MP4Cam2AVI

MP4Cam2AVI is MPEG4/MJPEG to AVI converter/joiner for MPEG-4 camcorders and digital photo cameras (also cell phones that shoot video in MP4 format). Itrepackages video content to AVI container without video recompression, it's fastand loseless. Target AVI files are compatible with video editors like Windows
Movie Maker, Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas, etc.Program supports *.MP4, *.MOV, and *.AVI input containers. MJPEG video from photo-cameras is supported as well. Program converts *.MOV MJPEG clips to MJPEG AVI (without recompression) or to XviD MPEG-4 AVI (with recompression) in one click.

MP4Cam2AVI supports MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) video from new H.264 cameras like Sanyo CG65 and Casio EX-V7 (to view target AVI, H.264 VfW codec needed, i.e latest FFDShow).

By default, MP4Cam2AVI doesn't recompress video, that means no quality loss and fast operation (5-20x realtime, depending on audio settings). Audio can be stored in source format, or converted to MP3 (best for DVD-MPEG4 players) or PCM (best for editing).

MP4Cam2AVI converts MPEG-4 ASP *.MP4 files from Nero Recode (MPEG-4 ASP video/AAC audio) to DivX AVI format with MP3 audio - it's fast and loseless for video.

Unlike many converting apps, MP4Cam2AVI doesn't require QuickTime or any codecs to work, it performs all the job itself.

Download at http://mp4cam2avi.sourceforge.net/

dushare

dushare is a file-transfer tool with a difference! Unlike others, dushare does not require uploading a file to a server and the other peer downloading it. With dushare, the moment you send a file, the other peer starts downloading instantly in real-time. dushare relies on a direct secure connection between the two peers, dushare sees no limit on the file sizes and types.

By the way, it is the only-file sharing service where you can chat with your peer too!

www.dushare.com

Sign Docs Electronically

Sign Docs Electronically On The Go With Adobe Echo Sign For iPhone & iPad

More and more people are using electronic signatures in the corporate sector for secure transfer of legal documents since it is a much better alternative to sending your documents via courier or air mail, especially if you have offices or clients overseas. Also, electronic signatures are ideal for confidential fax and emails that can easily fall into the wrong hands. Popular electronic signature web service Adobe Echo Sign has has released its official mobile client for iOS devices to allow the secure sending and receiving of  important legal and corporate documents from anywhere and at anytime. The app allows you to keep track of all documents that have been signed or are pending for signatures with this app and send electronically signed faxes.

The app requires you to log in with your Echo Sign account, after which it catalogs all your documents into various categories. You can upload documents to your Echo Sign library from your device or cloud services such as Dropbox or Box.

The app points out the areas where your signature is required within a document. You have the option of choosing a signature Echo sign has generated for you or swipe across the screen to make your own. Once you sign the document, the app mails it to the respective client or institution via email, and catalogs the document in the Signed documents category.

If you are used to conducting your business on the go, then the app is a must-have for you. It is available for free on the iTunes App Store. Download it to your iDevice from the link provided below.

Download Adobe Echo Sign at
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adobe-echosign/id481082197?mt=8

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Asana, a task management tool that groups up coworkers and teammates

Asana is a task management tool that groups up coworkers and teammates can use to stay on top of the latest developments within the projects they’re working on. At the heart of the application is a shared task list where group members can plan and discuss the various aspects of their projects in a single space while still staying organized and in sync at all times.

Up to 30 members can work together in an Asana workspace without paying a dime, so there is no reason not to sign up and give the web-app a try

http://asana.com

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AABBYY Screenshot reader

AABBYY Screenshot reader is a screenshot-to-text OCR conversion tool, available for free for a limited time through the Christmas season.

It lets you take a screenshot of anything on your screen, converts the screenshot to text, and then sends it as editable text to the clipboard, text editor, or the MS Office application of your choice. Supports multiple languages.

Its whopping size - 150+ MB didn't deter me, I did well to download it, believe me, it's a peach!

Features

It is perfectly suited for the occaisional ad-hoc application of OCR (Optical Character Recognition).

Supports multiple languages,including languages wit non English characters.

Recognition quality: is very good (of course this would depend on the quality of the scanned doc)

http://fr7.abbyy.com/ScreenshotReader/ScreenshotReader_bonus.exe

Please note that the program requires online registration with a valid email address.

QuickScreenShare

QuickScreenShare

A simple way to share screens with anybody.

No registration required and completely free.

Nothing to install for sharer or sharee (assuming you have Java).

Works on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Even lets you remotely control mouse and keyboard!

This free service is a side project from the creators of Screencast-O-Matic.com and is still in BETA. The current version creates a direct peer-to-peer connection, however, if you're on a company network it may or may not be able to connect, but in most cases you'll find it works.

