Technological Guide.

Password Safe 3.26 Free (Open Source)

Friday, July 15th, 2011

Password Safe is an Open Source program which allows you to safely and easily create a secured and encrypted user name/password list. You can create and remember a single “Master Password” of your choice in order to unlock and access your entire user name / password list. Password Safe has many handy features with simple user interface (friendly for beginners or advanced users) and yet is free to use. Writing list of passwords on scraps of paper or in a text document on your desktop is very much unsafe and is easily viewed by prying eyes (both cyber-based and human). And its really a nightmare to use the same password over and over again across a wide spectrum of systems and web sites too as if someone figures out one password, they can get access to every part of your life (system, e-mail, retail, financial, work).

Features

  • You can manage your old passwords
  • You can easily and quickly generate, store new passwords
  • You can easily retrieve and use complex new passwords
  • You can set your own password policies to control the password complexity
  • You can easily search and retrieve the user names and passwords in few mouse clicks
  • You can organize your passwords using your own customizable references by User Id, Category, Web Site or Location
  • You can choose to store all your passwords in a single encrypted master password list (an encrypted password database)
  • You can use multiple databases to further organize your passwords (like work and home)

Passwords is freely available under Open Source approved license for Desktop Version. You can download Password Safe 3.26 (currently available latest version) from SourceForge.Net or FileHippo.com.

Fore more information, visit: http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/

Winamp 5.62 Full (Freeware)

Friday, July 15th, 2011

Winamp is a popular medial player which supports many media formats and has many skins available for the player. Everyone knows Winamp as the necessary popular media player. Winamp now comes with latest version 5.62 with a full set of advanced and useful features.

Features

  • File Types: AAC, AIF, AMF, AVI, FLV, M2V, MPE, M4A, MDZ, MID, MIDI, M4V, VOC, MP1, MP2, MP3, M3U, MP4, MPEG, MPG, OGG, RMI, SND, WAV, WMA, WMV and many more…
  • Android Wifi & USB sync support
  • Purchase tickets, find lyrics & download music directly from your media player
  • WebM (vp8) Support
  • Windows 7 Compliant
  • Winamp OrglerTM lets you track, chart and share your Winamp listening history
  • Find & manage Add-ons directly in your media player
  • Improved iPod Sync Support
  • New iTunes Library Import
  • Online Services Gallery
  • Now Playing: Discover Artist Songs, Video, Radio and Photos
  • AOL Radio Powered by CBS Radio
  • Expanded Flash video support
  • Media Monitor: Playing music on the web just got even better
  • Multi-channel MP3 Surround Support
  • Updated Podcast Directory and Download Manager
  • New Visualizer Plug-in - Milkdrop 2
  • Full Support for Classic Skins
  • Full Support for Modern Skinsk
  • 50 Free MP3 Downloads compliments of eMusic
  • for a list of filetypes supported and all features, please visit: http://www.winamp.com/help/Player_Features

Winamp is available for download in 4 different versions Pro (commercial for $19.95), Bundle (Free), Full (Free) and Lite (Free). You can download Winamp Full from Winamp or FileHippo.com.

For more information, visit: http://www.winamp.com/

SuperAntiSpyware 4.55.1000 (Freeware)

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

SUPERAntiSpyware is the most thorough scanner on the market. It uses Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology which can detect spyware that other products can’t. It removes all the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones! SUPERAntiSpyware comes in two versions. FREE VERSION for Personal Use and PROFESSIONAL Version for Professional Use.

Features

  • Quick, Complete and Custom Scanning of Hard Drives, Removable Drives, Memory, Registry, Individual Folders and more which includes Trusting Items and Excluding Folders for complete customization of scanning.
  • It detects and Removes Spyware, Adware, Malware, Trojans, Dialers, Worms, KeyLoggers, HiJackers and many other types of threats.
  • It can repair broken Internet Connections, Desktops, Registry Editing, Task Manager and more with its inbuilt unique Repair System! Spyware application often disables system components to prevent removal - SuperAntiSpyware resets and restores these items in seconds. (Beneficial feature)
  • It features Real-Time Blocking of threats which prevents potentially harmful software from installing or re-installing (excellent feature)
  • You can Schedule either Quick, Complete or Custom scans Daily or Weekly to ensure your computer is free from harmful software.
  • You can Quarantine items detected and can be removed for complete protection. Items in the quarantine can be restored to your computer if desired.
  • It presents Detailed scan logs with complete information about detected and removed threats and their locations within your computer. Scan logs allow you to review schedule scan results at anytime.
  • Multi-Dimensional Scanning is a next generation scanning system feature that goes beyond the typical rules based scanning methods which can detect existing threats as well as threats of the future by analyzing threat characteristics in addition to code patterns.
  • Process Interrogation Technology allows threats to be detected no matter where they are hiding on your system as many new types of threats utilize “Rootkits” or “Kernel Drivers” to hide themselves to avoid detection by standard anti-spyware applications.

