Internet Download Manager v6.5.14 Special Edition x86-x64 Silent Installs [FREE]

Internet Download Manager v6.5.14 Special Edition x86-x64 Silent Installs

Internet Download Manager v6.5.14 Special Edition x86-x64 Silent Installs

Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a tool to increase download speeds by up to 5 times, resume and schedule downloads. Comprehensive error recovery and resume capability will restart broken or interrupted downloads due to lost connections, network problems, computer shutdowns, or unexpected power outages.

Simple graphic user interface makes IDM user friendly and easy to use.
Internet Download Manager has a smart download logic accelerator that features intelligent dynamic file segmentation and safe multipart downloading technology to accelerate your downloads. Unlike other download managers and accelerators Internet Download Manager segments downloaded files dynamically during download process and reuses available connections without additional connect and login stages to achieve best acceleration performance.

Internet Download Manager supports proxy servers, ftp and http protocols, firewalls, redirects, cookies, authorization, MP3 audio and MPEG video content processing.

IDM integrates seamlessly into Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, MSN Explorer, AOL, Opera, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firebird, Avant Browser, MyIE2, and all other popular browsers to automatically handle your downloads.

You can also drag and drop files, or use Internet Download Manager from command line. Internet Download Manager can dial your modem at the set time, download the files you want, then hang up or even shut down your computer when it's done.

Other features include multilingual support, zip preview, download categories, scheduler pro, sounds on different events, HTTPS support, queue processor, html help and tutorial, enhanced virus protection on download completion, progressive downloading with quotas (useful for connections that use some kind of fair access policy or FAP like Direcway, Direct PC, Hughes, etc.), built-in download accelerator, and many others.

IDM download panel for web-players can be used to download flash videos from sites like YouTube, MySpaceTV, and Google Videos. It also features YouTube grabber, redeveloped scheduler, and MMS protocol support. The new version also adds improved integration for IE and IE based browsers, redesigned and enhanced download engine, the unique advanced integration into all latest browsers, improved toolbar, and a wealth of other improvements and new features.

All popular browsers and applications are supported
Internet Download Manager supports all popular browsers including Internet Explorer, Netscape, MSN Explorer, AOL, Opera, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firebird, Avant Browser, MyIE2, and all other popular browsers. Internet Download Manager supports all versions of all popular browsers, and it can be integrated into any Internet application to take over downloads using unique "Advanced Browser Integration" feature.

Download Speed Acceleration.
Internet Download Manager can accelerate downloads by up to 5 times due to its intelligent dynamic file segmentation technology. Unlike other download managers and accelerators Internet Download Manager segments downloaded files dynamically during download process and reuses available connections without additional connect and login stages to achieve best acceleration performance.

Download Resume.
When you click on a download link in a browser, IDM will take over the download and accelerate it. You don't need to do anything special, just browse the Internet as you usually do. IDM will catch your downloads and accelerate them. IDM supports HTTP, FTP, HTTPS and MMS protocols.

Internet Download Manager will resume unfinished download from the place where they left off. Comprehensive error recovery and resume capability will restart broken or interrupted downloads due to lost or dropped connections, network problems, computer shutdowns, or unexpected power outages.

YouTube grabber.
Internet Download Manager can record and download FLV videos from popular sites like YouTube, MySpaceTV, and Google Video. The best way of downloading webpage embedded videos from the Internet is here. After installing IDM, "Download This Video" button pops up whenever you are watching a video anywhere in the Internet. Just click on the button to
start downloading clips.

Antivirus checking.
Antivirus checking makes your downloads free from viruses and trojans. IDM can automatically run a scanner on download completion, like AdAware, Avast, Spybot, AVG Anti-Virus, McAfee, SpywareBlaster, CCleaner and others to protect users from harmful downloaded files.

Built-in Scheduler.
Internet Download Manager can connect to the Internet at a set time, download the files you want, disconnect, or shut down your computer when it's done. You can also synchronize changes using periodic synchronization of files. It's possible to create and schedule several download queues for downloading or synchronization.

Drag and Drop.
You may simply drag and drop links to IDM, and drag and drop downloaded files out of Internet Download Manager.

Advanced Browser Integration.
When enabled, the feature can be used to catch any download from any application. None of download managers have this feature.

Web site spider and grabber.
IDM downloads all required files that are specified with filters from web sites, for example all pictures from a web site, or subsets of web sites, or complete web sites for offline browsing. It's possible to schedule multiple grabber projects to run them once at a specified time, stop them at a specified time, or run periodically to synchronize changes.

Customizable Interface
You may choose the order, buttons, and columns to appear on the main IDM window. There are several different skins for the toolbar with different button styles. All skins can be downloaded from IDM home site. Also users can design their own skins.

IDM supports many types of proxy servers.
For example, IDM works with Microsoft ISA, and FTP proxy servers. Thus IDM can access many Internet and proxy servers using login name and password.

Download All feature.
IDM can add all downloads linked to the current page. It's easy to download multiple files with this feature.

Progressive downloading with quotas feature limits downloading to defined number of megabytes per hour. The feature is useful for connections that use fair access policy (or FAP) like Direcway, Direct PC, Hughes, etc.

