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Free Software February 12, 2008 posted by
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Wireless Key View – retrieve your lost WiFi WEP key on demand

Wireless Key View. Very useful little tool for managing the wireless network WEP/WPA keys stored on your Windows PC. You can view the plain text version of the key, delete old keys and copy paste them to a file for safe keeping. It’s especially great if you’ve forgotten your WiFi access key and are locked out of your wireless router. C’mon admit it, we’ve all had moments when the old memory has failed us…!  WirelessKeyView recovers all wireless network keys…


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Bookmark This! February 11, 2008 posted by
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VideoSpin – new free video editing program from Pinnacle

VideoSpin. A free video editing program from the Pinnacle Systems people. It’s basically a cut down version of Studio, which means that it’s very easy to use and comes with a nice timeline interface, cool features like dynamic titles, as well as audio dubbing and transitions. It also features advertising, but the biggest advert is obviously to get you to upgrade. Beware, if you want to output in MPEG, you’ll need to buy a plugin for $15.00. Definitely worth a…


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Cool Web Apps & Sites February 7, 2008 posted by
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Ript – online scrapbook makes it easy but hard to gather information

Ript. Not quite getting this, but apparently it’s a new way to “organise your thoughts, tasks, inspirations, ambitions and so much more”. I tend to cringe a little when I hear the word organise linked with Web 2.0 nowadays, there’s just so much organising a single person can do with one web browser, see? Anyhoo, it’s a software download rather than a pure online play, which makes it slightly different. I guess…  Part scrapbook, part “to-do” list (or to-buy list),…


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Bookmark This! February 6, 2008 posted by
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Open Clip Art Library – public domain library of free clipart for all

The Open Clip Art Library contains over 6000 new and 7000 archived pieces of clip art for your delight and delectation. It’s a pipeline source for Open Source products like Inkscape and OpenOffice so it needs support of course so spread the word. Great idea, nicely done.  This project aims to create an archive of user contributed clip art that can be freely used. All graphics submitted to the project should be placed into the Public Domain according to the…


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Bookmark This! February 5, 2008 posted by
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uTIPu – record and share your screen in a video

uTIPu. Haven’t quite worked out the name yet, but this new screencast maker application looks pretty neat. Download the TipCam application, record your video and post, share or email the results. You also get 250MB of free storage space for your works. The whole thing is free right now, and of course it’s in beta. Definitely worth a look.  Capture and share your screen in a video In just a few clicks, our TipCam software records a video of your screen…


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Bookmark This! February 4, 2008 posted by
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40 Free Downloadable Open Source Social Web Applications – short cut your new web empire

40 Free Downloadable Open Source Social Web Applications. So you want to step up and mix it with the Facebooks, Diggs, Friendsters et al, eh? Well here’s your chance. A whole bunch of free open source web applications focused around social, community, Web 2.0 type functionality. Although there’s no guarantees on the speed of development and fixes on this stuff, it’s a good way to check out what’s available and maybe even add to the pool of goodness by contributing…


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Bookmark This! February 1, 2008 posted by
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Ear & Hearing Test – wassat, whatyasay…?

Ear & Hearing Test. Neat little freeware tool you can download to test your hearing ear by ear. It’s not a substitute for a proper test of course (so back down Dr Dre) but it’s cool nonetheless. I now know that I’m missing a bit of my top end (*sob*), which probably comes from too many late night Led Zep sessions in the cans. Ah well… Needs .NET. Nice one Johannes!  The program is designed to give you a quick…


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Awesome January 29, 2008 posted by
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Free Calendars online – download and print off free Microsoft Word calendars

Man, I’ve been looking for a free downloadable calendar offer for lifetimes, so I’m delighted to deliver this great site to y’all. There’s a fabulous range of free calendar templates available, from weekly to annual versions, all formatted to work brilliantly with Microsoft Word. What I particularly love is the fact that they’ve thrown in some really useful customisation features, so you can print the calendars onto different sized paper, change your starting dates and days and even print in three…


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cool tech January 24, 2008 posted by
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FlipSilent – switch your Nokia N95 to silent mode simply by flipping it over

FlipSilent. OK, so you’ll need a Symbian S60 handset with an accelerometer for this (Nokia N93i and N95 only at the moment?) but it’s still very cool nonetheless. Install it and you have the power to turn off an incoming ringtone just by flipping the phone over. You can also set it up to switch into silent mode when you flip the handset over, which makes it useful for meetings (as long as you remember to take the phone out of your…


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Bookmark This! January 24, 2008 posted by
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44 free anti rootkit tools – stay safe out there…!

44 Free Anti Rootkit Utilities. Castlecops has gathered together a great selection of anti rootkit programs in a public wiki format. Definitely worth a bookmark for future peace of mind. Nice.  Currently (2006-2007), rootkits are the number 1 threat on most people’s horizons. Surprisingly, most of the current offerings that specifically target rootkits are freeware or open source. This list includes mainly generic anti-rootkit tools that are capable of detecting unknown rootkits rather than detecting only specific rootkits using only signature methods. All antiviruses and…


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Free Software January 17, 2008 posted by
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Text Mining Tool – cool free tool grabs text from PDF, HTML, Doc files

Text Mining Tool. Vitaliy sends me notice of his new freeware product which quickly and easily grabs the text from inside PDF, HTML and other files. I tried it on a 76 page PDF e-book I had lying around and it worked a treat, extracting all the text into one easily copy and paste friendly chunk. I can think of lots of uses for this in terms of web site text, PDF text extraction without Adobe software etc etc. You’ll need…


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Bookmark This! January 16, 2008 posted by
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GMER – freeware roots out the nasty rootkits

GMER. Tiny freeware program which detects and removes rootkits. Which makes it a handy little thing to keep around. You know, just in case.  GMER is an application that detects and removes rootkits . It scans for: # hidden processes # hidden threads # hidden modules # hidden services # hidden files # hidden Alternate Data Streams # hidden registry keys # drivers hooking SSDT # drivers hooking IDT # drivers hooking IRP calls # inline hooks Tags: gmer, anti+rootkit, malware, freeware


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Cool Web Apps & Sites January 15, 2008 posted by
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Collablog – start your own blogging community for free

Collablog. Got some spare web server space lying around? Fancy yourself as a bit of a blog network mogul? Or a mega-blog community owner? Then download either version of this freeware package and give it a go. From the sparcity of the site it looks like early days, but the two packages seem fully equipped with everything you need to set up a new Metafilter or TypePad type service. Free for non-commercial use, but there are no terms for commercial use…


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Bookmark This! January 10, 2008 posted by
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FlickrBackup – download your online photos for safekeeping

FlickrBackup. An open source Java application which gives you the power to download your Flickr photos to your hard disk on demand. Why? Well perhaps for backup or security reasons. Maybe you want to make a DVD of your images or project them on your kitchen table. Whatever. Because it’s Java it will run on any computer, although you do have to wait for a download of some code. Neat app.  FlickrBackup is a utility that allows you to download the…


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Bookmark This! January 8, 2008 posted by
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Best Freeware Games 2007 – more fun with your computer

Best Freeware Games of 2007. Nice little list of games for your downloadable enjoyful-ness. Not sure that these are the absolute best of the best, but worth a look anyway. [Via Metafilter]  As the year comes to a close, I decided that I would make a list of the best freeware games released THIS year. Note: these are my opinions, so don’t get mad if your favorite game doesn’t make the list or a game you don’t like does. Enjoy!…


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