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Official New Christmas Themes for Windows 7

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:52:00 +0530

Christmas (Xmas) and New Year 2011 is just a couple of weeks away, considering whichMicrosoft has added a pair of themes to Windows 7 personalization gallery. The two new and official Windows 7 themes released just in time are available for Free. Download them now to give your desktop a beautiful and enticing new look! All the desktop backgrounds packed are in high-resolution of 1920×1200.

Decorating the Trees theme

Bringing a note of holiday cheer to forest and garden, these festive ornaments brighten trees’ winter robes of snow and ice. Download this free Windows 7 theme to decorate your desktop for the season.

Download Here

Decking the Halls theme

Fa-la-la-la-la! ‘Tis the season to be jolly, join the chorus, and don your most festive apparel. And don’t forget to decorate your PC with colorful ornaments, gold ribbon, and candles for this joyous time by downloading this free holiday Windows 7 theme for your desktop.

Download Here

Additional Sources:

§ 50 Christmas And New Year Desktop Wallpapers [Hongkiat]

§ Roundup: 40 HD Christmas Wallpapers [Crispme]

§ Desktop Wallpapers: Christmas Edition [Smashing Magazine]

7Confiner: Change Taskbar and Start Menu Application Icons

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:33:00 +0530

Are you bored with same default application icons on taskbar and start menu? Usually in Windows 7 we pin many frequently used applications. These applications comes with their own icons which appears the same when pinned to taskbar. If you want to change these icons only for taskbar and start menu without changing the usual windows icons then 7Confiner is a good option that you may look for.

7Confiner is a windows freeware application that allow you to change start menu and taskbar icons. It is an easy to use utility without any tedious user configurations. By default it provides 3 icon packages namedEclipse 2, Token Dark and Token light, these can be easily installed just by selecting and applying them. While selecting the packages you will get detailed information on them with icon preview. You can also backup default icons that can be used in case if something goes wrong.

It also provides options to edit icon packages and add new icon packages. To apply changes on taskbar you must pin the applications first you want to change icons for and then apply the icon package.

Download7Confiner- Change Taskbar and Start Menu Application Icons

New Twitter unveiled with new Design & Features

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:37:00 +0530

Twitter, one of the most popular and majorly adopted micro-blogging client has now announced a new and re-engineered Twitter.com. The New twitter aims to provides an easier, faster, and richer user experience. It brings in-stream Embedded media, infinite scroll, new architecture with Two-Pane Interface, and other amazing features!

What’s New in New Twitter –

§ New design - The site has a cleaner timeline, rich details pane and you no longer have to click “more” to view additional Tweets. You will now find @mentions, retweets, searches, and lists just above your timeline. On the right, you can see the features, including whom you recently followed and who recently followed you, favorites, and Trending Topics.

§ Media – Now, it’s easy to see embedded photos and videos directly on Twitter, they have partnered with DailyBooth, DeviantART, Etsy, Flickr, Justin.TV, Kickstarter, Kiva, Photozou, Plixi, Twitgoo, TwitPic, TwitVid, USTREAM, Vimeo, yfrog, and YouTube.

§ Related content - When you click a Tweet, the details pane shows additional information related to the author or subject. Depending on the Tweet’s content, you may see: replies, other Tweets by that user, a map of where a geotagged Tweet was sent from, and more.

§ Mini profiles - Click a username to see a mini profile without navigating from the page, which provides quick access to account information, bio and recent Tweets.

New Twitter will be rolled out as a preview over the next several weeks. During the preview, you’ll be able to switch back and forth between the old and new interface.

New Twitter Link - http://twitter.com/newtwitter

References:

§ Twitter Hatches The New Twitter.com — A New Two-Pane Experience (Live)

§ 10 Things You Didn’t Know About the New Twitter.com

§ Navigate the New Twitter Like a Pro with Keyboard Shortcuts

Folx – Mac Torrent Downloader

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 07:51:00 +0530

Need smart and fast torrent client for Mac? Folx is exactly what you were looking for! Nowadays it is hard to find somebody who doesn’t use peer-to-peer connection to download files. P2P networks are convenient and fast, especially when talking about large files. However to fully enjoy downloading from torrent trackers, good torrent client will come in handy.

Folx torrent downloader for Mac was developed by Eltima Software exactly to achieve quality and fast results when downloading from torrent trackers. It is aimed to provide the most convenient way of downloading torrent files and creating torrents. Folx is not overloaded with unnecessary options and has a comprehensive Mac-style interface.