Multilingual.
IDM is translated to Albanian, Arabic, Azerbaijan, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, and Uzbek languages.

Download Categories.
Internet Download Manager can be used to organize downloads automatically using defined download categories.

Changes:

v6.05.14:
- Enhanced new download progress bar
- Fixed several bugs

- Now enjoy the power of "Special Edition" version for you all to download without limits.
- Special appreciation from : Silent Hackers and ProBlogger Studio.

Note: Complete silent installers, registered and tweaked

Your Fly Is Open!

Here are 20 clever ways to tell someone that "Your Fly Is Open!" (without actually saying it)


20. The cucumber has left the salad.
19. I can see the gun of Navarone.
18. Someone tore down the wall, and your Pink Floyd is hanging out.
17. You've got Windows in your laptop.
16. Sailor Ned's trying to take a little shore leave.
15. Your soldier ain't so unknown now.
14. Quasimodo needs to go back in the tower and tend to his bell.
13. Paging Mr. Johnson... Paging Mr. Johnson...
12. You need to bring your tray table to the upright and locked position.
11. Your pod bay door is open, Hal.


10. Elvis Junior has left the building!
9. Mini Me is making a break for the escape pod.
8. Ensign Hanes is reporting a hull breach on the lower deck, Sir!
7. The Buick is not all the way in the garage.
6. Dr. Kimble has escaped!
5. You've got your fly set for "Monica" instead of "Hillary".
4. Our next guest is someone who needs no introduction...
3. You've got a security breach at Los Pantalones.
2. I'm talking about Shaft, can you dig it?


And the number one way to tell someone his fly is unzipped...


1. I thought you were crazy, now I see you're nuts!

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ooVoo Mobile offers a range of features that leaves the competition far behind.

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How To Create A Windows 7 Gadget

This HowTo shows you how to create a simple "Gadget" -- a sort of mini-application supported by Windows 7 and Vista. Gadgets can be dropped anywhere on the desktop to provide instant information, or to act as a gateway to a website or a larger program.


What I like about gadgets is that they are really just small HTML pages. That means: No big-project development overhead. If you have "Notepad" and some knowledge about HTML, then you can write your own gadget. Like HTAs, they run with with full local-program privileges, and can use ActiveX objects. There is no limit to the creative things you can do with gadgets.


How to Create a Gadget
Here's all you need to do to create your own gadget:


1) Write an HTML page, say gadgetName.html
2) Write a short XML file, named (exactly) gadget.xml
3) Copy these two files into a particular directory:
userDir \ AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets\ gadgetName.gadget


The Details: Follow these steps and you'll have a new gadget in a few minutes:


1. Create a new folder on your desktop and name it "HelloGadget.gadget"


2. Open that folder and create two files in that folder. Here's the XML file (called a manifest): gadget.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<gadget>

<name>HelloGadget</name>

<version>1.0.0.0</version>

<description>Hello World Gadget.</description>

<hosts>

<host name="sidebar">

<base type="HTML" apiVersion="1.0.0" src="HelloGadget.html" />

<permissions>Full</permissions>

<platform minPlatformVersion="1.0" />

</host>

</hosts>

</gadget>

About the only place you might go wrong is misspelling the name of the HTML file in the <base type="HTML" apiVersion="1.0.0" src="HelloGadget.html" /> line. Here's that HTML file:

<html>

<script>

//----------------- resizes the gadget display surface

function DoInit() {

document.body.style.width = 90;

document.body.style.height= 55;

document.body.style.margin=0;

}

</script>

<body onload="DoInit();">

<table border="5"><tr><td><center><i>Hello World!</i></center></td></tr></table>

</body>

</html>

3. Open a Windows Explorer and drill-down to locate the following folder:

userDir \ AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets\

...where userDir is your Windows User Name (the folder is in the "Desktop" virtual folder, just above "Computer" ) If you want, you can copy the following text and paste it into the address bar in any Explorer window (or in the Start/Search or Start/Run input boxes):

%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets

Looking in that folder, you will see the other gadgets that are already installed. Each is in a folder that has a file extension of .gadget A good way to learn about gadget programming is to examine the source files of the gadgets you can download from the Microsoft site.


4. Drag the HelloGadget.gadget folder from the desktop and drop it into that Gadgets directory.

5. Right-click the desktop and select Gadgets. Your gadget is now visible in the gallery.

It has the default icon, but the name is as was set in the XML file. Drag it and drop it onto your desktop.

There you have it: Your first gadget. About all you can do with it is drag it around and close it. But that's a start. You can open the HTML file with your favorite text editor, make changes, and then drag it from the gallery to the desktop to see the effects of your changes.


Debugging
Alas, the usually-dependable all-purpose JavaScript debugging tool -- the alert() function -- is not available when running as a gadget. One option is to drop the HTML file onto a browser and run it there -- where alert() will work.


With Windows 7, there is a new registry key that affects debugging. Setting...

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Sidebar]

"ShowScriptErrors"=dword:00000001

...will enable the display of script errors. It's better than sitting there looking at the screen blankly and wondering why nothing is happening.


