Articles by Samer Kurdi
Satsuki Decoder Pack auto-installs a collection of media decoders and filters on your system. It will allow you to view or open almost any media file or DVD using the enclosed Windows Media Player Classic or from within any other application. In order to avoid conflicts and clutter this pack does not include codecs, only decoders and filters.
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XNeat Clipboard Manager is a free clipboard manager program that allows you to maintain a history clipped text, files, and folders and to use these to perform a number of useful functions, including pasting historical items, searching for clipped text in Google, translating clipped text, making clipped items “permanent” (sticky) for later use, and a number of other functions.
Circle Dock is a free, customizable launcher in the shape of a circular dock that can grant instant access to your favorite programs, files, or folders.
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Gbridge is a free software that can connect multiple computers. It forms a VPN between multiple computers and provides remote computer access, folder synchronization, automatic folder backup, remote computer control and/or screen sharing, and chat. Gbridge can use Google’s Gtalk network to connect remote PCs and requires Gtalk (Gmail) accounts.
Folder View is a free utility that provides access to your favorite folders in multiple locations on your machine, including the toolbar of any open folder, the system tray, the windows open/save dialog, the left/side placesbar on the open save dialog and from a shortcut on your desktop. It also installs two context menu entries that make it easy to move or copy files to your favorite folders or alternately to quickly add folders to your list of folder favorites.
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Gunroar is a frantic, free horizontally scrolling 360-degree shoot em up featuring colorful vector-style graphics. It employs an interesting gameplay innovation where the user can decide on the pace and speed of their experience as they play the game. Gunroar also offers multiple modes of play to choose from that provide very different playing experiences, including mouse, keyboard, and double-play.
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SwWeek is a small free program whose sole function is to display the current calendar week number in the system tray.
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Open Target Shell Extension installs an entry in the windows context menu that appears whenever you right-click a shortcut and functions to quickly open the original folder that the shortcut is pointing to. It is equivalent to right clicking a shorcut > properties > find target in Windows XP.
Interclue is a free Firefox extension that displays information whenever you hover on a link in Firefox, including a visual preview of what the linked page contains, extra information and action buttons, and warnings about dead links, malware, and/or phishing sites.
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RichFLV is a free Adobe Air tool that performs a number of operations on FLV video files, including merging files, extracting sections from larger FLVs, exporting audio as FLV or MP3, converting to SWF, extracting individual frames to image files, and defining cue-points and metadata. Operations can be performed on the whole video or user-defined sub-sections.
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“Can You Run It?” from system requirements lab is a free web service that compares your PC specs against a large, constantly updated database of games and can tell you whether your computer is sufficient to run any game that you are interested in. It can also give you a breakdown of individual components and tell you exactly where your computer stands in relation to the recommended and preferred specs and what areas or components to change or upgrade.
Duplicate Cleaner is a free program that identifies duplicate files in user-specified folder by matching file content (i.e. calculating the unique CRC32 value for files), file name, date, size, or any combination thereof. It also provides a range of sophisticated tools to select and/or view the resulting file list and to move, delete, or clone (hardlink) the duplicate files.
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