Totally free tools

Microsoft Security Essentials

2011-11-19T20:21:00.000+01:00

About Microsoft Security Essentials

Use Microsoft Security Essentials to guard against viruses, spyware, and other evil software. It provides real-time protection for your home or small business PCs.

Microsoft Security Essentials is free* and we designed it to be simple to install and easy to use. It runs quietly and efficiently in the background so you don't have to worry about interruptions or making updates.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/security-essentials
http://windows.microsoft.com/pl-PL/windows/products/security-essentials

TeamViewer

2011-11-16T00:29:00.000+01:00

TeamViewer - the All-In-One Solution for
Remote Access and Support over the Internet
TeamViewer connects to any PC or server around the world within a few seconds. You can remote control your partner's PC as if you were sitting right in front of it. Find out why more than 100 million users trust TeamViewer!

http://www.teamviewer.com/

DAEMON Tools Lite

2011-11-14T22:16:00.000+01:00

DAEMON Tools is an advanced application for Microsoft Windows which provides one of the best optical media emulation in the industry. DAEMON Tools enables you to use your CD/DVD images as if they were already burned to CD/DVD.

http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/products/dtLite

TidyRead

2011-11-11T21:02:00.002+01:00

TidyRead Turns Your Web Reading into a Fast, Smooth, No-fringe Experience.
TidyRead renders web pages with better readability as an-easy-to-read manner, similar to eBooks, by accurately extracting the context text and removing the cluttered materials. Read what you should and nothing else.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/emihmdgocahignhmlajgccbiaacoddej

Paragon Backup & Recovery 2011

2011-11-11T14:51:00.000+01:00

Highly-rated tool set for backup and recovery. Effective protection for home PCs designed for both accomplished and novice users.

http://www.paragon-software.pl/download/free

Comodo Unite

2011-11-06T15:29:00.001+01:00

Comodo Unite lets groups of PCs share files, play games, chat, and much more.

Features:

Easily create virtual private networks
Gain 'remote access' to your PCs
Securely chat with multiple users
Set up a multi-player gaming session
Share files, photos, and more
FREE DOWNLOAD

Notice for EasyVPN users: EasyVPN is now Comodo Unite. EasyVPN users should upgrade to Comodo Unite and can login with existing UN/PW. All previous settings, contacts and networks will be carried over.

http://www.comodo.com/home/email-security/vpn-access.php

TigthVNC

2011-11-06T13:53:00.001+01:00

TightVNC is a free remote control software package. With TightVNC, you can see the desktop of a remote machine and control it with your local mouse and keyboard, just like you would do it sitting in the front of that computer.

http://www.tightvnc.com/

Offline Windows Password and Registry Editor

2011-11-04T20:02:00.001+01:00

This is a utility to reset the password of any user that has a valid local account on your Windows system.
Supports all Windows from NT3.5 to Win7, also 64 bit and also the Server versions (like 2003 and 2008)
You do not need to know the old password to set a new one.
It works offline, that is, you have to shutdown your computer and boot off a CD or USB disk to do the password reset.
Will detect and offer to unlock locked or disabled out user accounts!
There is also a registry editor and other registry utilities that works under linux/unix, and can be used for other things than password editing.

http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Inkscape

2011-11-04T19:46:00.000+01:00

An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.

Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. It is very easy to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps and much more. We also aim to maintain a thriving user and developer community by using open, community-oriented development.

http://inkscape.org

Chrome YouTube Downloader

2011-11-04T19:13:00.000+01:00

Download videos from youtube!
FLV,MP4, HD 720p, Full-HD 1080p, MP4 (4K) and MP3…

http://www.chromeextensions.org/utilities/chrome-youtube-downloader/

Minus

2011-10-03T11:50:00.000+02:00

Another online file hosting 11 GB for free at start. Up to 50 GB by recomendation.

http://minus.com/

Keynote-nf

2011-09-30T00:26:00.001+02:00

Tabbed notebook with RichText editor, multi-level notes and strong encryption.

This project is an evolution of Tranglos Keynote (of Marek Jedlinski), with new features like:

Checkboxes on children of selected nodes
Hidden nodes
Alarms on nodes
Better treatment of tables
Improved treatment of links
Multilanguage support
New kind of virtual nodes: links to other nodes (Mirror nodes)
Unicode compliant
New KeyNote file format: compressed

http://code.google.com/p/keynote-nf/

SyncToy

2011-09-28T06:00:00.008+02:00

This is Microsoft tool for "on demand" folder synchronizing. It is free and uses no cloud service.

"SyncToy 2.1 is a free application that synchronizes files and folders between locations. Typical uses include sharing files, such as photos, with other computers and creating backup copies of files and folders."

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=15155

Dropbox

2011-09-27T22:42:00.002+02:00

Tool for file/folder synchronization between computers.

Free package gives you 2GB of online storage - this is only weak side.
But storage space could be freely extend up to 8GB by successful recomendation of new users.

In free package file control version is included (SVN like with auto commit).

http://www.dropbox.com

"Replies and more" and "Usability Boost" for Google+

2011-08-07T21:15:00.000+02:00

Replies and more for Google+

Adds extra functionality to Google Plus. Currently just a reply button for each comment and a "Reply to Author" for each post.

This extension works via page scraping, so it might be a bit brittle. Report issues here: http://code.google.com/p/buzz-plus/issues/list

It'll ask you for access to a few Google sites (this is required because this modifies content on any page that contains Google+ elements). Make sure you refresh any Google+ windows that you had open before installing.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fgmhgfecnmeljhchgcjlfldjiepcfpea#

Usability Boost for Google Plus™

This extension improves readability on Google+ and adds some useful features.