Usually the scenario of downloading torrents is: searching for the needed torrent on the website, then downloading it to hard drive, then opening it in torrent client and then starting downloading. While Folx scenario is: just double-click the needed torrent file, Folx will download it and offer you downloading the torrent’s content automatically, that’s it!

With Folx you can prioritize the downloads or choose which of torrent content you want to download. Folx does not interfere with your work! Whenever you need using Internet more extensively, you can easily lower the downloading speed in Folx and it won’t bother you, but will still download for you.

Folx also features its own tagging system. You can label the downloaded file with as many tags as you want and Folx will organize the files according to their tags. Whenever you decide to find the file you downloaded before, you won’t have to recall its name or where you could have put it, just choose the tag that matches the file contents and Folx will show you the file.

PRO version of Folx torrent downloader for Mac is also available. It offers even more possibilities for just $ 19,95. In PRO version there is a large extended list of torrent trackers. You can search all of them for the needed torrent at once and without leaving Folx.

Folx PRO also offers Smart Speed Adjustment option, which will control Folx downloading speed automatically whenever you start using Internet for something else. There is also a tasks Scheduler in Folx PRO – choose the day and time when it is most convenient to start downloading, when to stop downloading, and what Folx should do on finishing the tasks – shut down, switch to sleeping mode or quit the program.

Free BullGuard Internet Security 9

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:10:00 +0530

Perhaps some of you might not know BullGuard Internet Security, a good security suite that provides comprehensive protection to cover all security needs on your internet connected computers. This security suite combines the well known Bit Defender antivrus and Agnitum Outpost Firewall technology to provide similar security functionality like other famous internet security suite such as BitDefender Internet Security and Kaspersky Internet Security.

On Bullguard Internet Security, the security modules that available areantivirus, antispyware, firewall, spamfilter, IM Chat Encryption and Game Mode. The most impressive will be their user friendliness interfaces, which you can install internet security suite easily on computer and understanding. Meanwhile, there are two interface modes available on Bullguard Internet Security 9 that offer different range of security option such as (Beginner Mode and Advanced Mode).

In beginner mode, you have the ability to change how some programs are handled within the firewall, but are not able to limit specific ports. This is not an issue because the firewall should detect and assign the correct ports based on the program you are using. Within advanced mode, you have three different profiles to choose from.

High Security — blocks all program access to the net.

Low Security — like not having much of a firewall at all.

Custom Security — can be set to any level you wish. Within these profiles, you have several logging options, as well as the ability to set up advanced rules.

The other impressive feature is the live support with remote access. Any problems with aspects of Bullguard Internet Security 9 can now be addressed not only by e-mailing the 24/7 supports, but also by opening a live chat with a support operator. If necessary, that operator can be given access to your machine to sort out the Bullguard problem directly. This can only be done when you give explicit permission via the software.

Lastly, Bullguard Internet Security also comes with a free 5 GB online backup storage space to stored all your valuable files, photos and music, which this is the first we’ve seen tied in with an Internet security suite. Plus more, BullGuard Internet Security 9 is fully compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2000 and Windows 7 OS.

Bullguard Internet Security 9 Key Features:

Antivirus: Give computer viruses like Trojans and worms no chance.

Antispyware: Protect yourself from identity theft and online fraud. Protect your computer from unwanted intruders like hackers.

Antiphishing: Get web pages and e-mails authenticated, so you can surf, shop, and bank safely online.

Spamfilter: Keep your inbox clean from junk mail and phishing attempts.

Backup: Easily secure your important files from computer crashes, damage and theft.

User-friendliness: User interface and installation so easy, anyone can use it.

Game Mode: Fast but safe game fun with minimal resource consumption.

Instant Message Protection: Interact and exchange files over IM programs like MSN, Yahoo and Skype

Overall, Bullguard Internet Security 9 offers most of security features available like other suites on the market. The only thing that advanced Bullguard is their online backup storage feature that places it far ahead of suites that don’t offer backup capabilities. The thing that lacking in BullGuard Internet Security will be certification by famous security labs and the parental controls features, whic Parental controls are a great help if one PC is shared with more than one people.

If you really interested on Bullguard Internet Security 9, you can use the below link to download latest Bullguard Internet security and test out their security performance for 2 month trial. Plus more, let us know your Bullguard Internet Security 2011 experiences and share with our readers.

