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Hugin - Panorama Photo Stitcher (beta version)
2008-01-11 06:37:00
Hugin is an easy to use cross-platform panoramic imaging tool. You can assemble a mosaic of photographs into an immersive panorama image, stitch any series of overlapping pictures and much more.License: Free Open SourceRequirements: Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/VistaLimitations: No limitationsPublisher link: HuginDownload link: Hugifor Windows 0.7 beta (11 MB)
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ZScreen
2008-01-11 06:30:00
ZScreen is a free open source screen capture program for Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista. Screen capture program that allows for region/window/full-screen screenshots. It can FTP screenshots and put the URL in your clipboard in a single keystroke. Supports automatic custom naming conventions with variables. It can optionally interface with image editing software.License: Free Open SourceRequirements: Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/VistaLimitations: No limitationsPublisher link: BrandonZDownload link: ZScreen v1.1(649 KB)

HWMonitor 1.06
2008-01-10 02:26:00
HWMonitor is a freeware application for Microsoft Windows operating systems that monitors and detects PC system main helth sensors (like voltages, temperatures, fan speeds etc..)License: FreewareRequirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 Server/VistaLimitations: No limitationsPublisher link: CPUID Download link: HWMonitor 1.06 (315 KB)
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CPU-Z 1.43
2008-01-10 02:16:00
CPU-Z is a freeware application for Microsoft Windows operating systems that detects the central processing unit, RAM, motherboard chipset, and other hardware features of a modern personal computer, and presents the information in one window. CPU-Z is more in-depth in some areas than the features that Windows XP provides to identify various hardware components, and is thus needed to identify certain components without opening the case, especially the core revision and RAM clock rate.It has an unusual ability to directly detect hardware features, especially the ability to access, read and display the SPD data from memory modules. The ability to document clock speed makes it an important tool for motherboard overclockers, as a way of proving the CPU speeds achieved by various experiments.This software is a portable application ? installation does not generate complex interdependencies with the operation system; the resulting executable file can simply be copied to any data storage dev...
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Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.5.1
2008-01-10 01:27:00
Spybot - Search & Destroy (often Spybot-S&D) is a popular malware, spyware and adware removal program designed to run on Microsoft Windows 95 and later MS operating systems. It detects and removes this relatively new kind of treat not yet covered by today antivirus programs. Like most malware scanners, Spybot-S&D scans the computer hard disk and/or RAM for malicious software. Spybot - Search & Destroy is currently released as freeware.Spybot can fix problems with tracking cookies, system internals (Registry), Winsock LSPs, ActiveX objects, browser hijackers and BHOs, and can do some protection of a user's privacy by deleting usage tracks.Spybot also includes an Immunize feature to block the installation of spyware before it occurs.Spybot is available for all versions of Microsoft Windows from Windows 95, and offers more than two dozen different languages and several skins to users. Instructions are available on the website to enable users to design their own skins....
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PhotoRazor 2.1
2008-01-08 22:57:00
Modern digital cameras take huge photos many megapixels in size - great for high quality printing, but too big to email to friends and family, and too large for displaying on web sites.PhotoRazor solves this by making high quality copies of your photos at a smaller size - ideal for on-screen viewing. This reduces the file size making them much easier to email and share with friends and familyObviously you don't want to lose your large originals in the process - you'll need those for printing, so PhotoRazor saves the smaller resized copies to a separate folder, ensuring your precious original photographs are kept safe and untouched.Very easy to use - resize whole folders of photos at the click of a buttonIdeal for creating small high quality copies of your large photos for email or showing on your websiteRealtime preview - adjust the size & quality and see the result before processing, a real time saverNon-destructive - saves the small photos to a separate folder so your origi...

Diagram Designer 1.19
2008-01-08 22:47:00
Diagram Designer 1.19 is freeware, simple vector graphics editor for creating flowcharts, diagrams and slide shows. It is compatibile with Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista, and you can download full source code for Diagram Designer.Some of feautres are:Customizable template object palette.Spellchecker (see below about dictionaries).Import/export WMF, EMF, BMP, JPEG, PNG, MNG, ICO, GIF and PCX images.Slide show viewer.Simple graph plotter to plot mathematical expressions.Advanced "pocket" calculator with equation solver.MeeSoft Image Analyzer integration for bitmap image editing and extended file format support.Uses compressed file format for minimizing drawing file size.Additional languages in the language pack(Czech, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish)License: FreewareRequirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 Server/VistaLimitations: No limitationsPublisher link: MeeSoft Download link: Diagram Design...

