Zortam Mp3 Media Studio is all-in-one Mp3 application that is really loaded.

Why do I call it loaded?

It contains MP3 organizer for searching and cataloguing Mp3 files into Mp3 library, editing ID3v1 and ID3v2.3 tags converting audio CD to MP3 and WAV format using CDDB.  With Zortam Media Studio you can easily search for song lyrics from the internet, also get batch lyrics and cover picture update from the internet, create lyrcis book. But that’s not all converting Wav to Mp3 files and Mp3 to Wav files, managing M3u playlists, renaming files using ID3 tags, searching for duplicate Mp3 files are among the other cool features available in this cool tool.

See what I mean by loaded?

In the latest version, the major change effected is:

• Improved algorithm for Zortam auto tagging from Zortam Music Database (ZMLIMD)

Want to try it out? Visit http://www.zortam.com/index.php

If you have a lot unused files that have started creating a nuisance and affecting your system speed and eating away valuable space, then you might consider letting Dustbin help you out.

Dustbin is a fast working safe disk cleaning utility from Micware. This utility is suited for systems containing too many unused files, created over time. It doesn’t matter whether the files are hidden and hard to find or there is not enough time and experience to select the ones that are useless and delete individually, this utility can help you get rid of the files very quickly and efficiently.

Bugs which were the major hitch in the previous version have been fixed in the new version which has just hit the software market. Want to give it a shot? It’s free!!!

Go to http://www.geocities.com/micwarecentral/micp.htm

There is this software that could be a lifesaver for software development teams or support departments, it is called Eventum.

Eventum is an issue tracking system that can be used by a support department to track incoming technical support requests, or by a software development team to quickly organize tasks and bugs.

In the latest version which just hit the market a couple of days ago, some changes in features were effected, these include:

• Fixed error with DB error when removing assignees from issue assignment list;
• Rewritten error handling to create less smaller error reports;
• Make issue associated list as text field;
• Implementing per project “mail aliases”;
• Made timetracking window input more convenient;
• Display email addresses to whom email was sent when issue was updated;
• Add “Show Times spent on issue” to weekly report page;
• Improved Weekly Reports output possibilities;
• Fixed bug with reminders when no recipients are found;
• Fixed bug with emails downloaded from mail server only being sent to issue assignee;
• Added support level to list issues page;
• Added ability to control if a custom fields is required and validation options from backend;
• Added option to include custom fields on close issue;
• Changed customer API to support multiple contracts;
• Fixed bug with closed issue notification going out even when it shouldn’t have;
• Updated Smarty and PEAR packages to latest versions;
• Fixed bug with expandable tables;
• And so much more…

For more info go to http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/other/eventum/

Lanvisor is a program which lets you view the desktops of others computers connected to your local area network. This could prove useful in certain circumstances such as to monitor employee activity in an office situation therefore insuring better productivity or to make sure children aren’t being exposed to inappropriate internet sites in a home situation.

You can customize the features of the screenshots it shows such as screenshot size and display order, even showing them as a slideshow or as several smaller images when used on multiple computers. The program runs invisible to the users. It’ll also let you view some system performance information on remote computers. Another neat feature is the ability to send text messages to the remote user.

Version 1.7 allows to add clients by the name of the remote computer.

Check out the homepage here for further information.

If you’ve tried different email notifiers but not really found the thing for you, you might want to give this a shot. It’s called Poppy.

Poppy is a small e-mail notification utility that can check multiple POP3 accounts for new mail. It will display an icon in the taskbar notification area and this icon will change whenever new mail is waiting. The cool thing about this freeware is that it can also optionally play a sound or display a small popup window.

It’s worth checking out and it’s free so no financial commitment needed to enjoy its features.

Here is the place to be for more info and free download.

Ever tried WordPipe? This tool takes all the hard work out of replacing text across multiple Microsoft Word documents. All you have to do is just run WordPipe across your file server or website to fix all affected documents in one hit, yeah it’s that simple.

The new version which has just been recently released by Crystal Software, these latest changes have been effected:

• Now allows blank ‘Highlight’ field on Excel import, and also displays any import errors 
• New option to allow highlighted text to be removed 
• Replace inside field codes now checks if the document has field codes displayed first, and also restores the document’s original settings on save – Added missing ‘Highlight’ column header to .tab export
• If Prompting is on and the Replacement text is changed, now accepts the change
• Status tab switches to main (first) tab if there is a warning about backup files not being removed or restored

The only hitch with this software is that it’s off the roof in the pricing zone, my way of saying too expensive, but that’s my own opinion, go try it out, it  may just be what you need, or at least you may get enjoy the trial version for free.

Want to see if it’s what you need? Visit http://www.crystalsoftware.com.au/wordpipe.html

Are you an artist who has so far avoided computer art due to feeling more comfortable with traditional artist medium such as pencil, paints, etc?

Before you turn your back on digital art methods, you might wanna check out TwistedBrush. It has one of the most realistic brush engines you are likely to find in any art program. It lets you choose from a wide selection of brush and paint types with very realistic results that come as close to real life paint and canvas as possible. It comes with lots of brushes (12 in the free version and a huge 3000 in the paid version). It also has drawing tablet support.

This will definitely be of interest to any traditional artists thinking about moving into the digital world, all with less mess and lots of features you can only get with technology! Check it out here for the full list of features and some examples

The newest version of this excellent piece of software was just released on November 18th and there are a number of new things included within the software package guaranteed to delight previous users. A lot of improvements have been made to things like the groups features and these improvements go a long way towards cutting down on redundancies and ultimately making sure that the whole software runs more smoothly.

If you are new to this program, then the Free Download Manager can definitely make your life a lot easier. It is a program that you can download for free and use to download files from any website you want. You can actually use it to download whole websites as well and you can also order your downloads so that you can find out with just a simple window maximization what the status of every file you are currently downloading is.   All in all, it tracks fantastically and since it is full featured freeware as well, a lot of people have benefited greatly from its use.

More information about this software as well as download links are available at the homepage of the creator at http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/.

Money Manager Ex for Windows is perhaps the most popular personal finance software currently available on the market. Its full featured ability to allow you to keep track of your personal finance in staggering amounts of detail combined with the fact that it is open source and therefore configurable by people who know programming to be the perfect piece of software for them have catapulted the Money Manager Ex to the status of being one of the most popular pieces of software around as far as money managing tends to go.

This is the latest version of the software, released by TheZeal Software on November 19, 2007. In this latest version a number of changes have been made. A lot of transactions previously (such as changing the payee information for a split transaction) had resulted in faulty data and results, but a lot of those have been fixed. This was the biggest drawback of the software and the fact that it has been fixed and is no longer a problem is definitely a profound fact to realize. Different support for different currencies and the elimination of bad data when currencies were changed has also been addressed and fixed in this version in addition to a number of other things.

For more information on this piece of software, you can visit the website directly at http://www.thezeal.com/software/index.php?Money_Manager_Ex

The thing with software these days is that it has to be updated every now and then, keeping up to date with recent improvement and versions can be tiresome, but that should be a thing of the past with UpdateStar.

UpdateStar lets you stay up-to-date with all of your personal software you are using on your computer. This way you make sure to always use the most up-to-date software, maximizing your every-day user experience. The good thing about this software is that it covers all of your freeware, shareware, demos, commercial software, and includes special offers.

Latest changes in the newly released version include:

• Keeps software bang up-to-date
• Provides information on an entire software setup
• Improved and simplified software management
• Protects against outdated software
• Updates can be individually controlled
• User-maintained software database

Want to give it a shot? Go to http://www.updatestar.com/