Download Bullguard Internet Security 9

Download Trend Micro New 2011 Titanium Products

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:52:00 +0530

Trend Micro has launched its new line of 2011 “Trend Micro Titanium” products which features cloud-based Smart Protection Network proprietary engine to protect against viruses, malware, phishing attacks, and other threats.

This shows that the suites are betting heavily on cloud based technology and Trend Micro’s emphasis on its Smart Scan tech. According to the company, this works by constantly scanning for threats when connected to the Internet, and utilizing locally-cached databases when working offline. The offline database includes protections against viruses and malware that are known to spread by USB keys.

Trend Micro Titanium Antivirus + provides the basic of protection by protecting your PC from viruses and spyware, driven by downloads and the ability to find and block malicious links in emails or IMs.

Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security includes the features of Titanium Antivirus+, as well as offering protection against prevention of unauthorized changes to your applications, blocking email and image spam, windows firewall optimization, parental control & data theft prevention.

Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security includes the features of Titanium Antivirus+ & Titanium Internet security, additionally possessing the Wi-Fi hotspot authentication, Department of Defense-rated file shredding, remote locking of files and folders in case of theft, a system optimizer, and 10 GB of online backup.

Neither Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security nor Titanium Maximum Security does not posses Firewall, instead rely on default Windows firewall by optimizing it.

In recent “AV comparatives” on demand detection test Trend Micro products achieved 90.7% detection rate which included 38 false positive results, and in performance test for security suit class trend micro attained Standard award.

You can try these new products now by downloading their evaluation version!

Download Trend Micro 2011 Free 30-day Trial -

§ Titanium Antivirus +

§ Titanium Internet Security

§ Titanium Maximum Security

Steam Mover: Move Installed Windows Applications To Other Drives

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:36:00 +0530

There are times when you may need more space on your system drive or windows drive by default which is set to C:\. In this situation only option left is uninstalling some applications which may not be possible for many users as there may be important applications for daily use. By default Windows does not provide any options to move installed applications from default drive to another drive, doing so manually may leave the applications useless. Steam Mover can help in situations like this.

Stream Mover is a portable windows freeware application for Windows 7 and Vista that can move installed Windows applications from one hard drive to another without hampering its functionality or registry entries.

How Steam Mover Works

§ Run the application and you will find the main window on which you have to work upon.

§ In the Stream apps common folder you have to put the folder in which your applications are installed. The alternative folder is the path where the programs have to be moved.

§ Once the source and destination folders are set you can use the arrow button to move the application in between the folders.

Download Steam Mover – Move Installed Windows Applications To Other Drives

Explore 9/11 – September 11 Memorial App for iPhone

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:15:00 +0530

The most tragic September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on The World Trade Center (Twin towers) can never be forgotten by anyone in the World. The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has created an official 9/11 Memorial application as a guide to understanding 9/11 through the eyes of who witnessed the events. The app is free and compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1 or later.

App has 3 features:

Tour – A seven-stop walking tour of the area around the World Trade Center, accompanied by audio and photo narration. The events of the day and its aftermath are told by first responders, rescue workers, volunteers, and those who lived and worked in Lower Manhattan on 9/11. While the walking tour takes place in Lower Manhattan, the tour content is accessible to users anywhere.

Explore – View images related to the events of 9/11 and their aftermath taken nearby wherever you are. Photos may be viewed in Augmented Reality-technology mode which overlays images on the camera view. All photos were contributed to the museum by survivors and witnesses through 911history.org.

Timeline – An interactive timeline of the day’s events and aftermath. Includes links to witness photos taken during these time blocks.

The app can operate in an offline mode for non-U.S. visitors who have disabled data roaming. In this mode, all tour content is still accessible. The app includes a map of free Wi-Fi hotspots near the tour route for downloading “Explore” photos from the vicinity.

Given the sensitivity surrounding the events of 9/11, viewer discretion is advised.

9/11 Memorial Museum has a site “Make History” where users from around the world can submit stories and upload any images related to the 9/11 event.

Download Explore 9/11 App [iTunes Link]

FreeApps: Download multiple Freeware on One Single Click

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:15:00 +0530

You might have installed many software programs, and do use them on regular basis for different purposes. But, the ultimate problem turns up when you Format your System, and you have to reinstall each and every application turn by turn going through identical sequence of steps. You might get bored by such a repetitive task and may think why not employ a robot for such a monotonous task.

