HWiNFO32 can best be described as a professional hardware information and diagnostic tool supporting latest components, industry technologies and not forgetting standards. HWiNFO32 is designed to recognize and extract as much information as possible about computer’s hardware which makes it very suitable for users searching for computer manufactures, driver updates, system integrators and technical experts.

HWiNFO32 is designed with the capacity to retrieve maximum information and present same in a logical and easily understandable form. The retrieved information can be exported into various types of reports for users. It is quite compatible with Windows 9x/2000/XP/Vista/Server 2003/2008/7.

Some of the latest features of HWiNFO32 includes: ability to display sensor readings on 3 columns/line on LG G15 LCD, graphical displaying of CPU frequency per core, capacity to report GPU Fan duty cycle for ATI R7xx and Evergreen family, additional support of LG G19 Color QVGA LCD, enhanced support of GPU monitoring for ATI M8x families, enhanced sensor support of ASUS M4A87TD, M4A88 and M4N98 series, and so much more.

One major disadvantage of this software is the fact that it loads running processes in the background of the system always. The folders that are installed are mostly not needed and these folders flood the system.

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Flock for Windows 2.6.0 can best be described as a social Web browser, cross platform, open source and based on Mozilla Firefox technologies. As it stands today, the browser implements support for Flickr.

Users can also install alternative hosted bookmarks or photo sharing services can be installed be users of this software with relative ease. Flock provides users with a number of choices in the search box and blog manager and this comes with the ability to install other services using open standards.

Flock has built in add-ons already installed and it is very compatible with Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Yahoo, Youtube and Digg. Flock allows users to know the number of contact they have online and gives them the opportunity of chatting with their contacts.

In terms of speed and performance, Flock main feature is its speed and performance which obviously stands it out from other software in this category. It is a must have for users who are interested in getting the best performance when it comes to social networking sites.

Flock has much quicker load times then other browsers and it is very easy to install and uninstall. The only reason why Flock is not as good as other software is only because of the add-ons.

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Data Crow is designed to allow users to create a large database that contains all their collected items. Data Crow can be used to online to retrieve information instead of typing all the information. With Data Crow download page, a user can get a recipe module thereby helping to keeping track of recipes as well as books, DVD, CD and many more.

It main features includes the following: it creates new modules (for instance, it maintains stamp collection); PDF and HTML reporting; loan registration; retrieve information from services like Amazon.com, Imdb.com, Softpedia and MusicBrainz; optional internal web server and web GUI; import file information (mp3, DivX and XVID).

Data Crow is an ultimate cataloger (Platform independent and complete) and media organizer that manages user’s collections in one product and it is designed to customize user’s needs. Data Crow is feature rich, runs very well on system and is highly customizable.

Data Crow runs on any system where Java 1.6 (or higher) from SUN is installed. It can be downloaded with paying a fee and 100% free of ads, viruses and spyware. Data Crow is user-friendly and has been translated in various languages like Italian, Dutch, German, English, French and Spanish.

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GFI MailArchiver is a very important email archiving software that is the single solution source for email management problems on Exchange Server. GFI MailArchiver for Exchange provides user-friendly corporate email archiving, which enables users to centrally archive all internal and external email with ease.

GFI MailArchiver comes with enhanced a tool which allows users to archive past, present and future emails into one or multiple databases, providing both the network administrator and employees with a number of benefits.

The noticeable changes in GFI MailArchiver are: an Outlook Connector that supports Microsoft Outlook 2010 (32-bit and 64-bit), increased loading speed of the Access Control page within the GFI MailArchiver Web Configuration UI, GFI MailArchiver Indexes will no longer get stuck in a pending state, which used to make them unusable, Copybix does not stop when there are a lot of files in MAIS\Pickup folder, Folder Structure Synchronization and EEWIZ creates separate “Deleted Items” folders, and GFI MailArchiver no longer pulls emails from journaling mailbox after approximately 5 minutes (IMAP provider times out and e-mails stop archiving).

The Client Area is available in various languages for ease of use, while the administrator Console is available in: English, Italian, German, Japanese and Russian.

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While most word processing and other productivity suite users use the likes of Microsoft Office, there is another office productivity suite that has been in the market providing quality services in terms of office productivity for more than 20 years. Well for novice and advanced users who wants an alternative for the popular but costly MS Office Suite that offers the same quality but with a lower cost, then try SoftMaker Office productivity suite.

SoftMaker is a lightweight application that offers user a good alternative to Microsoft Office Suite. Though it offers less features and tools compared to the leader, it still guarantee user’s satisfaction when it comes to providing quality output; be it a document or a spreadsheet containing data for your business.

The programs interface is lot simpler than MS Office, but this simplicity is enough for users to utilize the program to its full potential.

It has 2 main components; a word processing component called “TextMaker” and a spreadsheet component called “PlanMaker”. Though both look simple, using the program will give you a similar experience to working with a high level productivity suite.

TextMaker provides basic features and tools for creating and editing documents, creating letters and memorandums and a combination of both text and objects or images. Basic tools like Format character, paragraph, page set-up, inserting tables, objects and many more are still present. Though it doesn’t have advanced features like creating watermarks or creating digital signatures, the program also got unique features like calculation (performs trigonometric and statistical functions) and inserting OLE objects.

Next is the PlanMaker which is the equivalent of MS Excel. It also offers basic tools for creating and editing spreadsheet documents, creating graphs and using formula for statistical tasks. There’s a slight difference in the environment as the default sheet for this program is only one as compared to its Excel that has three. The highlighting of cells is also cumbersome because it doesn’t highlight the cell; instead a red border is seen as the indicator that those particular cells are selected.

