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Creative Docs .NET is a vector-based graphic design tool with support for rich text, ideal to quickly write short documents, manuals, posters, illustrations, schemas, plans, flow charts, and much more.

The interface is tailored for high productivity: it does never get in your way. Creative Docs .NET tools are simple, yet powerful. All styles and attributes can be modified interactively with a minimum number of mouse clicks. A color gradient, for instance, can be modified directly by dragging its handles in the document window.

March 23, 2008

Media Player

Haihaisoft Universal Player - http://www.drm-x.com/Haihaisoft-Universal-Player.aspx

Haihaisoft Universal Player is a powerful media player which supports almost all popular digital media formats and can also play digital media files protected by DRM-X platform.

Haihaisoft Universal Player is equivalent to:

Windows Media Player

Real Player

Adobe Flash Player

Apple QuickTime Player

PowerDVD

Flash Video (FLV) Player

Internet Explorer

With Haihaisoft Universal Player embedded Internet Explorer, you can easily play media content and surf on the internet together.

Haihaisoft Universal Player can play WMV(Windows Media Video), WMA(Windows Media Audio), ASF, WMS, DVD, VCD, SVCD, MOV, RM, RMVB, AVI, MPEG, WMV, 3GP, FLV, SWF, MP3, AMR, M4A, ACC, OGG, MIDI, GIF and JPEG file format.

The most important thing is that all these powerful features are FREE. Download and enjoy Haihaisoft Universal Player now.

March 28, 2008

Mail programs / Instant Messengers :

Spicebird

www.spicebird.com

Spicebird is a free and open source collaboration suite from Synovel. It simplifies communication for users by providing integrated access to the various tools of collaboration, like email, calendaring and instant messaging, in a single application. It provides easy access to various web services while retaining all the advantages of a desktop application.

The application is built on top of Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Sunbird, xmpp4moz and adds more features and integration. The extensibility of the Mozilla platform makes adding new tools and customization of the suite easy.

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April 1, 2008

Photo manipulation and image design:

Squash http://code.google.com/p/squash/

Squash allows resizing of images in a batch mode. It is friendly and usable and does one thing well - resizing images. It is a multi-threaded application and is designed to run on Linux, Mac and Windows.

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April 1, 2008

cool

very useful,thanks

April 2, 2008

Found a site with a few nice programs.

General Utilities and Other Applications

Match http://matt.malensek.net/software

Match is a simple file backup utility that creates a mirror image of a folder. When synchronizing, Match looks for files that have been changed or removed and modifies the mirror folder to reflect any changes. Supports preset "script" files that can be launched to start synching.

General Utilities and Other Applications

3RVX http://matt.malensek.net/software

3RVX is a skinnable volume controller and display that supports alpha-blended skins, cool fade effects, drive eject notification, and a lot more. It was originally developed to emulate the Mac OS X volume bezel on Windows, but has evolved to support more options and features.

Educational Utilities

Skalc http://matt.malensek.net/software

Ever notice how lacking the default Windows calculator is in the style department? Skalc aims to fix that problem with its smooth, alpha-blended skins. Supports basic calculations and has a simple skin format.

April 7, 2008

Audio Tools:

ToeTag http://www.audiotoetag.com/

ToeTag is all you need to edit the tags in most popular music files. If you are using MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG, Apple AAC (M4A), FLAC, or other audio files, ToeTag is a must-have utility.

Organize, move, and rename your files using the tag information. You can create directories based on the filename, then move the files to that directory with new names also based on tags. You can create custom filename masks and add them to the list quickly and easily.

# Edit tag data directly in the grid!

# ReplayGain support! Normalize volume without re-encoding or losing fidelity!

# Vista users will see the modern Vista appearance.

# XP users will also get Vista style buttons, pop-up dialogs, and command dialogs.

# Write all or selected songs to a play list (with extended information).

# Launch all or selected files in your preferred audio player.

April 17, 2008

One of my recent favourites from http://www.FreewareGenius.com

Share your screen and/or access a PC remotely with Mikogo

http://www.mikogo.com

Description: Mikogo is a free, browser-based screen sharing and remote computer access platform for Windows. It allows you to create virtual meetings/webinars where any of the participant?s screens can be shared, to define which applications can or cannot be accessed remotely, and to instantly share files with participants, all without the need to configure firewalls, ports, and routers etc.

