You don’t have to purchase expensive archive applications in order to extract compression formats like RAR. Earlier I have shared a free licensed version of SecureZIP, which also supports RAR.

One thing common in all these applications is that you can only extract one file at a time. Users with high-end PCs would definitely want to extract multiple files to fully utilize their CPU power.

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Microsoft introduced some new file formats in Office 2007, called the Microsoft Open Office XML Format (.docx, .xlsx) which are not compatible with any of the older versions of Microsoft Office or with other OS like Linux and Mac OS X.

So to view and open DOCX files, you have to purchase Microsoft Office 2007 or later. But what if you get to open it as HTML or any other open-source format?

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Windows Live Messenger 9 was released almost a month ago and since then I’ve been waiting for Messenger Plus! Live, as I can’t live without it. They seem to be taking quite long in releasing out the latest version which would be compatible with Live Messenger 9.

Meanwhile, I’ve come across another interesting freeware that does almost the same as Messenger Plus! Live.

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All browsers have cache, which saves web pages and its elements on your computer so that you can access the same page faster when you open it next time.

But this cache is not visible by default, and you cannot see what items are stored in it. This problem can be solved with a freeware that lets you browse through your Opera browser cache.

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Yahoo has also joined the web analytics bandwagon now. After acquiring IndexTools, they have given birth to Yahoo! Web Analytics.

Yahoo! Web Analytics is an enterprise site analytics tool that provides real-time insight into visitor behavior on your website. Using its powerful tools and dashboard widgets, online marketers and website designers can enhance the visitor experience, increase sales and reduce marketing costs.

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