Top 10 Freeware - October 2009

Top 10 Freeware
(October 2009)

Programs listed alphabetically

BonkEnc
Version 1.0.14, release date: October 21, 2009
BonkEnc is a CD ripper, audio encoder and converter for various formats. It can produce MP3, MP4/M4A, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, Bonk and FLAC files. More formats are available through plug-ins. It makes it easy to convert your audio CDs to MP3 or Ogg Vorbis files which you can use in your hardware player or with your favorite audio software. The program supports the CDDB/freedb online CD database and CDText and automatically writes song information to ID3V2 or Vorbis comment tags.
Screenshot | Download (5.7 MB zip)

Converber
Version 2.2.1, release date: October 16, 2009
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...
Screenshot | Download (607 kB zip)

Doszip Commander
Version 1.37, release date: October 11, 2009
The Doszip Commander is an LFN-aware TUI file manager (NC clone) for DOS with built-in unzip. The original program was written in Borland C, but the latest version compiles with Open Watcom 1.8 and the JWasm assembler.
Screenshot | Download (88 kB)

DriverView
Version 1.20, release date: October 6, 2009
DriverView utility displays the list of all device drivers currently loaded on your system. For each driver in the list, additional useful information is displayed: load address of the driver, description, version, product name, company that created the driver, and more.
Screenshot | Download (36 kB)

ExtremeCopy
Version 1.5.0, release date: October 22, 2009
ExtremeCopy is a Windows copy file utility which copy and move files and folders extremely fast and operation is simple, it can increase 20% - 120% speed up than Windows copy handle.
Screenshot | Download (435 MB portable)

Notepad++
Version 5.5.1, release date: October 9, 2009
Notepad++ is a free source editor (supported languages : c, c++, java, html, xml, php, javascript, makefile, asp, VB, SQL, Objective-C...) with the syntax highlighting and syntax folding. It gives also the extra functionality to the general user : colourise the user defined words. You can print your source code in color (or whatever you want) if you have a color printer (WYSIWYG). Furthermore, Notepad++ have the multi-view feature, that allows user to edit the different document in the same time, and even to edit the same document synchronizely in 2 different views. Notepad++ support the fully drag and drop : not only you can drop the file from explorer to open it, but also you can drag and drop a document from a view to another. With all the functionalities, Notepad++ runs as fast as Notepad provided by MS Windows.
Screenshot | Download (3.3 MB)

PasswordFox
Version 1.15, release date: October 18, 2009
PasswordFox is a small password recovery tool that allows you to view the user names and passwords stored by Mozilla Firefox Web browser. By default, PasswordFox displays the passwords stored in your current profile, but you can easily select to watch the passwords of any other Firefox profile. For each password entry, the following information is displayed: Record Index, Web Site, User Name, Password, User Name Field, Password Field, and the Signons filename.
Screenshot | Download (44 kB)

SpeedyFox
Version 1.4, release date: October 21, 2009
Firefox is by far the best feature-rich and fastest browser out there, but with the passage of time it slows down considerably. It will take a lot of time to load during startup, the overall speed will be effected, and browsing Histories will be too slow. This is very common problem and it occurs largely because of fragmentation of databases.
SpeedyFox is a brand new small utility that fixes this problem with a single click! It seems unbelievable but after you optimize your Firefox with this tool, you will get a fresh newly-installed feel because the speed indeed gets considerably faster. You will get up 3 times faster startup speed, browsing history will become faster, and performing operations with cookies will be quicker than before.
Firefox (and sometimes it's add-ons) uses SQLITE databases to store lots of its settings. By the time the databases grow and Firefox starts working slowly. SpeedyFox compacts those databases without loosing any data.
Screenshot | Download (358 kB)

SysPad
Version 4.6.6, release date: October 28, 2009
A folder management and scratchpad utility; especially useful in a business network setting that utilizes numerous, commonly used folders.
The program is accessible via an icon in your Notification Area.
All changes are noted on the Home tab.
Screenshot | Download (3.6 MB)

Unlocker
Version 1.8.8, release date: October 28, 2009
How often have you tried to delete or rename a file or folder and got
Cannot delete file (or folder): It is being used by another person or program.?
Unlocker is a tool which will help you removing this Windows bug.
Simply right click the file or folder and select Unlocker. If the file or folder is locked then a window will appear with a list of processes locking the file or folder. Select the locks and click Unlock and you are done.
Download (50 kB)

September 2009