Posts Tagged ‘Downloads’

AlternativeTo Recommends Other Software

Last week Download Squad dug up a real gem when they found a website called AlternativeTo. This website lists out a lot of really popular applications like Photoshop, Nero, Dreamweaver, and the various Microsoft Office products. Then for each of them it provides alternatives (both free and commercial) that users can choose from.

April 23rd, 2009
AlternativeTo Recommends Other Software

Automatically Save Files to Specific Folders in Firefox

I've seen extensions before that let you designate specific directories on your computer for files to be saved based upon the extension of file. The thing that I normally hate about this is that it's tough to say where I want the ZIP files I download to be stored.

April 21st, 2009
Automatically Save Files to Specific Folders in Firefox

Fast & Powerful Bulk File Renaming

I'm a big fan of file renaming utilities because they can save a ton of time when you have hundreds of files or photos who's filename needs to be cleaned up. There are a few different tools that I used in the past to do this, but lately I've found myself gravitating to a freeware application called Ken Rename.

March 13th, 2009
Fast & Powerful Bulk File Renaming

Organize Your Desktop with Fences

Most of the time I use my computer's desktop as a temporary holding place for things that I need to organize later on. It's normally filled with attachments that have been downloaded from emails, apps I've downloaded to try out, and more. My goal is to always have a clear desktop because that means I've filed everything away, but that rarely happens.

February 11th, 2009
Organize Your Desktop with Fences

Comodo Registry Cleaner

Keeping your Windows Registry clean is something that can be quite a chore. Comodo, who happens to make an incredible free firewall tool, also has a free registry cleaner that not many people know about. One thing that I love the most is that you can download the typical installer, or you can grab the portable format that requires no installation.

January 23rd, 2009
Comodo Registry Cleaner

Kill and Change Priority of Applications from the Taskbar

There are all kinds of free applications that will let you do things like adjust a window's transparency, minimize it to the System Tray, and pin a window so that it remains on top of all others.

January 22nd, 2009
Kill and Change Priority of Applications from the Taskbar

Automatically Restart Crashed Apps

There is a good chance that you've had a program crash on your while you were away from your computer, and it probably caused quite a headache. Maybe you have a web server or FTP server at home, and the application running it crashed when you were at work leaving those files inaccessible.

January 21st, 2009
Automatically Restart Crashed Apps

Windows 7 Download Available, Users Wait for Product Keys

Big news came Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) when Steve Ballmer said that they would be releasing a copy of Windows 7 Beta that the public can actually get their hands on.

January 9th, 2009
Windows 7 Download Available, Users Wait for Product Keys

Half of Firefox Extensions Not Compatible with 3.1

Mozilla is on the verge of releasing Firefox 3.1 Beta 2, and it's quite possible that in the next month or two the final version will be pushed out the door. A major new release like this means that some of your favorite extensions might not be working, and Mozilla doesn't want that to happen.

November 28th, 2008
Half of Firefox Extensions Not Compatible with 3.1

gMote: Mouse Gestures for Windows

In the past we've talked about some mouse gesture applications for Windows including ones that targeted specific applications like Firefox. For some people these gestures can save significant amounts of time day in and day out. If you're one of those people you should probably know that there's a new mouse gesture program in town, and it's called gMote.

November 14th, 2008
gMote: Mouse Gestures for Windows