Give it a shot at QuickScreenShare.com
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Pistashio – The New Way to Save and Sort Bookmarks

Pistashio is an online hub where users can save and store all the articles, photos, videos, reviews, books, and music they find online. It is an app that brings many functions together under one roof. One of the cool things about Pistashio is that you can set reminders.It will automatically email or tweet you the link. You can also set up the service to post your favorite links on Facebook or Twitter. 

One thing that makes Pistashio different from basic bookmarking applications is that it only saves links that fall into five distinct categories-food, video, reading, listening, and to-do-and the majority of this content is actually embedded on the site for easy referencing. When you add a YouTube video, for example, Pistashio embeds the video on its site rather than making you click away to watch it again. 

Pistashio can be used in a number of different ways, depending on what you're interested in and how you want to use the service.

http://pistash. io

Costs: Free

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PDF reader lets researchers organize, search and annotate articles

For researchers in scientific and academic worlds, carrying out research can often involve handling many, many articles in PDF format.  Now in beta, the new reader tool for Mac and Windows can perform full-text searches across a library of academic PDF articles, and even offers outside recommendations based on those the user reads.

Users of ReadCube can create an article library instantly, importing their existing PDFs in a single step as well as downloading in one click any related articles they want from PubMed, Google Scholar or publisher websites. ReadCube will automatically identify the author, title, and journal citation information for every article, and has the ability to search for text across the entire library. The platform also enables users to annotate articles with in-line comments, highlights and sticky notes, and can import citation information to EndNote or other citation software. In addition, ReadCube recommends new, related articles every day, helping users stay on top of what’s new in their field. 

http://www.readcube.com/

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Freedcamp

Freedcamp is a project management app that professionals in a wide variety of industries can use. Like many of its competitors, Freedcamp offers group collaboration, instant notifications, project templates, and a dashboard page that puts all the most relevant information at a user's fingertips.

Practical Uses:

Work together with your colleagues on an ongoing project

Keep track of the time you spend working on a specific client's campaign.

Get text message alerts when a coworker adds content to a project page

Hold group discussions in a secure online environment

USP

*Freedcamp offers many of the same tools as similar apps, but it's completely
free.

*Users can get set up with Freedcamp in less than a minute

*Group to-do lists are great for people working on team projects

*The timing function is useful for people who need an accurate way to track their billable hours


Web site: https://freedcamp.com

Transform any(?)html page into PDF document.

PageSnap.net is webservice that helps transform any(?) html page into PDF document. You only need to enter website url and rest is taken care of by this online service. 

Please note each document is stored on the PageSnap server for only 7 days. 

http://www.pagesnap.net/?locale=en

Portable Audio Converter for Windows

FlicFlac is a free portable audio converter for Windows. Its support is not comprehensive, supports several popular music formats including mp3, wav, ape, flac and ogg, however is a cropper when its comes to audio formats like aac.

To convert audio files drag and drop them into the drop area in the application window or click on the area to open a file browser.

http://www.sector-seven.net/assets/software/flicflac/flicflac.zip

How to Run Android Apps on Your Desktop the Easy Way

BlueStacks is essentially a self-contained virtual machine that runs Android apps on your Windows 7 computer. Why would anyone want to do this? Well, suppose you have an app that you really like and there’s no proper desktop equivalent. You can run it on your main computer instead of on your tiny little Android phone.

Currently, BlueStacks only runs on Windows 7, hhey seem to be working on a version for Windows XP and Vista as well as Mac OS X.

http://bluestacks.com/download_2.html

p.s. I haven't checked it out, those who try please do provide a feedback to help members stay better informed

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Undelete utility Kickass

Kickass Undelete is a free, fully featured, file recovery tool for Windows. Accidentally deleted a file? Never fear; the data is probably still on your drive and may be recoverable. Kickass Undelete finds all of the deleted files on your hard drive, flash drive or SD card and allows you to recover them.

Features

Free and Open Source
Support for both NTFS and FAT filesystems
Filter by filename and extension
Easy-to-use interface

http://sourceforge.net/projects/kickassundelete/files/latest/download?_test=goal

New freeware program to inspire your photography.

"Hello everyone,

I've written some software which can help you think of new ideas for your
photography. The software works on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

When you run it, words & phrases float across the screen, mixing and
overlapping. Lean back and watch until a combination of ideas appears that gives
you inspiration...

The 'photography inspiration' wordlist is built-in, just choose it in the
'words' menu.

Free download here -> http://mindsnow.com/

I think this will be particularly useful for anyone who is on a '1-a-day'
personal quest to try new themes & challenges in photography and needs some
ideas [or anyone seeking thought-provoking themes for a local photography club
competition.]

