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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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)

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
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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

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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)

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.

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!