Lan-Secure Switch Center Workshop is a network management switch that can be sued to monitor managed switches and hubs from any vendor supporting SNMP BRIDGE-MIB. It helps to monitor and discover network topology, connectivity as well as performances.

It can be connected through any network port without the need of a remote agent or special network configuration. Lan-Secure Switch Center Workgroup provides complete network connectivity and performance of local and remote network nodes and interconnecting switch trunks.

The features include; support for SNMPv1/2 and SNMPv3 discovery options including Ten Giga switch ports, built-in central viewer that supports multiple management levels and provides automatic network mapping using OSI Layer 2 and Layer 3 topology which include real-time reports, alerts and statistics.

Lan-Secure Switch Center Workgroup is a shareware and goes for $99.00, but interested users can download a limited trial version that lasts for 30 days. This program is a bit too technical for anyone who is new to things like this. I want to assume that the publishers gave a 30 days trial period in order for every user to really understand how it works. A good program all the same; but it is advisable that users take more time to study and understand it before going ahead to pay for a full version.

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NavScope 0.5 Beta is a file manager for Windows which represents opened folders opened as planes in 3D. It has the ability to keep many folders opened almost at the same time, and equally move them with sh0ort animation. There is no need to switch between tabs or Windows since all items can be seen simultaneously. As a matter of fact, this application is compatible with standard Windows shell like; content menu, file operation, and OLE drag and drop.

The main focus of NavScope is to utilize the potential of modern hardware to increase efficiency of basic file management operations. Another thing is that since mouse operation is generally regarded as a bit slow by many people, this application is targeted towards eliminating redundant mouse clicks. When you click an item, single click invokes default action on it, and the folder is opened. Selected item view can be renamed by pressing the F2 key on your computer keyboard. Other instructions concerning how to use this program can be found in the help menu, and on the publisher’s page.

NavScope 0.5 is freeware, and open for download by all users, and even though it is still in its beta stage, it still has some long way to go. Nevertheless, the publishers have done a great work.

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ChrisPC JTV Player 1.00 Beta 2 is a player that gives you the opportunity of enjoying some of your favorite live broadcast directly from Justin.tv channels. Some of the contents you can watch live on this player include; movies, news, games, sports, popular television channels, music, and many more. The player requires a flash player installed on your system before it can work properly. It is just the right tool you need to enjoy and stay connected to the Justin Television broadcasters.

This freeware program from Chris P.C srl is what you need if you want a television player that lets you choose from an array of programs. These programs are highly ranked by Justin television website.

ChrisPC JTV Player has features like running in frame mode, like the player window, and a couple of channels that you can easily make your selection from. The interface is also very easy to understand, and gives you access to all important features; moreover, it comes with a default set of skins that are professionally looking. The features are also easily customizable to suit your style; giving you the opportunity to adjust the video window dimensions to the size your choice.

Fair enough in my opinion; especially as it is freeware and most importantly because it is customizable.

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HiDownload is a multi-threaded download manager used by a lot of people on the internet to download at high speed. The manager allows you to download files or lists of files from the web, while also boosting your internet connection at the same time. It has features like: multimedia streaming and RTSP with optional resume; download movies and music; capture streaming video and audio; record radio from the internet; a tool that lets you analyze MMS/RTSP URLs; and a built-in broadcast manager among others.

HiDownload also supports the following: Meta-files (ram, smil, asx, wax, wvx, m3u, etc); live broadcast manager; built-in broadcast manager, schedule to download automatically to specific folder; rename automatically; cookies support; support for proxy server (HiDownload may be set to use a proxy server according to your network connection); zip preview (view the contents of zip files before download); virus checking (you may select files that have been downloaded and go ahead to scan them); and many others.

HiDownload 7.93 is a shareware, but you can try it out for a limited period before purchase which goes for $39.95. HiDownload has a lot of features and support for many programs, but I think there are other equally great programs that are free, and yet offer excellent features.

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For all those whose major concern is how to know how their sites rank in major search engines; this could just be something worth checking out. Rank Tracker is an SEO tool that has ability to check major search engines for all your keywords all at once. It also has features to help you track the progress of your search engine ranking over a period of time. Though not built in the mould of other programs in the same category, it is nevertheless a program worth trying out.

Rank Tracker 4.16 is a shareware, and cost $67.00 per download. Users who want to download and install this program need to have Java Runtime Environment 1.4 installed on their systems.

In this version, users can find the following features: lots of regional and local search engines; Yandex XML queries now supported for both faster and safer data mining; show CAPTCHAs when required by Google AdWords Keyword Tool when checking search volume even through a scheduler; and all Yandex regions added to regional Yandex search.

Rank Tracker also has a free version that can also be downloaded at the publisher’s site. That in my opinion is not worth relying on because it lacks a lot of basic features provided in the main version.

