Software for nuttin’.
Easy Read. Free software utility lets you zoom websites to match your eyesight requirements. Neat. If you’re frustrated at Internet Explorer not allowing you to view webpages at the size you want then you’ll appreciate the EasyRead Toolbar Buttons. The EasyRead toolbar buttons allow you to magnify any HTML page as you browse the web.
KL-Detector is a free utility which can detect keylogging activity on your computer. If you’re paranoid, download. Note – an interesting application given on the site is monitoring a flash drive used for remote access to a VPN on 3rd party computers. Hmm…. It works by scanning your local hard disk for any log file created during the monitoring process. Most keyloggers will eventually save the recorded data into a location in the hard disk. KL-Detector will inform you of such log…
Foxie. Turn your Internet Explorer browser into a Firefox clone. What’s utterly delicious about this little doozie, is not just the fact that it’s so clearly an attempt to put a mink coat on a pig and call it Marilyn Monroe, but that it completely fails to understand the really massive benefit of Firefox – i.e. the absolutely humongous number of add-on tools and utilities that are so much more than a bit of tabbed browsing and pop up blocking. Pfaff. Still, if you’re still wedded to the pile of…
LocalHost. Very interesting Java based Open Source online file sharing application which combines a kind of wiki-like group access and editing facilty with the BitTorrent engine. What’s really funky is that the more popular a file or folder is, the more accessible it is. Still under heavy development by the looks of it (needs a nicer UI) so don’t cuss about the access speeds. Neat and definitely worth a download. [Thanks Tom] You can change any folder (including the root…
The free HotRecorder program, which records online voice chats from programs like Skype has now added support for Google Talk. Just thought you might like to know.
AutoHotkey. Neat little free Open Source program which lets you automate just about anything on your PC. Keystrokes, mouse clicks, hotkey setup. What’s uber cool is the fact that you can convert any script to an exe file and run it on machines which don’t have the program installed. Nice and definitely worth a download. AutoHotkey is a free, open-source utility for Windows. With it, you can: Automate almost anything by sending keystrokes and mouse clicks. You can write a…
eMSN. Free MSN messenger chat client for your mobile phone. Java, GPRS. Advert sponsored though, OK? eMSN is the best MSN messenger for your mobile. It is simple to use and gives you direct access to the MSN messenger network. Chat with all your friends over the MSN network while on the move! eMSN is fully MSN…The costs of development and servers for eMSN are paid by advertisements on eMSN. Each time a user connects to the MSN network…
ArtRage. Nice little freeware paint program. Free. Yes free. PC or Mac. ArtRage is a painting package designed to provide a realistic and fun simulation of using paint on a canvas, along with pens, pencils, crayons, and other tools. ArtRage is available for both Windows and Mac OS X. It can be used with a mouse, but works better if you have a graphics tablet, or even better on a Tablet PC where ArtRage takes advantage of the unique interaction…
The AJ Clock Screensaver from Anne Jan Beeks provides 14 delectable onscreen clocks for your pleasure, including that very cool handwritten one and the Timeline we featured recently in a Link-o-Matic. Classic stuff.
Webroot Spy Audit is a free online scanner that checks your PC for spyware. Quick and dirty checker for you, sir? At no cost or obligation to you, Spy Audit scans your system registry and hard drive space for thousands of known spyware programs. Spy Audit shows you what spyware is on your system. It will not remove or modify any files. Webroot Software respects your privacy – after all, that’s our business. Running Spy Audit will not add cookies…
iPod TV. Small free utility that lets you download television listing to your Apple iPod. Cool, but needs Windows .Net though. IPOD-TV is a simple windows application that allows you to download up to a weeks worth of television listings from the Internet and upload them to your Apple IPOD. IPOD-TV is completely free and has a cool new audio function which allows you to hear audio descriptions of your favourite tv shows.
Greasemap is a cool little freeware tool that automatically embeds a Google map at the top of the screen when you browse a web page with an address on it. It needs Greasemonkey in order to work. I had it installed for a bit, but turned it off when I found it was slowing down my page accesses a bit. Still, pretty cool tech all round. Greasemap…augments any web page you visit by searching the page for geocodeable addresses or other…
Phonifier. Dennis sends me news that Phonifier is now Open Source. What is it, I hear you ask impatiently. Well, it’s proxy software that makes web pages mobile phone friendly. Yes yes Skweezer does it too, but hear the man out, why don’t you? Tsk. PHONifier was initially developed to optimize webpages automatically. You set PHONifier.com to be your mobile homepage and then surf the web through the PHONifier proxy. Alternatively, you could install the PHONifier script on your server…
My MoviesXP. Free download. My Movies XP lets you view your My Movies for MCE collection on a computer that doesn’t have Windows Media Center Edition.
Simply Safe Backup. Free backup software for Windows. What more can we say, other than be careful out there, people! SIMPLY SAFE BACKUP FREE/HOME EDITION: Back up to DVD or CD-ROM. This version is designed for home/personal use, and to give users a test-drive of Simply Safe’s capabilities. This version allows only the minimal (40-bit/64-bit) encryption and compression level options, and is limited to 40,000 files in a single backup volume.
