Saturday, February 03, 2007

MIS Info Video 2.4.0


MIS Info Video lets you to play DVD, AVI, MP3 and MPEG files, manage, and obtain information about a media file using MIS specification (subtext, chapters, URL...), .NFO or .TXT. It also give you the possibility to resume a media (video/audio), a 10-foot onscreen TV interface, parental control with a .MIS, sorting, profiles, work like a regular player (no profile needed), English/French ...

Here are some key features of "MIS Info Video":

· New: Let you play a DVD (2)
· New: Search for a word in the title or .MIS
· Let you play (1) (DVD, AVI, WMV, MPEG 1/2, MP3, WMA, WAV, ASF) and displays more types
· Acts like a regular media player without the need to create a profile
· 10-foot onscreen TV interface
· Support password, parental control (Advanced mode)
· Can resume playback where you last stop it (support multi user and the .MIR specification) (Advanced mode)
· Support .MIS chapters, subtexts
· Profile Manager Program to better see your profiles
· Mini Web browser for the URLs within a .MIS
· Order by original date, file extension (avi, wmv...)
· Create a .TXT from a .MIS
· Launch and play the VIDEO_TS.IFO(DVD) on your hard drive (2)
· 12 Color scheme(6 gradient, 6 normal)
· Take snapshots of a video media
· Organize all of your video files with the help of a profile (before, it was only in Advanced mode)
· Resize to the screen resolution
· Configure your favorite video player
· Support network drive (before, it was only in Advanced mode)
· English and French support
· Free Basic mode supported with the registrations
· No spyware or adware
What's New in This Release:

· Add: Now FREE (MIS Info Video Basic is now officially discontinued: remove it and install 2.4)
· Add: In the Main page, 1 new way to display your media files: Standard no pictures. This will be faster on slower computer.
· Add: In the Information page, search credit name on imdb.com
· Add: Option to hide the date when resuming
· Add: Enter an alternate name when resuming a second time (mostly for computers with one account)
· Change: In the Main page (display mode Picture and information)


McGrath Info Solution

SiSoftware Sandra 2007.3.11.22


SiSoft Sandra (the System Analyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is a set of utilities for system diagnostics and computer testing. Displays vast information about your hardware and software. Has an option of comparing your computer performance with that of other computers. The interface is multilingual.
SiSoftware Sandra home page

Restorator 200 Build 1709


A tool to work with Windows resources of applications and application components (PE files), Restorator lets you modify, add and remove resources such as text, images, icons, sounds, videos, dialogs, and menus in almost any application. Restorator can be used for translation, customization, design improvement, and development. To put it in other words, Restorator is a program that lets you change the interface of any program, view and modify the text, graphics, icons, menues, dialogs, sounds, animations etc.
Evaluation period: 30 days.

Restorator 200 home page

txt2pdf 9.3

This program converts TXT files to PDF. Internet-specific phrases such as http://... ftp://... mailto:...file:... ldap:... news:... are automatically converted into clickable URL's. Words like MIME:... are automatically converted into links that launch respective applications to open that file. You can also create a link within the PDF document itself. Evaluation period: 30 days.

txt2pdf home page

Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center Driver for Windows Vista (x86) 1.0



Description by the Software Developer:
"The Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center enables data synchronization between Windows Mobile-powered devices and Windows Vista."
Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center Driver for Windows Vista (x86) home page

Xara Xtreme Pro 3.0.2.778

Description by the Software Developer:
"Xara X is an advanced graphic illustration package for Windows, that offers unrivaled redraw speed and a user interface which other developers have tried to imitate, but never matched. Producing vector illustrations is quick and easy using the comprehensive drawing tools, but many of the advanced features which Xara pioneered - such as transparency and real-time anti-aliasing - can be applied to both vector and bitmap images. But Xara isn't just about sheer speed and useability, or even leading edge technology. Rather than falling into the bloatware trap that is common with graphics products, Xara has concentrated on creating the world's best implementation of the essential toolset that designers really need, in order to ensure that working with Xara X can be both highly creative and very productive. As well as all the drawing tools you would expect, Xara X offers options such as automated shadows, bevels and contours, pressure sensitive brush stroking, multi-stage graduated fills and feathering. Xara X can produce compact, highly optimized graphics, making it an ideal choice for creating web graphics, and with this in mind we have added a tools to aid in creating graphics for the web, such as a NavBar tool, image slicing capability and Dreamweaver integration."
Xara Xtreme Pro home page

mpTrim 2.13


A simple and easy to use MP3 editor disigned primarily to trim MP3s (remove the silence or unwanted parts), adjust the volume (volume normalization), fade-in/out MP3s (to fix abrupt beginning/ending)...