If you have Visual Studio, you can use its Just-In-Time debugging. Just insert:

debugger;

...at a good starting point in the <script> block. The VS script debugger will come up and let you single-step, check variables, and so forth. I've found this technique works best if you break your JScript out into a separate file (as opposed to putting it all in the HTML file). See Debugging JScript Programs with Visual Studio 2008 for related info.


Packaging and Deployment
Microsoft made this very easy. All you need to do is create a ZIP file that contains your two files. Rename the ZIP file to give it an extension of .gadget and you are done. When you right-click a file that has the .gadget extension, Windows asks if you want to install the gadget, and then it creates the AppData directory and unpacks the files into it. The gadget immediately becomes available in your gallery.


But, as we've seen, you don't need to create a deployment package: While developing, you can create the folder manually and work directly with the source code.

Caution: If you work this way (directly in the AppData folder), then be aware that if you choose to Uninstall in the Gadget Gallery, it will delete your files! Keep a copy of the files handy in a different place.

Rather than a renamed ZIP file, you can instead create a renamed CAB file for deployment. CAB files can be signed, so your users might avoid a scary "Unknown Publisher" notice when installing.


In the next, we'll create more complex gadgets! Keep visiting...

Brain Age Test [Game]

Here are 4 small flash games that will improve your brain memory (not your computer memory!).


Brain Age Test 01 (Instantaneous Memory)

How to Play: This is a brain training game which enables you to strengthen your instantaneous memory and eyesight. Click [START]. After a countdown (wait for 3,2,1), you will see some numbers. Memorize the number's position on the screen quickly. The numbers will disappear for 0.7 seconds. Click on the circles from the smallest number to the biggest number. After 10 questions, the program will tell your brain age on the screen. Aim at the brain age of 20.


Brain Age Training Effect: By activating prefrontal region of the brain, it will prevent a memory loss and cultivate a memory ability and a concentration.


Click HERE to play.


Brain Age Test 02 (Mathematic Signs)

Answer correct mathmatic signs (×・÷・＋・－) in the blank. If you are poor at doing the math in your head or calculating, strengthen the mathematical ability by solving questions repeatedly.


How to play: Click "START" and the question with the blank will appear on the screen. [ 11？2 = 13 ] is supposed to be [ 11 + 2 = 13 ]. Therefore, the answer of this question is [+]. Answer by clicking the mathematic signs. After 30 questions, the program will show your brain age on the screen.


Solving questions repeatedly is recommended to people whose brain is unlikely to be younger and who has poor mathematical ability.


Clue: The brain age is calculated based on a percentage of correct answers and answering speed.
After solving the questions over and over, you will be able to find correct answers to multiplication and division smoothly and instantaneously.


Click HERE to play.


Brain Age Test 03 (Color Distinction)

Answer the color of "letters". After 20 questions, the program will tell your brain age.


How to play: Click "START" and the letters will appear. Answer a color of the biggest letters on the top of the screen. Choose the answer from answer buttons in the bottom of the screen.
Do not be swayed by the color and letters of answer buttons. Click the answer button on which the color of the question's letters is shown. Less mistakes and shorter you answer, your score will be better.


Color training in world's languages: This brain training game is available in English as well as others. It offer 10 languages. Please choose the language at the start.


Click HERE to play.


Brain Age Test 04 (Figure Distinction)

There are 4 pictures in the question. Only 1 picture has a different layout from others. Find a different one.


How to play: Click "START" and 4 pictures will appear on the screen. In these pictures, you will see one which has a different layout from others. After 10 questions, your brain age will be shown on the screen.


Click HERE to play.


Extra Flash Games
http://flashfabrica.com/f_game/e_keisan.html
http://flashfabrica.com/f_game/bsk/e_basketball.html
http://flashfabrica.com/f_game/e_kusudama.html
http://flashfabrica.com/f_mov_obj/e_ball.html
http://flashfabrica.com/f_game/mosquito/e_ka50.html
http://flashfabrica.com/f_learning/scroll/e_scrpuzzle.html
http://flashfabrica.com/f_learning/hanoi/e_tower.html
http://flashfabrica.com/f_game/tissue/e_facial.html
http://flashfabrica.com/f_learning/sliding/e_block.html
http://flashfabrica.com/puzzle/e_list/e_category.html
http://flashfabrica.com/f_game/toilet/e_paper.html
http://flashfabrica.com/f_game/zoo_k/e_zookeeper.html
http://flashfabrica.com/f_game/slot/e_slot.html
http://flashfabrica.com/f_game/arrow/e_tellyoichi.html

What The Columns Available In Task Manager Mean?

When you open Windows Task Manager and go to the Processes tab, there is a great deal of information available to you about the items currently running on your system. In addition to the default columns which are displayed you can view lots of other information by going to View > Select Columns. However, if you want to know what the values in these column actually mean, here is a guide which explains each.


While many of the columns are obvious, you may be curious, for example, about what each of the memory values mean. This is very valuable information to know if you want to get a bit more insight into your system without getting into very advanced tools.