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RadeonPro is a freeware program that automates catalyst profiles to be applied upon games or application installed. The only thing you need is to setup 3D settings for each of the games on your system, and have all the host settings applied automatically every time you play a game. At least it keeps you from worrying about remembering keyboard shortcuts.

RadeonPro 1.0.9.3 RC1 is a program that only works on .NET framework 2.0. This time around, the publishers have fixed some bugs, and added some extra features to the program. Some of these fixes and extra features include: fixing of error saving settings random bug; fix of crash at Metro 2033 startup; fixing of FPS counter not displayed on some D3D9 games; removal of DirectX Runtime June 2010 dependency which caused crashes D3D10/D3D11 games on systems without that Runtime version installed, the minimum requirement has now been changed to February 2010.

This is a well-put-together piece of work from this publisher; and come to think of it, it is a freeware. It is one of my favorite profile managers, and I have to give a lot of pass mark to the publishers. The numbers of fixes actually show that publishers have been carrying out a lot of behind the scene work.

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Seagate SeaTools for Windows is a replacement for SeaTools Online PowerMax. This freeware program is easy to handle, and easy to understand when it comes to using its diagnostic tools. It helps you to easily and quickly determine the exact condition of your disc drive, desktop and notebook computer. The publishers have included different kinds of tests that will assist in examining the physical media on your Seagate or disc drive. The tests also have ability to examine the physical media on Maxtor disc and drive, as well as other non-Seagate disc drive. The tool can be used to test the following; USB, 1394, ATA, (PATA/IDE), SATA, as well as SCSI drives.

SeaTools can also be used for DOS tests, SATA or even ATA drives from a bootable CD-ROM or floppy. Since the program boots directly to its own operating system, it is possible to test your drive regardless of the operating system installed on it. Additionally, it is possible to test a blank drive. Seagate SeaTools 1.2.0.4 is a .NET framework v 2.0 dependent application.

Although the program is a bit easy to use, users should take more time to go through some of the tutorials that can be found on the web page of the publisher.

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ShortKeys is a text replacement program; all you need to do is type a few words characters and you will be amazed how it replaces close to 3000 keystrokes. The benefits of using this program include: ability to reduce errors; great repetitive text needs; automate tedious and repetitive typing, among others. ShortKeys saves you a lot of time, and monitors the keyboard activity on a global nature; especially when a user-defined keystroke combination is typed in, it goes ahead to replace it with the replacement text.

Some of the latest features added to version 3.1.0.1 include: the ability to paste richtext into programs that support richtext. Addition of saving settings as default for all users features; changing of the change file with an updated look and feel; removal of option to turn on the file associations; hooked up the help file to every dialog; and the quick start guide which can now be disabled for all users via setting in HKLM.

ShortKeys is a shareware program, and can be downloaded at $19.95, but users can try it out for a limited 30 days period. All the features included in this program can be easily understood within the 30 days limited trial period.

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Handy Start Menu 1.01 Beta is a program built to help you find your installed programs easily. Instead of going through a routine that keeps you looking for a long list of program in the start menu, Handy Start Menu helps you group them by category; making them easier to be located. All your programs are sorted out automatically, so you don’t have to do anything to start looking for them all the time.

The program helps you to do other things like: grouping and reduction of unwanted items, thereby making your start menu shorter and simpler; start application much quicker and easily than ever; access to all programs from the start menu with ease and much convenience; and customizable start menu. Latest changes include; fixing of bug that stops the program from restoring from the system tray when clicking on the icon tray, and when showing the context menu of the menu, item is not selected.

This freeware program is light in download size, and can be easily installed and customized. Now you don’t have to worry about creating all kinds of program shortcut on your computer desktop to run installed programs or applications. It comes with an uninstaller, and can be downloaded and used without any cost.

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Fastream IQ Proxy Server features multiple-connections/thread asynchronous architecture. It has the ability to provide compact architectural design for Windows by utilizing multiple CPUs/CPU-cores, helping you to avoid all the frustrations that come with thread. Fastream allows IQ Proxy Server to support thousands of connections all at the same time. It supports all RFC-compliant web servers including Apache, OWA, IQ Web Server, Abyss, IIS, and others.

Taking note of some of the minor bugs and errors noticed in previous version, the publishers have introduced some bugs, and introduced some new features. These features include: fixing of Cache bug when the first/writing request is prematurely ended; Cache control bug fixed for max-age/expires headers; and fixing of bug when compression enabled on web server. These are some of the changes noticed in the version in review.

Fastream IQ Proxy is a shareware program and can be downloaded and installed for a 30 days trial period. The unlimited version goes for $95.00; and is compatible with Windows 200/2003/Vista/XP operating systems. It is a way out for all those who always get stuck behind one IP address. It is a great program, and deserves to be compared with many other equally great programs in the same category. Not a price too high to pay for all the features it has.

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