Establishes what video codecs (audio and video) are required to play an AVI file. Determines whether these codecs are installed on your system. Isolates problems associated with these codecs. Simple operation - Basic use: "File - Open", then read results.....(free).....

G-Zapper is a free tool to block and delete the Google cookie which allows tracking of your searches. See if your PC has a Google cookie, view its actual value, and block it with just one click. This new version is updated to include blocking of Google Analytics which may be tracking web sites you visit .....(free).....

GACView is an alternative to the standard .NET assembly viewer on Windows Explorer. In addition to the standard columns, GACView displays additional information for each assembly, like modified date, file size, full path of the assembly file, file version, and so on. GACView also allows you to delete an assembly the cannot be uninstalled in the regular way .....(free).....

Gadwin PrintScreen captures the contents of the screen with a single keystroke. The captured screen can then be sent to the printer, or saved to disk as a file in 6 different graphics file formats. Gadwin PrintScreen can capture the entire Windows screen, the active window, or a specified area, when the hot key is pressed. The hot key defaults to the PrintScreen key, but users may also define other keys to initiate a capture. Gadwin PrintScreen allows you to e-mail the captured images to recipients of your choice.....(free).....

GAG (initials, in spanish, of Graphical Boot Manager) is a Boot Manager program. It's loaded when the computer is turned on and allows you to choose the operating system you want to use. Its main features are: Allows boot of up to 9 different operating systems. It can boot operating systems installed in primary and extended partitions on any available hard disk. Can be installed from nearly all operating systems. GAG doesn't need its own partition. It installs itself in the first track of the hard disk, wich is reserved for these kinds of programs. It can also be installed on a floppy disk, without using the hard disk. .....(free).....

Game Speed Adjuster is a powerful tool to adjust the speed of Windows games and applications. It can speed up games or speed down programs. For some network games, players can get super ability such as running faster, more powerful gun fire if the program changes the game faster. Players could get more reaction time if it makes the game slower.....(free).....

Talk strategy to your teammates. Talk trash to your opponents. Game Voice brings the power of voice to games, whether you're online, on a LAN, or offline .....(free).....

Game XP is intended to optimize the performance of your computer for gaming needs. It tweaks and modifies various XP settings (cache settings, CPU priority etc.) and optionally disables or stops several Windows services that are usually not needed. The program does not require any installation, and does not need to be running at all times. Game XP extends your operating system's capabilities and makes Windows faster and comfortable for maximum gaming experience. CAUTION--This program automatically changes many settings in your Windows config. For example, it disables network connections, and in games causes the monitor to run only at 60 mhz, and makes other changes as well, such as disabling services and start-up items. You may not know which settings are changed. And some have indicated there may be problems rebooting and restoring the system. Be careful!.....(free).....

GB-PVR is a fully featured Personal Video Recorder (PVR), allowing you to schedule TV recordings and view and pause live TV. In additional to this PVR functionality, it also acts as a media center allowing you to watch movies, listen to music, view pictures and listen to FM radio. GB-PVR also supports specialist hardware decoders including Sigma Designs XCard, Hauppauge PVR350 and Hauppauge MediaMVP. GB-PVR also supports multiple tuners, allowing you to record more multiple channels at one time .....(free).....

gbCodeLib is a full-featured, multi-language source code librarian. It has a powerful, built-in source code editor and revision control manager. gbCodeLib has an easy-to-use interface yet provides one of the largest feature sets of any code librarian available today. Over 1000 sample source code snippets, including language mini-tutorials, are included in the distribution. gbCodeLib and its snippets can be updated online. gbCodeLib is free for non-commercial use. This includes personal and educational use.....(free).....

Cross language compiler. GCC can compile programs written in C, C++, Objective C, or Fortran.....(free).....

GCJ is a portable, optimizing, ahead-of-time compiler for the Java Programming Language.....(free).....