System Requirements:

  • 400 MHz or faster processor
  • at least 256 MB RAM
  • Windows 2000, XP, Media Center, Vista, Windows 2003 and Windows 7

You can download SUPERAntiSpyware from http://www.superantispyware.com/download.html.

For more information, visit: http://www.superantispyware.com/

Dexpot (Freeware) Virtual Desktop Manager

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

Dexpot is a free software tool which can give you virtual desktops for different applications. One desktop might feature applications for graphic design, and another might feature your business applications. You can switch between virtual desktops in order to keep track of your open windows which will increase your workflow. Dexpot is freeware for Private use only. For Commercial use, have to purchase. Dexpot is a great tool for people who use netbooks, tables and UMPC with small screens and low resolutions for its virtual desktops.

Features

  • Provides more virtual desktops for your work
  • Tremendously increases your work efficiency
  • Stunning 3D transition effects (optional)
  • Dexpot can be expanded with plugins
  • Supports stylish wallpaper clocks (*.wcz)
  • Different icons, wallpapers, start-ups and much more can be configured for each desktop

Current version: 1.5.11 Build 1648
Download size: 4.13 MB
Release date: June 29th 2011
Platform: Windows 2000/XP/2003 and Vista/2008/7 (incl. x64)

You can download at http://www.dexpot.de/index.php?id=download.

For more information, visit http://www.dexpot.de/

Miro (Open Source) Free HD Video Player

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

Miro is a free HD video player which has the capability to play almost any video file. Miro is popular for its free internet TV shows and video podcasts. Miro has simple and user friendly interface which is designed for fullscreen HD video.

Features

  • Miro can play almost all formats MPEG, QuickTime, AVI, H.264, DivX, Windows Media, Flash Video and other major video formats
  • You can resume your video from where you stopped as Miro will remember where yous topped watching a video.
  • You can set Miro preferences to either play videos one after another or to play a video then stop.
  • Miro comes Keyboard shortcuts for all the key playback commands
  • Miro comes with beautiful interface for user friendly usage
  • You can add all your favorite videos into a playlist by drag them one by one or select a few and right click to add to a playlist
  • If ever you run out of space, Miro can move your video collection to any location on your system such as an external hard drive
  • You can group your feeds by topic by creating folders.
  • Miro will automatically create a thumbnail for any video that doesn’t have thumbnail.
  • Miro can download individual BitTorrent files and torrents that are in feeds.
  • Miro lets you watch any video in a separate window (Miro preferences setting)
  • You can set a certain amount of space for Miro which will stop downloading new videos when it reaches that limit
  • Whenever you watch a video on a channel, Miro will stick around for a few days and then delete itself. You can choose to keep it permanently if you like and can save every video.
  • Video RSS feeds are at the core of Miro’s vision for internet TV which provide a simple system that any publisher can use to distribute their content.
  • Miro now works with audio podcasts as well as video
  • and many more at Miro-Features.

Miro is available for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. You can download Miro from Miro-Download.

For more information, visit: http://www.getmiro.com/

LibreOffice (Open Source) Office Package

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

LibreOffice is the free power-packed Open Source personal productivity suite for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, that gives you six feature-rich applications for all your document production and data processing needs. LibreOffice consists of Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math and Base. Whoever can’t afford for Microsoft Office, can get their works done using LibreOffice as its free and Open Source. The greatest advantage of LibreOffice tells in its extensibility to create PDF files which means you can distribute your documents through PDF which can be opened by any computing device or operating system.

Writer

Writer is the word processor inside LibreOffice. You can use Writer for all document formatting tasks from a quick letter to an entire book with tables of contents, embedded illustrations, bibliographies and diagrams. There are other features also like auto-completion, auto-formatting and automatic spell checker which work while you type. Writer is powerful tool which can finish all your desktop publishing tasks like creating multi-column newsletters and brochures.

