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HomeKey A simple beginners
touch typing program. Make your own lessons. Improve your keyboard
skills. Learn at your own speed. Freeware,
copy and pass on for free. Touch typing trainer program for DOS or Windows.
Short lessons ideal for beginners. Take your own time to
learn. Great to learn the Keyboard layout. Educational give to pupils in
school... for free.
Will work on most 286 IBM, 1Mb RAM, VGA machines and above, a
DOS program will easily run in Windows. Suitable for older computers and
will run on newer machines. Small program size may be run from a floppy
disk.
File size 150Kb, zipped. Will run from a floppy disk.
Small program size. DOS will work in Windows 3.0 or above.
HomeKey
is
release as Freeware, copy and pass on for free.
You may use it for as long as you like and pass it on for free,
(keep all files together). Box not included.
Quote
"Small and quick. Nice short lessons make it idea
for children. Works well. Free to use and pass on, so I can give it to my
class at school."
This software is release as Freeware,
copy and pass on for free. You may use it for as long as you like
and pass it on for free, (keep all files
together).
How much does this cost? HomeKey is free software; you can download and
install it entirely free-of-charge. This isn't a trial, or a crippled cut-down version to tempt you towards an expensive "full" version, or a
package loaded with SpyWare
to steal your personal details - the fully-featured version of HomeKey
can be downloaded and used without imposition or restriction! You may even
pass the software on to others.
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Instant
Video Suite. How about offering click-by-click multi-media
presentations of your desktop activity as you demonstrate and explain
exactly how your product works? Create your own "FLASH"
demonstrations on your web sites. Create CD/DVD's demonstration video
manuals with audio in High Quality AVI. Include with your software
release and demonstration in Video your products and services. Great
for Educational CD/DVD and web site's. Make your video with audio
using Instant Video Suite. This gave us the opportunity to concentrate
more on marketing and getting more sales; after all, there were hardly
any support requests any more. eBook
Instant Video Suite User Manual
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Digital Cameras. Video Camcorders. Make you own videos. Take Professional Quality Stills. Find the best cameras whether you enjoy still photography or making your own videos and Video Production. Amateur and professional cameras. Camera Memory and batteries. Quality and Value.
Free Jigsaws
Jigsaw
Puzzles see if you can solve these free Jigsaw Puzzles. Download
and compete with friends see who can solve them faster.
RNID
Typetalk and TextDirect There are an estimated 450,000 deaf, hard of
hearing, speech impaired and deafblind people in the UK that cannot use a
standard telephone. For them textphone communications provides a vital lifeline
along with TextDirect and Typetalk. By making calls through TextDirect textphone
users have automatic access to the Typetalk Relay Service, the new TextDirect
Relay service for people with communication difficulties. Along with access to
Typetalk TextDirect converts ringing and busy tone into text messages, which are
displayed on the textphone display and allows the telephone companies to provide
a text rebate. If you use a textphone you can make a call through TextDirect by
dialling prefix 18001 before the telephone number you want. TextDirect is
available from most UK telephone networks. TextDirect is provided by BT,
Typetalk is managed by the RNID and both are supported by the UK Telephone
Industry.
Stretch
Break is an ergonomic stretching and typing break timer program. the program
reminds you to take periodic breaks from your computer and provides ergonomic
information, including workstation setup guidelines.
RSI
Action is a student group providing preventative education about RSI to thegeneral public and to students at
Harvard.
It also provides advocacy and support for Harvard
students with RSI. RSI stands for Repetitive Strain Injury. It includes a whole
spectrum of conditions, from tendonitis of the hand or wrist to carpal tunnel
syndrome to cubital tunnel syndrome.
UserHealth.
Do you spend several hours in front of the computer without breaks or pauses?
Maybe you want a tool that can monitor how much time you actually spend in front
of the computer? In that case this software can be perfect for you, and by the
way did I mention that it is freeware!
Safe computing tips
Know the basic tips about Office
Ergonomics, Workstation Ergonomics, Ergonomic PC, Laptop Ergonomics,
Ergonomic chair and avoid health problems such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
&
Repetitive Strain Injury. Stay Healthy & Fit while working in front of your computer. No eyestrains, back pains or other discomforts.
Latest Freeware, may be not all be freeware, What is freeware:-
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Description : Helping you make subscription to email lists on Internet websites. It uses POP3 email accounts to receive subscribe and unsubscribe requests from respondents, extracts email addresses and sender names from email messages and creates plain-text files ... More
Description : Write and manage your documentation from an easy to use yet powerful help authoring environment. Generate standard Windows CHM help files, WEB based documentation, PDF and Word documents from a single source. ... More
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Description : Schmap Spain contains travel guides for 15 popular Spanish cities (including Madrid, Seville & Bilbao). Each guide comes with dynamic maps, useful links, playable tours, top picks, plus photos and reviews for 100s of attractions, restaurants, shops. ... More
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An advanced replacement for the standard Windows copy command. It supports pause and resume of ongoing copy operations, adjustable copy speed settings and more.....
WinRemotePC is remote control/administration software. It allows you to quickly and easily access your server, home or office PC remotely anywhere. WinRemotePC Lite provides industry leading performance and security to access remote desktops. FREE.
WinRemotePC is remote control/administration software. It allows you to quickly and easily access your server, home or office PC remotely anywhere. WinRemotePC provides industry leading performance and security to access remote desktops.
Miraplacid Text Driver extracts text from documents. Format text output as plain or formatted text, preview and save to a file, copy to Clipboard, upload to a server or email. Use it for importing text from unsupported document formats
RationalPlan Multi Project is a powerful project management software capable of handling multiple interrelated projects and covering project management areas starting with WBS construction, project planning and scheduling to progress tracking etc.
RationalPlan Multi Project is a powerful project management software capable of handling multiple interrelated projects and covering project management areas starting with WBS construction, project planning and scheduling to progress tracking etc.
Easy-to-use program for playing your favorite music CDs and audio files. Flexible playlists. Music players can reside in the task tray, out of your way. Hotkeys allow fast control of music playback.
Software is designed to administrate remote computers via a local network or the Internet. It has a convenient and intuitive interface so even an unskilled user will be able to learn how to use it.
Want to make ISO image from whatever you have? All Free ISO Creator provides the easiest ISO creation ever!
All Free ISO Creator is an excellent fully functional conversion tool to create ISO image for permanent data backup from your existing files and folders (with the subfolders). It allows the users to create bootable disc & ISO files at high speed. It supports ISO-9660 level 1 & 2 and ISO-9660 + Joliet UNICODE name extension. Having a very easy-to-use and understandable interface, it provides buttons to rename files and delete them easily.
All Free ISO Burner helps you make ISO image from files and folders with optional file systems. It is able to create bootable disc. It provides wizard instructions to operate with ease and high-speed creation with detailed log.
It enables you to create ISO image from existing data of any kind and folders with subfolders. ISO-9660 level 1 & 2 and ISO-9660 + Joliet UNICODE name extension are supported. There is an option to create bootable disc with floppy boot image. A straightforward file tree is provided to add whatever data and folders you want - you can rename or delete the added files. The user-friendly UI enables you to find & use anything you want in seconds and many thoughtful features (A button for real-time refresh, specific options summary, auto ejection, etc.). Step-by-step wizard with tutorial instruction to help users burn just by clicking buttons. Processing log can be viewed and saved as .txt or .log file for professional analysis (if needed).
HD Call Recorder for Skype is a easy-to-use tool for recording Skype voice conversations.
It has the following advantages:
* It's FREE with no limits attached.
* Automatic or manual recording capabilities.
* Can be used to record Skype2Skype calls, SkypeOut/SkypeIn calls, Conference calls.
* Choice to record different side.
* Store your calls to MP3 format (Using Lame MP3 Encoder).
* Automatic chat reply.
* Easy to track record history.
* Built-in audio player.
* UI friendly, easy to use.
Winmount is a powerful windows utility which is dedicated to managing files and disks impressively and conveniently. It's a compression tool, also a virtual disk tool ( Mount RAR ZIP MOU and CD DVD HDD images as virtual disk/folder ). The most characteristic feature is virtualizing compressed archives. That is mounting compressed archives to a virtual disk or a virtual folder without decompression, all actions are taken in a virtual path, protect hard disk, save space.
As a compression tool, WinMount supports compressing files to MOU ZIP 7Z ISO, decompressing, browsing and converting MOU ZIP RAR 7Z CAB ARJ ISO GZ BZ2 TAR WIM files. Compressed file comment and magic page is also supported.
As a virtual disk tool, WinMount supports mounting
1) Compressed archive: RAR ZIP MOU;
2) Folders;
3) DVD images: ISO ISZ BIN MDS MDF NRG IMG CCD CUE;
4) CD images: FLAC, APE, WV;
5) HDD images: VHD, VDI, VMDK, WMT;
6) Microsoft WIM.
to a virtual disk or a virtual folder.
WinMount also supports make ISO from physical or virtual CD/DVD ROM.
WinMount formats:
MOU: A highly and fastly compressed format. It's completely free, that means it can be used or published for personal, commercial or govermental purpose.
WMT: A storage HDD format, it can be encrypted, used for data storage.
WinMount is the only one to open MOU and WMT. At an appropriate time, MOU and WMT will open their API or source code.
In addition, WinMount can create a new blank RAM-disk, data will be lost after restart.
All Free Ringtone Maker is an application that allows you to make use of any of your favorite songs for ringtone creation. With the free tool, you can create ringtones from MP3, WMA, WAV, audio CD and other audio files in just a few minutes. All you need to do is to add the music file, edit it and then transfer it to your phone. There is a waveform to help you choose the right segment you want. Detailed output presets & configuration setting is also provided.
With All Free Ringtone Maker, you can add audio files to visually edit (cut, copy, paste, mix, etc.) on the zoomable waveform and apply various audio effects (echo, fade-in/out, normalizing, amplifying, etc.). It saves the input audio file in different audio formats as an audio converter. By using real-time MP3 and WAV encoding and decoding, it can cut out a 3-minute-length music in about 10 seconds - no more bother with ringtone length limit of various mobile phones. Play the added audio file as a player and real-time decoding/encoding to preview the result - check the editing you have done before you are satisfied by the ringtone to be output. It supports a wide-range bitrates of the output file. You can set the bitrates for a target file from 16 kbps to 320 kbps as needed. This helps preserve the output audio quality farthest. You don't need to be an expert to get the quality you want as it also provides many well-configured quality presets for every format. Just try them and make your choice.
Most computer users create and download different files on a daily basis. As time goes by, hard disks get packed with documents, pictures, music, videos, and other files. And then suddenly there is almost no free disk space left! But that is only partly true.
Most people are unaware of how many duplicate files there are cluttering their hard disks. All those songs that have been downloaded twice, holiday photos uploaded multiple times, documents copied and pasted, so that you have them in two folders at once! All that wasted disk space can be reclaimed by simply deleting duplicate files.
Apart from using up hard disk space, having too many duplicate files can make your computer run slower. Deleting them will help you speed up disk defragmentation, Windows search, and anti-virus scans.
Auslogics Duplicate File Finder is a nifty free utility that will help you get rid of useless duplicates and reclaim up to 50% of free hard disk space. It will ask you for duplicate files search criteria - you can match files by name, date and time they were created, size, and even contents. Then it will do a quick but thorough search and present you with the list of duplicate files. You can review them before deleting any. That way you can avoid deleting any files that are not duplicates, but match your search criteria.
Kigo Photo Card Maker is an easy to use software to create your photo cards in a minute. Choose from a variety of professional templates, and add your own pictures and text. With it, you could turn your pictures into announcements, invitations, holiday cards, and more, all by yourself. You could easily create holiday photo cards, photo cards, Christmas photo cards, photo greeting cards, photo holiday cards, holiday photo greeting cards, personalized family photo cards with it. It's totally free!
We supply about 100 templates, and there will be more & more templates on our website for all occasions. You could download them and import into your PhotoCardMaker. And the template is free, too.
Free MP3 Joiner is designed to merge multiple MP3 files to one larger MP3 file within seconds. As an audio merger, it gets selected audio files joined efficiently, without recompressing or quality loss; as an audio converter, it converts audio files to MP3/WAV/WMA/OGG with high quality. Precise parameters adjustment & format presets are provided for professional or casual use.
The operation of the tool is simple and straightforward. You can use the file adding button or just drag the audio files to the main window, adjust the sequences of each files and then click "Merge". If you want to join multiple MP3 files with ease, Free MP3 Joiner is the right one to get things done!
With Free MP3 Joiner, you can: Combine/Merge/Join audio files into a bigger file; Join separate audiobook chapters into a whole audiobook; Combine many separate music tracks into a non-stop audio CD; Convert audio files of various formats for your music player; Resample MP3/WMA/WAV/OGG with different bit rate.
Incredibly easy to use for both beginners and professionals, All Free DVD to 3GP Converter helps you to watch your favorite DVD movies in your mobile phones anytime anywhere. It helps you convert DVD-9 and DVD-5 to 3GP, AVI, MP4, MPEG FLV and many formats. With this DVD ripper tool, you can preview the movie, snapshoot the images in preview and customize the output quality. All Free DVD to 3GP Converter, remarkable with its super high converting speed and quality, will be the great mate of your mobile phones.
It rips DVD to 3GP video format for your mobile phones with speed and ease. It works for all titles of DVD movies including those titles on which other tools might fail or have audio problems. Also, it supports various output formats playable on many portable devices like iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, BlackBerry & other mobile phones. No matter which device you have, it provides the best configuration. You can rip HD/Blu-Ray DVD to many video formats with lossless output to enjoy in media player with high-resolution screen. You can extract audio tracks from all kinds of DVDs as audio extractor and save them to WAV, MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, etc. A window is provided on the right to play the whole DVD or the selected title. With the buttons "Play", "Pause" and "Stop", you can easily view the entire disc and decide which part to rip. The "Snapshoot" button helps you take a snapshot of the scene displayed in the preview window and save it as BMP or JPEG format. For multilanguage DVD discs, you can specify the ripping settings of both audio and subtitle in different languages. You can also disable the audio/subtitle ripping. You don't need to be an expert to get the quality you want as it also provides many well-configured quality presets (frame rate, audio channel, sample rate, etc.) for every output format to meet your professional or casual needs. It provides conversion without any temporary files for high converting speed and economy of hard disk resource.
WinX Free WMV to MP4 Converter is an easy-to-use and free WMV to MP4 converter. Using this free video converter, you could convert and transfer WMV (Windows Media Videos) to MP4, which is one of the most common format supported by mobile phone, portable devices. Designed with user-friendly interface, the conversion process of WMV to MP4 is very simple and fast.
Key Features:
- Convert WMV video to MP4 for free
- Support batch conversion mode. You can convert multiple files at one time
- Take favorite pictures appearing in the video files and save as JPG or BMP
- Converting WMV to MP4 with super high output video and audio quality
- Optimizing the output video by adjusting frame rates, video resolution, video size, etc
- Easy to use. The conversion of WMV to MP4 becomes a simple case for all users
- Converting WMV to MP4 with super fast video converting speed, up to 300%-500% real time
- Fully control output video size and quality
- 100% Clean, No Spyware, No Malware, No Adware and No Virus
VueMinder Calendar Lite is a FREE calendar and reminder program for Windows. It displays multiple calendars simultaneously in layers. These can be viewed and printed by day, week, or month. It provides many reminder options, including popup reminders and desktop alerts. It supports iCalendar Subscriptions and Google Calendar sync. It also integrates a calendar into your Windows desktop, so you'll always be able to see your upcoming events.
Desktop alerts fade into view unobtrusively in the lower-right corner of the screen and can be pinned anywhere on the screen, similar to sticky notes. Recently viewed or dismissed reminders are easily accessible and can be redisplayed with a single click.
VueMinder Calendar Lite supports the iCalendar standard, allowing subscriptions to calendars located on both your local network or over the web. You can also export to iCalendar files, and use those in other calendar programs. A wide variety of print layouts and styles are also provided, along with a dynamically updating print preview window that allows you to instantly see what will be printed as the various printing options are modified.
Google Calendar sync is also provided. Now you can view your Google Calendar events while offline, using a free and feature-rich calendar application.
