ZipGenius is a decent zip utility that offers support for more than 20 different compression formats, including 7zip, ZIP64, UPX and many more.

It supports drag and drop, 5 compression levels, and customization and integration in Windows Explorer. It also comes with its own built in FTP client that allows to download and upload files from within it. The signature feature means you can add your signature and contact information to any zip file you create.

It also supports the creation of self-extracting exe files with custom setup launch and icon. It also comes with additional features like encryption, scanner support (acquire pictures and zip them into files), backup, statistics, download time calculator, disk spanning, file export, support for OpenOffice and more. It can also interact with your Pocket PC device.

Not bad at all, considering it’s totally freeware! You can get it here.

The problem with most programs is that they hardly do all what their publishers claim they do but here is a program that does exactly what it is said to do.

With iPod2PC you can easily copy songs from any iPod to any PC’s hard disk to restore or backup them. One thing you will really enjoy with this software is that iPod2PC offers very fast searching and a browse mode which makes finding songs on the iPod easy. With the sophisticated song selection method (via context menu), choosing desired groups of songs for copying is very convenient.

It is so easy to use that you don’t need any level of expertise to be able to enjoy using it. The latest version, iPod2PC 3.9 which was released on March 2nd has this problem fixed:
Fixed: In rare cases the log contained invalid information

With the latest version you will enjoy these cool features:

Copy/restore your songs, videos and podcasts to your iTunes music library or a folder on your PC

Optionally automatic import of transferred songs in your iTunes library

Transfers your “My Rating”, “Play Count” and “Last played” information from the iPod songs

Improved interface for easy use

Support for all song types on the iPod (MP3, AAC, Wave, AIFF, Audible, Podcasts)

iPod2PC can run directly of your iPod, wherever you are… always available

Multiple iPod support

And much more.

Click HERE to check it out! Or Go To http://www.casicakes.com/ for more info.

If you are one of those making money off Google’s Adsense program then this software will definitely be useful for you. It’s called SysSense.

What does it do?

SysSense is your personal desktop Google AdSense monitor. It gives you easy access as it keeps your current Google AdSense information in the Windows system tray.

What do you do?

Simply mouse over the system tray icon to view all of your current Google AdSense data. Easily log into your Google AdSense account from the SysSense system tray icon menu.

The latest Change in the latest version, SysSense 1.3.1 which was released just recently is this:

• FIXED: Made the necessary changes to fix a bug that was introduced by Google’s latest Adsense data changes

Want to check it out? CLICK HERE! (Did I fail to mention that it’s free? Sorry, IT’S FREEEEEE!!!!)

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Visit http://www.singerscreations.com/AboutSysSense.asp for more info and download.

Zattoo is a program that enables you to watch live television on your computer. Some of the channels currently available are ARD, arte, BBC Prime, BBC World, Bloomberg TV, Canale 5, CNN, EuroNews and EuroSport, to name but a few. (Also many non-English speaking channels).

The bad news is that, currently, Zattoo will only work in Switzerland, the good news is they say they plan to go worldwide with it “soon”.

This looks like it could be a good service, as they say that it’s better than the usual internet video quality. They say it’s equal to TV quality. It remains to be seen if they can keep their promise, as my country isn’t currently served. But i was able to add my email to their mailing list so i can be notified when (if!) it is.

But it seems like one to watch, no pun intended! Check it out here.

If you’ve been looking for a program that will allow you remote control over your PC but you’ve not been successful in your search, this might turn out to be what you need, Remote-Anything.

Remote-Anything allows you to completely control the keyboard, mouse, and screen of a remote PC via a LAN or the Internet. With this software, you get Explorer like file transfer, the ability to install and use programs, to power up/down PC’s, and to record sessions and to play them back.

But why should you even consider using Remote Anything at all, why not something else?

• It is fast enough to watch real time video remotely and it automatically detects available PC’s
• The ultimate small footprint: the Slave is only 90 KB; Easy to deploy – just copy and run the Slave.exe file
• It is the first remote-control tool with a Directory Server
• Free program updates and support the first year
• Integrated Gateway to reach private IP addresses

With Remote-Anything, you get to control anything remotely. Want to check it out!

CLICK HERE or go to http://www.remote-anything.com/en/ra_index.htm

Teen Spirit (Conium) – A Good Audio-Video Player And Organizer

Here is tool that you will definitely find useful; it is called Teen Spirit (Conium).

Teen Spirit is an Audio-Video player and organizer. What I love about it is it’s very user friendly interface. Want to retrieve info on your favorite artistes from the net? This tool is for you, it can retrieve info from internet such as lyrics, album reviews, album covers, artist biographies, and artiste pictures easily.