In Task Manager, you can monitor processes running on your computer by adding columns to the information displayed on the Processes tab. These columns display information about each process, such as how much central processing unit (CPU) and memory resources the process is currently using.

1. Open Task Manager by right-clicking the taskbar and then clicking Task Manager.

2. Click the Processes tab. Task Manager will show the processes currently running under your user account. To show processes running for all users, click Show processes from all users. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

3. To add more columns, click View, and then click Select Columns. Select the check boxes for the columns you want to see, and then click OK.

PID (Process Identifier)
A number that uniquely identifies a process while it runs.


User Name
The user account under which the process is running.


Session ID
A number that identifies the owner of the process. When multiple users are logged on, each user will have a unique session ID.


CPU Usage
The percentage of time that a process used the central processing unit (CPU) since the last update (listed as CPU in the column heading).


CPU Time
The total processor time, in seconds, used by a process since it started.


Memory - Working Set
Amount of memory in the private working set plus the amount of memory the process is using that can be shared by other processes.


Memory - Peak Working Set
Maximum amount of working set memory used by the process.


Memory - Working Set Delta
Amount of change in working set memory used by the process.


Memory - Private Working Set
Subset of working set that specifically describes the amount of memory a process is using that cannot be shared by other processes.


Memory - Commit Size
Amount of virtual memory that is reserved for use by a process.


Memory - Paged Pool
Amount of committed virtual memory for a process that can be written to another storage medium, such as the hard disk.


Memory - Non-paged Pool
Amount of committed virtual memory for a process that cannot be written to another storage medium.


Page Faults
Number of times data has to be retrieved from disk for a process because it was not found in memory. The page fault value accumulates from the time the process started.


Page Fault Delta
The change in the number of page faults since the last update.


Base Priority
A precedence ranking that determines the order in which the threads of a process are scheduled.


Handles
The number of object handles in a process's object table.


Threads
The number of threads running in a process.


USER Objects
The number of USER objects currently being used by the process. A USER object is an object from Window Manager, which includes windows, menus, cursors, icons, hooks, accelerators, monitors, keyboard layouts, and other internal objects.


GDI Objects
The number of objects from the Graphics Device Interface (GDI) library of application programming interfaces (APIs) for graphics output devices.


I/O Reads
The number of read input/output operations generated by the process, including file, network, and device I/Os. I/O Reads directed to CONSOLE (console input object) handles are not counted.


I/O Writes
The number of write input/output operations generated by the process, including file, network, and device I/Os. I/O Writes directed to CONSOLE (console input object) handles are not counted.


I/O Other
The number of input/output operations generated by the process that are neither a read nor a write, including file, network, and device I/Os. An example of this type of operation is a control function. I/O Other operations directed to CONSOLE (console input object) handles are not counted.


I/O Read Bytes
The number of bytes read in input/output operations generated by the process, including file, network, and device I/Os. I/O Read Bytes directed to CONSOLE (console input object) handles are not counted.


I/O Write Bytes
The number of bytes written in input/output operations generated by the process, including file, network, and device I/Os. I/O Write Bytes directed to CONSOLE (console input object) handles are not counted.


I/O Other Bytes
The number of bytes transferred in input/output operations generated by the process that are neither a read nor a write, including file, network, and device I/Os. An example of this type of operation is a control function. I/O Other Bytes directed to CONSOLE (console input object) handles are not counted.


Image Path Name
The location of the process on the hard disk.


Command Line
The full command line specified to create the process.


Virtualization
Identifies whether User Account Control (UAC) virtualization is enabled, disabled, or not allowed for this process. UAC virtualization redirects file and registry write failures to per-user locations.


Description
The description of the process.


Data Execution Prevention
Whether data execution prevention is enabled or disabled for this process. For more information, see What is Data Execution Prevention?

7 Keyboard Tips For Windows Phone 7

Here are 7 tips which will help you use the Windows Phone keyboard in a better way:

1- Double-tap Space at the end of a sentence to add a period and capitalize the start of the next sentence.
2- Tap & hold various keys to reveal hidden menus. The period key is especially handy.
3- Boost your speed: Tap the Shift or Numbers/Symbols key, slide your finger to the character you want, and then release. Saves you a tap.
4- In the suggestion bar, tap “+” to teach the phone a new word.
5- To undo auto-correction: tap the word, then tap the first candidate (the original word) in the suggestion bar.
6- Multilingual? Go to Settings > Keyboard to select other keyboard languages.
7- Type fast. You can trust the keyboard to correct you.

Free Antivirus for USB/Flash Drive

MX One is a free antivrus that protects the removable storage devices like USB drives, Flash drives, pen drives, mp3, mp4,SD, micros SD and other sotrage cards and devices from virus, worms, trojans, spyware, riskware and other threats. Here are the main features of MX One Antivirus.

