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June 25, 2009 JUMPLIST LAUNCHER.......... Tweak the way you can use the newly introduced jumplists in Windows 7. Great increase in functionality.....(free).....GO THERE! BEST PRACTICE..........Interesting audio tool - BestPractice allows you to slow down or speed up music, either from an MP3 file or directly from a CD. Ordinarily the sound is distorted when slowed down our sped up - you get the effect like when playing a 33 rpm record on 45 rpm speed (remember the Chipmunks?). BestPractice tries to correct this, so you can slow down and speed up music, while keeping the original pitch. It is also possible to change the pitch of the music without affecting its tempo. Made for musician practice sessions, but we can find more uses than that .....(free).....GO THERE! BINARY VIEWER.......... Binary Viewer is a free windows utility allowing you to open and view any file located on your computer regardless of format file was saved. It displays file content in hexadecimal, octal, decimal and text format, therefore letting you to peek into binary files, usually not viewable by standard Windows viewer/editors like Notepad. Most likely you will use it to: Analyze internal format of binary files, Reverse engineering of programs and files saved in proprietary file, Check content of files not viewable by other means, Compare/check differences between binary files. Supports large file sizes (up to 4GB files), MDI (Multiple Document Interface) allows working with multiple files simultaneously, Simple and intuitive user interface, Two-column display for easy viewing same content in multiple formats, Allows selecting, copy and saving to the file, Has very small memory footprint.....(free).....GO THERE! June 24, 2009 ZEN KEY.......... ZenKEY allows you to control all aspects of your computer via keystrokes. Using the configuration utility of the ZenKEY Wizard, you can create menus, each containing items which perform "actions". You can "fire" these actions by clicking on the item or pressing a key-combination. Using these actions, you can: Work and play on an Infinite desktop. Open a program or a file. Control program windows. Automatically make windows transparent. Iconify windows. Issue a Media command. Open a folder. Open an Internet location. Issue a Windows System command. Simulate a series of keystrokes. Switch between active tasks.....(free).....GO THERE! LAN-EXPLORER..........Determine all computers, shares and printers on your local network. Resources such as computers, shares aso. are presented clearly. The tedious and slow "click through the network environment" is not necessary and saves precious time. The determination of the computer or shares works in the background. The LAN-Explorer has a build-in explorer as well as a favorite-function .....(free).....GO THERE! WINX FREE DVD TO IPHONE RIPPER..........Special designed for ripping and converting DVD movies to iPhone, iPod + touch, Apple TV video formats. Apple multimedia fans could put DVD movies on apple gadgets as iPod, iPhone, Apple TV via real 100% free software called WinX Free DVD to iPhone Ripper. And, audio files also could be extracted from DVD disk into MP3 music. This one-click easy to use free software has handy options enable you watch DVD movies with your iPod, iPhone, or on Apple TV at anytime, anywhere and could save your money at this hard time. You deserve this great softwar .....(free).....GO THERE! June 23, 2009 PDFTK..........The pdf toolkit. If PDF is electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic staple-remover, hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. Pdftk is a simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. Keep one in the top drawer of your desktop and use it to:, , Merge PDF Documents, Split PDF Pages into a New Document, Rotate PDF Pages or Documents, Decrypt Input as Necessary (Password Required), Encrypt Output as Desired, Fill PDF Forms with FDF Data or XFDF Data and/or Flatten Forms, Apply a Background Watermark or a Foreground Stamp, Report on PDF Metrics such as Metadata, Bookmarks, and Page Labels, Update PDF Metadata, Attach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF Document, Unpack PDF Attachments, Burst a PDF Document into Single Pages, Uncompress and Re-Compress Page Streams, Repair Corrupted PDF (Where Possible), Pdftk allows you to manipulate PDF easily and freely. It does not require Acrobat, and it runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and Solaris .....(free).....GO THERE! PULP TUNES.......... You've got a huge music collection in your iTunes at home. You want to access that music from the office, at a friend's party, or let other people hear it from anywhere in the world. Install pulpTunes and access your music from anywhere, through a web browser.....(free).....GO THERE! POWER RESIZER..........PowerResizer is a utility that provides many facilities in moving or resizing windows in a Microsoft(R) Windows(R) desktop environment: one of the key-features of PowerResizer is windows-docking .....(free).....GO THERE! SPECIAL FOLDERS VIEW..........Windows operating system have dozens of special folders that are used for storing application settings and files, storing Internet files, saving temporary files, storing shortcuts to other files, and so on. This utility displays the list of all special folders in your system, and allows you to easily jump to the right folder simply by double-clicking the folder item. You can also save the list of all folder paths into text/html/xml file .....(free).....GO THERE! June 22, 2009 MBR WIZARD..........Wide degree of functionality in a powerful, yet flexible utility designed to assist with all types of Master Boot Record difficulties. Initially developed to overcome MBR problems introduced by disk imaging products such as Symantec Ghost and Acronis True Image, MBRWizard has become a popular utility for creating bootable Windows 7 flash drives, as well as repairing all types of MBR problems, especially those caused by disk-2-disk and system backup and recovery applications. Whether you are looking to solve issues caused by experimentation, repair partition entry issues after recovering a disk image, or simply safeguarding your system by capturing a backup of the MBR before disaster strikes, you have come to the right place.....(free).....GO THERE! HAWKSCOPE..........Hawkscope is a productivity tool that allows you to access your hard drive contents quickly via drill down menu from a system tray icon. Main features: Cross platform, runs on Windows, Linux and Mac, Navigation through hard drive contents via dynamic popup menu, system wide global hotkey for invoking menu right under mouse location (on Windows and Linux only), Configurable favourite locations for quick access, Hide unwanted drives, folders or files by adding them to blacklist, Plugin system. Thanks to Lifehacker.....(free).....GO THERE! ANTI-MALWARE TOOLKIT..........Anti-Malware Toolkit - a program that automatically downloads a number of recommended programs to help users clean their computers and have them running at peak performance again .....(free).....GO THERE! June 19, 2009 OPERA UNITE..........According to the developer, "Opera Unite is a unique technology that turns any computer or device running Opera into a Web server. In other words, your computer (running Opera Unite) is truly part of the fabric of the Web, rather than just interacting with it, and it’s something anyone can use. With Opera Unite, everyday non-technical users can serve and share content and services directly from their own computers in the form of intuitive applications. That sounds kind of cool from a technology point of view, but what can you do with it, and why is it important? With Opera Unite, we are giving developers a chance to develop applications (known as Opera Unite services) that directly link people’s personal computers together, so that you can connect with one or more of your friends at the same time. It all happens through the browser, so no additional software has to be downloaded, and it will work wherever Opera works (Windows, Mac, Linux, and later mobile phones and other devices). Opera provides the platform and you provide the applications—what you create is limited only by your imagination. We believe Opera Unite will redefine what’s possible with Web applications, and we invite you to join us in moving beyond stale ideas and limitations".....(free).....GO THERE! TOTAL MOUNTER.......... KernSafe TotalMounter is an advanced and powerful virtual CD/DVD-ROM/RW/RAM emulator, and it is full-featured free software for windows. TotalMounter is also a free full-featured iSCSI initiator, virtual disks emulator, and a client of INetDisk. Its goal is to mount everything, you can not only mount a CD/DVD images (such as iso, bin, cdi, mdf, ccd, nrg etc.) as a virtualized drive, and also make these images by creating a CD/DVD-RW virtualized drive and burning data into it by burning software.....(free).....GO THERE! GOOGLE IT..........Google It is a simple, unobtrusive widget used to search the content of your clipboard automatically on Google. It's a snap to setup and works on Windows Vista and XP running .NET Framework 3.0. .....(free).....GO THERE! 3 TOOLS TO ADD START MENU TO USB DRIVES.......... Menus are a convenient way to access applications on a drive or computer, and they also help in organizing the stuff. Portable application suites often come with such start menus or program launchers to access the programs within the pack. If you do not use such application packs but still want to use a start menu to locate and search files on your flash drive, here are three free programs to choose from.....(free).....GO THERE! June 18, 2009 ULTRA SURF..........UltraSurf allows you to overcome censorship and blockage on the Internet. You can browse any website freely, so as to obtain true information from the free world. Protect Internet privacy with anonymous surfing and browsing -- hide IP addresses and locations, clean browsing history, cookies & more. Completely transparent data transfer and high level encryption of the content allow you to surf the web with high security......(free).....GO THERE! ACTIVE KILL DISK..........Disk eraser software for secure formatting of hard drives without the possibility of data recovery. DOS application can be run from floppy boot disk. DoD 5220.22-M compatible. Erasing PC Hard Drives. Free version.....(free).....GO THERE! FIFTEEN CLASSIC PC DESIGN MISTAKES..........There’s no such thing as the perfect computer, and never has been. But in the personal computer’s long and varied history, some computers have been decidedly less perfect than others .....(free).....GO THERE! June 17, 2009 TWEAK NOW POWER PACK.......... TweakNow PowerPack is a fully-integrated suite of utilities that let you fine-tune every aspect of your computer's operating system and Web browser. The RAM Idle program manages the free memory that is available to run Windows programs. It prevents performance from degrading as you swap files and programs in and out of memory. The AutoShutdown program lets you suspend, hibernate, or shut down your computer after a specified period of time. In addition to saving resources, this program keeps your system more secure by making it unavailable to unauthorized people. The CD AutoRun is an extension of Windows' CD and DVD autorun features, giving you additional options for starting programs or listening to music. The Virtual Desktop program lets you run as many as four custom-designed desktop configurations simultaneously, allowing you to tailor your computer screen to your mood and your work requirements. The suite gives you a complete picture of all aspects of your computer's hardware, including detailed information about your motherboard, processor, video card, memory, hard disk and network.....(free).....GO THERE! CD RECOVERY.......... CD Recovery is an extremely easy to use software that can copy maximum data from your scratched CD, DVD or any other bad media. It can copy single file or folder or it can copy multiple files and folders and even entire drive.....(free).....GO THERE! VIDEO CUTTER.......... Video Cutter is a very simple tool that can cut any video in almost any format easily. It supports MPG, VOB, DAT, AVI, DIVX, MP4, WMV, MOV, MKV, FLV and other video formats.....(free).....GO THERE! VIDEO ENCODER.......... Video Encoder can encode or convert any of your videos to any video format including MP4, 3GP, WMV, MOV, AVI, DIVX, MPG, FLV, MKV and VOB. You can also set the basic output quality or set the output bitrate, framerate, framesize and aspect ratio. You can also specify to crop and pad the output video.....(free).....GO THERE! June 16, 2009 RAM PAGE..........RAMpage is a Windows utility that displays the amount of available memory in the System Tray. It can also free memory; by double clicking the tray icon, by setting a threshold that activates the program automatically, or by having it run automatically when a program exits .....(free).....GO THERE! SEARCHABLE GUIDE TO WINDOWS REGISTRY..........Free ebook, the most comprehensive guide to the Windows Registry and the best part - it is searchable. Thanks to instant fundas.....(free).....GO THERE! TWEAK PDF..........Set the initial view preferences of a PDF document, such as whether to center window of the PDF file when opened, whether to display document title, to fit window, to hide menubar, to hide toolbar, and to hide window UI. When window UI is made hidden, a PDF file is just like a PowerPoint slide zoomed to full screen. You can even set the page mode of a PDF document, such as show PDF files in full screen mode, outlines mode, thumbnail mode, or simply without any special mode. Page Layout also comes as an option for you to tweak. PDF document properties such as title, subject, author, keywords can be modified with Tweak PDF. You can even tweak PDF version from 1.0 to 1.5 for compatibility concerns, and shrink PDF files by setting the compression level and choosing the compression algorithm .....(free).....GO THERE! WEIRDEST COSMOLOGY THEORIES..........Just a few of the ideas bouncing around cosmological physics these days .....(free).....GO THERE! June 15, 2009 HULU DESKTOP..........Desktop viewer for vids from the aliens at Hulu. Hulu Desktop is a lean-back viewing experience for your personal computer. It features a sleek new look that's optimized for use with standard Windows Media Center remote controls or Apple remote controls, allowing you to navigate Hulu's entire library with just six buttons. For users without remotes, the application is keyboard and mouse-enabled. Hulu Desktop is a downloadable application and will work on PCs and Macs......(free).....GO THERE! PREY..........Software to keep track of your stolen laptop. Prey is a simple and lightweight program that will help you track and find your laptop if it ever gets stolen. It works in all operating systems and not only is it Open Source but also completely free.....(free).....GO THERE! ICE ECC..........ICE ECC is a file verification and repair tool. ICE ECC allows you to protect your important files and sensitive data against digital corruption using Reed-Solomon codes. Did you know that a typical CD-R/DVD-R disk can hold its data intact for only a few years? ICE ECC is the perfect solution to this problem - before you store your data, protect it against corruption with ICE ECC. ICE ECC is easy to use. To protect a file against corruption, just select the file/files/directories with the program by navigating the explorer-style window and click Create. This creates recovery file/files of the original files. You can easily control the size and number of the recovery files. When you want to verify whether the file has been modified or if the data in it has been corrupted, just select the appropriate .ecc file and click Verify. ICE ECC will then do a full analysis of the file and let you know if it has been corrupted, in that case ICE ECC will automatically recover it for you .....(free).....GO THERE! ISYS CLEANER..........iSysCleaner is a freeware system optimization tool. It removes all unused files from your system with few clicks and faster - freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet History and Cookies. But the best part is that you can define your own search script .....(free).....GO THERE! June 11, 2009 FREE SSHD..........freeSSHd, like its name says, is a free implementation of an SSH server. It provides strong encryption and authentication over insecure networks like Internet. Users can open remote console or even access their remote files thanks to buit-in SFTP server .....(free).....GO THERE! GOOGLE SQUARED..........New from Google, Squared is a search tool that helps you quickly build a collection of facts from the Web for any topic you specify. Facts about your topic are organized as a table of items and attributes (we call them "Squares" for fun). Customize these Squares to see just the items and attributes you're interested in. See the websites that served as sources for the information in your Square. Save and share Squares with others .....(free).....GO THERE! ADD WEB SHORTCUTS TO DESKTOP CONTEXT MENU..........If you want to hack the context menu by adding shortcuts to your favorite website, here is a hack easy to apply .....(free).....GO THERE! EMULATE A CELL PHONE ON YOUR PC..........How to emulate a cell phone on PC using Windows Mobile 6.5 developer toolkit .....(free).....GO THERE! June 10, 2009 EXECUTOR.......... This is a multi purpose launcher and a more advanced and customizable version of windows run. The program originated as I was sick of spending too much time searching for programs through my ever growing windows start-menu, and also I missed a tool that could ease and optimize my daily work flow. There was of course already programs like this available, but each had it's annoyance or missing features or too(!) geeky.....(free).....GO THERE! WIN CD EMU..........WinCDEmu is an open-source software that allows mounting CD/DVD images by clicking at the image files in Windows Explorer. It supports both Windows XP and Vista, is open-source .....(free).....GO THERE! NETWORX..........The program allows you to monitor all your network connections or a specific network connection (such as Ethernet or PPP) only. The software also features a system of highly customizable visual and sound alerts. You can set it up to alert you when the network connection is down or when some suspicious activity, such as unusually heavy data flow, occurs. It can also automatically disconnect all dialup connections and shut down the system .....(free).....GO THERE! ADD CHROME TABS TO FIREFOX.......... Google Chrome displays thumbnails of the most visited websites together with a search function and a list of recently closed pages which can be a great time saver if the user intents to open a website that is listed in that display.....(free).....GO THERE! June 9, 2009 ONLINE ARMOR..........Free firewall. Stops Hackers, Stops Malicious Programs, Protects your Identity .....(free).....GO THERE! SSH AND SCP PROGRAMS..........A Comparison of Free SSH and SCP Programs for Windows 9x, NT, ME, 2000 and XP .....(free).....GO THERE! RAM PAGE.......... RAMpage is a Windows utility that displays the amount of available memory in the System Tray. It can also free memory; by double clicking the tray icon, by setting a threshold that activates the program automatically, or by having it run automatically when a program exits.....(free).....GO THERE! WEIRDEST COSMOLOGY THEORIES .......... Cosmology is one of the most creative and bizarre areas of science. Explore some of the strangest ideas in this exclusive feature.....(free).....GO THERE! June 8, 2009 WINDOWS 7 SETUP SECRETS..........Information on the right and wrong ways to set up Windows 7 .....(free).....GO THERE! CONFIGURING IE SECURITY SETTINGS.......... A step-by-step guide.....(free).....GO THERE! CUSTOMIZING RIGHT-CLICK MENUS..........Step by step instructions for customizing the options that appear on the right-click menu for various file types .....(free).....GO THERE! DOMAIN TOOLS.......... Nice bunch of tools to find and work with domain names.....(free).....GO THERE! June 5, 2009 GUIDE TO UPGRADING TO WINDOWS 7 RC..........Whether you want to set up a dual-boot system, you're ready to migrate all the way to Windows 7 RC from XP, or something in between, here's what you need to know, including download links for Win 7 RC .....(free).....GO THERE! WINDOWS COMMAND-LINE UTILITIES..........A bunch of nice little command-line utilities, mainly for use in Windows batch files .....(free).....GO THERE! PDF OWNER GUARD.......... PDF Security, Copy Protection, Digital Rights Management (DRM) and Distribution Management Solution. PDF Security, DRM, Protection and Distribution Management technologies are used as a copyright enforcement mechanisms and sometimes as an alternative mechanism to copyright law. Granting exclusive ownership rights to authors and creators through Copyrights, Security and DRM, allows for a better chance of enrichment of more and more creativities and cultural products, and they can nominally compensate their efforts and costs. Intellectual efforts for producing a product or artifact must be appropriately prizes and we must prevent people to benefit from such products free of charge. PDF Security and DRM provides a better base for protecting contents against illegal distributions, usages and sells. PDF Security and Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems are provided to ease distribution of PDF documents for end users by enforcing some usage and distribution limitations like printing, copying, save, transfer.....(free).....GO THERE! HOW BIG IS THE NET..........Amusing article with breath taking views of the net .....(free).....GO THERE! June 3, 2009 WINDOWS 7 LITTLE TWEAKER..........Windows 7 Little Tweaker is a small and simple to use utility that let you easily activate a few useful extras for Microsoft's new OS, Windows 7 Ultimate. Windows 7 Little Tweaker is a Windows 7 only portable application and will not run on any other Windows versions. Windows 7 Little Tweaker must run as Administrator, and with UAC disabled .....