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GX::Transcoder 5.0.2.866 Beta 10

Arthas — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:01:34 +0000

submitted by Arthas on 07-08-2008

GX::Transcoder is a universal audio and video file transcoder. You can transcode audio files into many formats: AAC, MP4, M4A, Bonk, FLAC, LA, LPAC, MIDI, MP2, MP3, MPC, MPP, MP+, OptiomFrog, Ogg Vorbis, rkAudio, VQF, WavPack, TTA, WMA, Shorten, PCM, GSM, ADPCM, VOX, G721, G723, G726, uLaw, aLaw, DSP, Raw PCM, Monkeys Audio, AVI (Audio), MOD, Bonk and more. The video converter for video filetypes mpeg1, mpeg2, avi with all installed codecs and wmv (supports VCD, SVCD and DVD Extensions) comes with one of the next betas. The Transcoder also has a Cue-Cutter, a DB based Player, a NetRadio Stream Player with recording function and a Tagger for id3v1, id3v2, ape 2.0, OGG Comment, Flac Comment and WMA ID's.... more

lastest changes

Crash after disconnect
Threading exception in the artist info screen
Threading exception in the wavform draw
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Arovax Shield 2.1.82 Beta

bchick — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:20:10 +0000

submitted by bchick on 26-01-2007

Arovax Shield is a personal security solution that is unlike to any firewall, anti-virus or spyware remover. Rather than looking for spyware traces or tracking applications that secretly send or receive data over the Internet, it blocks any attempt by malicious software to add entries to the auto-start menu, change the registry, hijack or install itself into a browser or find any other way to stealthy get itself onto a PC.... more

lastest changes

New: New system of monitoring files and folders. Now it works on kernel mode
New: Now Arovax Shield detects what process name tray get access to files and folders
New: Now Arovax Shield is saving the settings after update

RipIt4Me 1.7.1.0

Akimoto — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:43:59 +0000

submitted by Akimoto on 23-03-2007

RipIt4Me is a freeware utility that helps you backup your copy protected DVDs. Recently released DVDs are now very often equipped with stronger copy protections - such as ARccOS and RipGuard DVD. Other programs cannot handle these types of discs. With the help of RipIt4Me, ripping these DVDs will be a very easy task. The program is fully automated and the wizard will guide you through all the necessary steps involved. If you prefer, there is also a true "1-Click" mode that will perform all the involved steps automatically for you.... more

Microsoft Private Folder 1.0

downloadresource — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:48:11 +0000

submitted by downloadresource on 02-10-2006

Microsoft has released a free download for Windows Genuine “Advantage” approved customers called Microsoft Private Folder. Installing this download will give the user one password-protected folder, called “My Private Folder”. This folder will be encrypted to allow users to keep files private on otherwise shared computers. This functionality already exists in an open-source project called TrueCrypt (with a bunch of additional features), but if you’d rather be running Microsoft software, Microsoft Private Folder is now available.... more

newest comment by kderby2000 on 02-10-2006

This is a beta release from July. After receiving quite a bit of negative feedback from their enterprise customers for releasing something like this, they pulled ... more

DeepBurner Free 1.8.0.224

fazen — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 07:59:52 +0000

submitted by fazen on 04-10-2006

Need a lightweight, powerful and rock-solid burning application that would work with your drive? Small, easy to start, intuitive to use and powerful, featuring all you need- it is DeepBurner. DeepBurner will be able to solve most of your burning needs: be it burning of Data/Audio/Video CDs, all types of DVDs, composing photo albums and even burning backups. Every operation starts with a simple wizard, thus virtually everyone can use DeepBurner.... more

newest comment by romalus01 on 12-03-2008

Tried the Free and Pro Versions. The Free is Too LIMITED. The Pro looked like it Copied the whole DVD, but it burned ... more

EssentialPIM Free Portable 2.81

gnuclear — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:05:37 +0000

submitted by gnuclear on 30-10-2008

EssentialPIM handles all your scheduling, contacts, to do lists, and notes with easy-to-use, intuitive tools. This absolutely free personal information manager can store, manage and encrypt data: day/week/month/year schedules, to do lists for keeping all your tasks up-to-date, notes (pictures, tables, any formatted text), and contacts. Offers Rijndael 128-bit encryption, MS Outlook import/export, search capabilities, versatile print features, and adjustable contacts storage with unlimited fields. Works straight from USB flash drives.... more

TightVNC For Windows 1.3.9

macyzhu — Tue, 08 May 2007 15:00:40 +0000

submitted by macyzhu on 08-05-2007

TightVNC is a client/server software package allowing remote network access to graphical desktops. You may allow yourself to access your machine from everywhere provided that your machine is connected to the Internet. It is optimized to work over slow network connections such as low-speed modem links. Can work remotely almost in real time in most environments.... more

