print the posters. Note: A high resolution image is required for larger printouts. The 605 KB Posterizia CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

Win Fax

Win Fax Lite is a Windows Faxing Software, a Delrina product which later was bought up by the giant Symantec. Features: Send, outbox, send log, receive log, attatch, cover pages, phone book, remove, modify, view faxes, you can even schedule faxes to be sent at atime that suits you. The 2.38 MB Win Fax Lite, OS : Windows all, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD. A User Guide which explains Installation, Running the Installation Program, Sending Faxes, Receiving and Viewing Faxes, Using WinFax LITE Administrator and Troubleshooting

SurveillizCam, Anti-RootKit, Tourist Remover,Floppy Office

A remote video surveillance system(SurveillizCam)

SurveillizCam turns your PC and USB webcam (or capture card) into a remote video surveillance system with functions such as Record AVI, Motion Detect, Scheduler, Disk Recycle, Client Management, Video management and Playback, etc. The application, for Windows 2000 or XP, can run up to 16 channels simultaneously, and features with a Central Surveillance program (Spy Center) and a Remote Viewing program (SpyEverywhere). SpyCenter is a central monitoring system and SpyEverywhere is a remote surveillance program for SurveillizCam. More details about SurveillizCam 1.15 Lite, a video surveillance software for basic home user, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
(Source: Scout Report)

Concealing the running process(Anti-RootKit)

A rootkit is defined by Wikepedia as a set of software tools intended to conceal running processes, files or system data, thereby helping an intruder to maintain access to a system. Rootkit, also called aTrojan, often modify parts of the operating system or install themselves as drivers or kernel modules. Rootkits are known to exist for a variety of OS, removing them without compromising system integrity is quite challenging. To remove any rootkit that is hidden in your computer you could try the 1.1 version of Sophos Anti-RootKit CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD , for manual Click here.
(Source: CliffNotes)

Removing objects from your photos(Tourist Remover)

If you would like to remove moving objects such as tourists or passing cars from your photos Tourist Remover, a service offered by SnapMania, can help. To remove the unwanted objects from your photos, take multiple photos from the same scene and feed them into the Tourist Remover to get a composite photo without any interfering elements. The Online Photo Manager SnapMania also helps to organize, share and archive photos online, create webal-bums, photoblogs, e-cards. photobooks and more. Full functionality and 100 MB of online storage is free. Paid upgrades offer more space and better protection from data loss. Tourist Remover, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
(Source: TechPipeline blog)

Floppy Office

Floppy Office has a baker's dozen of programs. Among them are: standalone email client, ftp client, graphics editor, word processor, text editor, PDF creation software, web server for hosting files via http, encryption software, zip utility, and last but not least, a spreadsheet program - all of which fit on one floppy disk, easily! All of these applications can be run from, or stored on a simple floppy disk. None of them require installation, so you can also install them onto your USB drive and configure them to your liking. You can download the 1.38MB Floppy Office CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

ORBIT FILES

 ORBIT FILES

Save time and money with the easiest way to back up and access your files online and share them with friends and colleagues. Sign up for free and get 1000MB of space to Save important files such as Documents, Movies, MP3, Presentations and many more Access them from any computer at any location, even from your cellphone or PDA Share them with friends and colleagues .Automate your daily backups with Hercules Uploader After uploading your files you can Add contact emails to address book Protect your shared files with password Add messages to shared files,Edit files,Delete files,Create folders,Zip folders,Download files,Schedule backups,with Hercules Create public file albums.


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MOZY(Free remote backup)

Free remote backup is finally here! Download and install Mozy to ensure your data is safely backed up at a secure, remote location.

Free no setup fee, no monthly payments (Mozy Free), Automatic  get started in seconds, then relax, Secure your data is always private and encrypted

How It Works

1. Sign up for an account.

Create a Mozy user account which will allow you to download Mozy software and backup your data. The download should take less than 30 seconds. Next, install Mozy on your computer.

2. Download and install software.

Mozy downloads in just seconds, and the installation is simple and fast.

3. Select files to be backed up.

Next, simply click on the types of data you want Mozy to protect, and it does the rest. You can also dig into the details of your hard drive and get specific about files and directories you want Mozy to take care of. What You Get 2GB of free, secure storage



Video conference

 Video conference

Festoon is a new free video conferencing tool that supports real-time screen sharing while seamlessly integrating with Skype and Google Talk. Festoon is very simple to use and it allows to run one-to-many video conferencing presentations with up to 200 attendees.
While videoconferencing one can easily select anyone application or document open on his Windows PC and share it in real-time with all those attending. Whether you use Skype or Google Talk now you can show a presentation, work on a spreadsheet, share photos, or just have fun online while seeing everyone in the call! CALL ANY PHONE ANY WHERE FREE!
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Monday, October 23, 2006

Courier Email, Squeet, XnView, Unlocker, World Time Server

 Courier Email(Multi-language spelling support)

Courier Email is Rose City Software's update to the much acclaimed CalypsoA  email program. Among its features are - multi-language spelling support, automatic mailbox backup, colour markers to organize mails, auto-response capability, Timed "Auto Save" of message compositions, mail filtering capabilities (including advanced anti-SPAM tools), "White List" functionality, Enhanced support for SMTP authentication, option to turn off the display of HTML mail, and harvesting of email addresses from the Windows Address Book. The 4 MB Courier Email v.3.5 is compatible with all computers running Windows 98 and newer. Presently it is being offered free for unlimited use,CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
(Source: Scout Report)

Squeet(Providing content via text files)

RSS stands for Real Simple Syndication and is a XML specification that allows content providers (basically anybody with a web site or a blog) to provide a portion or all of their content via text files that can be easily re-formatted by others. RSS facilitates the ability for services such as Squeet to pull content from a variety of different content providers. Squeet delivers News, Blogs & more to your Email InBox on a schedule that you determine! No installation of any application or RSS Reader necessary. Easy online management to pause feeds and scheduling of delivery times. Squeet's service depends on when RSS feeds are refreshed and the frequency of their updates. You can sign up for this free service.

XnView

This is the latest version of XnView, a utility for viewing and converting graphic files. Features include: Import about 400 graphic file formats, Export about 50 graphic file formats, Resize, rotate, crop support Lossless rotate & crop (jpeg) support, Adjust brightness and contrast, Slide show with effects, Batch convert, batch rename, Print support (Windows only), Drag & Drop support (Windows only), Compare image side by side, and Fullscreen mode. XnView is provided as freeware for private non-commercial or educational use. The 3.47 MB Xn-view for Windows CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD, and for Linux CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD


Unlocker

As an Windows user you might have encountered situations where you attempt to delete a file and Windows says it can't be deleted because it's "in use by another program or person," or something similar. Unlocker is a new way to delete / free up the locked file (or folder) without reboot-, , ing. Unlocker works as an explorer shell extension. To release a locked file you just right click on the file and select " Unlockerfrom the context menu. Unlocker will then guide you through the rest of the process. Unlocker works most of the time, takes about 5-10 seconds to work but this sure beats rebooting your PC, a very huge convenience. Free for  private and commercial use the 182 KB Unlocker v1.8.1 for Windows 2000 and later CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
(Source: Support Alert , newsletter)