Say you want to demonstrate to your friend in another town how you perform a certain trick with Photoshop, or say you want to send your mother in a different time zone a really good freeware antispyware program and install for her on the spot. Mikogo will allow you to do all of the above.The verdict:b> although there exists a number of free VPN solutions, the reasons I like this one are (a) avoids the need to configure firewalls, routers, ports, etc, because it is entirely browser based, (b) avoids the need for others to install software and create accounts to see your screen remotely, and © works very well and does what it sets out to do.

Spyware and Adware remover: Spyware Terminatorb>

http://www.spywareterminator.com/

If you're sick of spyware and adware clogging your pc and slowing you down, you gotta check this one out!!From the website:b>

Millions of users worldwide rely on Spyware Terminator, winner of many awards and high ratings from industry experts and users. Its free comprehensive protection is comparable to competitors' paid versions!

Spyware Terminator includes:

* Fast spyware scanning

* 100% real-time protection

* HIPS protection

* Antivirus protection

* Multilanguage Support

Free PDF maker:b>

http://www.primopdf.com

Real easy tool for making PDFs in high quality. I was using PDF995 for a while but this is quicker when it comes to making the pdfs and there isn't any advertising. But it took a while to download and go through the installation process.

Edited April 17, 2008 by goodygumdrops

April 19, 2008

ToDo List

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/applications/todolist2.aspx

Great ToDo list software!

I use it to manage my work group projects.

April 19, 2008

Some other software I use:

SUMo

http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?sumo

"SUMo, which stands for Software Update Monitor. Thanks to SUMo you'll be able to keep your PC up-to-date by using the most recent version of your favorite software ! Unlike build-in auto update features, SUMo tells you if updates are available before you need to use your software. "

MusicIP Mixer

http://www.musicip.com/mixer/index.jsp

Music player/organizer with clean interface, which can generate smart playlists based on previous analysis of your music collection.

April 25, 2008

Programming:

CodeLite http://sourceforge.net/projects/codelite

CodeLite is a powerful open-source, cross platform code editor for the C/C++ programming languages (regulary tested on Windows XP sp2, Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon, Fedora Core 6 and Debian lenny/sid). CodeLite is distributed under the terms of the GPL license.

CodeLite uses a sophisticated, yet intuitive interface which allows user to easy create and build complex projects.

May 1, 2008

Compression / Decompression:

AutoUnpack http://www.see-and-be.com/AutoUnpack/

AutoUnpack is a freeware utility that can be used to automatically download, repair, and unpack all RAR-, 7z-, zip-, TS - archives, or splitted files (e.g. *.001)

May 12, 2008

General Utilities And Other Applications:

ResourcesExtract http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/resources_extract.html

ResourcesExtract is a small utility that scans dll/ocx/exe files and extract all resources (bitmaps, icons, cursors, AVI movies, HTML files, and more...) stored in them into the folder that you specify.

May 19, 2008

very hot portable app for windows, http://www.download32.com/prayaya-v3-i38163.html

Prayaya V3, which is a Mini-Windows which allows you to have your required programs and data on a USB Flash Drive or any Portable Storage Devices.Carry your data files,settings and applications (such as Outlook, Mozilla Firefox, MSN) on a USB storage device or iPod.

Run them on any PC - at home or at work.Keeps your personal information at your fingertips, don't you think it's very useful in our work?

May 20, 2008

Educational Utilities

CCCalc http://cccalc.excelsior-usa.com/en/index.html

* easy to use like a paper and pencil

* features same operations as a good desktop check-n-correct calculator

* provides unlimited precision and arbitrary rounding off

* performs four basic arithmetic operations, percent allowed

* allows to browse through calculations history and correct anything at any moment

* works with numbers without limitations on precision

* rounds-up results to a given significant digit

* supports Windows drag-and-drop and clipboard

May 28, 2008

3D Graphics:

K-3D http://www.k-3d.org/wiki/Main_Page

K-3D is free-as-in-freedom 3D modeling and animation software. It features a plugin-oriented procedural engine for all of its content, making K-3D a very versatile and powerful package.

K-3D excels at polygonal modeling, and includes basic tools for NURBS, patches, curves and animation. Give it a try!

June 13, 2008

Partition Managers:

Macrium Reflect http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp

The only free XP and Vista compatible disk imaging software with BartPE and Linux based recovery options.

* Create a disk image whilst running Windows using Microsoft Volume Shadow copy Service (VSS).

* Image to Network, USB, FireWire drives and DVD.

* Built in scheduler.

* 32 bit and native 64 bit versions.

* Industry leading compression levels and speed.

* Linux based Rescue CD with Network access and full GUI. Only 6.5MB in size!

* Built in CD/DVD packet writing engine. Supports packet writing to DVD DL media with Windows Vista.