SpeedFan 4.37

MGSolid — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:06:34 +0000

submitted by MGSolid 1 week, 3 days ago

SpeedFan monitors fan speeds, temperatures and voltages in computers with hardware monitor chips. It can even access S.M.A.R.T. info for those hard disks that support this feature and show hard disk temperatures too, if supported. It can even change the FSB on some hardware. At the lowest level, it is a hardware monitor software, but its main feature is that it can control fan speeds according to the temperatures inside your pc, thus reducing noise and power consumption.... more

lastest changes

Fixed a bug where, after resuming from suspend, fan speeds were not really changed
Added full support for AMD CD5536 SMBus
Added identification of Fintek F75111R
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most viewed recommendation by ShReDDer on 21-06-2008

None ... more

Weather Watcher 5.6.21f

bchick — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:41:48 +0000

submitted by bchick on 27-03-2007

Weather Watcher is your personal Windows desktop weather station. Automatically retrieve your local weather from the Internet and store it in your Windows system tray. With one click of your mouse button, the most current weather update is in your view.... more

Kastor! TV 2.3.0.1

sherea — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:17:27 +0000

submitted by sherea on 13-10-2006

Watch TV on your computer screen! K!TV is the best way to watch Tv on your computer. Download, install and watch your favorite TV shows!... more

lastest changes

Added functions:
* Internal audio stream cards support (Hauppauge WinTV USB, ADS Tech Instant TV PCI, Pinnacle PCTV Stereo...)
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newest comment by yochonito on 19-03-2007

Thank you ... more

KeePass Password Safe 2.06 Beta

Akimoto — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:02:52 +0000

submitted by Akimoto on 03-11-2008

KeePass Password Safe is a free/open-source password safe or 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-disk. So you only have to remember one single master password or insert the key-disk to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known (AES and Twofish).... more

Maxthon Combo 1.6.1.22

gnuclear — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:00:43 +0000

submitted by gnuclear on 31-05-2007

Maxthon is a powerful web browser with a highly customizable interface. It is based on the Internet Explorer engine which means that what works in IE, works the same in Maxthon but with many additional efficient features like Tabbed Browsing Interface; Mouse Gestures; Super Drag&Drop; Privacy Protection; AD Hunter; Google Bar Support; External Utility Bar; and Skinning. The Combo version of Maxthon includes More Plugins and Skins than Standard version.... more

lastest changes

Search supports google suggest. Making your search more efficent. You can enable/disable it at Maxthon options->Search
An option is added to let user choose old style multiple search or s.maxthon.com. You can enable/disable it at Maxthon options->Search
Fixed a bug under Vista

newest comment by authenticpoppy on 14-06-2007

I adore my Maxthon. I need IE for work and I despise the lack of customization that comes with the browser. ... more

Foxit PDF Editor 1.4 Build 1532

maya — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:07:15 +0000

submitted by maya on 14-09-2006

Foxit PDF Editor is a tool for modifying page contents in Portable Document Format (PDF) documents. Unlike other so-called “ PDF Editors”, which are designed only to work with “Notes” and limited page contents, Foxit PDF Editor allows you to modify any kind of page contents within any existing PDF documents, then save back to same or new PDF documents. You can’t find such an easy to use, efficient and affordable PDF editing solution anywhere else in the world! Why use Foxit PDF Editor? * Make any kinds of modification to page contents of any PDF files * Convenient and reliable editing- What you see is what you get * Simple and clear user interface, requires no knowledge of PDF * Fast and perfect PDF displaying, supporting multi-language * The only affordable solution for PDF page content modification... more

newest comment by rfjc on 17-04-2007

Check out Nitro Pro too. It has some really neat PDF viewing, editing and conversion tools. ... more

Mozilla Thunderbird For Windows 3.0 Alpha 3

Arthas — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:03:11 +0000

submitted by Arthas on 14-10-2008

Mozilla Thunderbird is a redesign of the Mozilla mail component. The goal is to produce a cross platform stand alone mail application using the XUL user interface language. The intended customer is someone who uses Mozilla Firefox (or another stand alone browser) as their primary browser and wants a mail client based on mozilla that "plays nice" with the browser.... more

most viewed recommendation by jimmynrobert on 02-10-2007

WOW ... more

Mozilla Firefox For Windows 3.1 Beta 1

Akimoto — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:03:39 +0000

submitted by Akimoto on 14-10-2008

Mozilla Firefox project is a redesign of Mozilla's browser component, written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform. It includes a popup blocker, tabbed browsing, a smarter search, hassle free downloading, and improved privacy and security.... more

most viewed recommendation by ramaforu on 08-06-2007

just works great ... more

Pandora's Box 1.0.11

jd78 — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 02:35:39 +0000

submitted by jd78 on 15-09-2006

Take's pandora.com's awesome online music player service and creates a windows app out of it so you don't have to run it from the browser. (For those of us who are not thrilled with this new wave of Browser as an OS thing that Firefox is ushering in). If you don't care, just check out pandora.com. Very cool site that plays music based on a few songs/artists you give it.... more

newest comment by johnas on 23-05-2007

Unfortunately recently their service stopped working in my country. Great software though, simple, convenient and HQ sound. ... more

