Archive for the 'Freeware' Category
Opera turns 9.51
Hot on the heels of Opera 9.5, the Opera team has released version 9.5.1 of their desktop web browser. The new version includes some recommended shield and stability updates. But there are plus some other handy changes. Here are a few highlights:
Fine-tuned the new default skin
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Securely delete files and directories with Wipe File
Want to delete some files on your tough disk and assemble certain that no one will ever be able to recover them? Wipe File is a free Windows utility that lets you wipe files or directories using one of 14 different methods. Instead of simply moving files to the recycle bin, Wipe File will overwr…
Change the look of your chat client with Digsby skins
After checking out 10 slick new themes for NetNewsWire yesterday, we started going on a themes kick. Many of our favorite applications, from VLC to Firefox are skinnable. nowadays, let’s take a look at chat and social networking application Digsby.
Digsby already ships with a decent looki…
StatusScreenSaver - don’t miss notifications while your screensaver is on
If you’re like us, you go to sleep with your monitor displaying the latest trendy screensaver. And whether you’re like us, you unfortunately wake up about a million times a night, wondering whether you have any new newsletter, or any new updates from your favorite blog. Status Screen Saver has g…
Dirk Valentine - date Waster
Recently we’ve noticed more and more two-dimensional games incorporating use of both the keyboard and mouse, much in the same way that first person shooters do. The latest to catch our eye is Dirk Valentine and the Fortress of Steam, a side-scrolling game in which you play the part of the hero, …
HHOTT View plugin for IE7 offers safe “clickless” browsing
HHOTT View is a plugin for World Wide Web Explorer designed to let you surf faster and safer. We’re not entirely convinced it accomplishes either goal, but the concept is intriguing. Once the plugin is installed, you should see a green, blue, red, or gray arrow seem every duration you hover …
Vidnik: upload Mac webcam videos to YouTube
Vidnik is a new Mac application that lets you quickly record video from your Mac’s iSight camera and thereupon upload it to YouTube. Simply run Vidnik, set your YouTube explanation username and password, record some video, crop it, add some tags and a description, choose the video category, and ther…
Cyber Bandwidth Monitor: Keep track of your bandwidth usage
Cyber Bandwidth Monitor does pretty much precisely what you’d expect it to do, and more. that little WIndows utility tracks your upload and download speeds by instance and plots your network activity on a little graph. The utility grabs input once per moment, but you can adjust the settings so t…
Twitter Twerp Scan - block Twitter spammers
Twitter users are increasingly starting to question whether the frequent number of Twitter accounts that are following them are actually society, or simply a anatomy of Twitter spamming. The rule of thumb with that sort of question is normally that whether you think something nefarious might be …
Foxit 2.3: Would you like tabs with that PDF reader?
Foxit Reader 2.3 has just been released, and not only is it quicker and lighter on system resources than Adobe Reader, but the latest version adds a ton of useful features like tabbed viewing. For some reason tabs took the web browser world by storm a few years ago, but folded to catch on in oth…
