Forty-Three of The Best Free Windows Enhancements That You Should Know About
June 23, 2009 – 8:52 am | 71 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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August 25, 2008 – 4:26 pm | 5 Comments
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You might have noticed that I’ve not been able to post for a few days. The company I work for flew everyone in the office from Seattle to NYC for a company function on Thursday, and it was an opportunity to take my wife and kids along for a long weekend in the big city.

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WinExt: a horizontal docking launcher for all your apps, files, and folders
August 18, 2008 – 9:18 pm | 15 Comments

WinExt ScreenshotWinExt is a free horizontal bar docked to the top or bottom of your screen that can give access to your files, folders, and programs as cascading menus or as shortcuts placed on the bar itself. It also offers an optional “infobar” with status indicators for CPU, memory, battery, and hard disk drive usage.

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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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Phlox: use “f2″ in XP to rename files without overwriting file extensions
August 15, 2008 – 7:25 am | 14 Comments

Phlox ScreenshotPhlox is a small program for Windows XP that runs in the background and tweaks the "f2" button when used to rename a file in Windows XP, such as to select only the file name without the extension (similar to Windows Vista).

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Favthumbs: browse del.icio.us bookmarks as thumbnails or 3D thumbnail carousel
August 12, 2008 – 10:27 pm | 6 Comments

favthumbs screenshotFavthumbs is a web service that can show del.icio.us bookmarks from any public account as thumbnails or iTunes-style carousel display.

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Png2swf: convert PNG images to flash SWF files
August 12, 2008 – 5:52 am | 15 Comments

png2swf screenshotPng2swf is a free program that can convert PNG files into an animated flash SWF file. It can process a number of PNG images serially into a SWF file or otherwise batch-create SWF files out of individual PNGs.

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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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taskTome: a competent and intuitive task organizer
August 9, 2008 – 3:48 am | 13 Comments

tasktome screenshot: monthly plannertaskTome is a personal information manager that comprises a monthly planner, task list, notes module, and a money-management module. It offers a good set of well-thought-out features while maintaining a clean, intuitive interface.

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DExpose: a stylish, Mac-like application switcher
August 8, 2008 – 4:29 am | 10 Comments

DExpose ScreenshotDExpose is a replacement for the Alt+Tab application switching funcitonality that emulates the Mac Expose window-stacking style.

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Minimem: reduce the memory footprint of individual programs on demand
August 7, 2008 – 10:59 am | 21 Comments

minimem before and afterMinimem is a free program designed to reduce the memory footprint of individual applications selected by the user. It runs in the background and will handle as many processes as requested.

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Debut Video Capture: video-record screen activity and/or capture video from external devices
August 5, 2008 – 9:05 pm | 13 Comments

Debut ScreenshotDebut Video Capture is a free video recording software that can capture video and audio from any USB device, and can also record anything that is displayed on-screen such as a video that is playing or a user’s visible on-screen activity. Supports a wide variety of output formats and encoders.

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