Month: February 2007

Paint.NET is a photo and image editing tool designed for computers running Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000. It serves the digital imaging community as a free alternative to the standard paint application included with Windows. It brings powerful features to the desktop, a myriad of special effects, plug-in extensibility, and layer manipulation. It enhances… Continue reading Paint.NET 3.01

BitTorrent is a protocol for distributing files. It identifies content by URL and is designed to integrate seamlessly with the Web. Its advantage over plain HTTP is that when multiple downloads of the same file happen concurrently, the downloaders upload to each other, making it possible for the file source to support very large numbers… Continue reading BitTorrent 5.0.6

Windows Desktop Search (WDS) 3.01 is a minor update to Windows Desktop Search 3.0 that adds: support for indexing UNC files, additional support for enterprise deployment, and stability improvements. WDS 3.01 installs on Windows XP and Window Server 2003, but is not needed for Windows Vista since the WDS component is already included in Vista.… Continue reading Windows Desktop Search 3.01

The best browser in the browsing game. Free and open source. If you’re interested to see what’s new, plow through the changelog at the mozillaZine forum. Mostly bugfixes and memory leaks if you ask me. >> Download Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2 >> Mozilla Firefox website

AutoPatcher is a comprehensive collection of patches, addons and registry tweaks that give you peace of mind in the knowledge that your Windows system is up to date, even before you connect it to the Internet. It’s designed to quickly patch a system with the most current updates and tweaks available, and requires no user… Continue reading AutoPatcher February 2007

FileZilla is a fast and reliable FTP client and server with lots of useful features and an intuitive interface. If you don’t like experimental software, stick to the 2.x series!

Recuva pronounced “recover” is a freeware utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Windows Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files… Continue reading Recuva 1.01.032beta

JLC’s Internet TV is a program for watching free online TV channels. It automatically finds over 1000 channels and has an online updater. I last reported about beta3, the program is now at beta5. If you have some time to spend, here’s your chance!

Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. Winamp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic Winamp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry… Continue reading Winamp 5.33