To save you from such a tedious task of going through installation wizards of all your different programs comes in the FreeApps.

FreeApps, is a multiple freeware installer website that lets you choose software applications for almost every category from a vast list and then it lets you download a single setup to install all your selected applications in one go. The best part is that everything is Free and you don’t have to go through any registrations.

It offers you a recommended list or you can make your own list by handpicking software application from different number of available categories. You are free to choose your favorite browser from Browsers category or your communication software from category communications. Once you are done with your software selection, you can download a small setup to launch the installation of all your programs.

The downloaded installer doesn’t contain the complete setup of all the applications that you selected. When the installer is run, it downloads the latest versions of all the freeware’s you selected and installs them automatically one by one without any human intervention.

The drawback comes in to picture when the installation fails if your internet connection is aborted in the midst of the installation. No doubt, this is a great service to save your precious time against searching for latest versions and going through repetitive installation steps. But, if you are still not satisfied and searching for a greater app store then you can give a try to similar service allmyapps.com.

Visit: FreeApps

Free BitDefender Internet Security 2011 License Giveaway

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 8 Sep 2010 20:42:00 +0530

Recently we have covered BitDefender Internet Security 2011 post, a security suite that covers all the security needs of your Internet-connected family. At now, we glad to announce that TechMixer.com has one free BitDefender Internet Security giveaway to our reader, which is sponsor by BitDefender and worth 49.95USD.

So, What is BitDefender Internet Security 2011?

BitDefender Internet Security 2011 provides excellent parental controls and rock solid antivirus and security protection against Web-based attacks, faster performance for secure online gaming, and unrivaled parental controls. The security features that BitDefender Internet Security provides are AntiVirus, Anti Spyware, IM Chat Encryption, Game Laptop Mode, Anti Phishing, Firewall, Parental Control,Home Network protection and Privacy Control.

Meanwhile, BitDefender Internet Security 2011 also introduced new features and seurity features enhancement such as:

QUICK SCAN – The new Quick Scan uses in-the-cloud technology for better detection and improved response time to new and unknown viruses.

DASHBOARD SHORTCUTS - All BitDefender 2011 products enable users with specific needs—like parents and gamers—to create their own dashboard and shortcuts to frequently used functions.

SEARCH ADVISOR - BitDefender 2011 provides safety ratings for search results and warnings about visited websites that may contain spyware or other malware.

SMART HELP - BitDefender now includes a series of personalized suggestions, warnings, and safeguards that are relevant to the recent activity performed by the user.

VIDEO TUTORIALS - Get instant support and viewing of video tutorials that take you step by step through the actions required to configure BitDefender.

IMPROVED PARENTAL CONTROL - Parents have remote access to review children’s online activity and change parental control settings.

More information: BitDefender Internet Security 2011 Review

Screenshot of BitDefender Internet Security 2011

How to win Free BitDefender Internet Security License?

Just leave a meaningful comment with your name and a valid email address in the comment form and tell us what is your overall experience on BitDefender Internet Security 2011.

Then we’ll choose the best comments lucky winners and the lucky winner will get a free SuperAntiSpyware professional license worth 49.95USD.

The free license Winner will be announced on 30th September 2010.

For those doesn’t have BitDefender Internet Security 2011 and want to join the contest, you can download evaluation software on below link:

Download BitDefender Internet Security 2011

Besides that, TechMixer would like to thank Nicole (Social Media Content Coordinator) over at BitDefender for giving us the opportunity to test out their product and sponsor a free license.

SlimDrivers: Automated Device Driver Updates

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 8 Sep 2010 12:43:00 +0530

Updating computer’s device drivers is very important to achieve optimum performance from them. Driver updates generally includes many bug fixes and incompatibility of the device to act with manysoftware applications, but for many users it becomes bit tedious work to find out drivers for each and every device manually on internet. There are many applications available that can automatically scan system devices and get appropriate updates for them but very few of them are free and provide us with accurate updates and additional functionality. SlimDrivers is a handy option in these situations.

SlimDrivers is a Microsoft certified windows freeware application that can automatically find device driver updates for your system. It is easy to use and also provide features like taking driver backup, restoring driver backups and creating system restore points.

Updates provided are categorized in two parts i.e Device driver updates and Windows updates. After it scans your system completely it displays a list of all updates available. You can select updates to be ignored and download other updates that will be downloaded and installed automatically.

