Archive for the 'Utilities' Category
Sunday, December 31st, 2006
OneAlert is a lightweight and powerful reminder system with a simple calendar. It comes from the same people who make “MyLife Organized” which i recently reviewed. This is one of those really simple programs that’s also really powerful and useful. You simple type in a reminder and time to be reminded.
There are different alerts can be set for a reminder (like play a sound, run application or send e-mail). You can also set reoccurring reminders, for example, the same day and time each week.
You can mark an individual day or number of days with specific color. OneAlert can help you to count the number of selected days and show how many days left to your vacation 🙂
Here is the fast three-step scenario of adding new reminder to OneAlert:
- While working in any application press OneAlert hotkey (Win+Down by default)
- Type in OneAlert parsing console: “Call Katrin in 15 min” and press Ctrl+Enter
- Press OneAlert hotkey again to return to application you worked with.
If you want to customize your reminder then just press Enter instead of Ctrl+Enter in step 2 and add additional parameters for your reminder (note, recurrence, different alert actions like send e-mail or run an application).
You can download this program free, with a reminder limit of a 10 a day (not bad really) or unlimited reminders if you have already bought “mylife Organized”.
Posted in Commercial, Developer, Information Management, Main, Shareware, Utilities | 2 Comments »
Sunday, December 31st, 2006
MyLife Organized is a lightweight yet powerful tool for organizing your life. Basic use of MLO involves creating tasks, which can be organized as projects, tasks, and subtasks, with due dates, estimated effort levels, and locations. As you enter your goals, projects, and activities, a “to-do” list is created with a list of exactly what needs to be done, where, and when. Some advanced features include exporting to various formats (Microsoft Excel, XML, CSV, and others), saving automatically, and syncing with Microsoft Outlook.You can download a 45-day trial version of the Professional Edition or you can download a free “lite” version which can be used as a simple task/subtask list.
My Life Organized takes your deadlines, recurring appointments, disjointed thoughts about things you’d quite like to do, life goals, etc, and gives you back a series of sequential tasks which really does seem to reflect your most important goals as well as your most urgent ones. The interface is clean and simple, not overloaded.
Definitely worth checking out for anyone who likes to be organised and more productive with their days. A nice thing I like about both the free and pro versions is that they’re both designed to be run from a USB thumb drive. You can view a comparison of both versions here. and the download page is right here.
Posted in Business, Commercial, Developer, Information Management, Internet, Main, Programming, Security, Shareware, Utilities | 2 Comments »
Sunday, December 31st, 2006
Anysoft Flash SlideShow Maker is a tool to create a simple but attractive Flash slideshow from your photos that you can upload to your website to share with your friends and family.
It has several different slideshow themes to choose from, as well as background music and optional effects like dropping leaves, snowflakes and more.
It’s freeware, but to remove the “Produced by Flash Slideshow Maker” screen that gets added at the end of slideshow, you’ll have to order the pro version.
It’s a pretty cool program that’s easy to use , you just select the template you wanna use and the transition effects etc and which pictures to add, that’s all there really is to it!
So if you want to make a simple flash slideshow for your website or blog, with or without background music, this gets the job done easily with pretty good looking results, unless you’re a bad photographer of course!
You can download it free here.
Posted in Design, Developer, Main, Multimedia, Social Software, Utilities, Windows | 5 Comments »
Saturday, December 30th, 2006
Here is a powerful download tool for you. It is very useful and efficient in downloading files from Internet servers. It is called Net Transport.
Net Transport now supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, MMS (Microsoft Media Services), and RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) – five protocols used to transfer data.
Its main features include:
- Simple but powerful “File Manager” to categorize and manage downloaded files more efficiently
- Simple multi-user management. You can maintain several databases by logging on Windows with different username
- You can use the inbuilt “Site Explorer” to list the directory structure of the remote server, and easily select the desired files. FTP is the most powerful item in NetXfer
- FTP reuse mechanism allows you to use one connection to get different files from the same site. If you like, you can use accessory FTP client tool called “FTP Transport (FtpXfer)”
- The “Multiple Proxies mode” allows you to assign every working thread a different proxy to break certain site restrictions, like only one connection per IP.
And so much more.
One great thing about it is that it works well with all Windows OS and though it’s a shareware you can check out the trial download for a while before buying the full version, it has a 90 day timeout.
Want to check it out? CLICK HERE!
Posted in Business, Commercial, Developer, Download Managers, Internet, Main, Shareware, Utilities | 2 Comments »
Friday, December 29th, 2006
Here is a useful application to make it easy to watch your favorite DVDs on your mobile equipment. CloneDVD Mobile converts your DVD movies easily into a format that your mobile equipment can play without any difficulty. In case you are wondering what kind of mobile equipment this supports, Sony PSP, Apple iPod Video, iAudio X5, Creative Labs ZEN Vision, etc.
The fact that you also get to convert your DVDs to other file formats, such as DivX, XviD, AVI, MP4, and so on, makes it a really useful tool.
A new version has just been released with these changes:
- New: added THM-Thumbnail support for Sony PSP
- Added several new profiles: “BlackBerry Pearl”, “SmartDisk FlashTrax”, “Nokia N93/95”
- Fix: Zoom option could result in incorrect vertical offset (video image shifted downwards)
- Fix: still some DVDs resulted in inverted subtitles
- Several small fixes and improvements
- Updated languages
And lots more.
Ready to watch your movies on the go? CLICK HERE!