(free).....GO THERE! VSUITE RAMDISK..........VSuite Ramdisk is a great solution to hard disk bottleneck. It can greatly reduce the work of hard disk by using computer's RAM to simulate a hard disk. Access time can be greatly improved to files held on Ramdsiks, and so the throughput of your computer may improve by many times. Besides the service life of a physical hard disk will be prolonged via reducing access. This is suitable for applications such as P2P download. It can also detect the memory which is invisible to OS when your system has 4GB RAM or above. Public Edition. Thanks to instant fundas.....(free).....GO THERE! WINDOWS 7 TIPS AND TRICKS..........Improve your productivity by familiarizing yourself with some of the enhancements that are new in Windows 7. And share them with your customers to help them learn more about Windows 7. Check back for future editions to enrich your Windows 7 experience .....(free).....GO THERE! TWEAKNOW POWER PACK..........TweakNow PowerPack is a fully-integrated suite of utilities that let you fine-tune every aspect of your computer's operating system and Web browser. The RAM Idle program manages the free memory that is available to run Windows programs. It prevents performance from degrading as you swap files and programs in and out of memory. The AutoShutdown program lets you suspend, hibernate, or shut down your computer after a specified period of time. In addition to saving resources, this program keeps your system more secure by making it unavailable to unauthorized people. The CD AutoRun is an extension of Windows' CD and DVD autorun features, giving you additional options for starting programs or listening to music. The Virtual Desktop program lets you run as many as four custom-designed desktop configurations simultaneously, allowing you to tailor your computer screen to your mood and your work requirements. The suite gives you a complete picture of all aspects of your computer's hardware, including detailed information about your motherboard, processor, video card, memory, hard disk and network .....(free).....GO THERE! June 2, 2009 SRWARE IRON.......... SRWare Iron is a real alternative, based on the Chromium-source with the same features as Chrome - but without the critical privacy concerns. Use the innovative features without worrying about your privacy. .....(free).....GO THERE! SERVER WATCH..........ServerWatch is a Windows application designed to help network administrators keep track of the servers on their networks. ServerWatch is being developed under the OpenSoftware License and will be available free of charge. Currently the system is in Alpha phase of development, the alpha is available for download now, but please kep in mind that this is testing purposes only at the moment and not all features are built yet. For more information about ServerWatch, or its developers, please follow the links on the menu .....(free).....GO THERE! SWITCH TO DVORAK IN XP.......... You might have considered the susceptibility of your wrists to carpal tunnel. You might be trying to prevent your invasive friends and family from using your PC without looking like you have something to hide. You might even be trying to ward off Alzheimer's by intentionally subjecting yourself to the frustration of feeling like you’re five years old again. The Dvorak keyset aids in all of these endeavors, and making the switch is actually far easier than typing with it enabled. For those game to make the switch, here’s how it’s done.....(free).....GO THERE! COMODO SYSTEM CLEANER.......... Comodo System Cleaner is a powerful suite of utilities and tools that allows you to make your Windows XP or Vista computer faster, more efficient and more secure. Take control by customizing virtually every aspect of Windows XP or Vista behavior with just a few mouse clicks. Optimize system performance, disk space and overall stability with built in Registry Cleaner and Disk Cleaner tools. Gain complete visibility and control over your computer's hardware, software, processes and performance with powerful diagnostics tools. Ensure complete on-line and off-line privacy by clearing the history, cache and temp files of Internet browsers, Instant Messengers and Windows applications. 100% Safe Cleaning - Unique 'Registry Protection' and 'Safe Delete' features automatically roll back your system if important files were deleted in error. Available in 32 bit and 64 bit versions for XP and Vista and Windows 2003 server. Comodo System Cleaner is 100% free to home and business users.....(free).....GO THERE! June 1, 2009 REG FROM APP..........RegFromApp monitors the Registry changes made by the application that you selected, and creates a standard RegEdit registration file (.reg) that contains all the Registry changes made by the application. You can use the generated .reg file to import these changes with RegEdit when it's needed .....(free).....GO THERE! DRIVER VIEW..........DriverView utility displays the list of all device drivers currently loaded on your system. For each driver in the list, additional useful information is displayed: load address of the driver, description, version, product name, company that created the driver, and more.....(free).....GO THERE! BLUETOOTH VIEW..........BluetoothView is a small utility that runs in the background, and monitor the activity of Bluetooth devices around you. For each detected Bluetooth device, it displays the following information: Device Name, Bluetooth Address, Major Device Type, Minor Device Type, First Detection Time, Last Detection Time, and more. BluetoothView can also notify you when a new Bluetooth device is detected, by displaying a balloon in your taskbar or by playing a small beep sound .....(free).....GO THERE! LOG VIEWER..........Log Viewer is a custom made freeware tool for viewing text files, specifically log files. The text viewing portion of the GUI is custom made for improved memory usage and file navigating performance on very large files. The tool provides built-in greping (show and hide filtering on a line per line basis), color highlighting and multiple search strings .....(free).....GO THERE! May 29, 2009 TOP 10 CLIPBOARD TRICKS.......... One of the greatest features the point and click interface brought to personal computers is the clipboard - that invisible, temporary shelf you use more times per day than Google. If you think the clipboard is only about Ctrl+C, you're missing out. Several utilities can turbocharge your clipboard and track, transfer and reformat the clipboard to your heart's content.....(free).....GO THERE! KEYBOARD LOCK..........Using this too, you can lock your keyboard and mouse by entering a phrase, and then unlock it by entering a different one .....(free).....GO THERE! POWERTOOLS LITE..........Freeware Registry Cleaner. Detects and fixes registry errors, Finds and cleans unneeded registry junk. Finds leftover temp files. Clears History and MRU data. Safe to use - automatic backup feature. Multilingual user interface .....(free).....GO THERE! HWINFO32..........HWiNFO and HWiNFO32 are professional hardware information and diagnostic tools supporting latest components, industry technologies and standards. Both tools are designed to collect and present the maximum amount of information possible about computer's hardware which makes them suitable for users searching for driver updates, computer manufacturers, system integrators and technical experts as well. Retrieved information is presented in a logical and easily understandable form and can be exported into various types of reports .....(free).....GO THERE! May 28, 2009 GPARTED..........GParted is the Gnome Partition Editor application. Before attempting to use it, here is some basic background information. A hard disk is usually subdivided into one or more partitions. These partitions are normally not re-sizable (making one smaller and the adjacent one larger). The purpose of GParted is to allow the individual to take a hard disk and change the partition organization therein, while preserving the partition contents. GParted is an industrial-strength package for creating, destroying, resizing, moving, checking and copying partitions, and the file systems on them. This is useful for creating space for new operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, copying data residing on hard disks and mirroring one partition with another (disk imaging) .....(free).....GO THERE! CPU OFF..........CPUOff monitors the CPU load and initiates computer shutdown if the average CPU load has been below a set threshold for a preset time. It can also be used to control a remote computer. CPUOff supports all the normal shut down modes. Thanks to instant fundas.....(free).....GO THERE! ADAPTER WATCH.......... AdapterWatch displays useful information about your network adapters: IP addresses, Hardware address, WINS servers, DNS servers, MTU value, Number of bytes received or sent, The current transfer speed, and more. In addition, it displays general TCP/IP/UDP/ICMP statistics for your local computer.....(free).....GO THERE! May 27, 2009 WINDOWS 7 SETUP SECRETS..........According to the author, "For the benefit of the early adopters and those who patiently wait, I’ve been gathering information on the right and wrong ways to set up Windows 7. For the past week or so I’ve been installing and upgrading the RC code on a wide variety of systems—notebooks and desktops, with and without touch and tablet capabilities, with and without TV tuners and Blu-ray drives, as clean installs and upgrades, in x86 and x64 flavors, documenting the process".....(free).....GO THERE! CONSTRUCT..........Construct is a free powerful and easy to use development software for both DirectX 9-based games and applications. It includes an event based system for defining how the game or application will behave, in a visual, human-readable way - easy enough for complete beginners to get results quickly. Optionally, advanced users can also use Python scripting to code your creations .....(free).....GO THERE! DUMMY FILE GENERATOR.......... Creates files with null content in various sizes - in German.....(free).....GO THERE! LOCKS..........Holds computer in standby mode until unlocked - in German .....(free).....GO THERE! May 26, 2009 DEVICE REMOVER ..........In-Depth view of all installed Devices, Device Classes, Drivers and Services on a Windows System (Hidden, Detached, Current installed, Problematic Devices,etc,...), Easy mass removal of multiple Devices On-The-Fly, Modification/Manipulation of Devices, Drivers and Services on the System, Live detailed View of Device Detections on the System, Multiple Device Problem solving Features and Functions, And many many more useful Features.....(free).....GO THERE! WOLFRAM ALPHA..........New search engine -- more analytical and quantifiable-data intensive than the others. WolframAlpha's long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone. We aim to collect and curate all objective data; implement every known model, method, and algorithm; and make it possible to compute whatever can be computed about anything. Our goal is to build on the achievements of science and other systematizations of knowledge to provide.....(free).....GO THERE! SERVERS MAN.......... ServersMan turns your mobile device into powerful server and network storage. Turn your iPhone/Windows Mobile into your personal web server.....(free).....GO THERE! GMAIL GROWL.......... Using Growl for Windows, Gmail Growl keeps you updated on new mails in your Gmail Inbox in a fancy way. In addition to notifications for new mails, Gmail Growl gives you direct access to your Gmail Inbox and you can compose new mails from the system tray.....(free).....GO THERE! May 22, 2009 US BOOT.......... USBoot is a package that helps in the preparation of Windows for booting from USB storage devices by providing extensive support for automated installation and configuration of drivers especially for setup class USB.....(free).....GO THERE! DESKTOPOK.......... Save and restore the positions of icons. DesktopOK is a small but effective solution for user that have to change the screen resolution often.....(free).....GO THERE! IS MY LCD OK.......... IsMyLcdOK is a small program but effective solution to easily check for dead/paralysed/stuck pixels on LCD monitors.....(free).....GO THERE! SUPER FDISK..........Super Fdisk is the free DOS Partition Manager. With Super Fdisk you can quickly and easily create, delete, format partitions in DOS system .....(free).....GO THERE! May 21, 2009 CPU FREQUENZ.......... Small tool to accurately identify the CPU frequency. The PC is slow! Is it the CPU? .....(free).....GO THERE! COLOR CONSOLE.......... ColorConsole brings a little color to the black and white world of Windows console. Installation of ColorConsole is not required.....(free).....GO THERE! ZILLA PDF TO TXT CONVERTER..........Convert pdf files to plain text format files in batch mode. Zilla PDF to TXT Converter also support convert specific pages range to txt files .....(free).....GO THERE! COMPILER 911.......... Optimizing, easy and clever, multi-target object pascal and assembler compiler, suitable absolutely for all kinds of programming tasks on x86 platform (even writing an own OS). Contains the set of source code analysis and refactoring tools. Has an easy and friendly user interface. Not like other compilers. Free edition......(free).....GO THERE! May 20, 2009 TEST WINDOWS 7 RC ON A VIRTUAL MACHINE - PART 1.......... According to the author, "Microsoft has released it’s Windows 7 Release Candidate (Win7RC) and is making it available to, well, pretty much everyone! In the past, beta’s and release candidates would normally be released to IT professionals who had an extra computer kicking around to test things like this on. Yet, what if you just have the one computer at home and really want to test Win7RC, what do you do? Here’s the answer and it’s not as scary as you might think. Install a virtual machine (VM). What in blue blazes is a virtual machine you ask? Think of it as a computer within a computer. Then you can install whatever you want to test on it, without fear of losing your main operating system and the files on it. I’m going to outline the installation of Sun’s VirtualBox. There are quite a few VM’s out there, I just chose Sun’s since it was recommended to me by a friend who is vastly more knowledgeable about computers than me. Yes, it’s true. Someone knows more than me. Okay, most people know more than me." .....(free).....GO THERE! TEST WINDOWS 7 RC ON A VIRTUAL MACHINE - PART 2.......... According to the author, "Since my last article you’ve been sitting there with your freshly installed virtual machine, just waiting with baited breath to install Windows 7 Release Candidate. Wait no more, my friend, wait no more. Now we’ll install Win7RC on your virtual machine" .....(free).....GO THERE! COMODO VERIFICATION ENGINE..........VerificationEngine gives you the ability to verify that the site you are visiting (or directed to via a e-mail) can be trusted - essential in the current environment of fraudulent sites and faked emails.....(free).....GO THERE! REGISTRY TRASH KEYS FINDER..........Registry Trash Keys Finder (TrashReg) is an advanced Registry cleaning tool. The main function of RTKF is to allow the removal of unnecessary keys from the Windows Registry. Many programs leave keys in the Registry, even after programs removal using an uninstallation facility provided with the programs themselves. RTKF allows you to decide whether to delete or leave the keys found .....(free).....GO THERE! May 19, 2009 EEE ROTATE..........Rotate Monitor Screen. A tiny program to rotate your screen and touchpad at the same time. Especially designed for EeePC but should work with all computers Thanks to gHacks.....(free).....GO THERE! DEFRAGGLER..........It differs from other defrag tools on the market, by enabling you to quickly and simply defrag the files you want to, without having to process the whole drive. Simply run it, select the file and defragment in seconds. No more struggling with the Windows defragmentation tool .....(free).....GO THERE! KEY STATE.......... Pretty straight forward this one. KeyState sits in your sysytem tray and pops a message in the top centre of the screen if the Caps Lock or Num Lock is on. Right click the KeyState icon in the system tray to open the Exit option.....(free).....GO THERE! MOUSE SHADE.......... MouseShade is an essential tool for everyone doing presentations or demos. If turned on, it dims the screen and puts a spotlight on the area around the mouse pointer, easily guiding the audiences attention to an area of interest. The shape of the spotlight, the colour of the shade and the opacity of the shade can all be varied by accessing the pop up menu available from the icon in the Taskbar, simply by right clicking. All options set are saved when the application closes, ready for the next time you use it. When in use, the shade can be minimised, giving a clear view of the whole screen, and can then be reactivated when you need to highlight a specific part of the screen by clicking the Show option on the menu.....(free).....GO THERE! May 18, 2009 HD CLONE.......... Copies smaller drives onto larger ones for migrating or backing up complete installations as well as for data rescue. The download package contains HDClone as a Windows application (HDClone/W) and as a self-booting application (HDClone/S). You can easily create a bootable HDClone/S floppy disk or CD/DVD on Windows with only few mouse clicks. A floppy image, ISO image, and manual (PDF) are also enclosed.....(free).....GO THERE! MOJO PAC..........Using MojoPac, you can run ANY app from your pc on any other pc, privately.....(free).....GO THERE! MZ CPU ACCELERATOR.......... Mz CPU Accelerator is an application that automatically changes the priority of the foreground window, by allocating more CPU power to the currently active application (program-game). Automatically de-allocates CPU priority when a new active application is selected. Also, new version contains an option that manages the cores of your processor! It works on any version of Windows. REMOVED OCCT.......... OverClock Checking Tool is a CPU stability testing program.....(free).....GO THERE! May 15, 2009 ICLOUD.......... Get your very own computer online. Complete with desktop, mail, applications, up to 50GB storage, and much more. Too many computers? No problem! Use icloud for storing files online. Store once. Open from any computer. icloud keeps your files and photos safe, yet always right next to you.....(free).....GO THERE! FIREFOX OPTIMIZED..........Faster, less memory-intensive browsing. Thanks to Lifehacker.....(free).....GO THERE! MAX TO.......... MaxTo is a small Windows program that divides your monitors into regions. When you maximize a window, it will no longer fit the entire screen, but only the region it was maximized into. Your windows are neatly organized into the grid you have defined when they are maximized. MaxTo has been described as a tiling window manager. MaxTo is light-weight, and works on both 64-bit and 32-bit versions of Windows XP, Windows Vista and the Windows 7 betas. The .NET framework version 2.0 or higher is required (preinstalled on Windows Vista and Windows 7).....(free).....GO THERE! HOW TO MAP THE MULTIVERSE ..........Physicists keep banging into the possibility that we are one universe of many. Maybe that's telling us something. From New Scientist .....(free).....GO THERE! May 14, 2009 VMWARE ESXI BARE METAL HYPERVISOR..........VMware ESXi is the easiest way to get started with virtualization—and it’s free. Consolidate your applications onto fewer servers and start saving money through reduced hardware, power, cooling and administration costs. VMware ESXi has been optimized and tested to run even your most resource intensive applications and databases with minimal performance overhead. With VMware ESXi you can Run multiple operating systems on a single server and reduce hardware costs, Run a greener datacenter and reduce your energy cost, Enable easier back-ups and restores for your applications, Run the most resource intensive applications in production .....(free).....GO THERE! HARDEN-IT.......... Harden-It is a Network and System hardening tool for Windows, by hardening the IP stack your Network can sustain or completely thwart various sophisticated network attacks. Harden-It is intended for advanced or professional user.....(free).....GO THERE! CAPS LOCK KEY STATUS.......... A utility program that gives an on-screen display and optional audible indication of the keboard Caps Lock key status.....(free).....GO THERE! May 13, 2009 SANS INVESTIGATIVE FORENSIC TOOLKIT..........The SANS SIFT Workstation is a VMware Appliance that is preconfigured with all the necessary tools to perform a forensic examination. Includes the Autopsy Forensic Browser. The appliance is utilized in the Computer Forensic, Investigation, and Response course offered by SANS. Examine core file system data and metadata structures to increase understanding of the FAT, NTFS, UNIX, LINUX file systems. The popular appliance is now offered as a free download via this site. Free registration is required .....(free).....GO THERE! EXPLORER PLUS PLUS..........Explorer plus plus is a free multi-tab clone of Windows Explorer, featuring several enhancements and additions .....(free).....GO THERE! 4 INTERNET EXPLORER 8 ANNOYANCES..........Internet Explorer 8 is most likely the best web browser that Microsoft has developed in a very long time. It beats its predecessors Internet Explorer 6 and 7 fair and square and comes closer to the other popular web browsers than ever before. Not everything is fine and shiny though. There are a few annoyances that are especially noticed by users who work with other web browsers as well. Listed below are the top 4 Internet Explorer 8 annoyances from a user’s point of view .....(free).....GO THERE! May 12, 2009 EJECT USB.......... Designed to be a simple utility to close all programs running from a specified drive or folder and then attempt ejection if a drive was specified. Extended functionality includes flushing the file cache, closing Explorer windows and removing registry entries and Recent Document shortcuts referencing the specified drive or folder. Thanks to Instant Fundas.....