Archive for December, 2006
Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
Replace and Rename allows you to perform both file renaming AND text replacing in one easy batch file from one “keyword” import file.
Moreover Replace and Rename works with files from directories and subdirectories. All that you need is to select directory (or directories) with files which you want to process. Processing of single selected files are available as well.
This utility will make replacement in the files which extension are specified in the “Replace in files which have extension” field and it will rename files which have extensions specified in the “Rename files which have extension” field. Replace and Rename has the ability to perform only one operation instead of performing two operations. Field “Do not perform replacing in files” or “Do not rename files” must be checked for perform only one operation. Button “Load from file” allow to load the a text file which have values delimited by the tab character. However it has an option to set another delimiter character instead from the tab.
Download: Replace and Rename 1.5 Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003
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Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
Dead Disk Doctor – allows copying files from scratched or damaged CD, DVD disks, unreadable Floppy and Hard Drives or other media. It replaces lost data with random bytes reading files by expandable blocks.
Friendly interface. Only three steps and done!
Requirements: Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP or higher
Download: Dead Disk Doctor 1.26
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Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
The Mobility Email client is a powerful Free (as in Freedom) Software email client that supports IMAP, POP and SMTP email (virtually any email account, including webmail accounts from Hotmail, Yahoo!, AOL and Gmail). It features OpenPGP and S/MIME encryption, webmail support, and integrates seemlessly with the MobilityEmail.net service.
The Mobility Email client will work from any location on a computer or USB device. With no installation or configuration it allows you to access your email and contacts on multiple machines. Most importantly, no personal data is left behind once the application is closed.
The MobilityEmail.net service combines a reliable email service from Everyone.net with our hardened email client. This gives you complete control over your email communication, ensuring both privacy and safety.
Download: Mobility Email 1.5.0.8
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Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
Wikia, a for-profit corporation created by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, is preparing to launch a search engine that will leverage the user-driven model that has contributed to the massive success of the Wikipedia.
The Wikia corporation plans to launch the search engine with financial backing from online retailer Amazon (some sites are erroneously reporting that Amazon is involved in the development process, but please note that they are just providing financial resources for Wikia at this point) and a handful of other technology companies, but Wales hopes to generate profit from the service with advertising. In an interview with Times Online, Wales says that “the revenue model for search is advertising,” a truism demonstrated by competitors Google and Yahoo. Does Wikia have what it takes to beat the best at their own game? Wales is hoping that the reputation of Wikipedia and the transparency of the user-driven approach will be enough to attract users.
Full article: Ars Technica
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Monday, December 25th, 2006
Cactus Spam Filter is a free easy-to-use spam blocker. It protects your inbox by learning to detect spam as it’s being used. After a short while it has adapted to your personal mailbox and blocks out most of the junk e-mail. Since the filter becomes personal, spammers will not be able to fool it.
Even though this is a brutal, merciless spam killer, no e-mails will get lost unless you delete them. Installation is very simple. No setup is required in your e-mail client; this spam stopper integrates seamlessly with all e-mail clients that use POP3. It has been successfully tested with Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, Netscape, Opera, Mozilla, Mozilla Thunderbird, Eudora, Pegasus Mail, IncrediMail, Foxmail, POP Peeper, Command Line POP Client, The Bat!, and Phoenix Mail.
Download: Cactus Spam Filter 2.13 Windows 2000/XP
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Sunday, December 24th, 2006
BitTornado is a BitTorrent client. It is the successor of Shad0w’s Experimental Client. Based on the original BitTorrent client, the interface is largely the same, with added features such as:
- upload/download speed limitation
- prioritised downloading when downloading batches (several files)
- detailed information about connections to other peers
- UPnP Port Forwarding (Universal Plug and Play)
Super seeding mode and web seeding were originally developed by the BitTornado group.
It is programmed using Python, for platform independence.
Download: BitTornado 0.3.18
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Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
The argument between Sophos and Microsoft over the security of Windows Vista took another turn on Tuesday when Microsoft co-president Jim Allchin stepped in to try and calm things down.
The dispute was started at the end of November when security software vendor Sophos published its “top 10 threats” for the coming year, and included three potential threats to Vista ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äù the internet worms labelled Stratio-Zip, Netsky-D and MyDoom-O.