Though SlimDrivers provides very accurate device drivers updates, it’s still in beta stage and there are many features that you may not like for instance, it will require a system restart every time an update is installed and there are no options to cancel the reboot momentarily.

Download SlimDrivers – Automated Device Driver Updates

JumpControl: Add Shutdown, Logoff, Restart and Sleep Button On Windows Taskbar

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 6 Sep 2010 07:37:00 +0530

Every one loves to use shortcuts, they not only make our work easier but also saves lots of our precious time by terminating the need to search for applications each time. Using shortcuts brings these small frequently used applications or utilities at our finger tips. JumpControl is an application that helps to bringWindows power control to taskbar.

JumpControl is a freeware portable application for Windows that allows you to add Shutdown, Logoff,Restart, Sleep, Switch User and Lock windows options to taskbar. Working with this application is easy, only thing you have to do with this application is download it and pin it to your taskbar.

You can select the various power options that you want. After selecting the options you can avail the shortcuts just by right clicking on the JumpControl pinned application.

Download JumpControl – Add Shutdown, Logoff, Restart and Sleep Button On Taskbar

iOS 4.1 for iPod touch 4G available for Download

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 4 Sep 2010 12:04:00 +0530

Recently, Apple announced the new 4th generation iPod touch which comes pre-loaded with iOS 4. A bit surprising news is here, iOS 4.1 from the upcoming iPod touch 4 is released by Apple and available for free download. Note: This iOS 4.1 software update is meant only for the new iPod touch 4G devices.

Download iOS 4.1 firmware for iPod touch 4G

via [9to5Mac]

New iPod Touch Launched [Features, Pre-Order Now]

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 2 Sep 2010 09:58:00 +0530

Along with the iPod Shuffle and iPod Nano, Apple also launched the much anticipated new iPod Touch in its Special event. The new iPod touch is really cool and comes with amazing iPhone 4 features like: Facetime video calling, Retina display, HD video recording and Game center. iPhones and iPod touches can FaceTime one another.

The new iPod touch has 4x the number of pixels with a remarkable display. It has got the A4 chip, the same chip that powers the iPhone. There is also 3-axis gyro, iOS 4.1 with Game Center, a front-facing camera with FaceTime and a rear camera for HD video recording and photos. There is no information about the no. of megapixel in back camera.

The remarkable difference between old and new iPod touch design is: New iPod touch has weight reduced by 14 grams, depth reduced by 1.3mm, width decreased by .1 inches and height increased by .1 inches.

Prices and Availability – It comes in three models: 8GB for $229, 32GB for $299, and 64GB for $399. They’re up for pre-order and will be available next week.

Cute Screen Recorder: Free Screen Recording Tool

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:24:00 +0530

If you remember recently we discussed about Wondershare DemoCreator which is a powerful screen recording tool. However a constraint there was that the utility was a paid software. Cute Screen Recorder is a similar screen recording utility and the best part is that it is completely free.

The Screen recorder can effortlessly captivate all happenings on your screen a compose a video in mp4,flv,swf and wmv video formats. This freeware utility also comes with audio support. Thus you can easily add voice to the demonstraton that you are making.

With Cute Screen Recorder, you can not only go for capturing full screen videos, but also record anyselected area or application. You can even set the region to capture by dragging the mouse to indicate the area.

The utility also comes with the option of editing the video quality. You can do this by controlling the video bit rate and frame rate.

Though this utility may not have as much options as Wondershare DemoCreator, but it is definitely worth giving a try. It has file size of just 4.06 MB and runs smoothly on all Windows platform.

Download Cute Screen recorder

Grab Free 1 Year License of AVG Anti-Virus 9 worth £26.99

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:09:00 +0530

You can now get a 1 Year-1 PC licence code of AVG Anti-Virus 9 absolutely FREE worth £26.99 as per a promotion led by V3.co.uk. The promotion is now online and available between midday CET 31 August and midday CET 1 September 2010. You can obtain your serial code during this period and install the application any time.

To get a free 1 year license, you need to login with your account at v3.co.uk. If you don’t have an account, just create one and then go to http://store.v3.co.uk/p1030-avg_anti-virus_9_1_pc_1-year, login and download AVG Anti-Virus 9 build from there.

To grab the serial code, go to http://avgpromo.v3.co.uk, enter the username and password of your v3.co.uk account. Now install the antivirus software, activate it to full-version and use it free for 365 days on 1 PC.

