The Virtual Desktop Manager - VirtuaWin v4.0 beta4 made available

VirtuaWin is a virtual desktop manager for the Windows operating system (Win9x/ME/NT/Win2K/XP/Win2003/Vista). A virtual desktop manager lets you organize applications over several virtual desktops (also called 'workspaces'). Virtual desktops are very common in Unix/Linux, and once you get accustomed to using them, they become an essential part of a productive workflow.

VirtuaWin is designed to be simple and elegant to use yet still be highly configurable and extensible.

Website to download - http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtuawin

Free on the fly Encryption Software - CryptoExpert 2008 Lite

CryptoExpert creates encrypted virtual disks and these disks are visible as usual disks with drive letters (for example, G:, H:, Z:, i.e. with any drive letter that is not used by other system devices).

The data stored on a CryptoExpert disk is stored in the container file. A container is a file, so it is possible to backup a container, move or copy it to other disk (CD-ROM or network, for instance) and continue to access your encrypted data using CryptoExpert.

Any free drive letter (or choosen letter) in the system may be used to mount and to open an encrypted file-container for access. When the virtual disk is opened, you can read and write data as if it were a conventional removable disk. You can do anything with a CryptoExpert virtual drive that you can do with a normal hard drive; only that with CryptoExpert, the encrypted volumes require password authentication before the files become accessible.


Product Features

• Using powerful encryption algorithm to encrypt your data: CAST 128 bit
• Ability to create encrypted containers (files vault) up to 20 Megabytes in size
• Access to your files on virtual volume on the fly
• Mapping any free drive letter like G:, F:, K: for virtual volume
• Requires password authentication before the files become accessible
• Works with all Windows application - even DOS applications
• Really Fast
• Looks like normal hard drive

Website to download - http://www.secureaction.com/cryptoexpert/lite/

Convert Video with Any Video Converter Free

Nowadays, there are lots of video that can be downloaded from the web. To allow all those video to be watch in different portable devices (PSP, iPod, MP4, etc), you will need to find utility to convert them to the required format. I recommend the use of Any Video Converter Free.

Any Video Converter is an All-in-One video converting tool with easy-to-use graphical interface, fast converting speed and excellent video quality. It allows you to effortlessly convert video files between every format, for FREE! It can convert almost all video formats including DivX, XviD, MOV, rm, rmvb, MPEG, VOB, DVD, WMV, AVI to MPEG-I, MPEG-I, DVD NTSC , DVD PAL, Flash for Video (FLV) , AVI Video and Customized WMV movie formats. It also supports any user defined video file formats as the output. It has an unmatchable speed and high quality.

Features of Any Video Converter Free includes:

• User-friendly interface that is easy to use.
• Converts all video formats MPEG-I, MPEG-I, DVD NTSC , DVD PAL, Flash for Video (FLV) , AVI Video and Customized WMV movie formats.
• Batch convert any video formats including avi, wmv, asf, mpg, mp4, etc.
• Support DivX and Xvid avi format as importing and exporting video
• Support default video/audio settings or user customized parameters for video and audio.
• Has the option to preview the video in real-time before conversion .
• World's fastest video conversion speed with stunning video and audio quality.
• Supports adjust many video/audio options for MP4 files. For example, video/audio sample rate, bit rate, video size...

Website to download - http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/

Portable Applications for your USB Thumb Drive

The cost of USB Thumb Drive has dropped significantly during the past few years. To make use of the amount of storage in those drives, I recommend the use of this PortableApps.

PortableApps is a collection of portable software that allow customers to add to USB Thumb Drive. There are a total of 12 different applications for your everyday use. It also included a user menu as illustrated in one of the picture I attached.

The list of these application in the standard version includes:

PortableApps Suite (Standard Edition):

• ClamWin Portable (antivirus),
• Mozilla Firefox - Portable Edition (web browser),
• Gaim Portable (instant messaging),
• OpenOffice.org Portable (office suite),
• Sudoku Portable (puzzle game),
• Mozilla Sunbird - Portable Edition (calendar/task manager)
• Mozilla Thunderbird - Portable Edition (email client) and runs comfortably from a 512MB drive.

Website to download - http://portableapps.com/suite

LivingRoad Software Released as FREEWARE!

LivingRoad Software has just announced that 2 of their software are now Freeware. The 2 software are:

• Batch Image Processing Freeware
• Website Downloading Freeware, Raven

Website to download - http://www.livingroad.com/index.php?/content/blogcategory/11/15/

For Batch Image Processing Freeware, the main feature is:

LivingImage is a freeware image file processor. It allows you to process large numbers of images on your computer very quickly, so you don't have to manually change every image.
With many options for image processing you can save hours of working in converting images for email, internet, or countless other uses.

For Website Downloading Freeware, Raven, the main feature is:

Raven is a web site file downloading application. Based on a url, it will spider that web site and download all the files it finds.
First you set a URL and Raven will spider that URL and its links, up to 10 pages deep, looking for files to download. Once it has found the available files, you can download them to a directory of your choice and go directly to them in Windows Explorer. Raven makes downloading images, wallpaper, zip files, or any type of files simple!

Save Sick PC with UBCD4Win

UBCD4Win is a bootable recovery CD that contains software used for repairing, restoring, or diagnosing almost any computer problem.

UBCD4Win is based on Bart's PE©. Bart's PE© builds a Windows® "pre-install" environment CD, basically a simple Windows® XP booted from CD. UBCD4Win includes network support and allows you the ability to modify NTFS volumes, recover deleted files, create new NTFS volumes, scan hard drives for viruses, etc.

UBCD4Win download includes almost everything you need to repair your system problems. This project has been put together to be the ultimate recovery cd and not a replacement OS (Operating System). Please visit the "List of Tools" page for a complete list of what is included in the latest version of UBCD4Win.

Website to download - http://www.ubcd4win.com/index.htm

Top Freeware - Your Personal Magazine Cover using U.R. Celeb 2.011

It’s your dream come true!!!

Your face on Time magazine’s cover with the caption: “Person of the Year.” Or do you prefer to be on the cover of People’s: “Sexiest Man Alive”issue? Not at all and you don’t have to spend $20 at the local amusement park to fake your 15 minutes of fame.

U.R. Celeb will allow you to put any supported image of yourself, a loved one, or a not-so-loved-one on one of several popular magazine covers in less than 15 minutes.

You can edit the captions, their colors, and add other “mini” images with their own captions (i.e., to indicate other stories inside the issue).

When you’re done designing your custom magazine cover, you can save it to your hard drive, print, or e-mail it to friends and family.

Website to download - http://urceleb.oniton.com/