Favorite Files

1. 8start Launcher
2. Ad-Aware
3. Alcohol 120%
4. ASCII Generator dotNET
5. ATI Tray Tools
6. ATITool
7. Audacity for Windows
8. Audiograbber
9. Autoruns
10. avast! Free Antivirus
11. Avidemux for Windows
12. Belarc Advisor
13. Blender for Windows
14. BlindWrite
15. CamStudio
16. CCleaner for Windows
17. CDBurnerXP
18. CDex
19. CloneDVD
20. Cobian Backup
21. Core Temp
22. CPU-Z
23. DAEMON Tools Lite
24. dBpowerAMP Audio Player
25. dBpowerAMP Music Converter
26. DeepBurner Free Portable
27. DesktopX
28. DivX Codec for Windows
29. DivX for Windows
30. doPDF
31. DVD Decrypter
32. DVD Flick
33. DVD Shrink
34. DVDFab All-In-One
35. DVDFab Virtual Drive
36. ERUNT
37. ESET Smart Security
38. Exact Audio Copy
39. FileZilla v3 for Windows
40. FinalBurner FREE
41. Foxit Reader
42. Fraps
43. GPU-Z
44. GSpot
45. HD Tune
46. IcoFX
47. ImgBurn
48. InfraRecorder
49. Intel Chipset Device Software
50. IrfanView
51. IrfanView PlugIns
52. IsoBuster
53. K-Lite Codec Pack Basic
54. K-Lite Codec Pack Full
55. K-Lite Codec Pack Standard
56. LAME
57. LameXP
58. LEGO Digital Designer for Windows
59. Linux Mint
60. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
61. Maxthon (v2)
62. Media Player Classic for Windows 2000/XP
63. MediaCoder
64. MediaInfo
65. Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows XP
66. Microsoft Security Release ISO Image
67. Mozilla Firefox (v3) for Windows
68. Mp3tag
69. NetWorx
70. NextPVR
71. nLite
72. Nmap
73. Notepad++
74. NTREGOPT
75. NVIDIA BIOS Editor (NiBiTor)
76. NVIDIA nTune
77. ObjectDock
78. Paint.NET
79. Parted Magic
80. PeaZip for Windows (32-bit)
81. PeaZip for Windows (Portable)
82. Picasa for Linux
83. Picasa for Windows
84. Power Defragmenter
85. PrimoPDF
86. Process Monitor
87. Quicksys RegDefrag
88. R-Studio
89. Rainmeter
90. Recuva
91. Rename Master
92. RivaTuner
93. Samurize
94. Seagate SeaTools
95. SIW Home Edition
96. SpeedFan
97. Spybot - Search & Destroy Detection Updates
98. StaxRip
99. Sumatra PDF
100. Sunbelt Personal Firewall
101. The GIMP
102. TUGZip
103. Ubuntu
104. UltraVNC
105. Unlocker
106. USBlyzer
107. VLC (VideoLAN) for Windows
108. Wake On LAN Ex
109. Weather Watcher Live
110. webcamXP 5
111. webcamXP 7
112. Win7codecs
113. WinMerge
114. Wireshark
115. X-Setup Pro
116. x64 Components
117. XnView for Windows

Recent Posts

1. 
   Review - IrfanView PlugIns

   4.27 (May 11, 2010)

   4.27 Installs Google Toolbar in your IE web browser with no advanced warning whatsoever. VERY unfortunate. Make no mistake about it, this is a fabulous piece of freeware. However the tactic of installing a toolbar with no warning in order to earn money from google is outrageous. I understand and fully support the author's desire to earn money from his creative efforts but he should be honest enough to warn us before installing some crapware on our PCs and let us decide if we want his software. An option to BUY his software should be given if he wants to make money off it. NO extra crapware should EVER be installed without warning.
   
   By the way, it's easy enough to disable browser add-ons in IE 8. Choose Tools ... Manage Add-ons and disable the ones you don't want.

2. 
   Review - VirtualDub

   1.9.4 (Jul 28, 2009)

   Recently needed to rotate a video 90 degrees that was captured with the camera on it's side. Common problem with cameras that can record video. I used an older rev of this and rotated the video in a very short time. In fact, it ran so fast on an older CPU that I really didn't think it worked, but it worked great. I was impressed with the speed and ease of use. Couldn't have been simpler. I'm glad to read the post before me because I've been thinking about doing some Xvid transcoding to get higher compression ratios, and wanted a simple app. I think the VirtualDub author is very conservative in his description. There are a lot of plugins for this, some of which will handle MPEG2.