(free).....GO THERE! TRASH REG..........Registry Trash Keys Finder (TrashReg) is an advanced Registry cleaning tool. The main function of RTKF is to allow the removal of unnecessary keys from the Windows Registry. Many programs leave keys in the Registry, even after programs removal using an uninstallation facility provided with the programs themselves. RTKF allows you to decide whether to delete or leave the keys found. An additional effect (it may be the main aim for some users) of removal of these keys is the "revival" of some programs trial versions after the initial trial period has expired.....(free).....GO THERE! LANG OVER.......... If you type in several languages, this could be useful to you because you'll be able to convert your text quickly between languages with just one presss of F10.....(free).....GO THERE! May 11, 2009 KLUDGETS..........Widget engine for Windows, compatible with Apple dashboard. You can now run Apple dashboard widgets on MS Windows. (At least most of them) Webkit-based, Nokia QT-based (multi-platform), Yahoo Widget Engine inspired. Opensource.....(free).....GO THERE! KIDSMENU..........Windows replacement shell that could function as a simple launcher. Designed to be a child friendly alternative or replacement windows shell, and is also functional as a normal launcher - menu application. kidsmenu avoids some of the complexity and danger introduced by the standard windows shell (explorer) when put in front of young children. for example, as there's no start menu, hitting the windows key accidently while playing a game won't show the start menu. (note this functionality currently requires kidsmenu to be running as the replacement shell). Lots of other uses too. Great for any environment where user acess needs restriction .....(free).....GO THERE! SECURITY THE EASY WAY..........Manual for hardening your machine making extensive use of freeware .....(free).....GO THERE! May 8, 2009 Tonight we have a few more apps we originally found at Hiran and Pankaj's Home, which specializes in system utilities. We only have minimal info about each program -- what Hiran and Pankaj give us -- but some of them look pretty good. Also, we don't have home pages for most of the apps, but if you can give us one, we'll substitute it for the H and P download..... So here we go... SERVICE TUNER.......... Service Tuner is a utility that lets users tweak the start-up state of the background services using some presets. It is also capable of saving the current start-up state of all services, as well as restoring that saved state later time. Lastly users have the options to start/stop, uninstall and change startup state of any service on the fly through the Customize tab. (Scroll down).....(free).....GO THERE! SMART NTFS RECOVERY..........Smart NTFS Recovery is a data recovery tool for Windows operating system that supports the NTFS files system. The software easily recovers data from hard disks and any type of storage media - flash drives, USB drives, memory stick, PC card, multimedia card, and secure digital card with NTFS file system. Smart NTFS Recovery can recover any deleted files, including MS Office files, photos, mp3 and zip files, even if the partition table is lost. (Scroll down) .....(free).....GO THERE! TASKBAR COMMANDER..........Only for the most eccentric of Windows users - lets you control the order that buttons appear on your taskbar. Alphabetize them, etc. Requires IE4+ with shell integration. (Scroll down) .....(free).....GO THERE! REG SENTRY..........RegSentry is a registry key monitoring application that sits in your system tray and notifies you of changes to important registry keys that Internet Worms, or Spyware programs may add to the registry database. It includes functionality to revert changes and delete values. Notifications are via a flashing icon in the system tray or a pop-up warning dialog. (Scroll down).....(free).....GO THERE! May 7, 2009 VENTRILO..........Surround Sound Voice Communication Software -- The next evolutionary step of Voice over IP (VoIP) group communications software. By offering surround sound positioning and special sound effects on a per user, per channel, per server or global configuration level the program provides each user the option to fully customize exactly how they wish to hear sounds from other users or events. Ventrilo is best known for it's superior sound quality and minimal use of CPU resources so as not to interfere with day to day operations of the computer or during online game competitions. It is also preferred for the simple user interface that any first time computer user can very quickly learn because the most commonly used features are immediately visible and can be activated with a single click of the mouse.....(free).....GO THERE! YSLOW.......... Yslow is a Yahoo Firefox add-on that utilizes the famous Firebug add-on. Once installed it displays a small icon and the loading time of the website in the statusbar. If a webmaster clicks on the icon a performance report will be generated and displayed afterwards using the Firebug interface.....(free).....GO THERE! WINSONAR 2008..........Winsonar 2008 is a program specifically designed for process monitoring and system protection from unknown processes. The basic idea is that if the user could know a new program silently installed into memory, he could take appropriate countermeasures. The program detects new processes running into memory alerting the user. The on-line status is also detected, asking then the user if an automatic termination of any unknown process is desired (this option can be also enabled by default). This leads to an active protection against trojan\spyware-infected e-mail attachments. From version 7.xx an automatic "learning "feature is present: on first 5 program-startup all unknown programs will be accepted as safe, avoiding several initial alerts by Winsonar for all the programs normally in use during work sessions .....(free).....GO THERE! TOP 10 CONTROVERSIAL PIECES OF EVIDENCE FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE ..........Ponder the possibilities .....(free).....GO THERE! May 6, 2009 POWER RESIZER..........PowerResizer is a utility that provides many facilities in moving or resizing windows in a Microsoft Windows desktop environment. One of the key-features of PowerResizer is window-docking: with PowerResizer you can organize your window in an intelligent way. Try the following: run PowerResizer, then dock a window in the left-half of your screen (simply dragging-it with your mouse to the left of your screen) and another window in the right-half; now you can resize them using either the left border of the right window or the right border of the left window... the magic happens! So, if you want either compare some documents or rapidly resize and move your windows, PowerResizer allows you to do some actions (such as resizing a window mantaining its center point fixed) by using some keyboard shortcuts during moving or resizing that window (see Readme file included in setup package or sources). Thanks to Freeware Genius.....(free).....GO THERE! PANDA USB AND AUTORUN VACCINE..........Windows Operating Systems use the AUTORUN.INF file from removable drives in order to know which actions to perform when a new external storage device, such as a USB drive or CD/DVD, is inserted into the PC. The problem is that this feature, widely critizised by the security community, is used by malware in order to spread by infecting as soon as a new drive is inserted in a computer. Due to the large amount of malware-related problems associated with Microsoft AutoRun we have created a free utility for our user community called Panda USB Vaccine .....(free).....GO THERE! PDF READERS..........Long list of links to available open source PDF readers .....(free).....GO THERE! SMEREKA..........Smereka - extensible personal freeform database and personal information manager. Smereka is a program that allows you to organize your data in an hierarchical, searchable database that is stored in a single file.....(free).....GO THERE! May 5, 2009 INTERNET EXPLORER COLLECTION..........Internet Explorer Collection contains multiple IE versions -- from IE 1.0 to 8.0 -- which are standalone so they can be used at the same time. Internet Explorer Collection also includes the Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar 1.00.2188.0. This Explorer Bar provides a variety of tools which make troubleshooting websites easier. The Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar is compatible with Internet Explorer 5.0 and higher when using Windows 2000 or higher.....(free).....GO THERE! GOOGLE NEWS TIMELINE..........New from Google, News Timeline is a web application that organizes search results chronologically. It allows users to view news and other data sources on a browsable, graphical timeline. Available data sources include recent and historical news, scanned newspapers and magazines, blog posts, sports scores, and information about various types of media, like music albums and movies.....(free).....GO THERE! FREE WIPE WIZARD..........Free Wipe Wizard erases private files and wipes sensitive information in a secure manner. Files erased with Free Wipe Wizard can never be recovered with any other tool. The erased information will hold secure even if special methods are used to sense weak magnetic information off your hard disk surfac .....(free).....GO THERE! FREE METER..........Free meter monitors system performance without impacting system performance .....(free).....GO THERE! May 4, 2009 DEDICATED SERVER DISK WIPES.......... System administrators do not have physical access to dedicated servers. These servers are usually hosted by a web hosting company in a secured data center. Most dedicated servers are rented for a certain period of time and then passed on to the next customer. While some dedicated server hosters securely wipe and format the hard drives before they are made available again some only format them.....(free).....GO THERE! DER BAR.......... DerBar is a simple, slightly-configurable status bar for monitoring key system and network parameters. It is modeled on older status-monitoring programs such as StatBar, WinBar, and InfoBar, but without the configuration options of those other programs; it is designed for compactness and compatibility, not for turning parts on and off. The configuration options that are present, are accessed via the icon in the system tray. You can move DerBar anywhere you want, by grabbing it and dragging it around, and it will remember where you leave it next time it runs.....(free).....GO THERE! SCREEN STREAM..........ScreenStream lets others 'watch' your screen on their computers over the network or the internet. It is the modern equivalent of the overhead projector. When you turn on screen sharing others on your network (or even the internet) can view what is on your screen by typing the link (and optional access code) into their internet browser. They can continue to watch your screen until you turn off screen sharing. One of the main advantages of ScreenStream is that the viewers do not need to install any special software to view your screen. They just open it directly with their normal internet browser. It is also supports optional streaming audio so others can hear what you are saying .....(free).....GO THERE! EASEUS DISK COPY.......... EASEUS Disk Copy is a potent freeware providing sector-by-sector disk/partition clone regardless of your operating system, file systems and partition scheme. The sector-by-sector method assures you a copy 100% identical to the original. Disk Copy can be used for copy, cloning, or upgrading your original small hard drive to a new larger drive. Simply speaking, it can copy anything from the old hard drive including the deleted, lost files and inaccessible data.....(free).....GO THERE! May 1, 2009 SOLAPPLETS..........SolApplets is a collection of Windows utility programs that run on the Windows Vista, XP or Windows Server. Currently, the following programs are available. SolProcessWatcher, SolServiceWatcher, SolFolderWatcher, SolWebServer, SolWinTree, SolCompoundFileViewer, SolHexViewer, SolZipFileViewer, SolIPAdapterAddressesWatcher, SolTrustVerifier, SolCertSystemStoreViewer, .....(free).....GO THERE! BB FLASHBACK EXPRESS.......... BB Flashback Express is free and enables you to record the screen, sound, webcam, share movies online or save them as Flash and AVI files......(free).....GO THERE! GKRELLM..........GKrellM is a single process stack of system monitors which supports applying themes to match its appearance to your window manager, Gtk, or any other theme. Thanks to gHacks.....(free).....GO THERE! 13 THINGS THAT DO NOT MAKE SENSE..........From New Scientist. A few scientific facts we think are true, but cannot explain.....(free).....GO THERE! April 30, 2009 SAMURIZE..........Samurize is an advanced system monitoring and desktop enhancement engine for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista. IT professionals, overclockers, gamers and desktop modders alike use Samurize for system information, weather reports, news headlines and much much more. Samurize's rich feature set includes: • an unrivalled set of built-in meters (Disk utilization, CPU usage, network traffic, system temperatures...), ultimate customizing and skinning possibilities with no programming knowledge required, monitoring your own computer or others over a network, tiny memory footprint and CPU usage, the first system monitoring tool with a true WYSIWYG editor, full extensibility via scripts and plugins with a powerful plugin SDK/API, minimal software requirements (no .NET or Service Packs necessary), multimonitor support, many usage options (desktop, taskbar and clock clients, server outputting to XML or image formats, screensaver) .....(free).....GO THERE! BOOT XP..........BootXP is an easy to use startup logo changer designed for Windows 2000 and XP. Use bitmap files or kernel files as sources. Show animated full screen previews of the screens, you will see it as if you were booting. It also makes a copy of your kernel and have a safe install/uninstall progress.....(free).....GO THERE! UNDELETE..........Recovers files which have been deleted from Windows or DOS which are not recoverable from the recycle bin. Undelete supports FAT and NTFS file systems.....(free).....GO THERE! BIT BY BIT..........Have you ever been faced with a file which you know has a structure, but even if you opened it in a text or hex editor, it still doesn't make sense? Typically these are system and data files developed over years by in-house programmers. Or they may be client files which you have been asked to read and extract the data. Inevitably you will need to climb into the actual data and see for yourself. That's what this program allows you to do. And since you can print the results you can also draw, write, or even doodle over the results without damaging the original. All it requires is a file to examine and a text editor to display the results.....(free).....GO THERE! April 29, 2009 MOTION DETECTOR..........This is an experimental application that saves still pictures or makes avi files when anything in motion is detected in front of the selected webcam. The pictures and the frames of the movies are timestamped.....(free).....GO THERE! PSERV.CPL..........pserv.cpl is a Windows NT/2000 Control Panel Applet that allows you to control all NT or 2000 services and adds some additional functionality that the standard services applet does not offer. You can also connect to remote machines, install new services, remove invalid entries and more. The program offers a simple, color code display, that allows you to quickly identify which services are running, stopped or invalid. Items can also be exported to HTML, XML and clipboard.....(free).....GO THERE! TRANS APPS.......... Give transparency to almost every visible window of your running applications, or make your taskbar transparent at a desirable level. TransApps is a systray application with two features: 1. The Transparent Applications feature, from were you can make any visible running application's window transparent (which means the applications that appears on the taskbar), selecting from a panel of transparency level buttons. 2. The Transparent Taskbar feature, from were you can make your taskbar transparent, selecting also from a panel of transparency level buttons.....(free).....GO THERE! EVENT NOTIFIER.......... Create Notification Events using the icons of your installed programs. Event Notifier is a Three Steps Wizard to create Notification Events using the icons of your installed programs that you think they correspond better for the reason you want to be notified for. It notifies you with: a Tray tip, a sound, by changing its icon for 10 minutes with the selected desirable one. You can save the created Notification Events and load them according to whenever you need them to be notified for......(free).....GO THERE! April 28, 2009 SKYPE CALL RECORDER.......... This is a free Skype recording program which automatically saves all your Skype conversations and conferences. Records are stored in compact and widely used format - mp3 files. This tool records P2P Skype calls, SkypeOut calls, as well as calls to Skype Online number . The program seats in the system tray and monitors skype calls and start the recording automatically when you start conversation. It can record several simultaneous calls (eg. one active while others on hold) in separate files for easy and convenient access. Very simple interface requires virtually no tuning or setup. Just install it, allow access to the Skype client and that's it.....(free).....GO THERE! STAB LAUNCHER..........Tabbed program launcher. This tool helps finding and launching your favorite programs, web pages, folders, or any type of files in a fast and easy way. Taking up fewer resources as possible, and allowing you to personalize the appearance in many ways, by changing colors, images, transparency, animations, and many otheroptions to make it blend in with your desktop.....(free).....GO THERE! STEXBAR..........The StExBar provides many useful commands for your everyday use of Windows explorer. And you can add as many custom commands on your own as you like .....(free).....GO THERE! BEST COMPUTER INTERFACES..........A roundup of the coolest computer interfaces past, present, and future .....(free).....GO THERE! April 27, 2009 SECRET DRIVE..........SecretDrive is a small, efficient and reliable program to create up to 8 encrypted virtual disks. Virtual disk is protected by one of five modern encryption algorithms: AES, GOST 28174-89, Blowfish, Twofish, CAST 256. Virtual disk looks like usual hard disk, so you can format it, defragment, check, backup and do other operations. It can be located in a file or in the random access memory Hide sensitive data in encrypted virtual drives. 32 bit version is free. Thanks to instant fundas .....(free).....GO THERE SHOW MY PC..........ShowMyPC provides free and premium tools for Instant Collaboration to all users. Software includes Desktop Sharing, Screen Recording, Remote PC access. Free!! Instant No Installation, No registration, No logins. Desktop and single Application Sharing. Chat and White board, Screen Recording. Built using standard SSH and VNC software. .....(free).....GO THERE! WASHER.......... There are some software applications which attempt to correct for the varying types of colour blindness by adjusting specific colours, however these rely greatly on the user having a standard form of colour deficient vison. Washer simply renders everything underneath its window in a grey scale format, thus catering for a high proportion of colour deficiencies. The software itself is very simple to use. When started it will display anything beneath the main window in shades of grey, and can be dragged aroung the screen to select different areas (Scroll Down on page).....(free).....GO THERE! MOUSEKETEER..........Mouse clicking replacement software. It can carry out left click, right click, double click, highlight and drag-drop actions (Scroll Down on page) .....(free).....GO THERE! April 24 2009 MAX TO.......... MaxTo is a small Windows program that divides your monitors into regions. When you maximize a window, it will no longer fit the entire screen, but only the region it was maximized into. Your windows are neatly organized into the grid you have defined when they are maximized. MaxTo has been described as a tiling window manager. MaxTo is light-weight, and works on both 64-bit and 32-bit versions of Windows XP and Windows Vista. The .NET framework version 2.0 or higher is required.....(free).....GO THERE! RENPHORIC.......... RenPhoric takes the busy work out of renaming files! Whether you're renaming just a few files or thousands, RenPhoric makes it quick and easy.....(free).....GO THERE! MANCHESTER MARK I EMULATOR..........Emulates a very early computer, 1951 .....(free).....GO THERE! KEYBOARD..........Keyboard is a program that allows the user to type with a mouse. The main window of the program displays keys that the user can click on to enter words into the text box. The program would be useful for those who have difficulty using a standard keyboard .....(free).....GO THERE! April 23 2009 GAME BOOSTER..........Better Play Experience Game Accelerator. Designed to help optimize your PC for smoother, more responsive game play in the latest PC games with the touch of a button, Game Booster helps achieve the performance edge previously only available to highly technical enthusiasts. It works by temporarily shutting down background processes, cleaning RAM, and intensifying processor performance. That means you can keep all the features of Microsoft® Windows Vista® and XP® ready for when you need them, but turn them off when you are ready to get down to serious business – gaming. Game Booster makes it simpler to enjoy the latest games and take your experience to a new level .....(free).....GO THERE! KILL ALL IE PROCESSES AT ONCE.......... So you've looked in task manager, and there's a dozen iexplore.exe processes listed! Clicking the End Process button for each will take far too long.....(free).....GO THERE! ADMINISTRATOR..........From Microsoft, determine whether you are logged on with an administrator account .....