Design :
- small CSS changes that put the focus on the content, separating visually posts and comments, improving design on the profile page.
- post infos showing up on rollover only

Features :
- The notification bar stays at a fixed position on top so you'll never miss a notification again !
- Displays a direct link to mute post (very handy)
- Ability to star a post so that you can read it later !

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dkcppcocablbakkaboahjmljpodddkcp?hl=pl

Free Mind Map

2011-08-06T20:45:00.000+02:00

FreeMind is a premier free mind-mapping software written in Java. The recent development has hopefully turned it into high productivity tool. We are proud that the operation and navigation of FreeMind is faster than that of MindManager because of one-click "fold / unfold" and "follow link" operations.

So you want to write a completely new metaphysics? Why don't you use FreeMind? You have a tool at hand that remarkably resembles the tray slips of Robert Pirsig, described in his sequel to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance called Lila. Do you want to refactor your essays in a similar way you would refactor software? Or do you want to keep personal knowledge base, which is easy to manage? Why don't you try FreeMind? Do you want to prioritize, know where you are, where you've been and where you are heading, as Stephen Covey would advise you? Have you tried FreeMind to keep track of all the things that are needed for that?

http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Media Player Classic Home Cinema x86 x64

2011-07-31T15:38:00.000+02:00

Media Player Classic Home Cinema

Media Player Classic Home Cinema is a free audio and video player for Windows.

This project is based on the original "Media Player Classic" and was created after Gabest, the

An option to remove Tearing
MPC Home Cinema in Your Language (see all languages)
Additional video decoders and in particular H.264 and VC-1 with DXVA support
Better support for Windows Vista, including a release for 64 bits platform
Support for EVR renderer
Bugs and vulnerability fixes
All previous features from the Guliverkli Project (MPC) from Gabest
NEW: Free Remote control APP for Android phones

http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/

EmailTheWeb.com

2011-05-25T22:36:00.000+02:00

EmailTheWeb.com is the only web-based service that allows you to email any web page to any one.

immediate - you can email a web page right now. Just copy or type a hyperlink and click Email
fast - the entire web page is emailed in a flash
frozen - the web page is captured as it is now. Your recipient will see the same exact page as you.
safe - the captured web page is stripped of popups and dynamic ads

http://www.emailtheweb.com/

CDBurnerXP

2011-05-24T20:27:00.000+02:00

CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free. It does not include adware or similar malicious components.

Key Features

burn all kinds of discs
audio-CDs with or without gaps between tracks
burn and create ISO files
data verification after burning process
create bootable discs
multi-language interface
bin/nrg → ISO converter, simple cover printing and much more!
Operating Systems: Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista/2008/Win7 (x86 / x64)

http://cdburnerxp.se/

KeePass

2011-05-20T11:09:00.001+02:00

Today you need to remember many passwords. You need a password for the Windows network logon, your e-mail account, your website's FTP password, online passwords (like website member account), etc. etc. etc. The list is endless. Also, you should use different passwords for each account. Because if you use only one password everywhere and someone gets this password you have a problem... A serious problem. The thief would have access to your e-mail account, website, etc. Unimaginable.

KeePass is a free open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key file. So you only have to remember one single master password or select the key file to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known (AES and Twofish). For more information, see the features page.

http://keepass.info/

Eraser

2011-05-19T14:59:00.000+02:00

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. Eraser is currently supported under Windows XP (with Service Pack 3), Windows Server 2003 (with Service Pack 2), Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Eraser is Free software and its source code is released under GNU General Public License.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/eraser/

Bullzip PDF Printer

2011-05-18T22:10:00.000+02:00

Free PDF Printer

The Bullzip PDF Printer works as a Microsoft Windows printer and allows you to write PDF documents from virtually any Microsoft Windows application.

This program is FREEWARE with limitations, which means that it is FREE for personal and commercial use up to 10 users. It does not contain any advertising or popups. For commercial applications with more that 10 users there is a commercial version of the product available at www.biopdf.com.

http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php

Mnemosyne

2011-05-14T10:36:00.000+02:00

The Mnemosyne Project has two aspects:

It's a sophisticated free flash-card tool which optimizes your learning process.
It's a research project into the nature of long-term memory.

Efficient learning

The Mnemosyne software resembles a traditional flash-card program to help you memorise question/answer pairs, but with an important twist: it uses a sophisticated algorithm to schedule the best time for a card to come up for review. Difficult cards that you tend to forget quickly will be scheduled more often, while Mnemosyne won't waste your time on things you remember well.

The software runs on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. There is also a plugin called Mnemogogo which allows you to review cards on Android phones (using Mnemododo) and phones with Java (using Mnemojojo). This also works on Blackberry devices.

You can watch videos on Mnemosyne made by users Charles Cave and withinjapandotcom.

Memory research
While you use the software, detailed statistics can be kept on your learning process. If you want, these logs can be uploaded in a transparent and anonymous way to a central server for analysis.

This data will be valuable to study the behaviour of our memory over a very long time period. As an additional benefit, the results will be used to improve the scheduling algorithms behind the software even further.

http://www.mnemosyne-proj.org/

DynDNS

2011-05-13T19:47:00.002+02:00

As the Internet continues to move further away from the "television" model — many viewers, few channels — more people want to produce their own content, from blogs to streaming radio stations to game servers to self-hosted websites. Hosting a server used to require a great deal of technical knowledge and a business-class Internet connection; today, anyone can install an entire webserver with a suite of powerful utilities in mere minutes with a package like XAMPP, and residential Internet connections are more than enough to host any manner of content.

http://www.dyndns.com

TOra

2011-05-13T19:39:00.000+02:00

TOra is an open-source multi-platform database management GUI that supports accessing most of the common database platforms in use, including Oracle, MySQL, and Postgres, as well as limited support for any target that can be accessed through Qt's ODBC support. TOra has been built for various Linux distributions, Mac OS X, MS Windows, and UNIX platforms.

