If you are in need of a freeware that will help to make file name searches easier and faster, this application is for you.Instant File Name Search is a fast and easy to use search tool. You can instantly search files by name or wildcards on your computer or local network.

This cool tool supports:

• Instant search of files by name or wildcards
• Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT)
• Search in various directories or LAN resources
• Database management (you can create several databases)
• Taskbar icon and hot keys for quick access
• Win95/98/ME or WinNT/2000/XP.

Want to check it out? CLICK HERE!

If you need to back up your DVDs but you can’t afford the ridiculous prices most software go for; you’ll definitely love this. Have you heard of RipIt4Me, this is a freeware that beats most shareware in its class hands down.

RipIt4Me is a freeware utility that helps you backup your copy protected DVDs. Yeah “copy protected”. A lot of DVD’s, these days, are equipped with stronger copy protections – such as ARccOS and RipGuard DVD. A lot of programs even expensive sharewares cannot handle these types of discs. Ripping this files using RipIt4Me is an easy thing.

The beautiful thing about RipIt4Me is that it is fully automated, the wizard will guide you through all the necessary steps involved. And you even have an alternative of using a “1-Click” mode that will perform all the involved steps automatically for you.

A new updated version has just been released. This version, RipIt4Me 1.6.0.0 has these latest changes:

• This version works on Linux under Wine
• Better handling of multiple sets of buttons in a menu.
• Fixed a problem with DVDs that have a very large number of buttons. The cleanup no longer fails, but might take a bit longer
• Improved the analysis to handle DVDs that have large numbers of menus (Ice Age 2 for example)
• The “Next” button in Step 1 no longer can be pressed if a valid DVD isn’t present in the selected drive
• Now checks for CeEKey.exe on startup, and offers to kill the process. CeEKey.exe has been found to potentially create problems when the PSL file is imported

etc.

CLICK HERE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD AND MORE INFO!

Money Manager Ex is a free open-source money managing and budgeting program.
Usually you gotta pay for decent personal finance software, so if you’re tryin’ to manage your money, you’ll appreciate that this ones free.

But how good is it? Pretty good! – You can manage multiple accounts and checking, savings, credit card, or loan accounts. You can even create your own categories and easily organise where your money goes into these. You can also track your bills and deposits and be reminded of upcoming bills and deposits so you won’t forget and lose track of them.You can import files from excel, microsoft money, and quicken, and also export to excel format. It also supports printing with inbuilt print preview.

Other useful features include viewing spending by category over a date range or by single category over time and viewing income versus expenses and how you’re doing on a budget.

Overall this is definitely worth checking out for anyone trying to budget and manage their finances better, its even free, which helps!

You can get more info and download it by clicking the homepage here.

Despite the serious sounding name, Democracy Player is actually a very good video player. But it’s so much more too. Aside from the fact it claims to play virtually all video formats (Quicktime, WMV, MPEG, AVI, XVID, and more), you can also search for videos from inside it!

Your chosen video or videos then downloads to your computer where they are kept for a default of 5 days before being deleted, but you can choose to save them forever too. It even allows you to search YouTube, Yahoo Video, Google Video, and more, right from inside it!

I was a little confused by the interface at first until i realised how simple it was, the “My Collection” link to the left is everything you downloaded, “New Videos” is downloaded videos you haven’t watched yet, and “Downloading” is videos currently being downloaded. So it’s all pretty easy to use!

It has lots of channels built in and feeds from video sites, so you’ll never be lost for something to watch!

I have a feeling we’ll be hearing a lot more about this cool program! You can download it for free and find out more info by checking out the homepage here.

Feed validation doesn’t sound very sexy, does it? I bet you keep yourself awake at night, don’t you, worrying if your RSS feed is perfectly formed? No okay you probably don’t, but if you are podcaster or a blogger then you will at least be interested to know there IS an online resource which can totally debug your RSS feed code.

Just type the address for your feed into the Feed Validator and it will go off, load your XML file and debug it for any obvious code bloopers. Usually if it gets through Feed Validator it will pass muster with browsers, feed collectors, iTunes, you name it. Also a good thing to check if your code is not working for some reason. FV will usually get to the bottom of the problem.

If you’ve had it with spam and you are looking for the final solution, you might want to check out Spam Blocker.