(free).....GO THERE! April 22 2009 BUMP TOP.......... BumpTop is a fun, intuitive 3D desktop that keeps you organized and makes you more productive. Like a real desk, but better.....(free).....GO THERE! ECOFONT..........Great printing font that uses less ink. Saves you money .....(free).....GO THERE! BIGGER CURSORS..........A selection of bigger cursors for anyone who finds the existing cursors too small. Simply download the zip file and extract into the Windows/Cursors folder and you are ready to go (Scroll Down on page).....(free).....GO THERE! RAPID SET.......... Allows quick and easy changing of the background and font colours, without having to go through the Screen Properties dialogs (Scroll Down on page).....(free).....GO THERE! April 21 2009 DARK SCREEN.......... Some computer users experience problems with glare from the screen. Dark Screen sits over all windows and provides a means of dimming the output between 20 and 90%. Dark Screen is multi monitor aware, and can be used on the main monitor only or all monitors. Everything is controlled from the icon in the Notification area of the Taskbar (where the clock sits). Clicking this icon will open the menu which allows the selection of Multi Monitor Support, and the percentage of dimming of the screen (Scroll Down on page).....(free).....GO THERE! EDGELESS..........This application causes the mouse pointer to wrap around the screen instead of stopping at the edges. It can be configured to start at Windows startup if required (Scroll Down on page) .....(free).....GO THERE! COMMAND PROMPT TRICKS..........Tricks that make working with the command prompt easier.....(free).....GO THERE! 8 HACKS TO MAKE FIREFOX RIDICULOUSLY FAST..........Firefox has been outperforming IE in every department for years, and version 3 is speedier than ever. But tweak the right settings and you could make it faster still, more than doubling your speed in some situations, all for about five minutes work and for the cost of precisely nothing at all. Here's what you need to do. .....(free).....GO THERE! April 20 2009 Tonight we have a number of apps we originally found at Hiran and Pankaj's Home, which specializes in system utilities. We only have minimal info about each program -- what Hiran and Pankaj give us -- but some of them look pretty good. (May require scrolling.) Also, we don't have home pages for most of the apps, but if you can give us one, we'll substitute it for the H and P download..... So here we go... REG COMPACT..........Solves the problem of registry bloat by rewriting the registry hives into new files which are completely optimised and often much smaller. Your computer is restarted after the registry hives are compacted and during system startup the old, fragmented files are replaced with the newly generated and optimized ones.....(free).....GO THERE! REFRESH LOCK..........Fed up of getting 60Hz or 75Hz in your favourite OpenGL/Direct3D/DirectX games (e.g. Quake 1/2/3, Half-Life, Unreal, or Deus Ex) instead of the 120Hz your display adapter & monitor are capable of? Yes? Then download this FREE program, and enjoy higher display frequencies without the hassle of installing special drivers.....(free).....GO THERE! BUZZSAW ON-THE-FLY DEFRAGMENTER..........Buzzsaw.exe defrags files while you work, keeping your drive undefragmented in the background. Dirms.exe is a command-line defragmenter that will even partially defrag large files when instructed to do so.....(free).....GO THERE! FUNNY VOICE..........Funny Voice changes the pitch of your voice. Higher pitch will let you sound like a smurf, less pitch will give you a deep voice. All you need is a microphone. Instead of your microphone, plug in the sound output of your TV card or your audio system and listen. You can also use it for your answering machine.....(free).....GO THERE! April 17, 2009 Tonight we have a number of apps we originally found at Pendriveapps, which specializes in portable software you can run off your flash drive BOOT IT..........BootIt is a tool offered by Lexar that enables a user to format a USB flash drive, set a volume label, set a (bootable) active partition and most importantly, Flip the Removable Media Bit (RMB) on the USB device to allow windows to see the USB device as a fixed disk, rather than removable media. Flipping the Removable Media Bit on a USB flashdrive will allow a user to setup, see and use multiple partitions on the USB flashdrive from Windows .....(free).....GO THERE! CLOSE ALL WINDOWS..........This tool helps you to close all running applications with one click. It does not use system resources because it only flashes a close signal to all open windows on the desktop and then ceases. Just place a shortcut to the tool in the Start Menu, Quick Launch or elsewhere .....(free).....GO THERE! DTASKMANAGER.......... DTaskManager, obviously, is a Task-Manager, but specifically engineered to give additional functionalities that the Windows bundled TaskManager (and other third party products) do not have: 1. Three different ways to close a process, as the "termination request", the standard "forced termination" with dialogue tolerance, and the "forced termination" of any type of process, bypassing all permissions (it can also terminate running system processes). 2. DTaskManager allows you to suspend and reactivate a process (as in Linux). This is useful, for example, to temporarily suspend a task that uses system resources when you don't want to terminate it (such as a DivX encoding process). 3. DTaskManager allows you to select more than one process at a time, and terminate all of them "simultaneously". 4. DTaskManager does not need any useless confirmation. Scrool to middle of page).....(free).....GO THERE! REG ASSASSIN.......... A common problem when dealing with malware is that it will place numerous registry keys into your systems registry. Most of which are very difficult to remove. Malwarebytes has created an application to eliminate this very problem - RegASSASSIN. RegASSASSIN is a portable application which makes difficult to remove registry keys placed on your system by malware a thing of the past. The program allows you to remove registry keys by resetting the keys permissions and then deleting it. Please use with caution as deleting critical registry keys may cause system errors.....(free).....GO THERE! April 16, 2009 VOLTA..........Microsoft Live Lab experimental developer toolset, codename Volta, which allows you to build complex web apps, has been unavailable for a while, but we've found a download for it, thanks to Brothersoft .....(free).....GO THERE! TOP 9 TWEAKS FOR A FASTER VISTA..........Tweaks for UAC, system restore and indexing, sidebar, themes, lots more.....(free).....GO THERE! VISTA GAME EXPLORER EDITOR..........This program simply allows you to edit your VGE -- Vista Game Explorer -- and add or remove items there to improve its looks and functionality .....(free).....GO THERE! QUIK MARK..........QwikMark provides fast and easy benchmarking. Many excellent benchmark tools already exist, but QwikMark is unique because it tests everything on a single screen. As with all benchmarking utilities, hardware performance measurements are a very inexact science, however QwikMark closely matches results from industry standards like CPU-Z, SiSoftware Sandra, and Atto. The download is just a single file, no installer or supporting files are needed .....(free).....GO THERE!
April 15, 2009 RETURNIL.......... Using Returnil, you can work using a virtual copy of your system, with the real system being preserved, untouched in the background. This provides two key advantages: Protection and Convenience. The personal edition - feature packed - is free.....(free).....GO THERE! USB FLASH DRIVE WRITE PROTECTION.......... The Windows operating system has a Registry setting that can add USB write protection to a computer system. It is like a switch that can be enabled to make use of the write protection or disabled to allow write processes.....(free).....GO THERE! JELLYBEAN.......... Jellybean is a small, fast wallpaper shuffler, with little to no impact on system resources. Jellybean supports 3 graphics formats (jpg, gif, bmp) and is easy to use. Any number of images can be added to Jellybean's database, affording you a quick thumbnailed view of all your wallpapers. Wallpapers can be displayed: stretched, tiled, or centered, your choice. And if desired, a new wallpaper shown everytime you reboot.....(free).....GO THERE! TV-FOX..........TV Add-on for Firefox - Watch TV directly from your Firefox Browser, 2780 Live TV Channels sorted by country & category, the TV-FOX allow you to watch thousands of TV channels freely available on the internet. powered by the biggest and most up to date database. Thanks to Instant Fundas .....(free).....GO THERE! April 14, 2009 CACHE BOOSTER..........AnalogX CacheBooster allows you to tweak your harddisk caching to help achieve the best possible performance from your system. Of course, different types of programs require different settings - CacheBooster comes configured with many of the most common uses which will automatically reconfigure themselves for your system, plus you can even add your own custom configurations! CacheBooster works on all versions of Windows, from Window 95 to Windows 7 and everything inbetween (including XP, Vista, Win2k, etc). .....(free).....GO THERE! COMODO FIREWALL AND ANTIVIRUS SUITE..........Award-winning firewall is designed to prevent unauthorized hackers from obtaining your private information. And AntiVirus Software which will Prevent, Protect and Defend your computer against attacks. Comodo's AntiVirus Software will scan your computer AND remove viruses on a schedule that works for you. Defense+ proactively protects your critical operating system files, registry entries and personal data from internal attacks by root-kits, key-loggers, Trojans and other malware .....(free).....GO THERE! SOPHOS CONFICKER REMOVAL TOOL.......... Solution for the detection, isolation, and removal of the Conficker virus on your network.....(free).....GO THERE! MAIL CLOAK..........MailCloak encryption provides strong protection for your important emails .....(free).....GO THERE! April 13, 2009 SOCKSO..........Sockso is a free, open-source, personal music server for everyone! It runs on your pc and is designed to be as simple as possible so that anyone with a mouse and some mp3s can get their friends listening to their music across the internet in seconds Thanks to Instant Fundas.....(free).....GO THERE! MICROMIGHTY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT..........The MicroMighty Software Development Kit (SDK) is a ASP.NET project for developers that demonstrates the usage and abilities of the SDK namespaces and components through sample files and source code .....(free).....GO THERE! XRECODE..........Freeware parallel audio converter with full Unicode support : M4A to WMA, M4A to OGG, M4A to WAV, M4A to FLAC, M4A to APE, M4A to AAC, M4A to ALAC (M4A), M4A to Wavpack, M4B to WMA, M4B to OGG, M4B to WAV, M4B to FLAC, M4B to APE, M4B to AAC, M4B to ALAC (M4A), M4B to Wavpack, MP3 to WMA, MP3 to OGG, MP3 to WAV, MP3 to FLAC, MP3 to APE, MP3 to AAC, MP3 to ALAC (M4A), MP3 to Wavpack, WMA to MP3, WMA to OGG, WMA to WAV, WMA to FLAC, WMA to APE, WMA to AAC, WMA to ALAC (M4A), WMA to Wavpack, OGG to MP3, OGG to WMA, OGG to WAV, OGG to FLAC, OGG to APE, OGG to AAC, OGG to ALAC (M4A), OGG to Wavpack, WAV to MP3, WAV to WMA, WAV to OGG, WAV to FLAC, WAV to APE, WAV to AAC, WAV to ALAC (M4A), WAV to Wavpack, FLAC to MP3, FLAC to WMA, FLAC to OGG, FLAC to WAV, FLAC to APE, FLAC to AAC, FLAC to ALAC (M4A), FLAC to Wavpack, APE to MP3, APE to WMA, APE to OGG, APE to WAV, APE to FLAC, APE to AAC, APE to ALAC (M4A), APE to Wavpack, MPC to MP3, MPC to WMA, MPC to OGG, MPC to WAV, MPC to FLAC, MPC to AAC, MPC to ALAC (M4A), MPC to Wavpack, RealAudio (ra,rm) to WMA, RealAudio (ra,rm) to OGG, RealAudio (ra,rm) to WAV, RealAudio (ra,rm) to FLAC, RealAudio (ra,rm) to APE, RealAudio (ra,rm) to AAC, RealAudio (ra,rm) to ALAC (M4A), RealAudio (ra,rm) to Wavpack, Wavpack to MP3, Wavpack to WMA, Wavpack to OGG, Wavpack to WAV, Wavpack to FLAC, WavPack to AAC, WavPack to ALAC (M4A), Wavpack to APE, DTS to FLAC, DTS to WAV, DTS to OGG, Big WAV, FLAC, APE, WMA, WavPack files to small ones using CUE file, and more. Can also extract audio from video files (avi, flv, mov etc.) .....(free).....GO THERE! RIOT.......... Radical Image Optimization Tool - Saving and optimizing images for web, email, or other media with the best compression ratio and quality is a difficult task if you don’t have the right tools. Choosing the right format then choosing the right parameters are the key factors of smaller files. Previewing the resulting image and the projected filesize will help the user choose the best settings......(free).....GO THERE! April 10, 2009 SECURE EMAIL..........From Comodo, SecureEmail, the desktop application that automatically secures your email messages so your confidential data cannot be stolen or modified on its way through the Internet. Security you install and forget - SecureEmail will automatically encrypt and sign all outgoing emails and manage the complex certificate exchange procedure. Full integration with major mail clients - Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird, Incredimail and many other POP, SMTP and IMAP based clients. Encrypt to anyone, anytime - innovative one-time 'session' certificates allow you to encrypt email without first exchanging signed mails. Built-in wizard to lets you quickly download and install Comodo email certificates. Available in 32 bit and 64 bit versions.....(free).....GO THERE! PORT ANALYZER.......... Monitor data through your computers Ethernet network ports, support to capture all network packets bypassing the protocol stack. You can use this free network utility to monitor all your network adapters in your PC, not only local computer, this program can monitor and capture remote host packet. This useful network utility has some powerful features for analyzing all network packages, including kernel level packet filtering, network statistics engine and more. This program can work smoothly under most Windows operating systems; include Windows XP, 2003, 2000 and Windows Vista. This is one handy tool for normal users, programmers and network administrator.....(free).....GO THERE! PROCESS BLOCKER..........Currently just an automated process killer. It means that the running of an application is not blocked and a little time (less than one second) can pass until the tool kills a process. But more is to come .....(free).....GO THERE! BATTERY BAR.......... BatteryBar is a simple, straight-forward, battery meter that monitors the status of your battery and displays your battery's status in the taskbar. BatteryBar constantly monitors the status of your battery as you use your laptop. As it monitors your battery, it keeps historical data on your battery and provide you with a very accurate estimate of how much time is remaining on your battery.....(free).....GO THERE! April 8, 2009 NO SCRIPT..........Many have come to love this Firefox extension. It allows JavaScript, Java and Flash and other plugins to be executed only by trusted web sites of your choice (e.g. your online bank), and provides the most powerful Anti-XSS protection available in a browser. You can enable JavaScript, Java and plugin execution for sites you trust with a simple left-click on the NoScript status bar icon (look at the picture), or using the contextual menu, for easier operation in popup statusbar-less windows .....(free).....GO THERE! PORT MAPPER.......... Do you need to map a specific TCP or UDP port on your machine to another port on another machine? Do you want to limit access to a server on your machine based on the IP address of an incoming connection request? If these sound interesting to you, then AnalogX PortMapper is just what the doctor ordered (or programmer, in this case). AnalogX PortMapper allows you to map and port on your computer to any IP address and port on another machine; not only that, you can limit access based on the incoming IP address! So, say for instance that you are using a proxy, and would like to be able to telnet from other machines; simple, just run PortMapper, and tell it to forward any request to port 23 (telnet) to the machine you want to access. Now, any time you telnet to your proxy server machine, it automatically forwards the data to the other machine! Or, do you run a webserver, and only want people from IP address you specify to connect? No problem, PortMapper can do that as well! Overall, a great standalone program, or an excellent addition to a proxy or server.....(free).....GO THERE! INNOUNP.......... Innounp is a command line setup unpacker. It allows a user to unpack a program without installing the program on the Windows PC. Innounp can be used to extract application files directly from an .exe file that was created using the Inno Setup Installer. It's a great way to begin making portable applications from Inno Setup created executable installers......(free).....GO THERE! NEXUIZ..........Nexuiz is a fast paced 3d deathmatch game project created online by a team of developers called Alientrap. It is available for download for Windows, Mac, and Linux (all the same archive). The first version was released May 31st 2005, released entirely GPL and free over the net, a first for a project of its kind. Since then it has been downloaded over 1.5 million times, and the game is still being updated and developed, currently at version 2.5 and new releases being developed. For screens of the project and a video see the media page on the navbar, and for questions or infomation see info or faq .....(free).....GO THERE! April 7, 2009 PAGE ZIPPER.......... Ever read one of those top ten lists or photo galleries where every item is on a different page? You spend more time clicking "Next" and waiting than actually reading anything. PageZipper is a free bookmarklet which automatically merges all the "Next" pages into one, so you can skip directly to the stuff you want.....(free).....GO THERE! MOBA LIVE CD..........MobaLiveCD is a freeware that will run your Linux LiveCD INSIDE Windows thanks to the excellent emulator called "Qemu". MobaLiveCD allows you to test your LiveCD with a single click : after downloading the ISO image file of your favorite LiveCD, you just have to start it in MobaLiveCD and here you are, without the need to burn a CD-Rom or to reboot your computer .....(free).....GO THERE! GREENSHOT..........Greenshot is a revolutionary screenshot tool optimized for productivity. Save a screenshot or a part of the screen to a file within a second. Apply text and shapes to the screenshot. Offers capture of window, region or full screenshot. Supports several image formats .....(free).....GO THERE! GMA BOOSTER..........Offering up to an astonishing 2.4x of extra processing power for Your integrated graphics engine, the GMABooster is a must-have tool for every user interested in advanced 3D gaming, improved video playback, and perfomance gain in a variety of professional applications. Unfortunately, must download weekly as builds expire .....(free).....GO THERE! April 6, 2009 SECRET DISK..........Lets you have a separate disk on your PC which may be locked and unlocked with a password within one second! Moreover, when locked it is invisible in the Windows system.....(free).....GO THERE! USB WEBSERVER..........USB Webserver is nice little Web Server package that includes Apache, MySQL, PHP, and PHPMyAdmin. Much like XAMPP, NetServer and other popular Web Servers, the application is dockable to the system tray and services can be run either portably or installed as a system service. The menu items are available in the English language via the Settings tab. This application requires roughly 22.3MB for complete portable installation.....(free).....GO THERE! CONFICKER DIAGNOSTIC..........Smart idea from the Conficker Working Group. If chart fails to show certain icons, you are infected. So easy.....(free).....GO THERE! April 3, 2009 BATCH CHAT.......... The World's Easiest Office Chat Room. Batch Chat is a simple single file that packs a powerful and easy to use office chat room. Simply drop the file into a shared folder and you are ready to go.....(free).....GO THERE! DOS BOX.......... DOSBox emulates an Intel x86 PC, complete with sound, graphics, mouse, joystick, modem, etc., necessary for running many old MS-DOS games that simply cannot be run on modern PCs and operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Linux and FreeBSD. However, it is not restricted to running only games. In theory, any MS-DOS or PC-DOS (referred to commonly as "DOS") application should run in DOSBox, but the emphasis has been on getting DOS games to run smoothly, which means that communication, networking and printer support are still in early development. DOSBox also comes with its own DOS-like command prompt. It is still quite rudimentary and lacks many of the features found in MS-DOS, but it is sufficient for installing and running most DOS games.....(free).....GO THERE! ERASER..........Eraser is an advanced security tool for Windows which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. Works with Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Server 2008. Eraser is Free software and its source code is released under GNU General Public License .....(free).....GO THERE! April 2, 2009 OPTIMIZE USB DRIVES..........As purchased, most USB drives default to FAT. To enable NTFS (which features vastly greater performance), follow these steps. Thanks to Zeno Systems!.....(free).....GO THERE! WINDOWS SERVICE CONFIGURATIONS.......... Includes explanations of each service and advice on which services you can safely disable. Discussions of Win 2K, XP, Vista and Windows 7 (Scroll down left column).....(free).....GO THERE! WINDOWS VISTA SUPER TWEAKS..........Black Viper's Top 9 tweaks for a faster (and less annoying) Vista PC .....(free).....GO THERE! MIRROR..........Mirror is an easy to use freeware tool that duplicates a folder structure to a new location. Mirror is portable, requires no formal installation, and is multi-threaded so it has little to no impact on system resources. Only files and folders that have been added/modified are copied, so disk writes are held to a minimum with the result being a much faster backup compared to traditional methods. Thanks to Zeno Systems! .....