Unlike other programs even shareware in its category, HD Tune fulfils its purpose efficiently. HD Tune is a hard Disk utility to benchmark, show info, SMART status, temperature and check disk surface.

HD Tune is free but it works better than most shareware in its category like Hard Disk Inspector which costs much but does little HD Tune is free, small but powerful.

The new updated version, HD Tune 2.53 released towards the end of last month has these changes:

• Added New S.M.A.R.T descriptions
• Fixed: Resource leak could cause a crash

WANT TO TRY IT OUT? CLICK HERE

TVU Player is a free program that enables Internet users to watch streaming live Television programs around the world which which they may not normally be able to get on their real television. It promises to feature hard-to-find special-interest TV channels, international sports, lifestyle, news, and your favorite channels from around the globe as well as user-generated content.

You can switch between multiple TV channels just like on a TV. TVU Player is extremely simple to use, you just double click on the tv channel of your choice, wait for it to buffer, and start watching.

Thanks to the improvement of broadband connections, watching channels on your computer is now possible like this, some of the available channels are Fox, Fox News, NBC, ABC, Animal planet, Bloomsberg, Nasa TV, some sports channels, Comedy Central, Sci Fi, Nickelodeon, BBC News 24 and many more.

Check out Vidoo.com which also has a support forum and the tv channels daily program schedule and of course to download it.

If you’ve been looking for a good and reliable software to burn your videos to DVD, you need to check this out.

ConvertXtoDVD is a software to convert and burn your videos to DVD. What I really appreciate about this software is that in just a couple of clicks you can backup your movies to DVD playable on any home DVD player easily.

You won’t have any problem converting in any popular format as it supports popular formats such as Xvid, MOV, VOB, Mpeg, Mpeg4, MP4, AVI, WMV, DV and stream formats. It simply converts your files into a compliant DVD Video set of files and burns it on a DVD media.

I’m sure you will love the fact that ConvertXtoDVD 2.1.12.214 works for NTSC and PAL video formats and creates chapters automatically. Multiple audio tracks are also supported.

Want to see if it is what you need? CLICK HERE

Okay, here’s a little something from Google. Today Google said that its mail service (Gmail) goes for free. That means that from now on you shouldn’t ask your already registered friends if they can help you with the new account (or even try to buy it) all you have to do is just follow the link and register!

After that simple process you’ll get a free 2 GB of email storage and two more Google’s tools – Google Calendar and Docs & Spreadsheets to use and store data in as well.

Ps: also there’s a thing for users from U.K. From now on they can gain an access to their accounts from their cell phones.

Here is a great program worth checking out.

This free software, ProgDVB allows you to watch SAT-Television and listen to Radio channels directly from satellite but you must use DVB-PCI cards with hardware decoders on the board, SAT-dish, and personal x86-compatible computers with Microsoft Windows installed.

It has options for working with network broadcasting and Audio/Video recording of the stream to different digital-media formats.

The latest version released a couple of days ago, ProgDVB 5.00.01, has these changes:

• Supports skins for main form (and in future it will support skins for OSD)
• Notes: This version does not support OSD and localization and has no important new functions so far. Besides, .Net version will always work a little slower

Want to try it? It’s FREE! CLICK HERE!

Looking for a software that can let your have total control of your computer from anywhere? I think you should try this software; Radmin (Remote Administrator).

Radmin (Remote Administrator) is a remote control and remote access program which enables you to work on one or more remote computers from your own computer. It can be considered as complete remote control solution where all key features such as Remote Control, File Transfer, text and voice chats, NT security, Telnet, and Multilanguage support are included.

Known for high speed, strong security and solid reliability, this software is worth checking out. Check out the trial download first and see if it does what you need it to do [You have 30 days to confirm that].

Want to check it out? CLICK HERE

Here is a cool open source for you. It’s called Democracy player and just like democracy, gives you freedom. The freedom this Democracy gives you is the freedom to watch Internet videos like you watch TV.

It’s really very easy; you just download and watch all the best internet TV shows and videos in one powerful application. The cool thing about this player is that new channels arrive daily in the built-in Channel Guide.

Remember those videos you use to squint at to get what was going on? With Democracy Player that is a thing of the past as you can just sit back and watch big, high resolution videos one after another. It’s so easy to use that you’ll be watching interesting videos in moments.

Want to check it out? CLICK HERE

CoffeeCup Free FTP is an easy to use Drag and Drop FTP program.

This is a simple and easy to use FTP client with basic features for file uploads and downloads. It allows you to use an unlimited number of FTP accounts, resume broken downloads, and transfer binary, ASCII, or automode files. It supports multiple server profiles, it’s also capable of resuming broken uploads and downloads.

It works with any server and is so easy to setup. Just enter your username and password and click “Connect” and away you go. Theres not much to this apart from it being a simple and basic ftp program.

So if you’re in need of a free yet capable FTP program, why not check it out at the homepage here.

Evolution really makes disc burning easy, fast and as comfortable as possible. With this software, you can burn data, audio, video files easily. All you have to do is simply select the necessary files, add them to the required project and click the “Burn” button. That’s it!

One cool thing about this software is the skinning technology applied; this gives it an interface that is easily interchangeable to correspond to your most-demanded tastes. More than 2000 free skins are available at your disposal.

One uncool thing about it though is the price, 30 USD, but go check out the trial version first, if you think it’s worth it go for it.

The latest updated version, Evolution 4.0.1 [Build 267] just hit the market 2 days ago and the major change is that complete Blu-Ray and HD-DVD support has been added.

CLICK HERE for more info and trial download.

History Sweeper will automatically clean up the history of your activities, remove intrusive devices, and save your storage spaces. By so doing, this software protects your privacy and increases your online security.

How does it protect your privacy and increase your security?

The truth is this, whenever you use your PC, traces of your activities are left on your computer. This means anyone could come in and find out what you have been doing on-line; the sites you visited, the documents you used, the programs you ran, etc. this software helps you clear your tracks.

Also when you are on the Internet, you may have downloaded intrusive devices such as cookies, bugs, and spyware. These devices may strike at any time on your PC. But History sweeper helps you get rid of such quite easily.

CLICK HERE for more info and trial download.