Hurry!! Promotion will end soon.

Mac Data Recovery Software

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:02:00 +0530

One of the most frustrating experiences of Mac computing is the loss of data or a hard drive. Many of us are challenged not to chuck the whole computer when this happens! Worse, the Mac OS has no provision for recovering lost data besides the trash icon. It is recommended you keep your wits about you because these days, there are many a Mac data recovery software out there. Better still, the programs of today used to recover a hard disk or the data from it work very well.

About Data Loss and Recovery on a Working Mac Drive

If you have not experienced data loss from your Mac but you are reading this article, you are wise. Data loss can be near occurring on your Mac when you notice your computer slowing down from a performance perspective. Here is where being proactive can help in warding off lost data by running purchased data recovery software for the Mac before you realize data is lost.

When you become aware that data from your Mac is lost, it is a good idea to have your hard disk checked for consistency and physical wear. The Mac data (and hard disk) recovery software you select should do this for you once you load the program. The program will report back the health of the hard drive and give you opportunity to recover lost data, provided the data has not been overwritten by your Mac hard disk. For any defects found on the Mac hard disk, the program marks (or advises you) the defective area and keeps files from being written.

There are many manufacturers of Mac data recovery software. Finding one that works for you takes a bit of web research or research at an electronics store. You will quickly come to know the ones that are most popular. You might want to search for comments and reviews about products you find online so that you can get a clearer picture of the road others have been down (the pros, the cons, the things to watch out for, etc) for a particular product.

As a rule of thumb, at least investigate data recovery software for your Mac before you need it to become familiar with the various manufacturers and tools on the market that would suit your Mac computer’s needs when data recovery is necessary. It is also a smart move to note any unusual message displayed to you by the Mac operating system or unusual disk activity and definitely respond to such by checking out data and hard drive recovery tools online or at your local supplier.

About Data Recovery on an inoperable hard drive

Data recovery software for the Mac is often bundled with both hard disk troubleshooting and recovery and file recovery software. If your hard disk is inoperable, running such software from a CD or DVD is the way to go. Emergency boot-up software should be included with the data recovery software you select. A robust data recovery software will be able to recover lost files and records from an inoperable hard disk and can help restore the master boot record to put your hard disk in a known boot state so that it can work if there are no physical damages to the disk from wear and tear.

Guest post from David Ritchie, who is a developer of MacKeeper Mac data recovery software.

PhotoEdit : Portable Image Editing Tool

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:06:00 +0530

There are many tasks we perform daily which requires photo editing. Tasks like uploading photos to social networking sites like Facebook, Orkut, placing images in documents, blogging etc. Apart from Microsoftpaint application that comes by default in windows there are many applications like Photo Pos Pro that can provide even greater functionality and output image quality. PhotoEdit is another tool for image editing jobs.

PhotoEdit is a portable freeware tool that can be used for light editing jobs like photo resizing, resizing canvas, flipping images, adding effects like gaussian blur, sharpening images, image cropping etc. It provides lots of image adjustment options like adjusting brightness, hue, saturation, contrast etc.

In PhotoEdit you can open many image files and work easily by switching on them. It is very easy to use with simple and clear interface. It’s basic advantage is that it can be carried anywhere in portable devices for instant photo editing.

Download PhotoEdit – Portable Image Editing Tool

Free Cloud Anti virus Software

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:40:00 +0530

Immunet Protect 2, the latest free cloud anti virus software launched by Immunet. This free cloud antivirus provides a layer of cloud-based protection that can be used alone or on top of existing security software, offering real-time security that does not require updates to be downloaded to your PC.

Immunet Protect 2 core features will still remain like Immunet Protect V1, which using four fronts such as Cloud computing, Community based protection, Collective wisdom and Coincidental with installed antivirus provides virus prevention and malware protection on your computer. But on Immunet Protect 2, they have put a lot effort to improve some of its cloud antivirus and anti malware defenses features.

What news on Immunet Protect 2:

New GUI: More user-friendly interfaces to make the interface navigation easier and understanding their security protection does.
Fast Antivirus: Immunet leverages the speed of cloud computing to deliver real-time protection to your PC
Light Antivirus: Immunet is up to 35 times lighter than traditional antivirus solutions
Real-time Antivirus: Immunet provides cloud-based protection that is always up-to-date against viruses, spyware, bots, worms, trojans, and keyloggers without slowing down your PC. No need to download any virus signature files!
Companion Antivirus: Immunet is compatible with existing antivirus products to help protect you better. Add an extra, lightweight layer of protection for free
Community Antivirus: Immunet’s Collective Immunity technology protects all users the instant that a virus is detected on one PC.
New Anti Virus Scan Engine– Immunent Protect 2 also equipped with Avira’s scanning engine and perhaps will be the first Windows free antivirus application to support multi-engine scanning.