• Protection against viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, hacking tools, software risks etc.
• Totally compatible with Antivirus residents like Nod32, Kaspersky, BitDefender, AVG, Norton, Panda, AVG, Avast, Avira Antivir and many others.
• Protection in real time.
• System “CHECK AND DESTROY” detects and removes all viruses that attempt to infect your device while connected to an infected computer.
• Protects against unknown viruses with ‘GENERIC ONE‘.
• Only 1Mb of space required on either the PC or on removable media for MX One.
• Very fast and Light

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Lock/ Unlock Your PC Using a USB Drive

You can know use your USB drive as key for your computer. Which means when you connect a flash drive with your computer the PC will be unlocked and work and then you can take it off to lock the PC when you are away and nobody can use it.


Predator is a software for Windows users that enables you to control your computer through a USB drive. It works very simple

• You insert your USB drive and run Predator (can autorun in Windows) and do your work
• When you are away from computer, unplug the USB drive and keyboard and mouse will not work, the screen will go blank and computer is locked
• When you are back on your PC, insert the flash drive and your PC is unlocked for you again

Yes, it is as simple as that. Predator has some other amazing security features that you can enjoy. So with Predator in your USB, security is as simple as inserting and removing your USB drive to your PC.
Download Predator for Free

A Free Anti Keylogger Software

We are spending more and more time online these days and our important and private data is either in cloud or in our computers (hard drives). We do emails, use our credit cards online and share our personal information on internet in private areas and hope our information remains private.


We need to secure our computers (homes and offices) against any uncertainity. Hence, we need to make sure that there is no spyware or keylogger looking at our activities and recording them.
Spy Shelter is an anti keylogger freeware that provides real time protection from Trojans, root kits and similar malware attacks. This is efficient anti monitoring software against custom compiled spy programs.

Spy Shelter is not only an anti keylogger but prevents any screen capture activity and anyone to view your clipboard. It runs under Windows 7 and XP and is around 400MB in size.
Download Spy Shelter – an Anti key logger freeware software

Record Skype Video Calls and Upload on Youtube

If you want to record Skype video calls and upload them on Youtube, VodBurner is best free software that allows you to record, edit, upload Skype video calls on Youtube without and hassle.
The best thing about VodBurner is that it does not impose any limitations on recording skype to skype calls like time limit etc. Here are some of many features of Vodburner.

• Skype video recorder that records complete video calls directly from Skype
• Records both side of conversation on your computer
• Best quality of recorded calls because of maximum resolution
• After call is completed, it generates complete video of both sides with a couple of clicks
• Add text captions to final production. Change font, colors, backgrounds
• Add background to final production
• Upload video to Youtube for public/ private sharing
• Ideal for shared desktop session and podcasts or interviews recording

Download VodBurner

100 Freeware Portable Apps for Your USB

This is ultimate list of portable software applications that you can carry around in a USB device, external hard drive, PDA etc so that you have theme when you need them. All of these are freeware and and you can carry them like apps since they do not need to be installed before use.


The best things about portable freeware is that you do not need to worry about your private data and settings when you use a public computer because everything stays in your thumb drive.

Portable Web Browsers

Let us start with the most used software on our computers. If you carry your favourite browser in your flash drive, you do not need to worry about privacy when you use Internet on public places.

• Mozilla Firefox [ Windows, MAC and Linux ]: Get portable FireFox to carry around and use whenever you need it on a Windows or MAC computer.
• Google Chrome[ Windows, MAC and Linux ]: Portable Google Chrome browser for Windows and MAC.
• Internet Explorer [ Windows ]: Carry your own Internet Explorer with you on your flash drive to browse Internet anywhere.
• Safari[ Windows, MAC ]: Apple’s Safari is available as portable version for Windows and Mac.
• Opera[ Windows ]: If you use Opera to browse the web, here is portable app to carry around with you.
• Camino[ Mac ]: A portable web browser that can be used on any Mac system.
• Avant[ Windows ]: Another browser for Windows that you can carry with you in your thumb drive.

Portable Apps for Designers

The collection includes image viewers, photo editing software, graphic design software and other freeware to help designers. Carry your favourite software to view images and photos and work on them as you go.

• GIMP[ Windows ]: GIMP is a free software for photo retouching, image composition and image authoring and is now available as portable version.
• FastStone Photo Resizer[ Windows ]: FastStone is a useful software to convert, rename, re-size, rotate, corp and making changes in a photo or image.
• Riot[ Windows ]: It allows to save images for web, email etc with best quality and compression.
• IrfanView[ Windows ]: Another very light software for viewing, resizing and editing images and photos.
• Cornice[ Windows ]: Cornice is an image viewer with thumbnail previews, full screen mods, rotations, slide shows and many other modes and features.
• FotoSketcher[ Windows ]: FotoSketcher helps to convert digital photos in sketched and art automatically.
• Fotografix [ Windows ]: Fosotgrafix is a software for designers and photographers that provide powerful tools for editing and working on photos and images.
• ArtWeaver[ Windows ]: A free portable graphics editor to simulate natural brush tools. The design and feel is just like Photoshop and works great.
• Diagram Designer[ Windows ]: If you create diagrams, UML class diagrams, slide shows, illustrations etc this freeware is for you and you can carry it as portable app in your usb.
• Photoscape[ Windows ]: Photo editing software. Fix and enhance photos. Viewer, editor, batch editor, splitter. Available as portable freeware.

