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Windows: Portable Software Bundle
PortableApps.com provides a truly open platform that works with any hardware you like (USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive, etc). It’s open source built around an open format that any hardware vendor or software developer can use.
PortableApps.com Suite™ is a complete collection of portable apps including a web browser, email client, office suite, […]
Microsoft Web Platform Installer
The Web Platform Installer Beta (Web PI) provides a single, free package for installing and configuring Microsoft’s entire Web Platform, including IIS7, Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition, SQL Server 2008 Express Edition and the .NET Framework. Using the Web Platform Installer’s simple user interface, you can select specific components or install the entire Microsoft […]
Run Linux LiveCD on Windows
MobaLiveCD is a freeware that will run your Linux LiveCD on Windows thanks to the excellent emulator called “Qemu“.MobaLiveCD allows you to test your LiveCD with a single click : after downloading the ISO image file of your favorite LiveCD, you just have to start it in MobaLiveCD and here you are, without the need […]
Free Real Estate Software
If you are looking for software that is straight-forward, flexible and easy to learn, Jade Property Suite could be the answer for your real estate agency.
Standalone or networked
Desktop database with easy search and fast data entry
Manage your real estate listings, contacts and enquiries
Publish your property listings to your website
Create personalized emails with full-color details
Print flyers, […]
Run Non-Unicode Applications on Unicode (UTF-16) based Windows XP
Need to run legacy (code-page based) applications on your Windows XP or Server 2003, but don’t want to change the system locale? Here’s a new utility that saves you a reboot: introducing the Microsoft AppLocale utility!
The Microsoft AppLocale (or Application Locale) utility is a temporary solution to these limitations caused by non-Unicode applications running on […]
Organize Muzic with MediaMonkey
Manage a music library from 100 to 50,000+ audio files and playlists*; whether Rock, Classical, Audiobooks, or Podcasts; whether they’re located on your hard drive, CDs, or a network. Organize, browse, or search music by Genre, Artist, Year, Rating, etc., and never waste your time trying to find mp3s you know you have.
MediaMonkey is the […]
Windows: Tabbify Your Applications
WinTabber can add tabs to many windows. A tabbed browser ,tabbed putty , tabbed terminal or tabbed shell, tabbed anything. Multi tab your windows in seconds. A terminal or shell with tabs work faster and efficiently! Having multiple windows as tabs will give a better overview of your windows than before. Also having multiple ssh […]
Password Minder Utility
Password Minder is an utility for securely managing, generating, and retrieving passwords on your machine. Protected by a central password, this utility simplifies using good passwords in all websites and applications that require them.
Windows: Hide Your Applications
WinBoss let you hide running applications quickly so that other people will not notice of what you are doing recently. With a simple keyboard combination that you can set (by default it would be ctrl-x) the selected application will dissapear, including from the taskbar, Alt-Tab and the running application list in the Windows Task manager.
To […]
Windows: Tuning Your O/S for Better Performance
In TweakNow WinSecret,the most popular Windows XP/Vista registry settings are provided for you in an easy and safe user interface. All settings are divided in the following sections:
Applications
Control Panel
Desktop
Miscellaneous
Network & Internet
OEM Info
Special Folders
Start Menu
User Accounts
Windows Core
Windows Explorer
RegToy is a free collection of useful utilities : tweaking, window manager, shell context menu extension, disk cleaner, […]
Easy Cut and Paste using PureText
Have you ever copied some text from a web page or a document and then wanted to paste it as simple text into another application without getting all the formatting from the original source?
PureText makes this simple by adding a new Windows hot-key (default is WINDOWS+V) that allows you to paste text to any […]
SysInternas - Desktops for Virtual Desktops
This is a small and handy tools.
Desktops allows you to organize your applications on up to four virtual desktops. Read email on one, browse the web on the second, and do work in your productivity software on the third, without the clutter of the windows you’re not using. After you configure hotkeys for switching desktops, […]
Apache, MySQL and PHP Software Bundle
Here are the software that bundles at least AMP (Apache Web Server, MySQL, and PHP) and other utilities like PHPMyAdmin which free you from the hassles of setting up each individual components
WampServer is a Windows web development environment. It allows you to create web applications with Apache, PHP and the MySQL database. It also comes […]
Protect Computer from Malware
SafeSpace eliminates the problem of malware by creating a secure barrier between your computer and the internet, protecting you and your personal information against known and unknown malware threats. SafeSpace isolates internet facing applications in a virtual sandbox, which protects your system files and settings from unwanted changes, and blocks unauthorized access to your […]
Improve Web Browser using Google Gears
Gears is an open source project that enables more powerful web applications, by adding new features to your web browser:
Let web applications interact naturally with your desktop
Store data locally in a fully-searchable database
Run JavaScript in the background to improve performance
Windows: Speed up Your Internet Connection
SG TCP Optimizer
SG TCP Optimizer is a free, easy Windows program that provides an intuitive interface for tuning and optimizing your Internet connection. There is no installation required, just download and run.
The program can aid both the novice and the advanced user in tweaking related TCP/IP parameters in the Windows Registry, making it easy […]
Serial and Parallel Port Monitoring
This is a useful utility that I used to monitor serial port activity. If you are programming with hardware devices which communicate through serial port, e.g. for your mobile phones, then you should get this small and useful utility.
Portmon is a utility that monitors and displays all serial and parallel port activity on a system. […]
Free PDF Tools
doPDF is a free PDF converter for both personal and commercial use. Using doPDF you can create PDF files by selecting the “Print” command from virtually any application. With one click you can convert your Microsoft Excel, Word or PowerPoint documents or your emails and favorite web sites to PDF files.
CutePDF Writer (formerly CutePDF Printer) […]
Java: Structural Analysis using SA4J
This is a good tool to perform analysis on your Java application.
As quoted from the website, Structural Analysis for JavaTM (SA4J) is a technology that analyzes structural dependencies of Java applications in order to measure their stability. It detects structural “anti-patterns” (suspicious design elements) and provides dependency web browsing for detailed exploration of anti-patterns in […]
Woopra - An Alternative to Google Analytics
If you are using Google Analytics, you can try Woopra.
Woopra is a real-time Web tracking and analysis application. It features
Live Tracking and Web Statistics
Rich User Interface
Real-time Analytics
Manage Multiple Blogs and Websites
Deep Analytic and Search Capabilities
Click-to-Chat
Visitor and Member Tagging
Real Time Notifications
Easy Installation and Update Notification