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A Podcast Client For Windows Mobile for free...

2008-07-09T17:01:00.000-07:00

If you like podcasts, and have a Windows Mobile based phone, you can enjoy total podcast management on your mobile phone. Pocket Podcasts enables you to search, subscribe, and play back podcasts, all from your Pocket PC or Smartphone devices (wish they had it for Palm devices!).

Manage and touch up photos for free...

2008-07-08T11:11:00.000-07:00

Picasa is a free software download from Google that helps you:

Locate and organize all the photos on your computer.
Edit and add effects to your photos with a few simple clicks.
Share your photos with others through email, prints, and on the web.

Make your LCD easier on the eyes...free...

2008-07-02T16:14:00.000-07:00

ClearType Tuner delivers improved font display quality on color LCD displays with a digital interface, such as those in laptops and high-quality flat panel displays. Readability on CRT screens can also be somewhat improved. Use this online tuner to turn on and tune your Windows XP ClearType settings. If you experience problems download the Windows XP PowerToy version of the tuner. Please note that the online tuner does not currently work with Windows Vista.

A new (free) way to manage volume...

2008-06-30T16:24:00.000-07:00

Volumouse allows you to adjust your speaker volume by using your mouse wheel. In order to preserve other functionality of your mouse wheel, the program offers several combinations, so that volume adjusting will only be used when for example an additional keyboard key is pressed or when you move your pointer over the taskbar. There are various combinations available, including an option that will only use the mouse wheel for volume if Media Player is in the foreground.

Clear those files free...

2008-06-27T09:45:00.000-07:00

Unlocker is for you if you’ve ever had the an annoying message given by Windows “Cannot delete file: Access is denied. There has been a sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use or the file is in use by another program or user. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.”

Post-its on your desktop free...

2008-06-26T16:01:00.000-07:00

StickyPad is an easy-to-use tool that lets you place sticky notes on your desktop. You can type notes to yourself, set meeting and appointment reminders, keep track of a to-do list, and anything else you would do with paper notes.

Chech your bookmarks/favorites for free...

2008-06-26T15:58:00.000-07:00

AM-Deadlink detects dead links and duplicates in browser bookmarks and text files. If a bookmark has become unavailable you can verify and delete it permanently. Additionally you can download FavIcons for all your Favorites and Bookmarks.

Keep a free diary...

2008-06-23T06:35:00.000-07:00

iDailyDiary is a free calendar ap that has been designed around a simple page-for-a-day diary. Your diary can contain a mixture of pictures and formatted text.

Creat free PDFs online...

2008-06-22T13:44:00.000-07:00

PrimoOnline provides a super-fast way to create PDF files online, without the need to install any PDF software. Simply upload your file, enter your email address, and our server-based PDF creator will quickly convert it to PDF and deliver it straight to your email inbox.

Free webcam security...

2008-06-19T13:01:00.000-07:00

Freeware application webcamXP turns your webcam into a security camera by streaming live broadcasts over the internet or scheduling captures at regular intervals.

Like portable aps? Free...

2008-06-17T16:43:00.000-07:00

OpenOffice.org Portable (formerly Portable OpenOffice.org) is the complete OpenOffice.org office suite — including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, drawing package and database — packaged as a portable app, so you can load up a USB thumb drive and take aps and your files with you then run them from any PC you plug your thumb drive into.

Dia is free diagram ap...

2008-06-17T16:37:00.000-07:00

Open-source application Dia is a free, robust flowchart and diagram tool. Like a free version of Microsoft Visio, its use is flowcharts, diagrams, etc.

A free way to convert any audio file to another...

2008-06-14T15:25:00.000-07:00

MPEG Streamclip can be used to: open and play most movie formats including MPEG files or transport streams; edit them with Cut, Copy, Paste, and Trim; set In/Out points and convert them into muxed or demuxed files, or export them to QuickTime, AVI, DV and MPEG-4 files with more than professional quality, so you can easily import them in a DVD authoring tool, and use them with many other applications or devices.

Enhance your "Clipboard" for free...

2008-06-13T05:26:00.000-07:00

Ditto is Windows Clipboard on steroids.

Free to create a photo show on DVD for Windows XP...

2008-06-13T05:11:00.000-07:00

Microsoft supplies Photo Story 3 which will allow you to build your photo slide show with effects and media. Once complete, you can use DVD Flick to actually burn your new show to the DVD.