If you have your previous works created and saved as .doc or .xls formats, you don’t need any converter as the program is compatible with all versions of MS Office from 97 to 2003.

SoftMaker is a good office productivity alternative to Microsoft Office Suite. The program does not contain any complicated and unnecessary tasks at all; all features are fully useful and utilizable. Moreover, you can have all these benefits free of charge. So what are you waiting for, download SoftMaker office productivity suite and experience a new environment in creating your documents and spreadsheets.

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This version, as do all versions past 186.18, the latest version introduces a problem where certain games are not getting a full listing of usable resolutions in 32-bit mode. While some games can see options for 1600×1200, 2048×1536 and 2560×1600, other games see nothing beyond 1280×96 in 32-bit mode.

Some of the noticeable features of this version are: support for Blu-Ray 3D with NVIDIA 3D Vision technology, increased performance for GeForce GTX 400 Series GPUs in several computer games, PhysX System Software have been upgraded to version 9.10.0223, it supports OpenGL 4.0 for GeForce GTX 400 Series GPUs, and support for new extreme Antialiasing modes for 3-way SLI PCs, including up to SLI48x AA for GeForce 200 series GPUs and up to SLI96x AA for GeForce GTX 400 series GPUs.

It is important to note that the above mentioned SLI features are only NVIDIA 3D supports Windows Vista and Windows 7: Quad SLI technology using GeForce GTX 295 or GeForce 9800 GX2, 3-way SLI technology, SLI multi-monitor support and Hybrid SLI.

This version also provides language options for users who may not understand US English by simply downloading International language driver. With the provision of this option, it has become all the easier for users who may wish to install this version themselves.

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Microsoft Kodu is a visual programming language made specifically for creating games that was only released recently. It is designed in such a way that it is readily accessible for children and enjoyable for everyone.

Microsoft Kodu is supported by Windows 7, Vista and XP. The requirement for use of Microsoft Kodu is graphics card that supports DirectX 9.0c and Shader Model 2.0 or higher, NET Framework 3.5 or higher and XNA Framework 3.1 Redistributable.

Microsoft Kodu come with a visual nature of the language which provides rapid design iteration using only an Xbox game controller for input (mouse/keyboard input is also supported).

To take full advantage of Microsoft Kodu, it is highly recommend that users run the “Configure Kodu” application and choose lower-quality graphics settings should they encounter problem running it or want better graphics performance at cost of some visual detail. It allows users to export functions so that they can publish games to a file which they can then e-mail or post on their websites.

The set back with Microsoft Kodu is basically associated with problems faced by most software that are only just released into the market with. One good example is the fact that most of the built-in content is designed for play using a game controller.

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Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi is good news for Vista users because it fixes the SPIDF issue from the beta drivers. With this tool, Vista users have full surround-sound capabilities and usage of an SPDIF out for bit stream audio if they want. This software is a beta driver which provides Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit, Beta 2 Build 5384 and Build 5456 support for Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi.

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi main features are; PCM stereo output through optical out, Headphone detection, EAX Effect, Smart Volume Management, MIDI Playback, X-Fi Crystalizer and AC-3/DTS decoding (only in Windows Vista 32-bit).

There are three basic steps to be followed during installation. The first step is to download the .exe file into your local hard disk. After this first step, the next step is to double-click the downloaded file before proceeding to the last step which is to follow the instructions as it appears on the screen. One thing should be noted and that is the fact that simple as these steps may look on paper, it is advisable to employ the services of professional before installation.

Finally, Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi does not work very well with PowerDVD when setting it up to SPIDF as the soundcard decoder and video does not produce any audio sound.

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Reg Organizer provides a variety of tools required for effective System Registry and configuration files management. What this software does is simply that it allows the user view, edit, fix errors in the system, improve computer performance, maintain registry, clean the Registry and preview the registry files they may wish to import.

Reg Organizer helps users to edit registry files and also view file content directly from Windows Explorer. It also comes with a built-in application uninstaller, allowing users the freedom to uninstall unused applications from the system.

The main features of Reg Organizer are as follows: can find all keys related to a certain application and delete them, if necessary; viewing and editing the system registry, manipulating the registry keys and values, exporting, importing, copying them; increase the performance of the registry and consequently the overall performance of your system; allowing users to edit keys and values, add and delete data containing in the reg files; it offers users a variety of options for searching the registry and replacing the records matching the specified criteria; has the capacity to take snapshots before and after application installs and eradicate; it automatically remove unnecessary files from the hard drive of your computer, and to search for and fix invalid shortcuts.

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PDF Explorer 1.5 is a CHM and PDF files management software and image extraction tool. What it does is to provide users with the opportunity of easily gather and add all their CHM and PDF documents to a database file, which displays an overview of Filename, Subject, Creation Date, Producer, Title, and Author, Number of Pages, Modification Date and a maximum of 100 custom fields to enter custom data.

With the introduction of this tool, users can search through all the files, have a chance to view them, batch rename them and do much more. PDF Explorer 1.5 can also be used to scan within ZIP files and so much more.

What differentiate PDF Explorer 1.5 from the past versions are: a context-sensitive help system; the database editor shows now an improved database tree; Rename Files, Copy Files, Move Files and Delete Files functions added to the web interface API; import wizard can now open, more easily, very big .CSV files; PDF Creator tool can set some of the standard metadata fields, supports drag and drop of image files from applications other than the Shell.

The sad part of this tool is that it actually does not extract the images with the proper color settings.

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