AudioShell 1.3.5
2008-01-05 04:13:00
AudioShell is a Microsoft Windows Explorer shell extension.It is freeware application and it's not a standard standalone application - works in MS Windows Explorer only, and adds additional functionality regarding music files into it. System requirements: AudioShell is designed for Microsot Windows 32bit. operating systems (98/Me/2000/XP/Vista).Supported files and tags formats: mp3 (all ID3v2 tag versions), wma , asf and wmv, Apple iTunes aac (m4a and m4p) and mp4 files, ogg and flac (vorbis comment tags), mpc, mp+, monkey's audio, wav pack, optim frog (APE and APEv2 tags), wav. AudioShell include full Unicode support.Add detailed hint with file and tag information to all supported filesAdd file(s) information and tag editor into files properties tabAdd 27 optional additional columns in Explorer "Details" viewLicense: FreewareRequirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 Server/VistaLimitations: No limitationsPublisher link: SoftPointer music organizing software Download link: AudioShe...

QuickTime 7
2008-01-03 13:50:00
QuickTime is a multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc. capable of handling various formats of digital video, media clips, sound, text, animation, music, and several types of interactive panoramic images (MOV, AVI, MPEG, DV, Macromedia Flash, OpenDML, FLC, BMP, GIF, JPEG, PICT, PNG, SGI, TIFF, PSD, FlashPix, MP3, MIDI ...). Available for Classic Mac OS, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows operating systems, it provides essential support for software packages including iTunes, QuickTime Player (which can also serve as a helper application for web browsers to play media files that might otherwise fail to open) and Safari.License: FreewareRequirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 Server/VistaLimitations: No limitationsPublisher link: Apple QuickTime 7 Download link: Apple QuickTime 7 (21 MB)
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Maxthon 2.0
2008-01-03 13:29:00
Maxthon (formerly known as MyIE2) is a freeware web browser for Microsoft Windows operating systems. From its early MyIE2 roots, Maxthon has developed a growing user base, especially in China, and in 2006 it received commercial backing for Maxthon 2.0. It uses the Trident layout engine, just like Microsoft's Internet Explorer, but it can use the Gecko engine used in Mozilla Firefox as well.Maxthon seeks to provide many rich features and a highly customizable interface, without losing any of the compatibility of Internet Explorer.In January of 2006, Maxthon developers partnered with Microsoft in its booth at the Consumer Electronics Show. Maxthon is reported to be the second most popular browser in China, and it has been downloaded more than 130 million times worldwide.License: FreewareRequirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 Server/VistaLimitations: No limitationsPublisher link: Maxthon Download link: Maxthon 2.0 (2.88 MB)
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DVD Shrink
2008-01-02 14:12:00
DVD Shrink is a freeware program for Microsoft Windows operating system, that facilitates backing up DVD discs (DVD Ripping and Backup). As store-bought DVDs are typically dual layer (8.5 GB) and normal blank DVD media are single layer (4.7 GB), one of DVD Shrink's functions is to re-encode the movie in lesser quality and/or discard extra content such as foreign-language soundtracks. You can use this software in conjuction with DVD burning software of you choice, to make backuk of any DVD video disc.License: FreewareRequirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 Server/VistaLimitations: No limitationsPublisher link: DVD Shrink Download link: DVD Shrink (1 MB)
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Wormux 08 Beta 3
2008-01-02 02:56:00
War is declared !Have the mascots of your favorite free software titles battle it out in the Wormux arena using dynamite, grenades, baseball bats and other bazookas... Exterminate your opponent in a 2D environment with toon-style scenery.Each player controls the team of his choice (penguin, gnu, firefox, wilber,...) and must destroy his adversary using more or less casual weapons.Although a minimum of strategy is required to vanquish, Wormux is pre-eminently a "convivial mass murder" game where, turn by turn, each member of each team attempts to produce a maximum of damage to his opponents.Wormux is free (under GPL license) and free (no cash).License: Free open sourceRequirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 Server/VistaLimitations: No limitationsPublisher link: Wormux Download link: Wormux for Win32 08 beta3 (65.7 MB)
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Rambooster
2008-01-02 01:13:00
RamBooster is a program that frees up Ram memory. This is done by forcing Windows to remove all the data that is not currently needed from the memory.-No more lock-ups -Some applications load as much as 40% faster -Prevents blue screens -Makes websurfing faster, especially if you visit sites with heavy graphicsLicense: FreewareRequirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 Server/VistaLimitations: No limitationsPublisher link: Rambooster home page Download link: RamBooster 2.0 (3 MB)