World Time Server[Transcending the time zone]

With this time zone converter you can quickly calculate the exact time that an event is scheduled to take place in your home or other location (with respect to IST). The website also provides a World Meeting Planner to help choose the date and time for an online meeting / teleconference, participants being in diffrent locations around the world, The world meeeting planner results indicate the relationship each location has in regards to daytime hours with proper adjustments for any location, taking into account daylight saving time etc. This data can help to propose a time suitable for all to participate in the meeting. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS


MWSnap, GREAT NEWS, SCRATCH PAD, DOUBLE KILLER, EASY2SHARE

MWSnap

MWSnap is a small yet powerful Windows program for snapping (capturing) images from selected parts of the screen. The current version is capable of capturing the whole desktop, a highlighted window, an active menu, a control, or a fixed or free rectangular part of the screen. MWSnap handles 5 most popular graphics formats - BMP, JPG, TIFF, PNG and GIF formats, with selected color depth and quality settings, contains several graphical tools: a zoom, a ruler, a color picker and a window spy. It can be also used as a fast picture viewer or converter. MWSnap does not require installation and does not need any special dlls, drivers or system files which can mess up your system. The 643 KB MWSnap v.3.00.0.74 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
(Source: Linda George)

Great News[Reading your RSS feeds in a glimpse]

GreatNews can help read all your RSS feeds in a glimpse. GreatNews, an RSS feed reader,is optimized for fast and efficient reading of your favorite Web feeds. It offers different view styles - including a newspaper view that allows you to read a group of feeds organized arranged in newspaper-style page layout without having to click through individual feed items. The program supports custom labels, email and blog integration, as well as custom keyword alerts (news watches) that let you automatically find articles of interest and have them available in a special category. Other features include import/export feeds from/to OPML and XML files, automatic cleanup of old items, browser integration with popup blocking, and more. The 800 KB GreatNews v.1.0 , for WinNT/2k/XP, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
(Source : SnapFlies)

Scratchpad[Providing word processor]

Scratchpad, a lightweight notes taking utility, provides you with the functionality of a (very) lightweight word processor. Among the features of Scratchpad are Automatically add creation date to your notes, Sort notes by title, date added or note itself, Print note(s), E-mail note,Save note(s) to external text file for external use, Search across all notes or within individual note entries, Active hyperlinks within note bodies allow you to browse to websites included in notes. There's a familiar Explorer-looking window on the top where you type your notes, and one beneath that shows your previous notes. This window has columns for check-off boxes, note dates, titles, and the first line of the note. The columns are sortable by clicking the title, as well-behaved columns should be. Double-clicking on a line brings up the note in the top window to read, edit, or copy. The 624 KB Scratchpad v.1.4.0.37 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.
(Source: Lockergnome's Windows Fanatics)

DoubleKiller[Removing duplicate files]

DoubleKiller can help free up hard disk space by finding and removing unnecessary duplicate files. It searches single or multiple directories for duplicate files by comparing any combination of file name, size, modification date and content.User-defined masks like *.mp3 or *.dll help limit the scan to files that interest you, also exclude files in a particular file size range or files with certain attributes, like hidden or system files. Features include - Scans directories, complete drives or computers in your Network Neighborhood for duplicate files, presents a list of all identical files from which you can eithr delete or or move them to another directory. DoubleKiller needs no installation, just extract and run. The 392 KB DoubleKiller vt.6.1.80 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

Easy2share v.2.0

Sharing files between computers could be daunting even for experienced PC users. A useful utility to share files could be GlobeSoft's easy2share which promises to alleviate many of the technical issues and also help overcome the apprehension Sharing files around sharing information between computers connected through a network or ad hoc connection. Easy2Share could prove very useful to people who have set up a wireless network at home and would like to share information between computers or wish to move information from work computer to home PC or share information iru files or folders between different computers. The 2.14 MB easy2share v.2.0, for Windows2000,WinXRWindows2003, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.
(Source: Sofotex)

Folder Marker, AllPeers, PMeter, PC Image Editor

Folder Marker

Folder Marker is your small assistant to mark your folders. One mouse-click and it becomes clear at once. The utility adds an item "Mark Folder" in the folder popup menu and this makes changing a folder icon, a breeze. Folder Marker can mark folders by priority (high, normal, low), by degree of work completeness (done, half-done, planned) and by the form of the information contained in a folder (work files, important files, temp files, private files). Also, Folder Marker can work with several folders at once. Folder Marker contains a User's Icons tab. Add to 10 of your favorite icons and mark folders with them. The 900 KB Folder Marker v.1.2 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD (Source: Linda Bee)

AllPeers

AllPeers is a Firefox extension to share files with your contacts- Sharing files and folders is as simple as dragging them onto your friend's names and clicking 'Share'. Sharing webpages and photos from the web is easy as well. Just drag the web page tab or photo directly onto your friend's name. Of course you have to have friends in your contact list to share with, and that is as simple as adding a contact's email address to invite them. No more transferring large files via email, AllPeers makes it a lot easier. The 4 MB AllPeers Beta 0.50, Aug 22, 2006, for Windows, MacOSX, Linux,CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD Please note that AllPeers needs your email address for registration purposes, and your contacts too need to download the AllPeers application and register with his or her email id.

PMeter

PMeter is a very handy pixel meter. Features include lets switching between 3 user configurations, width and colors for each configuration can be set individually, desktop magnifier, color picker and more. Simple to use double click the ruler to rotate it by 90°, hold down the shift key to move the ruler horizontally or vertically, and to pick the color of any pixel click at the color picker box and drag to mouse cursor while holding the left mouse button. The display for mouse cursor coordinates might also be found useful. PMeter is a portable application, you can carry with you on your USB drive, can also be installed locally to your hard drive too. PMeter CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.
(Source: FreewareNews)

PC Image Editor

PC Image Editor is a free graphics editor. You can edit images from a variety of formats. User-friendly interface enables to work intuitively. Features include - Copy, Move, Delete, and Rename; adjust colors in photos; apply filters such as Hue, Negative, Colorize, Posterize; Mosaic; rotations and transformations; Perspective and Skew; blur images; sharpen images; image resizing; setting an image as the desktop wallpaper. It also contains enhanced brushes and painting options. PC Image Editor is provided as freeware for private (non-commercial) use. PC Image Editor v3.40,CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.
(Source: FreewareNews)

STICKIES, UNLOCKER, RENAME MASTER, DISK DEFRAG, BENETON MOVIE GIF

Stickies(Sticking paper notes on the desktop)

Stickles desktop notes has all the advantages of peel and-stick paper notes on your computer desktop. When you need to remember something, open Stickies and paste a note. Notes remain after reboot. They can be hidden for a certain period, until a specified date and time, or to wake every day, week or month, to act as reminders. Stickies can be transferred over a TCP/IP network connection, or an SMTP mail server or MAPI client. OS: Win98,WinME,Windows2000,WinXP. The developer avers that stickies will not mess with your system files, or write to the registry, it stores all information in a single text-based ini file The 597 KB Stickies v.5.2b CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Unlocker(Over riding error messages)