Hope you find it useful as I do

Regards

Graeme.

http://mindsnow.com/

p.s. It's totally freeware, and not a trial or demo."

PicsLikeThat

PicsLikeThat

"PicsLikeThat offers a visually delightful way to look for
images that will be most useful. Visitors just need to enter a search term into their search engine, and they will have a grid display of relevant images returned to their computer screen. Visitors can click on each result to find out more information about each image, and they can also look for additional images based on certain characteristics, such as color or shape. The interface is quite intuitive, and it's also a bit fun. This version is compatible with all operating systems."

http://www.picslikethat.com/


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Virtual Desktops

nSpaces can help create several Virtual desktops. These are easy to use and can be customized. nSpaces can facilitate creation of four desktops, but more can be added. Each desktop can be individually customized with different background images, desktops colors etc. There are hotkeys as well for desktop switching, and passwords can be set too. .

nSpaces is compatible with Windows 200, Windows xp, Vista and Windows 7. It requires Microsoft .NET framework 3.5 or later.

nSpaces at http://www.bytesignals.com/nspaces/

MyDefrag

   
MyDefrag is a disk defragmenter and optimizer (a maintenance utility to make your harddisk faster) for Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, 2008, Win7, and for X64.

It is freeware, no time limit, fully functional, no advertisements. Fast, low overhead, with many optimization strategies, can handle floppies, USB disks, memory sticks, and anything else that looks like a disk to Windows.

The 1.93 MB (installed 7 MB) MyDefrag, from Dutch programmer Jeroen Kessels, a slick, speedy and easy-to-use defrag utility for the Windows platform from OS 2000 to Windows 7, can be downloaded at

http://www.mydefrag.com/index.html

Stardock Fences

This utility can help clean up desktop clutter. With it the user can create shaded areas on their desktop which become movable and sizablecontainers for their icons. The "fence" areas when double clicked fade into the background. The color and opacity of the "fences" can be customised too.

More details of Stardock Fences v1.01.143, compatible with computers running Windows 2000 and newer,  at
http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/index.asp

Can a beer/Coke can help increase Wi Fi coverage?

Can a beer/Coke can help increase Wi Fi coverage? 

See this YouTube video at 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NpqtgWc6Vxw#!

Share screens with anybody

QuickScreenShare.com is the simplest way to share screens with anybody:

No registration required and completely free.

Nothing to install for sharer or sharee (assuming you have Java).

Works on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Even lets you remotely control mouse and keyboard!

This free service is a side project from the creators of Screencast-O-Matic.com and is still in BETA. We use it extensively for remote user support and collaboration. The current version creates a direct peer-to-peer connection, so if you're on a super duper secure school or company network it may or may not be able to connect, but in most cases you'll find it works quite well so give it a shot!
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BARCHART Generator

BARCHART Generator can generate easy-to-understand bar graphs. Enter your data as a semicolon-delimited list, press the button, and you get to see your data as a bar chart. Add multiple series of data and fiddle with the options 'til your chart is just right. The chart can be downloaded as a PNG image for use elsewhere.

BARCHART Generator  requires a web browser and of course some data that you want to represent graphically.

You can download BARCHART Generator at 
http://www.barchart.be/index.jsp

"PC Maintenance Handbook - 2nd Edition"

Improve your PC's performance, speed, and reliability.

 This handbook is designed to help you find ways to maintain your Windows PC and ensure it remains clean and speedy throughout its life. Computers quickly get bogged down by junk files, invalid registry entries, a fragmented hard drive, spyware, adware, low disk space, and more. A speedy system is just a few clicks away, but sometimes it's hard to know where to start or even what to do. The purpose of this eBook is not to define the ultimate solution; its purpose is to give you simple, unbiased advice on what have been found to be the best options out there.

With this free eBook you will also receive updates detailing additional Windows tools, help, and guides in your email courtesy of MintyWhite.

Offered Free by: Windows Guides

To receive Your Complimentary eBook please browse this link
http://ghacks.tradepub.com/free/w_winb03/

Click.to

Click.to is an application for Windows and Mac to help save several mouse clicks while carrying out lengthy tasks. It can be prove to be an useful short cut to upload photos to Facebook from desktop, attach files to Outlook mail, initiate Google search, share thoughts on Twitter and Facebook with others, search YouTube videos, save photos to Flickr, find articles on Wikipedia, and others.

