Top 10 Freeware - December 2007

Top 10 Freeware
(December 2007)

Programs listed alphabetically

7-Zip
Version 4.57, release date: December 6, 2007
7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. The program supports 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB formats. Compression ratio in the new 7z format is 30-50% better than ratio in ZIP format. It also compresses to ZIP 2-10% better than PKZip and WinZip.
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Avignon Concept 2008
Version 8.071216, release date: December 16, 2007
Avignon Concept is the best freeware solution for all your Personal Data having data management for Books, Movies, Contacts and Music, including a full fledged personal Document manager. Avignon Concept has off-course a To-do manager, which, combined with the Avignon Concept Calendar and Planning functions, gives you the complete system you need. On top of these functions, Avignon Concept also delivers a Finance manager enabling you to run your all your worldwide bank accounts. An Internet manager is also included.
Avignon Concept has more than 40 standard reports, which can be run to screen, in PDF format and exported to Excel. These reports have also the possibility to filter your data and give you all the information you need ! Most data can also be imported and exported in XML. Avignon Concept is freeware, has no spyware, and is available in English, Français, Deutsch, Nederlands, Magyar and Polski languages. Real-time change of the language is included in the package.

Beneton Movie GIF
Version 1.1.2, release date: December 18, 2007
Beneton Movie GIF is a free animated GIF editing tool. It is simple, quick, and effective.
Features:
- Supports 48 file formats such as BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, and AVI
- Multiple frames selecting
- Drag and drop frames for a quick editing
- 20 different effects, divided in 2 big categories: normal and animated
- Supports individual frame properties: delay and transparent for each frame
- Save and load a batch of frames (frame1.bmp, frame2.bmp, etc.)
- A complete built-in image editor with many tools (pencil, shapes, airbrush, alpha brush, fill, selection, text)
- A simple preview window that previews individual frames or the animation with options such as zoom, loop, etc
. - Many others!

Link200
Version 3.2.0.3, release date: December 21, 2007
Link200 will determine the validity of bookmarks or favorites in Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Netscape. Link200 is an easy to use step-through wizard that guides you through the entire process. No longer do you have to worry about going to a favorite or bookmark only to find out the site is no longer valid. Link200 will handle the checking and cleaning. Users can automatically delete the bad websites using Link200's clean option or you can specify which ones you would like to remove on a per website basis.
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Polyglot 3000
Version 2.8, release date: December 01, 2007
Polyglot 3000 is an automatic language identifier that quickly recognizes the language of any text, phrase or even single words.
Features:
- Recognizes more than 400 languages.
- Supports Unicode texts.
- Convenient user interface.
- True-Coloured icons in menu and toolbar.
- Quick and correct language identification.
- Can be set to only check for popular languages.
- Multilingual interface (English, German, French, Spanish and others).
OS: Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP.
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Paint.NET
Version 3.20, release date: December 12, 2007
Paint.NET is free image editing and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools
It started development as an undergraduate college senior design project mentored by Microsoft, and is currently being maintained by some of the alumni that originally worked on it. Originally intended as a free replacement for the MS Paint software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful yet simple tool for photo and image editing.
The programming language used to create Paint.NET is C#, with a small amount of C++ for installation and shell-integration related functionality.
Minimum System Requirements: Windows XP (SP2 or later), Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 (SP1 or later), NET Framework 2.0.
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Qsel
Version 1.61, release date: December 24, 2007
Qsel is a launcher for programs, documents and web links with large or small Icons.
Easy configuration of launcher windows using drag&drop.
Create any number of Categories with individual launcher window settings.
Switch categories through index window (click on title button), quick pop-up (right click) or special launcher Icons.
SystemTray mode with pop-up menu for quick access to all windows and functions.
Automatic drive letter handling on Flash Drives, CR-ROM's...

Recuva
Version 1.09.194, release date: December 7, 2007
Recuva (pronounced 'recover') is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses!
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UnderCoverXP
Version 1.17, release date: December 29, 2007
UndercoverXP is a free program to easily print CD and DVD covers. It supports JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP formats and can automatically scale front covers, back covers, front + inside, inlays, DVD Boxes, Digital Pictures and CD/DVD labels to the correct sizes. Other formats can be easily added via a graphical format editor. UnderCoverXP is written in C++ using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and doesn't need a .NET framework or any other external libraries. UnderCoverXP is available in 25 languages.
Download (868 kB)

Wavosaur
Version 1.0.1.0, release date: December 1, 2007
Wavosaur is a free sound editor, audio editor, wav editor software for editing, processing and recording sounds, wav and mp3 files. Wavosaur has all the features to edit audio (cut, copy, paste, etc.) produce music loops, analyze, record, batch convert.
Wavosaur supports VST plugins, ASIO driver, multichannel wav files, real time effect processing.
The program has no installer and doesn't write in the registry. Use it as a free mp3 editor, for mastering, sound design.
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November 2007