Unlocker can be a solution if you are often bothered by annoying messages like these - Cannot delete file: Access is, denied; There has been a sharing violation; The source or destination file may be in use; The file is in use by another program or user. Make sure the disk is not full or write-pro-tected and that the file is not currently in use; cannot delete folder: it is used by another person or program. Unlocker, an explorer extension, lets you, with a simple right-click of the mouse on a file or folder, to over ride these error messages. The 190 KB Unlocker, for Win2000/XP, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

Rename Master(Renaming with ease)


Renaming files or folders can be a really big pain. Surely, nobody has the time to waste clicking "re-n-ame" on each file, and then type-in the new label. Rename Master can rename large groups of files with a few clicks. This utility will add, remove, or replace parts of the filename with ease and also supports renaming via file properties, MP3 tags, JPEG JF1F and EXIF tags. Batch renaming that's simple to use, yet still very powerful. Anyone that has worked with Web sites, file archives, or collections of music, videos, or pictures would fined this useful. Written in Delphi 6 Rename Master should run on any Windows OS - no install program is needed. The 515 KB Rename Master for Win 98/ME/NT/2K/XP CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

Disk Defrag

Disk fragmentation leads to system slowdowns, and besides that fragmentation makes the hard drive disk heads move frequently when reading files, which can lead to freeze-ups and system crashes. Auslogics Disk Defrag, say the developers, is designed for fast optimisation of modern hard disks which are by far the slowest component in a computer unlike CPU and memory which work much faster than hard disks as they do not have moving parts. Defragments disks in only a few minutes, provides fragmentation map and detailed report. Supports Windows XP Home and Professional, 2000/2003 and Vista. The 1.42MB Auslogics Disk Defrag vl.0.3.173 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

Beneton Movie GIF(A GIF editing tool)

Beneton Movie GIF is a GIF editing tool. It is simple, quick, and effective. Features: Supports 48 file formats such as BMP, GIF, JPG, and PNG, Multiple frames selection, Drag and drop frames for a quick editing, 20 different effects, divided in 2 big categories: normal and animated, Save and load a batch of frames (frame1.bmp, frame2.bmp, etc.). A complete built-in image editor with many tools (pencil, shapes, airbrush, alpha brush, fill, selection, text). A simple preview window. The 3.87 MB Beneton Movie GIF is 1.1, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

TREE SIZE, ICLICKZOOM, PHRASEEXPRESS, C-ZAPPER, NSETicker

TreeSize

Every hard disk is too small if you just wait long enough. TreeSize Free tells you all about the precious disk space. The application can be started from the context menu of a folder or drive to reveal its size, including. More about disk space its subfolders. Each folder can be expanded in Explorer-like style to see the size of its subfolders. Scanning is done in a thread fashion, the results can be viewed while TreeSize Free is working. The results can also be printed as a report. System Requirements Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP. The 803 KB TreeSize Free v1.78 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

1ClickZoom

ICIickZoom, a free, easy to use screen magnifier, invokes the standard Windows screen magnifier program so that operation during magnification is compatible with the wide variety of programs around. Perhaps, you might have already tried the magnifier program built-in to Windows to try to zoom in and disappointed to find that it trampled all over the icons arranged on your desktop. 1 ClickZoom solves that problem by remembering the icon layout before entering magnification and restoring to the desktop the same setting on exit from magnification. The 0.6 MB ICIickZoom CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

PhraseExpress

Store abbreviations, answers to frequently asked questions, email templates or text snippets in Phrase Express and reuse them again and again. The AutoText feature expands short keywords into full phrases. Typing 'btw' would be automatically expanded to 'by the way' while you type. Phrase Express can save you a lot of typing. It lets you save words, sentences or whole documents to paste anywhere. You can use it in e-mail, word processing, Web forms and more. The 1.3 MB Phase Express, Version 3.0.76, MS Windows 98SE/ WE/NT4/2000/XP/2003, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
(Source: Linda Bee)

C-Zapper(Tracking keywords)

Coogle stores a unique identifier in a cookie on your PC, which enables to track the keywords you search for. This information-could be used to compile reports, track user habits, and test features. Use G-Zapper to stay anonymous while searching Coogle. G-Zapper reads the Coogle cookie(s) installed on your PC, displays the date it was installed, and determines how long your searches have been tracked. The paid version can look for cookies from search engines other than Google. G-Zapper, for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, requires IE 5.0+ orMozilla Firefox 1.5+. G-Zapper
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
(Source: Linda Bee)

NSETicker(Information on trade)

NSETicker application displays information about any trade that happens in the securities and contracts at National Stock Exchange. The first ticker window displays the market statistics for CM segment and the second ticker window displays the market statistics for F&O segment. The NSETicker application provides these features: Reflects the trades in both capital and derivative market segments at NSE, Speed and direction of tickers are configurable, Latest security / contract quotes can be obtained, Latest values of all indices can be obtained and Online Index chart for the selected index can be seen. The 145 KB NSETicker CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

THUNDERBIRD, ANDYCAD LITE, SMILEY VAULT, CONVERT, EXTRACTSLOW

Thunderbird

The final version of Mozilla Thunderbird email client has been released. New features include a built in phishing detector, spell check as you type, auto saving of drafts, global inbox filters, support for serverside spam filtering and more. Overall this great free email client has been made even better. Free Open Source, Windows and other platforms, the 6.08 MB Thuunderbird v1.5 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

AndyCAD Lite

AndyCAD is a handy and easy CAD (Computer Aided Design) and drafting program. It is a drawing software and could be useful tool for all kind of technical, artistic and office drawings. The developers claim that Easy CAD tool this utility will go a long way in fulfilling the need of beginners and professionals alike be it Mechanical, Electrical, Schematic, Charts, Floor plans, or Artwork. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD 2298 KB AndyCAD lite.
(Source: Robin C)

Smiley Vault(Express your emotions)

About 1,800 animated and still smiley gifs to express your emotions in emails, web pages, letters etc. There are glad, sad and ones grumpy, umpy and frumpy ones happy, rappy and crappy ones there are even smilies driving cars, flying planes, with hats, talking, crying, sighing and dying. The 3 MB Smiley Vault CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A quick tutorial CLICK HERE

Convert

Suggested by DH reader Saumya Ganguly Convert is an easy to use unit conversion freeware program that converts the most popular units of distance, temperature, volume,time, speed, mass, power, density, pressure, energy and many others. There are over 250 units in more than 20 categories and also offers the ability to create custom conversions. Convert is a 32-bit application and thus needs windows 95 (or later) or Windows NT 3.51 (or later) to run. Convert utilizes the Windows NT Custom Controls Library (comctl32.dll) which is not included with the Win32s subsystem. Convert v.4.10 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

ExtractlSlow( Getting more archived files)

This programme lets you to extract more than one archived file at a time, with one click of a button. Makes extracting files quicker and easier. Support for ZIP, RAR, ACE, JAR, ISO, IMG, IMA, IMZ, BIN, MP3 (MP3>WAV), LHA, LHZ formats. Drag and drop files or folders from Explorer to extract them. Detailed history of extraction procedures. Simple user interface and sleek design in a small package. The 1.17 MB ExtractNow for Win98/ME/NT/2k/XP CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.
(Source: Lockergnome's Windows Fanatics)

