Top 10 Freeware - October 2007

Top 10 Freeware
(October 2007)

Programs listed alphabetically

Calendar Magic
Version 16.9, release date: October 16, 2007
Calendar Magic is a feature packed calendar tool that supports a variety of date calculations, specialized calendars, alarm reminders, as well as calculators, unit conversions and more. It also includes a pregnancy due date calculator, an option to look up the current time in various parts of the world, a global distance calculator and other mathematical toys. You can even generate a report that will provide you with interesting (calendar) details about your life and biorhythm. Other features include calendar comparison, time between dates, observed holidays, religious festivals, sun/moon data and more. Calendar Magic supports multiple languages and calendar systems and all results can be printed.
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Converber
Version 1.6.0, release date: October 22, 2007
Converber is a unit converter. It is a powerful software utility that will help make easy conversions between 1208 various units of measure in 32 categories. Converber converts everything from length and force to flow and temperature. See some of the features listed below.
Features:
- Gives immediate access to all categories or single category
- Favorites menu to bookmark your frequently-used conversions
- New! Currency rates...updated daily
- Quickly search the unit list and immediately see results
- Step backwards or forwards through the most recently used conversions
- Single or multiple preference file(s) for different users
- Shows either common units or ALL units
- Converts as you type, so no convert button is required
- Includes equation editor to add your own custom units
- Allows you to select/unselect the conversion file(s)
- Can change the number of significant digits of the output
- Option to select decimal-point precision
- Option to select scientific notation only
- Inverts selected units with the quick swap feature
- Displays the category to give further information
- Converts left-to-right OR right-to-left
- Runs stand-alone using no dll files or registry settings
- Remembers last window position and size (if desired)
- Offset correction for meter value compensation
- Comes with extensive help file
- Supports transparency (Windows 2000, XP only)
- Supports a multi-language user interface
- And more...
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Floppy Office
Version 4.0, release date: October 13, 2007
Floppy Office is a collection of small, self contained no-install applications which can furnish one with a mini office suite which can easily fit on a floppy or be run from a USB drive.
This package contains: standalone email client, ftp client, graphics editor, word processor, text editor, PDF creation software, web server for hosting files via http, encryption software, zip utility, and last but not least, a spreadsheet program -- all which fit on one floppy disk easily!
All of these applications can be run from, or stored on a simple floppy disk. None of them require installation, so you can also install them to your USB drive and configure them to your liking on it. This is the perfect portable freeware office solution for anyone who finds themselves working on different PCs.
All of the applications are freeware, however each of them have their own individual licenses, and belong to their respective authors.
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FreeCommander
Version 2007.10, release date: October 27, 2007
FreeCommander is an easy-to-use alternative to the standard windows file manager. The program helps you with daily work in Windows. Here you can find all the necessary functions to manage your data stock. You can take FreeCommander anywhere - just copy the installation directory on a CD, USB-Stick or even a floppy disk - and you can even work with this program on a foreign computer.
Features:
- Dual-panel technology - horizontal and vertical
- Tabbed interface
- Optional tree view for each panel
- Built in file viewer to view files in hex, binary, text or image format
- File viewer inside archives too
- Built in archive handling: ZIP (read, write), CAB (read, write), RAR (read)
- Nested archive handling
- Easy access to system folders, control panel, desktop and start menu
- Copy, move, delete, rename files and folders
- Wipe files
- Create and verify MD5 checksums
- File splitting
- File properties and context menu
- Calculation of folder size
- Folder comparison / synchronization
- Modification of file date and attributes
- Folder / program favorites
- File searching (inside archive too)
- File filters for display
- User defined columns for detailed view
- DOS command line
- Multiple language support
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Ka Type In
Version 1.3, release date: October 16, 2007
Ka Type In lets you define frequently used text snippets, ready to be typed into any application, document, web form. Just create a set of items, like e-mail addresses, zip code, phone number, etc. and you'll never have to type it again. In addition, you can create more sophisticated templates - with variables, which will cause a form to be shown, enabling you to setup those variables.
Screenshot | Download (920 kB)