For an even more full-featured calendar program, consider trying VueMinder Calendar Pro, which allows you to share calendars over a local network, publish calendars to the web, import and export to Excel, sync with Outlook, send SMS and email reminders to yourself and others, customize the interface with themes and user-defined layouts, and much more.
Free YouTube To Mp3 Wma Converter 2011 is a free Converter which allows you to convert video to audio from YouTube. It supports output formats of MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV, AAC, M4A, FLAC and MP2. The conversion it provides is fast, free, requiring no fussy registration and you can use it without any limitation. With this awesome tool, you can bring your favorite YouTube tracks with you and listen to them on your mobile devices soon.
Key Features:
Batch download the YouTube video to your local folder; Batch convert the FLV/SWF videos to audio formats; Convert videos of various formats into audio formats; Convert between audio formats; Wizard mode to provide easy instruction to follow; Support almost all video input; Completely free and safe to use.
With Free YouTube To Mp3 Wma Converter 2011, you can: Download YouTube videos to collect them in your local computer; Convert YouTube videos to MP3/WMA/OGG/WAV/AAC/M4A/FLAC/MP2 to enjoy in your favorite portable devices; Convert original songs or music that only appears in YouTube music channel to audio; Directly extract interesting audio from local videos to use as ringtone; Extract audio from live performance video.
Wallix Pro Firewall prevents intruders from accessing your computer and that's the main objective for a computer firewall. It automatically detects and blocks attacks through a comprehensive examination of all inbound and outbound information to your computer. Wallix Pro offers an easy interface, with clear details that present you a list with all installed programs from your computer. Unwanted programs can be uninstalled at any time by just a few clicks.
Wallix Pro Firewal has a simple and well organized control panel which allows you to monitor all your network activity, the number of ports open and the application accessing each port at that moment.
This program does more than protecting your computer from intruders and hackers; it is very efficient in blocking irritating spyware and adware as well. Wallix Pro Firewal comes with additional security specifications for those of you who also want their children safe from unwanted items online.
If you notice any unknown application in your ports, you can deal with it by simply right-clicking the application to block access immediately. Wallix Pro Firewall lets you set custom rules for applications as some of them require specific ports to be open and also to easily default to open necessary ports for a particular software application.
Although the program comes with high customization control, it still doesn't overwhelm even novice users (as it keeps some predefined rules that simplify your customization).
Benefits:
The software is easy to install and use, offers clearly explained configuration options, hides all ports to keep your computer undetectable to scans, protect your system from various attacks, identifies all potential and actual threats, promptly alerts you in case of serious attacks, takes care that unauthorized content doesn't infiltrate your computer and did we mention it is ABSOLUTELY FREE?
Clone2go Video Converter Professional is an excellent tool for meeting video conversion needs. With this tool, you can convert video files between almost all popular formats. The input video format of Clone2go Video Converter Professional includes: MOV, WMV, FLV, MPEG-4, MPG, RM, RMVB, AVI, VOB, ASF, DV, 3GP, M1V and M2V. The output format includes: AVI, WMV, 3GP, MPEG-4, MP3, FLV, etc. With so many input and output formats, you can easily convert any video file into the correct one for your portable devices such as MP4 player, iPod, iPhone, Sony PSP, Microsoft Zune, Mobile Phone (e.g. Nokia N-Series), Pocket PC and smart phone, making your videos and movies portable. Clone2go Video Converter Professional brings convenience in batch file conversion which just needs simple steps. You can download FLV videos from YouTube.com or Google Video and convert FLV to other formats using this software. It is good news for the holders of media player devices as this Converter provides you with the solution of FLV conversion.
WinX Free WMV to 3GP Converter is a excellent yet free video converter software which can convert video files from WMV to 3GP format. With this free and stable video converter, you could transfer WMV video to 3GP which is one of the most common format for Mobiles phones, no matter Nokia or Motorola. Designed with user-friendly interface, WinX Free WMV to 3GP Converter makes WMV to 3GP conversion routine as simple as one-click solution.
Key Features:
- Capable of converting video from WMV to 3GP that accepted by mobile phone
- Support batch conversion mode which allows you to convert multiple files at one time
- Enable to grab screenshots from video files and save as JPG or BMP
- Converting WMV to 3FP with excellent output video and audio quality
- Adjustable parameters are designed for users to optimize video quality, such as video size, bit rate frame rate, etc
- Easy-to-use for both beginners and experienced users. 100% stable
- Offers super fast video converting speed, up to 300%-500% real time
- Fully control output video size and quality
- 100% Clean, No Spyware, No Malware, No Adware and No Virus
Free Partition Recovery Solution - EASEUS Partition Recovery is a free and easy to use partition recovery solution. It can solve the partition loss problems including partition deleted by accident, partitions lost due to virus attack, partitioning error or any other problems under Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/Windows 2008/Windows 7 both 32 bit and 64 bit operating systems.
Moreover, EASEUS Partition Recovery can recover lost and deleted partitions on MBR (Master Boot Record) basic disk from IDE disk, ATA disk, SATA disk, and SCSI disk. It works with FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, NTFS5, EXT2 and EXT3 file system.
Its amazing recovery feature helps you recover deleted or lost partitions to avoid any personal, hardware or software failure, virus attack, or hacker's instructive destruction partition loss. To undelete partitions with EASEUS Partition Recovery is much faster and easier. Just by simple clicks, you can get the lost partitions back.
EASEUS Partition Recovery features a very intuitive, user-friendly interface. With it you can choose the entire hard disk, unallocated space, allocated space or specified sectors to search for the lost partitions according to your own need and save your time!
Main features of EASEUS Partition Recovery 5.0.1:
- Free for both home and commercial users
- Recover deleted or lost partition
- Optional scan areas to locate the lost partitions quickly
- Easy-to-use wizard interface
- Support FAT, NTFS, EXT2, EXT3 file system
- Support IDE / ATA / SATA / SCSI drives
- Support Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7
- Up to 2TB disk supported
- Support up to 32 disks
KooLoader is an all in one download manager software that guarantees a worthy Internet downloading experience through the addition of an adaptive download accelerator, segmented downloads for acceleration, an astounding number of simultaneous downloads and more. The program offers support for Internet Explorer, Firefox.
Anytime you need to download something online, copying the URL of that file will prompt KooLoader to automatically paste it into its main window and simply hitting OK in the small window that will be displayed instantly, will start the download.
KooLoader keeps it straight and simple not a bunch of useless features that would only crowd your application and encumber your experience with it. Thats why it sticks to fast downloads of flash from the Internet, allowing the setting of portable version to use on different computers, smart file management and multilanguage support.
A feature which will come in very handy is the Scheduler: with it you can download at times you chose and specify. Apart from this you have the ability to establish the maximum number of segments and the maximum number of simultaneous downloads (up to 99!).
KooLoader allows you to use when downloading even links stored in you clipboard, offering support also for both protocols HTTP and FTP. User interface is as clean as it can be providing you all the features in the easiest way possible.
The offerings go on comprehensive error recovery and resume capability are included. This mean the ability to resume broken downloads that had been interrupted on account of lost connections, network breakdown or system shutdowns saving files you downloaded up to then.
Clone2go Free Audio Converter is a powerful tool in audio extraction and conversion. With this tool, you can easily extract the unprotected sound tracks from video clips such as AVI, WMV and MPEG and convert the audio to different formats as you like such as WAV, WMA, OGG, MP3 and AAC, which can be played by your portable devices such as MP4 player, iPod, iPhone, Sony PSP, Microsoft Zune, Mobile Phone (e.g. Nokia N-Series), Pocket PC and smart phone, making your music portable. This Audio Converter also brings convenience in batch file conversion which just needs simple steps, but it works at high speed and generates good quality audio or music files. As it is free of charge, it does not support DRM protected music. Besides, this software has a user-friendly interface and an easy-to-use style, which brings convenience to anyone from beginners to experienced hobbyists to use it.
Mp3 Editor for Free is multifunctional audio editing freeware. It's completely charge-free and you can get a fully functional version through a free download without any fussy registration. With its easy and clean interface, Mp3 Editor for Free is perfect for home-studio recording and for people just getting started with audio editing. It has dozens of audio effects, audio filters, and tools for converting audio files into formats including MP3, WMA, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, VOX, audio CD tracks, etc. Its powerful recorder control would help you recording any sound from your microphone or streaming audio from the Internet.
Disk Defrag will speed up your computer by optimizing file system. It can defragment files, consolidate free space and move system files to the faster part of the disk. With Disk Defrag you'll get the maximum out of your hard drive performance. It is supplied with a powerful engine and smart algorithms which allow Disk Defrag to run much faster than similar tools. And with its comprehensive reports you will always be aware of what have been done.
Disk Defrag features:
- fast and safe defragmentation of the disk drives
- optimization of clusters' structure and file system for even better disk performance
- useful disk fragmentation map that displays defragmentation process in real time
- simple and intuitive user interface
- comprehensive defragmentation report
- extremely low system resources usage
Running Auslogics Disk Defrag at least once a weak assures your hard disks are optimized for maximum performance.
WinX Free WMV to iPhone Converter is an easy-to-use and free WMV to iPhone converter. Using this free video converter, you could convert and transfer WMV (Windows Media Videos) to iPhone/MP4 and share your favorite video files with your family and friends. Designed with user-friendly interface, the conversion process of WMV to iPhone is very simple and fast. Download this free WMV to iPhone converter right now to enjoy your videos on iPhone.
Key Features:
- Convert WMV video to iPhone MP4 for free that playback on your iPhone
- Support converting video files in batch mode. This free WMV to iPhone converter allows you to convert multiple files at one time
- Take pictures from video files and save as JPG or BMP
- Converting WMV to iPhone with super high output video and audio quality
- Optimize the output video by adjusting frame rates, video resolution, video size, etc
- Users-friendly interface makes it easy to use for users of all level of experience
- Convert WMV to iPhone with super fast video converting speed, up to 300%-500% real time
- Fully control output video size and quality
- 100% Clean, No Spyware, No Malware, No Adware and No Virus
EASEUS Partition Master Professional Edition is an ALL-IN-ONE partition solution and disk management utility. It allows you to extend partition, especially for system drive, settle low disk space problem, manage disk space easily on MBR and GUID partition table (GPT) disk under Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista/ Windows 7 (both x32 and x64).
The most popular hard disk management functions are brought together with powerful data protection including: Partition Manager, Disk & Partition Copy Wizard and Partition Recovery Wizard. Moreover, you can create bootable CD/DVD in case of system boot failure.
Top Benefits:
New! Partition Recovery Wizard to recover deleted or lost partitions
Support GPT volumes – GPT disk partitioning, GPT disk copy etc.
Convert dynamic disk to basic disk easily with all data protected
Extend system partition to maximize computer performance
Partition Manager utility for better hard disk management and computer performance maximization
Copy Wizard to copy partition or migrate entire hard disk to another without Windows system reinstallation
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Process Lasso is a unique new technology that will improve your PC’s responsiveness and stability. Windows, by design, allows programs to monopolize your CPU without sufficient restraint – leading to hangs and micro-lags. Process Lasso’s ProBalance (Process Balance) technology intelligently adjusts the priorities of running programs so that badly behaved processes won’t negatively impact the responsiveness of your PC. It does this not by raising process priorities, but instead by temporarily lowering the priorities of background processes that may be interfering with foreground responsiveness.
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If you ever wished for a way to view your iPhone snapshots on a bigger screen (without first copying them to your PC), here's your answer. WiiPhoto transmits photos to your HDTV by way of your Wii game console.
It's a terrific idea, but one marred by a couple of gotchas and the limitations of the console itself.
The app works with any iOS device that's connected to your home Wi-Fi network: iPhone, iPod, iPad, and so on. You'll also need the Wii Internet Channel on your console if you don't already have it.
WiiPhoto taps your Wii console to show photos from a variety of sources.
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Galarina)
When you fire up WiiPhoto, it displays your device's IP address, which you type into the Wii's browser. Once that connection is made, all that remains is to choose a source for the photos you want to view: Facebook, Flickr, SmugMug, your Mac, or your on-device photo library.
I started with my iPhone's Camera Roll. I tapped a photo, and sure enough, after a couple of seconds, it appeared on my TV. Neat!
However, I quickly discovered that there's no slideshow option--you have to select pictures manually by tapping on thumbnails. (You can't even swipe to cycle between them.)
Then I tried Facebook. Although I had no trouble signing into my account, WiiPhoto displayed none of my personal albums, and all my friends' albums were labeled "photos not available to you." I'm not sure if this was the result of some oddball FB privacy setting or a bug in the app. According to the developer (who responded very quickly to my support needs), I'm the only one who's reported the problem.
Things fared better with Flickr, and I liked the app's option to show not just my photos, but also "interesting photos," "photos nearby," and "popular places." Here, as in Facebook and SmugMug, you can indeed watch a slideshow (though you can't adjust the default 10-second interval).
Two other issues cropped up during my testing. First, because the best display resolution the Wii can muster is 480p, photos just don't look that great--especially on larger TVs (I tried it with a 46-inch LCD). They look washed-out and grainy.
Also, because of how the Wii browser refreshes itself, you hear a beep every two seconds or so--even if you're still looking at the same photo. That gets annoying mighty quick, but the only real fix is to mute your TV.
Much as I was hoping to love WiiPhoto, I came away just liking it. At $2.99 it's a worthwhile purchase, if only to show off your photos on a big screen--but be prepared for a few disappointments along the way.
In others' hands, it would be called Chrome 6, but Google sees things differently.
To the company, a version number is a passing milestone on an indefinitely long road to improvement. By default, the browser is updated behind the scenes and automatically, downloading new versions and installing them after a browser restart. It sees the practice as similar to how Web applications are updated constantly, usually without the user being involved and often without even being told.
This update philosophy is one of several differences that has set Chrome apart since Google inadvertently scooped its own announcement by prematurely issuing comic books describing Chrome just before its launch.
Google has attracted millions of allies. It's grown steadily to account for 7.5 percent of global browser usage, according to Net Applications' most recent statistics.
Besides numberless versions, another departure from prevailing custom was Google's idea that the browser should be as minimal a frame as possible around the content or application it's delivering. Chrome's minimal menu buttons--shrunk from two to one by the new version--its top-mounted tabs, and its lack of real estate for a status bar or search box reflect that philosophy. Programmers working on Mozilla's Firefox 4 and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9, the new versions of the world's most-used browsers, have adopted similar goals.
Another departure was Chrome's focus on performance in processing Web-based JavaScript programs, loading pages, and other matters. Performance was important to other browsers, but Chrome's initial near-instant launch and notable JavaScript speed that concept at the top of every browser's agenda and raised Web developers' expectations of what they could tackle.
Chrome also led the way with a new approach to extensions. Those who write the add-ons use a combination of Web technologies including JavaScript, HTML, and CSS for formatting--the same as in Firefox's upcoming Jetpack framework under development now and just introduced to Apple's Safari 5. The technology is designed to be easier to program as well as less disruptive for users to install or update.
Under the covers, Google broke with custom by isolating browser processes into separate memory compartments, too. That consumed more memory but added security and performance. And from a development perspective, Google aims for high velocity: a new "Canary" version changes even faster than the Chrome developer release, and Google plans to update the stable version of Chrome about every six weeks.
Finally, Google had an ambition to be different by transforming the browser into a full-fledged operating system called Chrome OS. Competitors agree that browsers should become a foundation for applications, but not quite to Chrome OS's extent. Google plans to release Chrome OS, which hides Linux under the covers for purposes of communicating with hardware, later this year for Netbooks, but it expects broader usage eventually.
Even without Chrome OS, Google's browser embodies the company's philosophy that the Web is the applications foundation of the future. That's because Google is building in not just faster JavaScript but also other potentially more powerful computing technology.
IE remains the dominant browser, but its share has slipped in the last year as Chrome rose.
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Net Applications / Stephen Shankland/CNET)
First is WebGL, a 3D graphics interface that mirrors the OpenGL standard for accelerated hardware graphics. Second is Native Client, which Google hopes will let downloaded code run natively and therefore fast on a PC or smartphone processor. It's got safety mechanisms built in to counteract the risks associated with running arbitrary software downloaded over the Net, and Google has made progress convincing at least some that it's safe to use.
