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Launchy 2.12 License: Open Source File Size:: 3.87 MB Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Linux Screenshots: http://www.launchy.net/#screenshots HomePage: http://www.launchy.net/ Launchy Key Stroke Launcher Launchy is a free windows and linux utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager. Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes! Josh Karlin , Developer

aMSN IM client File Size: 7.9 MB (Installer) License: Open Source Operating Systems: Windows95, WIndows XP, Windows Vista, Linux, Mac Os HomePage: http://www.amsn-project.net/index.php Screenshots: http://www.amsn-project.net/screenshots.php aMSN is an free open source MSN Messenger clone, featuring: » Offline Messaging » Voice Clips » A New Login Window & Contact List (As of 0.97) » Display pictures » Custom emoticons » Multi-language support (around 40 languages currently supported) » Sign in to more than one account at once » File transfers » Group support » Normal, and animated emoticons with sounds » Chat logs …

Sumatra PDF is a light-weight PDF viewer for Windows. It weighs in at less than just a megabyte and uses very little memory. It is very fast and opens PDF files instantly. A great alternative to Adobe Acrobat. Version 0.9.1 was recently released. It is free open-source software (GNU General Public License).

Linux Multi Media Studio 0.4.0 Beta2 License: Open Source Operating System: LInux Requirements: Essential * Qt 3.x (multithreaded!) At least one of the following: * ALSA-lib, JACK or SDL * SDL_sound, libvorbis or libsndfile Optional but strongly recommended: * libsamplerate * WINE * Stk Wiki: http://lmms.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Screenshots: http://lmms.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php HomePage: http://lmms.sourceforge.net/home.php What is LMMS? LMMS aims to be a free alternative to popular (but commercial and closed- source) programs like FruityLoops/FL Studio, Cubase and Logic all…

FastStone Image Viewer 3.6 Beta 2 File Size: 4.08 MB License: Freeware Operating Systems: Windows All HomePage: http://www.faststone.org/index.htm FastStone Image Viewer is a fast, stable, user-friendly image browser, converter and editor. It has a nice array of features that include image viewing, management, comparison, red-eye removal, emailing, resizing, cropping and color adjustments. Its innovative but intuitive full-screen mode provides quick access to EXIF information, thumbnail browser and major functionalities via hidden toolbars that pop up when your mouse touches the four edges of the screen. Other features include a high quality magnifier …

CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. CCleaner can also clean very quickly, usually taking about ten seconds to run. Changes: Optimized startup and closing of application. Improved Registry cleaning on 64-bit OS. Improved memory usage on Windows Vista. Added System Tray icon status. Internal refactoring of code for efficiency. Improved Uninstall Tool accuracy with MSI installers. Fixed bug in Uninstall Tool on 64-bit OS. Fixed bug in INI file …

SUPERAntiSpyware is an anti-spyware program that is known for taking care of a majority of malware that most other scanners miss. Besides protecting the browser's home page, it can repair more than 20 other settings that malware change to reduce a system's security. These include restoring the security settings for the Internet Explorer Internet Zone, restoring the normal Windows Explorer Shell, and restoring access to the Windows Task Manager. Changes: Enhanced diagnostic interface and submissions Resolved rare issue where update would not be allowed if interface was open Resolved/Improved various interface issues/text Over 50 technology additions to the scanning engine…

Pidgin (formerly Gaim) is a multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows. It is compatible with AIM and ICQ (Oscar protocol), MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, and Zephyr networks. Gaim users can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on AOL Instant Messenger, talking to a friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at the same time. Pidgin supports many features of the various networks, such as file transfer, away messages, and typing notification. It also goes beyond that and…

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is a full-blown anti-malware program that has recently left the labs and can be considered the next step in the detection and removal of malware. Malwarebytes Team put together a host of new technologies that were specially designed to quickly detect, deter and destroy any malware that could reside in your computer. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware monitors every process and actually stops malicious processes before they even start. It uses an impressive technology that is in fact a completely novel way of heuristic scanning and it is the teams response to the increasingly complex malware threats. And, as they did with Malwarebytes' RogueRemover we…

