Freeware

Windows 7 Setup Secrets This guide will help new users of the much-anticipated Microsoft Windows 7 operating system maximize its effectiveness and customization options by taking them through the setup process, picking the right kinds of features ... for their own particular needs. http://blogs.zdnet.com Construct Construct is a free, powerful, and easy to use development software for both DirectX 9-based games and applications. It includes an event based system for defining how the game or application will behave, in a visual, readable way -- easy enough for complete beginners to quickly get ... (view more)

Device Remover Device Remover provides a in-depth view of all installed devices, device classes, drivers and services on a Windows system. Here you'll find the ability to easily remove devices en masse, problem solve errors, and get reports on the ... various devices hidden and visible on your computer. http://www.pro-it-education.de Wolfram Alpha This new search engine claims to provide more analytical and quantifiable results than Google, Microsoft, or Yahoo!. Wolfram Alpha's long-term goal is to make all online data immediately computable and accessible to everyone. They aim to collect and ... (view more)

USBoot USBoot is a program that helps setup Windows to boot off a USB drive. http://www.usboot.org DesktopOK Save and restore the positions of icons with DesktopOK, a small but effective solution for users that have to change the screen resolution ... often. If you have multiple users on a single computer (and everyone has their own screen settings preference), this will undoubtedly be a useful tool. http://www.softwareok.com Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of Bob Helmer at Shell Extension City. Please note that the below software descriptions are provided solely from the ... (view more)

MouseShade MouseShade is an essential tool for everyone interested in constructing their own presentations or visual demonstrations. If turned on, MouseShade dims the screen and puts a spotlight on the area around the mouse pointer, easily guiding ... the audience's attention to an area of interest. The shape of the spotlight, the color of the shade and the opacity of the shade can all be varied by accessing the pop up menu available from the icon in the Taskbar, simply by right clicking. http://www.fxc.btinernet.co.uk KeyState KeyState sits in your system tray and pops a message into the top ... (view more)

CPU Frequenz CPU Frequenz is used to quickly, efficiently, and accurately identify the CPU frequency on your machine. http://www.softwareok.com Color Console ColorConsole brings a little color to the black and white world of Windows (DOS) command ... line. Installation not required: this program runs from a single file. http://www.softwareok.com Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of Bob Helmer at Shell Extension City. Please note that the below software descriptions are provided solely from the developer and are absent from any guarantee or warranty. You are encouraged to review ... (view more)

Test Windows 7 RC On A Virtual Machine: Part 1 This handy guide takes an in-depth look at Windows 7's Release Candidate , which was recently just a few weeks ago. Its author shows you how to install a virtual machine in order to test out the new ... operating system easily and safely. http://www.makeuseof.com Test Windows 7 RC On A Virtual Machine: Part 2 This continuation of the previous Windows 7 RC guide now moves beyond the installation of a virtual machine to the installation of Windows 7 itself. http://www.makeuseof.com Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of Bob Helmer at ... (view more)

Eee Rotate Rotate your monitor's screen with exciting new program Eee Rotate. It's a tiny program designed to help you rotate a screen and touchpad at the same time. It's specially designed for EeePC (netbook) machines but will work effectively with ... most other computers, too. http://www.ghacks.net Defraggler Defraggler differs from other defrag tools on the market by enabling you to quickly and simply defrag the files you want to without having to process the whole drive. Simply run it, select the file and defragment in seconds. No more struggling with the Windows defragmentation tool, and ... (view more)

HD Clone HD Clone copies smaller drives onto larger units for migrating or backing up complete installations. The download package contains HDClone as a Windows application (HDClone/W) and as a self-booting application (HDClone/S). You can easily ... create a bootable HDClone/S floppy disk or CD/DVD on Windows with only few mouse clicks. http://www.miray.de Mojo Pac MojoPac help to maintain privacy with support for a number of applications: a useful tool for small businesses or family-based networks. http://www.mojopac.com Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of Bob Helmer at Shell ... (view more)

Service Tuner Service Tuner is a utility that lets users tweak the start-up state of the background services using some presets. It is also capable of saving the current start-up state of all services, as well as restoring that saved state at a ... later time. http://www.hiren.info Taskbar Commander This tool is only for the most eccentric of Windows users: it lets you control the order that buttons appear on your taskbar. Alphabetize them, color them, do anything you want! Requires IE4+ with shell integration. http://www.hiren.info Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of Bob ... (view more)

Icloud iCloud takes cloud computing to the next level. Now you can get your very own virtual computer online, complete with desktop, mail, applications, up to 50GB storage, and much more. Use Icloud for storing files online and open from any ... computer. http://icloud.com Firefox Optimized Not at all impressed with Microsoft's ubiquitous browser Internet Explorer? Not ready to take the plunge with Google's new Chrome? Still think Mozilla can do a little better with Firefox? Try Firefox Optimized for faster, less memory-intensive browsing. http://weblog.pigfoot.org Today's fresh software picks ... (view more)