Portable Media Players

You can come across several media files (video and audio) that can not be played on default media player on a computer. To play all type of file formats, you can carry portable media players that are capable of playing different type of files. Here are some freeware that should help.

• VLC Media Player[ Windows and Mac ]: VLC media player plays a wide range of audio and video files types including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, WMV, mp3, ogg, DVDs and VCDs.
• Audacity[ Windows and Mac ]: An easy to use audio recorder and editor that records live audio, edits Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and WAV sound files and comes with many other feature for audio stuff.
• VirtualDub Portable[ Windows ]: A desktop video processing and capture application that is free and available as portable app.
• CoolPlayer[ Windows ]: An easy to use audio player that comes with many features like audio play of many formats, mp3 to wav converter, winamp input plugin support, simple UI etc.
• iShout[ Mac ]: A music player for Mac that stream and records your favourite Internet radios.
• media player classic[ Windows ]: A very simple and powerful media player with some powerful features.
• Winamp Lite[ Windows ]: Winamp is most used mp3 player and it is available as portable.
• Xion[ Windows ]: A skinnable high fidelity audio player (Free Music Player) like Winamp is now available as portable app.

Portable File Compressors/ Archivers

Files archivers and data compression utilities are often needed if you receive a file on your email or download it from internet that is compressed. Here are some popular file extractors that you can carry with you and do not need to install on a computer to use them.

• 7-Zip[ Windows ]: A file archiver with high compression ratio that extracts 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR and many other formats.
• PeaZip[ Windows ]: Another easy to use file compressor and archiver.
• WinRAR Unplugged[ Windows ]: Portable version of Winrar that does not require installation.

Portable File Convertors

Sometimes you can not open and use a file simply because it is in a format that your software do not support or you want to convert file in another format to play it on your favourite device or player. Here are some portable file convertors that will convert between different file formats.

• Any Video Convertor[ Windows ]: Converts almost all video formats including DivX, XviD, MOV, rm, rmvb, MPEG, VOB, DVD, WMV, AVI to MPEG-4.
• FLV to MP3 Convertor[ Windows ]: A portable converter to convert FLV files into MP3 files.
• FLV Converter[ Windows ]: Convert flash format files (flv) into many other formats like avi, mpeg, mp4, mov, psp, mp3, iPhone, 3gp etc.
• WMV Converter[ Windows ]: WMV conversion utility to convert wmv into many other media formats.
• iWisoft Free Video Converter[ Windows ]: A very useful tool to convert video formats from one to other and supports a wide range of formats including AVI, MPEG, WMV, DivX, XviD, MP4, H.264/AVC, AVCHD, FLV, MKV, RM, MOV, 3GP, and audio MP3, WMA, WAV, RA, M4A, AAC, AC3, OGG.

Portable FTP Clients

It is always handy to carry an FTP Client with you in case you need to transfer files on your server. Here are some of the portable FTP clients that do not need installations.

• FileZilla[ Windows ]: Portable FTP and SFTP client that includes a site manager and supports uploads/downloads queue, keepalive, timeout detection, SOCKS 4/5 and HTTP 1.1 proxy etc.
• WinSCP[ Windows ]: Another FTP and SFTP client for Windows for safe copying of files between a local and a remote computer.
• FireFTP [ Windows and Mac ]: FireFTP is a simple and secure FireFox extension that integrates a powerful FTP client directly into FireFox. It works with portable FireFox so you can take it with you.
• Cyberduck[ Mac ]: A free open source ftp client for Mac OS X.

Portable Word Processors/ Text Editors

Word processors and text editors are necessary for preparing, editing, formatting and printing a document and you can carry such software so that you can open and read a document that you receive on any computer or prepare one when you need it. Here are some popular freeware that you can carry around.

• Notepad++[ Windows ]: a very handy software and a replacement of Windows Notepad. you can use it as text editor, to write html code or any other code and it highlights syntax.
• Web Design Toy[ Windows ]: Very useful html editor for web developers. It has two windows so that you write the code and see the output on the same screen.
• Windows Live Writer[ Windows ]: A must have software in your USB if you are a blogger. Windows Live Writer has all of your blog settings, ping server settings and FTP settings.
• Open Office[ Windows ]: word processor, spreadsheet, presentations with Microsoft compatibility. A great alternative to Microsoft Office.
• GnuCash[ Windows ]: A financial management software for accounting and financial management.
• AbiWord[ Windows ]: A simple and light weight word processor compatible with Microsoft Word files.
• SoftMaker Office[ Windows ]: An office suit that works like MS Word, Excel etc and is compatible to them.

Portable PDF Tools

PDF files are being used more and more everyday to deliver content in better way. Here are some portable PDF readers, viewers, editors, protectors so that you can always read and work with PDF files even if the computer that you are using does not have a PDF tool in it.

• PDFTK Builder[ Windows ]: A very useful PDF tool to split(allows to separate PDF pages in their own files), collate(reorder, delete and duplicate pages in document), watermark and password protect PDF documents.
• Sumatra PDF[ Windows ]: Sumatra PDF is a slim and light weight PDF viewer that loads PDF files faster than any other PDF tool.
• Foxit Reader[ Windows ]: A small and fast PDF reader and good alternative of Adobe Acrobat.
• PDF-XChange Viewer[ Windows ]: PDF viewer with the ability to display multiple PDF documents within a tabbed interface. Allows to add comments, markup pages with text and objects and much more.