According to Sophos, while companies running wholly Microsoft environments ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äù Vista with other Microsoft software on top ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äù would be secure, companies running third-party software would be vulnerable. Most organisations fall into that category, such as companies choosing to run IBM/Lotus Notes, instead of Microsoft Exchange.
Allchin argued in a blog posting on Tuesday that this is untrue, and that Vista can live happily alongside the right third-party security products. If individuals and organisations use their Vista or third-party security tools correctly, there is no reason for there to be any issues, he said.
Sophos’s claims were made on the day that Microsoft launched its business versions of Vista, and they put the software giant on the back foot.
Full article: ZDNet UK
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Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
djoPlayer is an MPlayer-based media player.
It can read avi (DivX 3, 4, 5, Xvid), vob, mpeg-1, mpeg-2, mpeg-4, asf, wmv, ac3, mov, real… and subtitles. Its interface is really easy to use, it can do Pan & Scan, and improve video quality with Post Processing.
Download: djoPlayer 3.5.1 Mac OS X
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Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
With PodTube encode any YouTube video for your iPod.
Simply and quickly download, encode for iPod and add to your iTunes library any YouTube video you browse with, Safari, in a single click!
Download: PodTube 2 Mac OS X
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Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
Microsoft has filed for two patents covering technology used to organize and read syndicated Web feeds, such as those delivered via the widely used Really Simple Syndication, or RSS, family of formats.
The pair of applications were made public by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for what appears to be the first time on Thursday, following the expiration of a requisite 18-month window in which applications are generally kept secret.
Redmond actually filed for the patents on June 21, 2005. That date, incidentally, is just three days prior to the company’s formal announcement that it planned to build support for RSS into the next version of its Internet Explorer browser and into its planned Windows Vista operating system–then referred to as Longhorn.
Jane Kim, program manager for RSS in Internet Explorer, detailed those features in a blog entry last year. Kim and her colleague Amar Gandhi, who serves as group program manager of the Windows RSS team, are among the inventors listed on both applications.
RSS is typically used by news publishers, bloggers and podcasters to notify subscribers of new postings. Web users can choose from a number of freeware applications to collect and read those feeds.
Full story: ZDNet News
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Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
Stardock BootSkin is a program that allows users to change their Windows 2000 and Windows XP boot screens.
Unlike other programs that can change the Windows XP boot screens, BootSkin does so in a safe manner. It doesn’t patch the Windows XP kernel. Nor does it require the user to download replacement Windows XP kernels to do so.
Boot screens that use BootSkin are typically under 20K compared to other boot screen programs whose files are over 2 MEGABYTES.
And best of all, BootSkin is free for non-commercial use.
Download: Stardock BootSkin 1.05a
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Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
Staff-FTP Staff-FTP is an advanced FTP client. This software uses the common FTP protocol to upload or download files from/to the internet.
This application is avaible for Windows operating system.
Everyone who manages FTP accounts over the “site-command” will love this program (the developpment of the program started with this option in focus). Nearly all is configurable (either over a menu or by editing commands.ini-file).
Staff-FTP main features
Staff-FTP, among standard, options like upload, download, query, sitemanager, browseable windows and almost every other options you will find in other FTP clients, offerts some very specials and uniques features like :
· FXP (server-to-server-transfer)
· TLS / SSL encryption
· Custom commands (for special FTP servers (Raiden, Serv-U, glftpd…)
· “Tree-Building” of FTP directories
· URL importer
· FXP status (the first and only FTP client which does this!)
· Colours in FTP results (if server supports it. Staff-FTP is the only one who can do this!)
· Ident-Server (for more secure access)
· Automaticly checks if CRC is correct when a SFV file is present
· Scripting language
· And much, much more…
Staff-FTP is, since version 2.60, freeware.
Download: Staff-FTP 2.93
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Friday, December 22nd, 2006
Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and AIG Technologies sign up for Suse Linux from Redmond
Microsoft attempted to put pay to any scepticism over its partnership with Novell with the revelation that Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and AIG Technologies have become some of its first Linux customers.
