Wednesday, February 22, 2012

PixBuilder Studio - Photo tool



PHOTO TOOL
PixBuilder Studio
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Min requirements: Windows XP / Vista / 7
File size: 3MB

PixBuilder Studio is a powerful photo-editing program that boasts various advanced features including layers, transparency masks, levels and curves as well as useful tools such as a clone stamp and healing brush. It doesn’t offer a huge range of effects and filters, but it does support. 8BF Photoshop-compatible plug-ins, so you can easily add additional features to it for free

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Rizone Memory Booster - Memory booster



MEMORY BOOSTER

Rizone Memory Booster
Min requirements: Windows XP / Vista / 7
File size: 633KB

 This tool monitors your system’s memory usage and optimises it when required, with or without your intervention. It also includes an experimental defrag option that will move resources from physical to virtual memory

Q3Rally - Game



GAME
Q3Rally
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Min requirements: Windows XP / Vista / 7
File size: 217MB


Q3Rally is a blisteringly fast racing game that was built using the Quake 3 engine. It offers a selection of game modes including Racing, Deathmatch and Demolition Derby, which can be played both online and off. This is only an alpha release so everything is pretty rough and ready, but the lack of polish doesn’t detract from the chaotic fun.

Ubiquitous Player 3 - Media player



MEDIA PLAYER
Ubiquitous Player 3
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Min requirements: Windows XP / Vista / 7
File size: 1.8MB

Although it’s essentially a media player, Ubiquitous Player is much more versatile than that. As well as being able to play all your audio files, the program can display images, store notes and internet bookmarks, and capture screenshots. Ubiquitous Player 3 also comes with its own web browser, calculator, games a magnifying glass and more.

Autoruns 11 - Start-up manager



START-UP MANAGER
Autoruns 11
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Min requirements: Windows XP / Vista / 7
File size: 520KB


Lots of programs set themselves to automatically start alongside Windows, so that they are ready to use whenever you need them. While you’ll obviously want your anti-virus scanner to load at start-up other software, such as Google Update and QuickTime Task,are far from vital and just slow the boot process down. Autoruns gives you total control over what starts when you boot your system or log into Windows. The program which was created by Sysinternals and Microsoft has a row of tabs along the top that let you work your way through the different start-up sections. These include Logon, Explorer,Sheduled Tasks, Services, Drivers, Known DLLs and Sidebar Gadgets. There’s also an Everything tab if you prefer to scroll your way through a comprehensive list of entries instead. Selecting a start-up item will provide details about that entry. Unwanted item scan be disabled or even permanently deleted, provided you’re positive it’s safe to do so. This latest version of Autoruns includes several additional auto-start locations and a useful ‘Jump to Folder’ option that will take you to an item’s source location. The separate command-line utility also boasts a couple of minor additions,such as the ability to display auto-start entries for every user account. It’s a powerful way to make your PC boot and run more efficiently.

Friday, February 10, 2012

FlightGear - Game



GAME
FlightGear
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Min requirements: Windows XP / Vista / 7
File size: 411MB

The latest version of this open-source flight simulator offers enhanced graphics, physically correct weather conditions, improved plane models, new and extended autopilot controllers and additional cockpit system. FlightGear now offers a choice of nearly 500 aircraft to fly, from ancient models to cutting-edge designs.

Partition Wizard Home Edition 7 - Partitioning tool



PARTITIONING TOOL
Partition Wizard Home Edition 7
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Min requirements: Windows XP / Vista / 7
File size: 10.6MB

The free version of MiniTool Partition Wizard partitioning software lets you create, copy, resize, delete, format and convert partitions, as well as change drive letters, rebuild the master boot record and recover lost or deleted partitions. The latest release lets you extend an NTFS partition (the standard for Windows) without needing to reboot your system.

OpenWith Enhanced - Windows tool



WINDOWS TOOL
OpenWith Enhanced
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Min requirements: Windows XP / Vista / 7
File size: 409KB

This tiny tool adds extra options to the built-in Open With feature in Windows. Right-click the file you want to open and select Open With, Choose Default Program. You will be show compatible applications on your system that you can use to open the item, along with a selection of popular alternatives you might want to try instead. Hover your mouse over an entry to find out more about that application or double-click to download it. OpenWith Enhanced also lets you click a link to browse for an appropriate program on the web.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Click.to - Sharing tool



SHARING TOOL
Click.to
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Min requirements: Windows XP / Vista / 7
File size: 3.1MB

This application is essentially an advanced version of copy and paste, letting you look up and share content on your computer or on the internet. Install Click.to and choose the apps and web services you use on a daily basis. The tool supports an impressive range of options Including Microsoft Word and Excel, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Gmail. Select some text an image or other content and press Ctrl+C. A small menu of destinations will appear. Pick the one you want and the program will perform the relevant action, such as searching on Google, sharing the selection on Facebook or emailing it to someone.

Kingsoft Office Free 2012 - Office suite



OFFICE SUITE
Kingsoft Office Suite 2012
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Min requirements: Windows XP / Vista / 7
File size: 68.4MB

Kingsoft's office suite is a free alternative to Microsoft Office that includes a word processor, spreadsheet and presentation creator. The program offers all the features you need for day-to-day work, as well as some useful additions, such as a built-in PDF converter, customisable table functions, dynamic slides and document encryption. The program's design brows heavily from MS Office 2003, but includes tabs, so you can quickly and easily switch between multiple open documents. It can open any file created using Microsoft Office and save documents in all the standard formats, with the exception of DOCX, which is currently read-only.