To those who were baffled by Google's announcement of a browser two years ago, this type of work perhaps shows best the advantage Google gets out of Chrome. By largely controlling the development, Google can develop new technology and build it into a widely used if not dominant browser for testing and promotion. It also gives Google new clout in shaping new Web standards.
Google, of course, also has servers at the other end of the browser's Net connection. That lets the two work harmoniously. For example, Google is trying to develop a technology called SPDY that seeks to speed up the basic protocol used to request and send Web pages. It requires browsers and servers to cooperate, and Google's got both under its control. It's trying to standardize SPDY, but in the meantime Chrome can give a fast track to Google services.
When Chrome launched, it was a bare-bones browser missing all kinds of basic and advanced features other browsers possessed--anything to do with bookmark management, for example. Google has fleshed that out, though some relatively basic features such as print preview are still absent. At the same time, Google has added some useful basic features still missing in rival browsers.
One is tab-to-search, which lets keyboard-oriented folk quickly launch site-specific searches at Amazon, Google, Yahoo, Bing, Wikipedia, CNET, and other sites by typing the site address, then tab, then the search term. Another is automatic translation using Google's multilanguage services.
Google has several challenges. One big one is convincing skeptics that Google, with its ever-wider sprawl of services on the Net, is a safe place for personal data. Chrome's address box, called the omnibox, sends data as it's typed to Google servers that suggest search results straight from the box. That's convenient but raises some hackles.
These user interface features, though, are secondary to the broader Chrome ambition. Google is fundamentally a company about Web services, and Chrome is a vehicle to make those services work better.
The more activity there is on the Web--be it search and search advertising, Gmail and Gmail advertising, Google Docs and Google Apps subscriptions, Google Maps and locally targeted advertising--the more Google stands to profit. Even if Chrome never catches on widely, it still serves as competitive leverage to ensure Microsoft, Mozilla, Apple, and any other browser makers don't get complacent.
How convenient for consumers that a better browser aligns so well with Google's commercial interests.
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The new about:labs feature in Chrome Canary gives Google a user-friendly way to test out experimental features.
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Screenshot by Seth Rosenblatt/CNET)
Google's "canary-in-the-mineshaft" version of its Chrome browser gained a new "labs" option for users to explore on Wednesday. Users of Chrome Canary, named to indicate that it's an even rougher version of Chrome than the developer's build, can now activate rougher, in-progress features by typing "about:labs" into the location bar. About:labs was first revealed last week.
The first feature to land in the lab is Side Tabs. To activate it, go to about:labs and click the Enable button under Side Tab. Restart Chrome Canary and when you right-click on any tab, choose the option at the bottom of the menu to Use Side Tabs. This will move your tabs into a vertical column on the left of the browser. To revert back to the tabs-on-top scheme, click on Use Side Tabs again.
The switch is perhaps useful for people with widescreen monitors who wish to see the dozens of their open tabs in a column form, exposing more of a Web site's title than would otherwise appear on the tab bar. However, the switch also forces an empty title bar at the top of the window; there's definitely room for more development in this particular lab experiment.
Depending on how Google implements it, one of the potential benefits of About:Labs could be to allow users to explore new features that would otherwise be available only through command line flags.
Mobile-browser builder Skyfire is striving to make good on its vow to get a solution for streaming Flash video onto the iPhone--without breaking any of Apple's restrictions against third-party browsers.
Skyfire for iPhone is modeled after the Skyfire for Android app that debuted in late April. As with that version, Skyfire's iPhone app will contain a video playback button to stream Web video through Skyfire's servers.
In order to get the video playback through Apple's gauntlet, Skyfire will transcode the Flash video into HTML5 on the fly before pushing content down to your iPhone. What's more, the app will also compress video data by up to 75 percent.
These workarounds are technical and tricky. Will they be enough to gain Apple's coveted approval? Skyfire is confident that the answer is yes. The company has worked closely with Apple's guidelines for HTML5 on iOS, Skyfire said in a press release. Furthermore, Skyfire says it has reached out to Apple for feedback.
We'll get you a hands-on review of the app as soon as we can. In the meantime, you can get an idea of how Skyfire for iPhone may look and behave in the video below of Skyfire 2.0 beta for Android.
Along with a refresh to most of its iPod line, Apple's annual digital media event included a refresh to iTunes. The music and video management software revved to version 10 and is supposed to be available today for both Windows and Mac users. I followed CNET's live coverage of the event as the announcement unfolded, including participating in a chat room loaded with Buzz Out Loud viewers, and the response to the refresh was a pretty much universal "meh."
I can't help but say that I agree with that general consensus. Version 10 of iTunes does not include a much-anticipated cloud music service, nor does it offer a subscription video service to go with the new Apple TV. Instead, Apple added the ability to rent TV shows a la carte--for 99 cents apiece. Call me a cheapskate, but this seems hideously expensive, especially considering the fact that iTunes has often offered specials in the past when you could purchase shows for 99 cents rather than $1.99. And I would be surprised if there's much interest in renting a 30-minute program (which are really more like 22 minutes in most cases) at that price. Even the studios aren't thrilled with the idea: only Fox and ABC have signed on for the initial launch.
The other big announcement for iTunes 10 is the introduction of Ping, a social feature that seems awfully familiar. Ping lets you select your favorite artists to follow, and then provides updated information on new music and concerts in your area (as well as a Twitter-like feed of comments from the artists). In addition, you can connect with your friends through iTunes by sending e-mail invites or by linking to your Facebook account. Ping is also built into the iTunes app, allowing users to access it on-the-go.
However, by far the most exciting new development from version 10 of the software is a brand-new iTunes logo. Gone is the old-school CD with a music note overlaid on top of it; now, you get the much more applike icon pictured at right. Now there's an improvement I can get on board with.
What about the rest of you? Are you utterly underwhelmed by the newest version of iTunes? Or is the social integration a long-awaited feature that's grossly underrated? And TV show rentals? Feel free to add your feedback to the comment section below.
Apple has released iTunes 10 for Windows and Mac, which brings a number of new features to the program including a new icon (finally!), a hybrid column view to prevent repetitive album listings, and a new social network for music called Ping.
The update is available through Software Update in OS X, but can also be downloaded from the iTunes Web site (Apple has updated their site to say iTunes 10 is "coming soon"); however, be sure to take a couple of precautions before installing it.
Let others test it
We do not expect there will be major issues with the program, but being new software with new features there may be some initial bugs that will need to be addressed for a full and seamless experience. If you do not absolutely need the program, then allow others to experiment with it for a few weeks and read about potential problems here, in the Apple discussion forums, or other locations to ensure things are going smoothly.
Back up
Before applying the update, be sure to have a full, bootable, and restorable backup of your system that you can use to revert any changes made when installing the program. In the past there have been issues with people losing their libraries, missing items, or having synchronization issues with various mobile devices.
Sync first
If you use iTunes to sync your various devices, then be sure to fully sync them before updating so all the data is consistent. This should help reduce initial sync problems with the program after updating.
Deauthorize your system
If you use iTunes to connect to the iTunes store, first deauthorize it, update, and then enter your account information again. This will help prevent the possibility of an error with the installation, resulting in the store thinking your computer is already authorized.
IE remains the dominant browser, but its share has slipped in the last year as Chrome rose.
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Net Applications / Stephen Shankland/CNET)
Internet Explorer's growth slowed once again, and Chrome shook off its slump in August, new statistics show.
Although Microsoft made progress in its goal to exterminate IE6 in favor of IE8's more modern and secure design, Internet Explorer overall slipped from 60.7 percent to 60.4 percent of global usage, as measured by Net Applications.
Chrome had slipped for the first time in its history, sinking to 7.2 percent in July, but returned to growth with 7.5 percent of August usage, Net Applications said.
Mozilla's Firefox market share was essentially flat, with 22.9 percent usage. Apple's Safari rose from 5.1 percent to 5.2 percent, and Opera dipped from 2.5 percent to 2.4 percent.
After years in which IE's dominance led to a largely dormant browser market, the software has become highly competitive again, with new entrants and new uses. The Web is growing increasingly significant as a medium not just for browsing content but also for using applications; as Web technology evolves, so must browsers.
Microsoft's overall usage may have slipped for August, but the company is happy to see IE8 growing at the expense of IE6.
"For August, IE share worldwide decreased 0.34 [percentage points] to 60.40 percent worldwide, but in a world of customer choice, we are pleased that people are continuing to choose Internet Explorer 8 three times more often than other browsers when they make that move [away from IE6]," said Ryan Gavin, senior director of Internet Explorer Business and Marketing, in a blog post Wednesday. "While there is still a significant number of Internet Explorer 6 users who have not upgraded, most of these users are concentrated in developing or emerging markets, as well as enterprises with substantial application dependencies that take time to migrate."
Firefox, meanwhile, is racing to finish Firefox 4, in beta testing now but still 692 bugs and a few features away from final release. Google is set to release Chrome 6 soon, though with its behind-the-scenes automatic-update feature, few people know which version they're using.
An accurate rendering of the view from the front door of my childhood home, provided courtesy of Google Street View and the programmers behind the latest Google Chrome experiment.
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The official Google blog on Tuesday posted a link to an experimental music video for the Arcade Fire song "We Used To Wait" that shows off the capabilities of HTML5 with Google's Chrome browser.
I gave it a run earlier this afternoon. After I followed the instructions to close other applications and enter my home address, the video took about 15 seconds to start. My first impression was a flashback of visiting shady Web sites back in the days before pop-up blockers existed: a cascade of no fewer than eight browser windows opened, and trying to close any one of them displayed a message warning that I'd exit the application altogether.
But once I gave up trying to control my screen, the experience was pretty amazing. The application opens and closes browser windows in time with the music, and about halfway through, one of them displayed the exact view from the front door of my childhood home.
This freakishness is provided courtesy of Google Maps Street View and some clever manipulation of the images to keep them looking fluid, rather than a bunch of disconnected snapshots. Later, a window asked me to write a letter to my childhood self, and I was able to both type and draw letters that sprouted trippy tendrils of black while the music and other video windows played on.
In all, it was a pretty impressive display that ran well on my five-year-old Dell gaming laptop. Unfortunately, the only release-level browser it works with is Chrome. Firefox 3.x and IE8 don't have sufficient HTML5 support, though that's changing soon: IE9 and Firefox 4, both in initial beta-testing now, will offer dramatically improved support for the emerging Web standard. (I tested it on the beta of Firefox 4, and while it loaded more slowly and had a couple stutters, it worked. I'll hold off testing it on IE9 until Microsoft releases a full browser beta later in September--right now, the preview versions are only basic shells.)
The same video could probably have been programmed in Adobe Systems' Flash format and worked in any browser, but it might have placed a greater load on my PC, (That's open to debate, and it depends on how the app is written and the precise specs of the machine running it). Nonetheless, it's a pretty good advertisement for the promise of HTML5--and an even better advertisement for Google products and technologies. Which, of course, was the real point.
The song itself, "The Wilderness Downtown," was not bad, but it didn't grip me enough to want to run out and buy the album. That has been my reaction to most of the new Arcade Fire album so far, though I like the idea of a concept album about the suburbs and the fact they released it on vinyl.
Best known for its social music- and lyric-finding service, TuneWiki launched a new venture Tuesday in the form of a game with a slightly different take on music discovery. Lyric Legend is a free app that combines aspects of a karaoke and a rhythm game into one visually stimulating package. I downloaded the app onto an iPhone 3GS to give it a spin.
Upon starting, Lyric Legend automatically attempts to connect to a network in order to retrieve high-score and other social info, as well as upload your game data to the scoreboard. However, you don't need a connection to start playing the game, which means roving iPod Touch owners are in the clear. The first screen presents a number of straightforward options surrounded by an appropriate background graphic of thumping speakers. You can select from single or multiplayer gaming, step into a "how to play" tutorial, or enter the song store.
Those who have spent any time playing rhythm games will find the gameplay somewhat familiar. The lyrics for the song in play float on the screen within colorful balls; you want to hit the words of the song as it is being sung. The closer you get to hitting at the exact moment a word is said, the better your score. In beginner mode, the balls line up in order of the lyrics to make things easier, and rings around each one help to call out which is coming up next. For parts of the song with no words, TuneWiki has implemented a fun bonus round during which you tap glowing balls as they drop down.
As with any rhythm-based music game, Lyric Legend will take some practice before you get the hang of it. Further, unlike Guitar Hero and similar offerings, actually knowing the words to the song helps considerably. Luckily, Lyric Legend offers several levels of difficulty, from beginner to expert, so you'll have a chance to practice before moving up. As you step up in difficulty, the balls move around with varying frequency and--eventually--even the rings disappear.
As you might expect from a free app, Lyric Legend doesn't come loaded with very many games. You get three packaged with the download: Metric's "Gimme Sympathy," Vampire Weekend's "Giving Up the Gun," and The All-American Rejects' "Move Along." As of press time, TuneWiki was offering more than 70 other songs for purchase in the song store, most available in two-track artist "packs" for 99-cents.
All in all, I found Lyric Legend to be a fun and addictive game. Anyone who loves karaoke should certainly give it a look.
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Linux
desktop users as well as Microsoft
Windows and Macintosh users
to rival programs like FrontPage and Dreamweaver.
Nvu (which stands for "new view") makes managing a web site a snap.
Now anyone can create web pages and manage a website with no technical expertise
or knowledge of HTML. Nvu is open source
and covered under the MPL/LGPL/GPL tri-license
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Wed, 1 Sep 2010 14:01:05 +1000 - We recently featured the commercial Wondershare slideshow program that was free for three days. That offer has expired but there's plenty of free software that does much the same thing. Check out our editor's suggestions in this brand new section on our site.
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:58:39 +1000 - Wondershare Flash Gallery Factory turns a set of images into a beautiful animated album complete with page-turn effects and background music. Normally $49.95 you can get it for free for the next three days so grab it while you can.
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:42:31 +1000 - It finally finished! Gizmo's Freeware has had a partially complete page on free GIFanimation software for over a year but editor Jojo Yee couldn't stand it any longer and completed it himself. Jojo's done a great job but this new section needs an editor to maintain it so if you are interested email me using the site contact form.
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:55:42 +1000 - Amazon's latest $139 Kindle eBook reader has been such a huge hit that it's back ordered. But why wait to get into eBooks when you can turn your PC into an eBook reader by installing Amazon's free Kindle program.
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:27:28 +1000 - Some exciting news: we've just added a brand new tips section to the Gizmo's Freeware site. This will feature regular new tips as well as bringing together into one location all the tips currently scattered throughout the site.
The new section will be edited by Vic Laurie. Although he is one of our most recent volunteers Vic is no newcomer to this. He operates the well known "PC Informant" blog and operates his own PC education website. Vic will be writing tips for all technical levels so everyone should find something of interest. Here are his first contributions:
- An Unusual Way to Reduce Windows Boot Time
- Quick Ways to Shut Down Windows
- How to Manage Flash Cookies
- Shortcuts for Hibernating Windows
- How to View and Clear the Cache in the Google Chrome Browser
If you know some great tech tips please let Vic know using the form on the Tech Tips page . All contributions are fully acknowledged.
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:08:47 +1000 - Using an alternative DNS server is a very effective way of avoiding hostile websites and other web nasties. It's free, and you don't need to install anything. You simply need to change a setting on your PC or in your router. As a bonus you may also find your surfing is faster.
The free Open DNS server is the best known of an alternative DNS service but our Hot Finds editor has located another that's operated by the security company Sunbelt and it's well worth checking out.
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:09:44 +1000 - If you're the sort of person who buys self-help books aimed at busy people, you've almost certainly heard of David Allen. He's the inventor of a concept called GTD, or Getting Things Done. It's not so much a way of managing your to-do list, but more a way of life.
Wieldy is a free to-do list manager, which its author claims is modeled on the GTD concept. It runs under Windows XP and above, and provides a friendly, intuitive way to manage and prioritize all your tasks and thoughts, and keep track of contacts. It uses a Ribbon-like interface, and I actually think it looks a lot like Microsoft Outlook.
Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:15:11 +1000 - Lately I’ve been spending a fair amount of time lately looking after my daughters’ pre-school children so you can understand why a press release about a new website filled with children’s amusements caught my attention.
