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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Double Vision: watch web video while you work
June 18, 2009 – 9:02 am | 8 Comments

DoubleVision ScreenshotDouble Vision is a freeware program designed for viewing web video (such as YouTube, Netflix, and Fancast) while you work, by providing a semi-transparent player that shows through all other windows and programs that are visible on your desktop.

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Freewaregenius’ clickmaps analysis
June 15, 2009 – 7:46 pm | 16 Comments

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I recently used created clickmaps of my new Freewaregenius theme in order to shed light on what people were doing on my site. The results were very interesting to me and, I would imagine, they would be interesting to a lot of readers, especially those who have their own sites or blogs. I therefore created this post to share these clickmaps as well as some of the insights that came out of them.

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First Impression: a lightweight image viewer (with no visible interface)
June 12, 2009 – 9:10 am | 12 Comments

first impression screenshot3First Impression is a free, lightweight image viewing app that is geared towards utilizing as much of the screen’s real estate as possible for image display without cluttering it with the viewer’s own interface. It manages to do so while providing a nice set of functions, but what I really like about this program is that images are displayed on screen as draggable objects (similar to previously mentioned Vjpeg).

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KDE Window Resizer: move and resize windows from anywhere, in the style of KDE Linux
June 10, 2009 – 11:31 pm | 7 Comments

KDE Window Resizer screenshotKDE Window Resizer is a free portable app that brings to XP and Vista the window moving and resizing functionality found in the KDE Linux environment. It allows you to press ALT and move your windows by left-clicking and dragging from anywhere, without having to click on the title bar, and to resize by right clicking and dragging, without needing to grab the edges. Moving a window so its edge is offscreen and following it by a right mouse-click will conveniently snap your window to the edge of the screen.

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Numpty Physics: a crayon-drawing physics game
June 9, 2009 – 12:40 am | 3 Comments

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Numpty Physics is a free, multiplatform physics game where the user has to draw objects that interact with the game environment in order to solve puzzles.

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WinCDEmu: mount disk/ISO images by double-clicking them in Windows explorer
June 6, 2009 – 8:46 am | 26 Comments

WinCDEmu Screenshot2WinCDEmu is a free, open source program that can mount disk images (.ISO, .IMG, .CUE, .BIN and .RAW) into virtual CD or DVD drives. It works invisibly without a user interface, and simply allows the user to double click on an image file to mount a CD/DVD image into a virtual drive, and to right-click “eject” to unmount.

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Postbox: a Facelift (and More!) for Thunderbird
June 4, 2009 – 10:52 pm | 14 Comments

postbox_aboutI’ve been busy preparing for a transition of many co-workers to a Microsoft Exchange service lately. Until that migration occurs, we use a web interface and/or Thunderbird to interact with the IMAP mail server. For context, I am a big fan of Thunderbird and prefer it over other similar desktop clients. Much of my time recently has been spent figuring out Outlook instead of using Thunderbird and keeping my ear to the ground for related mail applications. That being said, I still managed to catch Postbox in the beta stage and I have to say I’m quite impressed with the modifications they’ve made over Thunderbird.

[Editor’s note: this review was written by Freewaregenius contributor Jason H. Check out his tech blog: 404techsupport.com].

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JPEG to PDF: convert JPGs to PDFs quickly and easily
June 4, 2009 – 9:10 am | 10 Comments

JPEG to PDF screenshotJPEG to PDF is a free program that can convert JPG images into a PDF file (or multiple PDF files) quickly and easily. It is a small, portable program that does not require installation.

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Hulu Desktop: high quality, browser-free videos optimized for a “Media Center” style experience
June 3, 2009 – 12:58 am | 8 Comments

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Hulu desktop is a free desktop client for Windows and Mac that connects to the Hulu service and plays Hulu videos and programs within a sleek, feature-rich interface, without the need for an internet browser. It features a spectacular look-and-feel, high-definition video, and offers the ability to resume partially watched shows. It also supports standard Windows Media Center or Apple IR remote controls.

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Volvo The Game: race Volvo’s S60 Concept car in this free simulator
May 30, 2009 – 4:26 pm | 8 Comments

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Volvo The Game is a free 3D driving simulator featuring the Volvo S60 Concept car. It also features virtual recreations of two racetracks, the “Eco Drive Arena” in Gothenburg, Sweden, and the Chayka race track in Kiew, Ukraine. Game modes include competing against computer controlled opponents as well as best lap-times against yourself or against players from around the world through internet multiplayer.

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Twingly Screensaver: visualize the blogosphere in real time
May 29, 2009 – 3:22 pm | One Comment

Twingly Screensaver ScreenshotThe Twingly screensaver is a free screensaver that displays blog postings visually on a representation of the globe in real time as they are published on the internet.

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