DeskTask,Outlook Express Backup, PLACES UTILITY,CODEC,MEMORY INFO

Desk Task

If you work with Microsoft Outlook you will DeskTask useful. It can display Calendar items in the current week (next 14 days) and the items you may have in your Outlook task list. The window is pinned to your desktop and is transparent, having no impact if you have a wallpaper. Your tasks will always be visible, saving precious time to launch or switch to Outlook. Just minimize every window, and see what are the items due for today or tomorrow. DeskTask can also display the whole week to help you organize your work. Besides the calendar items, the Outlook to-do list (Folder Tasks) is also displayed. The 446 KB DeskTask for Windows 2000/XP CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

Source: Source:-Techtree.com India)

Mem info

Mernlnfo Displays the current memory (RAM or Page File) usage of Windows in the system tray. With a small gauge graphic and the value updated in real time, Memlnfo gives a fast feedback to current memory usage in Windows. Highly customizable. Choose when Mem-Info should warn you about high memory usage, show physical memory or Windows page file, show free or used memory, choose the font that looks better. A memory De-fragmenter to allow speed up your computer by maximizing the available free memory. The 377 KB Memlnfo for NT / Windows 2000 / XP ((Some features are not available on Windows NT and Windows 2000) CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Places Utility

If you use 'Save As' dialog often to organize the downloaded data or other files this simple program could be handy. Places utility helps to customize 'Save As' and 'Open' dialog by assigning folders of your choice in the left pane of the 'Save As' window. So, instead of History, My Documents, Desktop, Favorites and Network you can as sign specific directories, and these can be located anywhere on your system, This utility does not affect Microsoft Office Programs and other programs that do not use standard Windows 'Save As' template. Browsers, Email clients, editors, etc. seem to use the standard 'Save As' template. The utility doesn't work under Windows 95,98,Me. Administrator privilege is necessary for chaning the settings. The 622 KB CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD utility.

Outlook Express Backup(Backing up old emails)

How to back up all old emails, settings, address book, and accounts? Try Outlook Express Freebie Backup, a good program for backing up Outlook Express. You will find this program particularly useful for transferring email from one computer to another or after reinstalling Windows. It lets you to backup and restore your Outlook Express user identity and email (dbx files). The backup can include various registry entries, the blocked sender list, message rules, address book, signatures and more. In addition, it offers several tools to customize OE settings, find DBX files, clone an identity and more. The 2.2 MB Outlook Express Freebie Backup, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Codec
If you are stumped with this message 'Not being able to play downloaded videos' K-lite Codec Pack could help. The developers of this package claim that this pack can help play up to 99% of the downloadable videos off the Internet. Ofcourse the legality of the pack could worry some, if that doesnt nag you go ahead and download the 14.4MB K-Lite Code Pack v.2.6 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

START LAUNCHER, SYNERGY

start Launcher(Make your applications search more easier)

Windows start menu can become hard to access if too many applications are installed in the computer. Too many shortcuts makes Windows desktop messy, and windows quick iaunch is incapable of handling too many shortcuts. Instead of searching for applications all over use start-Launcher, a convenient way to access them with just a click. start Launcher makes it easy to sort the programs by categories too. The desktop will remain clean, and you neednt search at all. You can download the 1.5 MB start Launcher CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Synergy (Share your mouse with multiple computers)

Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different OS without special hardware. It's intended for users with multiple computers on their desk since each system uses its own display. You can arrange screens side-by-side, above and below one another, or any other combination.Using the mouse and keyboard of only one of the computers the input can be transferred to any of the other. Want to cut and paste between computers? Just copy as you normally would on one screen then switch to another screen and paste it. With synergy ail your screen savers can act in concert. To keep the cursor stay rooted on one screen use the Scroll Lock. CLICK HERE FOR DOWNLOAD DETAILS

QUICKPAD, SLIMTIMER, MAXTHON, ADVANCED DISK,Db POWER AMP

QuickPad(System accelerator tool)

KIBase QuickPad (c) is a system accelerator tool. Features include : 52 application shortcuts including launch of Windows applications, including Shutdown/Restart/Lock PC, activate Screen Saver, Turn off Monitor, etc with just a single click or a key stroke. .Net v.2.0 required, can be downloaded at www.microsoft.com/. The 975 KB QuickPad 0.8.1.0 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD CLICK HERE FOR HELP

SlimTimer

SlimTimer is a new web based time tracking service. Unlike other services this works more like a stop watch on the web. If you often find yourself switching between tasks for different clients, and in different contexts you could try SlimTimer. You can roll all of your data into one location for reporting and analyzing. You can create tasks and even share them with your co-workers and those you report to. The small custom Time tracking software shop, the independent web service designer, the full time developer or anyone who bills by the hour might find SlimTimer useful. You can open an account CLICK HERE

Maxthon

A number of browsers offer improvements for existing products and Maxthon is one. MylE2, renamed Maxthon, is a browser from China, is based on the IE browser engine and has these features : autoscrolling, a newsgroup-browsing mode, Tabbed Browsing Interface, Mouse Gestures, Drag & Drop, AD Hunter, RSS Reader, IE Extensions Support, External Utility Bar and customizable interface. With Maxthon Browser you can erase the browsing history, cookies, cache...etc, easily, and even automatically. The current version is compatible with all computers running Windows 95 and newer. Download details of Maxthon vl.5.6 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

(Source: The Scout Report)

Advanced Disk Cleaner

This utility can quickly find and wipe away all the garbage files on your computer. Features includes the options to add or modify the folders, file types to clean, as well as the ones you want to be excluded, and the choice of methods to delete files. On my computer ADC found were 1495 garbage files! The developers aver that ADC contains NO spyware or adware. The 1172 KB Advanced Disk Cleaner v4.6 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD Registration code required, visit here Folks with Yahoo! ids, Sorry, presently, you cant receive the code!

DB power Amp(Ripping the sound)

This utility is called the Swiss Army Knife of audio, can digitally rip sound from audio CDs to a multitude of formats. Converts from one format to another while preserving ID tags. Most audio files supported, includes MP3, MP4, Windows Media Audio (WMA), Ogg Vorbis, AAC, Monkey's Audio, and FLAC (with optional installs from Codec Central). For Windows Explorer integration, right-click Convert To and pop up useful information on audio files (such as bit rate and length). Record from LPs with Auxiliary Input. Though the 1391 KB dBpowerAmp has turned Shareware, its last freeware version, the dBpowerAmp Music Converter 10.0 for Win9x/ME/NT4/ 2000/XP CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

(Source: Cliff Notes)

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Partition Manager, Auto Hotkey, Advanced WindowsCare, WebMemo, ShortText

Partition Manager(Hard disk partitioning tool)

Ranish Partition Manager is a hard disk partitioning tool, for running multiple OS such as Linux, Windows 98/XP, FreeDOS, and FreeBSD on a single disk. Partition Manager can create, copy, and resize primary and extended partitions. It includes command iine interface and simulation mode that works with large files so you can safely experiment before working on the real hard drive partition tables. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD Partition Manager 2.40,CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD its 2.44 (Beta) version

Auto Hotkey(An open source utility)

AutoHotkey is a free, open-source utility for Windows. With it, you can: Automate almost anything by sending keystrokes and mouse clicks. You can write a mouse or keyboard macro by hand or use the macro recorder, create hotkeys for keyboard, joystick, and mouse. Virtually any key, button, or combination can become a hotkey. Getting started might be easier than you think. Check out the quick-start tutorial .