(free).....GO THERE! April 1, 2009 TASKBAR SHUFFLE..........Taskbar Shuffle is a simple, small, free utility that lets you drag and drop your Windows taskbar buttons to rearrange them. .....(free).....GO THERE! LINKS2TRAY..........Links2Tray is a utility that resides in the system tray (near the clock). It displays a menu combining Internet Explorer's Favorites and Bookmarks from Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera. You can load any link's web page in either Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome or Opera (assuming you have these programs installed of course). When the browser isn't running yet, Links2Tray will launch it for you .....(free).....GO THERE! FILE WATCH..........FileWatch (originally called ICEWatch 1.x) is a small utility that can monitor a given file for changes. Monitoring can detect file size changes or simply file writes, both with minimal impact on system resources (no polling is performed). The primary use of this utility is for monitoring changes in the log file of a personal firewall program and being able to spawn a separate application when changes are detected, but the tool can be applied to any number of other uses.....(free).....GO THERE! FPORT..........fport reports all open TCP/IP and UDP ports and maps them to the owning application. This is the same information you would see using the 'netstat -an' command, but it also maps those ports to running processes with the PID, process name and path. Fport can be used to quickly identify unknown open ports and their associated applications .....(free).....GO THERE! March 31, 2009 SWS..........Just out - an easy way to test networks for Conficker, thanks to researchers at The Honeynet Project. According to Dan Kaminsky, "We may not know what the Conficker authors have in store for us on April 1st, but I doubt many network administrators want to find out. Maybe they don't have to: I've been working with the Honeynet Project's Tillmann Werner and Felix Leder, who have been digging into Conficker's profile on the network. What we've found is pretty cool: Conficker actually changes what Windows looks like on the network, and this change can be detected remotely, anonymously, and very, very quickly. You can literally ask a server if it's infected with Conficker, and it will tell you. Tillmann and Felix have their own proof of concept scanner, and with the help of Securosis' Rich Mogull and the multivendor Conficker Working Group, enterprise-class scanners should already be out from Tenable (Nessus), McAfee/Foundstone, nmap, ncircle, and Qualys. We figured this out on Friday, and got code put together for Monday" The link is to SWS, on Kaminsky's site, which is a quick scanner for Conficker .....(free).....GO THERE! WHAT CHANGED..........WhatChanged is a simple utility that searches for modified files and registry entries. It is useful for checking program installations. There are two steps for using WhatChanged: 1) First, take a snapshot of the state of the system 2) Second, run it again to see the differences from the previous snapshot. What Changed uses the "brute force method" to check files and the registry .....(free).....GO THERE! TINY TASK.......... TinyTask provides basic automation (recording and playback). It is a case study in minimalist programming: the entire program is only 24k -- and 12k of that are icons, which means the executable portion is just a few K in size. It was used as the test harness for the "Hardware" recording method used in vTask. There's no installer, help file, or anything unnecessary; just a tiny EXE program, which doesn't touch your registry or change your system folders.....(free).....GO THERE! ASSOCIATE..........Command-line utility for assigning file associations. This will allow you to double-click a file and have it load in the appropriate program. It also includes the ability to set a file type icon and startup parameters, and it automatically refreshes Explorer. Type "associate -?" for details .....(free).....GO THERE! March 30, 2009 SAFEHOUSE EXPLORER.......... SafeHouse Explorer creates hidden private storage areas on your local hard drive or external media to hold your confidential files. Your files are completely invisible until you enter your password. After you enter your secret password, you access your files using SafeHouse Explorer's familiar drag-and-drop Explorer-like interface. Thanks to Instant Fundas.....(free).....GO THERE! 7-ZIP..........7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. Supported formats: Packing / unpacking: 7z, zip, gzip, bzip2 and tar. Unpacking only: arj, cab, chm, cpio, deb, dmg, hfs, iso, lzh, lzma, msi, nsis, rar, rpm, udf, wim, xar and z. for zip and gzip formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip. Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats. Integration with Windows Shell.....(free).....GO THERE! SYSTEM TRAY CLEANER..........System Tray Cleaner is a simple tool which helps you quickly and easily remove unwanted items from your Windows system tray. The Windows system tray, also called the SysTray, is the lower-right corner of your screen, near the clock display, where Windows dumps some programs, most of the time programs which load during Windows startup. System Tray Cleaner will list all your system tray icon and identify which programs they belong to. Then, you can choose whether you wish to stop a certain program, remove it from startup (so it doesn't start automatically every time you turn on your computer) or simply uninstall it .....(free).....GO THERE! March 27, 2009 PITASCHIO.......... Pitaschio includes a large number of useful functions. Snap a window to other windows when moving and resizing. Restrict a window position to inside of the screen. Always keep a window above all other windows. Minimize a window to the system tray. Use small icons in the desktop. Disable Windows key, Insert key, Alt key etc. Lock the mouse or keyboard while cleaning them. Take statistics about mouse and keyboard. Control the sound volume using the mouse wheel. Display the sound volume level on the screen. The Pitaschio is a essential tool to use windows efficiently.....(free).....GO THERE! RECAPTCHA MAILHIDE.......... reCAPTCHA Mailhide helps you protect your inbox by asking people to solve a captcha before they can view your email address. The captcha can only be solved by humans, so this stops spammers from gaining access to your email address through automated programs.....(free).....GO THERE! CROSSGL SURFACE CLOCK.......... Full vector graphics desktop Clock that offers a unique, scalable interface that can be freely sized and placed anywhere on your desktop. You can make the clock display as large or as small as you like, and even rotate it 360° degrees if you feel the need for it. To size or rotate the clock, simply hover your mouse over the edges of the display to reveal the control buttons. CrossGL Surface Clock also comes with adjustable transparency settings, optional background animation and a date display. No installation needed, add it to your startup folder to have it launch automatically.....(free).....GO THERE! EVERYTHING SEARCH ENGINE.......... Everything is an administrative tool that locates files and folders by filename instantly for Windows. Unlike Windows search Everything initially displays every file and folder on your computer (hence the name "Everything"). You type in a search filter to limit what files and folders are displayed.....(free).....GO THERE! March 26, 2009 AXIMION.......... Aximion provides a 3D interface for Windows-like operation systems. It replaces ordinary 2D GUI Windows interface with a true 3D virtual interactive environment. All two-dimensional windows and forms are transformed into three-dimensional and user can freely move them in 3D space, aquire, arrange and interact as with a common 2d windows. On the first stage of the project, we spent three years for testing capabilities of Windows system and trying various techniques and approaches of visualization and interacting. The result is a program that fully integrates into Windows and transforms 2D windows user interface into the true 3D environment, unlike other projects which create 3D environment that aren't related to the current system.....(free).....GO THERE! YOUR OWN HANDWRITING FONTS FOR FREE.......... Make Your Own Handwriting Fonts For Free. YourFonts.com is a FREE online font generator that allows you to create your own OpenType fonts within a couple of minutes. Go make your own handwriting as a font.....(free).....GO THERE! CREATE A MOBILE VERSION OF YOUR WEBSITE.......... The number of people who browse the Internet on their cell phones is on the rise and if your website is not accessible via mobile phones or is not mobile friendly, you are losing a large portion of potential traffic. Thanks to instant fundas.....(free).....GO THERE! LINAXE V1.0 OPERATING SYSTEM..........Really small version of Linux - compile it for embedded uses .....(free).....GO THERE! March 25, 2009 CORE TEMP..........Core Temp is a compact, no fuss, small footprint program to monitor CPU temperature. Now Windows Vista and Windows 7 ready! (x86 and x64). The uniqueness of it is that it shows the temperature of each individual core in each processor in your system! You can see in real time how the CPU temperature varies when you load your CPU. It's also completely motherboard independent .....(free).....GO THERE! CLIPBOARDIC.......... Clipboardic is a small utility that listens to the clipboard activity, and each time that you copy something into the clipboard, it automatically saves the copied data into Windows clipboard file (.clp). Later, when you need the copied data again, you can simply select the right clipboard file, and Clipboardic will automatically insert it into the clipboard. Clipboardic also allows you to easily share the clipboard data between multiple computers on your local network.....(free).....GO THERE! SQL SPLITTER..........Ever try to restore an sql file only to find it is too big to upload. This solves the problem. Very handy.....(free).....GO THERE! MOVE INACTIVE WIN ..........Move a window without activating it .....(free).....GO THERE! March 23, 2009 Tonight, a few more cool small apps from one of our favorites, Skrommel from Donation Coder MULTIMON MAN ..........Watch and control multiple monitors. Shows what's going on on your other monitors. Click-through and drag-through. Resize and move windows. Choose Save Setup to save window arrangement .....(free).....GO THERE! DIM SAVER .......... Screensaver that dims the screen.....(free).....GO THERE! BLOCK INPUT.......... Press Ctrl-Q to block all input for 5 seconds.....(free).....GO THERE! SINGLE INSTANCE .......... Allow only one instance of a program to run.....(free).....GO THERE! March 20, 2009 LABEL CONTROL..........Great tool - Overlays buttons and other controls with a Number for direct access via a hotkey. Simple, just press Ctrl-Number.....(free).....GO THERE! NO CLOSE..........Disable the Close button (X) of selected windows.....(free).....GO THERE! SEARCH CLOUDLET..........Puts your Google search results into a tag cloud .....(free).....GO THERE! MAKE WINDOWS XP SHUT DOWN FASTER.......... One of the biggest annoyances in Windows XP is waiting for what seems an eternity while it shuts down, so we have a couple of registry tweaks to help force Windows to shut down more quickly.....(free).....GO THERE! March 19, 2009 VISTA SERVICES OPTIMIZER.......... There are many reasons of the performance problems in Windows Vista, one of them that there are many of Windows Vista services that are running in the background that consume a lot of CPU power and take up much space in the system memory (RAM) which we do not really need them at all. So tweak Windows services by stopping and disabling unwanted services in order to reduce CPU usage and save some space in the system memory.....(free).....GO THERE! SOFTSWITCH..........Run your own VOIP server. Mizu Server is a software soft switch solution running on Microsoft Windows that can replace traditional hardware based PBX and ISDN solutions. Small installation can use the free Microsoft SQL Express database while enterprise deployments are based on the full editions of the Microsoft SQL Server. Easy to use, reliable, high-speed VOIP server. Suitable from small business companies to enterprise grade voip carriers. It's low cost/high ROI, high call density, powerful routing, reliable SIP,H323 and rtp stack can help you to become the most competitive company in the VOIP market.....(free).....GO THERE! OCCT..........OCCT, overclock checking tool, is a CPU stability testing program .....(free).....GO THERE! WRITESPACE..........Writespace is a fullscreen writing environment, developed with WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) as a ClickOnce installed add-in for Word 2007. Thanks to instant fundas .....(free).....GO THERE! March 18, 2009 DESKTOP CENTRAL.......... Desktop Central provides a set of free Windows tools that Windows Administrators might require on a day-to-day basis. It has a set of ten tools, viz: Remote Task Manager Tool, Wake on LAN, Software Inventory Tool, Remote Command Prompt Tool, GPO Update, Shutdown/Restart Tool, Join/Unjoin Computer Tool, , Currently Logged On User, Hard Disk Space Detector Tool, and Local Users/Groups List Tool. This is very handy as it can be performed on multiple computers simultaneously.....(free).....GO THERE! LUNASCAPE WEB BROWSER ..........According to the developers, "In cyberspace, speed is everything. JavaScript execution, one of the core functions of the modern web, powering everything from Gmail to Facebook to a wide array of other useful Web 2.0 sites, is faster on our Lunascape 5 beta than any other browser. How do we know? Our users tell us. But it's not just them. Lunascape 5 beta gets a perfect score on the well-known Acid 3 test -- 100 different standards and individual test suites aimed at stress- testing browsers. With greater speed, it's more smooth and comfortable. It doesn't waste your time. If you are a web creator and you're having to always switch between browsers depending on which site you're working on or testing, Lunascape's triple engine functionality allows you to work in one browser and switch as needed. No more unavoidable incompatibilities" .....(free).....GO THERE! SECURITY.......... The easy way, based on the use of freeware tools. 1. Harden Windows: This section explains which anti-malware software is usefull, how to remove security holes, alternate setups for windows, etc. 2. Clean Windows: Here you will find out how to remove malware easily. Tools and alternate methods of removing for more advanced users or, people who want to learn .....(free).....GO THERE! FSL LAUNCHER..........If you are tired of dozens of icons on your desktop, try this simple but powerful and intuitive launcher to organize your shortcuts. Some features: Shortcut management for applications, documents, url links, folders path and more... Categories organization (multi-tab launcher) with fast selection menu.....(free).....GO THERE! March 17, 2009 PRINT WHAT YOU LIKE..........Tired of printing web pages only to find your printout is full of ads, empty space and other junk you don't want? PrintWhatYouLike is a free online editor that lets you format any web page for printing in seconds. Thanks to gHacks.....(free).....GO THERE! XTRAVO EXPLORER..........According to the site, "Xtravo Explorer is Fast than Any Other Browser to date. Not that we are saying it just to attract but Stating a Fact like never before. Xtravo Explorer opens All heavy websites in 10 seconds when using DSL128/kbps and a Dial up connection. Now, Imagine it's speed if you use a Better Connection than this .....(free).....GO THERE! STARTED LITE..........StartEd Lite lets you modify your Startup configuration and detects more than 150 Trojan Horses. StartEd Lite displays detailed info about Startup Programs and describes the functionality of every System Service so that even novice users are able to manage their startup configuration. A warning message will be displayed when a System Service vital for your computer's stability is about to get disabled .....(free).....GO THERE! NBC DIRECT..........Join the beta to download NBC programs in hd directly. Thanks to Mystic Geek's Realm.....(free).....GO THERE! March 16, 2009 KIDSMENU..........Kidsmenu is designed to be a child friendly replacement windows shell, and is also functional as a normal launcher-menu application. kidsmenu avoids some of the complexity and danger introduced by the standard windows shell (explorer) when put in front of young children. for example, as there's no start menu, hitting the windows key accidently while playing a game won't show the start menu. (note this functionality currently requires kidsmenu to be running as the replacement shell). And of course, we denizens of Shell City can find more uses for it. For example, how about in computer labs where you don't want the kids to screw anything up? .....(free).....GO THERE! SIMPO PDF TO TEXT..........Simpo PDF to Text is a free and easy-to-use PDF to Text, PDF to Txt conversion freeware, it can convert any Adobe PDF files to plain text formats .....(free).....GO THERE! SEARCH SELECTED..........Select text in a document or website and then search for it with favorite search engine and CTRL+SHIFT+C. No more having to copy the text, open a web browser, go to Google (or similar), paste text into search box, and hit enter. Just highlight and press a key combo. Easy! Switch search engines with a click of the mouse .....(free).....GO THERE! FIREFOX ADDONS TO COVER YOUR TRACKS..........Say you are browsing, ahem, stuff on the Internet that you aren’t supposed to see and somebody walks into the room .....(free).....GO THERE! March 13, 2009 LARP64FREE.......... lARP64Free is an executable and dynamic link library packer for native x64 targets. It is based on LZMA compression technology. This edition is ideally suited in case there is no protection required, i.e. for reducing internet download times for freeware. Indeed, it will reduce overall size of the target by up to 70%. Files compressed with the free 64 bit software packer are self-contained and run exactly as before. The act of compression makes programs and libraries smaller thus decreasing load times across networks or download times from the net.....(free).....GO THERE! WATCH DOG..........Little utility for closed process monitoring. Some features: Reactivate dead or closed process / Execute any application if dead or closed process. Customizable watch time. Customizable after execution delay time. Start with Windows® option. Start iconized to Tray option. AutoRun option (turn to active mode when program start). Automatic (and manual) check for program updates. Character Set management to support translation into non-latin languages (i.e. Russian, Chinese, etc..). NEW - Added support for Windows NT4 (Workstation and Server).....(free).....GO THERE! ICON RESTORER..........Backup and restore icons position on desktop (and wallpaper) separately for every screen resolution. In the event that a computer crashes, if automatic desktop icons placement is selected or if the screen resolution is changed there is the possibility that the icons shortcuts position on the Windows desktop becomes scrambled; IconRestorer has been designed to remember the icon setup to avoid the boring job of manual restoring for the right icons position on desktop after these events. IconRestorer can be used to place the icons back to their original location on the Windows screen when needed, or even to manage two profiles of icon position. The icons position on desktop (layout) can be saved manually when wanted (every screen resolution will be saved separately) and can be restored at any time. IconRestorer also have the capability to save and restore the desktop wallpaper with the icon positions .....(free).....GO THERE! March 12, 2009 OUTLOOK ATTACHMENT ENABLER.......... Control what attachments Outlook has deemed to be unsafe and be free to open any attachment you like. You can also add to the default list of blocked attachment types. Controlling the safe and blocked attachments has never been easier. Includes the full and complete list of what Outlook will block by default. (Go to downloads).....(free).....GO THERE! USAGE MONITOR.......... Usage Monitor lets you set watch limits on processes to know when your process is using too much. Watch limits can be placed on Memory Usage, GDI Objects, and USER Objects. This is a great tool for any developer. (Go to downloads).....(free).....GO THERE! KEYBOARD..........Keyboard is a program that allows the user to type with a mouse. The main window of the program displays keys that the user can click on to enter words into the text box. The program would be useful for those who have difficulty using a standard keyboard .....(free).....GO THERE! March 11, 2009 SEVEN REMIX XP..........Seven Remix XP from niwradsoft is a free transformation pack for Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server and Windows Media Center Edition. Like any other transformation pack, Seven Remix XP replaces a great number of system files associated with the GUI of Windows. Files that contain icons, images, animations are extracts of Windows 7 to update your Windows XP interface to that of Windows 7. The installer also applies adjustments in the registry, it installs programs of third, skins and visual extras like sounds, styles, etc. Description thanks to a fabulous site we recently discovered: Instant Fundas.....(free).....GO THERE! PORT TRIGGERING INITIATOR.......... What is Port Triggering Initiator? When you use port triggering on your router a connection attempt must be made from your computer to an address on the trigger port. When you router detects the connection attempt your router then turns on the ports, thus you have port triggering, a on/off switch for port forwarding. Well the problem comes if you are using port trigging for a program that doesn't make a connection attempt, such as say a ftp server or hosting a game. If a connection is never detected the router never enables the ports. Well that's what Port Triggering Initiator is designed for. You enter the triggering port to make a connection on and give it a address outside your network. Any address will do even if the connection fails its the attempt that triggers the port.....