Generic JavaScript validator 1.0 (beta) is a simple but powerful cross-browser JavaScript that combines DOM and regulars expressions for the client-side validation of forms. It can validate any number of form on HTML documents. It also supports user defined JavaScript functions .....(free).....

Allows one to convert any image format to a windows multi-resolution icon file (.ICO).....(free).....

Once you put your tunes on an iPod unfortunately it's a one-way sync unless you know the tricks for getting them off. There are already a lot of different ways to copy music off of an iPod, Apple is just choosing to spend a lot of time and resources to make it hard to do. This How-To shows you several different ways of getting the music off of your iPod and onto both Macs and PCs, all with free tools......(free).....

This software application is a handy tool for people who are spending lots of time searching the various newsgroups posts, images, links, Uncle sam, linux, news, Bsd, microsoft, answers, stocks, viewer, web quotes, froogle, directory's and many more options in google. Search in all or in 27 different languages and see the result in one of the 66 available languages. Use one of the 20 search criteria to search in. Customize it to your need. Use it to translate a webpage or to try out many other Google goodies like: "are you lucky". It uses your windows default browser for showing search results. But it is also easy to customize the SearchTool to work with your favorite browser.....(free).....

Dims all windows except the active one .....(free).....

Trout's GIF Optimizer shrinks GIFs without any noticable reduction of picture quality.....(free).....

Lets you share entire folders with friends in a private peer to peer environment. Share all your files (home movies, pictures, documents?) no matter how large they are. It's secure, encrypted?and free.....(free).....

Gamer's Internet Tunnel is a utility to link LANs together over the Internet for network gameplay. or for... what have you got? It can also be used to bridge many configurations of IPX or IPv4 packets and frames from once point to another. Formerlly known as the Gamer's IPX tunnel, GIT now tunnels TCP and UDP ports as well, in order to work with modern games.....(free).....

Like a famed race horse or a classic book, you don't just throw away a laptop because it's banged up a little. Even if it seems outdated and underpowered, most any laptop is still small, quiet, and relatively low on power consumption, making it a seriously valuable spare to keep handy?even without a working screen. With some free software, a little know-how, and some creative thinking about your home network, nearly any old laptop can find its second wind .....(free).....

Each day offers a shareware title, as freeware, for a 24 hour period. Yes, a gimmick to get you to visit each day -- but the software is free.....(free).....

Numerous powerful and easy-to-use system tools and utilities to fix, speed up, maintain and protect your PC. It allows you to clean common system junk files, as well as invalid registry entries and Internet traces. You can manage and delete browser add-ons, analyze disk space usage and find duplicate files. You can also view and manage installed shell extensions, encrypt your files from unauthorized access and use, split large files into smaller manageable files and then rejoin them. Furthermore, Glary Utilities includes the options to optimize memory, find, fix, or remove broken Windows shortcuts, manage the programs that start at Windows startup and uninstall software. Other features include secure file deletion, an Empty Folder finder and more.....(free).....

Very cool broadband speed test .....(free).....

Like Windows' Character Map... Except it doesn't suck. This is very similar to Windows' Character Map, but with one big exception - you can actually see the characters at a decent size all the time .....(free).....

GMail Drive is a Shell Namespace Extension that creates a virtual filesystem around your Google Gmail account, allowing you to use Gmail as a storage medium. GMail Drive creates a virtual filesystem on top of your Google Gmail account and enables you to save and retrieve files stored on your Gmail account directly from inside Windows Explorer. GMail Drive literally adds a new drive to your computer under the My Computer folder, where you can create new folders, copy and perform any file function.....(free).....

Site full of Gmail shortcuts and info. Be sure to check the archives.....(free).....

Import your existing email into GMail, and lots of other gmail utilities.....(free).....

Hub of information for gmail users around the world.....(free).....

Run popular Ubantu Linux as a live cd, no matter what OS you run on your system. Free software GNU-Linux distribution based on the Ubuntu and Debian distributions. User has access to all the sources for all software on the system. This includes everything from the heart of the kernel through to the everyday desktop applications. A completely free distribution - one without non-free kernel binary blobs or any other non-free software. Available for immediate download in LiveCD ISO format along with a version of the Ubiquity graphical installer.....(free).....