3. 
   Review - webcamXP 5

   5.3.4.164 (Jul 1, 2009)

   I've been running it continuously on Win7 32bit for a few days and it is working well so far. Using a Logitech webcam. Very easy to setup and not too hard to find everything except for the first time you have to choose your camera and assign it to a video source numbered tile. Even that only took me a minute to figure out. I installed the free version which disables some features.
   It generates a nice, simple web interface for the end user and allows the user to switch video compression methods as well as control panning and zooming. If you choose the Flash format it cuts the network bandwidth used quite a bit and still looks just as good as the other formats.

4. 
   Review - ImgBurn

   2.4.4.0 (Jul 1, 2009)

   Fabulous, and free. Plenty of "how to" use it available online if you search.

5. 
   Review - CCleaner for Windows

   2.12.651 (Sep 26, 2008)

   I agree, simply the best. That's a good way of putting it because this fine utility is SIMPLE to use and they don't clutter up the interface adn add bloatware with each release like some other tool writers tend to do.
   They just keep it up to date and fix any bugs.
   MSFT could learn a lot from these guys.
   
   Go to the Options, choose Include and add any directories that you tend to use for temporary files. 5/5 and has been for a LONG TIME. I've been using it for a long time and every release I've used has been good. Go DONATE some money to these guys. Give em a few bucks for their hard work.

6. Comment - Frak Firesheep: The whole Internet needs to run on SSL -- NOW

   2.12.651 (Oct 25, 2010 - 10:07 PM)

   also, check out http://www.microsoft.com...9499&DisplayLang=en. look at the tool called selfSSL .

7. Comment - Frak Firesheep: The whole Internet needs to run on SSL -- NOW

   2.12.651 (Oct 25, 2010 - 10:00 PM)

   Dear Joe,
   
   I JUST logged into Betanews. NO FRAKING HTTPS in SIGHT!!!!!
   
   http://www.betanews.com/auth/login
   
   I also think this statement: "It should be (if it's not already) a crime for someone to release a hacking tool that is the equivalent of giving loaded guns to kids. " is just a very poorly thought out overreaction to the situation. Freedom comes with a certain amount of risk, do you want your local congressperson (read: "not genius") legislating what software is, and isn't legal, for you to code ??
   
   The real problem is that people are INCREDIBLY lazy, apparently including your Betanews webadmins. Anyone can create their own self-signed certificate in order to get HTTPS working for logins on their web site. http://www.akadia.com/se...h_test_certificate.html
   
   oh, however I may think you overreacted in #4, I totally agree with you on #2 but would expand it even further to say that ANY invasion of privacy, storing or retrieving of personal information without your express and clear consent should be against the law. If you want a real eye-opener go to:
   http://www.macromedia.co...settings_manager07.html and take a gander at what information our dear friend adobe is gathering about you and your habits with NO warning.

8. Comment - A peek at an early build of the new Win7 taskbar

   2.12.651 (Nov 4, 2008 - 10:45 PM)

   I hope they realize at some point that a lot of people want DIFFERENT things as far as how the user interface looks and works. They need to integrate a tool with the capability of something like WindowBlinds that will allow people to customize the look and feel of their menu and/or the entire UI.
   
   Yes, they need a DEFAULT UI that looks GREAT and WORKS great. But they need to realize there are a lot of folks out there who want to be able to customize and embrace that concept in the fundamental architecture.

9. Comment - Mozilla releases Firefox 3.0 Beta 2, new features premiere

   2.12.651 (Dec 19, 2007 - 8:50 PM)

   HEY BetaNews Guys!
   Once you've fixed your little certificate problem you can enable SSL (HTTPS) for your login page.

10. Comment - Vista Minimum Requirements Unrealistic

    2.12.651 (Dec 9, 2006 - 10:18 PM)

    No one "needs" to upgrade to Vista, anyone still on old hardware is well served by XP. Any new PC that ships with recent hardware and Vista will be just fine.
    
    Vista is the upgrade that no one "needs" thus, since it's purely optional, only people willing to upgrade their hardware will get it.
    
    The whole minimum hardware issue is a ridiculous waste of time argument made up by people who either love to bash microsoft no matter what it does, or people who OBVIOUSLY don't have enough real work to do. It's pathetic.