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Flock – Social web browser

http://www.flock.com/  

Flock is a web browser heavily based upon Mozilla Firefox and other Mozilla technologies. Flock is also the name of the company developing the browser. Flock's creators call it a "social browser", due to its ability to interact with popular social networking web services. Such web services include Flickr, Facebook, Del.icio.us, Technorati, Photobucket, and various popular blogging and news aggregation services.

Protected Storage Pass View – see contents of Windows Protected Storage

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/pspv.html

Protected Storage PassView is a small utility that reveals the passwords stored on your computer by Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and MSN Explorer. The passwords are revealed by reading the information from the Protected Storage.

Starting from version 1.60, this utility reveals all AutoComplete strings stored in Internet Explorer, not only the AutoComplete password, as in the previous versions.

This utility can show Outlook passwords, AutoComplete passwords in Internet Explorer (Pre IE7 only, see IE PassView for IE7+), Password-protected sites in Internet Explorer, and MSN Explorer Passwords.

This utility can only show the passwords of the current logged-on user. It cannot reveal the passwords of other users.

XVI32 – Freeware Hex Editor

http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm

XVI32 is a freeware hex editor running under Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. The name XVI32 is derived from XVI, the roman notation for the number 16.

The current release 2.51 is available since August 2, 2003. It comes with a complete online help and requires only 975 KB of hard disk space. There is no setup program needed – just unzip the downloaded archive to your hard disk! XVI32 doesn’t write any data to your registry.

ShareWatch – see who is connected to a computer and what files they are accessing 

http://stevemiller.net/ShareWatch/  

ShareWatch allows you to see who is connected to a computer and what files they are accessing. Have you ever wondered why your hard drive or modem is active, but you aren't doing anything to cause it to be active?  It is possible a remote user is accessing your computer.  Have you ever had a file locked but you don't know why? ShareWatch can tell you if a network user is using the file and allows you to disconnect them so that you can edit/delete the file.  Have you ever wanted to shutdown a computer, but don't want to drop people using the computer.  ShareWatch will show you all resources in use by remote users.

Here are some features of ShareWatch…

    * Watch shares on local and remote servers.
    * Shows the users and computers that are connected to each share, along with what files are open.
    * Allows you to disconnect any file, user, computer, or share.
    * Address book lookup to show you the details about each user connected (this feature is turned off by default)
    * Computer lookup to show you both the computer name and IP address of the computers connected.
    * Can be run as a tray application.
    * Supports top-most and transparency.
    * Works on Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista.
    * Multithreaded to allow servers to be queried independently from each other while not blocking each other or the user interface

Medusa – Parallel Network Login brute force Auditor

http://www.foofus.net/jmk/medusa/medusa.html#what  

Medusa is intended to be a speedy, massively parallel, modular, login brute-forcer. The goal is to support as many services which allow remote authentication as possible.

Modules are available for the following services:

* CVS
* FTP
* HTTP
* IMAP
* MS-SQL
* MySQL
* NetWare NCP
* NNTP
* PcAnywhere
* POP3
* PostgreSQL
* REXEC
* RLOGIN
* RSH
* SMBNT
* SMTP-AUTH
* SMTP-VRFY
* SNMP
* SSHv2
* Subversion (SVN)
* Telnet
* VMware Authentication Daemon (vmauthd)
* VNC
* Generic Wrapper
* Web Form

Obviously you should only use security auditing utilities such as Medusa against computers and networks that you own or have explicit permission to audit.

DeltaCopy – Rsync for Windows

http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DeltaCopy.jsp

In general terms, DeltaCopy is an open source, fast incremental backup program. Let’s say you have to backup one file that is 500 MB every night. A normal file copy would copy the entire file even if a few bytes have changed. DeltaCopy, on the other hand, would only copy the part of file that has actually been modified. This reduces the data transfer to just a small fraction of 500 MB saving time and network bandwidth.

In technical terms, DeltaCopy is a “Windows Friendly” wrapper around the Rsync program, currently maintained by Wayne Davison. “rsync” is primarily designed for Unix/Linux/BSD systems. Although ports are available for Windows, they typically require downloading Cygwin libraries and manual configuration.

wizd media server – Network Media Server

http://wizd.sourceforge.net/features.htm  

Wizd is serving all your media files (video, audio, photo…) to your networked player.

- automatically detected by your player
– browse faster than ever through your media
– no aditionnal server required (Apache, PHP…)
– low memory usage (less than 10 MB)
– fully customizable (skins and settings)
– read DVD-ISO backups and standard DVD backups
– bookmark feature for MPEG movies
– tumbnails mode to preview your pictures
– free and open-source :)

- optional : configuration tool for Windows

Avidemux – free video editor

http://www.avidemux.org/ 

Imagine an application which does everything VirtualDub can do, but runs on various platforms, supports a lot of containers, comes with all Codecs you need built-in and doesn´t use the nasty VfW interface. That applications is Avidemux!

Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It´s graphical user interface looks pretty similar to VirtualDub and most features known from VirtualDub are available too. Avidemux supports a great number of file types, such as AVI, MPEG/VOB/TS , MP4, ASF, OGM, MKV and FLV. At the same time it supports a wide range of Video and Audio formats, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 ASP, H.264/AVC, DV, HuffYUV, MP3, AAC, AC-3 and Vorbis. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities. Video-DVD or (S)VCD compliant streams can be created with easy-to-use "Auto" wizards.

DriverPacks – huge collection of drivers for windows xp

http://driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/ 

I've started these DriverPacks because I wanted to achieve a Uniform UXPCD. Why in the world would you want support for all available hardware, I hear you thinking. Well, that's easy to explain: to be able to use these unattended Windows XP installation CD's on any computer (of course one that's capable of running Windows XP).

So in that thread at MSFN.org I asked how I could do that. Of course people were laughing at me (a quote: "I think you'd be naive to think you'd be able to fit the (latest) drivers of every device made since XP was launched, on the one cd").

After a while I decided to just try it, and I started the DriverPack Sound. It was a hell to get it fully working, but the positive feedback kept me continuing. Later DriverPack LAN was added and also DriverPack MassStorage (this last one was started by RyanVM). In January '05 I released DriverPack WLAN, which contains about 250 drivers (at that time)! This one has without a doubt the largest collection until now. In February, DriverPack Graphics has become available. This one has been split into three parts: A, B and C. DriverPack Graphics A supports the ATI Radeon series and the nVidia GeForce and GeForce Go series (current low-, mid- and high- end GPU's), while DP Graphics B supports the older and rather exotic graphics cards. DriverPack Graphics C contains the drivers for the professional GPU's: ATI's and nVidia's Quadro series. DriverPack Chipset has also been added to the list! DriverPack Sound has also been split into two parts (A and B) because of its size. DriverPack CPU, a tiny DriverPack, contains the AMD K8 CPU drivers. This (nearly) completes the circle: all important device drivers are now available in the form of DriverPacks!

Each of these DriverPacks support the widest variety of controllers in their category: even brands of whom you've never heard are included! At the moment there is support for hundreds of devices (Chipset, Graphics (A, B and C), LAN, MassStorage, Sound (A and B) and WLAN).

SysRestorePoint – create System Restore Point

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_sysrestorepoint.htm 

SysRestorePoint.exe is a small VB utility that will allow you to create a System Restore Point, with no user intervention.

There are now two versions:

v1.0 – When run automatically creates the Restore Point with no dialogs or notifications, unless there is a problem creating the Restore Point.

v1.1 – Displays a dialog while the Restore Point is being created, and a dialog will show that the Restore Point was successfully created or not.  If it was successful, the dialog will automatically dismiss after 5 seconds.

v1.2 – Modified to work with Windows Vista.

Usage:  Download the appropriate file and extract the contents to your hard drive.  Create a shortcut to the EXE that you extracted.  This shortcut can be placed in your Start Menu, on your Desktop or even your Quick Launch bar.  To run this utility every time the system starts, simply place a shortcut in Documents and SettingsAll UsersStart MenuProgramsStartup folder.  Restore Points are listed in the System Restore Calendar as "Automatic Restore Point" along with the time it was created.  

Camtasia Studio – screen recorder and more

http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp  

Imagine being able to show exactly what's on your screen to anyone, anywhere. Imagine that it's easy. Now you've imagined Camtasia Studio.

With the smartest screen recording tools on the planet, Camtasia Studio makes everything from training videos to PowerPoint presentations to lectures look better, reach more people, and pack more punch. Which makes you look even smarter, too.

SendTo FTP

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Garage/7334/SndToFTP.html 

The easiest way I've yet seen to upload files to your web site–just right-click a file, select Send To**SendTo FTP, and click OK.

If you manage a web site, you probably upload files to Internet servers via FTP.

Peili Chen's SendTo FTP makes this chore about as simple as it gets. Just right-click a file (or a selected group of files), and select Send To**SendTo FTP. A dialog box will let you define a destination or pick an already defined one, and up your file(s) go.

SendTo FTP hasn't been updated in several years, and we could not successfully contact Peili Chen, but the program still works. We noted some problems with Vista, which wasn't around when the program was last updated, but nothing serious.

Save2pc – download videos from Youtube

http://www.save2pc.com/

Save2pc is a free tool that downloads videos from Youtube or Google Video and saves it as Avi or Mpeg or Flv file to your local computer.
save2pc allows you to easily grab and save desired youtube video. The user interface of save2pc is very simple, so you don't need any technical knowledge to use it. No need to use scripts for web browsers. Just run save2pc and start downloading!