In addition to regular query and data browsing functionality, it includes several additional tools useful for database administrators and developers – which aims to help the DBA or developer of database application. Features PL/SQL debugger, SQL worksheet with syntax highlighting, DB browser and a comprehensive set of DBA

http://torasql.com/

Audacity

2011-05-13T19:32:00.000+02:00

Audacity is a free, easy-to-use and multilingual 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.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/

phpCommander

2011-05-11T15:07:00.002+02:00

PhpCommander is a web-based file manager that manage your web acount without any FTP access. Currently PhpCommander can:

create directories
create new files
copy, move, delete and rename files and folders
upload files
download files
view the contents of the files
edit the contents of the files
edit the contents of the HTML files in WYSIWYG mode
communicate in English and other languages

http://szewo.com/php/commander/eng/

Microsoft Network Monitor

2011-05-10T21:38:00.000+02:00

Network Monitor 3.4 is a protocol analyzer. It allows you to capture network traffic, view and analyze it. Version 3.4 is an update and replaces Network Monitor 3.3. Network Monitor 3.x is a complete overhaul of the previous Network Monitor 2.x version.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=983b941d-06cb-4658-b7f6-3088333d062f&displaylang=en

Gnome Partition Editor

2011-05-09T13:28:00.000+02:00

Gnome Partition Editor

GParted is a free partition editor for graphically managing your disk partitions.

GParted is useful for tasks such as: creating space for new operating systems, restructuring disk space to separate user and operating system data, and copying partitions to enable upgrading to a larger hard disk drive.

Create partition tables (e.g., msdos, gpt)
Perform actions with partitions such as:
- create or delete
- resize or move
- check
- label
- copy and paste
Manipulate file systems such as:
- btrfs
- ext2 / ext3 / ext4
- fat16 / fat32
- hfs / hfs+
- linux-swap
- ntfs
- reiserfs / reiser4
- ufs
- xfs
For specific actions supported see detailed features.
Enable and disable partition flags (e.g., boot, hidden)
Align partitions to mebibyte (MiB) or cylinder boundaries
Attempt data rescue from lost partitions
Supports hardware RAID, motherboard BIOS RAID, and Linux software RAID.
Supports all sector sizes (e.g., 512, 1024, 2048, 4096 byte sectors)

Your hard disk drive or USB flash drive can be subdivided into one or more partitions. GParted enables you to reorganize your disk partitions while preserving the contents of these partitions.

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/

Partition Manager 11 Free Edition

2011-05-08T15:25:00.001+02:00

Partition Manager 11 Free Edition
(For personal use only)
The safest tool for hard drive partitioning!

Partitioning is not for amateurs. That is why millions of people have trusted our safe, stable technology and professional software solutions for over 15 years. Our latest 11 version easily organizes your hard drive and redistributes free space to enhance system performance.

http://www.paragon-software.com/home/pm-express/

Notepad2

2011-05-07T15:02:00.001+02:00

Fast and light-weight Notepad-like text editor with syntax highlighting. This program can be run out of the box without installation, and does not touch your system's registry.

http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html

MiniTool Partition Wizard

2011-05-06T23:30:00.000+02:00

MiniTool Partition Wizard is a Windows based server partition manager software. Our server partition software supports both MBR and GUID partition table (GPT) on 32/64 bits Operating System including Windows XP, Vista, Windows Server 2000/2003/2008, Windows SBS and Windows 7. Our magic partition software supports all hard disks including IDE, SATA, SCSI, USB external disks, Fire wire disks and all level RAID configurations.

http://partitionwizard.com/

EASEUS Partition Master

2011-05-06T23:27:00.000+02:00

Free Magic Partition Manager Software - EASEUS Partition Master

Free Partition Manager for Home Users!

As Partition Magic alternative, EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition is a FREE ALL-IN-ONE partition solution and disk management utility. It allows you to extend partition (especially for system drive), manage disk space easily, settle low disk space problem on MBR and GUID partition table (GPT) disk under Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 (SP1 included) 32 bit and 64 bit system.

Tips: For business users or those who need an advanced partition manager, Professional Edition is your right choice.

http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm

Auslogics Disk Defrag

2011-05-04T23:38:00.001+02:00

Auslogics Disk Defrag

Optimizes file system
Consolidates free space
Can defrag automatically
Provides flexible scheduler
Can defrag a single file or folder
Supports multi-terabyte volumes

http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/

DiskInternals Linux Reader

2011-05-02T00:01:00.000+02:00

How to get safe and quick access to alternative file systems? DiskInternals Linux Reader is a new easy way to do this. This program plays the role of a bridge between your Windows and Ext2/Ext3/Ext4, HFS and ReiserFS file systems.

This easy-to-use tool runs under Windows and allows you to browse Ext2/3/4, HFS and ReiserFS file systems

There are a number of evident merits of the program, which you should know. First of all, DiskInternals Linux Reader is absolutely free. Secondly, the program provides for read-only access and does not allow you to make records in file system partitions. This guarantees that the interference in an alterative file system will not affect the work of Linux later. Apart from this, it is necessary to note, that it gives you an opportunity to use common Windows Explorer for extracting data. A preview option for pictures is one more pleasant point, which is worth mentioning.

How to get safe and quick access to any file systems? DiskInternals Linux Reader is an easy and short way to solve the problem!

While saving, it ignores file security policies. It means that it is possible to access absolutely any file on a Linux disk from Windows. The program can create and open disk images.

Linux Reader is 100% FREE.

Try it now. You can download a full-featured freware version of DiskInternals Linux Reader for free.

http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/

Ext2 Installable File System for Windows

2011-05-01T00:01:00.002+02:00

Ext2 Installable File System for Windows

What's unique about this software?