Ultimate++
2007-12-31 03:20:00
Ultimate++ is a C++ cross-platform rapid application development suite focused on programmers productivity. It includes a set of libraries (GUI, SQL, etc..), and an integrated development environment.Rapid development is achieved by the smart and aggressive use of C++ rather than through fancy code generators. In this respect, U++ competes with popular scripting languages while preserving C/C++ runtime characteristics.The U++ integrated development environment, TheIDE, introduces modular concepts to C++ programming. It features BLITZ-build technology to speedup C++ rebuilds up to 4 times, Visual designers for U++ libraries, Topic++ system for documenting code and creating rich text resources for applications (like help and code documentation) and Assist++ a powerful C++ code analyzer that provides features like code completion, navigation and transformation.TheIDE can work with GCC, MinGW and Visual C++ 7.1 or 8.0 compilers (including free Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 and Visual C++ 200...
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CDBurnerXP
2007-12-30 12:28:00
CDBurn erXP is a free application for burning CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free. It does not include adware or similar malicious components.You can burn all kinds of discsMake audio-CDs with or without gaps between tracksYou can burn and create ISO filesAfter burning there is data verificationMake bootable discsThere is multi-language interfaceBin/nrg ? ISO converterSimple cover printingand much moreLicense: Free open sourceRequirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 Server/VistaLimitations: No limitationsPublisher link: CDBurnerXP Download link: CDBurnerXP 4.0.022.370 (2.25 MB)

VirtualDub 1.7.7
2007-12-30 12:01:00
VirtualDub is a video capture and linear video editing tool for Microsoft Windows. Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License and hosted on SourceForge.net, VirtualDub is free software. VirtualDub has many advanced features,it is able to use plugins to add different video processing techniques, and can process *.avi files, if the required video and audio codecs are installed.VirtualDub comes with a number of filters. Examples include reducing the video size by half, converting the video to grayscale, arbitrary rotation and about a dozen more. Plugin filters further extend VirtualDub's capabilities.In addition to filters, entire image sequences can be saved to hard disk as BMP or TGA files. From there, the images can be modified modifications added later. In addition, the sound track can be extracted from a video, and modifications made to it; filters can be applied before the track is spliced back in. Frame sequences and sound tracks must be edited in external softw...
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7-Zip Archiver
2007-12-30 11:26:00
7-Zip is an open source file archiver designed originally for Microsoft Windows, and later made available to other computer operating systems. Later 7-Zip has been ported for use on Unix-like systems such as GNU/Linux, BSD, and Mac OS X. It is also compatible with DOS via either a DOS port, or by using the HX-DOS extender to run the Windows command-line version.7-Zip operates primarily with the 7z archive format, as well as being able to read several other archive formats. Supported formats include ZIP, Microsoft cabinet (CAB) files, RAR, ARJ, Z, gzip, bzip2, LHA, tar, cpio, rpm and Debian deb archives. Versions of 7-Zip from 4.42 onwards also support ISO CD/DVD images.In contrast to the market-leading programs WinZip and WinRAR, which remain as proprietary competitors, 7-Zip is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) (with the RAR license restrictions).License: Free open sourceRequirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 Server/VistaLimitations: No l...
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SMPlayer
2007-12-28 09:30:00
SMPlayer intends to be a complete front-end for MPlayer, from basic features like playing videos, DVDs, and VCDs to more advanced features like support for MPlayer filters and more.One of the most interesting features of SMPlayer: it remembers the settings of all files you play. So you start to watch a movie but you have to leave... don't worry, when you open that movie again it will resume at the same point you left it, and with the same settings: audio track, subtitles, volume... Other additional interesting features:Configurable subtitles. You can choose font and size, and even colors for the subtitles.Audio track switching. You can choose the audio track you want to listen. Works with avi and mkv. And of course with DVDs.Seeking by mouse wheel. You can use your mouse wheel to go forward or backward in the video.Video equalizer, allows you to adjust the brightness, contrast, hue, saturation and gamma of the video image.Multiple speed playback. You can play at 2X, 4X... an...

