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From The Forums: Immersive Explorer for Windows

Steven Parker — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 08:25:35 +0000

Microsoft failed to include a Metro styled file manager app with Windows 8, so one of our members has gone ahead and created one from scratch. If you love Metro, you'll absolutely love this! Read more...

Notepad++ 5.9.6

Steven Parker — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:55:11 +0000

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Read more...

Too good to ignore: 6 alternative browsers

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:23:57 +0000

Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari lead the market, but there are other browsers out there for PC and Mac users. Which are better from these 'lesser-known' browsers ? When Microsoft, Mozilla or Apple comes out... Read more...

SE-Explorer - portable alternative for Windows Explorer.

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:16:22 +0000

SE-Explorer is a free simple and powerful file manager for Windows. New features in version 0.0.21.419 Size Scanner panel is added for quick search of large files by its type; Video player for quick... Read more...

Microsoft's Silverlight - Potential Flash Alternative

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:18:19 +0000

Adobe's ubiquitous Flash has never had serious competition, which allowed it to become the dominant technology for Web multimedia, even though its complexity causes some headaches for developers. Yet Microsoft's Silverlight stands to give Flash... Read more...

Vonage may have alternative to disputed patents

Michael Stanclift — Fri, 11 May 2007 20:39:01 +0000

Vonage said it may have technology that could rescue its Internet-phone service, after a jury found the company infringed patents that allow customers to call standard telephones. "We will begin rolling these workarounds out shortly,... Read more...

Intel Readies MID Platform as Alternative to UMPCs

Tom Warren — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:16:11 +0000

Intel offers up cheaper, simpler mobile platform for consumers Just over a year ago, Microsoft and Intel announced the Origami platform which would lay the foundation for Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPCs). UMPCs were supposed... Read more...

Update for Office: Alternative User Input (KB870774)

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:13:58 +0000

The Office 2003 Alternative User Input update: KB870774 updates the framework that is used to support advanced text services in Microsoft Office 2003. Download: Update for Office 2003: Alternative User Input... Read more...

Linux, Still an Awkward Alternative

Sun, 04 Jul 2004 13:41:46 +0000

This article looks in general at the position of Linux amongst average mainstream PC users to power users. While I'm positive that a lot of people will not agree with the author's opinions, however, some... Read more...

IE competitors mull ActiveX alternative

Wed, 30 Jun 2004 21:25:00 +0000

While Microsoft hangs onto ActiveX everybody else is looking for a better alternative. Every other browser maker except Microsoft is revising the way plug-ins run in their browsers. "There's currently a hole in... Read more...

Startup Claims InfiniBand Alternative

Sun, 28 Mar 2004 01:17:18 +0000

Precision I/O is working on software to improve performance of the Ethernet link between server and network -- without requiring hardware upgrades or special devices and protocols, extra baggage Estrin says goes with InfiniBand. ... Read more...

Office XP Alternative User Input Update: KB832668

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:08:27 +0000

SUMMARY Microsoft has released an update to Microsoft Office XP. The Office XP Alternative User Input Update: KB832668 updates the framework that is used to support advanced text services in Microsoft Office XP. The... Read more...

Real Alternative 1.20

Wed, 04 Feb 2004 16:07:42 +0000

Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer or RealOne Player. Features of version 1.20: - Media Player Classic [version 6.4.7.5] - RealMedia Codecs [version... Read more...

QuickTime Alternative 1.3 FINAL

Wed, 04 Feb 2004 12:25:09 +0000

Thanks euromix, and r3pl1cat0r for this. QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime files (.mov, .qt and other extensions) without having to install the official QuickTime Player. It also supports QuickTime content that is... Read more...

Real Alternative 1.20 RC6

Fri, 16 Jan 2004 13:52:56 +0000

Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer/RealOne Player. You do need a player that is capable of playing RealMedia. The included Media Player Classic supports it... Read more...

QuickTime Alternative 1.30 RC6

Fri, 16 Jan 2004 13:52:35 +0000

QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime files (.mov, .qt and other extensions) without having to install the official QuickTime Player. It also supports QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages. As... Read more...