I must admit my expectations were low as many of these sites are very amateurish. However I was presently surprised; this site is very professionally implemented. The coloring application in particular is very well done and emulates closely the pencil and paper experience. But there's a lot more than online coloring: there are lots of kids printables, a huge game section and craft videos as well. I was impressed. If you have young kids you should really check this out.
Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:12:36 +1000 - OK I know it's not a Hot Find but we've just found out that we've been listed in PC Magazine's Top !00 Websites of 2010 and we just have to tell everyone.
I thinks it's a wonderful recognition for the 90 volunteers who run this website. We don't have a single paid employee at Gizmo's me included. It's also a great testimonial of the power of community. I'm so proud of the team and I hope you are as well.
Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:39:19 +1000 - The popular UK website v3.co.uk is running a special promotion that starts midday CEST Friday 13 August where you can download the full commercial $25 version of BitDefender Anti-Virus 2010 for free for a 24 hour period. For more details click the title of this item or use the link below.
Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:25:28 +1000 - It may surprise you that our top choice for best free lightweight word processor is neither AbiWord nor Open Office Writer. These are excellent but orthodox programs. By contrast our Top Pick comes from left field. It's task oriented approach takes a little time to get your head around but in the end you will be richly rewarded.
Mon, 9 Aug 2010 18:59:29 +1000 - Editor Jojo updates this list so regularly that it's always worth a regular revisit. It is now so comprehensive that I can look back at his achievement with total admiration. I suspect you may feel the same.
Sat, 7 Aug 2010 10:40:54 +1000 - Email is now being extensively used by political parties and marketers to shape your opinion. The formula is simple. Send out millions of emails containing some joke, video, scandal or other juicy piece of information to entice the recipients to forward the email to their friends. You can call it viral marketing, spin or PR but to me it's fraudulent spam.
This stuff has become so sophisticated that it's hard to pick. That's why I suggest you check the truthfulness of any email containing "interesting" information before forwarding to your friends. This article lists some free resources that will help you identify this scam mail so you inadvertently don't become part of the problem.
Thu, 5 Aug 2010 11:33:39 +1000 - Do you ever buy lined paper? Or graph paper? Or music notation paper? Or score sheets for popular games and sports? If so, you'll know just how expensive some of these custom papers can be. Especially the special ones designed for use in proprietary personal organizers.
So, how about printing your own? It might well be cheaper. It's almost certainly more fun, and it's definitely more flexible because you can print what you want when you want it. Here are two free printing utilities that allow you to print exactly what you want.
Wed, 4 Aug 2010 14:52:34 +1000 - Many people think that the new ribbon interface that Microsoft introduced with Office 2007 was a definite change for the better. But lots of people, including our Hot Finds Editor Robert Schifreen disagree: "We spent years learning our way around the traditional menu structure, which merely resulted in frustration when Microsoft decided to "improve" things."
I must confess that I'm one the people who actually like the ribbon menus but if you are like Robert then go grab this freebie that make your Office 2007 and 2010 menus look exactly like the classic menus in earlier versions of Office. (Free for non commercial use only)
Tue, 3 Aug 2010 18:57:15 +1000 - Our roving editor Rhiannon has located this excellent collection of icons. The icons are categorized by topic, from animals to vintage, making it easy to find something specific. She notes "All the icons I had a look at were good quality and available in formats for most operating systems."
Mon, 2 Aug 2010 19:11:06 +1000 - Many people religiously ensure that their version of Windows is up-to-date yet ignore the security threat presented by outdated versions of other software installed on their PC. The easiest way to manage this is with a software update manager that scans your PC and tells you what programs you need to update. Here are our recommendations - all are free.
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:15:36 +1000 - Like audio books but feel they are too expensive? If so you should check out this extensive list of books that you can download for free compiled by editor Stephen Keroff. With more than a hundred sites grouped into 14 categories you are bound to find something of interest.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:18:28 +1000 - One of the delights in operating a community website is finding constantly finding new or updated pages on the site that I was not even aware of. So it was when I went to check out our best free download manager section and discovered that not only do we have a new Top Pick but I have never even heard of the recommended product. I quickly downloaded it and can totally agree with editor Jojo that it is an outstanding product.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:56:50 +1000 - Gizmo's Freeware is currently looking for experienced PC users to review free software. Everyone at our community site is a volunteer including me so you'll be contributing to the worthy cause of promoting free software
You don't have to be an expert just knowledgeable about PCs. One thing is for sure: within a short time you will become an expert in the area you have chosen to review. Not only will you acquire expertise you will soon discover that as a reviewer you'll get a lot of personal recognition and have the ability to shape opinion.
So here's your chance to contribute to a worthy cause and became a star at the same time. If you are an experienced PC user and have two hours a month (or more) of spare time just click the title of this item or the link below to get started. Act now; this could be start of something big.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:47:26 +1000 - With USB sticks so common it's very easy for somebody to take information from your PC even if you are away from your desk for a just few minutes. Worse still, you'd never know your data was stolen.
Our Hot Finds editor Robert Schifreen has located a free utility that will gives a full history of the USB devices that have been plugged into your PC. Apparently this information is stored in Windows and this utility simply reports this information in an easy to use form. Sounds pretty handy to me.
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:08:40 +1000 - Well we are finally biting the bullet and changing our website url from www.techsupportalert.com to something that makes more sense for the website as it stands today. However we are undecided whether to use a hyphenated or non hyphenated form i.e.
www.gizmos-freeware.com or www.gizmosfreeware.com
I'd love to know which variation you prefer. To vote click the title of this item or go here:
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:49:09 +1000 - With the release of Office 2010 this commercial training company has released its manuals for Office 2003 and 2007 to the public for free. These are superbly-written tutorials, produced by professional trainers so go grab them while you can.
Even Office 2010 users should check them out as they include a short quick start guide to Office 2010 though obviously not the full manual. That's reserved for their commercial clients.
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:25:35 +1000 - Do you ever need to produce a printed quiz, test or exam paper? Maybe you're a teacher, and you have to produce such a thing for your class. Or perhaps you run a local charity group, and you sometimes arrange fun quizzes for members. Or maybe you run training courses for colleagues or customers.
Whatever the reason, if you ever find yourself having to produce such things, this new, free Web-based service might be just what you need.
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:41:18 +1000 - If you work in I.T. and feeling a bit depressed depressed by your job then cheer yourself up with this light hearted video that looks at a medieval help desk. Even if you don't work in I.T. you will still appreciate the humor - it's very funny.
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:05:57 +1000 - With the weekend approaching here's something a little lighter. This list consists of the top 10-15 videos in 16 different categories. The two categories that caught my eye were the "Top 10 Robot Videos" and " 15 Insanely Popular Lady Gaga YouTube Videos" Guess that strange combination makes me sounds kind of weird but hey I am a geek after all.
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:05:52 +1000 - Most experienced Windows user are aware that that they can use the excellent free Process Explorer program from Sysinternals to replace the rather limited Windows Task Manager. But there's another alternative that's free, portable and open source. It offers a different mix of features to Process Explorer and for some applications is superior. That's why I have a copy of both utilities on all of my PCs. Full details here:
Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:55:18 +1000 - There are thousands of free games on the internet but very few of the quality of this freebie. On Monday 19th of July the computer gaming company Valve released a full free version of the Unreal Tournament mod of Alien Swarm. Not only did they release the game but the entire code along with a full set of tools that allow user to create their own mods. This is an impressive freebie but be warned its a 2GB download.
Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:50:13 +1000 - Different folks have different views when it comes to the best way to access the programs on your PC. Many are great fans of the launch bar system similar to that used on Apple Macs. If that's you then you are going to love this freebie. It not only emulates the Mac system it actually improves it.
Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:08:39 +1000 - Editor Antti Koponen has just updated his amazingly comprehensive list of free security software. He has added many new products and now flags programs that work with 64 bit. He has also indicated his personal favorites. Quite simply this is the best free security software list on the web. Full credit to Antti.
Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:31:45 +1000 - Before you say "Oh no, not another AV converter" let me tell you this one is different. What's special is the fact that it can convert files saved in the proprietary Windows Media Center formats to standard formats such as MP3 or AVI so they can be played on standard devices. Other formats can be handled as well but it's this ability to handle those weird Media Center files that made this a Hot Find for me.
Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:05:25 +1000 - Microsoft left out of the Home Premium versions Vista and Windows 7 the ability to remotely connect to another PC. That feature is only available in the Professional and higher versions of Windows. But why pay extra to upgrade when you can get get the same capabilities using a free remote connect utility. Indeed our Hot Finds editor has a particular favorite which he feels is even better than Microsoft's Windows Remote Desktop program.
Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:31:38 +1000 - Windows 7 and Vista allow you to efficiently organize your favorite links directly in the left pane of Windows Explorer, while XP and 2000 let you do the same via the "Favorites" item in the menu of Windows Explorer. Yet few users make effective use of this handy inbuilt Windows feature. In fact many don't even no how to use it.
This short tutorial by editor "Jojo" will have you up and running in no time. Check it out: you may be surprised just how much time you will save.
Fri, 9 Jul 2010 18:51:25 +1000 - Microsoft is offering all users 25GB of free online storage through its SkyDrive service. This free utility allow you to access that 25GB just as if it were a local disk drive. Simple, effective, useful and free; what more can you ask?
Thu, 8 Jul 2010 09:46:32 +1000 - Editor "okrick" has totally re-written our "Best Free Astronomy Software" section. His Top Pick is a wonderful planetarium program but the product that caught my eye was a space flight simulator that allows you to travel to the planets and beyond. It's a terrific way to get your head around celestial dynamics and have some great fun at the same time.
Wed, 7 Jul 2010 13:27:36 +1000 - Time for a reinstall of your applications. Except that you forgot to write down the installation key of that software, and the CD case (or confirmation email) has long since been lost. So you face the prospect of having to buy another licence for that can't-do-without application.
If that sounds familiar, here's a possible solution. A tiny, free utility for Windows (XP and above) that retrieves and displays the installation keys for loads of Windows apps. There are other utilities that do this but the fact that this one is tiny and can be used from a USB stick makes it stand out.
Tue, 6 Jul 2010 17:06:16 +1000 - Having a Windows CD is not much use when you want to reinstall Windows on a PC that doesn't have a CD or CDV drive. The solution is to reinstall from a USB stick and its easier than you might think.
Mon, 5 Jul 2010 20:03:51 +1000 - If you develop software professionally, and you're after a program to help you develop prototypes and mockups, here's a great application which is completely free to download and use. You do have to supply a valid email address and phone number before you get to see the download link, but that's a small price to pay for what is a very powerful product.
This product is aimed fairly and squarely at those who develop serious business applications but we do have an alternative prototyping suggestion for those with more basic needs.
Fri, 2 Jul 2010 18:50:53 +1000 - Our Hot Finds editor Robert Schifreen is too shy to feature his own book in our RSS feed so I'll do it for him. He offered the PDF version of the book to Gizmo's Freeware readers for free last year but the offer is still open. Here's his description:
"The Web Book is written for people with an interest in creating web sites. Whether you want a couple of pages for your personal site, or perhaps a site for your school, college or club, this book will tell you what you need to know. If you want a full-blown site for your small company, perhaps with added features such as a customer mailing list or a picture gallery, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve tried my hardest to keep everything non-technical. If you’re "into" computers, you should be able to follow."
Thu, 1 Jul 2010 21:07:49 +1000 - There may be larger collections of free games on the web but one thing is for certain: these games from Microsoft are 100% safe. You will need to visit the site using Internet Explorer though - this is Microsoft and we know the game they play when it comes to building sites that work perfectly in other browsers.
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:03:59 +1000 - Editor "Okrik" has completely re-written our genealogy software section which previously was little more than a stub. He's come up with a whole raft of selections but only one gets the coveted "Gizmo's Top Pick" award.
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:40:55 +1000 - Pen suites are collections of portable applications, ready for you to download and install to a USB pen drive. Then just plug it into any PC, fire up the built-in menu, and choose from all those wonderful utilities, games, diagnostic tools and so on.
Many people use the excellent PortableApps pen suite but there are others that offer additional features such as a wider range of utilities or automatic updating. Our Hot Finds Editor Robert Schifreen lists three suites that you should really check out.
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:15:10 +1000 - This freebie is a potentially useful addition to any security-conscious PC user's armory. It's an anti-keylogger, and also warns if a remote system is attempting to perform a screen capture or view your clipboard. It runs under all recent version of Windows, and the 32-bit version is completely free.
Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:06:27 +1000 - We've all been there. You download a video clip from the internet, fire up Windows Media Player, and....nothing. Or maybe you get the video without any audio. Or perhaps the sound is perfectly OK, but the pictures are just the default Windows swirly pattern. Or maybe you've bought a new PC, copied all your video files to it, and then discovered that they won't play on the new machine.
In all probability, the problem is likely to be one more missing codecs. That's where a great free utility comes in. Run it, point it at the troublesome video file, and it'll tell you which codecs it uses. You can then just google for the necessary files and install them.
Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:15:32 +1000 - Managing a collection of digital photos on a PC isn't always easy. How should you arrange the folders and directories? Should the pictures of dad at your wedding be filed under dad, or wedding, or last June?
Here's a better solution: Let this free face recognition software sort your photos automatically. Then next time you are looking for a particular picture of Aunt Maud just click a thumbnail photo of her face and you'll immediately see every shot of her in your photo collection. Works a charm though be aware the initial sorting is slow.
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:38:48 +1000 - I must admit I wasn't 100% sure on this one myself so I read this article unearthed by our roving editor Rhiannon with interest. All is now clear.
Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:50:41 +1000 - There are several excellent free drive monitors listed on our site but this new freebie from Acronis has a particularly slick interface. It's a bit bulky for my liking but could be just the thing for non technical users.
Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:33:37 +1000 - If you are finding these daily notifications too frequent then you should consider subscribing to our new once-a-week RSS digest. You'll get all the same information that you get now but presented in a single weekly list rather than daily. And to save you even more time I'll highlight the very best selections for you.
The new weekly RSS digest is the direct result of our recent user poll. In that poll 59% of readers were happy with the current daily notifications but 41% wanted them less frequently as they felt overloaded with information.
If you are one of the 41% then you should sign up to the new weekly RSS digest. If you are happy with the current daily notifications no action is necessary.
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Once subscribed to the new digest feed you'll receive notifications every Thursday. However if I spot a juicy deal that's time limited I'll send out a special notification so you don't miss out.
I hope you like the new service but as ever, suggestions for improvement are always most welcome.
Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:04:46 +1000 - This recently updated guide by editor JonathanT has the highest user rating of any article at Gizmo's Freeware. Guess that says it all.
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:14:09 +1000 - If you're not familiar with the term, OCR or Optical Character Recognition attempts to turn an image file into text, by recognizing the pixels that make up each character. Typically, it's used for turning scanned images of documents, newspaper cuttings, correspondence, books etc into editable, searchable text files.
If you don't have any such software, and you need to perform some OCR magic on a scanned image, there's a web service that can help and it's free to use. Just upload any image file of 2 MB or less, wait a few seconds, and the text is instantly displayed for you to copy and paste into a text editor or any other application.
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:45:25 +1000 - Have you ever stared in envy at people who have multiple monitors on their desktop PC, and wished you had enough money (and desk space!) to allow such a setup? If you like the idea of multiple monitors but you don't have the space or money to implement it for real, then take a look at this great desktop extender application for Windows.
Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:35:24 +1000 - I know some of you will be thinking this review is about bongs. Alas it's about file checksum utilities. These are handy little programs that allow you check that the files you download are are complete and have not been tampered with or infected with malware. Definitely a program that should be in every PC toolkit.
This new set of reviews by editor "Opus" looks at the best free hash utilities on the market and makes a definite recommendation.
Sat, 12 Jun 2010 11:00:07 +1000 - If you're the sort of person who likes fiddling with Windows settings, then X-Setup Pro may be well known to you. It allows you to tweak more than 1900 settings, including those to do with MS Office, booting, internet access, and hundreds more. Guess what? It is now free!
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:34:51 +1000 - In a direct response to the popular free Google Apps service Microsoft has quietly launched the beta version of its own free online suite of office programs. Called "Office Web Apps" it offers free online versions of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft OneNote. Even better they are giving users 25 GB of free online storage to store their documents on Microsoft’s SkyDrive service.