Microsoft Visual Studio is the main Integrated Development Environment (IDE) from Microsoft. It can be used to develop console and Graphical user interface applications along with Windows Forms applications, web sites, web applications, and web services in both native code as well as managed code for all platforms supported by Microsoft Windows, Windows Mobile, .NET Framework, .NET Compact Framework and Microsoft Silverlight. Visual Studio includes a code editor supporting IntelliSense as well as code refactoring. The integrated debugger works both as a source-level debugger and a machine-level debugger. Other built-in tools include a forms designer for building GUI ap…

The Microsoft .NET Framework is a software technology that is available with several Microsoft Windows operating systems. It includes a large library of pre-coded solutions to common programming problems, a runtime or virtual machine that manages the execution of programs written specifically for the framework, and a set of tools for configuring and building applications. The .NET Framework is a key Microsoft offering and is intended to be used by most new applications created for the Windows platform. Download: Web Installer | Redistributable Homepage: Microsoft .NET Link: Lunarsoft

FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) client with lots of useful features and an intuitive interface. Some of the useful features include drag and drop support, filename filters, network configuration wizard, powerful site manager, transfer queue, and it even supports resume and transfer of files larger than 4GB. When FileZilla v3 was released a built in updater was introduced. This allowed users to update their FileZilla Client faster and easier. Included are options to check for nightly and beta builds of the FileZilla Client. Changes: Save filter toggle state MSW: Display drive labels…

TheSage's English Dictionary and Thesaurus 3.0.16.1718 RC1 beta License: Freeware File Size: 16,790 KB Operating Systems: Windows Vista/X Screenshots: http://www.sequencepublishing.com/thesage.html#screenshots HomePage: http://www.sequencepublishing.com/thesage.html Feature List Well Beyond Traditional Dictionaries TheSage allows you to look up words directly from most applications, offering multiple detailed definitions each coupled with its own thesaurus. Some of the most interesting characteristics of TheSage are: Features Comprehensive Dictionary Over 145,000 references with multiple detailed definitions (over 200,000) Complete Th…

Juice 2.1 License: Open Source File Size: 6,440 KB Operating Systems: Windows2000,WindowsXP HomePage: http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/index.php Screenshots: http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/screenshots/index.php Other Versions Available: for Mac OS 10.3 or higher, http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading...mirror=internap , GNU/Linux variant of Juice http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/linux/index.php Version 2.1 offers numerous new improvements: * In response to user voting on the ipodder-dev mailinglist, one-click subscription support has been enabled * Ability to synch subscriptions to remote OPML files (works with feedmanage…

FreeRIP File Size: 1.8MB License: Freeware Requirements: Windows (All) Home Page: http://www.freerip.com/ The latest version of the program features some long overdue enhancements. Chief among them is the inclusion of the WMA format, and it's hard to believe it wasn't included before. FreeRip also supports WAV, MP3, Vorbis, and FLAC. Other features include multitrack ripping and an option to use the program as an audio-file converter. The options menu is extensive and will appeal to any advanced user, since it makes most manners of customization a cinch. FreeRIP Is a Windows applicationthat lets you extract audio CD tracks and save them to Wav, MP3, WMA, Ogg…

PeaZip 2.2 License: Open Source File Size: 3.55 MB Operating Systems: All 32-bit MS Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP), All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like OSes), OS Portable (Source code to work with many OS platforms) HomePage: http://www.peazip.org/ Screenshots: http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots...group_id=178996 Project: http://sourceforge.net/projects/peazip/ PeaZip Offers Flexibility PeaZip can deploy fast compression in ZIP and TAR.GZ formats, or very efficient speed / high compression ratio tradeoff in 7Z, BZ or ARC formats, or even highest levels of compression using PAQ family algorithms. For any use PeaZip will help you in finding the better to…

Movable Type 4.12 License: Open Source File SIze: 4.2 MB Operating Systems: Mac OS X, Windows XP/2003Server, 1GHz CPU, 512MB RAM, 100MB disk space HomePage: http://www.movabletype.com/ Screenshots: http://movabletype.org/screenshots/ Download: http://www.movabletype.org/download.html Powerful enough for building blogs, websites or social networks on a single platform It's easier than ever to publish and share information with Movable Type. Movable Type makes it simple to start a blog, manage entire websites and build an engaged community of readers and customers. Build Custom Blogs and Websites * Create the site you want. Build intera…