Calc

Using Calc, you can analyze your data with Calc and later present your final output. Calc comes with charts and analysis tools. You can make your own formulas and a complete help system is integrated into Calc. You can add data from external databases such as SQL or Oracle, then sort and filter them to produce statistical analyses. You can use the graphing functions to display large number of 2D and 3D graphics from 13 categories including line, area, bar, pie, X-Y, and net with the dozens of variations available.

Impress

Impress is the fastest and easiest way to create effective multimedia presentations. Stunning animation and sensational special effects help you convince your audience. Create presentations that look even more professional than the standard presentations you commonly see at work. Get your collegues’ and bosses’ attention by creating something a little bit different.

Draw

Draw lets you build diagrams and sketches from scratch. A picture is worth a thousand words, so why not try something simple with box and line diagrams? Or else go further and easily build dynamic 3D illustrations and special effects. It’s as simple or as powerful as you want it to be.

Base

Base is the database front-end of the LibreOffice suite. With Base, you can seamlessly integrate your existing database structures into the other components of LibreOffice, or create an interface to use and administer your data as a stand-alone application. You can use imported and linked tables and queries from MySQL, PostgreSQL or Microsoft Access and many other data sources, or design your own with Base, to build powerful front-ends with sophisticated forms, reports and views. Support is built-in or easily addable for a very wide range of database products, notably the standardly-provided HSQL, MySQL, Adabas D, Microsoft Access and PostgreSQL.

Math

Math is a simple equation editor that lets you lay-out and display your mathematical, chemical, electrical or scientific equations quickly in standard written notation. Even the most-complex calculations can be understandable when displayed correctly. E=mc2.

LibreOffice is available for Windows, Linux, Macintosh. You can download from LibreOffice.org.

You can check for complete System Requirements at http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/system-requirements/

For more information, visit: http://www.libreoffice.org/

Orbit Downloader 4.1.2 (Freeware)

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Orbit Downloader is a download manager software specifically designed for the new generation web 2.0 from Innoshock. You can download video / music / streaming media from Myspace, YouTube, Imeem, Pandora, Rapidshare easily. You can download videos using “Get It” which appears on the video in the browser.

Features

  • You can group all the download files by tags you give, with which you can filter download files by clicking on a tag
  • Orbit Downloader is well designed to suit new generation web application downloading and provides a total solution to download music and video files from anywhere including Pandora, YouTube, Yahoo, Myspace and Rapidshare in a more simple and easy way.
  • Orbit Downloader is based on P2P technology with smart download logic accelerator that features intelligent dynamic file segmentation.
  • Orbit Downloader comes with advanced robust multithread download algorithm implemented with high quality which can speed up to 500% faster with great acceleration.
  • Orbit Downloader is written with efficiency which uses less than 3MB of memory and 3% of CPU when downloading.
  • It supports HTTPS and HTTP POST methods which can make your downloads from file-sharing service websites include RapidShare much faster, safer and more stable.

  • Orbit Downloader supports IE, Firefox, Maxthon, Opera browsers
  • Orbit Downlaoder supports Metalink download and gives you extremely fast download speeds
  • Orbit Downloader supports HTTPS, FTP, MMS, RTSP and RTMP protocols.
  • Orbit Downloader supports Proxy Server configuration which can work well with HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5 protocols.
  • You can resume your broken downloads if ever any interruption caused.
  • many more features are available and yet its free to use

You can download from Orbit.

For more information, visit: http://www.orbitdownloader.com/

KeePass 1.20 Password Manager (Open Source)

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

KeePass is a free open source password manager tool useful to manage all your passwords at one place locally on your PC with advanced security. In today’s world, everyone has to remember many passwords for Windows Network Login, your e-mail account, website’s FTP password, online passwords etc. As you use multiple passwords for different accounts (using single password is easy but serious problem if the password is being hacked), remembering is not easy. Using KeePass, you can overcome this problem of managing your passwords securely. You need to remember only one password to login to your KeePass.

