Noteworthy Shareware turned Freeware in March 2011
Every month I try to find and present a handful of noteworthy software titles that used to be payware but have been released as freeware. This month’s installment is as follows: HWiNFO, Spider Player, Spicy Guitar, Rising Security Software, A Form Filler, and Kidlogger PRO. Note (1) that this is not an endorsement nor a review [...]
Optimize PDF’s for reading on your Kindle 3: crop then (optionally) convert to AZW
If you have a Kindle 3 (the one with the 6″ screen) chances are that you love it, as I do. Except that reading most PDF ebooks and documents on Kindle 3 is rather annoying and can be downright impossible, with unreadable, miniscule text and lots of wasted white space in the margins. This is [...]
Check out DonationCoder’s 6th anniversary celebration
DonationCoder, as you may know, is one of the most vibrant communities on the net where software enthusiasts can interact with coders, and where a lot of interesting free software is born as a result. Their 6th anniversary fundraiser is a month-long event, and every day this month they have come up with new, fresh [...]
TIPP10: become an expert touch typist with this free typing tutor app
If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to touch-type then you’re in luck; TIPP10 is a free typing tutor software for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It offers a complete set of lessons that can transform you from a beginner to an expert touch typist. TIPP10 supports the English and German languages (as of this writing), [...]
GPDF2SWF: convert and publish PDF documents as flash SWF
If you’ve ever wanted to publish a PDF in SWF (flash) form then read on: GPDF2SWF is a free tool that can do this very easily. GPDF2SWF is the graphical user interface for a tool called PDF2SWF, and is part of SWFTOOLS, a collection of SWF related command line executables. This program can load up [...]
RidNacs: a folder size visualization app that integrates into Windows Explorer
RidNacs is a free disk space analysis tool that produces charts to visually represent the size that your files and folders occupy on your hard drive. But the reason this software caught my attention, and the reason I am posting it here, is that RidNacs offers Windows Explorer right click integration, enabling you to right [...]