Native Win32 ports of some GNU utilities, created for the GNU-Linux OS, now usable in Windows. Includes bc-1.05, bison-1.28, bzip2-1.0.2, diffutils-2.7, fileutils-3.16, findutils-4.1, flex-2.5.4, gawk-3.1.0, grep-2.4.2, gsar110, gzip-1.2.4, indent-2.2.9, jwhois-2.4.1, less-340, m4-1.4, make-3.78.1, patch-2.5, recode-3.6, rman-3.0.7, sed-3.02, shellutils-1.9.4, tar-1.12, textutils-2.1, unrar-3.00, wget-1.8.2, which-2.4 .....(free).....

Windows ports of tools with a GNU or similar open source license. 162 packages available.....(free).....

EMail-Security. Includes GnuPG: The core; this is the actual encryption tool, WinPT: A key manager and helper for various encryption matters, GPA: Another key manager, tastes are simply different, GPGol: A plugin for Microsoft Outlook 2003 (email encryption), GPGee: A plugin for Microsoft Explorer (file encryption), Sylpheed-Claws: A complete email program including the plugin for GnuPG. NOTE--WE FIXED THE LINK, SORRY ABOUT THE ERROR.....(free).....

Our favorite minimalist shell uses very little memory and few resources. According to the developer, "All the simple command lines I've found have either option after option after option or are too easy to close accidently or come in many pieces (dlls, hlp, ini, etc...) or are large files or skinned or shareware or require installation or bla bla bla. Go is one file, requires no install or uninstall, leaves nothing behind when deleted, requires no special dll files, is bonehead simple to use and can only be closed by a single route, "!quit". Go is set to idle cpu usage which means it doesn't gulp your runtimes. Go can be used as a shell, which means you can start with system resources above 90% (Millage may vary). Go supports 36 hotkey application launches via shortcuts within Go's own homefolder." (GO now has an EasterEgg, a fully animated, realtime firestorm background).....(free).....

Go2PDF enables you to convert instantly any document into PDF format with a simple click. Go2PDF contains a Virtual PDF Printer, which is a high-quality PDF converter and generator with passwords protection, PDF access control, PDF scaling, PDF version and compatibility control, font embedding options and more. The generated PDF is small yet clear. Go2PDF is Freeware, offering an effective solution to create PDF documents with ease and joy. Go2PDF itself is only 261KB, very small, easy to use, yet smart and powerful. You may convert Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access documents into PDF formats, convert AutoCAD file into PDF, convert image formats to PDF, convert plain text file to PDF (UPDATE: a number of readers have written us that this is adware in the sense that documents produced with it will contain an ad to buy the registered version.... Sorry for the trouble) .....(free).....

Run your web applications on Google's infrastructure. App Engine applications are easy to build, easy to maintain, and easy to scale as your traffic and data storage needs grow. With App Engine, there are no servers to maintain: You just upload your application, and it's ready to serve your users. You can serve your app using a free domain name on the appspot.com domain, or use Google Apps to serve it from your own domain. You can share your application with the world, or limit access to members of your organization. App Engine costs nothing to get started. Sign up for a free account, and you can develop and publish your application for the world to see, at no charge and with no obligation. A free account can use up to 500MB of persistent storage and enough CPU and bandwidth for about 5 million page views a month. This is a PREVIEW RELEASE of Google App Engine. For now, account registrations are limited to the first 10,000 developers, and applications are restricted to the free account limits.....(free).....

Here at Shell City we use Google as a spam filter by redirecting our other mail through our Google mail accounts. It works great. We've gone from 500 spams a day to 20 .....(free).....