Teen Spirit also keeps history of the files you play, and allows you to review statistics and generates a personal hitlist based on your most played songs. One thing you will appreciate in this software is the fact that it helps you discover tracks in your vast music collection with features like auto-continue or by playing the music quiz.

The latest version in the software market now is Teen Spirit 0.91b[it was just released yesterday] and it comes with these changes:

• Virtual Track Collections. Add YouTube links as ‘Virtual’ Files in your collection. You may also import/export these files as ‘xlc xml link collection files’
• New actiion logger
• Easy Drag Drop tagging in tree view
• Web Services. Quick Search in Google – YouTube – Wikipedia (add yours in the services.xml) for artists / albums / tracks
• New ‘Tango’ compatible icons
• Many bug fixes and visual enhancements

Want to try it out? Visit http://www.artificialspirit.com/

DropToCD is an easy to use utility to create data CDs or DVDs. It supports multisession and bootable CDs, ISO images and can also erase your CD(DVD)RW discs.

It places an icon on your desktop and allows you to easily add multiple files and folders from different locations by simply dragging them onto the icon. The icon immediately calculates and displays the total size of your added data, so you know how much space you have left on your disc, pretty cool huh?

In addition to this, it also has a standard interface, from where you can view the files on your CD, adjust settings, and more. Additional features include a built-in session viewer and extractor, destination path generator, file name checker and more.

This might be a handy alternative to installing something much huger such as nero, etc.

Click here for more info!

If there ever was a simple multimedia encoder and player this is it.

SUPER © is all you need if you need a simple, yet very efficient tool to convert (encode) or play any Multimedia file. The fact that you can get your encoding/conversion done without having expert knowledge, makes this tool really cool.

SUPER like the name implies is a Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer.
It is a multimedia encoder and a multimedia player that is so easy-to-use, all you need to get things done is in one simple click.

The latest version, SUPER © 2007.build.22, which was just released on March 14th 2007 has these changes:

ADDED:

• Multiple files drag & drop
• ‘Direct Stream Copy’ feature
• H.264/AVC video codec to the 3gp/3g2 profile
• AAC audio codec used/muxed with AVI files
• 11025, 12000 KHz to mp3 and 16000, 32000 KHz to mp2/mp3 audio codec
• 1280:544 widescreen videoscale to PS3 profile
• 480:272 widescreen videoscale to PSP profile
• 320:180 widescreen videoscale to Zune profile
• 128:96 and 170:144 low resolution videoscale to MP4/MOV[H.264|MPEG-4|DivX|XviD]
• Option to select spaces/underScores in output file name
• Option prompting renaming of VOB file
• Play Images (bmp, dib, fax, jpg, png, rle, tif, wmf) through Win2K/XP Microsoft(R) resources

FIXED:

• Enhanced support for HDTV .TS & .M2T files
• Lot of other enhancements and bugs

Want to check it out? It’s 100% free; don’t get suckered into paying for it.
CLICK HERE or go to http://www.erightsoft.net/SUPER.html for download and more info.

Check out this useful tool: RamCleaner.

It allows your computer to run faster and uses your computer’s RAM more efficiently. This program allows you to free up a specific amount of RAM to the CPU at any time allowing your system to have more memory available. The good thing about this is that it makes program execution faster because as free memory it is ready and waiting.

RamCleaner automatically finds the best settings for your PC and carefully controls your system resources to give you the best performance.

You will also appreciate the fact that this cool tool:

• Defragments RAM
• Recovers RAM from the operating system and applications
• Recovers memory leaks
• Runs in the background keeping your system in peak condition

The latest version, RamCleaner 5.0, which hit the software market on 28^th February, is available for you.

Want to check it out? Go to http://www.benutec.com/products/ramcleaner OR CLICK HERE

You can turn your computer into a master bartender with Professional Bartender 2010. This is a cool program for anyone who’s tired of drinking their usual choice of poison and wants to experiment a little!

The registered version of the program offers over 1000 different drink recipes (250 in the shareware version). It has the ability to add, delete or modify personal concoctions; and quick searches on essentials like liquor, ingredients, type of drink, or temperature.

It also includes quick guides to Bar Measures, Bottle Sizes, and Metric/U.S. Conversions. You can also import new drinks automatically from the website, and print on letter or indexcards.

Check it out by clicking here. Just don’t overdo it, know the one that’s one too many ; ) Bottoms up!

“A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm, “A beer please and one for the road.”