Click.to for Windows and Mac can be downloaded at
http://www.clicktoapp.com/installation

Share instantly with Puush

puush is a super-quick way to share screenshots and files. This is carried out by using keyboard shortcuts or drag-drop gestures to quickly capture any portion of your screen or upload any file. These files are near-instantly puush'd, leaving behind a short URL in your clipboard, perfect for sharing. Paste these easily into your Twitter, IRC or IM clients. Share them with the world or make them private, for your eyes only.

More details at http://puush.me/

Astaro Security Gateway – Free Home Use Firewall

The Free Home Use Firewall is a fully equipped software version of the Astaro Security Gateway, available at no cost for home users – no strings attached. It features full Network, Web, Mail and Web Application Security with VPN functionality and protects up to 50 IP addresses. The Astaro Free Home Use firewall contains its own operating system and will overwrite all data on the computer during the installation process. Therefore, a separate, dedicated computer is needed, which will change into a fully functional security appliance. Equipped with this application you could use your spare PC to


Increase your Internet Bandwidth
Protect your Kids Web Surfing Habits
Solve your Spam Mail Problems
Access your Home Network from Anywhere
Connect to Work or Friends
Stop Viruses in Web and Email

and more

http://www.astaro.com/landingpages/en-worldwide-homeuse__register

MindMapr

MindMapr, by Manish Chiniwalar, a Google Chrome App, is a mind-maps application that empowers you to represent your thoughts laterally. It is perfect for brainstorming, planning, to-dos and decision making.

MindMapr features the HTML5 offline functionality, thus freeing the user from being tethered to the internet. It also employs local storage to save the mind-maps in the browser itself.


https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/njkigggmlihigheckmmebgogbgdmllpo

Online countdown timer

This online countdown timer is meant to be as easy to use as a regular kitchen timer. It is equally simple: all that you have to do to set it is to rotate the dial and point the red arrow at the desired number

There are two ways to start the countdown. Choose the one that is most suitable for you:

Autostart mode - in this case the timer will start working immediately after you set the time. It mimics the behavior of a real kitchen timer.

Manual mode - to get the timer started you will have to press the green start button.

Also, just like in a real timer you can change your mind any time and adjust it while it is running.

http://timerrr. com

The ultimate free Panorama software!

Stitch your photos together quickly and easily with PanoramaPlus Starter Edition. It’s 100% free and is yours to keep so download it now and start creating fabulous panoramas today!

Check out these amazing features

Create a beautiful free panorama, both horizontal and vertical

Seamlessly join pictures together

Panoramas are created automatically

Create panoramas up to 3000 x 3000 pixels

Exported in the popular .jpg file type

http://www.serif.com/free-panoramic-photo-stiching-software/

ZoomIt

Microsoft's ZoomIt is screen zoom and annotation tool for technical presentations that include application demonstrations. Features include:  customizable hotkeys to zoom in on an area of the screen, move around while zoomed, and draw on the zoomed image.


ZoomIt works on all versions of Windows.

http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/ZoomIt.zip

Freeplane

Freeplane is a powerful and free software for building mind maps. It is a redesigned version of the well known FreeMind, and is created by one of FreeMind's key developers.

The software is written in Java, and supports any platform capable of running current versions of Java, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux / BSD / Solaris.

Freeplane can be downloaded at http://tinyurl.com/5ucskry

For ideas on ways to use Freeplane, see the Freeplane mind map gallery with several useful downloadable maps in different languages, visit http://freeplane.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Mind_map_gallery

PowerInbox

PowerInbox is being touted as the next generation of email because it is
collaborative, realtime, and interactive. Its developers say PowerInbox
brings the app experience to email. It provides Email apps, christened
"PowerApps", to make your emails more useful by letting you perform
actions inside the email itself. For example, A Facebook email lets you
comment back on a photo, a Groupon email shows a live countdown to
expiry or a Twitter email lets you tweet and follow back.

The developers are building more apps for all favorite services, would
love to hear of any apps that you may want them to build for you.

http://www.powerinbox.com/

Finestra Virtual Desktops

Finestra Virtual Desktops can help manage many windows or tasks on Windows. It lets you split up your desktop space into multiple "virtual" desktops, each one easily accessible. For example, we can keep all of your internet applications open on one desktop, work on another desktop for the normal routine, and still another for games or entertainment

Finestra virtual desktops also takes advantage of Windows' live window thumbnails to show live previews when viewed from the fullscreen "switcher" view. And, with Windows 7, Finestra utilizes the new taskbar features to make the experience natural and enjoyable.

XP owners needn't worry as Finestra Virtual Desktops does support it, however, window previews are not "live" since XP doesn't have DWM.