Features

  • Strong Security with Advanced Encryption Standard (AES, Rijndael) and the Twofish algorithm to encrypt password databases.
  • SHA-256 encryption is used for password hash.
  • One master password decrypts the complete database. Alternatively you can use key files which provide better security than master passwords in most cases by carrying the key file with you on USb stick.
  • Additionally, you can lock the database to the current Windows user account so that the database can then only be opened by the same person who created it.
  • Portable and No Installation Required: can be carried on an USB stick and run from another Windows System without installing it
  • The password list can be exported to various formats like TXT, HTML, XML and CSV.
  • You can import your passwords from CSV format prepared from other password managing tools like Password Keeper and Password Agent.
  • KeePass can parse and import TXT outputs of CodeWalletPro (a commercial closed-source password safe application).
  • KeePass password database consists of only one file which can be transferred easily from one computer to another.
  • KeePass supports Password Groups to arrange as a tree
  • Provides Time Fields and Entry Attachments
  • Intuitive and Secure Windows Clipboard Handling
  • Searching and Sorting is provided which is the most needed feature from specific entries in the database and groups
  • Multi-Language Support (30 different languages)
  • Besides storing passwords, KeePass can generate strong random passwords for your use (with your defined password output characters and number of characters)
  • As KeePass is open source, it can be extended with plugins written by other people or you can extend it.
  • 100% Free to use

You can download from KeePass.

KeyPass requires Microsoft .Net Framework (no need to install for Windows Vista & 7). KeyPass is also available for Mac OS & Linux.

For more information, visit http://keepass.info/

Fresh View 8.22 Multimedia Tool (Freeware)

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Fresh View is a multimedia tool which allows you to open multimedia files like images, audio files and video files. You can watch movies, listen to music and view graphics in a slide show. You can see Image files in a folder using a number of views including a thumbnail view which lets you quickly see what images are there without opening them. Fresh View is a freeware from FreshDevices.com.

Features

  • You can convert graphics from one format to another
  • You can print from Fresh View
  • You can create an HTML album of your files using Fresh View
  • Image formats supported: Windows Bitmap (*.bmp), Windows Metafile (*.wmf,*.emf), JPEG Image (*.jpg,*.jpe,*.jpeg,*.jfif), CompuServe GIF Image (*.gif), Portable Network Graphic Image (*.png), Tagged Image File Format Image (*.tif,*.tiff), Photoshop Image (*.psd,*.pdd), TrueVision Image (*.tga,*.win,*.vst,*.vda,*.icb), Run Length Encoded Bitmap (*.rle), Device Independent Bitmap (*.dib), GFI Fax Image (*.fax), Encapsulated Postscript Image (*.eps), ZSoft Paintbrush Image (*.pcx,*.pcc), Word 5.x Screen Capture Image (*.scr), Alias/Wavefront Image (*.rla,*.rpf), SGI Images (*.sgi,*.rgb, *.rgba, *.bw), Portable Pixel Map Image (*.ppm), Portable Gray Map Image (*.pgm), Portable Bitmap Image (*.pbm), Autodesk Image (*.cel,*.pic), Kodak Photo-CD Image (*.pcd), Dr. Halo Image (*.cut), Paintshop Pro Image (*.psp)
  • Audio formats supported: WAVE Audio (*.wav), MP3 Audio (*.mp3), MIDI Audio (*.mid, *.midi, *.rmi), Vorbis Ogg Audio (*.ogg), AIFF Audio (*.aif, *.aifc, *.aiff), AU Audio (*.au), ProTracker Mod Audio (*.mod, *.mdz, *.nst, *.m15), Module Lists Audio (*.mol), Zipped Mod Audio (*.mdz, *.s3z, *.xmz, *.itz), ScreamTracker Mod Audio (*.s3m, *.stm, *.s3z), FastTracker Mod Audio (*.xm, *.xmz), Impulse Tracker Mod Audio (*.it, *.itz), MultiTracker Mod Audio (*.mtm), Octamed Mod Audio (*.med), Other MOD Audio (*.wow, *.669, *.far, *.okt)
  • Video formats supported: AVI Video (*.avi), MPEG Video (*.m1v, *.mp2, *.mp2v, *.mpa, *.mpe, *.mpeg, *.mpg, *.mpv2)
  • Icon resource formats supported: Windows Icon (*.ico), Windows Cursor (*.cur), Animated Cursor (*.ani), Icon Library (*.icl). Executable File (*.exe), Dynamic Linking Library (*.dll)

You can download from Freshdevices.com for free.

For more information, visit: http://www.freshdevices.com/freshview.html