The 1704 KB AutoHotkey Version 1.0.44.08, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

(Source: Linda Bee)

Advanced WindowsCare

Advanced WindowsCare's Personal Edition and Professional editions contain new features and functions. The application promises to introduce a new way to maintain your computer with just a click each day. It is claimed that the Advanced WindowsCare's intuitive design and state-of-art computer technology provides the user a truly different experience. No need to be an IT expert or geek! You are invited to try out the v2 Beta 3.02 (July 27, 2006) of Advanced WindowsCare,CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

(Source: FreewareFiles Express)

WebMemo(Storing history entries for a longer period)

WebMemo helps to make Firefox browsing history more useful by adding two features - history entries can be stored fora longtime, no arbitrary limit to last few days, and the surfer can see how he or she navigated through the webpages. WebMemo displays history as a tree, so that all browsing paths can be traced. The WebMemo can be used independently from standard history (it has its own database). The interface is accesible through: View -> Sidebar -> WebMemo. Works with Windows and Linux, runs on Firefox 1.5 - 1.5.0. The 634 KB WebMemo 0.8.1, by Pawel Hryczuk, released on Jul 19, 2006,CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

ShortText

"ShortText.com A brilliant idea and a great find says BBC World. What is Short-Text? It's a convenient way to create your own instant webpage, for free. Don't have a website? Don't want a blog? Want to share a piece of code...perhaps a recipe? Just paste a block of text into the text editor on the site to receive a custom URL. You can link to images, allow comments, and even make the URL private if the content is a little sensitive. The free urls are remain active as long as they are visited at least once a year by someone, after which it will get purged. ShortText is as easy as it can get to communicate on the Internet, Try it Out

Simple file launcher, Gigaget download manager, Notepad, Texture Cutter, Videocast Player

Mayk(Simple file launcher)

Mayk is a simple file launcher that can hold up to 54 icon shortcuts (6 adjustable tables, 54 visual) to your favorite applications. To create a shortcut just drag a program, document or folder into the interface and lo the shortcut is ready! while not in USe, the interface hides along the edge of the screen, and appears when you touch it with your mouse pointer. Other features include support for custom icons, grouping of programs to be launched simultaneously and access to common system commands. The program is easy to use, but is limited to alphabetical categories that cannot be organized or changed. Mayk can run on following operating systems: Windows 98, 2000 and XP (both service packs). The 473 KB MayK CLICK HERE DOWNLOAD

Gigaget(Gen X download manager)

Gigaget is acclaimed as the next generation download manager which utilizes cutting-edge Net Grid technology that improves your download speed by 7-10 times. Features : Simple and advance mode; Task Manager; Ultra-fast download speed experience, Auto data integrity validation and correction; Compatiable with major browsers-Internet Explorer, Mozilla/Firefox, Maxthon; Intelligent Disk Cache system which protects your hard disk from high-speed download; Intelligent Prompt System and Web Analysis; Error Diagnosis function. An Gigaget FAQ CLICK HERE TO VIEW and the 2.0 MB utillity CLICK HERE DOWNLOAD

Send to Notepad

Send to Notepad is a small tool which copies the text in Clipboard automatically to Notepad when you click on its desktray icon. This surely is a useful little text utility which lets you to save any text you like by copying it directly to Notepad, it does not work with any other text editor. This means that if you are surfing the Net and something you want to keep, you simply highlight it, copy it to the clip board by pressing Ctrl C, and then save it to Notepad double clikcing on the Send To Notepad icon. Send To Notepad vl.O, described as one of those 'How did I live without it' utilities, makes cumbersome task so easy. Send To Notepad vl.O , requires VB Runtimes 6.0, CLICK HERE DOWNLOAD


Texture Cutter(Cutting out textures)

If you need to cut out textures from graphic images this utility could help. Just load graphic image, set rectangle region to cut and save into JPEG format. It is very simply in use. Load, mark, view and save, nothing more. This program is public domain. You can add any code or modify it, but do let the author know about it. The 289 KB Texture Cutter vl.O CLICK HERE DOWNLOAD

Podsage

Podsage is a podcast and videocast player with many lots of features - Intuitive and aesthetically pleasing GUI, Database linking to over 27,000 podcasts and 240,000 episodes , Import podcast lists, ntel-ligent Category Update, automatic categorisation and cross-indexing of podcasts, supports both podcast and OPML subscriptions, Duplicate podcasts automatically removed through extensive filtering. This full version of Podsage has now been released to the public by Dragon Crest International (DCI) as Freeware. The 19557 KB Podsage for Windows 2000 / XP CLICK HERE DOWNLOAD.

MS Word in a browser, KlipFolio, Acoo Browser,Wink , MediaPortal

MS Word in a browser(Reading & writing in Microsoft Word)

ajaxWrite, a web-based word processor, is capable of reading and writing in Microsoft Word and other standard document formats. ajaxWrite has been designed to look like Microsoft Word, making it easy for anyone to use it to share files and collaborate with co-workers and friends. ajaxWrite works from a Firefox web browser on any OS, and on any device, no matter where you are or what computer you're using. As this application is web-based all updates are automatically taken care of. Anytime you need to open, read or write a word processor file, simply point your Firefox browser CLICK HERE in seconds a full-featured program will be available for you to open, edit, print and save.

KlipFolio

Klipfolio lets you retrieve news snippets from selected sites that are then displayed in a small, very attractive interface on your desktop. There are various sources to choose from, like Weather, News, etc. You can get as many RSS feeds as you want with the integrated Feed Viewer. Clicking on any of the displayed headlines launches the Web page with the full story. The program runs in the system tray, pops up the news dialog when it is clicked. KlipFolio is likely to use anywhere between 0 and 16MB of memory, depends on the number of Klips and how many of the alerts are active. The 975k KlipFolio v3,0 (May 03, 2006) for Win98/ME/2k XP, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
(Source: Lockergnome)

Wink (Creating tutorials)

Wink, a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, is primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software {like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users. Using Wink you can create content viewable across the web in all these users' desktops. Features : Cross-Platform - available for Windows and various versions of Linux (x86 only), Audio - record voice as you create the tutorial, Input formats - Capture screenshots from your PC, or use images in BMP/JPG/PNG/TIFF/GIF formats, Output formats: Macromedia Flash, Standalone EXE, PDF, PostScript, HTML or image formats. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

Acoo Browser(Multi-tabbed internet browser)


