2007年2月28日 星期三

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2007年2月27日 星期二

Outstanding Freeware/Shareware Sites

Outstanding
Sites



ZDNet 
and
CNet Downloads
 
These two
sites are just different faces of the same site. That site however,
offers the biggest collection of software on the web. Finding what
you want is easy because they have best file search engine of them
all.

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No-Nags
  Simply the best freeware download site on
the web. The shareware side is slowly being added and is not yet as
impressive.

Details



SnapFiles / WebAttack 
Offers a huge collection, great organization and  a
refreshingly clean presentation let down by a somewhat unhelpful
file search facility. Details



MajorGeeks
 This site only carries tech tools and utilities and there's not a
lot of guidance to help you select wisely.  However if you are
looking for  tech tools this is THE place to go. One of my
favorites. Details



FileForum-Betanews 
Not the largest download collection but if you are looking for
very latest products you'll find them here long before other
download sites. Details



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2007年2月24日 星期六

Most downloaded programs of 10 years

clipped from: www.cnet.com

Top 10 downloads of the past 10 years


By Kelly Green Morrison and Karen Whitehouse, Download.com
When CNET Download.com opened its doors in 1996, it was home to 3,000 small shareware and freeware applications. Online software distribution was still in its infancy. What a difference a near-decade makes! Since 1996, we've watched the rise of instant messaging, digital audio and the MP3 format, file sharing, spyware and antispyware, and the open-source movement, just to name a few. And we've watched as online software distribution has gone from pipe dream to reality. These 10 applications best represent the top trends in downloading over the past decade.


ICQ

Today instant messengers are ubiquitous, but when ICQ ("I Seek You") was first released in 1997, it was truly the first of its kind. Though competitors such as Yahoo Instant Messenger and AIM have since encroached on ICQ's territory, this chat client remains enormously popular with international users, and it has remained one of Download.com's most popular applications since its launch.



Arriving fast on the heels of the emerging MP3 digital format, Nullsoft's Winamp was one of the darlings of the burgeoning digital audio scene in the late '90s. This free audio player quickly gained popularity, becoming one of the most popular files on Download.com, and Nullsoft was eventually acquired by AOL in 1999.


Who doesn't remember this controversial file-sharing kingpin? Developed by Northeastern University student Shawn Fanning, Napster was a groundbreaking application that enabled users to share MP3s painlessly for the first time through a peer-to-peer network. Napster has since been sued, shuttered, and reborn as a subscription music service, but its legacy remains.

Top Ten Open Source Window Apps

clipped from: www.lifehacker.com

Companies like Google and Microsoft give away free software as a courtesy to their users to hook more people on their services ("free as in beer.") But open source organizations are often non-profit and made up of volunteer developers who release free software because they believe users have a right to control their data ("free as in speech.")


Open source roots are in the Unix operating system, but these days many "free as in speech" applications are available for Windows as well - and today I've got a list of my top 10 favorites.


1. Mozilla Firefox (Web browser)

Crikey, another Firefox plug! Yeah, we love the 'fox, and we'll keep talking about it until EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU USES IT. It really just doesn't get any better when it comes to a cross-platform, open source web browser.


2. Mozilla Thunderbird (Email client)

Firefox's much less celebrated little brother is one helluva email client. We especially like its customizable message filters, built-in adaptive Junk mail filter and ability to install useful add-ons (like Firefox).


3. Open Office (Office suite)

4. Gaim (Instant messenger)

Chat on any service you'd like - AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN, Jabber, ICQ - with this multi-platform, tabbed IM client.


5. ClamWin (Antivirus)

Norton bugging you again to break out the credit card and subscribe? Uninstall! ClamWin is free anti-virus software with automatic updates and scheduled scans, no credit card required.


6. VLC Media Player (Audio/video player)

Got a video or audio file Windows Media Player or Quicktime can't play? Betcha VLC can.


7. KeePass (Password manager)


Another app you really don't hear a lot about, but for anyone with more than 6 different passwords, KeePass is indispensable. Check out my previous feature, Securely track your passwords for more on using KeePass.


8. Cygwin (Unix command line emulator)

9. Eraser (Data deletion utility)

10. TrueCrypt (File encryption utility)

Online File Conversion

clipped from: www.zamzar.com

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Bulk Rename Utility - best of its kind (& free)

clipped from: www.donationcoder.com

-- Very easy to use
-- Rename files, folders or both
-- Remove or change a filename
-- Perform string substitution
-- Change the case of filenames
-- Remove characters or words
-- Remove digits or symbols
-- Append or prepend text
-- Append dates in many formats
-- Append the parent folder's name
-- Auto-number files with flexible rules
-- Automatically preview the new names
-- Sort the file details by any column
-- Group configurations into "favourites"
-- "Bulk Rename" Explorer extension
-- Directory recursion - process subdirectories too!
-- Rename files from an input text-file list

-- Create an "Undo" batch file
-- Log activity to a text log file
-- Change file and folder date/time-stamps (created, modified, accessed)
-- Change file/folder attributes (hidden, readonly, archived)


-- Small memory footprint
-- Settings retained between sessions
-- True 32-bit application
-- Written wholly in Visual C++
-- Application is totally free!

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