Forty-Three of The Best Free Windows Enhancements That You Should Know About
June 23, 2009 – 8:52 am | 81 Comments

There is an impressive range of excellent freeware Windows enhancements and tweaks. This posting will present forty three excellent additions to Windows that you will like.

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exTray: iTunes plugin displays album art on your desktop
November 15, 2008 – 9:09 pm | 4 Comments

exTray screenshot ExTray is a free iTunes plugin that brings pop-up album art, track information, and iTunes controls to the tray menu. It also optionally provides iTunes and volume controls via keyboard hotkeys, and provides a function whereby you could export your track ratings, playcounts, and last play dates and import them into another machine.

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DVDnextCOPY iTurns Manager: create DRMS free copies of your iTunes songs
October 28, 2008 – 4:59 am | 12 Comments

DVDneXTCOPY iTurns Manager ScreenshotDVDnextCOPY iTurns Manager is a free program that can convert iTunes DRMS protected tracks to normal unprotected MP3s. It installs a virtual CD-writer driver and takes advantage of the option to burn tracks to CD in iTunes in order to capture and re-encode protected audio files to normal MP3s.

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Mp3splt-gtk: powerful MP3 and OGG file splitting utility
October 15, 2008 – 4:29 am | 10 Comments

mp3splt-gtk screenshotMp3splt-gtk is a free multi-platform tool that can split large MP3 or OGG files without re-encoding. It offers a number of different ways to do this, including autodetecting silences, using a a local CDDB or CUE file, and downloading album and track length info from freedb.org . Other options include splitting by fixed time segments and unwrapping Albumwrap or MP3wrap files.

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3RVX: stylish, hotkey-enabled volume control
October 2, 2008 – 8:37 pm | 31 Comments

3RVX Screenshot3RVX is a free program that offers volume control through hotkey and/or middle mouse wheel combinations. It also visually represents the volume levels and volume changes on-screen and in the program’s system tray icon.

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OSD Mute: displays Mute status on the desktop
September 24, 2008 – 8:11 pm | 12 Comments

OSD-mute ScreenshotOSD-Mute is a tiny free app that displays a semi-transparent “Mute On” message on your desktop whenever the system volume is muted.

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Stitcher: one stop-shop news podcasts radio
August 16, 2008 – 7:33 am | 2 Comments

Stitcher screenshotStitcher is a web service that brings together a number of internet radio news podcasts, creates virtual stations by topic, and allows users to customize stations and bookmark favorites, etc. Stitcher is also available on the iPhone.

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Totally free burner: simple yet powerful CD/DVD burning
August 11, 2008 – 10:14 pm | 33 Comments

Totally Free Burner Screenshot1Totally Free Burner is a CD/DVD burner with a nice, minimalistic interface and an excellent range of features.

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Xrecode: a powerful audio converter with innovative features
July 16, 2008 – 10:22 pm | 14 Comments

Xrecode Screenshot3Xrecode is a free audio file conversion program that supports a wide range of formats. It can also perform CUE splitting of audio files as well as an experimental feature that detects automatically silences to split a large audio file. Xrecode is optimized for converting multiple files in parallel in systems with muli-core CPUs.

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ATunes: get a sophisticated mp3 player with Last.fm integration
June 18, 2008 – 6:21 am | 7 Comments

ATunes ScreenshotATunes is an open source program that combines a powerful, full-featured music player with a Last.fm-powered recommendation engine. Available features include CD ripping, internet radio, audio podcasts, smart playlists, support for portable audio devices, and others.

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Album Art Downloader XUI: batch-download missing album art
June 12, 2008 – 6:15 am | 10 Comments

Album Art Downloader ScreenshotAlbum Art Downloader XUI is a free program that can download and save album art into your music folders. It is designed to scan your albums for missing album art and perform simultaneous multiple searches in batch. It also offers shell integration for quick album art lookups on the folder level.

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OpenPandora: put Pandora on your desktop
June 9, 2008 – 11:28 pm | 7 Comments

openpandora screenshot3OpenPandora is an open source local client the delivers the Pandora online music service right to your desktop. It allows you to interact with Pandora from the main program dialog or from the tray icon.

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VolumeTouch: control system volume with the mouse (or hotkeys)
June 6, 2008 – 1:43 am | 15 Comments

VolumeTouch screenshotVolumeTouch gives quick control over your PC’s volume by using a combination of hotkeys and the mouse or arrow keys.

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