(free).....GO THERE! SIMPLE INTERNET TOOLS..........Simple internet tools is a dozen simple yet helpful tools for both the common user and admins. .....(free).....GO THERE! SIMPLE STATIC IP..........Simple Static IP is a free program .to help users set their IP address to static with just a few clicks. At times there may be a reason you need to have your IP address set to static. A static IP is an IP address that never changes. By default peoples IP is dynamic which means it can change at any time. When port forwarding you forward to your local IP address, and if your IP changes your port forwarding will no longer work as it is not pointing to your new IP. This is the same for nearly all settings in a router that points to your computer, such as DMZ and logging. So to keep that from happening you need to set your IP to static so it never changes, then you no longer have to worry about your IP changing. (This should be done for computers behind a router) The process to set your IP can be intimidating if you have never done it before, that's why we provide this program to you, to make it simple.....(free).....GO THERE! PACKETTRAP..........We usually only run freeware here, but PacketTrap is one of Shell City's long time supporters, so we thought we'd give them a nice blurb for their great Tool Suite PRO. Offered at just $99, the PacketTrap pt360 Tool Suite PRO consolidates dozens of network management and monitoring tools into a single, integrated interface. The tool suite includes Cisco configuration management, server and application monitoring, open source and third party integration, a robust encrypted credential store, the ability to save and flow results between tools, deep network discovery (with network mapping) and syslog server capabilities. All of these tools compliment the extensive real-time monitoring provided by the pt360 Dashboard. So go over and take a look, and even if you don't buy the whole Tool Suite, you can pick up the Basic Tools, which are freeware..........GO THERE! March 10, 2009 FLASH CRYPT.......... FlashCrypt is an effective and reliable folder security software for Microsoft Windows users. It allows you to lock any folder on your computer with a couple of mouse clicks. Military-grade 256-bit AES algorithm guarantees the highest level of data protection. Want to securely protect your files? You don't need to be a computer or security expert anymore! FlashCrypt provides extremely easy-to-use, but safe and secure folder protection solution. (Look under Products).....(free).....GO THERE! READ MEMORY DUMP FILES..........This step-by-step article describes how to examine a small Windows memory dump file. You can use this file to determine why your computer has stopped responding .....(free).....GO THERE! MARKKIT..........Markkit is a web2.0 text highlighter. Drag'n'Drop the markkit yellow pen into your browser toolbar. Whenever you want to highlight text in a web page, click on the markkit bookmarklet. markkit works .with Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome and Apple Safari. Thanks to Download Squad.....(free).....GO THERE! March 9, 2009 VMWARE ESXI ..........Run all your production applications at near-native performance on the next-generation OS-independent VMware hypervisor, now available for free. Reliably Run Multiple Operating Systems on a Single Server. Deploy mature hypervisor technology that is proven in tens of thousands of customer environments. VMware ESXi helps you to minimize risk by deploying the only operating system independent hypervisor and avoid the security hardening, user access control and anti-virus tasks associated with a typical operating system.....(free).....GO THERE! FREERASER..........An ordinary deleting of files isn't enough! When you wish to delete any sensitive information, like industrial secrets or some unwanted content, you want to be sure that it will be deleted permanently. Sorry to say, there is a plenty of software recovery tools that can restore your deleted items. If you need to destroy any data and eliminate any possibility of its restoration you need a "shredder". This software destroys the data you choose before the deletion, using a complicated procedure of filling the actual content with random data. Freeraser can function on three levels: 1. a fast destruction (standard 1-round filling of random data) 2. a forced destruction (3 rounds of filling according to DoD 5220.22M standard) 3. an ultimate destruction (35 rounds of filling with data according to Guttman algorithm).....(free).....GO THERE! CHEAP HACK SOLVES TV REMOTE COMPLEXITY.......... Gotta love this solution. I'll use it.....(free).....GO THERE! SYSTEM FLUSH..........Flushes out every users temporary directory upon every login. .....(free).....GO THERE! DONATION CODER..........Long one of our favorite sites, they're having a little fundraiser this month, and asked us to give them a shout. Go on over and look at what they've got.....(free).....GO THERE! March 6, 2009 SPY ME TOOLS..........SpyMe Tools is very useful in detecting Registry and Disk changes. If any application installs spyware, adware, dlls, programs, files, or any other type of file, picture, or program, etc. or changes the Registry's content, you will be able to see exactly where the modification occurred so you can take measures. It seems like more and more programs are attempting to install spyware, advertisements, or other garbage without your knowledge, but with this software you will know everything that is added or removed. To detect Registry/Disk changes the program will create Dumps of the actual states of Registry/Disk. This means that at any time you can open the Dump file and view the contents of the Registry/Disk just as they were when you've scanned the Registry/Disk. The program can compare two different dump files so you'll see exactly what changed in the Registry/Disk between the two scans. You can also use the program to backup your Registry. The program can restore old states of Registry keys using the data in the Dump files. To prevent other persons from viewing your scanned files you may encrypt them so that a password will be required whenever someone tries to open them. SpyMe Tools also includes a Real time Disk/Registry monitor so you may spot the changes in real time.(Real time Disk monitor works only on NT platform, including Win2k and Win XP.) Thanks to Lifehacker.....(free).....GO THERE! DOUBLE VISION..........A weird one here -- Lets you watch video and surf the web in a transparent browser. Then you can click through the browser to your open applications underneath and work seamlessly. What it might be better for is a kind of heads up display of one aspect of a software project, say the surface, to keep track of changes while you are working on the underside. Let us know what you come up with .....(free).....GO THERE! DATABASE BROWSER..........This easy to use tool allows user to connect to any database and browse or modify data ,run sql scripts, export and print data. There are two versions available. Standard and Portable: Standard version can be installed on Windows PC. Portable software is a class of software that is suitable for use on portable drives such as a USB (thumb) drive or iPod or Palm PDA with "drive mode", although any external hard drive could theoretically be used. The concept of carrying one's favored applications, utilities, and files on a portable drive for use on any computer is one which has evolved considerably in recent years. .....(free).....GO THERE! DEEP PEEP.......... DeepPeep is a search engine specialized in Web forms. The current beta version currently tracks 13,000 forms across 7 domains. DeepPeep helps you discover the entry points to content in Deep Web (aka Hidden Web) sites, including online databases and Web services. Advanced search allows you to perform more specific queries. Besides specifying keywords, you can also search for specific form element labels, i.e., the description of the form attributes.....(free).....GO THERE! March 5, 2009 MAGIC FORMATION..........Magic Formation is a kind of 3D Circular desktop Dock program. But, It appears anywhere on your desktop. Just draw a circle by mouse cursor on desktop anywhere you like.....(free).....GO THERE! DESK HEDRON..........Cool visual for your desktop. Switches virtual desktops by spin-flipping the old one out in 3D, and then flipping the new one in.....(free).....GO THERE! WIN FLIP..........WinFlip provides a 3D window-switcher as a replacement for the standard Windows Alt-Tab. Winflip displays all open windows in a 3D stack, which the user can flick through and select using either keyboard or mouse.....(free).....GO THERE! CLICK STAR 2..........Cool animated visual for your desktop.....(free).....GO THERE! March 4, 2009 10 TIPS FOR BETTER LCD IMAGE QUALITY.......... People use LCD displays as if they were CRTs - We can do better than that - by ExtremeTech.....(free).....GO THERE! COMPUTER REPAIR KIT ON A THUMB DRIVE..........Lots of good tools, maybe all you need. Most of the applications don't require installation and the kit can be run directly from your thumb drive.....(free).....GO THERE! ATTACKER..........Attacker, A TCP/UDP port listener. You provide a list of ports to listen on and the program will notify you when a connection or data arrives at the port(s). Can minimize to the system tray and play an audible alert. This program is intended to act as a guard dog to notify you of attempted probes to your computer via the Internet .....(free).....GO THERE! FILE WATCH.......... FileWatch (originally called ICEWatch 1.x) is a small utility that can monitor a given file for changes. Monitoring can detect file size changes or simply file writes, both with minimal impact on system resources (no polling is performed). The primary use of this utility is for monitoring changes in the log file of a personal firewall program and being able to spawn a separate application when changes are detected, but the tool can be applied to any number of other uses.....(free).....GO THERE! March 3, 2009 A NOTE: Tonight we've posted a few free forensic tools from Foundstone that we found interesting. More to come in the future... Let us know if you find them useful. FORENSIC TOOLKIT..........Tools to help examine NTFS for unauthorized activity. The Forensic ToolKit contains several Win32 Command line tools that can help you examine the files on a NTFS disk partition for unauthorized activity. We built these tools to help us do our job, we hope they can help you as well. This tool OPEN SOURCE. Key Features: AFind is the only tool that lists files by their last access time without tampering the data the way that right-clicking on file properties in Explorer will. AFind allows you to search for access times between certain time frames, coordinating this with logon info provided from ntlast, you can to begin determine user activity even if file logging has not been enabled. HFind scans the disk for hidden files. It will find files that have either the hidden attribute set, or NT's unique and painful way of hiding things by using the directory/system attribute combination. This is the method that IE uses to hide data. HFind lists the last access times. SFind scans the disk for hidden data streams and lists the last access times. FileStat is a quick dump of all file and security attributes. It works on only one file at a time but this is usually sufficient. Hunt is a quick way to see if a server reveals too much info via NULL sessions......(free).....GO THERE! VISION.......... Vision, a host based Forensic Utility is the GUI successor to the well-known freeware tool, Fport. This innovative new product from Foundstone shows all of the open TCP and UDP ports on a machine, displays the service that is active on each port, and maps the ports to their respective applications. Vision allows users to access a large amount of supplementary information that is useful for determining host status by displaying detailed system information, applications running, as well as processes and ports in use. Key Features: Interrogate ports and identify potential "Trojan" services by using the "Port Probe" command in the port mapper. Using "Port Probe", Vision will enable you to send a customized string of information to the port. Based on the response from the port, a determination can be made to either kill the port, using the "Kill" command, or leave it as is. View system events by sorting by application, process, service, port, remote IP, and device drivers in ascending or descending order. Identify and review detailed information about Services and Devices to determine if they are Running or Stopped.....(free).....GO THERE! RIFIUTI..........Many computer crime investigations require the reconstruction of a subject's Recycle Bin. Since this analysis technique is executed regularly, we researched the structure of the data found in the Recycle Bin repository files (INFO2 files). Rifiuti, the Italian word meaning "trash", was developed to examine the contents of the INFO2 file in the Recycle Bin. The foundation of Rifiuti's examination methodology is presented in the white paper located here. Rifiuti will parse the information in an INFO2 file and output the results in a field delimited manner so that it may be imported into your favorite spreadsheet program. Rifiuti is built to work on multiple platforms and will execute on Windows (through Cygwin), Mac OS X, Linux, and *BSD platforms .....(free).....GO THERE! SHOWIN.......... ShoWin displays useful information about windows by dragging a cursor over them. Perhaps one of the most popular uses of this program is to display hidden password editbox fields (text behind the asterisks *****). This will work in many programs although Microsoft have changed the way things work in some of their applications, most notably MS Office products and Windows 2000. ShoWin will not work in these cases. Neither will it work for password entry boxes on web pages, at least with most web browsers. Additional features include the ability to enable windows that have been disabled, unhide hidden windows (try the program with the include invisibles option set and see how many windows you have on your desktop that you didn't know about!) and force windows to stay on top or be placed below others.....(free).....GO THERE! February 27, 2009 WINSPLIT REVOLUTION..........Interesting concept - WinSplit Revolution allows you to easily organize your open windows by tiling, resizing and positioning them to make the best use of your desktop real estate. WinSplit is especially useful for high-end LCD screens with high resolutions because it helps you to efficiently manage many active windows. The advantage of using WinSplit is that it saves you from having to drag and drop windows by allowing you to snap windows into specific tiled configurations using simple keyboard hotkeys. Thanks to Download Squad.....(free).....GO THERE! WIN BUBBLE..........In just two clicks, WinBubble will help you to Customize and Tweak your Windows Vista easily. Its features cover Customization, Security and Optimization .....(free).....GO THERE! WIN EXIT..........Wondering why Windows has a Start - but no Stop button. This may change now if you decide to download WinExit. Once installed you will wonder why you run Windows so long without it. WinEixit allows to shut down Windows by double click. Beside shutting down using different shut down types (also timer or alarm triggered), WinExit also is able to log usage time, and a clean up service during shut down. Everything with just one double click .....(free).....GO THERE! LAN CALCULATOR..........LanCalculator - to calculate subnet addresses and masks. LanCalculator makes possible not only to easily calculate the subnet addresses range and subnet masks but also broadcast address, net address, net prefix and net mask inversion which is used in the access control lists (ACL) of Cisco network equipment. One key press is enough to calculate all parameters after net address and mask were entered. To complete the picture additional display is given in binary, decimal and hexadecimal scale .....(free).....GO THERE! February 26, 2009 XEN HYPERVISOR..........The Xen hypervisor, the powerful open source industry standard for virtualization, offers a powerful, efficient, and secure feature set for virtualization of x86, x86_64, IA64, PowerPC, and other CPU architectures. It supports a wide range of guest operating systems including Windows, Linux, Solaris, and various versions of the BSD operating systems .....(free).....GO THERE! VIDEO CACHE VIEW..........After watching a video in a Web site, you may want to save the video file into your local disk for playing it offline in the future. If the video file is stored in your browser's cache, this utility can help you to extract the video file from the cache and save it for watching it in the future. It automatically scans the entire cache of Internet Explorer and Mozilla-based Web browsers (Including Firefox) and finds all video files that are currently stored in it. It allows you to easily copy the cached video files into another folder for playing/watching them in the future. If you have a movie player that is configured to play flv files, it also allows you to play the video directly from your browser's cache .....(free).....GO THERE! ULTRA DEFRAG..........UltraDefrag is powerful Open Source defragmentation tool for Windows NT. It is very fast, because the defragmenting is done by kernel-mode driver. They are three interfaces to them: graphical, console and native. The GUI is very useful, because it represents your filesystem visually as a color coded cluster map. The console is another option for those that prefer the command line. It allows you to run UltraDefrag from the task scheduler and scripts. Finally, the native executable will run at boot time in a manner similar to chkdsk. The design of UltraDefrag is very simple. There are no skins and other unnecessary stuff. It is a small and powerful program! It can be used on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and all of the 64-bit editions of Windows. Also check out Vista installation faq to see how to run UltraDefrag on Windows Vista without errors .....(free).....GO THERE! XP REPAIR INSTALL.......... There are times when Windows XP becomes so corrupted it won't run correctly or won’t start at all and it seems that the only solution is to format and reinstall losing all data and programs. But doing so isn’t always necessary as there is a way to perform a repair install without losing any data. One of the best kept secrets of Windows XP is it's built in repair feature. This is a step by step manual making it possible for anyone to repair their installation.....(free).....GO THERE! February 25, 2009 STANDALONE STACK..........Standalonestack lets you set up your desktop icons as stacks, in a rectangular formation, or otherwise, and put them anywhere you want on the desktop .....(free).....GO THERE! SIMPLE PORT FORWARDING..........Automates the process of port forwarding. Works with web pages and not your router, so safe, with clean, easy gui .....(free).....GO THERE! PIN ANY FOLDER TO THE VISTA START MENU.......... Have you ever wondered why you can pin applications to the start menu, but you can't pin folders? There's a number of articles around that tell you how to pin them using complicated registry hacks, but there's actually a very simple way to do it.....(free).....GO THERE! UNIX..........Fun - here's the video episode about UNIX on Computer Chronicles from 1985.....(free).....GO THERE! February 24, 2009 TWEAK XPLORER..........TweakXPlorer is a program that allow you to enhance your Windows Explorer look. It using the Microsoft “secret” tweak that have not included on Windows XP. Some TweakXPlorer key features are: Give your folders an eye catching background. Give Explorer or Internet Explorer 6 toolbar a background. Show your picture as folder thumbnail. Resize thumbnail displayed on Explorer, if you think it is too small. Set picture quality for thumbnail. Multilingual support (you can add your own language) .....(free).....GO THERE! MICROSOFT PRO PHOTO TOOLS 2.......... Microsoft Pro Photo Tools provides a set of tools for photographers to perform various tasks with their images—including RAW captures. The current version enables you to quickly geotag your photos, view and edit metadata, and more, leveraging the power of Windows and Microsoft Live Local. New in Microsoft Pro Photo Tools 2: Support for reading and writing metadata to/from XMP side cars so that metadata will interoperate with Adobe products. This is in addition to reading and writing from the file. Users can convert from RAW to JPEG, TIFF, and HD Photo using "As Shot" settings. This includes the ability to resize the image. Users can view actual RAW image in addition to thumbnails. Support for 64-bit Windows. Support for international locales. Improved UI for geotagging.....(free).....GO THERE! PERSISTENT URLS.......... A PURL is a Persistent Uniform Resource Locator. Functionally, a PURL is a URL. However, instead of pointing directly to the location of an Internet resource, a PURL points to an intermediate resolution service. The PURL resolution service associates the PURL with the actual URL and returns that URL to the client. The client can then complete the URL transaction in the normal fashion. In Web parlance, this is a standard HTTP redirect.....(free).....GO THERE! February 23, 2009 GLOBAL GAME JAM - GAME BROWSER..........Game browser for the hundreds of games written during the Global Game Jam, Jan 30 - Feb 1, 2009. Each game was written in under 48 hours. The game browser makes all the games available to users .....(free).....GO THERE! MONKEY TOOLS..........Monkey Tools is a set of shell/console/command line utilities, as well as some GUI based applications that can be controlled from from command line or dos script .....