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Type: Freeware |
Paint.net It offers many of the powerful features found in commercial editors, including the ability to work on multiple layers, full transparent PNG support, unlimited history, and a plethora of visual effects. An interesting feature is the way each tool window becomes transparent when covering the image. This enables better implementation of effects and is something the big image editors are currently lacking. New v3 features include a multi-document, tab-based interface, so you can open and edit more than one image. An improved and more powerful toolbar and user-definable colour palette are some of the other highlights. |
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Type: Freeware |
GoodSync 7.1.8 Goodsync solves this problem by making sure that the latest copies of files are automatically copied between different computers. Multiple jobs can be created so it is possible to use this for simple backups as well as keeping on top of multiple file versions. Jobs can also be set to only work in particular directions so the original files are untouched. Note that with this free version, after 30 days you can have three synchronisation jobs set up, each with a limit of 100 files at any one point in time. |
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Type: Freeware |
SpamAware Everyone owning an email address knows these annoying mails you receive. The number of spam mails running around is continuously increasing so everyone has to spend more time on sorting out good mails from spam. Don't waste time on this let Spamaware do it for you! Spamaware is a plugin for MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express. It uses Spamassassin to score new incomming mails and decides based on the settings made in options what to do with the mail. It contacts through Spamassassin several spam-server to be more efficient. The application is completely functional after installation and gets automatically active on new mails. It supports black and whitelist filtering and is able to automatically add all your Outlook and Outlook Express contacts and add recipients of mails you write to the Whitelist. This is the software publisher's description. |
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Type: Freeware |
PIX Resizer
When capturing images it is always wise to use the highest possible quality settings for both resolution and compression. The problem with this is that the resulting images are normally too big to send by email. Pixresizer is a simple yet powerful utility for preparing images, either individually or in batches. The interface is well designed, with all four steps visible at once. There are several preset sizes or you can specify one yourself. Pixresizer will keep the correct proportions of the image to avoid odd results. The file format of the image can be kept, or changed into BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG or TIFF. Any accompanying EXIF data can be left with the file or discarded. Images can even be rotated or printed directly from Pixresizer. Pixresizer can also work with entire folders of images. Simply select the original folder and a new folder for the smaller images. Subfolders can be included if required. |
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Type: Freeware |
Serious Samurize 1.64.3 Samurize is one such, and the big advantage to using text is that the demands on the computer are much lighter. After all, there is no point using software to check on processor usage if it uses a significant amount itself. Samurize can display a wide variety of information about the computer, including memory and hard disk usage and how hard the processor is working. It can also monitor POP and IMAP email addresses and alert when new messages arrive. Samurize is more basic than many of the more modern desktop tools but it has the big advantage of very low system requirements. |
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Type: Freeware |
Digsby Digsby is at first glance an instant messaging client, but one that also comes with several tools for social networking online. An account with Digsby is required so that all of the various settings and accounts can be synchronised between different computers. It supports most IM accounts and can also read emails from Googlemail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, AOL or normal POP and IMAP accounts. Social networking sites supported are Facebook, Myspace and Twitter. Updates are shown as pop-ups as well as in the main view. Mac and Linux versions are due soon. |
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Type: Freeware |
Compact Menu 2 for Firefox replaces the entire menu bar with a single icon. This looks a lot like the new Office button in Office 2007. As the options in the menus are not used that often, it makes sense to get back the space they use. Like most Firefox extensions, it is a small download and the installation process is well behaved and changes nothing it shouldn't. To enable the new menu button, right-click on the toolbar and select Customize. Drag-and-drop the Compact Menu into the toolbar with the forward and back icons and then click on Done. The menu bar should be hidden automatically. Click on the Compact Menus button to see the full menus. |
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Type: Freeware |
JMemorize One advantage of using electronic flash cards is that it is easier to track progress and scores as all of this is done automatically. Jmemorize does not come with any flash card sets ready to use. In fairness the range of topics it could be used with is so broad. There are some samples that can be downloaded from the Lessons page on the Jmemorize Wiki. Jmemorize has it's own file format but it can import .csv files As a Java program, this software will work on Windows, Mac and Linux. Simply double-click on the .jar file to start the program. This also makes it suitable for carrying around on a USB key. |
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Type: Freeware |
Defraggler Why does this happen? Simply as the more applications you install and remove from your computer, the more likely your drive will become fragmented. This occurs when files are stored in different locations on your drive and your drive has to spin more than usual to load Windows and your applications. Defragment your drive and the contents will be stored in one continuous block, so you’ll find your system starts more quickly and your PC appears to be running more smoothly. The Windows defragmentation tool isn’t the best available. It’s rather slow, so if you have a huge hard drive it can take hours to finish defragmenting your drive. Worse, you can’t really do anything whilst it’s performing the defragmentation process. Defraggler is a new tool from the developers who brought you CCleaner. It’s small and compact and will enable you to defragment a collection of files, as well as your entire drive. |
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Type: Freeware |
Comodo Firewal Pro Comodo Personal Firewall secures your system against internal attacks such as Trojans, viruses, malicious software and external attacks by hackers. Safeguard your personal data though a simple user friendly single-click interface offering full immunity to attack. Comodo Personal Firewall helps you connect in a secure way to the internet and global networks. This is the final and first release of Comodo Personal Firewall 3 and contains support for Windows Vista, a new interface and a whole host of improved security features, including host intrusion protection, network-based firewall and an application analysis engine. Note that Comodo Firewall is completely free, even for commercial use. |