Google bombing involves manipulating search engines' contextual search methodologies to cause a certain search phrase to point to an unexpected page, usually for comedic or satirical purposes. For example, run a search for "miserable failure" in Yahoo Search. You'll see prominent links to President George W. Bush's biography at whitehouse.gov at or near the top of the list .....(free).....

Code.google.com is the site for external developers interested in Google-related development. It?s where they publish free source code and lists of API services.....(free).....

Google's mission is to organize the world's advertising for maximum exposure to Web users. Unfortunately, annoying Web content often overwhelms the page, causing many users to become distracted and overlook the ads. That's where Google Content Blocker comes in. It effectively blocks all Web site content, leaving only the advertisements.....(free).....

Use Google as a proxy to access otherwise forbidden sites. It's so simple, you won't believe it .....(free).....

Google Gadgets for Linux provides a platform for running desktop gadgets under Linux, catering to the unique needs of Linux users. We are compatible with the gadgets written for Google Desktop for Windows as well as the Universal Gadgets on iGoogle. Following Linux norms, this project will be open-sourced, under the Apache License .....(free).....

Learn all the hacks. Make searching intelligent and easy .....(free).....

Google Hack Honeypot is the reaction to a new type of malicious web traffic: search engine hackers. GHH is a ?Google Hack? honeypot. It is designed to provide reconaissance against attackers that use search engines as a hacking tool against your resources. GHH implements honeypot theory to provide additional security to your web presence. These insecure tools, when combined with the power of a search engine and index which Google provides, results in a convenient attack vector for malicious users. GHH is a tool to combat this threat. GHH is powered by the Google search engine index and the Google Hacking Database (GHDB) maintained by the johnny.ihackstuff.com community .....(free).....

Google Hacks is a compilation of carefully crafted Google searches that expose novel functionality from Google's search and map services. For example, you can use it to view a timeline of your search results, view a map, search for music, search for books, and perform many other specific kinds of searches. You can also use this program to use google as a proxy .....(free).....

With Hot Trends, you can see a snapshot of what's on the public's collective mind by viewing the fastest-rising searches for different points of time. You can see a list of the current top 100 fastest rising search queries in the U.S. You can also select a recent day in history to see what the top rising searches were and what the search activity looked like over the course of that day .....(free).....

In the old days, we used to watch a simple device called a television. Nowadays, all the stuff worth watching and listening to tends to be stored on or accessed through a computer. To help remedy this, we are pleased to release the Google Media Server. Google Media Server is a Windows application that aims to bridge the gap between Google and your TV. It uses Google Desktop technology such as Desktop gadgets for the administration tool and Google Desktop Search to locate media files. All you need is a PC running Google Desktop and a UPnP-enabled device (e.g. a PlayStation 3). At the touch of a button, you can then: Access videos, music, and photos stored on your PC, View Picasa Web Albums, Play your favorite YouTube videos.....(free).....

Various tools for managing, maintaining, and improving the performance of MySQL databases, originally written by Google. This includes: mypgrep.py - a tool, similar to pgrep, for managing mysql connections, compact_innodb.py - compacts innodb datafiles by dumping and reloading all tables, patches - patches to add features to MySQL 4.0.26 and MySQL 5.0.37 .....(free).....

SketchUp is a simple but powerful tool for quickly and easily creating, viewing and modifying your 3D ideas. Click on a shape and push or pull it to create your desired 3D geometry. Experiment with color and texture directly on your model. Real-time shadow casting lets you see exactly where the sun falls as you model. Select from thousands of pre-drawn components to save time drawing.....(free).....

A free multilingual translation interface, that uses the Google translation engine. A powerful, non-invasive and easy to use assistant that satisfies your translation needs. New feature: automatic copy-to-clipboard translation.....(free).....

A comparative search tool to discover trends--we've done the first search for you - Firefox vs Internet Explorer.....(free).....

Advanced search plus.....(free).....