The 1776 KB Finestra Virtual Desktops can be downloaded at
http://vdm.codeplex.com/releases/73511/download/282402

Trello

Trello, a collaboration tool, can organize your projects into boards. At a glance, Trello reveals what's being worked on, who's working on what, and where something is in a process. All your projects, all your tasks, all of your team--organized, tracked down, and easily visible. One can easily understand the list and the card metaphor, and can start deploying Trello within minutes.

https://trello.com/

FileWiggler

FileWiggler can help convert most audio and video files from one format to another. It's an free online service, supports many formats: iPhone, iTouch, iPod, iPad, Blackberry, PSP , Android, Windows Phone 7, Zune 3GP, AAC, DICOM, MPEG4, AVI, FLV, MKV, MP3, MP4, Smartphone, MXF, WMV, ASF, WMA, VP8, OGG, H. 263, H. 264 and others.

FileWiggler also supports videos from: YouTube, Metacafe, Break, Dailymotion, Devour, Google Video, TeacherTube, SevenLoad, CollegeHumor, and Vimeo.

Just upload your file, select the format you want to convert to and hit GO! You will receive a link of the converted file to download through your email. It's that Simple!

http://www. filewiggler. com/

Markup

Markup can help express your thoughts on a webpage,

make a point about it or share the thoughts / ideas with others.

There is nothing to downloadand install,  just drag the GetMarkup

icon into the bookmarks bar. Whenever you want to make notes on

a webpage,  click the bookmarklet to load the markup toolbar.

Publish when you are ready to share.

Features

Draw on any webpage 
Stays in your browser,
Make shapes with the magic marker 
Write with the text tool 
Publish to share your ideas. 

Markup at http://markup.io. 

Help file at http://markup.io/help

WinDirStat

WinDirStat can scan your hard drives and reveal a detailed summary of what's taking up the space on your disk. This revelation is provided in the form of a colorful graphic where each file type is assigned a color. The collage of squares, each one large or small, depends on how much space a particular file takes up. The unwanted file can permanently be deleted from within the application.

WinDir was released quite sometime ago, actually in 2007, yet continues to be found useful by many. It can be downloaded, for Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/NT, at http://windirstat.info/wds_current_setup.exe

IObit Uninstaller

One more to the list of uninstallers is the IObit Uninstaller. It can help uninstall and remove unwanted programs and folders from your computer fast and easily. The IObit Uninstaller which appears to be quite a good alternative to "Windows Add or Remove Programs" doesn't require installation.

The 1.2MB IObit Uninstaller v2 can be downloaded at http://www.iobit.com/downloadcenter.php?product=advanced-uninstaller

NetTraffic

NetTraffic lets you view and be informed about the download and upload speeds in real time. Just select a Network Interface Card, eg. Fast Ethernet Card, Wireless Card..., and instantly view the network traffic (graphic bars and animated icon if you choose this option).

Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 or higher required

The 19.5 KB NetTraffic can be downloaded at
http://patrice-zwenger.co.cc/Documents/Zip_Files/NetTraffic.zip

Flipping PDF Reader - an alternative PDF Reader

Flipping PDF Reader, with the nice flip book feature, appears to be a a handy replacement for the standard Adobe PDF Reader. It lets you read PDF documents in user friendly interface with flipping book effect. Flipping PDF Reader has many other features too, like - intuitive navigation and zoom, search feature, mouse roller to flip pages, advanced page rendering, PDF bookshelf, page preloader, fullscreen mode and more... all of them make Flipping PDF Reader a truly useful desktop reader.

You can check out the Flipping PDF Reader, an absolutely free desktop application (Windows only), at
http://webstunning.com/pdf-reader/download/pdfReaderSetup.zip

WeeDuplicateDetective

WeeDuplicateDetective is a FREE duplicate cleaner. It helps you find
copies of files (duplicates) and clean them up. It provides you a lot
of control over

which files are to be treated as duplicates,
how to view the list of detected duplicates,
how to select the duplicates for cleaning, and
how to clean the chosen duplicates

Supported OSes: XP, Vista and Windows 7 - To XP and Vista users: you
would be required to install the .NET Framework 4. It can be downloaded
at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=24872

WeeDuplicateDetective v1.0 can be downloaded at
http://wdd.onphp.net/wdd/WDD_1.0.0.0_Setup.exe

Free PDF To Text Converter

LotApps Free PDF To Text Converter, a standalone Windows application, can 
extract text from PDF files, very quickly.

Key Features

Fast extract PDF document to text
PDF to Text Converter flawlessly switches multitudinous PDF to Text in very
short time.

Allow batch conversion
PDF to Text Converter supports Batch Mode that converts a lot of PDF documents
into plain text files at one time.

Support password-protected PDF files
Capable to convert password protected PDF files to preferable image type.

Standalone and no need to install
It does not require Adobe Acrobat or Reader support, and not need to
install.