mpTrim home page

TheBat! Voyager 3.95.06

Description by the Software Developer:
" TheBat! Voyager – Mobile and Secure eMail Client.
Privacy On The Go! In an age when information is more valuable than anything else except other than information security, TheBat! Voyager is a must-have solution for any traveler. It is a secure, portable, mobile e-mail client. Work safe no matter where your business takes you.

Please note that you need to purchase The Bat! Professional registration before using The Bat! Voyager. The Order Number and the Registration key for The Bat! Professional are also valid for The Bat!Voyager.
The users of The Bat! Home Edition can Upgrade to Professional to start using The Bat! Voyager."

TheBat! Voyager home page

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Pretty Good Solitaire 11.0.1



A collection of 600+ solitaire games: from classic games like Klondike, FreeCell, and Spider, to original games found nowhere else.
Evaluation period: 30 days.

Pretty Good Solitaire home page

WinSnap (Windows Snapshot Maker) 1.1.10


Description by the Software Developer:
"WinSnap is a small enhancement utility for taking and editing screenshots. It can easily capture windows of non-rectangular form with the background of your choice, automatically perform simple canvas transformations and coloring effects, add professional smoothing shadows in Photoshop style and more. Also, WinSnap supports variety of image formats and provides advanced auto-save features."

WinSnap (Windows Snapshot Maker) home page

Windows Live Messenger 8.1.0178


Description by the Software Developer:
"Windows Live Messenger lets you chat online via text, voice or even video conversation - in real time - with your friends, family or colleagues. It's faster than e-mail and is a great choice for conversations and the perfect alternative when you can't be there in person."

Windows Live Messenger home page

Bsplayer 2.14.942



Plays back all kinds of media files (AVI, MPG, ASF, WMV, WAV, MP3...) and specializes in video and DivX playback. Supported formats (some formats require additional codecs to be installed) -- Video: avi, mpeg 1, mpeg 2, xvid, divx, 3ivx, ogg, ogm, matroska, asf, wmv, etc; Audio: wav, mp2, mp3, ogg, etc; Images jpeg, gif, bmp (DirectX 9 required). Main Features: Display subtitles - Support custom subtitles position, color, font, transparency... Supported formats: MicroDVD, Subviewer, SubRip; Fully skinnable - Any shape, transparent skins; Resizable movie window; Multilingual; Drag & drop support; Command line support; Pan-scan and custom pan-scan option; Custom aspect ratios; Playlist support; Resolution changing; Frame capture; AVI files with more than 2 audio streams supported (multilanguage); Support for OGM files, including more than 2 audio/video tracks, supports embeded subtitles/chapters; External audio file supported; S/PDIF output supported for AC3 files (with Intervideo audio decoder); INI files; Remote control support - WinLIRC; Bookmarks; Simple equalizer (DirectX 8 required); Playback rate (1/2x, 1x, 2x) and custom, and lots of other features.
Bsplayer home page

XNView Full 1.90 Final


When someone talks about a good program for viewing graphics, they mostly mention ACDSee or IrfanView, while XNView gets mentioned rather rarely, despite the fact that XNView surpasses many other similar programs in a variety of parameters. XNView's features include: Import about 400 graphics file formats; Export about 50 graphics file formats; Multipage TIFF, Animated GIF, Animated ICO support; IPTC, EXIF; Resize; Copy/Cut/Crop; Adjust brigthness, contrast...; Modify number of colors; Apply filters (blur, average, emboss,...); Apply effects (lens, wave,...); Batch convert; Thumbnail create; Screen capture (the entire screen, the active window, or the user area); Contact Sheet create; Multi-page file create (TIFF, DCX, LDF); and "many, many other things," including the multilingual interface.
"Download" links to the full version (with all the converters and other additional modules).

XNView Full home page

Magic Utilities 2007 5.0


A program designed to make your computer clean and more stable. Magic utilities include Uninstaller Plus, StartUp Organizer, Disk Cleaner, and Process Killer. They enable you to easily and safely uninstall programs, inspect and manage startup programs, and control all currently running processes (system and hidden processes are also shown).

