Portable CD/DVD Burning with InfraRecorder
PortableApps.com has always helped me carry my digital life where I want in the form of a tiny USB drive or now I also use my 16GB Nokia N96 for this purpose.
Yesterday, while going through the site, I found an interesting open-source application that has been made portable and lets users burn CD/DVDs on the go where ever they want.
How to Remove Kaspersky Softwares
by Haris on October 22, 2008
in Freewares, Tips and Tricks, Tools
Normally we uninstall programs and softwares from the Add/Remove Programs utitlity which comes built in with Windows Control Panel.
But unfortunately, when uninstalling Kaspersky products i.e. Kaspersky Internet Security, Kaspersky Anti-Virus it leaves some files on the computer and is not completely uninstalled. But you can remove it completely by using this free tool by Kaspersky Labs.
Convert Videos with Any Video Converter
Any Video Converter is a free professional video converter which can convert video files between various formats with fast conversion speed while retaining the video quality at its best.
It can convert almost all video formats including DivX, XviD, MOV, rm, rmvb, MPEG, VOB, DVD, WMV, AVI to MPEG-I, MPEG-I, DVD NTSC , DVD PAL, Flash for Video (FLV), AVI Video and customized WMV movie formats.
Tweak and Optimize Firefox 3, Download FireTune
by Haris on October 20, 2008
in Firefox, Freewares, Tips and Tricks, Tools
Firefox 3 is very fast itself, but there’s always room for improvement and you can tweak and optimize it for best performance and speed.
Firefox settings are usually tweaked by manually changing the values in about:config (type this in the address bar). But since it’s not that easy for everyone, I have found a nice freeware which lets you optimize Firefox according to your computer speed and internet connection speed.
Boost Memory with MZ RAM Booster
We all know that RAM is the most important component after the CPU. The higher it will be, the faster your PC will work. And regularly optimizations is also needed for it to give you the best performance.
Mz Ram Booster is a freeware that can boost your RAM for better performance, without having you to spend on hardware tweaks and expensive applications.
Protect your Laptop with Laptop Alarm
by Haris on October 18, 2008
in Freewares, Technology, Tools
We all know leaving our laptops alone in public areas is not a wise thing to do. But you can’t always carry it everywhere. For instance, if you need to go the the bathroom while in a shopping mall, you can’t take your laptop with you.
Laptop Alarm is a very interesting freeware that sounds an alarm whenever someone tries to steal your laptop.
Extract Multiple Archives Easily with ExtractNow
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.
Convert Office 2007 DOCX to HTML
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?
MessengerDiscovery Beta for Live Messenger 9
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.