Supported formats
Support exporting plain text files (.txt)
Support importing Adobe PDF 1.0—1.7 formats (.pdf)
Support encrypted PDF files conversion

Please note it only extracts the details to text format, nothing more, but it
does this very quickly

http://www.lotapps.com/download/pdf2text.zip

Folder Axe

Folder Axe 5.2 can help to split up your folders into multiple smaller ones, like same file types into a single folder-by size, date, type, name or file group. This can be very useful if backing up important data, or you want to, say, find all the word documents stored on a specific directory, etc. Its many other features include

Split by amount (Specify the number of files each resulting folder is limited to)

Split by size (Specify the size limit of each resulting folder) Sort Mode Explanation

Split by name (Created folders based upon the first x number of characters in file names)

Split by file type (Files split into folders according to their extensions)

Split by file group (Files split into seven different groups) See the File Groups page for more info

Split by date (Files split into folders by date property)
Include files in subfolders (Optionally)

Compress resulting folders into Zip files, even protect them using AES-256 bit encryption

Set the naming scheme for the resulting folders

Remember chosen folder during session

Process folders of any size, fast!

Automatic update checking

Requirements:
.NET Framework 4.x

Folder Axe at http://bkprograms.weebly.com/downloads.html

A Search Engine that Saves the Rainforest!

Ecosia, powered by Bing and Yahoo, while helping to quench your thirst for knowledge also helps the environment cause by donates a huge chunk of their profits to work in the Amazon.

You can check it out at http://www.ecosia.org/

Blekko, a new search engine

Already acclaimed as a worthy challenger to Google, Blekko, assure the developers, slashes out spam, content farms, and malware. It has a tool called a slashtag that organizes websites around specific topics and improves search results for those topics.

The Blekko Web Search Bill of Rights is as follows:

Search shall be open
Search results shall involve people
Ranking data shall not be kept secret
Web data shall be readily available
There is no one-size-fits-all for search
Advanced search shall be accessible
Search engine tools shall be open to all
Search & community go hand-in-hand
Spam does not belong in search results
Privacy of searchers shall not be violated

You can check out Blekko at http://blekko.com/

5 very useful Mozilla browser Features

In case you didn't know, here are 5 very useful Mozilla features-


1. Customize search with Smart Keywords

2. Open multiple Web sites at launch

3. Bookmark an RSS feed

4. Take your settings on the go

5. Master keyboard shortcuts and mouse gestures


To know more about each one of these features visit
http://tinyurl.com/42ymcus

“Angry Anna” game

“Angry Anna” game

A devloper/group of developers have released a game along the lines of the popular game “Angry Birds”.

http://angryanna.com/

Source: http://www.comptalks.com

Applications for iPad

On this page, http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/best-ipad-apps,  you will find the best 102 iPad apps for all your needs. These have been categorised too, like,


Movies | Audio | Browsers & Internet | Drawing | Photography | Finance | News & Reading | Educational | Productivity | Remote Control & Remote Access | Social | Travel | Health | Games | Other

10 Popular and Best Android Applications in India

Rajesh Selva's article "10 Popular and Best Android Applications in India"
informs us about

1. Indian Rail Info app - lets you check PNR status, check trains and seat
availability, fare enquiry etc.,

2. Raaga.com - a popular destination on the web for Indian music.

3. Travel buddy - a personalized travel kit application

4. NDTV on android - stories, videos from NDTV India

5. Money control - information about Indian finance & global markets.

6. Bollywood Ji News & Photos, latest update about Bollywood news, movie
reviews, gossips etc.,

7. iMobile - official android apps for ICICI bank accounts.

8. News Hunt - read news about politics, entertainment in your language, and
more

9. The Times of India - latest news coverage including photos, videos from
India.

10. AG Indian newspapers - choice of Indian news papers

The article can be browsed at

http://hellboundbloggers.com/2011/08/22/popular-best-android-apps-in-india/

SnapDraw

SnapDraw is a screenshot capture - editor - annotation tool. As far as its basic screenshot tool. However, its editing and annotation features do stand screenshot capture abilities are concerned, probably, you would the same in any apart from many others. You can check out the entire features at http://www.crossgl.com/asc_features.htm, before downloading the 16 MB SnapDraw at http://www.crossgl.com/SnapDraw-Free-Installer.exe. 

By the way this tool used to cost $30.00, now being offered free.