Windows Vista has the tools built it.

Recover deleted files free...

2008-06-11T10:55:00.000-07:00

Undelete Plus is a quick and effective way to restore accidentally deleted files. It can also recover files that have been emptied from the Recycle Bin, permanently deleted files within Windows using the Shift + Delete, and files that have been deleted from within a Command Prompt.

WordWeb for free definitions, synonyms, and more...

2008-06-10T08:02:00.000-07:00

WordWeb is a one-click English thesaurus and dictionary that can look up words from almost any program. It works off-line, but can also look up words in web references such as the Wikipedia encyclopedia.

Who's invading your space???

2008-06-09T04:52:00.000-07:00

SpaceMonger is a tool for keeping track of the free space on your computer. Each file or folder on a given drive is displayed in a box in the main window whose size is a relative comparison to all the other files in your system.

Make your wallpaper interesting free...

2008-06-09T04:44:00.000-07:00

John has created a free background changer. Your picture options include random photos, folders like "My Pictures", Flickr.com, and more.

Paint.net much better than Paint....and free...

2008-06-07T14:27:00.000-07:00

Paint.net, developed and maintained by Microsoft folks, is a free, robust replacement for the Windows Paint application.

Nice free calendar pop-up...

2008-06-06T06:15:00.000-07:00

Hover over QuickMonth in system tray and you'll pop up a neat little calendar.

Everybody needs to print a folder list - free...

2008-06-04T15:40:00.000-07:00

PrintFolder is a handy utility to print or save a list of files located in any folder. Right-click any folder in Windows Explorer and select “PrintFolder” in the popup menu.

Joe's Goals and Logbook free for your use...

2008-06-03T06:42:00.000-07:00

Joe’s Goals and Joe's Logbook are simple yet powerful tools to make tracking your goals the easiest part of accomplishing them. Use the simple single page interface to setup daily goals and track them with just a click. Watch your daily score to gage your success and use negative goals (or vices) to confront and overcome bad habits that finally need to get the boot. Share your success with your friends and family or post your personal score badge to your blog or MySpace page.

Zoho and Google provide free Office applications...

2008-06-02T17:36:00.001-07:00

These are both web based alternatives with word processing, spreadsheet, presentation software and much, much more. Your files are created and stored on the web, so no backups required. Visit Zoho.com and Google Docs.

Sync Toy best backup solution for free...

2008-06-01T10:58:00.000-07:00

SyncToy helps you sync, copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers quickly and easily. Free from Microsoft.

Chat with free Pidgeon and others...

2008-05-30T05:49:00.000-07:00

AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, etc. are one-trick ponies with ads included made by companies that hold its customers hostage. These tools, Digsby, Pidgin, Miranda, Trillian, and/or Meebo are multi-protocol (AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, IRC, Google Talk, Jabber, etc.) approaches that are way better.

FreeCalc is uh, free....

2008-05-29T16:25:00.000-07:00

FreeCalc adds history ribbon and other power tools to Windows Calculator.

Complete Firefox backup for free....

2008-05-28T04:56:00.000-07:00

MozBackup is a great tool for backing up Firefox programs by user profile so you get bookmarks, cookies, history, and all the goodies.

Dia for free in lieu of Visio...

2008-05-27T04:54:00.000-07:00

Another open source free application. This time its a charting, drawing, diagramming program. Org. charts, flow charts, network diagrams and many others. Get Dia.

Freely remove the crap that you bought...

2008-05-26T15:50:00.000-07:00

DeCrapifier cleans pre-installed bloatware that ships with new Windows PCs.

Several free alternatives to WinZip...

2008-05-25T10:23:00.000-07:00

I use IZarc but you can also try ALzip, jZIP, and/or 7-Zip to compress your files as needed.

Help with dropping a few pounds for free...

2008-05-24T16:59:00.000-07:00

Cron-O-Meter is a free ap that provides calorie count information and allows you to track consumption as well as exercise. get fit!

Free and bettter video player...

2008-05-23T07:11:00.000-07:00

I know from my own experience that Windows Media Player, Quicktime, and Real Audio Player all seem to be slow loading/running memory hogs. Try VLC! It's free, lightweight and does everything you'd want it to.