Besides that, Users will require to log in (or create an Immunet account if they log in for the first time) to use the cloud community antivirus feature. But, users can now invite friends now to join their cloud network as well as being provided with a visual map as to who is protecting the users through cloud community detection. Community stats are also updated in real-time more frequently than before.

What makes I like about Immunet Protects 2 compare to other free Windows antivirus programs is Immunet Protect is free for use anywhere including commercial environments. Meanwhile, you can run Immunet’s antivirus defense on all of your SMB’s machines without spending any money. Beside that, Immunet Protect consume very less computer resources while running and it can run on support Microsoft Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.

However, The only disadvantage is Immunet Protect requires an active Internet connection to connect to the cloud computing.

Download Immunet Protect 2 Free – Free Cloud Antivirus Software

Wondershare DemoCreator : An excellent screen recording software

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:37:00 +0530

Wondershare DemoCreator is an excellent screen recording utility which comes with an interface very similar to MS Office 2007. The importance of screen recording facility can be well understood by people who are in the business of making voice- over presentations, tutorials or projects.

With Wondershare DemoCreator, making a proper video is just 3 simple steps. Just record, edit the video and perform the publishing operation. The recording guide is extremely beneficial as it assists you in choosing the record area, record mode, auto record etc. Another extra dimension that Wondershare DemoCreator has over other similar utilities is the support for recording the required area of a screen. You can go for recording of a selected area on a screen, selected application or full screen. This helps a lot in the end when you will go for editing the video. It will save your time in trimming or cutting the unnecessary portion of video.

The software also supports recording of our actions, say for example it can record our typing or mouse gestures as well. It can record every possible movement that we are making. For that you have to select the Full Motion type of capture.

While editing the video, the entire video is divided into various slides with small timespan, thus providing a lot ease while editing. I personally liked this concept very much.

While, testing the software, I created a video file of around 25 seconds and I saw that the video frames got divided into 20 slides. It really became easy for me to perform editing on individual slide and publishing it.

Once the editing of the video is done, the last step would be to select the type of output video file. The software supports 7 video files namely AVI, WMV, MPEG, 3GP, MP4, FLV and MOV. You can even upload the Videos directly to YouTube from this application.

Overall, I am quite impressed with screen recording tool. Its improved interface creates an excellent environment to work around. The only thing that I missed a bit is the support for import of back ground music. At times, while making projects, we go for importing a music file rather than recording.

WonderShare DemoCreator runs very well on all Windows platform including XP, Vista and Windows 7. It has a file size of just 11.9 MB. Do not forget to give it a try and respond to us with your views.

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CopyTrans Manager now supports iPhone 4 & iPad

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:41:00 +0530

CopyTrans Manager, the free iTunes alternative has been updated and is now compatible with the iPhone 4 (iOS4) and iPad. It is faster, lighter and allows users to to add music and videos to their idevices like iPod, iPod touch, iPhone & iPad without any hassle.

Its drag and drop feature is most useful which allows you to drag selection of tracks or folder(s) from Windows explorer to CopyTrans Manager and then click ‘Update’ button to instantly synchronize music with your device.

Features:

§ drag and drop to add music and video to your iPod, iPhone and iPad

§ delete tracks and create playlists in a few clicks

§ automatically search for album artworks

§ edit one or multiple tracks’ album name, artist name, genre, and more in a snap

§ new: manage playlists created on your iOS4 device without opening iTunes.

CopyTrans Manager is portable (works without installation) and also lets you Play songs directly from iPod on any computer. To use it, just download CopyTrans Suite and run it. Now select CopyTrans Manager (Free) from its control center window to open it.

Supports: Windows XP, Vista & Windows 7

Note: iTunes must be closed when running CopyTrans manager and CopyTrans manager must be closed if you want to run iTunes.