Magic Utilities 2007 home page

CD-Runner 2000.00



CD-Runner is designed to automatically identify and play media of all types, from Audio CD to MP3. It also rips CDs, plays MP3 CDs and DVD movies, automatically downloads CD info from the freedb online. It is a CD/multimedia player, ripper, WAV/MP3 converter, MP3 ID editor, a database with CDDB-2 support, etc. ('Etc' being a high-quality player supporting MPEG, AVI, DAT, MOV, QT, as well as other popular video formats; a DVD player; an audio player supporting most audio formats - from WAV to MP3; a ripper which enables you to rip CDs to your computer's hard disk in a completely automated mode (in WAV, MP3, or WMA formats), the new Spectrum Analyzer and 15-band Equalizer with Parametric/Graphic EQ options).

CD-Runner home page

Lock My PC 4.2.3.597


Description by the Software Developer:
"Lock My PC™ is an easy-to-use and effective tool that can lock computer when it is unattended or left idle. It shows a lock screen, disables Windows hot keys as well as a mouse. When computer is locked, nobody can access it without providing the correct password. Lock My PC is good for home computers as well as for corporate environment.
You can create your own Lock Screen pictures and use it with Lock My PC. Your computer will look cool and unique when it is locked. You may use GIF, JPEG, BMP and animated GIF images as lock screens. Lock Screen transparency level option will allow you to vary the transparency from fully opaque to fully transparent. The latter allows you to lock keyboard and mouse only and may be helpful when you are watching films or running presentations on your PC.
Lock My PC can work in stealth mode. Stealth mode is a state when the program is running on your computer but does not show any sign of its presence in memory. In stealth mode Lock My PC does not show its icon in the system tray and is not listed in Windows Task List (Windows 95/98/ME only), available by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del keys combination.
Lock My PC allows you to enable locking of your computer even after incorrect shutdown e.g. when anybody turn off the power of locked computer.
You may set up Lock My PC to lock pc automatically if the computer is idle during a certain period of time."
Evaluation period: 30 days.
Lock My PC home page

Realtek High Definition Audio Codecs Driver R1.56

High Definition Audio Drivers (ALC880, ALC882, ALC260, ALC861, ALC885).

Realtek High Definition Audio Codecs Driver home page

Monday, January 29, 2007

Vextractor 3.60



Description by the Software Developer:
"Vextractor is a tool for transforming raster images into vector formats by building centerlines and outlines. This vectorizer tool could be used for vectorizing of charts, maps, schemes and other similar images for input to CAD & GIS systems. An application has an option to setup a reference for images, in other words to assign a real coordinates to certain raster points. Thus, you can get vector data not only in the raster coordinates, but real geographical coordinates or in the chart coordinates."
Vextractor home page

QuickTime Alternative (QT7) 1.77

A full-featured alternative to QuickTime.

"Download" links to the QuickTime Alternative Downloads page.


QuickTime Alternative (QT7) home page

nVidia nTune 5.05.25.00



Description by the Software Developer:
"NVIDIA nTune is the ultimate software for accessing, monitoring, and adjusting your system components, including temperature and voltages with clear, user-friendly control panels. Overclock your system for highest performance or underclock it for near silent operation. All changes are performed within the Microsoft Windows interface – enabling full functionality without the need to make changes in the BIOS and reboot your system."

nVidia nTune home page

Sunday, January 28, 2007

NVFlash 5.40

nVFlash - NVIDIA Firmware Update Utility.
NVFlash home page

iNetAdviser 4.5.38



Description by the Software Developer:
"iNetAdviser is an IE based multi-window browser with integrated bookmark management that personalizes surfing based on your browsing history and existing bookmarks. iNetAdviser is an IE based multi-window browser with integrated bookmark management that personalizes surfing based on your browsing history and existing bookmarks. It includes features for ads and popup blocking and clearing any trace of web surfing web page and more.


The program allows you to specially mark previously visited links in a page. After hovering the mouse over a link iNetAdviser displays a small snapshot of the page, as well as comments (if any) and the last view date and more. Also you can always tell what pages of a given site you already visited and view all the related comments in a single window."
iNetAdviser home page

Kerish Doctor 2007 3.50



A powerful tool for fixing problems of your system. The program scans your PC and detects individual problems of your system. Fixing takes seconds.

