- Cutter 1.42. Let Your Computer Compute — Back in the sixties, there were many scientists and journalists (both pessimistic and optimistic ones) supposing computers in near future would do artistic work. They still don’t, so, in today’s world there is a widespread pragmatic sight: computer certainly can’t do the art, but a human artist with a computer can sometimes do outstanding things, primarily because a computer would automate all the repetitive and…
- OscilloMeter 5.57. Computer As Tool — Many years have passed since computers were invented as tools for scientific research and engineering tasks. The lucky invention has been widely accepted; it has changed our world and the course of progress completely. Now computers play the role of rather an «everyday tech», «personal communicator» or «stationery» than a serious engineering tool. Sometimes, we don’t even remember that…
- FLV Downloader 1.01, See It On Your Own Computer — Suddenly, flash video became the heart of modern Internet. Rare blogs or commercial sites can live without those rectangle with «play» and «pause» buttons. YouTube and sites like it are incredibly popular, the thing nobody could imagine two years ago. The only problem with a Flash video in the Internet is the Internet itself: that means, if you want to see again the movie you saw last week, you should have the page…
- VH Player — These days, the number of popular video codecs is so large that even the most experienced of us find it hard to tell whether the file that has just been downloaded from the Internet will play normally in any of the players installed in the system. The only way out is to keep downloading new codec packs and hope that they contain the right library. Fortunately, there are players out there that solve most of these problems and play…
- Flash Player Pro, Watch It Online, Watch It Locally — Even the simplest, most basic flash movie or animation gives a lot more excitement than the most sophisticated static document. The only trouble about this awesome technology is that all those exciting movies that can be watched online can hardly be saved to a local disk, so that we — or others — could watch them later. Flash Player Pro completely eliminates the problem of saving flash animations to disk; with…
- Antispam Scanner, Get Rid of It Before It Gets to Your Computer — Getting rid of SPAM messages by hand often becomes a job of its own, which takes an essential amount of our productive time. Using the automatic SPAM removal tools, on the other hand, kills a great deal of valid e-mail messages, which hurts the business not less than the waste of time. Where’s the golden mean between quickly getting rid of unsolicited e-mail and keeping valid messages? Antispam Scanner might be just what…
- Passion Audio Player - a high-quality alternative to familiar audio players — Although the market is dominated by a bunch of most popular audio players, new competitors show up every day and give customers the freedom of choice they want so much. If you are a novice trying to choose the right player for everyday use or an experienced user seeking an alternative to familiar applications, try Passion Audio Player! Passion Audio Player is a free audio player with a great set…
- File Security Manager - full control over file and folder access permissions (even in Windows XP Home) — Being an overall excellent operating system, Windows XP does have some versions that limit user’s control capabilities to a bare minimum. For instance, Windows XP Home offers a great set of multimedia and general features, but lacks the degree of flexibility that many advanced users would definitely appreciate. For instance, the Home version will not allow you to set file and folder access right, which is a common method…
- M View 2.8 - a great media player with a minimum of bells and whistles you don't need — Don’t you sometimes think that some programs should’ve stayed in their early versions forever? They were small, quick to install, highly focused and gave you everything you needed without tons of add-ons and unnecessary features. Most media players, photo viewers and instant messengers were perfect in their minimalism, but then they got stuffed with dozens of extras that made them cumbersome, slow and buggy. If you like the concept…
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