Need investment friendly software that can help you keep track of your investments and even project future earnings? You might want to check out RealReturns.

RealReturns calculates investment returns using a variation of the concept known as “Compound annual growth rate” (CAGR).

How does this work?

Basically, it will tell you what rate of return your investments would have had to earn in a savings account to achieve the same results. With RealReturns, not only will be able to precisely determine the results of your investments, you will also be able to forecast your investments and generate useful reports.

One other good thing about this software is its of use. It is designed to be simple to use with minimal key pressing, so you don’t need to be an expert to use it.

Want to check it out? RealReturns is compatible with Windows Millenium Edition, XP, and Windows 2000.

Check it out at http://www.brandotech.com/

If you need a cool tool to resize your images, this is something worth checking out.

Resize allows you to resize a batch of bitmaps or convert to jpeg or both. This is useful for creating many thumbnails for websites simultaneously. It is also useful for resizing the frames for animated gifs.

The cool thing about this is that Resize uses pixel averaging for shrinking images which gives much better quality than sub-sampling. The resizing algorithm produces high quality images because it uses all available information from the source image.

The latest version, Resize 2.7 which just hit the software market has these latest changes:

• Faster resizing – especially when resized by an integer ratio
• Message telling you when processing is complete and where the images have been saved to with a link

Ready to see what it can do for you? CLICK HERE

Check out this fully configurable tool-bar style application. It is called TurboLaunch

TurboLaunch is a fully configurable tool-bar style application that can be set up to run many programs and perform certain pre-programmed actions. The cool thing about TurboLaunch is that like a toolbar, pictures are used to distinguish what a button is configured to do.

What you will no doubt like about this software is the fact that though TurboLaunch automatically uses the default icon, you have complete control and can change the icon to whatever you want.

The latest version released just recently is TurboLaunch 5.0.10.

The major change in this updated version is that when changing screen resolution, TurboLaunch should stay stuck to the same edges of the screen. This should not only work when changing resolutions while TurboLaunch is running, but also when you change resolutions while TurboLaunch is closed.

Want to try it out? It’s shareware so you can check out the trial version first before coughing up the dough.

Go to http://www.savardsoftware.com/turbolaunch/ to try it out!

Check out this free utility that can help you recover accidentally deleted files.

Recuva (pronounced “recover”)  is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players.

One thing I really love about Recuva is it’s ability to bring back files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses.

The latest version, Recuva 1.01.048 Beta which was just recently released has these changes:

Fixed:

• Issue with slow response when using Ctrl-A on a large number of files
• Issue that caused improper entries in drive list

Improved:

• Searching of MFT mirror entries
• Handling of removable drives

Etc.

Want to check it out? CLICK HERE! Or Visit http://www.recuva.com/

Radar Website Monitor is an automated multithreaded tool that keeps a close and constant watch over your website.

You will love the fact that it can monitor different types of Internet services, including Website, Secure Website (HTTPS), Mail server and FTP server. The cool thing about this program is that when your website is detected inaccessible, loads improperly or responds excessively slow, Radar Website Monitor will send an immediate notification to you.

That’s not all; it can even run previously specified applications automatically. You will also appreciate the fact that you are the one ion control as you define the interval of time that it provides you with real-time reports and charts, allowing you to easily understand and evaluate your website’s performance.

Want to check it out? It’s a shareware, you can check out the trial version first and see if it meets your needs.

GO TO http://www.apicalsoft.com/ for trial download and more info.

Image for Windows is a backup and restore utility that creates a snapshot of an entire partition or volume to a set of files or directly to most DVD+RW or CD-R/RW drives. If something should ever happen to that partition or volume, you’ll be able to simply restore the snapshot image.

The program uses the technology available in the free PHYLock™ add-on utility. PHYLock™ allows you to continue using your computer while the backup is locked to a point-in-time. This eliminates the inconsistencies typically experienced while backing up a partition that is in use.