Kerish Doctor 2007 home page

CompuPic 6.23.1364


Description by the Software Developer:
"Faster than ACDSee!" - that's what the CompuPic developers emphasize in the first place. "The fastest thumbnailing browser in the world!" (that's what they emphasize in the second place). Here are some qoutations from the software developers' description: "Fastest thumbnail creation; Fastest performance for entering and browsing folders with large numbers of files; Copies and moves files faster than Windows Explorer; Thumbnail pictures, videos, fonts, clip-art, text files and more; Perfect quality, real-time preview; Supports over 100 file types; Unique Maxi-Show displays multiple images at once; Zoom and pan with incredible quality; Over 100 eye-popping Slide Show transitions; Upload photos to popular online photo sharing sites - supports more photo sharing sites than any other application... Be more productive with powerful tools like printing, batch rename, batch conversion and Picture Indexing."
Evaluation period: 30 days.
CompuPic home page

Nero 7 Lite 7.7.5.1

Nero 7 Lite is a full functional Burning Software Suite including:
· Nero Burning Rom
· Nero Express
· Nero CoverDesigner
· Nero WaveEditor
· Nero Toolkit


Nero 7 Lite home page

Absolute Time Corrector 5.3

Description by the Software Developer:
"Absolute Time Corrector is a Windows 9X/NT/2000/XP/2003 program, designed to provide the exact time to local and network computers based on the time standard set forth by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).Absolute Time Corrector is a software that synchronizes the PC clock with atomic clocks.
Absolute Time Corrector queries NIST timeservers using the Internet and then compares NIST time to the time setting of the host computer.
If there is a disparity, Absolute Time Corrector automatically adjusts the computer's time to correspond to the correct NIST time."

Absolute Time Corrector home page


Microsoft Portrait 2.3 / 3.0 Beta

Microsoft Portrait is a research prototype for mobile video communication. It supports .NET Messenger Service, Session Initiation Protocol and Internet Locator Service on PCs, Pocket PCs, Handheld PCs and Smartphone. It runs on local area networks, dialup networks and even wireless networks with bandwidths as low as 9.6 kilobits/second. Microsoft Portrait delivers portrait-like video if users are in low bandwidths and displays full-color video if users are in broadband. In low bandwidths, portrait video possesses clearer shape, smoother motion, shorter latency and much cheaper computational cost than do conventional video technologies. Microsoft Portrait pursues providing presence notification, chat /voice /video functions anytime, anywhere, on any device.
"Download" links to the Microsoft Portrait Downloads page.
Microsoft Portrait home page

Spb Backup 1.5.5

Description by the Software Developer:
"a new Pocket PC utility for backing up all of your Pocket PC content to a storage card. Spb Backup is based on the proven technology used in Spb Clone. Thousands of enterprise users rely upon Spb Clone to create exact copies of their "master" PDA devices. This tested technology was used to create a backup program that would benefit Pocket PC consumers at all levels.
Spb Backup creates a self-restoring image file that can be restored with or without installing the main Spb Backup application. The backup file can be compressed and password protected with strong 128-bit AES algorithm. The scheduled backup features will help users to have regular, mistake-free backups."

Spb Backup home page

Resco Explorer 5.42

A powerful file manager with a wide variety of handy features, Resco Explorer incorporates the File Manager, Recycle Bin, Today Plugin, Strong File Encryption, ZIP Compression, The built-in viewer, The Network Browser, The Registry Editor and The FTP add-in.
- Recycle Bin:
Resco Explorer moves deleted files into virtual folder called Recycle Bin instead of immediate deletion. If the file was deleted accidentally, it is possible to restore it safely from the Recycle Bin folder. Recycle Bin takes at most 10% of each storage. It is possible to choose the bigger or smaller space for recycled files or disable the Recycle Bin completely.
- Strong File Encryption:
You can use the Base Cryptographic Provider with RC2 (40bit) or DES (56bit) algorithms. Power users can install an Enhanced Provider (see more) with stronger algorithms such as RC2-128, DES-56, 3DES TWO KEY-112, 3DES-168.
- The built-in Viewer:
The built-in Viewer can be used to view files in TXT, BIN or HEX format, as well as JPEG, GIF, BMP and PNG graphic formats. The built-in viewer also implements a very comfortable text search function.
- The Registry Editor:
The Registry Editor is for power users only. It enables you to export, import, view, or modify the registry keys. The interface is very simple and very powerful at the same time.
Evaluation period: 14 days.

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