It provides Windows NT4.0/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 with full access to Linux Ext2 volumes (read access and write access). This may be useful if you have installed both Windows and Linux as a dual boot environment on your computer.

The "Ext2 Installable File System for Windows" software is freeware.

If you currently have Windows running and you realize that you need some files for your work which you have stored on an Ext2 volume of your Linux installation, you no longer have to shut down Windows and boot Linux!

Furthermore, Windows will now be able to handle floppy disks which have been formatted with an Ext2 file system.

Linux Ext3 volumes can also be accessed. To do that, please read the FAQ section.

http://www.fs-driver.org/

7zip, 7-zip

2011-04-30T17:00:00.001+02:00

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.

7-Zip is open source software. Most of the source code is under the GNU LGPL license. The unRAR code is under a mixed license: GNU LGPL + unRAR restrictions. Check license information here: 7-Zip license.

You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a commercial organization. You don't need to register or pay for 7-Zip.

The main features of 7-Zip

High compression ratio in 7z format with LZMA and LZMA2 compression
Supported formats:
Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM
Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DEB, DMG, FAT, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, VHD, 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
Self-extracting capability for 7z format
Integration with Windows Shell
Powerful File Manager
Powerful command line version
Plugin for FAR Manager
Localizations for 79 languages

http://www.7-zip.org

Notepad++

2011-04-29T21:12:00.000+02:00

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License.

Based on the powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL which ensures a higher execution speed and smaller program size. By optimizing as many routines as possible without losing user friendliness, Notepad++ is trying to reduce the world carbon dioxide emissions. When using less CPU power, the PC can throttle down and reduce power consumption, resulting in a greener environment.

http://notepad-plus-plus.org

f.lux

2011-04-29T21:08:00.001+02:00

Ever notice how people texting at night have that eerie blue glow?

Or wake up ready to write down the Next Great Idea, and get blinded by your computer screen?

During the day, computer screens look good—they're designed to look like the sun. But, at 9PM, 10PM, or 3AM, you probably shouldn't be looking at the sun.

f.lux

F.lux fixes this: it makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day.

It's even possible that you're staying up too late because of your computer. You could use f.lux because it makes you sleep better, or you could just use it just because it makes your computer look better.

http://stereopsis.com/flux

Cacaoweb

2011-04-28T20:43:00.005+02:00

cacaoweb is free software to watch, share and host videos and files online with no limits. You can also watch videos from platforms like Megavideo or Videobb with no time limit.

Watch your favorite movies and TV shows
Host and share your files
Remove Megavideo and Videobb limits

Requirements:

Compatible with all browsers.
Requires Windows XP or later. Broadband internet connection required.

http://www.cacaoweb.org/

Megaskipper

2011-04-27T20:37:00.000+02:00

MegaSkipper allows you to watch Videos from Megavideo and VideoBB with out any time limits.

No more time limitations on Media Streaming!

http://www.megaskipper.com/index.html

Anki

2011-04-09T11:15:00.001+02:00

Anki is a program which makes remembering things easy. Because it is a lot more efficient than traditional study methods, you can either greatly decrease your time spent studying, or greatly increase the amount you learn.

Anyone who needs to remember things in their daily life can benefit from Anki. Since it is content-agnostic and supports images, audio, videos and scientific markup (via LaTeX), the possibilities are endless. For example:

learning a language
studying for medical and law exams
memorizing people's names and faces
brushing up on geography
mastering long poems
even practicing guitar chords!

http://ankisrs.net/

Free PDF to Word Doc Converter

2011-04-02T21:44:00.000+02:00

Free PDF to Word Doc Converter

How to edit PDF files without purchasing an expensive PDF editor? How to extract text/images from PDF files? What you need is a PDF to Word Converter.

Free PDF to Word Doc Converter is such a desktop document conversion tool to convert Adobe PDF file to Microsoft Word Doc file - and it's totally for FREE!

The program can extract text, images, shapes from PDF file to Word Doc file and preserve the layout. It can convert all the pages, or any pages range of the PDF file.

And it is a standalone program - you can convert PDF to Word Doc without Adobe Acrobat Reader or Microsoft Word installed!

Key Features:

Convert PDF to Word and preserve the original layout of your PDF in an editable Word Document.
Extract text labels, graphics, shapes from PDF file into Word Doc file.
Convert all the pages, or partial pages of PDF file to Word file.
Support Adobe PDF 1.0 - 1.6 formats.
Can automatically open the output Doc file when the conversion is done.
Several PDF to Word conversion options are available for a better result.
Convert in a high speed.
Easy to use software.
Totally for Free!

http://www.hellopdf.com/

Window Hide Tool

2011-03-25T11:52:00.001+01:00

What is Window Hide Tool ?

It is a utility that helps you to quickly hide a window of any application by using hotkeys or by clicking an icon in your tray. Moreover, you can specify groups of windows by their title text and set hotkeys for them. (For example, a group can comprise all windows that have 'Internet Explorer' in their title text.)

http://www.window-hide.com/

Snowbird

2011-03-19T13:54:00.000+01:00

Windows Explorer Alternative Snowbird

Snowbird is a lightweight Windows Explorer alternative that offers its users some extended functionality. The portable software program is compatible with Windows XP and above and comes with a tiny size of 468 Kilobytes unpacked.

The interface of the computer program has been divided into three areas. The header area containing menus and the breadcrumb navigation, the left sidebar that contains a list of all local and network drives including their folders and the main area that displays the files and folders that are located in the current directory level.