Spam Blocker is an application for filtering incoming correspondence. This is a very simple, convenient and fast protection tool for prior analysis, blocking and deleting incoming advertising letters (spam) immediately on mail servers.

What really makes this a cool tool is that it helps to get rid of annoying email advertising by analyzing correspondence before it is loaded from server. Spam Blocker checks all mail and receives the headings of all messages from the user’s mailbox (email addresses, addressee names, message subject, etc.) and analyzes the messages for spam content.

One other thing that I love about this tool is that you, the user, get to define the criteria it which it will sort your message, thus eliminating the risk of losing important mails that you are expecting.

Want to check it out? Click Here!

Have you been searching for a good and easy to use playlist creator? If yes, you are in luck. I present to you, The Filter!

The Filter (which is formerly known as iCueMix) creates perfect playlists from your iTunes library. It lets you rediscover your music collection in just a few clicks. Just highlight a couple of tracks and let The Filter give you the playlist. You can also create auto-refreshable lists for your commute to work, your gym visits or any other activity.

A new updated version, version 1.3.2.4 was released recently with these changes:

• Fixed registration problem resulting from attempting to login with unknown user credentials.
• Added shortcut to store recommendation on main player window.
• Corrected problem with offline usage. In previous versions the ‘optimize for offline use’ did not always result in recommendation information being downloaded from The Filter’s community server to the user’s PC.
• Fixed a bug that caused the application to fail under some circumstances when trying to perform an ‘instant playlist’ using played most songs.
• Setting the playlist prefix to contain the ‘)’ or ‘(‘ character no longer crashes the player
  Other minor bug fixes.
• Modified filtering algorithm to remove recommendations with low relevance.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO AND DOWNLOAD!

If you are Tetris fan, you will love this game. ColorTetris.

ColorTetris is a cool game that is not a little more than your ordinary Tetris. It includes a popular variation of Tetris that’s more complicated and more interesting, Pentix. There are also many block sets to play. You can use your own sound effects if you like, but the preset sounds will not disturb you while you play. Its great background music and nice graphics makes it a Tetris-fan delight.

ColorTetris works well with all Windows Operating Systems but it requires at least Direct X 7.0 to work effectively.

The only downside to this game is that you have be a tetris fan to appreciate the game. If you are not a tetris fan, you may not enjoy the game despite the nice graphics and background music.

Want to give it a try? Click Here! It’s Free!

No longer is it just talk-talk-talk! The first phase of the release of Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 has just been implemented. At an event held on Thursday, Microsoft’s Steve Balmer announced the business availability of Windows Vista, Microsoft 2007 and over 30 other applications that are targeted for the business world.

The event was held at the NASDAQ Marketsite in New York City. 11 years ago Microsoft pulled this kind of double release stunt [Windows 95 and Office 95] and had a record breaking success. Will history repeat itself for Vista and Office 2007? Let’s wait and see.

Microsoft said it plans to spend “hundreds of millions” of dollars to market the Windows upgrade. The marketing budget will eclipse the $500 million Microsoft spent to market Windows XP, the predecessor to Windows Vista.

Now that Microsoft has stayed true to their promise of releasing the first version for businesses, we can rest assured that we all will be able to get the “everybody version” [consumer version] early next year as promised.

Click here for the full gist of the launch.

Click here for more info on Office 2007 and free test drive of Office 2007.

In one of my recent posts I told you about a software that can help you manage your passwords effectively, but in case you are not satisfied with that for any reason, you might consider checking this out! Password Depot.

Password Depot is a powerful and extremely user-friendly tool for the management of all your passwords. It offers rock-solid protection of your data due to double encryption with Rijndael 256. Your password list is protected twice: with the master password and with an internal key. Password Depot really stands out from the pack.

Some its great features include:

• User-friendly interface for convenient management of your passwords and access details: for the Internet, online banking (TANs), online shopping etc.
• Generate uncrackable passwords using the integrated Password Generator
• Maximum protection of your sensitive data thanks to the security algorithm Rijndael 256-Bit
• Protection from keyloggers and spyware: Password Depot protects your passwords even if your computer is infected with spyware and keyloggers
• Password Depot 3 runs on every Windows PC. Optionally, it also runs on USB flash drives
• Network compatible – allows shared use on a local network
• Store password lists on FTP servers for worldwide access to your data etc.

Though it’s not a freeware, you can try it out for free for 30 days.

CLICK HERE for more info and download!