Watch4Folder: Monitor Folder Changes

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:52:00 +0530

With day to day computer usage, we keep on adding and removing many files from folder. These files may be located in many folders. Monitoring these folders manually can be a tedious job when we talk about folders that consist of several sub folders. So, here is a folder changes monitoring software called asWatch4Folder that help windows user keeping track of files added or removed in any particular folder by other users hence keeping track of their folder change activities.

Meanwhile, Watch4Folder is a windows freeware portable application with a single window easy to use interface. After you have downloaded the the file only thing that has to be done is extracting it to get the executable file.

To get it work you have to add any folder that you want to monitor on your hard disk. It also provides option to monitor sub folders within the selected folder. Watch4Folder works by taking in event by the user and performing the selected option. You can select among several events such as file create, file rename, folder create, folder delete, free space change, media change, association change etc. There are options to set actions based on the occurrence of these events like writing log files and triggering other applications.

There is also a window for viewing live logs where you can view changes made to folders in real time monitoring. Watch4folder provides help pop-ups in all the options you have to work with. As it is a portable application it can be easily carried in portable drives and can be used easily on any system running windows.

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Ultra Search: Search Files Faster in Windows

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:24:00 +0530

There are times when we do forget locations of files and folders in windows. In these situations windows search features comes in handy. In recent versions of windows like Vista and Windows 7 this feature is further improved with respect to search speeds and accuracy. This search mechanism uses indexing techniques by which faster searches can be made but at the same time it consumes disk space that can be large for hard disks with higher storage capacities. If you do not wish to loose disk space and want faster search results then Ultra Search will be the best choice.

Ultra Search is a windows freeware application that helps you in searching files faster than the default windows search option. It does not require indexing files that takes up disk space rather it reads Master File Table directly hence boosting search speeds on selected drives.

Apart from simple searching Ultra Search also provides various other options that makes things easier. It provides detailed information about matching files in search criteria like file name, path, size, last access and last change. You can also right click on the items found in search to use the context menu operations. You can also save this list, copy it to clipboard or take print out.

Ultra Search also provides a portable version which is extremely helpful and convenient to use on public computers. It works on all windows 32 bit and 64 bit operating systems.

Download: Ultra Search

Recover Outlook PST Password With Kernel PST Password Recovery

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:45:00 +0530

Kernel PST Password Recovery, an outlook PST password tools that allows outlook user recover the lost or forgotten passwords from all versions of Microsoft Outlook password-protected Personal Storage files (*.pst). Meanwhile, this Outlook PST password software has the ability recovers all the passwords instantly despite the length and complexity of the password.

As Outlook PST files password is encrypted with strong encryption algorithms. This strong encryption is not easy to be decrypted. In most of the cases Kernel Outlook Password Recovery software generates the actual password, but in many cases due to strong encryption and complexity of the password, an alternate password is generated, which is a working password to un protect the PST file.

To Recover Outlook PST password is simple, all you need is specify the PST file location and click Recover Password. Then it will immediately show you the password (with option to copy it).

Kernel Outlook Password Recovery Software tool supports password recovery from Microsoft Outlook 2010 / 2007 / 2003 / XP / 2000 / 97 PST files.

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6 New Windows 7 Themes available from Microsoft

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:38:00 +0530

Microsoft has now released 6 new themes for Windows 7 which are available for free from the Personalization Gallery. These cool themes with colourful backgrounds will add beauty and give a dashing look to your Windows 7 desktop. Grab them below!

1. Girls Rock!

She’s in the band. Rock out with musician desktop backgrounds (wallpaper) in thisWindows 7 theme.

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2. Gears of War 3

Prepare your desktop for battle with this Windows 7 theme containing portraits of Marcus Fenix, Dominic Santiago, and Anya Stroud from Gears of War 3. The game blasts onto Xbox in April 2011.

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3. An Hsin Pu Tzu

The land of the dreamy dreams. In this romantic Windows 7 theme created by artist Lin, Yu-Fu, cartoon characters relax in surroundings inspired by love and nature.

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4. Bakehouse

It’s always warm and toasty in Bakehouse, a Windows 7 theme made up of cartoonish breads and pastry characters created by Wang, Hsueh-Shih.

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5. Imagination

Let your imagination float away, with this gently surreal Windows 7 theme from artist Yeh, Hsin-Hung.

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6. 26Creative

"Live what you dream, just for fun." So reads the message artist Chang, Fan-Hsuan pairs with cheerful florals and patchwork characters in this Windows 7 theme.

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Do tell us which theme you found most appealing. via [MSDN Blogs-Rob Margel]