Before the web, there was Usenet. Google has fully integrated the past 20 years of Usenet archives into Google Groups, which now offers access to more than 800 million messages dating back to 1981. This is by far the most complete collection of Usenet articles ever assembled and a fascinating first-hand historical account. They compiled some especially memorable articles and threads in the timeline on this page. For example, read Tim Berners-Lee's announcement of what became the World Wide Web or Linus Torvalds' post about his "pet project". You can find more in-depth information about the archive here.....(free).....

GParted is an industrial-strength package for creating, destroying, resizing, moving, checking and copying partitions, and the filesystems 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). The power and simplicity of GParted on a biz-card size LiveCD. The CD aims to be fast, small in size (~50mb), and use minimal resources to get that disk partitioned the way you want it. GParted LiveCD uses Xorg, the lightweight Fluxbox window manager, and the latest 2.6 Linux Kernel.....(free).....

GPU Caps Viewer is an OpenGL graphics card utility for Windows XP and Vista (32/64-bit). This tool offers the following features: quick view of the graphics configuration (graphics card / GPU type, amount of video memory, drivers version), display of the main OpenGL capabilities (OpenGL version, texture size, number of texture units, etc.), display of the OpenGL extensions supported by your graphics card or display of all existing OpenGL extensions no matter what graphics card you have. For each extension, you can open its description webpage available at the OpenGL Extension Registry or at NVIDIA's OpenGL Extensions spec. Very handy for graphics developers!.....(free).....

GPU-Z is a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU.....(free).....

Copies error messages from message boxes so you can put the error message in a search engine to find more about these errors and how to fix them.....(free).....

GrapeBackup is a backup program with following features: extremely fast, easy to use, supports incremental backups (multiple versions of a directory are saved in a repository and may be retrieved independently). Create your backups daily or even twice a day. Only changed files will be stored. This is also very useful if you want to be able to access different stages of your work. Allows you to limit I/O throughput (it is limited to 1 MB per second in the basic version). This unique feature allows you to continue to work during a GrapeBackup run. Your computer will not become unusable just because you run a backup. Uses ZIP format for storing files or single file repository (If you want to burn the created file on CDs? or similar and it is bigger than 650MB you can use 7-zip File Manager to split the file in smaller pieces), runs on multiple platforms. It was tested on Windows XP and Kubuntu (Linux) but should also run on any platform that supports Java. Command line interface lets you automate your backups.....(free).....

GAG (initials, in spanish, of Graphical Boot Manager) is a Boot Manager program. It's loaded when the computer is turned on and allows you to choose the operating system you want to use. Allows boot of up to 9 different operating systems.....(free).....

Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension which lets you to add bits of DHTML ("user scripts") to any web page to change its behavior. In much the same way that user CSS lets you take control of a web page's style, user scripts let you easily control any aspect of a web page's design or interaction.....(free).....

IE based browser with ad filter, mouse gesture, mouse drag, auto fill form, auto scroll, auto refresh, auto save, auto hide, search bar, external toolbar, collector, page manager, download manager, group, plugin, skin, proxy, start mode, url alias, quick key, link list, status bar setting, sort save page, clean system, page download control, page zoom, page background color.....(free).....

According to Tog, Certain "principles are fundamental to the design and implementation of effective interfaces, whether for traditional GUI environments or the web. Of late, many web applications have reflected a lack of understanding of many of these principles of design, to their great detriment. Because an application or service appears on the web, the principles do not change. If anything, applying these principles become even more important." In this article, Tog runs down the laws of effective interface design--some are obvious, some are not. A great lesson for all the shell programmers out there.....(free).....

Various desktop computer Graphical User Interfaces and operating systems. Many different people have had different ideas of how a GUI should work and these screen shots show many of the more popular ones. .....(free).....

If you're familiar with the Object Viewer that comes with NT, you'll enjoy this version that has added features like the abililty to view the NT namespace and modify the security on objects .....(free).....

GUIStuff offers you many free tools to create a great-looking website. You can download one of dozens of graphical interfaces, use Flash, DHTML, and graphics generation tools to add spice to your page, and check out tutorials to learn how to design by yourself.....(free).....

