Posted by Samer on August 1, 2011 in Audio, Audio Streaming, Internet Radio, Music Sharing, Social Media, Web Apps, Web2.0 |
Another app that proves that our local music and the music we listen to online are becoming one and the same. GrooveWalrus is a free music desktop client that connects to your Last.fm and Grooveshark accounts and provides instant access to these on the desktop.
But GrooveWalrus can also scan your local music collection and let you create playlists that combine local tracks, tracks from Last.fm and Grooveshark into a single playlist. It will, for example, display Last.fm information, such as artists biographies and album art, for tracks that reside on your hard drive.
GrooveWalrus is built on a plugin architecture, with a host of plugins available that extend its functionality (e.g. a Lyrics plugin, a web remote plugin that can serve your music over the web, and a host of others). GrooveWalrus is multiplatform (Windows/Linux). Continue reading ..
Posted by Samer on July 30, 2011 in News, Shareware Turned Freeware, Software Updates |
A very interesting batch of programs this month; quality not quantity:
- Multi Commander: a powerful dual pane file management program
- Gimpel 3D: converts 2D images or frame sequences into stereoscopic 3D
- AmazingMIDI: converts WAV music to MIDI
You can find a listing of previous Shareware turned freeware posts here. Continue reading ..
Posted by Samer on July 29, 2011 in Desktop Customization, Launchers, Utilities, Windows Enhancements | Tagged Windows Enhancements |
Gizmo Toolbar is a free toolbar app that can provide multiple docking toolbar launchers on your desktop.
The software two main launcher styles, slab (with icons laid out on a rectangular shape and carousel (laid out of a circular shape), and offers a very high degree of customization: color, size, opacity placement on screen, keyboard hotkey, behavior, etc. And while this makes it very powerful software it also can make the creation of a simple toolbar a rather complicated affair. Luckily, Gizmo Toolbar offers a one-stop-shop “toolbar gallery” that users can choose from, as well as a wizard to make setup more user friendly. Continue reading ..
Posted by Samer on July 25, 2011 in Android, Best of, Freewaregenius Picks, iPhone / iPad, Productivity & Applications, Task Management / to-do |
Let’s face it: not only is the internet everywhere, but computers are now in everyone’s pocket. So it doesn’t really make sense to manage your tasks and to-do’s on a desktop, because your smartphone is just oh-so convenient for accessing your tasks and information right when you actually need to. And oh so convenient for adding new tasks on-the-fly, before they slip out of your mind.
Wunderlist is a free task management software that can be used on a PC, iOS or Android device, or on a web browser. It stores user data in the in the cloud, and has a simple and accessible interface that nonetheless manages to provides considerable depth and functionality, such as sharing/collaborating with other Wunderlist users and publishing tasks online.
As of this writing, Wunderlist Supports Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android. It can also be accessed via a web app. Continue reading ..
Posted by Samer on July 24, 2011 in CD / DVD apps, DVD Utils, Free GiveAway, News, Utilities, Video, Video Conversion |
If you need a software that can backup your DVDs, remove all known copy protections, and/or save DVD tracks as video files that can be played on your PC or handheld device then check out BDlot DVD Clone Ultimate V2.
This software is being given away 100% free till Aug 1st 2011. Find the download link and registration code at the bottom of this posting. Continue reading ..
Posted by Samer on July 23, 2011 in Desktop Search, File Management, Utilities |
Do the words “lightning fast desktop search” seem like a great thing to you? If so, then read on.
But first, a bit of context; visit my “Freeware Top 30” page and you will see that the first program on the list is a desktop search program called “Everything”. This is because it provides lightning fast search that is as close to real time as can be, owing to the fact that it uses the raw Master File Table of the NTFS drive to create it’s index rather than physically scanning the hard drive.
“Quick Search” is based on the exact same concept; it does, however, introduce a few changes in interface and filtering that are very attractive. Continue reading ..