Spicebird beta 0.4 License: Open Source File Size: 8.04 MB HomePage: http://www.spicebird.com/ Screenshots: http://www.spicebird.com/en-US/spicebird/screenshots Spicebird is an free and open source collaboration client from Synovel. It simplifies communication for users by providing integrated access to the various tools of collaboration in a single application. It provides easy access to various Web services while users can retain all the advantages of a desktop application. Spicebird provides e-mail, calendaring and instant messaging with intuitive integration and unlimited extensibility. Version beta 0.4 lets users access e-mail from thei…

Syncplicity Beta Service: Synchronization, backup & sharing. Fee: Free Subscription sign up is required prior to download Start with 2GB and 2 computers for FREE. Operating Systems: WindowsXP,Windows Vista, Mac OS coming in September 2008 HomePage: http://www.syncplicity.com/ Tour: http://www.syncplicity.com/Tour/ Syncplicity is effortless synchronization, backup, and sharing. Install it on one computer and all your important documents, photos, and music are backed up online, complete with remote access and aversion history. Install it on additional computers and Syncplicity will synchronize your files -- your important files will be wherever you are. …

Emerge Desktop 4.1.2 File Size: 775 KB License: Open Source Screenshots: http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots...group_id=114527 HomePage: http://emergedesktop.org/ This fine program was brought to my attention by Eldmannen Emerge Desktop is a replacement windows "shell" (the desktop environment normally provided by Windows Explorer) for Windows 2000 and above. In order to replace Windows Explorer as a shell, it provides a system tray (the area that collects the icons collected at the lower right corner in Explorer), called emergeTray. It will also provide access to the users programs (normally accessed with the windows "start" button) via a r…

Snowl 0.1 beta File Size: 144 KB License: Open Source Operating System: Windows (All) HomePage: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8397 Author: Myk Melez Author's Blog: http://www.melez.com/mykzilla/ Snowl is a prototype Firefox extension that integrates messaging into the browser. The initial prototype supports two sources of messages: RSS/Atom feeds and Twitter. It exposes two interfaces for reading them: a traditional three-pane "list" view, targeted to active reading of important messages; and a "river of news" view, based on the concept popularized by Dave Winer, designed for casual browsing.

FastPictureViewer File Size: 1.34 MB License: Freeware Operating Systems: Win XP/Vista HomePage: http://www.fastpictureviewer.com/ Image Formats: http://www.fastpictureviewer.com/formats/ FastPictureViewer is a small and fast image viewer, so simple compared to usual photo viewers that its purpose might not be immediately apparent. The program is optimized to do just one task: browse entire folders of digital photos as quickly as possible, while allowing for rapid sharpness checks (instant flip to 100% view), enabling single-click copy of the keepers to a preset folder along with single-keystroke Adobe XMP and Vista rating / labeling. A small EXIF window co…

VirtuaWin 4.1 Beta 1 File Size: 387 KB License: Open Source Operating System: Windows (All) HomePage: http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/ Modules: http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/modules.php VirtuaWin is a virtual desktop manager for the Windows operating system (Win9x/ME/NT/Win2K/XP/Win2003/Vista). A virtual desktop manager lets you organize applications over several virtual desktops (also called 'workspaces'). Virtual desktops are very common in Unix/Linux, and once you get accustomed to using them, they become an essential part of a productive workflow. VirtuaWin is designed to be simple and elegant to use yet still be highly configurable and extensi…

FoxEditor v0.7.5.2 License: Open Source File SIze: 1.24 MB ScreenShots: http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots...group_id=148119 HomePage: http://foxeditor.sourceforge.net/ FoxEditor - it's a plain text editor for WindowsXP, based on SynEdit engine. Features: Multi-interfaced (SDI or MDI); Support large files; Syntax highlight for many popular formats (html, pascal, c++...) Limited support Unicode (ansi compatible symbols only) and UTF8; Running external programs (compilers) and capture console output; Support templares and tags; Save cursor position for opened files; Fast swith …

Circle Dock License: Open Source File Size: 3111 KB Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows Vista Requirements: Net Framework 3.5 HomePage: http://circledock.wikidot.com/start What Circle Dock Allows You to Do: Drag and drop your files, folders, and shortcuts onto a circular or spiral dock. Rotate the dock with either your mouse wheel or the keyboard arrow keys. Change the image shown for the icons and change the skins (compatible with icons and skins for Rocket Dock, Object Dock, etc.) Ability to run the program from a portable USB memory stick and have the links in the dock point to the documents on the USB memory stick. …