Magic Mail Monitor
Version 2.94 b18, release date: October 12, 2007
Magic Mail Monitor (MMM) is a free POP3 mail monitor with multiple accounts support. It sits silently in your system tray, and notifies you about new messages in your mailboxes. Then you can preview messages and delete unwanted mail in order to avoid spam and viruses.
To help you fight spam, save time and traffic, MMM offers configurable filters, friends list, partial loading and other easy to use tools.
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Pitaschio
Version 2.17, release date: October 31, 2007
Pitaschio is a freeware which makes it convenient to use Microsoft Windows. The Pitaschio includes a large number of useful functions.
For example:
- Snap a window to other windows when moving and resizing
- Restrict a window position to inside of the screen
- Always keep a window above all other windows
- Minimize a window to the system tray
- Use small icons in the desktop
- Disable Windows key, Insert key, Alt key etc.
- Lock the mouse or keyboard while cleaning them
- Take statistics about mouse and keyboard
- Calculate Moon's age
- Control the sound volume using the mouse wheel
- Display the sound volume level on the screen
The Pitaschio is a essential tool to use windows efficiently.
Screenshot | Download (60 kB)

Returnil Virtual System Personal Edition 2007
Version 1.7, release date: October 8, 2007
The Returnil Virtual System Personal Edition is a powerful virtualization technology that completely mirrors your actual computer setup and it can create a virtual storage disk within your PC where you can save documents, data, and files while using the System Protection feature.
Returnil Virtual System's protection concept is very easy to understand. It provides a simple, effective, and smart way to prevent unwanted or malicious changes from being made to your supported Windows® Operating System and the drive where Windows® is installed. You operate your system in a virtual environment, so anything you do will happen in the virtual environment, not in the real PC. If your computer is attacked or gets infected with Malware, all you need to do is simply reboot the PC to erase all changes. Once restarted, your system will be restored to the original state, as if nothing ever happened! Meanwhile, Returnil Virtual System can create a virtual storage disk for you; the purpose of this partition is to provide a place for you to save your data when the Virtual System Protection mode is turned ON, and you can customize the size of this disk to meet your individual requirements.
When the Virtual System Protection is OFF, you can install or remove programs, save documents within the Windows® disk drive, install security upgrades and software patches, alter configurations, and update user accounts. All changes made will remain following a restart of the computer.
The Returnil Virtual System is designed to take the risk and worry out of exposing your computer to all types of software, downloads, websites, or anything else that might have adverse effects on your computer or infect it with harmful viruses, spyware and other malicious programs. Once you restart your system it will revert back to its original state and all changes to your primary partition will disappear.
All of this without sacrificing computer performance or usability while helping to reduce technical support intervention and the need for routine maintenance. By cloning your system in memory rather than on your hard disk, the Returnil Virtual System offers better speed and reliability than other virtualization solutions.
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Xenu's Link Sleuth
Version 1.2j, release date: October 8, 2007
Xenu's Link Sleuth (TM) checks Web sites for broken links. Link verification is done on "normal" links, images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts and java applets. It displays a continously updated list of URLs which you can sort by different criteria. A report can be produced at any time.
Screenshot | Download (546 kB)

XP Syspad
Version 7.9.5, release date: October 22, 2007
XP SysPad is a launcher which makes access to Windows system utilities its specialty. All of the prime Windows system info and utilities such as the individual control panel applets, as well as the "hidden" applications in Windows, can be launched with the click of one button, which makes it easier than hunting around the explorer pane or waiting for menus to fold out.
Plus, you can easily access a host of other valuable functions, such as recover Windows 2000/XP Product Key, get your IP address, execute web queries, identify and kill any running process, launch any program, search files, and more. For convenience, it also can minimize itself to the system tray. It launches over 250 functions in all!
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September 2007