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MediaCoder - universal audio/video transcoder
2008-04-26 22:17:19
MediaCoder is an opensource project hosted at Sourceforge.net. The software enables you to convert almost any media file to one of many media formats available. This is an excellent software for audio enthusiasts who need to quickly convert Flac to MP3 to Ogg to … you get the picture. From their website MediaCoder is a free universal batch [...] ...

Cryptainer LE - free 128-bit encryption software
2008-04-15 20:14:05
Cryptainer LE is the freeware version of Cypherix’s Cryptainer product.  The software is very handy for encrypting sensitive data to send via email. You can also create a 25mb encrypted partition on your PC to store private documents like spreadsheets and .PDF’s . Cryptainer is very easy to use and I use it as a quick and [...] ...

Ajax Whois 2.0 - online whois and domain availability tool
2008-03-23 02:54:45
 Ajax Whois is an easy to use website to aid in domain lookups and WhoIs information. You can specify a search of 7 of the most popular top level domains at one time. The site is based on Ajax programming which means all of  your queries are delivered in real-time as you type them out, this makes Domain [...] ...

WinSock XP Fix - winsock repair and restore for Windows XP
2008-03-22 05:01:44
Internet and network connectivity in Windows XP is notorious for being easily disabled and corrupted from minor tweaks to the registry and winsock settings. Removing software, scanning for and deleting spyware can cause these registry corruptions which prevent Windows XP from accessing the network. It seems that the frequencies of corruption have declined since the [...] ...

Windows Defender - anti-spyware utility from Microsoft
2008-03-16 18:30:54
Windows Defender is a free program that helps you stay productive by protecting your computer against pop-ups, slow performance and security threats caused by spyware and other potentially unwanted software. Windows Defender no longer supports Windows 2000 as mainstream support ended in June 2005. The above passage is from the Microsoft website.  In a nutshell, Windows Defender [...] ...

Windows Essentials Codec Pack - free collection of media codecs for Windows
2008-03-12 06:52:01
A codec is software that allows for the COmpression and DEcompression of media files. How many times have you wanted to play an audio or video file from the Internet only to find you’re missing the necessary codec to play it? Well, the Windows Essentials Codec Pack is a very good collection of codecs to [...] ...

Process Explorer - Windows system monitoring and examination utility
2008-03-07 08:09:26
Process Explorer is a free utility from Microsoft. It’s an add-on extension of the Task Manager that is included with the Windows Operating System. This utility gives more in-depth information regarding any processes running on a computer system. It enables the user to view which dll’s or exe’s are running and the amount of resources that [...] ...

Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2007 - legendary spyware scanning and removal
2008-03-06 08:47:58
I have been reluctant to post Lavasoft’s legendary application Ad-Aware, because of the aggressive shareware route Lavasoft has been pushing lately. Lavasoft does offer Ad-Aware 2007 has a completely freeware version for download. I had to use Ad-Aware for the first time in a year today on a friends PC and I must say that the application is still as [...] ...

Audacity - free audio file editor and audio recorder
2008-03-03 07:42:31
I use Audacity to cut up my mp3’s into shorter files, especially the really long DJ mixes. Audacity has been around for awhile and is a pure opensource project that uses the GNU license. I really like how simple it makes cutting up .wav and .mp3 files. Audacity can also record and edit audio from an external [...] ...

Avant Browser - secure web browser based on IE
2008-03-02 11:06:22
Avant is a next generation tabbed web browser based on the Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) core. Avant acts and feels much like IE except it is has many more security features than IE’s traditional offering. Avant has a built-in popup blocker. Nothing new you say? Well Avant’s popup blocker will block various Active X controls [...] ...

AnalogX ITRC - internet traffic reporting client and network analyzer
2008-02-21 05:25:01
AnalogX makes some pretty cool freeware and posts them on his site at AnalogX.com . One of my favorites is the Internet Traffic Report Client . ITRC provides very interesting data and is a fun little toy for any networking geek to play with. More info from the website here:   How many times has your Internet connection been sluggish, [...] ...
Client  Internet  Network  Traffic 

F-Secure Blacklight - root-kit detection and elimination utility
2008-02-19 04:38:44
Root-kits are a relatively new threat on the modern Internet and no other company has a better root-kit removal tool than F-Secure and their “Blacklight” utility. What exactly is a root-kit you ask? Here’s a definition from Wikipedia to help get you started: A root-kit is a program (or combination of several programs) designed to take fundamental control (in [...] ...
Detection  Elimination  Root  Utility 

FileZilla - free FTP client software and server
2008-02-16 17:55:35
FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive interface. FileZilla is a full featured FTP client, is the best free FTP client I have ever used and rivals products like CuteFTP and WinFTP. FileZilla is a pure open-source project with tons of support and [...] ...
Client  Filezilla  Server  Software 

SpyFu.com - cpc/ppc keyword and domain analysis
2008-02-14 08:14:31
All about the “clicks”, SpyFu.com evolved from a utility called GoogSpy, and is a great website for CPC (cost-per-click) and PPC (pay-per-click) Internet marketers. SpyFu .com will analyze keywords and domain names with reports on various data relating to top advertisers for those keywords as well as average cost per day and clicks per day the keywords generate. SpyFu also reports [...] ...
Analysis  Domain  Keyword 

Good Keywords - keyword generator and analyzer
2008-02-13 04:26:10
Softnik Technologies is an Indian software company that provides strategic software solutions for online businesses. They make great software for Internet marketers and Webmasters as well as utilities for managing domain names. Softnik’s tools are well written and very easy to use, one of my favorites is a utility called Good Keywords. Good Keywords will take combinations of [...] ...
Generator  Keyword  Keywords 

hMailServer - free email server for Windows servers
2008-02-12 05:15:39
I have used hMailServer for testing of various email related functions including anti-spam software and configurations. The hMailServer interface is very intuitive and easy to use. All Email data and accounts utilize either MS-SQL or MySQL databases for the back-end support. If you don’t feel like setting up and configuring a SQL server, no worries, hMailServer includes a lite version of [...] ...
Email  Server  Windows 

Cobian Backup - secure backup with compression
2008-02-10 21:43:57
Cobian Backup is a nice and simple utility for scheduling Windows backups. Cobian Backup is far superior than the default backup utility that comes bundled with Microsoft Windows.  Cobian Backup supports .ZIP compression and 256-bit encryption which make is very good for data archiving and long-term storage. You can also use it to schedule backups to shared network drives and have email notifications sent to alert [...] ...

RealVNC - easy remote access to your PC
2008-02-09 21:19:36
RealVNC has been around for awhile now and provides a simple remote server and viewer package for any desktop PC. The VNC project is particularly popular in the Linux community for providing remote access to Linux desktops. RealVNC is a nice alternative to Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in Windows as it provides “overlay” access [...] ...