Wed, 9 Jun 2010 10:19:00 +1000 - The king is dead. Long live the king! Yes, we have a new Top Pick in our Best Free Digital Image Viewer category. And (blush) I had never even heard of the product until I read the review by our editor Marc Darkin. Having now tried it I can see exactly why he's selected it over XnView. It combines a photo manager, viewer and editor into one fully integrated package. It has no batch functions but that aside it is a gem of a product.
Tue, 8 Jun 2010 13:49:38 +1000 - The idea of booting Linux or Windows from a USB Flash drive is attractive but actually making it work can be harder than you would hope. This free utility creates bootable drives for you with a minimum of hassle. It's not foolproof but is definitely worth trying. Although designed mainly for Linux distros it is supposed to work with Windows as well.
Fri, 4 Jun 2010 17:38:28 +1000 - Over the last few weeks I've been sending you a top pick from our website every weekday. Previously I was only sending you two per week.
I'd appreciate if you can tell me if you like getting suggestions daily like this or would you prefer I go back to two per week? You can do this in 10 seconds flat just be clicking one of the links below:
When you click a link you'll end up at a landing page on the Gizmo's Freeware website. If you wish you can leave a comment at the bottom of the page telling me exactly what you think. All suggestions are most welcome.
Fri, 4 Jun 2010 17:33:21 +1000 - Specialist wallpaper changers give you fine control over what desktop background pictures are displayed and when they are changed. Our editor Jojo has recently updated his review of free wallpaper changers with some brand new suggestions. Check it out - you might find exactly what you have been looking for.
Thu, 3 Jun 2010 17:05:49 +1000 - Goodness gracious. In the short time since I last looked at this comparative review the editor "Arithmomaniac" has virtually totally re-written it with a new Top Pick and many new recommendations.
So why would you want to spend money on a commercial program to convert between different audio and visual formats with so many great freebies to choose from?
Wed, 2 Jun 2010 13:39:17 +1000 - We've just updated our review of free PDF tools. There's something here for everyone but the tool that caught my eye was 7-PDF Maker, a free DOC to PDF converter that keeps page layout including wrapping text around images and creating clickable hyperlinks in the PDF.
Mon, 31 May 2010 16:32:04 +1000 - You can easily create your own customized program launcher just by making smart use of inbuilt Windows features. This two minute tutorial shows you how.
Sat, 29 May 2010 22:43:54 +1000 - Sysinternals has released a new free utility called RAMMap. It is a great companion to the rest of this extraordinary set of system utilities from this group. Here is what Sysinternals writes about it:
"Have you ever wondered exactly how Windows is assigning physical memory, how much file data is cached in RAM, or how much RAM is used by the kernel and device drivers? RAMMap makes answering those questions easy. RAMMap is an advanced physical memory usage analysis utility for Windows Vista and higher. It presents usage information in different ways on its several different tabs"
Like most tools from Sysinternals this is a utility for the technically inclined but if that's you then you'll definitely want to add this to your toolkit.
Thu, 27 May 2010 09:52:27 +1000 - Before it crashes Windows creates a special dump file containing details of the problem that caused it to fail. Analyzing the dump file is a difficult business but this free analyzer makes it a lot easier. It's not for beginners but most experienced users will find this to be a great addition to their toolkit.
Wed, 26 May 2010 08:51:31 +1000 - Our "Tech Treats" editor Rhiannon has done it again. This article on BSODs that she has unearthed is the most useful I've seen. And unlike Microsoft's documentation, it is quite comprehensible as well.
Tue, 25 May 2010 07:34:07 +1000 - The difficulty of using Facebook privacy settings has been a big issue lately but here's a simple solution. This useful freeware program checks your Facebook settings and gives you advice about whether they are secure or not. It's simple to use but highly effective. Recommended.
Fri, 21 May 2010 12:54:07 +1000 - Our editor Robert Schifreen wanted a free program to edit files hundreds of megabytes in size. He found two, one of which was only 6KB in size and portable too.
Thu, 20 May 2010 18:31:32 +1000 - Our roving editor Rhiannon spotted this highly useful article. I'm an experienced Gmail user but I must say I found one of these tips was news to me and of huge value.
Wed, 19 May 2010 17:03:28 +1000 - At any one time there are over 10 million active torrents so finding exactly what you want in this minefield can be challenging. In this article editor "Keroffs" has done his homework and lists the best search sites for you. Also check out the link at the end of his article that shows you how to find legal torrents.
Fri, 14 May 2010 09:56:41 +1000 - You know the problem. You need to get together with a few colleagues for a meeting or perhaps to celebrate a birthday, anniversary or new job with a group of close friends and family. But how do you find a time that suits anyone?
There are many products and services around that attempt to solve this problem but this free web service has impressed our editor Robert Schifreen with its combination of simplicity and effectiveness.
Wed, 12 May 2010 18:21:23 +1000 - Every photographer knows the disappointment of taking a great photograph only to find the picture was ruined by camera shake or the subject moving. Such photographs cannot be brought back to crisp focus but they can be improved using software that employs an advanced mathematical technique called deconvolution to try to undo the blur.
We've located a free convolution program that does a pretty good job at reducing blur. The results aren't perfect can make a prized photo ruined by blur quite usable.
Mon, 10 May 2010 11:43:21 +1000 - The latest "Lucid Lynx" release of Ubuntu with its improved appearance and enhanced features is causing quite a stir. If you intend trying it out we strongly recommend you tweak your installation with this impressive set of enhancements put together by editor Jojo Yee. It will save you are lot of work and a lor of grief
Mon, 10 May 2010 11:12:26 +1000 - So here's the thing. You've got some video files in something like WMV or AVI format that you downloaded from the internet or from your own camera. You can play them on your computer or MP4 player just fine, but you want to create a "proper" DVD that will play in a conventional living-room DVD player. You probably tried just burning the files to a DVD disk, in the hope that your player would be happy. It wasn't.
What you need is DVD authoring software. There is are lot around but this freebie impressed our editor Robert Schifreen with its ease of use.
Sat, 8 May 2010 13:06:23 +1000 - Is your WiFi running slowly? Do you sometimes lose your connection? In many cases, the problem arises because another nearby wireless LAN is configured to use the same channel as yours, and the signals are overlapping.
You can fix the problem easily with a WiFi finder and this freebie recommended by editor Robert Schifreen is ideal for the job. Robert think it's even better than the classic NetStumbler program and I fully agree; it's a classy product.
Thu, 6 May 2010 16:45:28 +1000 - Our huge list of the top online applications grows by the day and has now reached the point where it undoubtedly the best of its kind anywhere. Every time I browse this list I find some new service that's not only highly useful but free. I'm sure you will too.
Wed, 5 May 2010 17:34:47 +1000 - It takes a lot for software to impress me but the latest version of Microsoft's free ICE digital image panorama stitcher just blew me away. Not only can it stitch together a two dimensional matrix of shots, it does it automatically without any user intervention. The results are simply stunning.
With this product, user's with modest price cameras can now create impressive wide angle shots that were formerly the exclusive domain of those with expensive high end cameras and lenses. It's a must-have utility for everyone who uses a digital camera.
Wed, 5 May 2010 09:31:04 +1000 - DreamScene is a free utility with a huge following that displays wonderful animated and video wallpapers. It was originally released as part of Windows Vista Ultimate Extras but was never part of Windows 7. However a small freeware portable app has just been released which will allow you to activate DreamScene in Windows 7, 32-bit and 64-bit, too!
Tue, 4 May 2010 21:04:48 +1000 - If you're a university or high school student, you can download full versions of things like Visual Studio 2010, Expression Studio v3, and even Windows Server 2008 R2, for nothing. These are full products, that don't expire, and they come with a proper licence key. Find out how to get your freebies here.
Mon, 3 May 2010 09:31:22 +1000 - It's a problem that's all too familiar. You find a useful web page and you want to print it. So you hit the "Print" button in your web browser. But rather than getting a single printed page that contains just the text you want, you also get 15 other pages that you don't need, containing menus, comments, and other assorted junk. Which costs you real money in wasted paper and ink. This free utility solves the problem for once and all.
Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:29:01 +1000 - Looking for a quick summary of all the best freeware in a single list? You can't do any better than consult the Gizmo's Freeware Editor's Choice List. It features only the creme de la creme of freeware, the best of the best and it's just been updated too.
Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:03:30 +1000 - Editor Marc Darkin has just updated his highly regarded review of free image viewers. His top recommendation hasn't changed but he's been mightily impressed by a newcomer called Imagina. It's a digital viewer and editor with advanced features not normally found in a free product. Equally impressive is its jazzy 3D presentation. If only it were a tad faster loading large images it might have made it to the top slot but I suggest you check it out anyway; it sure impressed me. Full details in the review.
Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:34:45 +1000 - This free program adds a toolbar to Office 2003 or 2007 that allows you to open, edit and save documents stored in Google Docs as easily as if they were stored locally. Furthermore it adds full collaborative editing features to your Google documents. It's simple, effective and free - I liked it.
Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:44:22 +1000 - Got yourself a new 64 bit Windows system and want some great free 64 bit software? Then check out Rik Mayall's megapopular list of the top products. It's just been updated.
Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:38:09 +1000 - Here's a small efficient search program that can search within files just like Windows Search. However unlike Windows Search it does this without bogging down your computer by creating and maintaining huge search indexes. As a bonus it can even search inside PDF and office files.
I liked so much that I installed it on my personal laptop - a rare honor for any utility.
Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:33:57 +1000 - Anyone who runs a website or blog knows just how hard it is to find free high quality photo images. Here's the answer: this website offers almost 400,000 stunning high resolution images that are free to download for use in your own projects. Highly recommended.
Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:11:23 +1000 - This superb program which makes it incredibly easy to draw prototype screen layouts for web page designs, software user interfaces, and more. It's simple to use, fast, and deliberately shields you from the complexities that are all to tempting to worry about but which really don't need to concern you during the early stages of web site or software app development.
The desktop app version costs $79, but the great news is that you can use it online completely free.
Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:34:43 +1000 - This new Microsoft service currently in open public beta provides a set of online and offline tools for diagnosing and fixing common PC and device problems. It may be a beta but it’s already a useful and highly usable product that offers a support lifeline to many average Windows users with PC problems.
Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:08:11 +1000 - If you want to get something online easily and quickly then try this free web service that lets you create publicly accessible web pages just by sending an email. You don't even need to register to use the service.
Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:01:51 +1000 - Programs like Microsoft Word and AbiWord are great word processors but are overkill for most users so we decided to look at a number of free programs that were smaller but still highly capable. Out top choice is quite an amazing product that works quite differently to most other products but once you get used to it, it's highly addictive and quite powerful as well.
Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:47:47 +1000 - Many people encrypt their entire disk drives but sometimes it's handy just to encrypt a single file. These three freebies do that job with a high level of security combined with ease-of-use. Some are portable too so that makes them a great addition to your USB flash drive toolkit.
Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:10:43 +1000 - We have a new top selection in the "Best Free Drive Imaging Program" category with Macrium Reflect now replaced by a newcomer with a better CD recovery disk .
If you are not yet using drive imaging for backup then now is the time to make the change, It won't cost you a cent either.
Fri, 9 Apr 2010 13:01:58 +1000 - Fancy clicking some virtual bricks together on your PC? Over the years, the Lego toy brand has become increasingly oriented towards prebuilt models making it more difficult to think outside the predesigned blocks. But on a computer you can let your fantasy rip without having to shell out for designer components. And Lego building programs are a spatially intriguing experience for youngsters of all ages.
Thu, 8 Apr 2010 17:42:59 +1000 - Most folks now regularly update Windows and MS Office with the latest security patches but many don't update the other programs on their PC. Some of these programs, like old versions of Flash, Adobe Reader, Sun Java and Apple QuickTime, have massive security flaws that could allow your PC to be totally compromised.
Easily find out what programs on your PC need updating now by using one of these free security monitors.
Wed, 7 Apr 2010 15:49:57 +1000 - In this popular article editor "Rizar" shows you three different ways to prevent your PC being infected by accidentally visiting a malicious or compromised website.
Tue, 6 Apr 2010 10:40:15 +1000 - Interested to learn why certain color combinations work? Want some tools to help you pick the best colors? If so this is the article you have been waiting for.
Tue, 6 Apr 2010 10:34:02 +1000 - This is a nice little tweaking utility that speeds up your Vista/Win7 PC by stopping unnecessary Windows services. It does this semi-automatically so even non-technical users can benefit. It's great for games but works well too for those who just want their Visa/Win7 machine to run faster.
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 21:41:26 +1100 - The free feature-reduced version of Sagelight Image Editor is currently our Top Pick for the "Best Free Digital Editor." During the month of April, in an exclusive offer through Gizmo's Freeware, you can get the $60 full-featured version of this amazingly powerful professional image editor and pay just what you want!
This is an intriguing product. On first appearance it seems quite basic but you soon discover that it is extraordinarily powerful. In fact, for the specific role for which it was designed, it as possibly more powerful than Photoshop. Get it now for whatever you want to pay.
Thu, 1 Apr 2010 13:19:21 +1100 - Got some secret stuff you don't want others to see or even know about? Then use this free folder hiding utility that renders your private information invisible to everyone including Windows itself. Make it visible again by using a secret hotkey combination and password.
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:17:04 +1100 - This is quite nasty: PCs with Broadcom network cards (like some HPs) with a particular configuration could be compromised by an attacker without either you or your security software being aware of it.
The bad new is that in the future we may start seeing more attacks on the firmware in your PC hardware.
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:12:55 +1100 - This great little utility allows you to download and manage National Geographic Wallpapers from 2007 to 2009 and the 2008 and 2009 International Photography Contest. Categories include animals, science, kids and the environment with more to be added in the future. Many of these wallpaper photos are simply stunning.
Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:04:01 +1100 - With the weekend coming up it's time for some relaxation so why not try these free backgammon games. If you can't play it's a great way to learn and if you can play, these computer opponents will seriously strengthen your game.
Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:57:48 +1100 - Guys this one is a must-have. It's a free bootable CD (or USB stick) with the AVG anti-virus scanner and a number of repair tools built in. It's Linux based so it will run without Windows.
Why do you need it? Because one day your PC won't boot either because of a virus infection or software failure. This CD may just save the day.
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:19:49 +1100 - Almost everyone has an anti-virus program on their PC but none of these programs is infallible. That's why an occasional online check with another virus scanner is a good security practice. Here are ten sites that provide a free online scanning service.
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:11:44 +1100 - Ever needed to merge, split or reorder the pages of a PDF document.? Would you like to encrypt or decrypt a PDF or maybe add headers and footers? You can do all this and more using these handy free PDF utilities.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:40:59 +1100 - We've just added this brand new software category to our website and it's a must-read for all you amateur and pro musicians alike.
Tue, 2 Mar 2010 11:45:45 +1100 - This mega popular list maintained by editor "Rizar" has expanded so much in scope that he's had to rename it to "The Things to Come Page, a Place for Fans of Science Fiction Movies, Technology, and Speculative Ideas." It's a must-visit for all SciFi lovers.
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:58:27 +1100 - This is the free version of a commercial product and it's pretty impressive. I actually made my first-ever video tutorial with this and was delighted with its ease of use. The editing features are minimal but combine this with a free video editor and you all set to create your first YouTube video.
There are other more full featured free screen capture programs listed on our site but it's the ease of use that makes this one is stand out.
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:52:33 +1100 - This carefully compiled list of outstanding lectures features luminaries like Dawkins, Wolfram, Hawking and more. I ended up spending 90 minutes on the site so be warned. But then I again, I am a geek:)
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:26:35 +1100 - Don't dismiss this as a frivolity; this set of colorful mouse cursors makes your mouse pointer much easier to see. Furthermore the cursors change color depending on what activity the mouse is being used for, such as clicking a link, scrolling, or re-sizing windows.
As our roving editor Rhiannon said "I've been using them for three years and I install them on all my computers. I can easily find them anywhere on the screen and they are a pleasure to use."
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:13:32 +1100 - Our legal editor Joshua Foreman has put together this superb collection of free legal information and resources available on the internet. Definitely one to bookmark; one day you might need it.