SketchBook® Express

Autodesk SketchBook® Express for Mac is a fun and intuitive drawing application. Use professional-grade tools and brushes to create and save flattened images to your Mac. Updated: Aug 05, 2011 Current Version: 5.2.1 Size: 35.9 MB Languages: English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean,  Spanish Autodesk © Autodesk Inc. Get a taste of the SketchBook Pro experience with SketchBook Express, for Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later, free on the Mac App Store

Miro Video Converter

The developers of Miro Video Converter confidently say that it can convert almost any video to MP4, WebM (vp8), Ogg Theora, or for Android, iPhone, and more. Miro Video Converter, say its developers, has presets that will convert video to the correct sizes and formats for popular phones, iPods, and other media players. The supported devices include-

Android Phones

Droid / Milestone
Nexus One
G1
Magic / myTouch
Droid Eris
HTC Hero
Cliq
Behold

Apple Devices

iPhone / iPod Touch
iPod Classic
iPod Nano
iPad

Other

PSP


Micro Video Converter Windows Version 2.4 can be downloaded at
http://www.mirovideoconverter.com/download_win.html

Micro Video Converter Mac OSX version can be downloaded at
http://www.mirovideoconverter.com/download_osx.html

SoftMaker Office

SoftMaker Office is a complete and full-featured office that comes with a word processor, a spreadsheet, and a presentation-graphics program. Its features include


     A Microsoft Word compatible word processor that's easy to use.

     A Microsoft Excel compatible spreadsheet that opens and saves all    
     your Excel workbooks, has a couple of time-saving functions.

     A presentation-graphics program that not only lets you access all
     your PowerPoint files, but also has many additional features.

You can now download a fully functional and permanently usable version of the SoftMaker Office 2008 office suite at

http://www.softmakeroffice.com/register_en.htm

The developers hope users would upgrade to SoftMaker Office 2010 after they try out SoftMaker Office 2008, being offered free.

Shortmail

Shortmail is totally new, provides an email identity where relationships can be magically better.

As the name implies, Shortmail is email – only shorter, messages must be less than 500 characters. People wouldnt mind this limitation as they are getting used to length-limited communications through Twitter and SMS. Limiting messages to 500 characters puts the burden of conciseness onto senders. The other features include

Spam gets almost entirely eliminated at the root.
Emails can be presented in a more conversational format.
Email data becomes more structured.

Shortmail at http://shortmail.com/

I am yet to check this out, if you do, please post your feedback.

SpellCheckPlus

SpellCheckPlus is a grammar checker that finds common spelling errors and grammatical mistakes in English. It is a state-of-the-art tool that analyzes your text and provides valuable information about errors in written English. Unlike other online spellcheckers, Spellcheckplus.com is able to detect problems with words that sound the same (e.g.: there versus their, its versus it's , etc.), incorrect use of correct words (e.g.: never mined instead of never mind), punctuation/spacing (e.g.: with out instead of without), capitalization (e.g.: saturday instead of Saturday) and hundreds of grammatical errors, e.g.: I have went instead of I have gone. The site is particularly adept at catching commonly confused words and "slips of the pen", e.g.: pier pressure instead the correct peer pressure, road to hoe instead of the correct row to hoe, etc. The purpose of the site is not to catch every grammatical error imaginable, but rather to identify the frequent stumbling blocks of standard English. SpellCheckPlus is even able to identify a number of errors typical of second language learners, e.g.: I am student instead of I am a student. Simply type (or paste) your text into the window below and hit the "check text" button at http://spellcheckplus.com/

Explorer Toolbar Editor

Explorer Toolbar Editor is powerful and easy-to-use software that helps you add or remove buttons from the Windows Explorer toolbar in Windows 7. Unlike other existing programs, Explorer Toolbar Editor supports multiple folder types and displays the current set of buttons for each one. Also, you can use it to reorder the toolbar buttons.

Explorer Toolbar Editor allows you to:

- view current button sets for each folder type
- add/remove buttons to individual or all folder types
- change the order of buttons on the toolbar
- restore the default set of buttons

The 224 KB Explorer Tool Editor (zip file) can be downloaded at
http://tinyurl.com/3mcbhsw
 

Create and publish HTML Websites without writing codes!

With Adobe's Muse you can design and publish HTML websites without writing codes. Professional looking websites can be created as easily as one creates layouts for print. Now in Beta, Muse, an Adobe Air application, can work on both on Mac and PC.

http://muse.adobe.com/

FireFox 6 Final Version

The final version of Firefox 6 (FF6) is already available for free download ahead of the scheduled release date on August 16, 2011.

For Windows at
http://tinyurl.com/3z7ozzl

For Linux at
http://tinyurl.com/3zdljbo

For Mac at
http://tinyurl.com/3dwseul

fTalk

As regular Facebook users we understand how difficult it can be to stay in touch with all of our friends. Enter fTalk which makes the job easier without even opening the Facebook! fTalk is 


Fast and Accessible
No need to open any broswer
Get notified when friends come online
Update your status right from the app
Free and easy to use
Cool emoticons




http://www.ftalk.com/

Hide folders in Mac

Hide Folders, with a click, conceals files and folders with all their contents. The utility can protect your files avoiding them to be being modified, seen or erased by other users. Hide Folders needs to be used just the normal way a Mac user does.