(free).....GO THERE! CSM.......... CSM is a whole bunch of desktop support software and tools rolled into one utility. Designed primarily to aid in the daily tasks of the Administrator by improving the communication between the Administrator and the user. Send, View or Chat with a specific user, or send global messages in the form of a banner at the bottom of each users screen on your network, and much much more.....(free).....GO THERE! JELLYBEAN..........Jellybean is a small, fast wallpaper shuffler, with little to no impact on system resources. Jellybean supports 3 graphics formats (jpg, gif, bmp) and is easy to use. Any number of images can be added to Jellybean's database, affording you a quick thumbnailed view of all your wallpapers. Wallpapers can be displayed: stretched, tiled, or centered, your choice. And if desired, a new wallpaper shown everytime you reboot. No formal installation needed. Zero 3rd party dependencies.....(free).....GO THERE! February 20, 2009 FENCES.......... Fences is a one-of-a-kind program, allowing you to draw labeled shaded areas on your desktop, which become movable and resizable containers for your desktop icons. These groups can help bring organization and consistency to your computer's desktop, solving the constant mess that has plagued the desktop since its inception. Fences also helps you finally appreciate the wallpaper you have hiding behind all that clutter. In addition to its organizing features, Fences offers a novel quick-hide feature (in-patenting-process). Double click your desktop, and all your icons will fade out. Double click again, and they'll return.....(free).....GO THERE! NEO.......... Free Hex Editor Neo is award-winning large files optimized freeware editor for everyone who works with ASCII, hex, decimal, float, double and binary data. Free Hex Editor Neo allows you to view, modify, analyze your hexadecimal data and binary files, edit, exchange data with other applications through the clipboard, insert new data and delete existing data, as well as perform other editing actions. Make patches with just two mouse clicks; manipulate your EXE, DLL, DAT, AVI, MP3, JPG files with unlimited undo/redo. Taste the visual operation history with branching. This hex and binary code data editing software utility for Windows includes the following basic functionality: Unlimited Undo/Redo; Find; Replace; Visual History Save and Load; Patch Creation; Clipboard Operations; Bytes, Words, Double Words, Quad Words, Floats and Doubles Edit Mode......(free).....GO THERE! IE DOC MON.......... This tool runs in an explorer bar in Microsoft Internet Explorer. It is useful for exploring elements, events, and interfaces in HTML documents.....(free).....GO THERE! HOW TO QUICKLY OPEN FOLDERS IN WINDOWS.......... Here is a quick tip on how to open specific system folders in the Microsoft operating systems Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. All you need to do is press [Windows R] and enter one command to open a specific folder. These so called shell commands will open various Windows folders but also applications and configuration tools that way. To open the Send To folder one would for example simply enter shell:sendto into the run box and hit enter. This opens the Send To menu with the option to modify its contents.....(free).....GO THERE! February 19, 2009 DRIVEIMAGE XML.......... Reliable program for imaging and backing up partitions and logical drives. The program allows you to: Backup logical drives and partitions to image files, Browse these images, view and extract files, Restore these images to the same or a different drive, Copy directly from drive to drive, Schedule automatic backups with your Task Scheduler. Image creation uses Microsoft's Volume Shadow Services (VSS), allowing you to create safe "hot images" even from drives currently in use. Images are stored in XML files, allowing you to process them with 3rd party tools. Never again be stuck with a useless backup! Restore images to drives without having to reboot. DriveImage XML is now faster than ever, offering two different compression levels .....(free).....GO THERE! TOP 25 MOST DANGEROUS PROGRAMMING ERRORS.......... The Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors is a list of the most significant programming errors that can lead to serious software vulnerabilities. They occur frequently, are often easy to find, and easy to exploit. They are dangerous because they will frequently allow attackers to completely take over the software, steal data, or prevent the software from working at all. The list is the result of collaboration between the SANS Institute, MITRE, and many top software security experts in the US and Europe.....(free).....GO THERE! DISK DEFRAG..........Hard disks are by far the slowest component in your computer. CPU and memory work much faster than hard disks because they do not have moving parts. Therefore fragmented disks often become a bottleneck of the system performance. Disk fragmentation leads to system slowdowns, PC crashes, slow startups and shutdowns. Auslogics Disk Defrag is designed for fast optimization of modern hard disks.....(free).....GO THERE! EVERYTHING SEARCH ENGINE..........Everything is an administrative tool that locates files and folders by filename instantly for Windows. Unlike Windows search "Everything" initially displays every file and folder on your computer (hence the name "Everything"). You type in a search filter to limit what files and folders are displayed.....(free).....GO THERE! February 18, 2009 CLONEZILLA..........You're probably familiar with the popular proprietary commercial package Norton Ghost, and its OpenSource counterpart, Partition Image. The problem with these software packages is that it takes a lot of time to massively clone systems to many computers. You've probably also heard of Symantec's solution to this problem, Symantec Ghost Corporate Edition with multicasting. Well, now there is an OpenSource clone system (OCS) solution called Clonezilla with unicasting and multicasting! Clonezilla, based on DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, partclone, and udpcast, allows you to do bare metal backup and recovery. Two types of Clonezilla are available, Clonezilla live and Clonezilla SE (server edition). Clonezilla live is suitable for single machine backup and restore. While Clonezilla SE is for massive deployment, it can clone many (40 plus!) computers simultaneously. Clonezilla saves and restores only used blocks in the harddisk. This increases the clone efficiency. At the NCHC's Classroom C, Clonezilla SE was used to clone 41 computers simultaneously. It took only about 10 minutes to clone a 5.6 GBytes system image to all 41 computers via multicasting.....(free).....GO THERE! COMMAND-LINE FU.......... Command-Line-Fu is the place to record those command-line gems that you return to again and again. Delete that bloated snippets file you've been using and share your personal repository with the world. That way others can gain from your CLI wisdom and you from theirs too. All commands can be commented on and discussed - digg-esque voting is also encouraged so the best float to the top. Thanks to Download Squad.....(free).....GO THERE! TERA COPY..........TeraCopy is a compact program designed to copy and move files at the maximum possible speed, providing the user a lot of features: Copy files faster. TeraCopy uses dynamically adjusted buffers to reduce seek times. Asynchronous copy speeds up file transfer between two physical hard drives. Pause and resume file transfers. Pause copy process at any time to free up system resources and continue with a single click. Error recovery. In case of copy error, TeraCopy will try several times and in the worse case just skips the file, not terminating the entire transfer. Interactive file list. TeraCopy shows failed file transfers and lets you fix the problem and recopy only problem files. Shell integration. TeraCopy can completely replace Explorer copy and move functions, allowing you work with files as usual. Full Unicode support.....(free).....GO THERE! CORE TEMP..........Core Temp is a compact, no fuss, small footprint program to monitor CPU temperature. Now Windows Vista and Windows 7 ready! (x86 and x64). The uniqueness of it is that it shows the temperature of each individual core in each processor in your system! You can see in real time how the CPU temperature varies when you load your CPU. It's also completely motherboard independent .....(free).....GO THERE! February 17, 2009 FOLDER CHECKER..........Folder Checker can be used to monitor changes inside specified folders. The program will alert when files are added, deleted or modified in these folders .....(free).....GO THERE! WSSECURE APPLICATION MONITOR.......... This is a security program that can be used to detect unknown viruses and spyware. It allows the power user to trust the system executables initially and alerts when new programs are run or when existing programs are modified.....(free).....GO THERE! DISK CHECKER.......... Disk Checker can predict failure of the system disk using the S.M.A.R.T data available. The attributes are vendor specific and so, the health status generated may not be accurate. However, a disk failure can be predicted if sudden decreases in the attributes are seen.....(free).....GO THERE! WIZMOUSE..........WizMouse is a mouse enhancement utility that makes your mouse wheel work on the window currently under the mouse pointer, instead of the currently focused window. This means you no longer have to click on a window before being able to scroll it with the mouse wheel. This is a far more comfortable and practical way to make use of the mouse wheel.....(free).....GO THERE! February 16, 2009 LIQUID LOCATION..........Liquid Location is a dynamic DNS service that focuses on simplicity in design, security and ease of updates. Just about any program that can be written to request a URL can be used to update your IP address making Liquid Location truely cross platform. Unlike other services that require you to send your password across a network or use some clunky IP address updating software, LL automatically detects your connecting IP address remotely and doesn't use passwords for updates. Upon IP address update, you can be notified via email or text message. Although any program can be used to update your IP address, we suggest using Wget with Task Scheduler or Cron in order to perform updates. In this way, there is no program running as a service on your computer and Wget should only use about 1 second of CPU time every hour .....(free).....GO THERE! TECHNIBBLES COMPUTER REPAIR UTILITY KIT.......... Computer Repair Utility Kit is a combination of computer repair tools in one easy to use pack. The Computer Repair Utility Kit allows you to run all of the repair tools from your portable drive and comes with an easy to use, right-click menu. A must in any computer technicians kit.....(free).....GO THERE! FULL SCREEN WEB IMAGE VIEWER..........REMOVED FROM SHELL CITY .....(free).....GO THERE! February 13, 2009 WIRESHARK..........Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer, and is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many industries and educational institutions. Wireshark has a rich feature set which includes the following: Deep inspection of hundreds of protocols, with more being added all the time. Live capture and offline analysis. Standard three-pane packet browser. Multi-platform: Runs on Windows, Linux, OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and many others. Captured network data can be browsed via a GUI, or via the TTY-mode TShark utility. The most powerful display filters in the industry. Rich VoIP analysis. Read/write many different capture file formats: tcpdump (libpcap), Pcap NG, Catapult DCT2000, Cisco Secure IDS iplog, Microsoft Network Monitor, Network General Sniffer® (compressed and uncompressed), Sniffer® Pro, and NetXray®, Network Instruments Observer, NetScreen snoop, Novell LANalyzer, RADCOM WAN/LAN Analyzer, Shomiti/Finisar Surveyor, Tektronix K12xx, Visual Networks Visual UpTime, WildPackets EtherPeek/TokenPeek/AiroPeek, and many others. Capture files compressed with gzip can be decompressed on the fly. Live data can be read from Ethernet, IEEE 802.11, PPP/HDLC, ATM, Bluetooth, USB, Token Ring, Frame Relay, FDDI, and others (depending on your platfrom). Decryption support for many protocols, including IPsec, ISAKMP, Kerberos, SNMPv3, SSL/TLS, WEP, and WPA/WPA2. Coloring rules can be applied to the packet list for quick, intuitive analysis. Output can be exported to XML, PostScript®, CSV, or plain text.....(free).....GO THERE! EASY WHITEBOARD.......... Easy Whiteboard is a software to emulate a computer whiteboard. It basically lets the user draw basic forms and objects on the whole computer screen making it an ideal tool during presentations, video conferences or other kinds of meetings where the computer monitor is being shown. The computer whiteboard software is unfortunately only available in German which should not be a huge problem as it is completely icon driven. The toolbar looks similar to image editor toolbars and should not pose a problem for none German speaking users. The software will display a small window with a Start button after launch. Pressing the start button will activate the whiteboard mode on the computer. The computer screen is a full whiteboard from that moment on until the user presses the Fertig (Done) button......(free).....GO THERE! AUTOMATICALLY NAME ZIP FILES IN WINDOWS XP..........XP tip: Create archives with significant names automatically by selecting the most important file in the group before creating your new archive.....(free).....GO THERE! TOGGLE ON STATUSBAR.......... Firefox extension lets you turn on or off images, javascripts, cookies, referers on status bar.....(free).....GO THERE! February 12, 2009 COREBOOT..........Replace the proprietary BIOS you can find in most computers. Currently supports 200 different mainboards .....(free).....GO THERE! WEB SANDBOX..........Live Labs Web Sandbox technology preview, a solution for securing web content through isolation. Today web gadgets, mashup components, advertisements, and other 3rd party content on websites either run with full trust alongside your content or are isolated inside of IFrames. As a result, many modern web applications are intrinsically insecure, often with unpredictable service quality. Live Labs Web Sandbox addresses this problem .....(free).....GO THERE! WAZTREE II.......... WazTree II is an Explorer-like file manager which allows selection of drives via tabs.....(free).....GO THERE! VIDEO CACHE VIEW..........After watching a video in a Web site, you may want to save the video file into your local disk for playing it offline in the future. If the video file is stored in your browser's cache, this utility can help you to extract the video file from the cache and save it for watching it in the future. It automatically scans the entire cache of Internet Explorer and Mozilla-based Web browsers (Including Firefox) and finds all video files that are currently stored in it. It allows you to easily copy the cached video files into another folder for playing/watching them in the future. If you have a movie player that is configured to play flv files, it also allows you to play the video directly from your browser's cache .....(free).....GO THERE! February 11, 2009 TAGGED FROG..........Tag computer files to keep them organized and easy to retrieve. Based on the convenient drag’n’drop technique, TaggedFrog allows you to organize your files, documents and Web links. Just add objects to the library and tag them with any keywords. That’s it. You can forget the file name or where the file is located, but don't worry - the tags will find the file for you. You can tag Web links, Microsoft Office documents, PDF documents and images. In fact, you can tag any kind of file. And if you wish, you can tag each and every file on your hard drive. Thanks to Freeware Genius.....(free).....GO THERE! KDE ON WINDOWS PROJECT..........KDE is a desktop environment originally built for UNIX. But now it's available for Windows. You can use this installer to download and install the various binary packages that you need to run KDE applications on MS Windows. KDE is free and open source so you can build all the applications "from scratch" from their source code; but as a convenience for others, volunteers create these pre-compiled packages and make them available on the Internet .....(free).....GO THERE! SUBNET SCANPRO.......... For network professionals who need computer and network inventory data. No installation, no client-side software, just click and run! One simple executable does it all. You get your inventory data quickly and easily in spreadsheet format with only the data YOU need. Small enough to fit on a floppy, flexible enough to meet the needs of a wide variety of environments. Simple WMI calls interrogate remote systems for data on everything from RAM and Hard drive usage to lists of installed software. It has never been easier to scan a network and generate a computer inventory on all of the PC's in your network. Other PC inventory software can cost you thousands. Subnet ScanPro is 100% FREE! .....(free).....GO THERE! February 10, 2009 PROCESS MANAGER FOR WINDOWS..........Ease your control over foreground processes. Do in two steps what Windows task manager requires 7 steps .....(free).....GO THERE! SECRET CONTEXT MENU..........Secret send to and context menu items in Windows 7.....(free).....GO THERE! REAL-TIME NETFLOW ANALYZER..........Real-time NetFlow Analyzer captures and analyzes NetFlow data in real time to show you exactly what types of traffic are on your network, where it’s is coming from, and where it’s going. Finally, you can diagnose traffic spikes and troubleshoot bandwidth issues! Identify which users, devices, and applications are consuming the most bandwidth, Isolate network traffic by conversation, app, domain, endpoint, and protocol, View network traffic by type and specified time periods. Go to Downloads .....(free).....GO THERE! WAKE-ON-LAN..........With SolarWinds free Wake-On-LAN, powering up a remote PC is no longer an issue. When the remote network adapter hears a Magic Packet created for its unique MAC address, the network adapter alerts the computer to power up. If Wake-On-LAN is enabled in the computer's BIOS settings, then the system will start up just as if the power button has been pressed. When a device is shut down, its network interface card is still receiving power and keeps listening on the network for a magic packet to arrive – enabling Wake-On-LAN to do its magic! Go to Downloads .....(free).....GO THERE! February 6, 2009 VM MONITOR..........SolarWinds free VM Monitor is an ingenious desktop tool that continuously monitors a VMware ESX Server and its virtual machines, delivering the real-time virtualization monitoring that you've been missing. With VM Monitor at your fingertips, you'll be able to track virtualization health at-a-glance and ensure your mission-critical apps never fail you. Go ahead, declare victory in the virtualization game and impress your boss and your fellow IT administrators with your newfound X-ray vision into ESX Servers. Go to Downloads .....(free).....GO THERE! SIDES WIPE.......... Many people believe that emptying the Recycle Bin will cause the deleted information to disappear forever. Unfortunately, that's not true. Many file-recovery programs and different forensic techniques exist that can recover information contained in deleted files. That means that those disk drives can still contain confidential or secret data which can be recovered. The U.S. Department of Defense has published their 5220.22M Standard for secure clearing of disk drives. That is to say, taking all of the unallocated space on a disk drive (not to include existing files) and render the contents of those unallocated areas safe from forensic recovery techniques and insure that no confidential information, in deleted files, can ever be recovered. SidesWipe is a simple and straightforward Windows utility that brings this capability to your desktop or server. SidesWipe also supports other more extensive secure drive cleaning methods such as the Guttman method, NSA, UK standard, Canadian RCMP suggested method, as well as a very quick and easy Single Sweep method. All methods are supported. You make the choice.....(free).....GO THERE! RES EDIT.......... ResEdit is a free Resource Editor for Win32 programs. You can use it if you want to use dialogs, icon, version information or other types of resources. Output files can be compiled by any Win32 compiler, like MinGW and Microsoft Visual C++. To open a file which uses Win32 API symbolic constants, you will also need Win32 header files (usually coming with you compiler). If you don't have any C++ compiler, you will need the Win32 headers (mainly windows.h and commctrl.h). You can download the Windows® Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK to get these files.....(free).....GO THERE! SK TIME STAMP.......... SKTimeStamp is a very simple shell extension which adds a new page to the Explorer properties dialog. On that new page, you can change the file/folder dates and times.....(free).....GO THERE! February 5, 2009 QWIKTULZ..........Suite of Windows Explorer context - right-click - menu utilities. The utilities may be activated or deactivated using the QwikTulz control panel. Once activated, an option for the utility shows up in the Windows Explorer context menu when you right-click on a file, folder, or drive.....