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:53:46 +1100 - Gizmo's old "46 Best Freeware" list is back, fully updated and with hundreds of entries not just 46. Actually it never went away but morphed into our editor's choice list of the top products.
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:51:07 +1100 - We've created a new section at Gizmo's Freeware just for free online applications and services. Check it out: it is awesome.
Thu, 4 Feb 2010 12:46:51 +1100 - Editor Gizmo was impressed by the ease of use of the utility though he did find the registry cleaner a little over enthusiastic for his austere tastes in such matters. Still many of our site visitors were impressed. As one user said "Nice find. It's simple to use and effective. I've been looking for something like this to give to my relatives and friends so they can maintain their own PCs without calling me!"
Thu, 4 Feb 2010 12:37:44 +1100 - This highly popular list of outstanding web applications compiled by editor Rhiannon has now been updated. Check it out; there's something for everyone here.
Tue, 2 Feb 2010 15:40:54 +1100 - Paragon have just released Backup and Recovery Free Edition 10.1 (available in 32bit and 64 bit), which is not a time-limited offer, as it has been in the past. It has many new features, including support for Windows 7, cyclic backup - complete infrastructure for establishing a self-acting data protection system, support for the latest hardware and back up and restore of GPT entire disks.
Tue, 2 Feb 2010 15:29:01 +1100 - Senior security editor "Ako" has just updated his mega-popular list of the best security free products. The comprehensiveness of this list is simply astonishing and that's why it has become a compulsory first stop for anyone interested in installing new security software
Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:13:53 +1100 - Our security editor "DLC50" has just updated the Free Rootkit Scanner/Remover category. If you haven't scanned your PC for rootkits recently now is the time and it won't cost you a cent.
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:02:15 +1100 - Our editor Jojo stumbled on this freebie and it's creating quite a buzz. It's a free music player, organizer cum tag editor, rich in features, with a plain, simple yet highly configurable user interface, allowing album arts and lyrics to be displayed alongside the music files played or selected.
Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:10:11 +1100 - Wondering if your software will run with Windows 7? Check compatibility for 8400+ programs using this downloadable list from Microsoft.
Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:00:05 +1100 - Ever wanted to run a maintenance program like CCleaner automatically every week. Need to backup a particular program every night? Well it's easy if you follow the instructions in this article and it wont cost you a cent either. Furthermore I'll show you a free utility that will not only schedule programs to run automatically but will also enter any keypresses needed to make the job run.
Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:30:47 +1100 - Our Linux software section is quite new but this list of top Linux software from senior editor Jojo Yee is a great resource for any Linux user.
Fri, 8 Jan 2010 09:46:29 +1100 - Why install a special program launcher utility when you can do it from within Windows with a little re-arranging. Full details here.
Sun, 3 Jan 2010 10:55:55 +1100 - Editor Joe Bennett has been looking for a free home server solution for his family's music and photo collection. He's found the ideal solution: a free software package that allowed him to convert an old desktop PC into a powerful home server.
Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:02:34 +1100 - Computing in the cloud is great idea but what if Gmail, Google Docs, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter or whoever looses all your data?
This web service provides backup and recovery of your vital online data. It's a paid service but you can get it free forever if you sign up before January 31. I've signed up and I suggest you do too.
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:34:31 +1100 - Yesterday our editors gave you their top picks. Today we have the products our users voted as the best freeware programs of 2009. And guess what? Our editors and users don't always agree. Vive la difference!
Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:39:34 +1100 - Our editors were unanimous in their selection; this is the top freeware product of the year. This is our editors' selection, tomorrow we'll announce the product that topped our recent readers' poll.
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:46:31 - RarZilla Free Unrar is a free tool to quickly decompress RAR-archives. It supports spanned archives. This tool features right-click shell integration, drag'n'drop etc. To speed the whole process up, you can define a default output folder/password.
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 04:44:08 - Call Notificator is a free tool which extends the ability of your telephone hardware. Suitable for any PBX's, telephone sets, telephony cards, and other devices which support TAPI. If an unanswered call occurs, the message will be sent to your inbox.
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 04:41:54 - MobaXterm is a set of Unix commands (GNU/Cygwin) included in a single portable exe file. MobaXterm comes with an X server, a tab-based terminal and some GNU Unix commands.
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 04:34:24 - King Of War is a free multiplayer online strategy war game. This world is dominated by five races: Human, Undead, Elven, Beast and Monster. You will be a king or queen, who controls a kingdom with one castle in this magic and mystery world.
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:59:22 - EASEUS Partition Recovery is a free and easy-to-use partition recovery software to recover deleted or lost FAT, NTFS, Ext2/Ext3 partition in Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, Windows 7.
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:52:22 - Photocoolex image editor is a free script. It enables users to upload file of jpeg, gif, png, resize, crop, rotate, mirror images or photos, add text with various font, overlay images & avatars, add photo frame, convert, sharpen, color tone, filters.
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:54:38 - Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) is the world's most popular download manager. DAP provides: the fastest possible downloads, privacy features, security information, Google Chrome integration, improved download process, fast web video downloads.
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:11:27 - Zillya! Antivirus is a fast and reliable free antivirus that detects and eliminates all kind of malware including viruses, adware, spyware, rootkits and trojan programs. It has real-time scanning, mail attachment scanning and free customer care.
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:02:40 - ManageEngine Free Ping Tool serves as a smart desktop tool that continuously monitors servers across your network and also external websites for their availability, giving you simple yet real-time network monitoring solution.
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:34:08 - More Add-in adds hide/show and collapse to Microsoft Word. Just select and click to hide any part of a document. Add hide/show toggles to headings and lists. Helps reduce complexity, improve readability.
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:47:56 - Transfer music and playlists from iPod to any computer easy, fast and risk free. 1,000 Songs from iPod back to your computer and itunes under 25 minutes simply read data from your iPod totally risk free.
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:56:16 - Download video from YouTube. Convert downloaded videos it to AVI, MP4, MPEG, WMV, Xvid, H.264 for free. Extract audio. Supporting other popular video-sharing websites.
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:48:34 - Automatic time tracking and screenshot update every 10 minutes. Manage outsourced workers and remote teams. It allows employees to "check in" to projects and automatically log time and screenshots. It's free and easy to use.
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:43:00 - WinX Free MPEG to MP4 Converter supports converting MPEG video file to MP4 format. It armed with a user-friendly interface and powerful converting ability.
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:33:29 - Disk Defrag will speed up your computer by optimizing file system. It can defragment files, consolidate free space and move system files to the faster part of the disk. With Disk Defrag you'll get the maximum out of your hard drive performance.
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:36:23 - Free SlideShow Maker. Create cool slideshows in second without a line of code. Based on Mootools script. For Mac and Windows! Flickr & PhotoBucket Support, Built-in FTP, Beautiful effects, XHTML Valid Code, Autostart and Loop options.
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:33:24 - Image Tuner is a free software for batch resizing, converting, watermarking and renaming your digital photos and images. The program will help you to prepare your digital photos to upload and publish them in the Internet or send via e-mail.
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:18:16 - Award-winning solution that controls programs that run on Windows startup, removes Trojans, and speeds up computer your PC and Windows startup. Monitor services and startup programs that run on Windows startup.
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:39:09 - Visual LightBox JS is a free wizard program for Mac OS that helps you easily generate web photo galleries with a nice Lightbox-style overlay effect, in a few clicks without writing a single line of code.
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:59:05 - Magnifying Glass Free is full screen magnifier that magnifies portions of the screen under the mouse cursor or caret. Magnifier contains a unique set of features including visual options, smart behavior.
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:34:26 - Get 100s of Bibles, 1000s of resources, maps and commentaries including all popular Bibles. Include massive numbers of Bible maps, digital resources and linked lookups. Create and manage your own notes, produce sermons, Bible study classes and more.
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:11:48 - A free onscreen pixel ruler and reading guide. Providing you your choice of a woodgrain, stainless steel, see-through plastic or yellow construction ruler and reading guide - plus you can create your own skins too. Its fun to learn and easy to use.
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:40:05 - Hornil StylePix, or simply StylePix, is a graphics editing program with a number of advanced features. Stylepix is an acronym for Style Pictures. Stylepix is an acronym for "Style Pictures". This means your pictures with nice style.
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:26:30 - Avant is a multi-processing browser featured with Private Browsing, Anti-Freezing, Low CPU Usage, No Memory Leak, Web Form Auto-Filler, Online Bookmarks, Mouse Gestures, AD/Popup Blocker, Full Screen/Desktop Mode, Flash Filter, RSS Reader.
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:29:09 - Windows Mail Saver allows you to backup and restore any components of Windows Mail browser: email messages with attachments, contacts, mail and news accounts, user signatures, program settings, Internet favorite links and RSS feeds.
Thu, 24 May 2007 08:57:47 - Kiwi Logger (KLOG) is a free suite of syslog message sending tools for Windows. The tools allow you to add syslog message sending capabilities, via UDP or TCP, to your applications. The syslog messages can be received by Kiwi Syslog Daemon
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:40:21 - With this simple Template Engine you can automatically create text files like HTML, txt, dxf from CSV records. To do this you have to create a template with some placeholders in it. Each of the CSV records responds into one new file.
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:09:04 - WinX Free WMV to MP4 Converter is an easy-to-use and free WMV to MP4 converter. With this, you could convert and transfer WMV (Windows Media Videos) to MP4, which is one of the most common format supported by mobile phone, portable devices.
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:39:23 - Just drag your photos into VisualLightBox window, hit "Publish" and your own web gallery with beautiful LightBox effects opens in the browser instantly! No javascript, css, html coding, no image editing, just a click to get your gallery ready.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:40:00 +0000 - Convert Lotus Notes Data to Outlook using SysTools Export Notes
QuickBooks Simple Start is easy-to-use, free accounting software designed to help you manage your small business better. It's from Intuit, the makers of TurboTax and Quicken.
Update Checker will scan
your computer for installed software, check the versions and then send this
information to FileHippo.com to see if there are any newer releases. These are
then neatly displayed in your browser for you to download.
Old Version Ever upgraded to a newer version of a software product and almost
instantly regretted it? Download one of over 170+ common software programs with upgrades that left people less than impressed.
Amin Favorites Network and System Administrators tools and utilities.
UpdateStar is the program that lets you stay up-to-date and secure with all of your personal software. Whether it be
Freeware, Shareware and commercial software products, UpdateStar manages all of your software installations.
Alleycodeis a fast, sleek and highly productive award winning HTML editor with unique
features. If you are new to HTML,
Alleycode's great tutorial will walk you through your first coding steps... If
you are an established coder you will find a refreshing, non-bloated
infrastructure with fast and accurate delivery. Beyond HTML, Alleycode's
wizardry focuses on PHP and CSS
interaction for professional and easy management of your projects. Best of all,
Alleycode is FREE! (we do accept donations if you find it useful)
FTP, File Transfer
Protocol Sites. May take some time to connect.
GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change
free software--to make sure the software is free for all its users. This General Public License applies to most of the Free Software Foundation's software and to
any other program whose authors commit to using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by the GNU Lesser General Public
License instead.) You can apply it to your programs, too. When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our General Public Licenses
are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for this service if you wish), that you receive source code
or can get it if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.
Educational
Software Cooperative (ESC) is a non-profit corporation bringing together
developers, publishers, distributors and users of educational software.
Link Popularity Check Freeware. Free link popularity check. A free link popularity check software program for you. If you want to find out
how many web pages link to your site, download this software. Link Popularity Check is a freeware program that checks the link popularity of your web site on
several search engines and compares it to other web sites on the Internet. You can quickly find out how many people link to your site, how many sites link to
your competitors and how you compare to other sites. Screenshot.
Axandra
IBP. Internet Business Promoter. The all-in-one web site promotion tool for your web site success. IBP is the award-winning web site promotion and search engine submission software tool that helps you to get more revenue with high search engine rankings in Google, the new Yahoo and all other major search engines. IBP helps you with all important aspects of web site promotion.
Axandra
ARELIS More customers, higher search engine rankings and
new business contacts! ARELIS is a top rated software program that helps
you to build a powerful business network quickly and easily. You'll benefit from
highly targeted free traffic to your web site, new business contacts, a higher
link popularity, higher search engine rankings and more sales.
UBCD4Win
Bootable CD Repair/Restore/Diagnose etc for Windows
Free Spyware
Removal
Your one stop for free SpyWare
removal! This site has been set up
specifically to teach you how to remove the annoying SpyWare/ AdWare /
Malware that has infected your computer, and once it's removed, how to keep
it that way.
DAVE, is the best solution for cross-platform file and print sharing. DAVE uses the fast, industry standard TCP/IP protocol
instead of AppleTalk and is designed specifically for the Apple Macintosh.
It is installed on the Macintosh and no additional hardware or software is
required on the PC. DAVE is a one product fits all solution for sharing
between the different Microsoft platforms and Macintosh systems. Providing SMB
signing and Dfs support, it is the most secure and most versatile file and print
sharing solution available.
ImageMagick™ is a robust collection of tools and libraries to read, write, and
manipulate an image in many image formats
FireFox Browser and
Firefox
Extensions Extensions are small add-ons that add new functionality to
Firefox. They can add anything from a toolbar button to a completely new
feature. They allow the browser to be customized to fit the personal needs of
each user if they need additional features, while keeping Firefox small to
download.
Other Great software (May require payment)
Yaba
Soft For your downloads & licensing of Software
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MP3
to WAV Converter Convert MP3 to WAV On-the-fly. Convert MP3 to WAV. Convert
WAV to MP3. Resample MP3 to MP3. Resample WAV to WAV. Edit MP3's ID3.text. Play
MP3 and WAV audio. Add MP3/WAV from a folder. Support MP3 CBR and VBR. User
friendly interface. For WIN 98,ME,NT,2000,XP. High Converting Speed at Best
Output Audio Quality.
Internet
Phone Packet8 a broadband telephone and color
videophone service using VoIP. Packet8 a broadband telephone and color
videophone service using VoIP. Offering a Virtual Office for both Business and
Residential maybe used via International Plans. Taking advantage of a technology
called VoIP (voice over internet protocol), high-speed Internet connections and
8x8's expertise in designing videophones.
The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks
Windows Vista, WIndows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server
2003 computers for and helps remove infections by specific, prevalent
malicious software?including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom. When the
detection and removal process is complete, the tool displays a report
describing the outcome, including which, if any, malicious software was
detected and removed. The tool creates a log file named mrt.log in the
%WINDIR%\debug folder.
To download the x64 version of Malicious Software Removal Tool, click
here.
This tool is not a replacement for an anti-virus product. To help
protect your computer, you should use an anti-virus product.
Microsoft will release an updated version of this tool on the second
Tuesday of each month. New versions will be made available through this
web page, Windows Update, and the
Malicious
Software Removal Tool Web site on Microsoft.com.
To have the newest versions automatically delivered and installed as
soon as they are released, set the Automatic Updates feature to
Automatic. The version of this tool delivered by Windows Update runs
on your computer once a month, in the background. If an infection is
found, the tool will display a status report the next time you start
your computer. If you would like to run this tool more than once a
month, run the version that is available from this Web page or use the
version on the Malicious Software Removal Tool Web site.
Please review
KB890830 for the list of malicious software that the current version
of the tool is capable of removing as well as usage instructions. Also,
please be aware that this tool reports anonymous information back to
Microsoft in the event that an infection is found or an error is
encountered. The above KB article contains information on how to disable
this functionality and what specific information is sent to Microsoft.
It is strongly recommended that you review
KB891716
before you consider deploying this tool in an enterprise environment.
The user must be an administrator to run this tool. This tool will not
run on any version of Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows NT 4.0
You can manually execute and run the MSRT, (Malicious
Software Removal Tool), with the following
command MRT.EXE into the Start>Run box
Here are some switches that may be used with the MSRT
?/Q or /quiet ? Use quiet mode. This option suppresses the
user interface of the tool.
?/? ? Display a dialog box that lists the command-line switches.
?/N ? Run in detect-only mode. In this mode, malicious software will be reported
to the user but will not be removed.
?/F ? Force an extended scan of the computer. (Full Scan as shown in the video
above).
?/F:Y ? Force an extended scan of the computer and automatically clean any
infections found.