CCleaner 2.14.763

DoubleEagle — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:02:35 +0000

submitted by DoubleEagle 1 day, 4 hours ago

CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware.... more

lastest changes

Fixed minor bug in Firefox 2 cookies support

Picasa 3.0 Build 57

Arthas — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:06:48 +0000

submitted by Arthas on 03-11-2008

Picasa automatically finds and organizes all of your pictures including: jpeg, tiff, bmp, psd, and standard camera movie files. Sending pictures with e-mail used to mean five steps just to get it right. Picasa lets you pick the size and then automatically attaches your pictures. Browse through all your pictures and view slideshows of your albums with the click of a button. Enhance, fix red-eye, and even crop without losing data or permanently changing your original picture.... more

Folder Size for Windows 2.3 2.3

yotofuji — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:39:43 +0000

submitted by yotofuji on 16-09-2006

Explorer show sizes of folders and files in the same column right in Explorer... more

newest comment by andrewbmoore on 23-01-2007

@hanguker In order to calculate the size of folders, each file within said folder must be checked, along with every subfolder and subfolder-file (a recursive ... more

Ditto-cp 3.9.0.0

fazen — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 08:43:20 +0000

submitted by fazen on 18-09-2006

Ditto is an extension to the standard windows clipboard. It saves each item placed on the clipboard allowing you access to any of those items at a later time. Ditto allows you to save any type of information that can be put on the clipboard, text, images, html, custom formats, ...... more

lastest changes

Fixed issue that could cause Ditto to not disconnect from the clipboard

newest comment by maya on 18-09-2006

simple, light and very helpful ... more

Belarc Advisor 7.2.24.14

Arthas — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:06:29 +0000

submitted by Arthas 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, including Microsoft Hotfixes, and displays the results in your Web browser. All of your PC profile information is kept private on your PC and is not sent to any web server. This version also includes the Center for Internet Security benchmark, showing how your computer's security settings stack up.... more

Exstora 1.4

bchick — Mon, 07 May 2007 15:08:01 +0000

submitted by bchick on 07-05-2007

Exstora is an excellent tool for saving notes, ideas, passwords and scheduled events. Itâ€™s the best if you are overwhelmed with the information flow and often need to remember or write down the small texts. The category system will let you keep your records ordered, and the password protection system will hide the private data (passwords, notes, ideas) from the strangerâ€™s eyes. You donâ€™t need to know how the processor is designed in order to get started; the programâ€™s major goals are the convenience in the use and the ease in getting started.... more

lastest changes

Minor bugs fixed
Interface improvements

Cinematheca 1.0

beta — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:20:35 +0000

submitted by beta on 12-09-2006

Cinematheca will allow you to maintain your own movie collection and also view the list of movies in your friends' collections. It is easy to see if your friend has a new movie and ask him or her to let you see it. You can view your friends' collections even when they are offline. The software allows you to rate movies and share these ratings with your friends, search your collection and your friends' collections, and group movies into virtual folders.... more

Avorax Shield 1.3.15 Beta 1.3.15

johnmcdonald — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:57:39 +0000

submitted by johnmcdonald on 13-09-2006

Arovax Shield™ is a real time monitor which goes beyond what other security suites offer by adding another layer of protection to your system proactively. It runs silently in the background, watching for Malware/parasites that try to install on or modify your system.... more

Comodo Personal Firewall 2.4.5.111 Beta

macyzhu — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:40:08 +0000

submitted by macyzhu on 12-12-2006

Comodo Personal Firewall will secure your system against internal attacks such as Trojan viruses, malicious software, and external attacks by hackers. With a user-friendly single click interface you can allow or block access to the Internet offering complete immunity to attacks and total protection of your personal information. Real time traffic monitoring enables you to react instantly to threats and identify bandwidth bottlenecks. Silent Security Technology means no needless alerts with out-of-the-box protection against hackers, Trojans and other unknown threats.... more

lastest changes

"Comodo Firewall" name has been changed to "COMODO Firewall Pro"
"Activity->Connections" now shows per connection bytes in/out
Animated tray icon showing in/out traffic status
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newest comment by deepcut on 30-06-2007

I read that this has been rated very well at http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/results.php . The protection seems solid, but the configuration layout is not as good as ... more

most viewed recommendation by rapunzel72 on 27-08-2007

Comodo personal firewall ... more