Some might say that this does not sound exciting enough to give it a try. Snowbird comes with an advanced feature set that might entice some users to give it a try though.

http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/20/windows-explorer-alternative-snowbird/

EASEUS Partition Master

2011-03-16T17:30:00.000+01:00

EASEUS Partition Master - Best Free Magic Partition Manager Software

EASEUS Partition Master freeware is an ALL-IN-ONE partition software and the most convenient hard disk partition manager toolkit including Partition Manager, Disk & Partition Copy Wizard and Partition Recovery Wizard on MBR and GUID partition table (GPT) disk under Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 and Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 (32 bit and 64 bit). It allows users to Resize/Move Partition, Extend System Drive, Copy Disk & Partition, Merge Partition, Split Partition, Redistribute Free Space, Convert Dynamic Disk, Partition Recovery and much more. You can free enjoy EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition like the commercial Partition Magic software.

http://www.partition-tool.com/

DiskInternals Linux Reader

2011-03-15T17:15:00.000+01:00

DiskInternals Linux Reader is a newly developed software tool for providing access to Linux file systems under Windows. You can use it whenever you want: the program is 100% free. It lets you use a familiar ambience of Windows Explorer for extracting information from Ext2/Ext3 file systems. The only type of access possible here is read-only mode. It prevents you from interference with Linux and guarantees stable work of your OS.

Open VPN

2011-03-14T11:14:00.000+01:00

What is OpenVPN?

With OpenVPN, you can:
tunnel any IP subnetwork or virtual ethernet adapter over a single UDP or TCP port,
configure a scalable, load-balanced VPN server farm using one or more machines which can handle thousands of dynamic connections from incoming VPN clients,
use all of the encryption, authentication, and certification features of the OpenSSL library to protect your private network traffic as it transits the internet,
use any cipher, key size, or HMAC digest (for datagram integrity checking) supported by the OpenSSL library,

and many more...

http://openvpn.net/

2011-03-13T11:11:00.000+01:00

FastCopy is the Fastest Copy/Delete Software on Windows.

Because Reading/Writing are processed with no OS cache at all, other applications don't easily become slow.

It can achieve Reading/Writing performance that is close to device limit.

Include/Exclude Filter (UNIX Wildcard style) can be specified.

It runs fast and does not hog resources, because MFC is not used. (Designed using Win32 API and C Runtime only)

You can modify this software, because all source code has been opened to the public in the BSD license.

http://ipmsg.org/tools/fastcopy.html.en

CCleaner

2011-03-07T18:56:00.000+01:00

CCleaner is the number-one tool for cleaning your Windows PC. It protects your privacy online and makes your computer faster and more secure. Easy to use and a small, fast download.

http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
http://www.filehippo.com/pl/download_ccleaner

VPN Client For Windows

2011-03-06T16:49:00.000+01:00

This software uses strong cryptography provided by the freely available OpenSSL Toolkit ( http://www.openssl.org ). For this reason, please read the legal notices below. The second notice is a reproduction of the notice posted on the OpenSSL download page.

http://www.shrew.net/download/vpn

Net Statistics

2011-03-02T21:44:00.001+01:00

Net Statistics is a network monitoring tool. Watch device status, parameters and statistics for incoming and outgoing traffic, and summary info. Traffic diagram shows last few minutes in real-time for easy monitoring of network activity.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/netstats/

DVD slideshow GUI

2011-02-28T06:00:00.001+01:00

DVD slideshow GUI offers a very simple way to make your own slideshows.
Just import photos and burn them as a slideshow on a DVD!
DVD slideshow GUI is packed with features

- 240 transitions, 100 Effects you can add to the entire slideshow, 35 Motion Backgrounds(avs).
- Animate your overlapping images using zoom, pan and rotate. Add photos with alpha channel and EXIF data.
- Add videos(avi/avs), Power Point(ppt) and Impress(odp) to you slideshow.
- Add and edit music, motion backgrounds, borders and subtitles.
- Make your own transitions, effects and motion backgrounds.
- Export to dvd video(PAL/NTSC 4:3 16:9), BluRay, 720p, 1080p, dvd audio, dvd chapters, dvd subtitles, avi, flash for web, avisynthscript, storyboards, single images with backgrounds and YouTube.
- Gui in Chinese Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Galician, German, Italian, Jananese, Portuguese Brazilian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

http://download.videohelp.com/tin2tin/index.html

FileZilla - The FTP Solution

2011-02-27T12:44:00.000+01:00

FileZilla is open source software distributed free of charge under the terms of the GNU General Public License

Features:

Easy to use
Supports FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
Cross-platform. Runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X and more
IPv6 support
Available in many languages
Supports resume and transfer of large files >4GB
Tabbed user interface
Powerful Site Manager and transfer queue
Bookmarks
Drag & drop support
Configurable transfer speed limits
Filename filters
Directory comparison
Network configuration wizard
Remote file editing
Keep-alive
HTTP/1.1, SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy support
Logging to file
Synchronized directory browsing
Remote file search

http://filezilla-project.org/

Calibre

2011-01-22T11:49:00.000+01:00

Calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books.

It has a cornucopia of features divided into the following main categories:

Library Management
E-book conversion
Syncing to e-book reader devices
Downloading news from the web and converting it into e-book form
Comprehensive e-book viewer
Content server for online access to your book collection

http://calibre-ebook.com

DBDesigner 4

2011-01-15T23:13:00.008+01:00

General Information - What is DBDesigner 4?

DBDesigner 4 is a visual database design system that integrates database design, modeling, creation and maintenance into a single, seamless environment.

It combines professional features and a clear and simple user interface to offer the most efficient way to handle your databases.

DBDesigner 4 compares to products like Oracle's Designer, IBM's Rational Rose, Computer Associates's ERwin and theKompany's DataArchitect but is an Open Source Project available for Microsoft Windows2k/XP and Linux KDE/Gnome. It is release on the GPL.

http://www.fabforce.net/dbdesigner4/

StarUML

2011-01-10T22:45:00.001+01:00

StarUML - The Open Source UML/MDA Platform
StarUML is an open source project to develop fast, flexible, extensible, featureful, and freely-available UML/MDA platform running on Win32 platform. The goal of the StarUML project is to build a software modeling tool and also platform that is a compelling replacement of commercial UML tools such as Rational Rose, Together and so on.