Here are a couple of the features that make this software a must have and a better option than most in its category:

• Total reliability – Provides the option to verify each and every byte it backs up
• Convenience – Runs directly from Windows and when used with the free PHYLock™ add-on, it can create a true image of the Windows partition itself, without requiring a reboot
• Maximum compression – By default, maximum compression is applied to the drive images you create
• Maximum speed – If backup speed is paramount, you can bypass compression entirely
• Optical drive support – You can save directly to a CD or DVD disc
• Cost effectiveness – Includes Image for DOS and Linux at no additional charge, making it a uniquely affordable and complete disk imaging solution
• Flexibility – Restore partitions, regardless of the file system on the partition being restored. This gives you the power to restore NTFS partitions from Windows 98 or even DOS (as just a couple examples)
• Network support – Save backups to any drive accessible to Windows itself
• Image file validation – Allows you to check the integrity of the disk image files, either as part of the backup process, or at any time thereafter
• Selectable image file sizes – If desired, you can specify a maximum size for the disk image files that are created (to a maximum of 2,047 MB). This allows you to create image files that readily fit on the removable media of your choice

And so much more.

For more info CLICK HERE or go to http://terabyteunlimited.com/imagew.html

If you easily forget things, this freeware might be of help. I’m talking about Freebie Notes, a cool sticky note program with alarm timer.

Freebie Notes is a great little program for users who just want sticky notes with an alarm timer. With Freebie Notes you can create notes displaying on your desktop. What I really appreciate about this tool is that notes can be displayed immediately after creation or in the certain moments of time. You will also love the fact that you can create notes of custom sizes and colors and set different types for your notes.

The latest updated version, Freebie Notes 3.10, which just released yesterday, has these latest changes:

• New Help for Windows Vista compatibility
• Warning before close the program added
• Hebrew and Indonesian languages added
• Program’s windows minimization bug fixed
• Some minor bugs

Want to check it out? Go to http://www.freebienotes.com/stick-notes

Tired of boring mails? Want to add some spice or life to your emails? IncrediMail could be what you need.

IncrediMail is an advanced email program that offers you an unprecedented interactive experience. You can do a lot with your emails like personalizing them according to your mood and personality, choosing from an assortment of email backgrounds, animations, 3D effects, E-cards, sounds, and make them all become part of your email – not attachments.

One of the things I really like about IncrediMail is that it offers a collection of flash notifiers that will announce the arrival of new mail and add life to your desktop. In the new updated version which was released yesterday, the major change incorporated into it was the addition of a new desktop icon.

One thing you need to note is that IncrediMail is adware, upgrading will only cancel the ads, but if you can stand the ads, you can enjoy IncrediMail for free. Why pay $30 for no ads? You can go for the free version, it’s up to you.

Want to check it out? Go to http://www.incredimail.com/english/

Here is an arcade-style puzzle game, you might find interesting. It’s called Clickris. Clickris is an arcade-style puzzle game that is designed to give you loads of fun, if you are a puzzle game fan.

How The Game Is Played:

• In Clickris, the goal of the game is very simple, get as many points as you can by removing stones from the game field
• You simply click on groups of stones with the same picture, but not on isolated stones
• Clicking on such a group, the group vanishes and the stones on top of them fall down. New lines appear, every now and then
• If any stone touches the top of field, you are out of luck and out of points, Game Over!!!!

Clickris is not free but you can check out the trial or test version for 15 days, ample time to determine if this is worth spending your money on. The trial version as to be expected does not have the full features but you can still enough of the game to make an informed choice.

Want to try it? CLICK HERE

Face it, who really reads the EULA’s ( End User License Agreement) in software they install? Most of us just scroll ahead and click “Accept”. But it’s something we all should do because if we don’t, we can eventually wind up with all kinds of spyware on our computers that could lead to serious problems.This program analyses the EULA and picks out suspicious text in it, letting you know if there’s anything you don’t want to agree to, such as installing adware or transmitting personally identifiable information etc.

A useful tool for anyone who cares about their privacy and doesn’t fancy going to law school in order to figure out what the five minutes of reading an EULA just meant!

Its free, get it here.