Portable Instant Messengers (IMs)

If you use instant messengers (IMs) to stay in touch with your friends, you may want to carry your favourite messenger with you as portable ap so you can use it on public computers or any other computers where it is not installed already. Here are portable versions of most used IMs.

• MSN Messenger[ Windows ]: A clone of MSN Messenger as portable app.
• Yahoo Messenger 10[ Windows: Hotfile or Uploading ]: Portable Yahoo Messenger 10 that is only 15.6 MB and does not need any installation.
• Pidgin Portable[ Windows ]: Chat with AOL, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ contacts in customized interface.
• Gaim[ Windows ]: Portable instant messenger compatible with MSN, Yahoo, AIM/ICQ, AOL, Jabber etc.

Portable Antivirus

It is always a good idea to carry an antivirus software in your USB if security is your priority. Here are free portable antivirus software for you.

• ClamWin[ Windows ]: A portable antivirus for your flash drive, CD or external hard disk that detects and remove viruses and spyware.
• McAfee AVERT Stinger[ Windows ]: AVERT Stinger portable virus removal tool by Mcafee can easily be run from a portable USB device. Very useful for administrators and other users to help repair infected computers.
• Dr.WEB CureIt[ Windows ]: A Portable antivirus and Portable AntiSpyware utility that scans and cure infected computers.
• Multi Virus Cleaner[ Windows ]: Another portable antivirus that detects and remove over 6,000 common viruses, trojans, worms and dialers, including variations of Bagle, MyDoom and Sober viruses.
• Sophos Anti-Rootkit [ Windows ]: Sophos Anti-Rootkit detects and removes any root-kit that is hidden on your computer using advanced rootkit detection technology.

Portable CD/ DVD Burners

Here is a list of portable CD/ DVD burners that you can use to burn cds and dvds as you go. These software are small in size and comes with handy features for burning your media.

• Infra Recorder[ Windows ]: Popular InfraRecorder CD/DVD burning program is available as portable app. It includes all feature of Infra Recorder like creating custom data, audio and mixed-mode projects and record them to physical discs, support of recording to dual-layer DVDs, Record disc images (ISO and BIN/CUE) and blank (erase) rewritable discs.
• DeepBurner[ Windows ]: An advanced and powerful cd and dvd burning package. It works straight from removable media and does not need installation of any kind.
• AmoK CD/ DVD Burning[ Windows ]: AmoK CD and DVD burner is a small burner that performs basic burning function.
• Totally Free Burner[ Windows ]: A free portable burner that Burns Audio, Video or Data CDs or DVDs quickly and easily.
• PowerLaser Express[ Windows ]: PowerLaser Express is a portable CD and DVD burner with features like recording new cd/dvd, erase RW discs, make ISO image, record ISO image to the disk etc.
• ImgBurn[ Windows ]: A lightweight and portable CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burner. A must have burner app for everyone. It has different modes like read, build, write, verify and discovery.

Portable Games

If you like palying games you may want to carry your favorite games with you. Here are some free portable games that do not need installation

• Sudoku[ Windows ]: The addictive games is now available as portable and comes with easy, medium, hard and impossible modes.
• Bricks2000[ Windows ]: Clone of popular Tetris game is now available as portable app.
• GeneRally[ Windows ]: A 2D racing game with one to six players on one computer.
• NagaSkaki[ Windows ]: A portable chess game.
• Jooleem[ Windows ]: Very addictive puzzle game with good graphics and background music.
• LBreakout2[ Windows ]: A breakout-style arcade game, use your paddle to aim a ball at bricks until all bricks are destroyed.
• Torcs[ Windows ]: A free portable car racing game.
• Mega Mario[ Windows ]: A free portable Super Mario Brothers clone. Works and functions just like old school Super Mario Brothers.
• Deluxe Pacman[ Windows ]: Portable Pacman arcade game that works exactly like original Pacman game.
• GLtron[ Windows ]: GLtron is a Free TRON like game inspired by the movie TRON.
• Savage Full Enhancement[ Windows ]: A multi-player online real time strategy game.
• AssaultCube[ Windows ]: A small and multi-player first person shoot base game.
• Bowling Evolution[ Windows ]: A 3D bowling game for Windows that you can carry with you everywhere as portable app.

Other Portable Utilities

Here are some other miscellaneous portable utilities that you may find useful.