MPlayer for Windows
2007-12-28 09:09:00
MPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems. It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs.You can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5 and even WMV movies.. Another great feature of MPlayer is the wide range of supported output drivers. It works with X11, Xv, DGA, OpenGL, SVGAlib, fbdev, AAlib, DirectFB, but you can use GGI, SDL (and this way all their drivers), VESA (on every VESA compatible card, even without X11!) and some low level card-specific drivers (for Matrox, 3Dfx and ATI), too! Most of them support software or hardware scaling, so you can enjoy movies in fullscreen. MPlayer supports displaying through some hardware MPEG decoder boards, such as the Siemens DVB, DXR2 and DXR3/Hollywood+. MPlayer has an onscreen display (OSD) for status information, nice big antialiased shaded subtitles and...
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BitDefender Free Edition v10
2007-12-27 04:39:00
BitDefender Free Edition is freeware edition of popular BitDefender Antivirus program. With this edition there is your chance to use one of the world's most effective antivirus engines for free! It is offcourse free for home users and non-commercial use.BitDefender Free Edition uses the same ICSA Labs certified scanning engines found in other BitDefender products, allowing you to enjoy basic virus protection for no cost at all.Virus scanning and removalScheduled scanning Skinable interfaceQuarantine Reports and many othersLicense: Free for home or non-commercial useRequirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 ServerLimitations: No limitationsPublisher link: BitDefender Download link: BitDefender Free Edit v10 (13.1 MB)Note: you must register before you can download it.
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ClamWin Free Antivirus
2007-12-27 04:24:00
ClamWin Free Antivirus is a freeware antivirus program for Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is free for download and use, and it comes with source code.High detection rates for viruses and spywareScanning SchedulerAutomatic downloads of regularly updated Virus DatabaseStandalone virus scannerMenu integration to Microsoft Windows Explorer (right-click )Addin to Microsoft Outlook to remove virus-infected attachments automaticallyPlease note that ClamWin Free Antivirus does not include an on-access real-time scanner.You need to manually scan a file in order to detect a virus of spywareect a virus or spywaresource code.License: Free open sourceRequirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 ServerLimitations: No limitationsPublisher link: ClamWin Download link: ClamWin AV 0.91.2 (16.6 MB)
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Moon Secure Antivirus
2007-12-27 03:48:00
Moon Secure Antivirus aims to be the best Free Antivirus for Microsoft Windows under GPL license. It offers multiple scan engines, Net shield, Firewall, On access, on Exec scanner and rootkits preventions plus features from Commercial Antivirus applications.It is built for Microsoft Windows and will run on Windows XP and Vista. It can scan portable drives and fixed drives. It is able to detect viruses, Trojans and spyware.License: Free open sourceRequirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 ServerLimitations: No limitationsPublisher link: MoonSecure Download link: Moon Secure AV 1.0.0.132 (12.6 MB)
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Avidemux for Windows32
2007-12-25 09:50:00
Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.Avidemux is available for Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows under the GNU GPL license.License: Free open sourceRequirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 ServerLimitations: No limitationsPublisher link: Avidemux Download link: Avidemux 2.4 for Windows (11.1 MB)
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Defraggler
2007-12-24 01:26:00
Defraggler is a freeware program that defragments files individually or on a whole hard drive.License: Freeware Requirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 ServerLimitations: No limitationsPublisher link: Defraggler Download link: Defraggler v1.01.044 BETA (372 KB)

EasyCleaner 2.0
2007-12-23 15:01:00
EasyCleaner is a small program which searches the Windows registry for entries that are pointing nowhere. EasyCleaner also lets you delete all kinds of unnecessary files such as temps and backups. You can search for duplicate files and you can view some interesting info about your disk space usage! You are also able to manage startup programs, invalid shortcuts and add/remove software list. ToniArts may not be held accountable in any way if EasyCleaner affects your computer in a negative way. Very nice interface!Finds invalid registry entries ----> deleting them speeds up your computer!Finds duplicate files ----> deleting them will free disk space!Finds all unnecessary files like backups, temps etc. ----> deleting them will free disk space!Finds all invalid shortcuts ----> deleting them will free disk space and increase usability!Manage programs starting at Windows startup! ----> who knows, you might even catch a virus before it gets serious!Manage Windows add/remove software listin...