Even Quicktime can seem a littled bloated...

2008-05-22T05:56:00.000-07:00

Get a free substitute. Quicktime Alternative is lighter on your system - and its free!

Some PDF to Word converter does so for free...

2008-05-21T18:18:00.000-07:00

Freeware application Some PDF to Word Converter takes your PDFs and—as the name implies—converts them to Microsoft Word documents.

Snackr RSS news reading ticker is free...

2008-05-21T18:04:00.000-07:00

Freeware Adobe Air application Snackr runs a news ticker of your RSS feeds at the bottom or top of your monitor, or as a scrolling sidebar.

AutoRuns tells all for free...

2008-05-21T12:13:00.000-07:00

This utility shows you what programs are configured to run during system boot up or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys. You can configure Autoruns to show other locations, including Explorer shell extensions, toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications, auto-start services, and much more. Way better than MSConfig

Here's a burning issue...free burning that is!

2008-05-18T17:13:00.000-07:00

Forget all those bloated "costware" CD burning aps like Nero, etc. Simply download/install CDBurnerXP and light 'er up!

StrokeIt freely adds functionality to mouse gestures...

2008-05-17T06:44:00.000-07:00

StrokeIt is an advanced mouse gesture application. What is a mouse gesture? A gesture is a simple symbols that you "draw" on your screen using your mouse. Combined with a right mouse click, StrokeIt can perform Copy, Paste, and/or any of 80 additional learned transactions, all done with the easy move of your mouse.

Change up your Firefox (and other browser) looks for free...

2008-05-16T06:32:00.000-07:00

With userstyles.org you can install any of a collection of styles that put you in control of the appearance of websites and of Firefox/Mozilla applications. These styles can remove annoying parts of websites, change the color scheme, streamline your browser, and much more.

How does it work? First, install the Stylish extension into Firefox, Flock, or Thunderbird. This is the application that'll let you manage styles. (Users of other browsers, see your options here.)

Next, find a style you like at userstyles.org and your in business.

Free - Everything you wanted to know about your Windows machine!

2008-05-15T16:30:00.000-07:00

This freeware application from Gabriel Topala is top notch. It will list every detail you would ever want to know about hardware and software on your Windows computer.

Neat screensaver if you like 'em...

2008-02-29T16:10:00.000-08:00

Free from www.screenomania.com is a nifty, fun program for use as a screen saver that displays real time views of mother earth.

Defrag for free...

2008-02-18T15:05:00.000-08:00

Disk fragmentation leads to system slowdowns, PC crashes, slow startups and shutdowns. Auslogics Disk Defrag is designed for fast optimization of modern hard disks and its free!

Another free tool to manage your Windows resources...

2008-02-15T10:26:00.000-08:00

As many as 20 to 30 processes may be running invisibly, silently in the background on your PC. Some hog system resources, drastically slowing down your computer. Others are a threat to security and privacy. A few may be harmless.

Get the latest definitions and exhaustive advice on all the processes running on your Windows PC. Download and install ProcessQuickLink 2, run it, and then open the Windows Task Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Del) to see icons to the side of each task that is running. Click on any icon and you'll browse to ProcessLibrary.com to learn more about that running program.

What the heck is running on my PC?

2008-02-15T10:17:00.000-08:00

Ever wondered which program is hogging all your system resources or has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which programs are running. It's free. Look for another tool to help with managing your Windows system resources in my next post.

Convert any video to iPod video...free!

2008-02-14T07:07:00.000-08:00

Videora iPod Converter is a free iPod video converter that converts video files, YouTube videos, movies and DVD's so you can play them on your iPod.

Let Belarc advise you - for free...

2008-02-11T19:44:00.000-08:00

The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, CIS (Center for Internet Security) benchmarks, and displays the results in your Web browser.

Stop that SPAM...

2008-02-09T07:37:00.000-08:00

Spambayes is a free, open source, anti-spam program thats been in use for several years. It works with (and has been tested with) all Outlook mail clients and GMail. It also seems it may also work with Windows Live mail, Incredimail, Yahoo mail, MSN Hotmail, and AOL mail.

2 "F's" as in FREE and floola for you iPod management...