User interfaces occupy an important part of software development. This page provides a comprehensive reference on toolkits for building graphical user interfaces (GUIs), with emphasis on resources for Free Software (Open Source).....(free).....

Strips privacy-breaching Global Unique Identifiers -- GUIDs -- from MS Office documents. Open source.....(free).....

We love this one.... Graphical user interface gallery - website dedicated to preserving and showcasing Graphical User Interfaces, as well as various materials related to them.....(free).....

The emulated DOS command shell found in Windows is a shallow farce by comparison with the Linux command shell, and Microsoft has done little over the years to imbue it with greater power. Now Microsoft is prepared to augment its antiquated command line with a revolutionary new shell that will provide Windows users with a whole new level of control. The Microsoft Command Shell (MSH) features a unique object oriented syntax, extensive support for versatile .NET technology, and an adequate assortment of commands. Available for free download from Microsoft's Beta site, the second MSH beta release provides profound insights into the future of the Windows command line .....(free).....

Guillotine is a lightweight Windows utility that allows you to quickly and naturally access items you commonly (and uncommonly) use like programs, bookmarks, contacts, and web searches. The idea is to find things quickly just by typing a few keys, selecting your item, and going on your merry way. It's much more intuitive than hunting down those items as you normally would. It may take a while to break your old habits, but once you do, you'll see how much more intuitive it is to your normal workflow .....(free).....

Provides grid of virtual desktops for Windows, allowing the user's workspace to be larger than the screen area. The practical upshot is that you can have several "desktops", allowing you to sort your windows and have a less cluttered workspace.....(free).....

Automates the recovery of files and data out of corrupted gzip and tar files.....(free).....

Asteriods mixed with Cobra Triangle. "Guns, Guns, Guns! 360-degree gunboat shooter."

The gdipp project is a replacement for the Windows default text render, which allows you to have the effect of text like Mac OS and Linux distributions. It is easy to use with unnoticeable overhead, and it is fully customizable

Granola is software that improves the energy efficiency of your PC or laptop

Google regularly receives requests from government agencies around the world to remove content from its services, or provide information about users of our services and products. The interactive map shows the number of requests along with information definingeach request that it received between July 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009, with certain limitations

Dims all windows except the active one

We do not know exactly what this is, but get on and start clicking. You won't be sorry

GreenGnome is a free, modern desktop environment for Windows XP. Written completely from scratch, it aims to become the first Windows like operative system and follow the Windows architecture designed by Microsoft from the hardware level right through to the application level. This is not a Unixlike based system (as GNU/Linux). The main goal of the GreenGnome project is to provide an operating system which is binary compatible with Windows. This will allow your Windows applications and drivers to run as they would on your Windows system. Additionally, the look and feel of the Gnome desktop environment is used. The ultimate goal of GreenGnome is to allow you to remove Windows and install GreenGnome

gleeBox is an experimental project that takes a keyboard-centric approach to navigating the web. It provides alternatives to actions that are traditionally performed via the mouse. Some of these are radically more efficient than using a mouse, some not so much. In all cases, they are mostly meant for keyboard and command line lovers Thanks to Lifehacker

GPU-Z is a lightweight utility designed to give you lots of information about your video card and GPU

It feels like there is not a day where Google is not updating or publishing a new service. Google Buzz is the latest service that is being rolled out to all Gmail users

Ganglia is a scalable distributed monitoring system for high-performance computing systems such as clusters and Grids. It is based on a hierarchical design targeted at federations of clusters. It leverages widely used technologies such as XML for data representation, XDR for compact, portable data transport, and RRDtool for data storage and visualization. It uses carefully engineered data structures and algorithms to achieve very low per-node overheads and high concurrency. The implementation is robust, has been ported to an extensive set of operating systems and processor architectures, and is currently in use on thousands of clusters around the world. It has been used to link clusters across university campuses and around the world and can scale to handle clusters with 2000 nodes