Posted in Audio, Business, Commercial, Developer, Information Management, Main, Mobile, Movies, Multimedia, Music, Shareware, Utilities, Video, Windows | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
If you’ve had problems in the past rescuing lost files from bad CDs or DVDs, this is going to be a welcome addition to your software collection.
IsoBuster can rescue lost files from a bad or trashed CD or DVD or a Blue Ray disc (e.g. BD or HD DVD). Save important documents, precious pictures or video from the family, your only system backup, etc.
A new updated version has just been released, IsoBuster 2.0 with these changes:
- BD (Blu Ray) and HD DVD support
- Implemented the ability to use other system installed code pages, such as MAC, SYMBOL, UTF8 etc., for ISO9660
- Properties for drives show, next to CD and DVD, also BD and HD DVD Read and Write capabilities
- Installation and IsoBuster.exe are now code signed to make Windows (more or less) happy
- VISTA style directory icons when ran on a VISTA system
- Default to SPTI on a VISTA system, even when the app is not running in admin mode
- HTML help would not launch on VISTA due to OS changes. This is now correctly implemented
- On VISTA the Panel with image-file-name was often not properly painted. Changed the Panel with a another Windows component
- HFS(+) Mac File System, with multiple of 512 byte blocks support
and lots more.
CLICK HERE for more info on latest changes and download.
Posted in Business, Commercial, Developer, Main, Multimedia, Shareware, Utilities, Windows | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
In a bid to optimize our PC’s, we often fall victim to rogue applications that rather than do what they claim to do constitute nuisance eating up valuable space on our hard drive. Rogue Remover is specifically designed to help to tackle the problem of these rogue applications.
RogueRemover is a utility that can remove various rogue antispyware, antivirus and hard drive cleaning utilities. Rogue applications are applications that rather than remove spyware, provide false positives, distribute malware or spyware, advertise, or provide useless uninstallers. RogueRemover is a really useful tool for all. It’s so easy to use. Try it out ! You will love it!
Check it out HERE, It’s free!
Posted in Commercial, Freeware, Internet, Main, Security, Social Software, Utilities, Windows | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
Need an enhancer to enhance the default shell of Windows and make your life easier? ShellEnhancer might just come in handy.
ShellEnhancer is designed to really make things easier for you. There are 2 two types of taskswitcher included in this application. They are Enhanced TaskSwitcher and Mosaic TaskSwitcher. You can use them to replace the default Windows Alt+Tab taskswitcher.
ShellEnhancer allows you to make your own tasks. Tasks consist of a number of commands which get executed one after the other. Available commands include: insert text, send keystroke, manipulate windows, run program, start screensaver, lock workstation and many other. Tasks can be executed with hotkeys, mouse gestures or screen corners. An On Screen Display can be shown when a task is run.
A couple of days ago a new updated version of this application was released, ShellEnhancer 3.0.0.91. This new updated version came with these changes:
- Major rewrite of the backend, making it much more stable and fixing the applications crashes like for Java applications, Winamp..
- Because of this [the major rewrite], ShellEnhancer now requires Windows XP or later
- Live Preview: continuously update the little preview in the Enhanced Alt+Tab Taskswitcher
- Full Windows XP native Unicode support
- Major fixes for the Shell Enhanced Applications feature, especially when applied to windows of Windows Explorer
- The mouse-screen-corner feature now fully supports multi-monitor systems
- Option to rollup windows by double clicking on title bar
- More options for the On Screen Display (OSD)
- Minimized-to-tray windows icons are restored when ShellEnhancer is restarted after it crashes
etc.
Click HERE to check it out! It’s FREE!
Posted in Design, Freeware, Main, Shell and Desktop, Utilities, Windows | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
If you are someone who always want to stand out and be unique in everything you do, you are going to love what this software can do for you. AVS Ringtone Maker helps bring individuality to your cell. With this software you can create custom ringtones from any input audio of the following formats: MP3, WAV, AMR and upload it to cell phones & mobile devices via Bluetooth, IrDA or USB.
AVS Ringtone Maker allows you to take your favorite song or soundtrack from your favorite movie. You can even select a small part you like or the whole file and send it to your cell phone. This really cool software allows you to make any sound a ringtone so you don’t have to have the conventional ringtones that others are using. You can record a wind howl, your own voice, your kids laugh, your doorbell, or any sound that comes to mind and make it your ringtone.
AVS Ringtone Maker is a part of AVS4YOU.com package. Which if you register for allows you access to 22 tools from the AVS4YOU.com package.
For more info and download, CLICK HERE!
Posted in Audio, Commercial, Developer, Fun, Main, Utilities, Voice, Windows | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
In need of a great software that can help you to meet your MP4 to MP3 conversion needs with ease? Then you need to check out MP4 to MP3 Converter.
MP4 to MP3 converter enables you to convert MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, WMV, AVI, MP4, 3GPP, 3G2, MOV, RM, RMVB, OGG, DV, H.264 files to the audio files such as MP3, WAV, AC3, WMA, M4A, OGG, AAC etc easily and quickly.
I really love the fact that it works with virtually all MP3 players, portable media or MP4 players quite well. This cool software supports multithreading and batch conversion, so the conversion speed is super fast. The fact that it is easy to handle makes it a must have. You can pause, stop and continue the conversion at any moment.
MP4 to MP3 Converter is a really cool tool that is so powerful and easy-to-use that your desired conversion is achieved with a couple of clicks. Want to try it out?
CLICK HERE To Learn More And Get A Trial Download.
Posted in Audio, Developer, Main, Multimedia, Music, Shareware, Utilities, Video, Voice, Windows | No Comments »
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