UML 2.0 : UML is continuously expanding standard managed by OMG(Object Management Group). Recently, UML 2.0 is released and StarUML support UML 2.0 and will support lastest UML standard.
MDA (Model Driven Architecture) : MDA is a new technology introduced by OMG. To get advantages of MDA, software modeling tool should support many customization variables. StarUML is designed to support MDA and provides many customization variables like as UML profile, Approach, Model Framework, NX(notation extension), MDA code and document template and so on. They will help you fitting tool into your organizational cultures, processes, and projects.
Plug-in Architecture : Many users require more and more functionalities to software modeling tools. To meet the requirements, the tool must have well-defined plug-in platform. StarUML provides simple and powerful plug-in architecture so anyone can develop plug-in modules in COM-compatible languages (C++, Delphi, C#, VB, ...)
Usability : Usability is most important issue in software development. StarUML is implemented to provide many user-friend features such as Quick dialog, Keyboard manipulation, Diagram overview, etc.

StarUML is mostly written in Delphi. However, StarUML is multi-lingual project and not tied to specific programming language, so any programming languages can be used to develop StarUML. (for example, C/C++, Java, Visual Basic, Delphi, JScript, VBScript, C#, VB.NET, ...)

http://staruml.sourceforge.net/en/

CSpace

2011-01-01T22:01:00.000+01:00

CSpace provides a platform for secure, decentralized, user-to-user communication over the internet. The driving idea behind the CSpace platform is to provide a connect(user,service) primitive, similar to the sockets API connect(ip,port). Applications built on top of CSpace can simply invoke connect(user,service) to establish a connection. The CSpace platform will take care of locating the user and creating a secure, nat/firewall friendly connection. Thus the application developers are relieved of the burden of connection establishment, and can focus on the application-level logic!

CSpace is developed in Python. It uses OpenSSL for crypto, and Qt for the GUI. CSpace is licensed under the GPL.

http://cspace.in/

AllDup

2010-12-30T10:11:00.008+01:00

AllDup - look for file duplicates and remove

AllDup is freeware and help you keep your entire hard drives, storage media or individual directories to search for duplicate files and delete them only selectively. The search, by combining the following criteria are taken: file name, file extension, file size, file content, date modified, date created and file attributes.

Features

Free use for home and business
Fast search algorithm
Different hard drives, storage devices and directories can be searched together
No restriction of the number of files to be searched or the file size when compared Content
Various filtering options to exclude certain folders or files from the search
Preview of image, text, sound, video and Internet files directly in the program
Ignore the ID3 tags in MP3 files content comparison
Ignore the exif data when content comparison of JPG / JPEG files
Browse by RAR and ZIP archives
Clear presentation of search results in a tree
Various functions to files automatically in the search result for deletion
Result save and restore
Results export to a text file
Delete duplicate files and links to the last original
Move to delete files in the Windows Recycle Bin or a backup folder
Detailed log file of all operations
Integration of AllDup in the context menu for folders in Windows Explorer
Internet Update to automatically update the software
Help file with a description of all functions

System requirements

Microsoft Windows 7 (all versions)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (all versions)
Microsoft Windows Vista (all versions)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (all versions)
Microsoft Windows XP (all versions) *
Microsoft Windows 2000 (all versions) *

AllDup also runs on the 64-bit versions of operating systems.

* The portable version of AllDup is not available on Windows XP without Service Pack and Windows 2000 running.

http://www.mtsd.de/alldup.htm

Audio Gordian Knot

2010-12-29T21:21:00.008+01:00

Audio Gordian Knot - THE tool for DivX / XviD backup utility. With support of DVDs, MPEG2 (such as DVB captures and transport streams), MPEG1 sources along with AVI/DV sources encoding into your favourite MPEG4 format was never as easy as now!

Program features support of:
- DVD/VOBs(unencrypted from hdd), MPEG2, MPEG1, transport streams (including multi-program ones) and AVI/DV input sources
- XviD or DivX(5/6) output formats
- AC3, DTS, PCM, MPA input audio tracks
- AC3, DTS, MPA, CBR/VBR MP3 output audio tracks
- two audio tracks in AVI
- external (vobsub) or internal (burnt-in) subtitles (with support of forced subs)
- HDTV input/output resolutions(upto 1920x***) and frame rates (50/60fps)
- automatic crop and resize based on compressibility of the source to achieve best results
- automatic detection of input source: PAL, NTSC, FILM, HYBRID
- automatic deinterlacer and IVTC
- automatic split into CD-sized chunks for main video and external subs

http://www.autogk.me.uk/

DVD Decrypter

2010-12-26T20:47:00.003+01:00

DVD Decrypter is a software application for Microsoft Windows (including Windows 7 support) that can create backup disk images of the DVD-Video structure of DVDs. It can be used to image any DVD, but controversially it is especially useful for decrypting copy protected movies. The program can also record images to disc. Content Scrambling System (CSS) decrypting software (such as DVD Decrypter and AnyDVD) allows a region-specific DVD to be copied as an all-region DVD. It also removes Macrovision content protection, CSS, region codes, and user operation prohibition.

http://www.dvddecrypter.org.uk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_Decrypter

Spyware Terminator

2010-12-26T13:04:00.001+01:00

Key Features of Spyware Terminator
Spyware Terminator - Free spyware removal tool

Free Spyware Removal

Spyware Terminator will scan your computer for known threats and report findings in a manner that is easy to read and interpret. Every entry is given a rating and a classification, which makes it very easy to decide if a detected item should be removed. Unlike some free software titles, Spyware Terminator will remove all threats for free.