Hide Folders is free. Its pro version has advance features, costs $21.95.

http://www.apimac.com/sw/hide_folders.dmg

SUPERCOPIER

SuperCopier, an alternative to the native Windows file copier, is lightning fast, customizable, and includes features like these -

File prioritization.
Transfer resuming
Copy speed control
No bugs if You copy more than 2GB at once
Copy speed computation
Better copy progress display
A little faster
Copy list editable while copying
Error log
Copy list saving/loading

You can download SuperCopier 2.2 Beta at http://sfxteam.free.fr/SuperCopier22beta.exe

Preview Pane in Gmail

If you find it irritating to open an email and then find it useless, try Google's new feature which lets a user to enable a preview pane in Gmail.

More at

http://www.comptalks.com/how-to-enable-preview-pane-in-gmail/

WhatInStartup

This utility displays the list of all applications that are loaded automatically when Windows starts up. For each application, the following information is displayed: Startup Type (Registry/Startup Folder), Command-Line String, Product Name, File Version, Company Name, Location in the Registry or file system, and
more.

 It lets you to easily disable or delete unwanted programs that run in your Windows startup. You can use it on your currently running instance of Windows, starting from Windows 2000 and up to Windows 7. as well as on an external instance of Windows in another drive.

 WhatInStartup also supports a special "Permanent Disabling" feature - If a program that you previously disabled added itself again to the startup list of Windows, WhatInStartup will automatically detect the change and disable it again.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/whatinstartup.zip

The Levelator

The Levelator® is an application which adjusts the audio levels within your podcast or other audio file - checks and levels the variations from one speaker to the next.A compressor, a normalizer and a limiter The Levelator® is simple to use - Drag-and-drop any WAV or AIFF file onto The Leveler's application window, and a few moments llater you'll find a new version which just sounds better.

You can check out The Levelator® which can run on Windows, OS X (universal binary), or Linux  (Ubuntu), at http://www.conversationsnetwork.org/levelator

Record and Share minutes of a meeting, instantly, well almost!

MinutesIO, a web service, lets you record minutes of a meeting. There is no need to be connected to the Internet at the time of the meeting as the drafts are saved in your browser,  sent when you're online again. Minutes.io also uses secret URLs. You don't need to sign up. And, it's free!



Check it out at http://minutes.io/

A Universal and Portable File Converter and Processor

File Blender, is a Universal and Portable File Converter and Processor. It is a Video Converter, Image Converter, Audio Converter, PDF/TIFF Splitter and Joiner and more.

File Blender Actions

File Blender is a command line wrapper. The main download file is already configured with these action packages:

Video Converter (AVI, WMV, FLV, MP4, ...)
Image Converter (BMP, JPG, PNG, GIF, TIF, ...)
Audio Converter (MP3, WAV, FLAC, OGG, APE, M4A)
PDF/TIFF Splitter and Joiner
JS/CSS Minifier and Obfuscator
PNG Optimizer
TTF to EOT Font Converter
HTML/XML Tidy
Encrypt and Decrypt any file

Detailed File Blender Actions can be browsed at
http://sector-seven.net/fileblender-info

File Blender can be downloaded at
http://sector-seven.net/assets/software/fileblender/fileblender.zip

ShortText.com

It is a simple tool to post text online, with minimum fuss. No sign ups, no sign in, just instant web presence for your information.

Scenarios where shortText.com can be deployed/used

To post more than 140 characters on Twitter.

Instant blogging.

Throwing a party? Post the details here and share the url with your friends (remember to make the post private).

Want to provide more information about yourself or your company in forums/email/visiting cards/banners? shortText it and put a link.

People always bug you for directions to your office or home? shortText it and just provide the link to whoever needs it (make it private).

Instant message has a size limit? Quickly shortText it and IM the url.

Emails getting filtered out at work? shortText the content of the email and just send the url.

Store hard-to-remember information online.

Publish code, research work, ideas, rants and raves; quickly.

ShortText anything which you find yourself typing again and again.

ShortText short lived webpage content which you would have to save locally otherwise. Find it later by searching for relevant keywords.

Don't have a website? Create your own shortText url to promote your product or provide promotion details.

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Here's a url which I created to detail how to peel boiled eggs easily, it is http://shorttext.com/LfNom1, check it out!
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http://shorttext.com/default.aspx