FLAC stands
for Free Lossless Audio Codec . Grossly oversimplified, FLAC is similar to
MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in
quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much
better compression because it is designed specifically for audio, and you can
play back compressed FLAC files.
Creative
Commons is a nonprofit that offers a flexible
copyright for creative work.
No Software Patents! Under the influence of the patent system and big industry
lobbyists, the European Union is on the verge of making a huge mistake: to pass
a law that would legalize software patents. If that happens, you will pay
dearly. Europe's software industry will fall victim to unscrupulous extortioners.
A cartel of large corporations will crush smaller competitors. Consequently, we
will all pay more money for less good and less secure software. You personally,
your household, your company, your government, all of us. You'll know when you
get the bill. When someone breaks into your computer, reads your E-mails, and
steals the password of your bank account. When your computer crashes every day.
When spam doesn't stop. When prices go up and companies shut down. When people
lose their jobs. (* This is for information only and is not DOT
Solutions view).
The Free Software
Foundation (FSF), established in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer
users'rights to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs.
The FSF promotes the development and use of free software,
particularly the GNU operating system,
used widely in its GNU/Linux
variant.
The
W3C Patent Policy governs the handling of patents in the process ofproducing Web standards. The goal of this policy is to assure that
Recommendations produced under this policy can be implemented on a Royalty-Free
(RF) basis.
OldVersion.com
Sometimes upgrading to a newer version can be a good
thing. Other times, your computer may not be compatible with the new version,
the new version is bloated, or all the good options are no longer available.
OldVersion.com has been supplying the online community with old versions of
various programs since 2001. The service is utilized by thousands of users every
day and has been featured in newspapers and magazines as well as on radio and
television.
The Classic Software Preservation Project (CLASP) was founded by the Internet Archive in January 2004 to help permanently archive classic, obsolete retail software from the late 1970s through the early 1990s. There are tens of thousands of videogames, utilities, and other programs
As awareness for open source software increases, people are realizing
its wide array of uses. Small businesses are even seeing that it can be
used as a valid replacement for some software that they currently pay
for. Two very prominent perks of open source software for small
businesses are that it is less expensive and easier to maintain.
But here?s the big question: is it right for your business? In this
video report, Abby Johnson discusses several open source alternatives
for small businesses. Specifically, she addresses
Open Office,
GnuCash,
GIMP, and
Zimbra.
Find out if these alternatives are right for you by tuning into this
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Added support for .csv files in 'Save Packet Summaries' option.
Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the column names are added as the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.
Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the column names are added as the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.
RegFileExport is a small console application that allows you to easily extract data from offline Registry file located on another disk drive. RegFileExport read the Registry file, ananlyze it, and then export the Registry data into a standard .reg file of Windows. You can export the entire Registry file, or only a specific Registry key.
RegFileExport may also be able to export some of the Registry data even when the Registry file is corrupted and cannot be loaded by Windows.
Added /import_address_book command-line option (for licensed version) which allows you to import all addresses stored in your Contacts/Address Book/Global Address List directly into your NK2 file.
Added 'Password Strength' column, which calculates the strength of the password and displays it as Very Weak, Weak, Medium, Strong, or Very Strong.
Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the column names are added as the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.
Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the column names are added as the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.
When you select multiple items in the upper pane, the lower pane will now display the raw text returned from the WHOIS servers of all selected items. (In previous versions, the lower pane was empty when multiple items were selected in the upper pane)
Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the column names are added as the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.
Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the column names are added as the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.
Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the column names are added as the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.
Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the column names are added as the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.
Added 'HTML Report' option in the context menu of the Control Center.
Added 'Open Remote NK2 Folder' option in the context menu of the Control Center.
Added 'Find' option in the context menu of the Control Center.
Added a new option to 'Mailbox Scan Options', which allows you to scan another profile of Outlook, instead of the default one.
Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the column names are added as the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.
Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the column names are added as the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.
Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the column names are added as the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.
Fixed issue: removed the wrong encoding from the xml string, which caused problems to some xml viewers.
Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the column names are added as the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.
Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the column names are added as the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.
Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the column names are added as the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:49:29 GMT - SpiceLogic Inc. offers a single DLL ASP.NET Server Control that will do everything for you if you want to develop an e-commerce web application with PayPal Website Payments Standard. Enhanced Design time Smart Tag GUI will guide you to generate any kind of PayPal supported buttons (BuyNow Button, Donation Button, Add to Cart Button, Subscription Button, Cancel Subscription Button, Upload Complete Cart Button, View Cart Button). Strong Object Oriented Programming Interface. PayPal Encrypted Website Payments buttons can be generated on the fly either from design time GUI or programmatically by providing the Certificates parameters. If you do not have PKCS12 and PEM certificates, Guess What! The design time GUI will generate those certificates for you. You just need to stick to this control.
IPN & PDT is considered as if those are the very control's server side events where all IPN & PDT variables are available as the properties of Event Argument Class. Very organized collection classes and composite properties are available for providing an object oriented pleasure to the web application developers.
200% Managed (.NET Code) compatible with .NET Framework 2.0/3.0/3.5/4.0 , Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010.
A special feature is introduced named "Additional Data Items". The control will allow you to pass through unlimited number of data (invisible to buyers) as a collection type property for a transaction which can be retrieved in IPN_Notified or PDT event.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:23:18 GMT - smile-in is a face logon tool for Windows utilizing face recognition technology with live detection.
Look in your webcam. smile-in will recognize your living face and your secured Windows account will open. Normal changes ( hairstyle, beard, glasses) will be no problem. No passwords needed.
Adjustable live detection makes logon to your Windows account with photos impossible.
Flexible user administration of smile-in lets your to organize access of same person to many Windows user accounts as well as to use one Windows user account for many persons.
smile-in exists in parallel with standard Windows logon, so logon with password will be still possible after installing smile-in.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:18:50 GMT - Travel from ancient Egypt to the Wild West in this brick-busting arcade adventure. Direct a bouncing ball with your paddle to blast off all the blocks on the level and proceed through different times and places. Catch helpful power-ups, make use of friendly machines and avoid baddies on your journey. Dazzling 3D graphics, realistic physics and much more.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:30:51 GMT - Aiprosoft DVD to FLV Converter is a professional DVD to FLV converter with super fast conversion speed and excellent quality. It can convert DVD to FLV, SWF for Youtube, Myspace and Google video,etc.Aiprosoft DVD to FLV Converter also allows you to select target subtitle and audio track. The converted small sized Flash Video can be easily shared with your friends and family by E-mail, FTP upload, or just regular storage devices.
Key Functions:
1. Directly convert DVD to FLV, SWF with a flash player
Aiprosoft DVD to FLV Converter can perfectly convert DVD to FLV, SWF for you to upload to Youtube, Myspace and Google video.
2. Colorful video effect
Adjust the display brightness, contrast and saturation.
3. Wonderful video/audio settings
4. Trim DVD Casually
You could trim any segments you want to convert from DVD to FLV by accurately setting start time and end time or just drag the slider bar to the position where you want to trim.
5. Merge into one file
If you want to merge the selected contents into one file you can check the “Merge into one file” option. As default the merged file is named after the first selected file (either a title or a chapter).
6. Crop your video
7. Support preview and take favorite image
You can preview the source video and edited video and compare the before and after files for your further operation. If you like the current image of the video you can use the “Snapshot” option to take a snapshot of the film and save as a picture file. You can select the destination of the picture by clicking the “Preferences” button.
8. Easy to use
A few clicks are all you need to do to rip and copy DVD movies.
9. Select audio track and subtitle
This excellent DVD to FLV converter allows you select audio track and subtitle for your output file.
10. Fastest Conversion Speed
Provide the fastest conversion speed (>400%), completely support dual core CPU.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:09:26 GMT - MediaProSoft Free FLV to MPEG/WMV/3GP/MP4/iPod Converter is a professional FLV converter application to convert FLV files downloaded from video sharing websites to MPEG, WMV, 3GP, MP4 and many other video formats or convert video to FLV format with speed. Meanwhile, it is a powerful program to convert video to play on your iPod or other portable media devices. It is also able to extract audio from video to MP3, WMA, WAV...
MediaProSoft Free FLV to MPEG/WMV/3GP/MP4/iPod Converter, not only an FLV converter to convert video files like YouTube videos, movies and FLV to MPEG, WMV, 3GP, MP4 & iPod formats which play on your computer, but video converter to convert videos between a wide range of formats, from input including popular standard formats (AVI, FLV, WMV, RMVB, MOV, DAT, etc.) and HD formats such as AVCHD video (M2TS, MTS, M2T), to output of AVI, MP4, FLV, MPEG, WMV, MOV, 3GP and more. It extracts audio tracks from video files to audio formats as an audio converter. It provides the best configuration for iPhone, iPad, PSP, BlackBerry & other mobile phones. It supports batch process and provides a task list with detailed file info to arrange multiple video/audio conversion. Detailed configuration of output quality settings is provided as presets, which contain many well-defined parameters suited to your professional or casual needs (frame rate, audio channel, sample rate, etc.). The step-by-step wizard with tutorial instruction helps users convert just by clicking buttons. Saving log file can be viewed and saved as .txt or .log file for professional analysis.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:07:54 GMT - Convert your Outlook contacts to vcard using Outlook contacts converter tool. With high conversion result Outlook contacts to vcard, Outlook Contacts Converter tool is the easy yet powerful solution to convert Outlook contacts (.pst) file to vCard (.vcf) file. Outlook Contacts Converter software has been designed to perform easy & simple conversion of Outlook contacts to vCard or VCF files. Competent & perfect Outlook contacts converter successfully transfer or convert Outlook contacts to vCard file. Software also helps users to convert Outlook contacts to Lotus Notes, Mac Contacts, windows contacts, Entourage etc. With Outlook Contacts Converter, perform conversion of Outlook PST contacts more easily & efficiently. Software easily reads contacts from MS Outlook PST file and quickly performs Outlook Contacts to vCard conversion. Outlook Contacts Converter program can also be used to convert Outlook contacts to Lotus Notes, convert Outlook contacts to Mac contacts. Outlook Contacts to vCard Converter tool from PCVARE Solutions efficiently converts MS Outlook contacts .pst file to vCard file. Exporting Outlook contacts to vCard is now easier with Outlook Contacts converter that help users to convert Outlook contacts of Outlook 98/XP/2000/2003/2007/2010. With Outlook Contacts Converter, move Outlook contacts to vcard, transfer outlook contacts to vcard. Easy to use software with user friendly conversion process lets you do the critical work in minutes. Outlook Contacts Converter program successfully run on Windows 98/ME/2000/2003/XP/Vista & now successfully support Windows 7. Now convert Outlook contacts at just $49 with PCVARE Outlook Contacts Converter.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:56:33 GMT - Want to edit FLV video downloaded from YouTube with Windows Movie Maker? An easire way here!
MediaProSoft Free FLV to AVI Converter is a video converter program that offers user-friendly interface, allowing high quality conversions and a lot of flexible features for both inexperienced and advanced users. If you simply want to convert FLV videos and don't want to fuss with complex settings, you can select the FLV file you want to convert and click the Convert button. And that's it! MediaProSoft Free FLV to AVI Converter is that fast and easy. If you are an advanced user who wants more flexibility, you can select between different format presets, including video codecs, bit rate, frame rate, audio compression, etc.
MediaProSoft Free FLV to AVI Converter converts 3GP videos from your cell phone to AVI format which is common for storing video and audio data on computers. It supports video conversion between a wide range of formats to AVI, MP4, FLV, MPEG, WMV, MOV and 3GP for various usages. It enables you to extract audio tracks from AVI, MPEG, MPG, FLV, YouTube, DAT, WMV, MOV, MP4, 3GP video files and save them as MP3, WAV, iPhone Ringtone, WMA, etc. Also, you can convert audio files between the most popular audio formats and more. Video output with appropriate settings for iPod, iPhone, iPad, PSP & other mobile phones. No matter which device you have, it provides the best configuration. Conversion without any temporary files for high converting speed and economy of hard disk resource. Task list with detailed file info to arrange multiple video/audio conversion in one batch. You can easily add & remove the files and adjust the sequences. Detailed configuration of output quality settings is provided as presets, which contain many well-defined parameters suited to your professional or casual needs. The user-friendly UI enables you to find & use anything you want in seconds and many thoughtful features.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:44:57 GMT - Have trouble with watching DVD movies in Windows Media Player? Here's the solution.
MediaProSoft Free DVD to WMV Converter is an easy-to-use DVD to WMV converter which helps you rip and convert DVD to WMV video, backup DVD to high quality file of WMV and extract audio from DVD to sound files at high speed. So simple that with just a few clicks, the problem of how to convert DVD to WMV video won't bother you anymore. Just download our converter and enjoy WMV videos in your media players.
MediaProSoft Free DVD to WMV Converter helps you convert video files like YouTube videos, movies and DVDs to WMV format to enjoy with media players. It support various output formats playable on many portable devices. It extracts audio tracks from all kinds of DVDs as audio extractor. Rip HD/Blu-Ray DVD to many video formats with lossless output to enjoy in media player with high-resolution screen. The "Snapshoot" button helps you take a snapshot of the scene displayed in the preview window and save it as BMP or JPEG format. For multilanguage DVD discs, you can specify the ripping settings of both audio and subtitle in different languages. You can also disable the audio/subtitle ripping. You don't need to be an expert to get the quality you want as it also provides many well-configured quality presets for every output format to meet your professional or casual needs. It checks your CPU type automatically and ensures the full use of your CPU to bring you the best ripping speed. The ripper exactly synchronizes video and audio - no skipped or lost frames during conversion.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:40:21 GMT - Convert your video creation to share on YouTube & blogs now!
With the help of MediaProSoft Free Video to FLV Converter, whether it's personal or business, you can easily share Flash video, SWF and FLV, from your website or blog. And the possibilities are endless: your own commentary, a presentation, a tutorial and even a classic film full of fond memories. It easily converts everything you got to FLV and many other popular formats. Video sharing has never been easier!
MediaProSoft Free Video to FLV Converter converts video files like YouTube videos, movies and DVDs to FLV format, even HD FLV (High-definition Flash video) can be converted too. It supports video conversion between a wide range of formats, from input including popular standard formats (AVI, FLV, WMV, RMVB, MOV, DAT, etc.) and HD formats such as AVCHD video (M2TS, MTS, M2T), to output of AVI, MP4, FLV, MPEG, WMV, MOV, 3GP and more. It enables you to extract audio tracks from AVI, MPEG, MPG, FLV, YouTube, DAT, WMV, MOV, MP4, 3GP video files and save them as MP3, WAV, iPhone Ringtone, WMA, etc. Also, you can convert audio files between the most popular audio formats and more. Video output with appropriate settings for iPod, iPhone, iPad, PSP & other mobile phones. Conversion without any temporary files for high converting speed and economy of hard disk resource. Task list with detailed file info to arrange multiple video/audio conversion in one batch. You can easily add & remove the files and adjust the sequences. Detailed configuration of output quality settings is provided as presets, which contain many well-defined parameters suited to your professional or casual needs. The user-friendly UI enables you to find & use anything you want in seconds and many thoughtful features (conversion list with specific media info & image preview, one click to open output folder, post process options to shutdown the computer or play a sound when conversion is finished, etc.).
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:32:00 GMT - Best iPad video converter helps enjoy the visual feast in your iPad!
You can now enjoy your entire movie and music collection on your iPad! With a simple interface, MediaProSoft Free Video to iPad Converter allows you to convert any video/audio formats into iPad supported formats, as well as extract audio from video and convert them into iPad audio formats. With support for multi-core processing and batch conversion, you can convert multiple files easily, quickly and with exceptional quality.