Real Alternative 1.12 RC3

Wed, 07 Jan 2004 09:55:50 +0000

Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer/RealOne Player. Supported are: - RealAudio (.ra .rpm) - RealMedia (.rm .ram .rmvb .rpx .smi .smil) - RealText (.rt) -... Read more...

Real Alternative 1.11

Sun, 16 Nov 2003 10:22:41 +0000

Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer/RealOne Player. Supported are: RealAudio (.ra .rpm) RealMedia (.rm .ram .rmvb .rpx .smi .smil) RealText (.rt)... Read more...

QuickTime Alternative 1.22

Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:26:30 +0000

Creative unveils 60GB iPod alternative

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:11:58 +0000

Creative has extended its Nomad Jukebox Zen line of hard drive-equipped portable music players with the Xtra - a unit that packs in not only an iPod-beating 60GB hard drive but a new display that... Read more...

Real Alternative 1.10

Fri, 17 Oct 2003 15:18:28 +0000

Real Alternative 1.10 (4.10 Mb) is released! Release Notes: Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files. This way you can play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer/RealOne Player. You do need a... Read more...

DivX Light : a DivX alternative

Mon, 13 Oct 2003 07:07:53 +0000

DivX Light is only the original DivX® Decoder in a very light (242 KB) and simple installer. It's useful if you don't want to download the big 5MB DivX codec on DivX.com with... Read more...

Quicktime Alternative

Brad Wardell — Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:40:08 +0000

QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime (.mov .qt) files. This way there is no need to install the offical QuickTime Player. As a bonus, Internet Explorer will play all QuickTime movies that are... Read more...

QuickTime Alternative 1.12

Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:10:00 +0000

QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime files (.mov, .qt and other extensions) without having to install the official QuickTime Player. As a bonus, Internet Explorer will play all QuickTime movies that are embedded... Read more...

Real Alternative 1.00

Sat, 19 Jul 2003 01:48:25 +0000

Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install the official RealPlayer. You do need a media player that is capable of playing RealMedia files. The included Media Player Classic supports... Read more...

Real Alternative 0.95 RC

Fri, 11 Jul 2003 11:18:21 +0000

QuickTime Alternative 1.10

Steven Parker — Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:52:42 +0000

Real Alternative 0.90 RC

Wed, 28 May 2003 10:45:30 +0000

Real Alternative will allow you to play Real (.ra .ram) files. This way there is no need to install the offical RealOne player. The included Media Player Classic works very well with Real Files. ... Read more...

Ericsson touts optical fibre as local broadband alternative

Wed, 27 Mar 2002 13:13:26 +0000

Ericsson is bringing to Australia a bundle of products and services that may provide carriers and would-be carriers with an economical way of delivering broadband services including telephony, video and high-speed Internet into the home... Read more...

OfficeXP Update: Alternative User Input Update

Wed, 30 Jan 2002 14:07:57 +0000

The Office XP Alternative User Input Update: January 24, 2002 updates the framework that is used to support advanced text services in Microsoft Office XP. Examples of advanced text services include speech, handwriting, and East... Read more...

A more configurable alternative to ICS

Thu, 13 Dec 2001 01:02:12 +0000

Found this guide while browsing at XP-erience.org. Xtrecate writes "Do you use Windows Internet Connection Sharing? Do you find it to be a bit....too simple? Perhaps you would like more control over NAT... Read more...

Looking for an alternative to SecureCRT? Try this.

Fri, 16 Nov 2001 10:54:15 +0000

I ran across this at CNET: Download. AbsoluteTelnet includes the Telnet, SSH1, and SSH2 protocols in a powerful yet easy-to-use application. AbsoluteTelnet provides fast and accurate software terminal emulations, including VT100, VT220, VT320, XTERM,... Read more...

Want a faster, secure alternative to IIS, try Zeus!

Mon, 22 Oct 2001 20:22:36 +0000

Zeus Technology is releasing Zeus Web Server 4.0, an update of its flagship software which has never been hacked, according to Andrew Parker, principal consultant at Zeus. "We've never had a security... Read more...