Acoo Browser is a multi-tabbed Internet browser based on the Internet Explorer engine (IE 5 or greater required). User-friendly GUI interface, tabbed document windows, dockable panel groups and customizable toolbars. Acoo Browser lets the user surf multiple Web sites within one browser window. It also includes many advanced features such as Mouse Gestures, built-in syntax highlighted HTML source viewer, powerful built-in Web page analyzer, recoverable Popup Blocker (with a detailed logging record), Ads Filter, ActiveX Filter, script error suppression, Cleaner, external tools, web page zooming, URL Alias, Integrated search engine support, skinned window frame, and more. The 1358 KB Acoo Browser v1.42 (Jul-12-2006 ) for Win98/ME/NT4.x/2000/XP/2003 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

MediaPortal(Turning into an advanced Media Center)

MediaPortal can turn your PC / TV into a very advanced Media Center. You can listen to music & radio, watch and store your videos and DVDs, view, schedule and record live TV as a digital video recorder and much much more. Built on a Microsoft .NET platform, it is easily installed. Open Source, this means you can help develop MediaPortal or tweak-it for your own needs with lots of innovating plugins from the growing community of over 10,000 users and a dedicated core team. Recommended System Requirements: 2.0 Ghz+, 512 MB RAM, 200 MB free hard drive space (4GB or more if recording tv), Windows Media Player 10, DirectX 9 capable graphics card with at least 128 MB of video memory, an Internet connection for full functionality of some features, and TV tuner card. CLICK HERE MORE DETAIL

ALARM ME, TUX TYPING, WORK RAVE, FILE SHARING, VIDEO CHAT,

Alarm Me (Alarm when in need)


Alarm Me is a reminder tool with several useful features. This small program, takes up very little space on HD, can sound an alarm whenever you need. It also provides a countdown timer which can be used to schedule a computer to Shutdown, Restart or Log Off, whenever one needs to. With Alarm Me you can maintain an address list, keep a diary or journal, a great birthday reminder too. The 896 KB Alarm Me v.3.1.5, runs on Windows only, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

TuxTyping 2

This free open source programme offers several engaging activities to help learn and practice computer key-boarding. There are two distinct modes, "Fish Cascade" or "Comet Zap". Both these provide practice exercises and activities in multiple levels. Most activities involve hitting a designated key, or typing a word before the letter or word reaches the bottom of the screen. This program can help to become more familiar with the location of the keys, and in the process have some fun too. Tux Typing 2 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD .

Work rave

Workrave is a programme that could help in the recovery and prevention of Repetitive strain injury, or RSI which affects many computer users at both work and at home. The program frequently alerts the PC user to take micro-pauses, rest breaks and restricts to a daily limit. It even runs through some helpful exercises that can stretch the muscles and tendons in a recommended fashion. Workrave continously monitors the keyboard and mouse activity to take into account the natural breaks from the computer as well. Workrave, for GNU/Linux version, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD for MS windows version,CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

File Sender(Sharing files)

File Sender provides peer to peer interconnection between two computers through network (Internet, Lan etc..). Includes sharing files (you can also share all hard disks in a very effective and visual way), absolute download & upload statistics, sending messages, audio conversation (with extremely low bandwith requirements), great user interface and notifications. All these if you just know your current IP Address. The files that are transfered are being compressed to the Sender and Decompressed to the Receipient automatically (ZIP based), and this makes the "File Sender's" file transfer even more better than any other, claim the developers. The 1.14 MB File Sender v.1.7 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

Smart Chat(Free video)

An IM application which provides free video & audio conversation (using Account Creation or IP address) and Live Network Streaming. IM Features include adding a friend and instant mail sending. Smart Chat uses XViD for compressing video and mp3 for compressing audio. Live Network Streaming provides the ability to share the video with ASF compression. Smart Chat also supports file sharing with real time ZIP based compression. The 3.87 MB Smart Chat, Version 1.0.2, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

(Source: CliffNotes)

Saturday, October 21, 2006

TEAM TALK,DATA RECOVERY,ARRANGE STARTUP,PDF TOOLS,WINDOW SHOOT

TEAM TALK

Team Talk lets you chat with your friends and others using the internet or a local area network. All you need is a microphone and a sound card. The primary goal of TeamTalk, avers the developer, is to provide a conversation with high quality sound and minimum transmission delay. Features - allows any number of people to participate in a conversation, this of-course would depend on the bandwidth available, a variety of configuration options to select the the audio quality that is ideal for your connection speed, and minimum lag (delay). The 1.63 MB for windows version (All) at CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

DATA RECOVERY

Smart FAT Recovery can recover any deleted files, including MS Office files, photos, mp3s. This a FAT recovery tool for Windows operating system supports the FAT 12/16/32 file system. The software, claim the developers, easily recovers data from hard disks, digital cameras, and any type of storage media - flash drives, USB drives, memory stick, PC card, multimedia card, secure digital card and diskette. Compatible Platforms: Windows NT/2000/XP/2003. The 660 KB Smart FAT Recovery CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

ARRANGE STARTUP

When many programs are loaded onto the memory of a PC at startup the performance could get affected significantly. Some of the programs are system ones which are loaded at startup are necessary for normal functioning, quite a number of others are not. These can be easily removed from the startup list with Arrange Startup. This utifilty not only classifies the programs that are executed at startup as system programs, suspicious applications, etc, it also helps to remove the unwanted ones. Compatible Platforms: Windows NT/2000/XP/2003. The 1 MB Arrange Startup CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

PDF TOOLS

PDFTools is a PDF management application. It can encrypt, decrypt, join, split, stamp, create and rearrange a PDF file. Easy to use as the main window gives quick access to all the features provided. Features: Encrypt to protect any PDF file; Decrypt to create a protection-free version; Join multiple PDF files; Split a PDF file in multiple ways; Rearrange PDF to arrange pages in a PDF file; option to create a PDF file from xml file ( a new feature and still going through functional testing). Includes a simple to use XML to PDF converter. The 2.82 MB PDFTools v.2 (Release Date: 2006-10-13) for OS: Win 9x/ ME/ NT/ 2K/ XP/2K3.CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD Download PDF2XL Converter


WINDOW SHOOT

Window-Shoot is a fast and cool Screen Capture software. WindowShoot can capture any Window screen and save them as a Video file. Features like adding Text, Mouse Cursor and Cursor Position to the Video are also available. The easy to use 304 Kb WindowShoot for OS: 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 is the brain child of Suresh. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

RESTART FOR ADVANCED USERS, E-CALENDAR, IMAGEWIZ, SMARTDB, FASTUSE

Restart for Advanced Users

Restart is a system utility for advanced users with more than one operating system installed on their machine. The program installs an icon in the notification area, and with a single click the computer will shutdown and restart with the selected operating system. The program also includes commands to shutdown the computer in different ways (including standby and hibernate), a schedule function, and advanced settings for uncommon configurations. Please note; this program works in conjunction with the Microsoft boot manager, and it is not compatible with other third-party products, A freeware for Windows 95,98, Me, NT, 2000, XP and 2003 Server the 309 KB Restart 1.56 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

E-Calendar

This is a e-Calendar for the desktop from The Bangalore Press. It can be positioned at either sides or wherever you want on the desktop. Apart from providing information about important days and holidays the e-calendar also has two notepads, one provides at-a-glance info about the upcoming events, and the second one can be used to keep a tab on your pending taks data such as events, birthdays, and anniversaries can be entered here. To access the e-calendar just move the cursor over the faint and transparent image visible on your desktop, and lo the e-calendar 'lights' up and is ready for use. As soon as you move the cursor away, the calendar recedes into the background. You can download your free copy of the 865 KB e-calendar CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD,Registration required.