A secret Windows 7 feature. Most games have a godmode, something that will enable all cheats and features. Windows 7 too. This is going to be a brief tutorial that will allow you to enable the secret godmode in Windows 7

GMER detects and removes rootkits. It scans for hidden processes, hidden threads, hidden modules, hidden services, hidden files, hidden Alternate Data Streams, hidden registry keys, drivers hooking SSDT, drivers hooking IDT, drivers hooking IRP calls, inline hooks

Google Public DNS is a free, global Domain Name System -DNS- resolution service, that you can use as an alternative to your current DNS provider. If you decide to try Google Public DNS, your client programs will perform all DNS lookups using Google Public DNS.

GMail Drive is a Shell Namespace Extension that creates a virtual filesystem around your Google Mail account, allowing you to use Gmail as a storage medium. GMail Drive creates a virtual filesystem on top of your Google Gmail account and enables you to save and retrieve files stored on your Gmail account directly from inside Windows Explorer. GMail Drive literally adds a new drive to your computer under the My Computer folder, where you can create new folders, copy and drag'n'drop files to

If you are tired of checking your Gmail, Gmail Notifier is the perfect solution for you - and it has lots and lots of options

GImageX is a graphical user interface for the ImageX tool from the Windows Automated Installation Kit v2.0 (WAIK). ImageX is used to capture and apply WIM images for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 desktop deployments. It uses the Microsoft WIMGAPI API for working with WIM files. The ImageX GUI is a native application for the x86 and x64 platforms that will also work in Windows PE (WinPE). There is also a COM component version included that implements some of the basic functionality for direct use in languages such as VBScript

Gridy adds an invisible grid to Windows, so that any window you move or resize is snapped to it. Snapping is enabled with mouse drag or keyboard arrow keys. In addition, you can: Make any window semi-transparent, hide the window's Alt-Tab icon and set any window to be Always on Top

Ask for an invite - we've been using it for a week. Allows you to combine all your phone numbers, screen calls, block calls, ring based on who's calling, lots more

Get longhorn 4xxx style Glassy notification balloons in Windows XP / 2003 and Vista

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.

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ghostery browser add-on tracks those who track you on the web and gives you a roll-call of the ad networks, behavioral data providers, web publishers, and other companies interested in your activity .....(free).....

GTweak is a command-line script that can be used for tweaking operating systems of Windows family. It has two modes of work: Wizard Mode (for average-skill users) and normal, prompt mode (also called advanced mode). First mentioned mode is the default, user chooses tweaks using keypad. Second is like command prompt, but program does not recognize standard commands. In order to see commands of GTweak, type ? (it shows ReadMe). GTweak has a simple scripting support (no piping or streaming, just linear parsing), which is described in gtweak.txt file inside the distribution package. Program does not use external utilities, excluding these appended to system. Almost all tweaks are reversible .....(free).....

While aiming at simplicity and ease of use, gedit is a powerful general purpose text editor. Full support for internationalized text (UTF-8) Configurable syntax highlighting for various languages (C, C++, Java, HTML, XML, Python, Perl and many others) Undo/Redo Editing files from remote locations File reverting Print and print preview support Clipboard support (cut/copy/paste) Search and replace Go to specific line Auto indentation Text wrapping Line numbers Right margin Current line highlighting Bracket matching Backup files Configurable fonts and colors A complete online user manual A flexible plugin system which can be used to dynamically add new advanced features

Free project scheduling and management app for Windows, OSX and Linux.

GetDiz is a Notepad replacement that offers a wide range of features while maintaining incredible speed, ease of use, stability, and small size. The user interface is handy, small, specific, and configurable. Do you want to go through a bunch of text files quickly in Explorer? Turn on the "Allow only one GetDiz instance" option and click on every file. GetDiz will display the files one after another in the same window. You can even configure different fonts for different text file types, for example one font for .txt, and another one for .nfo files. This is only a fraction of many features unique to GetDiz.