Free Automatic Updates

Spyware Terminator offers the ability to download and install updates automatically. Users are free to dictate how often Spyware Terminator checks for updates and how they are applied.

Free Scheduled Scans

Spyware Terminator gives users the ability to schedule spyware scans on a regular basis to ensure computer integrity. Scans can be scheduled on either a daily or a weekly basis at any hour of the day.

Free AntiVirus Integration

Spyware Terminator has included the popular award winning open-source antivirus, Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV), for optional integration to achieve a higher level of security. ClamAV can be integrated into spyware scans, updates and the real-time protection.

Free Support

Not only is the Spyware Terminator free, but support is included for free as well. Support is provided through e-mail and our public forum. Our highly qualified support team responds to all issues in a timely manner.

Free for Personal & Commercial Use

Spyware Terminator is licensed for free for both home and business use.

http://www.spywareterminator.com/

Comodo Antivirus

2010-12-23T10:01:00.014+01:00

Comodo Antivirus: Obliterate viruses and malware without hogging your PC's resources.

Features

Detects, blocks, and destroys viruses
Immediate feedback on suspicious files
Prevents malware from being installed
Auto Sandbox Technology™
Cloud based Antivirus scanning
Protects with On Access scanning
Schedule your scans
60 Days of FREE GeekBuddy live remote PC support

System Requirements: Windows 7 / Vista / XP SP2 128 MB RAM / 350 MB hard disk space

Price: 100% Free

http://antivirus.comodo.com/

Unreal Commander

2010-12-20T20:37:00.014+01:00

Unreal Commander − is freeware file manager for Windows® 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7.

Unreal Commander's characteristics:

Two-panel interface
UNICODE support
Extended search of files
Multi-rename tool
Synchronization of directories
Support of archives ZIP, RAR, ACE, CAB, JAR, TAR, LHA, GZ, TGZ, ARJ
Built-in FTP client

Folder tabs
Support of WLX-plugins and WCX-plugins
Build-in viewer and quick view function
Network support
Drag and Drop Support
History and Hotlist functions
Сopy/move/delete files background mode support
Deleting files with WIPE
Background pictures support
Visual styles: color categories of files, fonts for all interface elements
and more.

But I couldn't find there option to hide .svn files in folder synchronization mode.

http://x-diesel.com/

WinCDEmu

2010-12-18T06:56:00.012+01:00

WinCDEmu makes mounting CD/DVD images simple: double-click on an image file in Windows Explorer and a new drive letter with the mounted image will appear. You can mount as many images as you want at the same time, and you don't need to reserve drive letters when nothing is mounted. WinCDEmu supports ISO, CUE, NRG, MDS/MDF, CCD, IMG formats and runs on all Windows versions from WinXP to Win7.

http://wincdemu.sysprogs.org

Google talk

2010-12-17T04:46:00.015+01:00

Google Talk, a downloadable chat application by Google. Text chat

Instant messages: share quick thoughts in real time
Status updates: see if friends are around and what they are up to
File transfer: instantly send and receive files, pictures, and more

Voice chat

Free long distance: make PC-to-PC calls to people anywhere in the world
Audio conferencing: talk to multiple people at once
Gmail integration: chat with your friends on Gmail

http://www.google.com/talk/

Any Audio Converter

2010-12-16T04:39:00.003+01:00

Any Audio Converter is a versatile audio converter and audio extractor with user-friendly interface and powerful functions. As an audio converter, Any Audio Converter can convert audio between MP3, WMA, WAVE, AAC, M4A, RM and OGG formats as well as convert other unprotected audio formats. As an audio extractor, Any Audio Converter can extract audio from all popular video formats and online videos from YouTube, Google Video and Nico Video.

With this freeware, you can easily convert your audio files to MP3, WMA, WAV such as M4A to MP3, APE to MP3, RA to WMA, FLAC to WAV, etc. You can also extract audio from video clips such as AVI to MP3, MP4 to MP3, WMV to WMA, RMVB to MP3.
Click here to learn more about this free audio converter, and click here to check the screenshots of the program. Any questions regarding to Any Audio Converter, please refer to the FAQs page.
Any Audio Converter is completely free of charge. Click the Download button below to try Any Audio Converter.

http://www.any-audio-converter.com/

winLAME

2010-12-15T05:00:00.004+01:00

winLAME is an encoder for several audio formats, including mp3 (MPEG Layer 3), Ogg Vorbis and more. winLAME lets you set up the encoding process with an easy-to-use wizard-style user interface.

winLAME supports many input audio formats, and uses the LAME mp3 encoding library for encoding and the MAD decoding library for decoding. See the features page for a list of all supported formats.

http://winlame.sourceforge.net/

lame

2010-12-14T12:28:00.001+01:00

LAME is a high quality MPEG Audio Layer III (MP3) encoder licensed under the LGPL.

Latest LAME release: v3.98.4 (March 2010)

LAME development started around mid-1998. Mike Cheng started it as a patch against the 8hz-MP3 encoder sources. After some quality concerns raised by others, he decided to start from scratch based on the dist10 sources. His goal was only to speed up the dist10 sources, and leave its quality untouched. That branch (a patch against the reference sources) became Lame 2.0, and only on Lame 3.81 did we replaced of all dist10 code, making LAME no more only a patch.

The project quickly became a team project. Mike Cheng eventually left leadership and started working on tooLame, an MP2 encoder. Mark Taylor became leader and started pursuing increased quality in addition to better speed. He can be considered the initiator of the LAME project in its current form. He released version 3.0 featuring gpsycho, a new psychoacoustic model he developed.

In early 2003 Mark left project leadership, and since then the project has been lead through the cooperation of the active developers (currently 4 individuals).

