MediaCoder - universal video transcoding

Converting video files from one format to another is one of the more frustrating tasks users find as they delve into the capabilities of their system. I know of more than a handful of Windows users that became very frustrated upon discovering that working with video files is a journey into a dark forest of [...]

System Safety Monitor 2

System Safety Monitor 2 is available in a free version from the developers website. The tool basically works as a firewall preventing malicious software to be started automatically. The free version runs in paranoid mode which means you have to allow or disallow every process and get nagged quite a bit at the beginning.
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MySQL backup and data recovery with mysql-zrm

This guide describes how to back up and recover your MySQL databases with mysql-zrm on a Debian Sarge system. mysql-zrm is short for Zmanda Recovery Manager for MySQL, it is a new tool that lets you create full logical or raw backups of your databases (regardless of your storage engine and MySQL configuration), generate reports [...]

Foxit Reader 2.0 Released - Lite, Fast and Clean PDF Reader Software

Foxit reader 2.0 has come out from beta version and the new Foxit reader 2.0 introduces a lot of exciting features compare previous FoxIT reader.
On version 2.0, FOXIT having an amazing aspect compare other PDF application like file size of the application around 1.7MB only which is a fraction of Acrobat Reader 20 [...]

Free Online Alarm Clock

Simplicity at its finest. Sure you can change the colors and sizes but you are looking at the entire site. This is a free online alarm clock that you can easily use to remind you when it’s time to move to the next task. Need I say more?

Even the name is [...]

Howto: Recover lost files after you accidentally wipe your hard drive

Shawn Hermans show us how to How to recover lost files after you accidentally wipe your hard drive.
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Howto: Recover lost files after you accidentally wipe your hard drive
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file defraggers

Contig from SysInternal is a handy app that lets you do a defragmentation on a single file(or flies) but don’t want to bother running the Windows defragger and waiting overnight for it to finish. Usefull for those who are continiously working on big files. eg. compressing/uncompressing those rar01, rar02 files from bit torrent or adding/removing [...]

Unlocker 1.8.4. available

Did you ever get a message like “Cannot delete File / Folder: It is being used by another person or program” or similar messages when you were trying to delete a file or folder ? This happened to me often when I finished viewing a movie file and decided to delete it but could not [...]

Webaroo 1.2 released - surfing web content without connection

Previously i write a post about Webaroo - a free service enabling you to browse the web content without internet connection. Now, Webaroo has released Version 1.2 and you will find extensive enhancement such as the ability to add greater link depth, limit the download size, and download document, audio and video attachments for [...]

Remove Junk and Unwanted Software from PC with PC De-Crapifier

If you just buying a new computer, be it notebook or desktop computer, most likely the PC will come with lots of free preinstalled software other than the base operating system. These preinstalled programs intend to let you have the simple ability to use the enhanced functionality of the computer features, so most of the [...]

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