• GreatNews – RSS Feed Reader[ Windows ]: A portable RSS feed reader to quickly access and read your favourite RSS feeds.
• Appetizer – Portable Start Menu[ Windows ]: A free portable application launcher that works as start menu dock that can be minimized in system tray.
• Predator[ Windows ]: A freeware PC locking tool that converts your USB drive to work as a key to lock and unlock your computer.
• Hard Disk Analyzer[ Windows ]: A portable hard disk analyzer that displays detailed information about the content on a hard disk.
• HJSplit[ Windows ]: A simple portable file splitter and joiner.
• Sisma[ Windows ]: A free password manager that runs from USB and does not need installation.
• Back4Sure[ Windows ]: A portable and free file backup software. Quickly backup files, directories or full hard drive.
• USB Safeguard[ Windows ]: A free encryption tool for flash drives that password protects any file on your thumb drive.
• Pixie[ Windows ]: A free portable color picker. Displays HEX, HTML, RGB, CMYK, and HSV values of any pixel color presented on your screen
• Defraggler[ Windows ]: A portable file defragmentation tool that can be used to defragment only the files you want to or defragment the entire drive.
• On-Screen Keyboard[ Windows ]: A very useful portable app that brings keyboard on screen to use so that you do not have to worry about keyloggers on computers that record key strokes.
• PStart[ Windows ]: A start menu like program that lets you to organize and run portable software.
• CCleaner Portable[ Windows ]: Very useful utility to clean registery and remove unwanted files from computer.
• Unknown Devices[ Windows ]: This utility helps to find out the unknown devices in device manager.
• Recuva[ Windows ]: A free portable file recovery tool.
• USBDeview[ Windows ]: A USB device information tool. It displays information such as serial number, device name and description, device type, VendorID, ProductID, the date and time the device was connected and much more.
• Lightscreen[ Windows ]: An easy to use screenshot tool with options to save files in different formats.
• Nvu HTML Editor[ Windows and Mac ]: A very good html editor for people who want more than notepad to code html.
• Restoration[ Windows ]: A handy program to recover deleted or formated files.
• Convertor[ Windows ]: A fast and simple unit convertor tool.
• Country Codes[ Windows ]: A small program of country codes and additional information about 250 countries.
• WordWeb[ Windows ]: WordWeb is a one-click English thesaurus and dictionary for Windows used by million of people and is now available as portable app.
• EjectUSB[ Windows ]: Closes all running applications on drive and folders and then attempt ejecting the drive.
• ToDoList[ Windows ]: A simple and effective way to keep track of your current programming tasks

10 Good Reasons To Use Dial Up Internet

Everything seems to be going faster these days. The cars go faster, the phones are faster and of course one of the big ones is the fact that the internet is faster. Everyone is on the go and they want everything else to go fast too. This has some people switching to cable and dsl for their internet connection. The only problem is that these connections can cost quite a bit and besides for that they can be even higher if you do not get a “bundle” which means they are pushing their products on you. Let’s look at 10 good reasons to use dial up internet.


Speeds Have Gotten Faster
It’s true, when dial up was first out it was slower than a snail. I remember sitting at my desk and just waiting for one page to load. Between the slow internet and my slow computer I remember waiting 30 minutes one time – not cool! I tried to get a business started online and it was near impossible because the the internet was so slow. Now there are even accelerators that are connected with the service providers to make for an improved experience.


Dial Up Is Inexpensive
If you are not going to be constantly watching streaming movies and online all of the time having dsl and cable could almost be a waste of money. You can get dial up that will allow you to easily surf the web and gather the information you need at rock bottom prices because the dial up companies are serious about keeping their customers. You can get dial up internet for as little as 10% of what you would pay for dsl or cable.


Usually Includes Anti-Virus Software
Most of the time these ISPs are going to provide you with an anti virus software for your computer. This will save you a lot of money since paid anit virus programs can cost you quite a little bit of money.


Usually Includes Pop Up Blocker
If you have ever been hit with pop ups you know just how annoying they can be. Your dial up ISP will usually provide you with a pop up blocker as well. This will allow you to keep the speed of your connection. If you do not have a pop up blocker you may find that your computer gets frozen because of all of the graphics and quick loading that the pop ups require.


Unlimited Access
Sometimes there are providers that only want to give you a certain amount of access and then charge you extra. High quality dial up providers are going to give you unlimited access so that you can surf the web whenever you want to. Imagine being able to search for any type of information that you need and having no limitations on the amount of information that you can get.


Usually Includes Spam Protection
Sick of getting all of that spam into your inbox? Another great perk of having dial up is that they are going to give you spam protection. You will see spam zapped and your valuable time will not be taken fighting spam anymore.


No Credit Card Required
Some places are going to require you to have a credit card. Dial up providers understand that some people may not have a credit card. If you do not have a credit card then dial up may be a good option for you.


Locations Available
Many times DSL and cable are not available in areas that are far out of the way. This is why dial up is so great. You can get dial up anywhere that you can get a phone line and almost every house is able to get a phone line.


No Extensive Installation
Speaking of cable and DSL, you don’t have to get a hole put in your wall. Just plug in your dial up modem and install your software from a CD. You can do it all yourself, it won’t take an hour, and you don’t have to clean up after the cable guy’s shoes.


Reliable Customer Service
Dial up companies are serious about keeping their customers happy and giving their customers the best experience possible. Reliable customer service is important and they make sure that this is what they offer.


Now you know a little bit more about dial up and why it is a good option for you. These are just 10 good reasons to use dial up internet. I am sure that you can think of your own as you continue to use the service and learn more about it.