Under three separate customer agreements, Microsoft will deliver Suse Linux Enterprise subscription certificates, allowing these customers to take advantage of the Microsoft and Novell agreement.
Full article: vnunet.com
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Friday, December 22nd, 2006
Filetrac is a simple program to help you keep track of files left behind when you uninstall a program. Simply put the executable, filetrac.exe, in a folder (I suggest Filetrac) create a shortcut and run the program. This program will keep track of files added by viruses in your system32 and other folder. Read the text file for more help. You will need msvbvm60.dll in your System32 folder.
Download: Filetrac 2.0
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Friday, December 22nd, 2006
Get ready for Origami take two. While Microsoft’s mini-tablet effort may not be quite where the software maker had hoped, the project is ready for another cameo.
This spring, Microsoft attracted huge buzz for the Origami prior to its launch, but as details emerged and the products hit the market, they were roundly criticised as overpriced and underpowered.
Next month, at CES, Microsoft will be back with another round of the tiny computers. The latest tablets, code-named Vistagami because of their Windows Vista support, also will come in a wider range of looks, including some models with keyboards. Microsoft chief Bill Gates is expected to mention some of the new devices in his CES keynote as part of a broader discussion of the new types of computers that will be enabled with Vista, including new all-in-one PCs and other esoteric designs.
But it’s unclear whether the new crop of devices will do that much to address the two biggest criticisms of the category: price and battery life.
Full article: ZDNet.co.uk
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Friday, December 22nd, 2006
AudioIndex helps you to create easily and quickly list of audio albs (e.g. MP3 format). The templates enable you to make lists in any visual style and any file-format. The program is a freeware.
Download: AudioIndex 1.0
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Friday, December 22nd, 2006
Mediabee is a new life management system that allows users to exploit the power of PCs and mobile devices to improve quality of life and interpersonal communications.
Currently available as a software download, it is a planner and communication center that’s great as a dashboard for households, small groups, and busy individuals such as managers and professionals.
Originally conceived to handle the rigors of everyday life in busy households, Mediabee now provides unparalleled ease-of-use and convenience to both non-technical and technical users everywhere
Download: Mediabee 2.2.12 Windows 2000/XP/2003
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Friday, December 22nd, 2006
Jeremy Allison, a high-profile open-source programmer, has resigned from Novell because of objections over its patent deal with Microsoft and is moving to Google.
In his resignation letter, Allison said Novell’s patent pact with Microsoft has crippled the Linux seller’s relations with the open-source community. At Google, he’ll continue his work on Samba, the open-source project he helped launch. Samba is software that lets Linux servers share files on Windows networks.
“Whilst the Microsoft patent agreement is in place there is nothing we can do to fix community relations…Until the patent provision is revoked, we are pariahs,” Allison said in the letter, quoting from an earlier message he sent to Novell management. Allison joined Novell in 2005 after working at Hewlett-Packard.
Groklaw, a site that monitors open-source legal affairs, published Allison’s resignation letter Thursday. Allison on Thursday confirmed the letter’s authenticity, saying he had sent it to an internal Novell mailing list, but declined to comment further on his departure from Novell.
Google is a major open-source software user and participates in several open-source programming projects. Andrew Morton, a key lieutenant to Linux leader Linus Torvalds, works there, for example.
Full story: CNET News.com
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Thursday, December 21st, 2006
Mobile phones with built-in digital cameras have become very popular today because of their portability and handiness. But the obvious downside is that the quality of camera phone photos is still very poor. The main drawbacks are:
- JPEG compression artifacts;
- vignetting (darkening of the corners around the image);
- poor color reproduction;
- poor contrast;
- poor sharpness noise.
Mobile Photo Enhancer is a handy and powerful tool capable of fixing all these problems with just a few clicks. It provides a quick and easy way to improve the quality of your images reducing artifacts and digital noise, correcting poor sharpness, contrast and color reproduction and fixing the “dark corners” problem. With its powerful filtering, the program converts images with pronounced defects into very usable photos.
Still another advantage of the product is that Mobile Photo Enhancer is a two-in-one software package: it contains tools for processing images one at a time as well as for simultaneous processing of whole collections of images.
Download: Mobile Photo Enhancer 1.2
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