Today, LAME is considered the best MP3 encoder at mid-high bitrates and at VBR, mostly thanks to the dedicated work of its developers and the open source licensing model that allowed the project to tap into engineering resources from all around the world. Both quality and speed improvements are still happening, probably making LAME the only MP3 encoder still being actively developed.

http://lame.sourceforge.net/

Pingdom.com

2010-12-13T09:50:00.004+01:00

Hosting uptime and performance monitoring. (free for one site per user)

Be the first to know when your website is down. Get downtime alerts. Get troubleshooting help. Get uptime & performance reports.

Uptime reports
Response time reports
Email, text & twitter alerts
Multiple check locations
Error analysis
Public and email reports

http://pingdom.com/

Free CD Ripper

2010-12-12T17:44:00.002+01:00

Free CD Ripper is a powerful, professional software which can extract Digital Audio tracks from an Audio CD into sound files on your hard disk. With its powerful sound engine, it extracts with high speed and quality. Free CD Ripper supports Freedb and ID3 tagging so you can automatically download CD track information and it them in the encoded file. It's a FREEWARE.

4/5

http://www.focussoft.net/

ColorZilla

2010-12-09T20:18:00.002+01:00

ColorZilla - Advanced Eyedropper, Color Picker, Palette Viewer and other colorful goodies for your Firefox

ColorZilla is an extension for Mozilla Firefox and the Mozilla Suite.

It assists web developers and graphic designers with color related tasks - both basic and advanced.

With ColorZilla you can get a color reading from any point in your browser, quickly adjust this color and paste it into another program. You can Zoom the page you are viewing and measure distances between any two points on the page. The built-in palette browser allows choosing colors from pre-defined color sets and saving the most used colors in custom palettes. DOM spying features allow getting various information about DOM elements quickly and easily. And there's more.

http://www.colorzilla.com/firefox/

µTorrent (uTorrent)

2010-12-05T14:43:00.006+01:00

Speedy, efficient, and free. µTorrent is the world's most popular BitTorrent client for a reason.

What Is µTorrent?

What's New in µTorrent 2.2?

App Studio
The App Studio offers easy one-click apps featuring open-licensed content, cool extensions for your µTorrent client, games, and more. Apps are based upon an open platform, and give you the freedom to choose only the content and features you want at your own leisure.

File Relocation
Easily move downloads to a new location without stopping and searching through the file system. Right click the torrent, choose Advanced>Set Download Location.

Boss Key Locking
Add a password to the boss key to keep roommates, siblings and friends from accessing your µTorrent.

New Proxy Support
µTorrent now supports UDP and Full uTP transport and congestion control support over SOCKS5 proxies.

Advanced Proxy Privacy Features
Fine grain controls over the kinds of communications µTorrent makes when using a proxy. Client may also be set to auto disable functionality and connections not supported by a particular proxy.

Scripting Support
Run commands on torrent completion or state changes. Access via Preferences>Advanced>Run Program.

Improved Magnet Link Handling
Add labels and choose where to save the files when using magnet links.

Refined Activity Control
Set µTorrent to stop all activity when it detects the computer is in use. µTorrent will wait until the system is idle to restart activity.

http://www.utorrent.com/

Torrents finder:
http://torrentscan.com/

Quick tutorial how to create you own torrents
http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-create-a-torrent/

Sitemap Generator (Wonderwebware.com)

2010-11-29T10:16:00.002+01:00

Sitemap Generator is a free software that will help you to automatically generate sitemaps in google (XML) or yahoo (TXT) format or just to spider your website and collect all the internal links for you. The tool may export collected links to CSV or HTML file too. The main reason to build this tool was that all other similar programs didn't fit my requirements.

http://wonderwebware.com/sitemap-generator/

WinDirStat - disk cleanup

2010-11-28T22:07:00.003+01:00

The first tool I want to talk about is Win Dir Stat. This is very small and also very powerfull app for visualization of HDD content.

WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for Microsoft Windows.

On start up, it reads the whole directory tree once and then presents it in three useful views:

The directory list, which resembles the tree view of the Windows Explorer but is sorted by file/subtree size,
The treemap, which shows the whole contents of the directory tree straight away,
The extension list, which serves as a legend and shows statistics about the file types.

http://windirstat.info/

AudioGoGo2.0

2010-10-20T18:27:00.005+02:00

Small and fast application for rip Audio CD's.

rate: 5/5

http://www.dobreprogramy.pl/AudioGoGo,Program,Windows,11459.html

Orbit Downloader

2010-10-10T22:57:00.012+02:00

Orbit Downloader, leader of download manager revolution, is devoted to new generation web (web2.0) downloading, such as video/music/files from Myspace, YouTube, Imeem, Pandora, Rapidshare. And to make general downloading easier and faster.

1. Tag make you manage your download files easily
2. Download social music, social video and streaming media
3. Extreme download acceleration.
4. Super Light: micro-sized and resource-friendly
5. Support RapidShare download.
6. Support IE, Firefox, Maxthon, Opera.
7. Support Metalink download.
8. Support HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, MMS, RTSP and RTMP protocols.
9. Support Proxy server configuration.
10.Support download pasue and resume.
11.General download management.

http://www.orbitdownloader.com/

GTK+

2010-09-05T20:27:00.001+02:00

GTK+ is a highly usable, feature rich toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces which boasts cross platform compatibility and an easy to use API. GTK+ it is written in C, but has bindings to many other popular programming languages such as C++, Python and C# among others. GTK+ is licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1 allowing development of both free and proprietary software with GTK+ without any license fees or royalties.

Get an overview of GTK+. Understand who started it, the basic architecture and why we use the license we do.

GTK+ has been involved in many projects and some big platforms. To see what people think of GTK+ and how it has been used in commercial projects, read the success stories...

To find out how more about what GTK+ can do for you, visit our features page. If you want to contribute, you are more than welcome.

http://www.gtk.org/