Quintessential Player 4.51
2007-12-22 22:04:00
Quintessential Player is a freeware rich media player. It supports all popular audio formats including MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, and CDs. It is also highly skinnable and has a robust plug-in architecture.CD PlaybackVideo Playback with the aid of External CodecsFull Speed CD RippingMP3 EncodingStreaming AudioTag EditingGracenote CDDBCrossfading & EQMultiple VisualizationsSkins and PluginsA wide range of audio formats playable via the use of plugins, and many more skins allowing the customization of the players interface are obtainable from the Quinnware site.License: Freeware Requirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 Server/VistaLimitations: No limitationsPublisher link: Quinnware Download link: Quintessential Player 4.51 (2.3 MB)

RegCleaner 4.3.0.780
2007-12-22 18:57:00
RegCleaner is an easy to use program. With RegCleaner you can easily get rid of those old and obsolete registry entries created by software that you have destroyed ages ago. And by easily, I mean easily. You don´t have to be any expert to use this program.Remove file typesRemove entries of old software Uninstall and remove Software from the Add/Remove listRemove unused DLL files Remove unused Shared DLLs (Automatically detected)Automatic backup featureLicense: Freeware Requirements: Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/VistaLimitations: No limitationsPublisher link: Jouni Vuorio Download link: RegCleaner 4.3.0.780 (541 KB)

YouTube Downloader 2.1
2007-12-22 14:07:00
YouTube Downloader is freeware software to download and convert YouTube videos.The program is easy to use, just specify the URL for the video you want to download and click the Ok button!It also allows you to convert downloaded videos for Ipod, Iphone, PSP, Cell Phone, Windows Media, XVid and MP3.Download videos from YouTube, Google Video, MySpaceTV ...It also allows you to access YouTube videos for which you need to be 18+ years of age :)) You can convert video for Ipod, Iphone, PSP, Cell Phone, Windows Media, XVid and MP3 Also provides the ability to cut and select the output quality of converted video It uses the FFmpeg engine to convert the videos and finaly you can play videos downloaded in Flash format Easy to useLicense: Freeware Requirements: Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/VistaLimitations: No limitationsPublisher link: YouTubeDownload Download link: YouTube Downloader 2.1 (3.4 MB)
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CCleaner 2.03
2007-12-22 01:18:00
CCleaner is a freeware utility which removes unused, unnecessary, and temporary files from all internet browsers and all applications supported.The utility also locates and corrects problems such as unused file extensions and application paths in the Windows registry, and also cleans up temporary files that Windows uses.CCleaner also assists with uninstalling applications and defining which programs are to run at startup.License: Freeware Requirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 Server/VistaLimitations: No limitationsPublisher link: CCLeaner Download link: CCleaner 2.03 (2.66 MB)

Safe XP
2007-12-21 15:20:00
Safe XP is Freeware software which allows users to quickly tweak various security and privacy related settings in Microsoft Windows XP. The options include Media Player settings, Services settings (error reporting, time synch, remote registry etc.), as well as and option to remove items from the Start menu, network security settings and more.Safe XP improves your system performance and makes Windows to run faster, more secure and reliable! It is suitable for beginners and experts!It allows you to take control of your PC.Make Windows to run faster and more secure.Protect your privacy and strength Internet protection.Disable Spyware-like activities of Windows XP (also 2000&ME&98) Operating System, Media Player, Internet Explorer and Outlook.Disable unnecessary Windows services like System updates, error reporting and much more...Prevent Internet attacks, any RPC/DCOM related vulnerabilities and fix exploits like DSO.Disable script-based attacks on Windows Media Player, Interne...
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