* HTML log files.

June 13, 2008

Teamviewer remote access is an alternative to ultravnc that requires a dns service for auto ip address resolution. no need for dns service with this program. just a straight forward session oriented connection where you can require permission from end user, install on computer as a service, run as needed with no installation or set up for auto connect with password verification when installed.

Hope i am making sense... check it out...

teamviewer

www.teamviewer.com/

www.teamviewer.com/download/

June 21, 2008

File Managers:

DiskAid http://www.digidna.net/diskaid/

DiskAid is a tool for PC and Mac which enables to use your iPhone or iPod Touch as external Disk.

With DiskAid you can transfer files and folders between your iPhone or iPod Touch and your Computer.

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DiskAid is a Freeware, 100% free of charge

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PC Windows & Mac OSX compatibility

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Auto detection feature, just plugin it in !

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Copy Files & Folders between your iPhone or iPod Touch and your Computer

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Files & Folders Browser

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Drag & Drop

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Features rich file organization including folder creation, renaming... etc.

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No jailbreak needed

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Supported firmware versions : 1.1.1 to 1.1.4

June 24, 2008

Can I just do the design, you can sort out the structure afterwards...?

Can I just do the design, you can sort out the structure afterwards...? because I dont wanna mess with you php incase I do something wrong. I'll just make you a template design for the first page, and another template for the other pages..?? What'd you think?

July 9, 2008

You should remove SmartFTP from the list as it is no longer freeware. :(

See here: http://www.smartftp.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=15010

July 11, 2008

Encryption and data security

Pismo File Mount Audit Package http://www.pismotechnic.com/pfm/ap/

Pismo File Mount Audit Package is a Windows application that allows users to mount the contents of ZIP, ISO, Compact ISO, Compact File Set and Private Folder files to the file system as virtual folders.

Private Folders can be created and used to store sensitive data files and applications in an encrypted and compressed container file. Private folders are created using a password to generate the encryption key. Once the password is provided at mount time, the protected contents become accessible in place through the file system.

July 13, 2008

Photo manipulation and image design:

PhotoME http://www.photome.de/

PhotoME is a powerful tool to show and edit the meta data of image files. Thanks to the well organised layout and intuitive handling, it's possible to analyse and modify Exif and IPTC-NAA data as well as analyse ICC profiles

Support of Exif tags (Specification v2.21)

Exif data will be written by the digital camera for each photo with the parameters of the camera. This allows you to see all the used settings, right down to the sensor temperature when the shot was taken.

Support of IPTC-NAA tags (Specification v4.1)

IPTC-NAA data is used by agencies to save keywords, comments and copyright notes.

Reading support of ICC profile data (Specification v4.2.0.0)

ICC (International Color Consortium) profiles are used for color management.

Support JPEG, TIFF, GIF, PNG, Digital Negative RAW and all common camera RAW file types

As well as the popular JPEG format, PhotoME also shows files which are saved in the TIFF, GIF and PNG formats, and the following camera RAW file types:

Canon RAW v2 (CR2), Canon Thumbnail (THM), Epson (ERF), FujiFilm (RAF), Hasselblad (3FR), Kodak (KDC, DCR, K25), Konica/Minolta (MRW), Mamiya (MEF), Nikon (NEF), Olympus (ORF), Panasonic and Leica (RAW), Pentax (PEF), Sony (ARW, SRF and SR2), Creo Leaf Capture (MOS) and the new open RAW format Digital Negative (DNG).

PhotoME also supports Windows HD Photo and Media Photo (HDP, WDP), ICC profile files (ICC, ICM), FotoStation text templates (IPT), Nikon IPTC Data files (NID), the Opanda Exif template format (EXIF), as well as 2 of PhotoME's own formats for the export of Exif and IPTC/NAA-data.

Support of Maker Notes of Canon, Nikon, Pentax, FujiFilm, Olympus, Panasonic, Leica, Konica/Minolta, Sigma, Sony, Agfa, Casio, Concord, Epson, Ricoh, Sanyo and partial support for Creative, DoCoMo, GE (General Imaging) and Mamiya cameras

Maker Notes are special Exif tags which are used by the manufacturers to save manufacturer- and camera-specific data.

e.g. informations about the lens used on DSLR cameras

Visually show AF points

PhotoME will use the auto focus informations saved in the maker notes to visually show the used AF points.

Support of GPS data and locating in Google Earth, on Google Maps and 13 other mapping services

July 13, 2008

Still this thread is probably the best freeware alternative one could ever want.

Don't forget here for all your free licenced games and softwares.

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