Posted: 10/6/2008 1:03:45 PM EDT
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I love light, fast and simple software that opens in a split second and just does the job without any bullshit. Here are four of my favorites I thought I'd share: -=[ InfraRecorder ]=- CD/DVD burning software. It is fast as shit compared to Nero/Roxio and it's FREEWARE. It does everything I need. -=[ Foxit PDF Reader ]=- This beats the crap out of Adobe Reader, which used to crash my system daily until I discovered Foxit. -=[ CCleaner ]=- Tired of waiting 30 mins for Windows Add/Remove bullshit to load up? CCleaner can uninstall ANYTHING on your system. Also deletes temp files, change startup services, clean registry. I use it all the time. -=[ Pidgin IM ]=- Fast and simple IM program. Works with Yahoo, MSN, AIM,ICQ, IRC and more. |
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Agreed. I've been using CDBurnerXPPro which is ok. Will try infrarecorder for a while, tho. |
I installed that last week to use in place of SAMETIME, and it works great - and even has features SAMETIME doesn't have. Good stuff! |
yamipod Will allow you to upload MP3s to the ipod. |
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PDF-XChange Viewer lets you key text (+ lots more) into any .pdf document and save the form for printing or e-mailing. http://www.docu-track.com/downloads/users/ Type directly on any PDF page, not just Adobe enabled forms documents - in Typewriter mode. http://www.snapfiles.com/get/mwsnap.html MWSnap screen capture tool MWSnap is a small yet powerful program for taking scren captures of a desktop, an active window,menu, or a specified part of the screen. The program supports BMP, JPG, TIFF,PNG and GIF formats, with user selected color depth and quality settings. It also includes a zooming tool, a screen ruler and a color picker as well as system wide hotkeys and preset selection sizes. A very nice program, one of the best - if not the best, you can currently find for free http://www.irfanview.com/ IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista. http://www.download.com/PrimoPDF/3000-10743_4-10264577.html?tag=mncol&cdlPid=10876012 PrimoPDF 4.1 PrimoPDF is a partnership between Nitro PDF Software and activePDF, Inc. PrimoPDF is a free tool for high-quality PDF creation, comprising a user-friendly interface that enables printing to PDF from virtually any Windows® application. Since its launch in February 2004 and with millions of users to date, PrimoPDF has rapidly become the world's most widely-used tool for free, basic conversion to PDF with millions of users to date and is consistently ranked as the #1 most popular Business & Productivity software download on CNET's Download.com. |
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USAPHOTOMAPS Absolutely kicks butt. For those that find maps useful.... |
| You guys should check out PortableApps. They're free, open source programs designed to run off of a flash drive without leaving any trace behind. I use it, and it's great -- I don't ever have to wonder what programs a computer has or doesn't. I just plug my flash drive in, and do what I need to do. |
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To play nearly every video: videolan.org Convert video to iPod video format: http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/ Photoshop equivalent: www.gimp.org Don't like that I didn't make the links hot? Use Firefox and the Linkification extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/190 |