2008-02-04T13:28:00.000-08:00

Floola is a freeware application to efficiently manage your iPod or your Motorola mobile phone (any model supporting iTunes). It's a standalone application that can be run directly from your iPod and needs no installation under Linux, Mac OS X and Windows (Windows Vista is supported). You can get it here:

I want to save that video!

2007-08-06T16:21:00.000-07:00

2 web sites, vixy.net and mux.am, will let you input website addresses for videos you want to save to you own computer and will convert it to most any format you want including iPod!

Root kits are bad malware...

2007-07-17T11:41:00.000-07:00

And here are 3 free applications you can run to see if you are infected. Microsoft's Rootkit Revealer, Grisoft's AVG Anti-Rootkit, and F-Secure's Blacklight.

What's really running on your Windows PC...

2007-07-17T10:56:00.000-07:00

Belarc Advisor is a free application that will you look "under the hood" on your PC so you really know everything thats running in the background.

RIP (backup) your DVDs...

2007-06-25T09:04:00.001-07:00

Handbrake is a free open source program that runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux. The simple interface allows you to back up your DVDs to computer, iPod, PDA, AppleTV, and other formats.

Speaking of Google mashup maps...

2007-06-24T09:41:00.000-07:00

Sanoodi.com is a great route mapping mashup tool for use by runners, bikers, walkers, and more. The site lets you map, save, and share your routes, calculate mileage, and mashup with Flickr.com photo site.

Find your caffeine fix on these free Google map mashups...

2007-06-24T09:36:00.001-07:00

Findbyclick.com "maps" Starbucks and other coffee locations for your caffeine needs while on the road.

Don't buy MS Word - use freebie word processor...

2007-06-24T09:30:00.001-07:00

Web Worker Daily recaps 10 free Word replacements for all your word processing needs - for the right price!

Johnny Jet travel tips...

2007-06-23T09:27:00.001-07:00

Johnny Jet, expert travel consultant, advises Seatguru.com for preferred seating locations on airplanes. If you need to call to change reservation details (or call any company for any reason) and want to talk to a LIVE person right away - look up the phone shortcuts at Gethuman.com. If you want/need any telephone voicemail forwarded to avoid using cell phone minutes while traveling,, you can "hear" the messages by checking your email from the free service at GotVoice.com. Finally, for international travelers, Whatplug.info will tell you what type of electrical connectors you need to bring along so you can get connected while in foreign countries.

Won't be long and free - open source - applications will take over - try Sunbird...

2007-06-21T15:53:00.001-07:00

Mozilla - makers of the better/safer Firebird browser and other great free open source aps - has created Sunbird calender . Try it out.

3 best free anti-virus programs for Windows...

2007-06-20T17:38:00.001-07:00

Try PC Tools, AntiVir, or AVG but only have 1 anti-virus program installed at any one time (if your computer already has one, uninstall it first!).

My 3 favorite free Windows "malware" tools...

2007-06-20T17:30:00.001-07:00

Ad-Aware, Spy-Bot Search & Destroy, and (believe it or not) Microsoft's own Defender.

For you weather watchers - for free...

2007-06-20T17:21:00.001-07:00

Singer's Creations "Weather Watcher" is a great Windows weather info center.

Free program to manage open Windows windows...

2007-06-19T03:11:00.001-07:00

Always On Top maker allows you to choose to keep open windows on top (or not).

Cool free launcher bar makes Windows look like Mac...

2007-06-18T15:22:00.001-07:00

Stardock Objectdock is neat but make sure you've got enough horsepower to run it smoothly.

Better than Adobe reader and free...

2007-06-18T15:15:00.001-07:00

Lightweight substitute for the bloated Adobe reader is Foxit reader.

Skype video chat software is the best and free...

2007-06-18T14:48:00.001-07:00

If you want to see and talk to your family/friends "computer to computer" for free - Skype is for you.

Converting vinyl to mp3...

2007-06-18T14:29:00.001-07:00

Now you can convert your dusty records to digital music with a USB turntable and recording software.

xbox 360 detour...

2007-06-18T14:17:00.001-07:00

Microsoft announced the "upgrade" to XBox 360 of 512MB memory NOT the bigger hard drive we were all looking for.

Lemme save that video!

1969-12-31T22:00:00.000-08:00

2 websites, vixy.net and mux.am, allow you to (for free!) convert web video to any type you want/need so you can save the file to your own PC!