(free).....GO THERE! PROXIMODO.......... When you access the Internet with your web browser, a lot of things happen that are hidden to you. The browser and the website exchange "headers" that define the behaviour of the browser's cache system, create or use cookies, tell the website who you are and where you came from, and so on. Moreover, the page's html code contains hidden tags or javascript programs that control the browser's behaviour, such as "mouse-over" animation, page layering, URL masking or pop-up messages. And last but not least, the page often contains ads and banners that pollute the screen and slow down your web experience. Proximodo acts as a mediator between the browser and the website. It "sees" everything that is going on and, according to your choices, modifies headers and html page content on-the-fly to make things right. You don't want pop-ups and banners? Just activate the corresponding filters and they will disappear. You want cookies to be deleted when you close your browser? Proximodo will do it for you. You want a fast navigation in the pages you already visited? Page caching will be forced. Basically, Proximodo is a clone of a great piece of software called The Proxomitron, developed by Scott R. Lemmon. Now that for sad reasons Proxomitron is unmaintained, I started this project to carry on the idea. Though a few Proxomitron features are still missing in Proximodo (mainly SSL support) the essential is already there: 100% of Proxomitron filters will run under Proximodo (plus there is a menu to import your custom Proxomitron filters). Proximodo currently comes with default Proxomitron filters, which can do quite a lot of different things. But you can write your own filters, using a powerful syntax that, despite its seeming complexity, is quite easy to use and master......(free).....GO THERE! DELETE DOCTOR..........Delete files that are difficult to delete, such as some files left by viruses and trojans, or files with corrupted file names. This program can also delete files like the "index.dat" files, which store Internet history, by scheduling them for deletion upon system restart. Select a file to delete from the built-in file browser or drag a file to the application's icon or window from Window's Explorer .....(free).....GO THERE! PORTABLE CHROME.......... This is Portable Chrome - built with Code of Chromium. Just download, extract and start with ChromeLoader.exe. Chromeloader.exe is a simple AutoIt-Script – compiled to an exe-File. According to the author, if you get an error from your AV: it’s just a false poitive, because ChromeLoader.exe was packed with UPX. All settings are stored in Profil folder.....(free).....GO THERE! February 4, 2009 MONKEY TOOLS.......... Monkey Tools is a set of utilities designed primarily to aid in the creation of scripts, but does include some GUI tools as well... Command Line Tools: shutdown2.exe is a tool that allows you to shutdown, restart, log off or lock your PC. geturltext.exe is a tool that retrieves all the text from a web page. wait.exe is a tool that pauses a script for a specific amount of time. associate.exe is a tool that allow you to add file associations for Windows. GUI Tools: iutil.exe is a tool that prevents more than one instance of any application you choose. appwarn.exe is a simple message box that displays a custom error message for your users. messagebox.exe is a console tool that allows you to bring up a number of different types of message box onto a Windows desktop. nocmd.exe is a tool that allow you to run a dos script without the contents of a command window (hidden)......(free).....GO THERE! NET CHECK..........DiamondCS NetCheck allows you to quickly and easily test the status of your Internet connection by attempting one (or more) DNS resolve and TCP connection tests. Simply run the program and press the Start button to activate the tests. The DNS test allows NetCheck to test if your system can currently resolve Internet addresses to their respective numeric IP addresses, and the TCP test determines if your system is able to connect to servers on the Internet .....(free).....GO THERE! PROXY SWITCHER..........The Proxy Switcher is a small tray icon type utility that allows you to select whether Windows and Mozilla Firefox should use a proxy server for Internet access in a couple of clicks. No more digging around in the Internet Options screen for Windows or the Advaced tab in Firefox. Simply right click on the tray icon and choose 'Home' for a direct connection to the Internet or 'Office' to use the proxy, there is even an 'Auto' option which will change the setting for you when you connect to your work/home or work VPN network. Proxy Switcher will even inform your windows environment of the changes so you don't even need to restart applications such as Internet Explorer or MSN Messenger when the proxy settings change .....(free).....GO THERE! LOCATE32.......... Locate32 is software which can be used to find files from your harddrives and other locations. It works like updatedb and locate commands in Unix based systems. In other words, it uses databases to store information about directory structures and uses these databases in searches. The use of these databases provides very fast searching speed. The software includes a dialog based application as well as console programs which can be used to both update and access databases. Supported operation systems are Windows 98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/Vista.....(free).....GO THERE! February 3, 2009 IE7 PRO.......... IE7Pro is a must have add-on for Internet Explorer, which includes a lot of features and tweaks to make your IE friendlier, more useful, secure and customizable. IE7Pro includes Tabbed Browsing Management, Spell Check, Inline Search, Super Drag Drop, Crash Recovery, Proxy Switcher, Mouse Gesture, Tab History Browser, Web Accelerator, User Agent Switcher, Webpage Capturer, AD Blocker, Flash Block, Greasemonkey like User Scripts platform, User Plug-ins, MiniDM, Google sponsored search,IE Faster and many more power packed features. You can customize not just Internet Explorer, but even your favorite website according to your need and taste using IE7Pro.....(free).....GO THERE! GRAND CENTRAL..........One phone number for all your phones. From Google. Sign up for the Beta .....(free).....GO THERE! GREPWIN..........grepWin is a simple search and replace tool which can use regular expressions to do its job. This allows to do much more powerful searches and replaces. grepWin adds an entry to the shell context menu to easily search selected folders .....(free).....GO THERE! February 2, 2009 FLASHROM..........Flashrom is a utility which can be used to detect, read, erase, or write BIOS chips (DIP, PLCC, SPI) .....(free).....GO THERE! FOLDER GUIDE.......... Folder Guide is a free handy utility that provides fast access to your frequently used and favorite folders. It can operate as the part of your context menu in your Windows Explorer. After quick install it will appear in context menus of Windows Explorer and Open/Save dialogs as "Folder Guide" item. With Folder Guide, you no longer need dozens of mouse clicks to navigate to your desired folder. Now reach your favorite folders in just 2 mouse clicks. Select from right click menu "Folder Guide" then click on your desired folder. Folder Guide runs automatically as part of the Windows Explorer context menu, so you will never need to start the program otherwise you want to edit the list of folders. It also works from the desktop, the Start button.....(free).....GO THERE! GOOGLE CUSTOM SEARCH ENGINE..........With Custom Search Engine, you can harness the power of Google to create a search engine tailored to your needs on your website. Include just one website, multiple websites, or specific webpages, Customize the colors and branding to match your existing webpages .....(free).....GO THERE! FAVICONIZER..........If you use Internet Explorer for browsing the web then you know that for some links you add to your favorites, there is an icon indicating the webpage. These are called FavIcons. But after a while these icons get replaced in the favorites with the standard web icon again because the Microsoft Internet Explorer stores them in the web cache which gets cleaned up according to your settings, usually after a few weeks. Internet Explorer Favorites without FavIcons. Here's where FavIconizer comes to the rescue .....(free).....GO THERE! January 30, 2009 PROXOMITRON..........Proxomitron lets you view the web the way YOU want. Getting rid of many common annoyances is as simple as clicking on one of the filtering rules included with the program, but best of all, the Proxomitron's rules aren't "hard-coded". You can look at them, modify them, even write entirely new ones! If you know some HTML, you'll find the Proxomitron allows you to personally customize just about any web page you view. You'll no longer be at some web-master's tender mercy. Even if you know no HTML, you'll find the included rules give you far more control than you've ever had before, and my hopes are that other Proxomitron user will contribute useful rules they've written for the benefit of everyone. Besides filtering web pages, The Proxomitron also allows you to control the normally hidden HTTP header messages that pass between your browser and the outside world. Many people are unaware that this covert conversation is even taking place, yet it can reveal all sorts of information. See exactly what your web browser has to say, then have it tell the world only what you want! Even those notorious "cookies" can be deleted or modified if you wish. Proxomitron: a free, highly flexible, user-configurable, small but very powerful, local HTTP web-filtering proxy.....(free).....GO THERE! IROTATE..........iRotate provides convenient access to the native rotation capabilities present in contemporary display drivers, via a popup menu accessible from the system tray and optional system-wide hotkeys. It's no longer necessary to resort to bloated Windows hacks, additional software layers or phantom drivers to achieve content rotation. In most instances, support is now available directly from the graphics chip manufacturers, who continuously improve and apply quality assurance to their drivers. By leveraging the native rotation capabilities now provided by ATI, nVidia, Intel, Matrox, S3, XGI and others, iRotate offers exceptional speed and efficiency, with minimal impact on scarce system resources - the entire iRotate package, including installation, documentation, and native language support in all the major European and Asian languages, weighs in at only 125kb. And like all EnTech graphics utilities, iRotate supports multiple graphics cards from various vendors, simultaneously, under every multi-monitor enabled operating system from Windows 98 to Vista. Works even if portrait mode is not native to your browser .....(free).....GO THERE! DESKTOP SIDEBAR..........Desktop Sidebar was designed to give you all the information you with just a glance using specific panels. Each panel is designed to display reports and interface with other applications, settings, and virtually anything else you may want to know. The usage is virtually limitless. You can control Desktop Sidebar by its Context Menu.....(free).....GO THERE! V DRAW.......... Draw pictures by simply changing the volume of your voice. Draw on your screen with an active or built-in mic. Low volume curves counterclockwise, medium volume is straight, and high volume curves clockwise. But it seemed pretty difficult to control to me, and the comments from people who have already tried it confirm that. Thanks to AppScout.....(free).....GO THERE! January 29, 2009 BOOT RACER.......... BootRacer allows you to check your Windows boot speed and check your boot rating.....(free).....GO THERE! CHARON..........Provides a fully customisable way of filtering out unwanted proxies via control files, a proxy tester to check anonymity - and a fully functional search engine crawler to find lists of posted proxies. Included within the kit is a php checker which can be uploaded to your own webspace to spread the processor load and bandwidth of the actual testing. This is fully integrated into Charon where it will simply send your pages lists of proxies and harvest the results .....(free).....GO THERE! 57 USEFUL GOOGLE TOOLS..........If you’re like most people, you use Google’s products several times a day to search for information or check email. Most people don’t know, however, how many useful tools Google has to make research and time management much easier. Here are just a few of the products Google offers that may be worth trying whether you’re a scholar, student, or hobbyist. These Google products can make the most basic of computing tasks easy and are a must for any Google devotee. .....(free).....GO THERE! January 28, 2009 DISK INVESTIGATOR..........Disk Investigator helps you to discover all that is hidden on your computer hard disk. It can also help you to recover lost data. Display the true drive contents by bypassing the operating system and directly reading the raw drive sectors. View and search raw directories, files, clusters, and system sectors. Verify the effectiveness of file and disk wiping programs. Undelete previously deleted files .....(free).....GO THERE! DESKTOP ICON LAYOUT SAVER..........Save and restore the location of your desktop icons .....(free).....GO THERE! DELETE DOCTOR..........Delete files that are difficult to delete, such as some files left by viruses and trojans, or files with corrupted file names. This program can also delete files like the "index.dat" files, which store Internet history, by scheduling them for deletion upon system restart. Select a file to delete from the built-in file browser or drag a file to the application's icon or window from Window's Explorer .....(free).....GO THERE! PLAIN BACKUP..........A simple, fast, and powerful backup program. Customize the program to your needs. Allows you to backup whole folders/directories, or individual files, or files matching a search pattern. Organizes your backup tasks into groups to keep you on top of what would otherwise be a complicated job .....(free).....GO THERE! January 27, 2009 ICONS FROM FILE.......... Tool for extracting icons or icon arrays from files (EXE, DLL, OCX, etc.) with ability to scan folders to search for EXE, DLL and OCX files, which contain icons. Extracted icons can be saved (exported) to file - all or selected icon to ICO, BMP, JPEG, EMF files and all icons as one picture to BMP, JPEG, or EMF file. There is an ability to extract and save all icons from all files in selected folder at once. Also, all icons from the selected file can be exported to HTML document (.htm, .html) or dBase 5 file (.dbf). Saving high color icons (wich have more than 16 colors) is also possible. Export operations can be performed also via command line.....(free).....GO THERE! SIMPLE DIRECTORY ANALYZER.......... List of all file types in the directory, list duplicate files, list hidden files. Sort by name, file type, location and size. Draw graphs from your information. Find duplicate files, largest files and most common file types and much more! This way it enables you to manage your files and folders and to free disk space.....(free).....GO THERE! BOOT DELETER.......... Boot Deleter is an application that adds itself to the Windows Explorer (shell) context menu and allows you to mark files and folders to be deleted when Windows next restarts. This allows you to delete items that are locked by running programs. Items can also be marked for deletion by passing the file/folder as a command-line argument or by dropping the item onto the Boot Deleter executable icon.....(free).....GO THERE! January 26, 2009 SRWARE IRON.......... Chrome browser, but without privacy concerns. Will not create a unique user ID or submit entries to Google. The browser is based on the Chromium-source and offers the same features as Chrome.....(free).....GO THERE! EXPLORER VIEW.......... ExplorerView for Windows Vista puts you back in the drivers seat of Windows Explorer. ExplorerView gives you the ability to turn off the way Explorer attempts to auto-detect the contents of a folder. If you use Explorer very much, you know this feature is not accurate, and can lead to frustrating file browsing.....(free).....GO THERE! MENU MAID.......... Clean up your Window Explorer and Internet Explorer right-click context menu. MenuMaid makes it simple. Just uncheck the items you don't want to show up. Restore them at any time.....(free).....GO THERE! PRIMITIVE DISK INDEXER..........Software for indexing CDs, DVDs and any other types of disks. Primitive Disk Indexer is a simple program that will allow you to save the file structure of any disk. It will allow you to view what folders and files there are on a disk even if you do not have this disk. For example, if you have a large CD and DVD collection, you will be able to view what files there are on any disk without even having to touch that disk and insert it into the CD drive The program has an Explorer-like interface. Disks of any type are supported: floppy disks, CDs, DVDs, hard disks, USB disks and others. The program is absolutely free and does not require installation......(free).....GO THERE! January 23, 2009 ONLINE MALWARE SCAN.......... Online tool scans a file with numerous antivirus programs.....(free).....GO THERE! KIWI APPLICATION MONITOR..........Kiwi application monitor is a small program which lets you monitor your apps, processes, Windows and User activity. All you need to do is select an application or proccess from the build-in process viewer or enter an application exe name. The program can be set to start with Windows and run in background with small system resources usage .....(free).....GO THERE! OPENED FILES VIEW..........OpenedFilesView displays the list of all opened files on your system. For each opened file, additional information is displayed: handle value, read/write/delete access, file position, the process that opened the file, and more... Optionally, you can also close one or more opened files, or close the process that opened these files. This utility is especially useful if you try to delete/move/open a file and you get one of the following error messages: Cannot delete [filename]: There has been a sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use. Cannot delete [filename]: It is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again. When you get one of these error messages, OpenedFilesView will show you which process lock your file. Closing the right process will solve this problem .....(free).....GO THERE! LET ME GOOGLE THAT FOR YOU..........Creates Google links to send to who could have just looked the answer up themselves .....(free).....GO THERE! January 22, 2009 GPARTED..........GParted is an industrial-strength package for creating, destroying, resizing, moving, checking and copying partitions, and the file systems on them. This is useful for creating space for new operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, copying data residing on hard disks and mirroring one partition with another (disk imaging) .....(free).....GO THERE! DAVINCI SCRIPT..........Automation Software for the Windows platforms. daVinci Script makes available to you a wide range of functions, using which you will be able to completely automate your tasks, no matter of how complex or extensive they are. .....(free).....GO THERE! EARTH NOW..........Landsat Image Viewer .....(free).....GO THERE! FIVE DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES TO WATCH FOR..........Technologies that will change things, soon .....(free).....GO THERE! January 21, 2009 AUDACITY..........Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to Record live audio. Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs. Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files. Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together. Change the speed or pitch of a recording. And more! See the complete list of features.....(free).....GO THERE! CLOUDO..........Sign up for the beta test of this new web based operating system. Thanks to gHacks.....(free).....GO THERE! DATA TERMINATOR..........Data Terminator is specially developed to protect confidential data files from being accessed by a stranger. Data Terminator permanently deletes selected files from your computer. You can actually specify what you want to happen if your laptop or computer is no longer under your control. Free lite version .....(free).....GO THERE! CACHE STATUS..........Firefox add-on for easy cache status and management .....(free).....GO THERE! January 20, 2009 A few more apps developed by Skrommel of DonationCoder.com We've never devoted two full Daily Updates to one programmer before, so I think you know we think well of him.... UNDER COVER..........Automatically hide a window's buttons and other controls, by Skrommel.....(free).....GO THERE! DESK LOCK.......... Prevents the moving of desktop icons, by Skrommel.....(free).....GO THERE! RUN SAVER..........Runs any executable as a Screensaver, by Skrommel.....(free).....GO THERE! MOVE OUT.......... Make rules that move files automatically, by Skrommel.....(free).....GO THERE! January 19, 2009 Our whole Update tonight is thanks to Skrommel from DonationCoder.com Much appreciated... And more to come.... CREATE SHORTCUT THERE ..........Right click a file and select the context menu item, CreateShortcutThere... to choose where to place the shortcut. By Skrommel.....(free).....GO THERE! CLICK TO DESKTOP ..........Click on the desktop to hide all windows. By Skrommel.....(free).....GO THERE! PUSH TO SHOW ..........Completely hides the taskbar until the Windows key is pushed. By Skrommel .....(free).....GO THERE! DIM SCREEN ..........Dim the whole screen. By Skrommel.....(free).....GO THERE! January 16, 2009 TASKBAR ICONIZER..........With one simple click, you can turn your XP or Vista Taskbar into a Windows 7 like Iconized Taskbar .....(free).....GO THERE! WIN CD EMU..........WinCDEmu is an open-source software that allows mounting CD and DVD images by clicking at the image files in Windows Explorer. It supports both Windows XP and Vista, is open-source and completely freeware. Version 2.0 supports ISO, CUE, BIN/RAW/IMG file formats as well as SMB network shares and includes a workaround for Windows cache bug. Each mounted image will be represented by a separate virtual CD device, as in MacOS. There is no limit for the number of simultaniously mounted images .....(free).....GO THERE! MENU MAID..........Are you looking for a fast and easy way to clean up your Window Explorer and Internet Explorer right-click (context) menu? Look no further. MenuMaid makes it simple! Just uncheck the items you don't want to show up. Restore them at any time. Thanks to gHacks.....(free).....GO THERE! City Gate  ...Back To TopAll original material on this site is Copyright ©2002 by R. Helmer. No material from this site is to be mirrored, redistributed, archived or transmitted without the author's or copyright holder's express written consent. | ||||||||||