Features:
    * Easy to use
    * Download from Youtube
    * Download from Google Video
    * Save youtube video as an AVI file
    * Save youtube video as an MPEG file
    * Save youtube video as an FLV file

AccelClip – clipboard extension tool

http://www.flexigensoft.com/clipboard-extension-tool  

AccelClip is a innovative clipboard extension tool developed to make work with text, graphics and other data convenient and effective.
Clipboard extender

Default Copy, Cut and Paste operations works with single fragment only. Often, it is very convenient to have more than one fragment in the clipboard. Thus, you can paste one of the early used fragments back to your document, fill any forms with some predefined data, paste any part of the clipboard contents. AccelClip stores all fragments that once placed into the Windows clipboard, and allows you reuse any of that with a single click.

StorURL – simple URL manager

http://www.haztek-software.com/

StorURL is a small utility that allows you to store all your favorite website URLs with a descriptive title to go along with the URL. Features include import/export to and from Internet Explorer favorites as well as the option to sort your links into as many categories as you like, search throught them and export them to a formatted HTML page. Double-clicking on an entry will launch the your default browser. In addition, you can choose to validate individual or all links in a category, and the program will mark the ones that contain broken links.

Keyword Analyzer – builds keyword lists

http://www.codingelite.com/tools/KeywordAnalyzer.htm

Keyword Analyzer builds keyword lists and analyzes competition in niches. It will tell you how many times a keyword has been searched for, how as well as the number of competing websites in Google, Yahoo and MSN. It is very simple to use and is an excellent tool for researching new niches, as it gives you an at-a-glance view of the amount of demand and competition for each keyword phrase.

RoboGuru Guitar Tools – Guitar chord finder

http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_16_167_34592.html

Guitar chord finder, guitar tuner and metronome
Features:

    * Guitar chord finder
    * Guitar tuner
    * Metronome
    * Emphasis is placed on easy of use.

Features You Need, and Nothing More.

MapCreator – create cartography maps

http://www.primap.com/en/

MapCreator combines a cartography and a graphics programme. The software is designed to create maps and animated maps of the highest quality as often required for presentations. For example, this could be maps needed for a travel presentation. But also in other cases, where a map is needed, which should present the essential information in a professional manner, MapCreator is the right choice.

BMR Health Calculator

http://www.consumerstyle.com/download/download_bmr.php

Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) is the number of calories your body uses when at rest. Your BMR is individual and influenced by factors such as age, weight, gender, activity, and environment. Knowing your BMR level will help you work out the calories needed to maintain or lose weight. Forget the math and use this BMR calculator to find this out quickly. Both English and Metric measurements are supported. Download this BMR Health Calculator now.

Microsoft Fiddler – HTTP Debugging Proxy

http://www.fiddlertool.com/fiddler/

Fiddler is a HTTP Debugging Proxy which logs all HTTP traffic between your computer and the Internet. Fiddler allows you to inspect all HTTP Traffic, set breakpoints, and "fiddle" with incoming or outgoing data. Fiddler includes a powerful event-based scripting subsystem, and can be extended using any .NET language.

Fiddler is freeware and can debug traffic from virtually any application, including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and thousands more.

Fiddler 2 has replaced Fiddler 1.x. Fiddler 2 supports debugging HTTPS traffic, a richer extensibility model, and can by installed side-by-side with Fiddler 1.x if desired.

myFairTunes -iTunes/DRM removal tool

http://hymn-project.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1555

myFairTunes is a iTunes/DRM removal tool. Now supports iTunes 6.0.5.x, 7.0.0.x and 7.5.x.

Wordpress Plug-in: make blog Mobile phone accessible

http://www.andymoore.info/wordpress-mobile-plugin/  

WordPress site accessible on a mobile phone with this plugin. Now your posts, pages, archives and comments can be viewed on a mobile device. Standards are supported, posts and comments can be submitted by phone and your WordPress mobile site is easily moneitized by AdMob.

FlipSS – command line enable-disable screen saver

http://www.jddesign.co.uk/products/freeware/freeware_programs.htm#FlipSS

This utility lets you change the screen-saver state (it will stop the screen saver if its running when the program switches the state to off), and manually start the screen saver. It might be useful if you're burning CDs and don't want the screen saver to start up. Command line options are /on, /off, or /start. 

 FireFox Plug-in:  Read it Later

http://www.ideashower.com/ideas/active/read-it-later/  

This Firefox extension allows you to save pages of interest to read later. It eliminates cluttering of bookmarks with sites that are merely of a one-time interest. A commenter below (Chris) summed it up very well: “It’s a ’staging area’ for bookmarks.”

Jump down after the video for more information.

OLAT – open-source Learning Management System

http://www.olat.org/website/en/html/index.html 

Welcome to OLAT (Online Learning And Training), the web-based open-source termLearning Management System (LMS)  based on Java and completely free of charge.

LMS – Learning Management System