The ZedFiles Project is an Open Source suite of ‘integrated desktop and content management applications’ for Windows. Basically it’s a package of a whole range of the coolest and most useful Open Source stuff – like Firefox, VLC Player, AbiWord etc – which can be downloaded in a single folder. Nice one!   The ZedFiles Project…has grown into a comprehensive Open Source Software Suite of fully integrated desktop and content management applications compatible with Microsoft Windows operating systems. It includes a…

Unlocker. If you’ve ever been driven mad trying to track down the reason behind an error message which says you can’t delete a file or folder in Windows because it’s ‘being used by another person or program’, then this little freeware utility is for you. Super useful.  Ever had such an annoying message given by Windows?… It has many other flavors: Cannot delete file: Access is denied There has been a sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use. The file…

OpenArena is an Open Source re-packaging of the Quake Arena III FPS game. Proof once again that free software can be fun too, y’know.   OpenArena is an open-source content package for Quake III Arena licensed under the GPL, effectively creating a free stand-alone game. You do not need Quake III Arena to play this game. Bots were added starting in 0.6.0. They will spout taunts and everything! Concepts would be loose, so don’t expect a remake of Klesk in his original…

Shazou. Another very neat extension for Firefox which shows you the geographical location – complete with a Google map – of the link or web site you are visiting. It also has a nice anti-phishing function too. [Thanks Jose]  The product called Shazou (pronounced Shazoo it is Japanese for mapping) enables the user with one-click to map and geo-locate any website they are currently viewing. Shazou was developed as a tool to improve the awareness for people surfing the internet…

Google Mail Fetcher. Mmm….Google seems to be in the process of rolling out a new service which will let you fetch email messages from 5 other non-Gmail POP accounts that you own. This could be a killer feature for the big G., since it should immediately let you take advantage of the superb Gmail spam filtering and clean up the naff stuff that other services leave in. You’ll also be able to forward messages to your mobile phone using the free Mobile…

Camstudio. The veteran screen recorder is back as a free download. Great for making demos, tutorials and the like. Windows only but definitely worth the download for that rainy day requirement.  CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs)…CamStudio can also add high-quality, anti-aliased (no jagged edges) screen captions to your…

Sid Meier’s classic original Railroad Tycoon game is now available for free download, complete with emulators to let it run on Windows XP. Did I ever tell you the story of when I interviewed Sid? Such a very very nice person. [Via Metafilter]

Giveaway of the Day. Nice idea. Every day the site offers a free download of a commercial software program. Kind of like Woot! for software, but without money. There’s no limit to the amount of downloads each day, but after 24 hours they move on to the next package. Neat, and no, I don’t know how they intend to make money! [Thanks Dan]  Every day we offer licensed software you’d have to buy otherwise, for free! Yes, we are giving away software,…

True Combat: Elite is an Open Source FPS game which is based on the Wolfenstein engine. It’s very pretty, and looks to have all the playability of any standard commercial game out there. Is this the start of a new trend for OSS? Download it and see what you think. Oh and did we mention it’s Linux, Windows and Mac?  Now, the most important question: “What can you expect from TC:E?” TC:E is a tactical-team shooter, set up in a…