ImageWiz

ImageWiz can resize and add captions to your image files from a digital camera. You can also add the current Date to the captions. When you use the "date" caption, you can use yyyy for the year in a 4 digit format, To Remove a file from the list, just "right click" on it and select "Remove from List." And, there are 3 ways to add JPG images to ImageWiz - Launch ImageWiz and "drag" the JPG files to the list panel on the left, Just "drag" JPG files to the ImageWiz icon on your desktop or iln File Explorer, you can also select 1 or more JPG images, and "right click" and select the "Send To I ImageWiz" menu. Please note ImageWiz only works with JPG type files,CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

SMARTDB

With SmartDB you can create and easily use databases with the following characteristics: Each record can have up to 22 different fields, These fields can be declared as text or number, for each record you can add up to 10 photographs (BMP or JPEG) or multimedia files, the records can be ordered by any of the 22 fields, each database can be protected and classified as 'read only,' Each database can be exported in EXCEL format, import an EXCEL/csv file to create a new database, each datafield has a drop-list for easy selection of already existing values, preview before printing, Printing possible under several formats, runs under Windows 95-98-XP-NT. Skinnable with Windows XP: 10 skins provided, and a couple of sample databases (Telephone directory, Stamps collection, Great men). CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD the 6965 KB SmartDB V3.2

FastUse

FastUse Version provides fast access to programs most often used, you just move the cursor over a small icon located in the system-tray (The system-tray is the small area, generally located at the bottom right part of your screen, where the clock usually run.) FastUse also has a screen capture program, a scratch pad, a telephone directory, a post-it and a perpetual calendar. You can use FastUse has 3 buttons to Log-off the Windows, Reboot Windows and Shut-it as well. The 6614 KB FastUse for Windows 95/98/2000/XP/NT-CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Hotkeys, Startup Delayer

Hotkeys(Hotkey can be show you all hotkey assingments)

Hotkeys, suggested by DH reader Ganesh of BR Hills, can help people who keep forgetting hotkey assignments. This open source utility is a not only a first rate hotkey utility it also has this neat feature: when you hold down the Windows key for three seconds it displays an image of the keyboard showing all the hotkeys that have been assigned. The application comes with pre-defined hotkeys Over 100 international keyboards are supported. This 804 KB freeware for Windows XP Click Here to Download

Startup Delayer

Many Windows programs try to start when the computer starts to boot up. When all these programs try to start at the same time this causes a great delay to get going. If you're bothered by this delay, you could try Startup Delayer- which starts along with the boot and lets you choose the time when you want them to start their work after the boot. Startup Delayer v2.1.10 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD(Source: CliffNotes)

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Antispyware watchdog,

This program uses a simple yet effective method of fighting all kinds of malicious programs. It inspects several spots in the Windows system malware is most likely to alter, including programs launched at start-up, browser helper objects, scheduled tasks, services, and cookies. WinPatrol consumes few resources and doesn't slow your PC. You can set the interval between checkups; the default is every three minutes. If something new installs on your PC, the program notifies you and asks whether you want the newcomer. This won't cure serious infections, but it will save you from annoying adware and malicious sites that hijack your browser home page. You can view full reports in HTML format, and the app even lets you manage which programs launch on system start-up. Improved cookie handling is taken care of by Pinky the Squirrel, who eats "cookies with nuts"--that is, cookies that contain user-defined nuggets of text, such as ads. Users who install a lot of new software will find the program invaluable.

Get it from CNET Download.com!

Sunday, October 08, 2006

FILE RECOVERY

Softperfect File Recovery is a tool to recover accidentally deleted files from hard disks, USB flash drives, CF and SD cards and other storage media. SnapFiles yested the program with images deleted from a USB stick and they were recovered without problems. Note: The Pro-recover any files if the media has been formatted (or files have been overwritten). SoftPerfect File Recovery supports popular file systems such as FAT12,FAT16,FAT32,NTFS and NTFS5 with compression and encryption. The 276 kb Version 1.0 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

Though the developers aver that SoftPerfect File Recovery does not contain any spyware or adware, better check it out!

Monday, September 04, 2006

HOVTEXT, AVG Antivirus, Recolored

HOVTEXT

HovText is a small freeware and open source Windows application to help remove formatting - all HTML code, font size, colour or layout etc removed in their entirety. The utility can also act a clipboard manager, remembers the last 10 copied texts and lets you filter out whatever text you need. Other features can be easily installed and uninstalled, multiple users with independent settings on the same computer, can be activated or deactivated via a hotkey or a single mouse click. The 508 KB HovText v2.0, Click Here To Download.

AVG Antivirus

Since it's release in 1991 AVG Antivirus has been continuously refined, it now offers very impressive protection capabilities. Also, it's relatively small, light on resources, has regular automatic updates and handles email scanning. Although the free version has a few non-critical features disabled and has no direct technical support it has proved a real alternative to the major anti-virus suites. Avast! is quite good too, but, requires periodic re-registration while AVG does not. AVG Antivirus 7.0. Click Here To Download. A review of the effectiveness of free security software Cilck Here for More Information.

Recolored

Recolored is a utility to colourise black and white photos, makes it possible for anyone to achieve professional looking results. To add color to a photo, all you have to do is add markings to the different regions of the image, indicating how it should be colourised. Then, click the colourise button and let the software do the rest. Currently in its BETA stage, Recolored is available for download free of charge for non-commercial use. The 1318 KB Recolored 0.6.0 BETA (expires 01/31/2006), for Windows 98SE/2000/XP, Click Here To Download
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Friday, August 25, 2006

FOLDER SHARE, KEYNOTE, INTERNET FILES SIZE, KALENDER

FolderShare

FolderShare lets you to automatically synchronise and/or share files in a given folder across multiple computers. You can use it for syncing your home and office data, sharing photos and other large files with friends or simply as online backup of your critical data. To use the service you need to download the 646 KB Folder Share's "Satellite" client software. Windows ME and later.
Click Here For More details . If you are using a personal firewall program adjustment of some settings may be required. Utility suggested by DH reader Ganesh of BR Hills.

KeyNote

Keynote is a flexible, multi-featured tabbed notebook, based on Windows standard Rich Edit control. It's accessible with a single keypress, even if you're working in another application. With KeyNote you can include many separate notes within a single file. This means that you do not need to open several files for most purposes it is enough to create only one file. With the addition of the tree-type notes, Keynote is a three-dimensional notebook: many notes within one file and a multi-level, nested pages within a single note. Optionally, KeyNote can encrypt your data securely using the Blowfish or Idea algorithms. Keynote can help store any kind of information which lends itself to hierarchical representation such as lists or outlines. Click Here To Download . The 1.7 MB KeyNote, an open source utility.

