REAPER: Freeware Audio Recorder Editor

Recently, I stumbled upon a link to an audio recording/editing application called REAPER. There was very little information available, except that REAPER is freeware and a young, but active project. Most of us are probably familiar with Audacity, the open source pro audio tool. I’m often asked for tips on podcasting and for folks on [...]

Adventures in Linux: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

Preface: Getting into Linux is easier than you might think. You can even try Linux with zero obligation (money or hard drive space). Check out these options:

Download Ubuntu Desktop and Burn ISO to CD ? Use Live CD to boot Ubuntu without installing to your hard drive.

Order a FREE Ubuntu CD ? Seriously. Even the [...]

Firefox 2.0 Feature Review

Last Wednesday, Mozilla released beta 1 of Firefox 2.0. I’ve yet to download and experiment with it (I’ve taken to waiting for the release candidates—RC1 due in August) but I have enjoyed studying up on the new feature set in Fx2. Here’s a rundown:
Integrated Spellcheck
Firefox will now keep an eye on your work and help [...]

IE7 vs. Firefox 2: Which is more secure?

Filed under: Internet, Security, Windows
Both Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7, both in beta, are being positioned by their makers as the most secure web browsers for Windows, but which is really the best? ZDNet’s Ed Bott has written an in-depth comparison of the two browsers’ security features, which covers not only code vulnerabilities, but [...]

90 online file storage services

Filed under: Web services
So yesterday we made a big deal about AOL’s announcement that beginning in September it would be offering 5GB of free online storage for everyone through its Xdrive service, but as savvy Download Squad readers know, Xdrive isn’t the only game in town. Not by a long shot. In fact, it turns [...]

Install creator makes installs easy

Filed under: Business, Developer, Utilities, Windows, Productivity, Commercial, Freeware

I have a large project for work that I have been developing for over three years now. A while back I needed a way to quickly and easily install the application on a user’s PC’s from a remote location. I have users in six states, and while [...]

Skype toolbar for microsoft office

Skype released a Toolbar for Microsoft Office 2000, XP and 2003. Place calls and send the file you are currently working on via Skype. The toolbar recognizes phone numbers within your document and lets you call them using SkypeOut or send SMS messages.
* Start calls to Skype Names and phone numbers written within MS Word, [...]

VistaBootPRO 2.0 Beta (Tweak Software)

VistaBootPRO is used to make changes to the Windows Vista Boot Configuration Data (BCD) registry quickly and easily, in a fraction of the time it takes to use the alternative, which is the command prompt based application bcdedit.exe, located in the Windows\system32 folder of Windows Vista.
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VistaBootPRO 2.0 Beta (Tweak Software)
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Internet Explorer 7 Blocker Toolkit (Browser Tools)

Internet Explorer 7 Blocker Toolkit enables IT Administrators to disable automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 7 as a high-priority update via Automatic Updates and the Windows Update and Microsoft Update sites.
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Internet Explorer 7 Blocker Toolkit (Browser Tools)
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NoAds 2006.07.28 (Free ads blocker software)

NoAds is a program that detects when Internet popup advertisements appear, and quickly closes them. A popup ad is an ad that appears in a new Web browser window, and requires the user to manually close that window. NoAds is fully configurable, allowing the user to specify which ads they want to close automatically. The [...]

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