MediaProSoft Free Video to iPad Converter converts video files movies and MTVs to play on Apple's new device - iPad. It supports video conversion between a wide range of formats, from input including popular standard formats (AVI, FLV, WMV, RMVB, MOV, DAT, etc.) and HD formats such as AVCHD video (M2TS, MTS, M2T), to output of AVI, MP4, FLV, MPEG, WMV, MOV, 3GP and more. It enables you to extract audio tracks from AVI, MPEG, MPG, FLV, YouTube, DAT, WMV, MOV, MP4, 3GP video files and save them as MP3, WAV, iPhone Ringtone, WMA, etc. Also, you can convert audio files between the most popular audio formats and more. Video output with appropriate settings for iPod, iPhone, iPad, PSP & other mobile phones. Conversion without any temporary files for high converting speed and economy of hard disk resource. Task list with detailed file info to arrange multiple video/audio conversion in one batch. You can easily add & remove the files and adjust the sequences. Detailed configuration of output quality settings is provided as presets, which contain many well-defined parameters suited to your professional or casual needs. The user-friendly UI enables you to find & use anything you want in seconds and many thoughtful features (conversion list with specific media info & image preview, one click to open output folder, post process options to shutdown the computer or play a sound when conversion is finished, etc.).
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:20:58 GMT - Free Online Radio Player Recorder does exactly as it sounds -- it is an easy-to-use FREE software program that lets you play online radio and save the them directly into MP3, WMA, OGG or WAV files. Free Online Radio Player Recorder is a perfect audio recorder to record your own voice, music or any other sound by working directly with your sound card. It supports the record input/source from a microphone, streaming audio from the Internet, external input devices (e.g. CDs, LP, music cassettes, phone line etc.) as well as other applications like Winamp, Media Player, etc. With built-in advanced audio record engine, the recorder produces high quality recordings.
Free Online Radio Player Recorder can record any sound passing through any line of your sound card. For example, you can record sound being played back by an external program, sound from a microphone, an external LP, cassette, CD/DVD player, AM/FM/Satellite radio, etc. It supports multiple audio formats including PCM (WAV), MP3, WMA & OGG. A number of high-quality stereo formats are also supported (up to 192kHz 24bit and float). It is powerful to find the online radio & TV to enjoy. There are thousands of radio stations & TV channels to choose. It enables you to search the stations via different categories and add them to your list. You can even add your own station. It also can record Web Radio. When you are listening to the web radio, a the one-click button is provided to conveniently activate the radio recorder. It has the function of online searching enhancement, Free Online Radio Player Recorder also makes online searching easier. Select any text in your web browser and it appears in the search box for a quick Google search. You are also allowed to search video, websites and other cool stuff by choosing different searching categories. The recorded sound will be added to a detailed list with information like filename, location, date, duration & size.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:14:38 GMT - Have problems in converting some strange video formats to playable ones like AVI/MPEG?
MediaProSoft Free Video to AVI/MPEG Converter, available for Windows, is a free video converter that converts video files, YouTube videos, movies and MTVs. The software, designed with ease of use in mind, can convert all types of video files (AVI, DivX, XviD, FLV, X264, VOB, MPEG, etc.) into the proper video formats as AVI & MPEG. The optional quality presets and easy-to-follow wizard enable you to be a PRO in video conversion.
MediaProSoft Free Video to AVI/MPEG Converter converts video formats to AVI & MPEG (vice versa) for video editing and authoring for home video DVD. It supports video conversion to other video formats FLV for video sharing websites and 3GP for your mobile phone. It enables you to extract audio tracks from AVI, MPEG, MPG, FLV, YouTube, DAT, WMV, MOV, MP4, 3GP video files and save them as MP3, WAV, iPhone Ringtone, WMA, etc. Also, you can convert audio files between the most popular audio formats and more. Video output with appropriate settings for iPod, iPhone, iPad, PSP & other mobile phones. Conversion without any temporary files for high converting speed and economy of hard disk resource. Task list with detailed file info to arrange multiple video/audio conversion in one batch. You can easily add & remove the files and adjust the sequences. Detailed configuration of output quality settings is provided as presets, which contain many well-defined parameters suited to your professional or casual needs. The user-friendly UI enables you to find & use anything you want in seconds and many thoughtful features (conversion list with specific media info & image preview, one click to open output folder, post process options to shutdown the computer or play a sound when conversion is finished, etc.). Step-by-step wizard with tutorial instruction to help users convert just by clicking buttons.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:59:41 GMT - MediaProSoft Free YouTube to 3GP Converter is a powerful and handy tool which can convert YouTube videos to 3GP formats for video playback on mobiles or other 3GP player software possible. With this video converter, you can just copy the URL of YouTube videos from YouTube.com to download and convert them into 3GP easily. The clear-cut interface has been designed to be user-friendly and can be easily operated by inexperienced or advanced users.
MediaProSoft Free YouTube to 3GP Converter is a YouTube Downloader & YouTube Converter which supports unlimited downloading tasks to download videos from YouTube.com to your local folder by the YouTube video URLs. After downloading, you can continue to convert the downloaded videos or local videos in any format even high-definition (HD) to 3GP with ease to enjoy with your cell phone. When downloading video from YouTube, if a higher quality version exists, it will be downloaded instead of the other versions. You can also set preferred sequence of qualities or use the default HQ5 quality. As an audio extractor, it helps you convert video to audio to get your favorite sound or background music from home movies, MTVs, YouTube videos and many other video files. It supports a wide variety of video formats with customized output quality for MP4, iPod & FLV and converts any audio format to listen in your music players. Detailed configuration of output quality settings is provided as presets. The step-by-step wizard with tutorial instruction helps users convert just by clicking buttons. The step-by-step wizard with tutorial instruction helps users convert just by clicking buttons. Saving log file can be viewed and saved as .txt or .log file for professional analysis.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:59:26 GMT - MediaProSoft Free YouTube to AVI/MPEG Converter is a small tool and effective solution for YouTube video download and video conversion. It can download and convert YouTube videos to other formats, including AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4, etc. It supports batch conversion and you can rearrange the file order. An easy-to-use interface allows you to enjoy working with video files without frequently consulting reference materials.
MediaProSoft Free YouTube to AVI/MPEG Converter is a YouTube Downloader & YouTube Converter which supports unlimited downloading tasks to download videos from YouTube.com to your local folder by the YouTube video URLs. After downloading, you can continue to convert the downloaded videos or local videos in any format even high-definition (HD) to AVI & MPEG (vice versa) for editing and authoring for home video DVD. When downloading video from YouTube, if a higher quality version exists, it will be downloaded instead of the other versions. You can also set preferred sequence of qualities or use the default HQ5 quality. As an audio extractor, it helps you convert video to audio to get your favorite sound or background music from home movies, MTVs, YouTube videos and many other video files. It supports a wide variety of video formats with customized output quality for MP4, iPod & FLV and converts any audio format to listen in your music players. Detailed configuration of output quality settings is provided as presets. The step-by-step wizard with tutorial instruction helps users convert just by clicking buttons. The step-by-step wizard with tutorial instruction helps users convert just by clicking buttons. Saving log file can be viewed and saved as .txt or .log file for professional analysis.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:58:33 GMT - Aiprosoft DVD to MP4 Converter is the best DVD to MP4 Converter, which can help you convert DVD to MP4, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (.mp4), MOV, AVI, and convert DVD to HD MP4, HD MOV, HD AVI, DVD to audio like M4A, MP3, AAC, etc for all MP4 players such as iPod, iPod touch, iPod nano, iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, PSP, Creative Zen, Zune, Zune 2, iRiver PMP, Archos, PS3, Xbox, and more.
Compared with other DVD to MP4 converters, Aiprosoft DVD to MP4 Converter provides more settings for you to customize - video and audio bitrate, resolution, frame rate, Sample Rate, etc, in addition to the default profiles. It also has powerful editing function for you to trim, crop, and effect your output file
Key Functions:
1. Directly Convert DVD to MP4, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (.mp4), MOV, AVI
Aiprosoft DVD to MP4 Converter can easily convert DVD to MP4, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (.mp4), MOV, AVI in the highest speed and quality.
2. Upgrade to support HD video output
Provides the professional way to convert DVD to HD H.264, HD AVI, HD MPEG 4, HD MOV video.
3. Take out audio from DVD
Besides convert DVD to MP4, it also can convert DVD to AAC, AC3, AIFF, AMR, AU, FLAC, MP3, M4A, MP2, OGG, WAV, WMA audio formats to make your music enjoyment more colorful.
4. Sync to most players or devices
5. Professional way to edit video effect
Adjust the display brightness, contrast and saturation.
6. Superb video/audio settings
7. Trim DVD Casually
You could trim any segments you want to convert from DVD by accurately setting start time and end time or just drag the slider bar to the position where you want to trim.
8. Merge into one file
9. Crop your video
10. Support preview and take favorite image
11. Easy to use
A few clicks are all you need to do to rip and convert DVD to MP4.
12. Select audio track and subtitle
It allows you to select audio track and subtitle for your output file.
13. Fastest Conversion Speed
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:53:47 GMT - Converting WMV to more widely used AVI & MPEG is a good choice!
MediaProSoft Free WMV to AVI/MPEG Converter is a professional tool to convert video between most popular WMV, AVI, MPEG and many other video formats. The conversion process of our converter is very fast and customizable. Simple as all properties, settings displayed in interface could be well handled. The converter provides high converting speed and excellent output quality, beyond your imagination.
MediaProSoft Free WMV to AVI/MPEG Converter converts WMV files to AVI/MPEG format for video editing and authoring for home video DVD. It supports video conversion between a wide range of formats to AVI, MP4, FLV, MPEG, WMV, MOV and 3GP for various usages. It enables you to extract audio tracks from AVI, MPEG, MPG, FLV, YouTube, DAT, WMV, MOV, MP4, 3GP video files and save them as MP3, WAV, iPhone Ringtone, WMA, etc. Also, you can convert audio files between the most popular audio formats and more. Video output with appropriate settings for iPod, iPhone, iPad, PSP & other mobile phones. Conversion without any temporary files for high converting speed and economy of hard disk resource. Task list with detailed file info to arrange multiple video/audio conversion in one batch. You can easily add & remove the files and adjust the sequences. Detailed configuration of output quality settings is provided as presets, which contain many well-defined parameters suited to your professional or casual needs. The user-friendly UI enables you to find & use anything you want in seconds and many thoughtful features (conversion list with specific media info & image preview, one click to open output folder, post process options to shutdown the computer or play a sound when conversion is finished, etc.). Step-by-step wizard with tutorial instruction to help users convert just by clicking buttons.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:50:02 GMT - MediaProSoft Free YouTube to FLV Converter is a professional video converter which can download and convert YouTube videos to various popular formats, including HD FLV (High-definition Flash video), WMV, MP4, etc. The conversion process is customizable and gives you full control over the output quality.
MediaProSoft Free YouTube to FLV Converter is a YouTube Downloader & YouTube Converter which supports unlimited downloading tasks to download videos from YouTube.com to your local folder by the YouTube video URLs. After downloading, you can continue to convert the downloaded videos or local videos in any format even high-definition (HD) to FLV format for your blogs and other popular video formats for any usage. When downloading video from YouTube, if a higher quality version exists, it will be downloaded instead of the other versions. You can also set preferred sequence of qualities or use the default HQ5 quality. As an audio extractor, it helps you convert video to audio to get your favorite sound or background music from home movies, MTVs, YouTube videos and many other video files. It supports a wide variety of video formats with customized output quality for MP4, iPod & FLV and converts any audio format to listen in your music players. Detailed configuration of output quality settings is provided as presets. The step-by-step wizard with tutorial instruction helps users convert just by clicking buttons. The step-by-step wizard with tutorial instruction helps users convert just by clicking buttons. Saving log file can be viewed and saved as .txt or .log file for professional analysis.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:45:04 GMT - Having video fun with your mobile phone? Our converter brings you more!
MediaProSoft Free Video to 3GP Converter is an all-in-one professional 3GP video converter that can convert AVI, MPEG, MOV, RMVB, FLV, WMV, MKV, AVCHD (and many other video files to 3GP for 3G smart phones. It doesn't matter if your mobile phones does not support 3GP format, as our converter is able to convert all supported formats to MP4 or AVI for mobile phones. If you want to output 3GP video files with different resolutions, bitrate, sample rate and quality, you may find MediaProSoft Free Video to 3GP Converter is the very 3GP converter you want, with which you can freely customize the output file parameters and more.
MediaProSoft Free Video to 3GP Converter converts video files like YouTube videos, movies and DVDs to 3GP format, the 3rd generation video standard for use on 3G mobile phones. It supports video conversion between a wide range of formats, from input including popular standard formats (AVI, FLV, WMV, RMVB, MOV, DAT, etc.) and HD formats such as AVCHD video (M2TS, MTS, M2T), to output of AVI, MP4, FLV, MPEG, WMV, MOV, 3GP and more. It enables you to extract audio tracks from AVI, MPEG, MPG, FLV, YouTube, DAT, WMV, MOV, MP4, 3GP video files and save them as MP3, WAV, iPhone Ringtone, WMA, etc. Also, you can convert audio files between the most popular audio formats and more. Video output with appropriate settings for iPod, iPhone, iPad, PSP & other mobile phones. Conversion without any temporary files for high converting speed and economy of hard disk resource. Task list with detailed file info to arrange multiple video/audio conversion in one batch. You can easily add & remove the files and adjust the sequences. Detailed configuration of output quality settings is provided as presets, which contain many well-defined parameters suited to your professional or casual needs. User-friendly UI enables you to find & use anything you want in seconds and many thoughtful features.
EASEUS Partition Master Professional Edition is an ALL-IN-ONE partition solution and disk management utility. It allows you to extend partition, especially for system drive, settle low disk space problem, manage disk space easily on MBR and GUID partition table (GPT) disk under Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista/ Windows 7 (both x32 and x64).
Process Lasso is a unique new technology that will improve your PC’s responsiveness and stability. Windows, by design, allows programs to monopolize your CPU without sufficient restraint – leading to hangs and micro-lags. Process Lasso’s ProBalance (Process Balance) technology intelligently adjusts the priorities of running programs so that badly behaved processes won’t negatively impact the responsiveness of your PC. It does this not by raising process priorities, but instead by temporarily lowering the priorities of background processes that may be interfering with foreground responsiveness.
Simpo PDF to Word is an excellent PDF to Word converter for converting PDF to editable Word files. It could batch convert pdf to word in fast speed and preserve layouts / images / contents in PDF files. With this PDF to Word Converter, you select either plain text txt or word doc output file. Besides, PDF to Word is standalone application, you needn’t install Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat to convert PDF to Word.
PCMedik can increase the performance of your computer and fix annoying problems like crashes and errors that randomly appear. Reduce the frustration that you may have with your computer by simply downloading and trying PCMedik, many common problems on your computer can quickly be fixed and your computer’s performance will be greatly improved.
PCHand Media Converter Pro is coming again! It’s an ALL-IN-ONE DVD Ripper, Video Converter and HD Video Converter. With Media Converter Pro, you can easily rip DVD, including latest copy protected DVD movies, and convert SD video/ HD video to various video format, such as avi, mp4, flv, 3gp, etc. Besides, you can also backup videos on iPod, iPhone, iPad, Android phones, BlackBerry and many other portable devices.
PerfectClock – When Telling the Time Gives You Pleasure! PerfectClock is a skinnable, flexible, fast and highly customizable program displaying an unlimited number of World-Time clocks on your desktop. PerfectClock keeps you in time across as many time zones as you wish. No more wasting your time working out the local time anywhere in the world – each clock can show any time zone you require.
Musereo Mono to Stereo Converter is a simple, easy-to-use software that converts multiple mono mp3/wma/wav files to stereo in just a few clicks, helping you to breathe new life into your audio files mono and dull.
Ashampoo Burning Studio users are unusually loyal, with good reason – this program’s speed, simplicity and efficiency are simply unbeatable. Over the years the Ashampoo programmers have turned the program into a full suite that can handle all your data, audio and video burning, without sacrificing its famous ease of use. In version 2010 they have once again added a wealth of new features and modules, but the program is still amazingly intuitive to use – everything is explained as you do it.
Wondershare Time Freeze 2.0 is easy and effective virtual system software. It creates a virtual environment for your system partition, on which you surf online, run applications and test game installations. All changes (computer history, new installations, infected virus) occur on the virtual system will disappear. So your real system is protected and your privacy is safe and can’t be peeped by others. 
FlipPowerpoint is your easy way to batch transform ordinary Microsoft Powerpoint Presentations into stunning booklets with amazing page-flipping animations and sound! Imagine being able to create digital magazines and catalogs that behave like actual paper books!
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