InternetFileSize

Have you ever encountered an http:// or ftp:// link with unknown file sizes? Now, with InternetFileSize you can easily determine the file size, type and modification date on the internet. Also, if your base http or ftp link is "encoded" (such as http://www.server.com/downloadfile?id=34532) the Internet File Size can reveal the real file http or ftp path."Simply drag and drop an URL from any browser window or document onto the compact interface, or use the right-click option in the Internet Explorer context menu. The program can properly follow redirections and also Display the file size in different units. Although Internet-FileSize works with any browser, it is most convenient for Internet Explorer users due to the context menu integration and the tooltip-style information window. Click Here To Download . The 576 kB InternetFileSize.

kalender

Kalendar to remind you of upcoming events.

UK's Kalender can remind you of upcoming events and to-dos. Dates and appointments can be entered into the calendar via an input form. Has a separate todo list- tasks can be entered with a deadline and a forewarn time, from one minute to several weeks, snooze too. Acoustic reminders with a WAV file of your choice. Repeat events, e.g. hourly, every three days, monthly, every first tuesday of the month, etc. Events can be organised into categories, e.g. "Doctor", "Meeting", "Party" etc. Though direct printing is not supported you can export all your data into a HTML file and print.Click Here To Download . The 1077 KB UK's Kalender
(Source: Freeware World Team)

Thursday, August 24, 2006

HALP TV, WRITELY, ICON DEVELOPER, PERSONAL FIREWALL

HalpTV
HalpTV by Halpsoft is a completely free Internet television tuner application that lets you view around 3000 online Radio and TV stations, and view video on demand
(Music, Movie and live cam from around the world), and much more. There are three varied views to choose from: original, fit to window and full screen. Your main viewing window is smack tab in the middle and you have a drop-down tabbed menu on the right hand side which includes a TV Station guide, a Video on Demand tab as well as a Radio and Favorites tab. The bottom of the player gives you a snapshot of key information, informs you if you're connected, the buffering speed, the bitrate, bandwidth and volume of your player. The 13.1 MB HalpTV 2.0, winner of SOFTPEDIA "100% CLEAN" award, Click Here To Downloaded.

Writely
This web-based Word Process an enable simple & secure document collaboration and publishing. Writely can help collaborate on a document with several people and not be compelled to keep it circulating around as an e-mail attachment, or worry about the version of Word somebody has. You can publish documents online and invite other people to have a look. You can upload documents from Word itself. Some formats are not supported as yet. The application is currently in beta, Click Here for more details.

Icon Developer
Icon Developer is a program to help create your own Windows icons. The free version allows for the creation of standard Windows icons, Windows XP icons, and shell integration. Features - Create & Edit Small Sized Icons (16x16), Create & Edit Standard Sized Icons (32x32), Scale Icons to different formats, convert JPGs, BMPs, PNCs to icons, Create & Edit Windows XP formatted icons, Right click on images from Explorer and convert to icons, Convert images from clipboard (copy & paste) into icons,and Create & Edit Very Large Sized Icons (48x48). The 2450 KB Icon Developer Click Here To Downloaded . A chart comparing the free and the pro versions of Icon Developer Click Here for more details.

Personal Firewall
Kerio Personal Firewall is designed to protect any Windows PC that is connected to the Internet using DSL, cable, dial-up, ISDN, WiFi or satellite modems. Key Features: Blocks all externally originated IP traffic. Automatic stealth mode renders the desktop invisible to potential intruders. Automatically blocks all pop-up windows and banner ads. Detects break-in attempts by infamous hacker tools. Connections dialog clearly displays each application's activity at any given moment. Kerio Personal Firewall is being discontinued on December 31, 2005. Click here to Download the 5.3 MB v.4.2.2 of Kerio Personal Firewall.

Friday, July 28, 2006

DVD Knife,Powerpoint MVP

DVD Knife

DVD Knife is a free, simple but useful tool to extract DVD clips from your DVD's. The clips are stored in VOB format. This is the simplest and fastest tool in its category which has ability to extract long VOB clips in seconds. OS: Windows NT/2K/XP/2003.The 1.6MB DVD Knife Click Here to Download

Powerpoint MVP

All of a sudden PowerPoint throws a silly fit, and you lose all your work. Your presentation gets corrupted. You need PowerPoint MVP, developed by Shyam Pillai, this can help to keep a logically named set of backup files. Under a new name each time, so you have a trail to follow back to an uncorrupted version of your presentation. Create a single backup file or multiple sequential backups. The add-in does not delete or change the original presentation in any manner. For more Details Click Here Shyam's Sequential Save add. Click Here to Download (Source:http://www.rdpslides.com/mdex.html)

Thursday, July 27, 2006

IDENTIFIER,VIDIS

IDENTIFIER 

Did you know that Google stores a unique identifier in a cookie on your PC which lets them track the keywords you search for? They could use this information to compile reports, track user habits, and test features. G-Zapper helps you protect your identity and this valuable "attention data" by blocking the Google search cookie. You stay anonymous while searching Google. What you search for should be yours and yours alone. By clearing the Google search cookie regularly or blocking it all-together, you will help protect your attention data from others. G-Zapper makes this a breeze! G-Zapper is compatible with Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, requires Microsoft IE 5.0+ or Mozilla Firefox 1.5+. The 552 KB G-Zapper CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD 

VIDIS

VIDIS Lite is a remote video surveillance application using a PC running Windows OS and a webcam, digital camera or camcorder. A picture of the area covered by the camera is periodically uploaded via FTP to the user's own web-space on the remote server of his 1SP after an interval specified by the user. This image can be viewed in a web browser from any computer connected to the Internet. The web browser view is automatically refreshed every minute. Users need to have webspace which is FTP accessible for this option. A permanent Internet connection (cable, DSL) is needed for full functionality. The 560 KB VIDIS Lite, a freeware for personal and non commercial use, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD 

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

DOWNLOAD FREE SOFTWARE

Belarc

The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, including Microsoft Hot fixes, and displays the results in your Web browser. You get to know exactly what's on your computer, both hardware and software including versions. For OS: Windows 95/98/Me, NT 4, Windows 2000, XP and Windows Server 2003. Browsers: Requires IE 3 or Netscape 3, and higher versions. Also runs on Opera, Mozilla, and Firefox. The 846 KB Belarc Advisor - Free Personal PC Audit, v.7.0t, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD .The developers of this programme aver that your PC profile information would be kept private on your PC and not sent to any web server. (Source: Linda Bee)

Sound Format Converter

Switch sound format converter can convert a variety of different audio file formats including wav, mp3, flac, aac, wma, au, aiff, ogg, msv, dvf, vox, atrac, gsm, dss and other formats into mp3 or wav.
The paid version can handle more formats but the free version should do to meet the needs of most users. Requirements - Windows 95/NT4/98/2000/AAe/XP/2003, Pentium 300 or above with at least 16AAB RAM (32MB for 2000/XP), can work on Linux too, however, the Wine emulator/run environment and a window manager like Gnome or KDE required. The 354 KB Switch Sound Format Converter CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD