Freeware applications related to PC, Mac and Linux would be posted in this blog space, on a regular basis, by me and the readers.
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
StartPage - a search engine with a difference
If you are paranoid about Privacy- check out www.startpage.com - apparently it provides you Google's search results without storing any of your personal/private data. Yes, Startpage assures that it does NOT record your IP address !
Saturday, 3 March 2012
CloudShot
CloudShot - screen shotter for Dropbox. It is a small utility for taking screenshots with some interesting features.
- Ability to integrate with Dropbox.
- Ability to take a screenshots of screen region.
- Ability to take a screenshots of the window (by click in window).
- Ability to take screenshots of the menus and tooltips.
- It is also supported by work with multiple monitors.
- History of recent shots (just 10 shots now).
- Text labels for your shots.
Status: Beta Beta: This software is probably stable enough for use
Rating :No Ratings
Downloads: 3860
http://cloudshot.codeplex.com/releases/69182/clickOnce/CloudShot.application
- Ability to integrate with Dropbox.
- Ability to take a screenshots of screen region.
- Ability to take a screenshots of the window (by click in window).
- Ability to take screenshots of the menus and tooltips.
- It is also supported by work with multiple monitors.
- History of recent shots (just 10 shots now).
- Text labels for your shots.
Status: Beta Beta: This software is probably stable enough for use
Rating :No Ratings
Downloads: 3860
http://cloudshot.codeplex.com/releases/69182/clickOnce/CloudShot.application
Grazely
Grazely is an innovative online bookmarking tool. In addition to its basic web-based bookmarking features – which you can use to save articles from anywhere online and retrieve those articles from any browser or mobile device. Grazely also includes a feature that makes it easy to share website links with the people you consider a part of your closest business teams or social groups.
Features
Works With Every Browser
Now save links without downloading an add-on to your browser. No more problems when switching between, computer and tablet, or Mac and PC. Use your home computer, work computer, even your wi-fi enabled devices (tablet, smartphone), your links will still be accessible.
Secure Bookmarking
Save your bookmarks securely with encryption. Not everyone needs encryption, but for designers and developers building intranets, PR teams, startups founders, and businesses sharing information - it can makes life easier. You choose which bookmarks are public and which are private.
All Web Enabled Devices
Change devices with ease and have your bookmarks all saved in one location. Use your computer at home or work, your links will still be accessible on Grazely. Usually, when going from work to home, your important links are never accessible - Grazely solves that!
Find It Fast!
Searching through a pile of bookmarks in your browser can be a daunting task. We had the same headache as you. That's why our search feature is incredibly fast and accurate. If you search for "icons", BAM!, you got it! Cruise through your own tags, or search the entire database to find cool sites that you're actually interested in.
Double Keyword Tagging
Forget the old way of saving bookmarks. There's no more having to save tags as one single word. Now you can be a tagging pro, saving your bookmarks "awesome work", instead of "awesomework". We love clarity here at Grazely.
Nothing to Download
There's nothing to download and no software license to buy. We use a bookmarklet so you can save links from any web site you visit with 2 clicks of the mouse. If you don't want to use the bookmarklet, just login to Grazely to save your links. Awesomely simple and cool!
Grazely is in Beta, It may take minutes, hours, or even days, to receive your Invite to login to it.
http://www.grazely.com/user/registerbeta
Features
Works With Every Browser
Now save links without downloading an add-on to your browser. No more problems when switching between, computer and tablet, or Mac and PC. Use your home computer, work computer, even your wi-fi enabled devices (tablet, smartphone), your links will still be accessible.
Secure Bookmarking
Save your bookmarks securely with encryption. Not everyone needs encryption, but for designers and developers building intranets, PR teams, startups founders, and businesses sharing information - it can makes life easier. You choose which bookmarks are public and which are private.
All Web Enabled Devices
Change devices with ease and have your bookmarks all saved in one location. Use your computer at home or work, your links will still be accessible on Grazely. Usually, when going from work to home, your important links are never accessible - Grazely solves that!
Find It Fast!
Searching through a pile of bookmarks in your browser can be a daunting task. We had the same headache as you. That's why our search feature is incredibly fast and accurate. If you search for "icons", BAM!, you got it! Cruise through your own tags, or search the entire database to find cool sites that you're actually interested in.
Double Keyword Tagging
Forget the old way of saving bookmarks. There's no more having to save tags as one single word. Now you can be a tagging pro, saving your bookmarks "awesome work", instead of "awesomework". We love clarity here at Grazely.
Nothing to Download
There's nothing to download and no software license to buy. We use a bookmarklet so you can save links from any web site you visit with 2 clicks of the mouse. If you don't want to use the bookmarklet, just login to Grazely to save your links. Awesomely simple and cool!
Grazely is in Beta, It may take minutes, hours, or even days, to receive your Invite to login to it.
http://www.grazely.com/user/registerbeta
Thursday, 1 March 2012
Mouse Gestures For Better Productivity
Mouse gestures are specific movements that are recognized and translated into quick actions, like forward and backward browsing or opening a program, and more.
StrokesPlus is a free mouse gesture recognition program similar to StrokeIt. It is written in native Win32/x64 and does not require a hefty runtime like .NET, it only consumes 250-500k of RAM while running, utilizes Lua scripting for actions and provides a great deal of power and flexibility. For common day to day use, the default 50 actions that come with StrokesPlus is more than sufficient. You can also check out the postings in the forum for usage hints or visit http://www.strokesplus.com/help/
http://www.strokesplus.com/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=6
StrokesPlus is a free mouse gesture recognition program similar to StrokeIt. It is written in native Win32/x64 and does not require a hefty runtime like .NET, it only consumes 250-500k of RAM while running, utilizes Lua scripting for actions and provides a great deal of power and flexibility. For common day to day use, the default 50 actions that come with StrokesPlus is more than sufficient. You can also check out the postings in the forum for usage hints or visit http://www.strokesplus.com/help/
http://www.strokesplus.com/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=6
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
CintaNotes,
A free, lightweight and user-friendly personal notes manager
CintaNotes lets you quickly save and tag any useful information that you come across or just need to jot down.
Clip text from anywhere. Just select it and press the hotkey!
The text-clipping "magic" works in any application that can copy text to clipboard. CintaNotes automatically saves the text and its source URL, and you don't even have to install a plug-in to integrate it with your web browser!
Fast as-you-type searching
Retrieving information is also trivial: just open CintaNotes and start typing! Only notes containing the typed phrase remain in the list. More sophisticated search criteria are supported, like searching by title or by URL the note was taken from.
Powerful tagging system
You can use tags for note organization, and later use tag union, intersection and subtraction filters to quickly find what you need.
Synchronize notes across multiple PCs
Live note synchronization is supported with the help of free online services such as DropBox or LiveMesh.
Run it from your flash drive
CintaNotes is a totally self-contained application, meaning that you can put it on a flash drive and run it directly from there. In this way, your notes will always be with you.
http://cintanotes.com/files/CintaNotes_1_5_6_Setup.exe
CintaNotes lets you quickly save and tag any useful information that you come across or just need to jot down.
Clip text from anywhere. Just select it and press the hotkey!
The text-clipping "magic" works in any application that can copy text to clipboard. CintaNotes automatically saves the text and its source URL, and you don't even have to install a plug-in to integrate it with your web browser!
Fast as-you-type searching
Retrieving information is also trivial: just open CintaNotes and start typing! Only notes containing the typed phrase remain in the list. More sophisticated search criteria are supported, like searching by title or by URL the note was taken from.
Powerful tagging system
You can use tags for note organization, and later use tag union, intersection and subtraction filters to quickly find what you need.
Synchronize notes across multiple PCs
Live note synchronization is supported with the help of free online services such as DropBox or LiveMesh.
Run it from your flash drive
CintaNotes is a totally self-contained application, meaning that you can put it on a flash drive and run it directly from there. In this way, your notes will always be with you.
http://cintanotes.com/files/CintaNotes_1_5_6_Setup.exe
Recent
Recent is a Chrome extension that lets you to quickly find pages that you have recently visited, without having to navigate away from the page and open the history for Chrome. Simply type the keyword Recent in the omnibox, hit Tab and the results will instantly be displayed in a drop-down list.
http://snipurl.com/22ensq6
http://snipurl.com/22ensq6
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