Screenr: Screen Recordings, Easy to Make, Easy to Share

home1If you ever need to make a quick video capture of your screen but don’t want the hassle of having to install any software or upload the video anywhere to share it, Screenr might be a god-send. Screenr allows you to capture screencasts and share them easily, being especially designed for Twitter integration.
[Editor's note: this post was written by Freewaregenius contributor Jason H. Check out his tech blog: 404TechSupport.com].

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DefaultPrograms: a handy tool for working with file types and extensions

DefaultPrograms Main Page ScreenshotDefaultPrograms is a small, free utility that can manage and edit the way windows works with filetypes, such as editing their context menu items, their icons, description, and the associated file type for an extension. For Vista and Windows Seven it can also manage and edit autoplay handlers, as well as edit, add, or remove the default registered programs associated with file types.

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Windows Surface Scanner: check for bad sectors on your hard disk

Surface Scanner ScreenshotWindows Surface Scanner is a free, fast utility that scans your hard drive(s) for physical errors. It will examine each sector on your hard drive for read errors and reports them if found. It is purely diagnostic and will not fix or “mark” bad sectors or recover data.

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PeerBlock: avoid detection when downloading from torrent or p2p networks

Peerblock ScreenshotPeerBlock is an open source IP filtering application partially based on the PeerGuardian code. It is designed to prevent your computer from making undesirable connections, such as to machines flagged for anti p2p activities, corporations, governments, etc. This can significantly decrease your chances of being detected when downloading from p2p or Torrent networks, or of contracting malware/spyware from known sources. PeerBlock is available in portable form and works with all versions of Windows (including XP, Vista, Seven).

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Free Stock Ticker: display a real time stock ticker on your desktop

Free Stocks Ticker ScreenshotFree Stock Ticker is a free, small app designed to display stock ticker(s) on your desktop, as well as stock related headlines as hovering tooltips. It can also display regular RSS feeds or a combination of both.

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