Does your burning software do everything but you can’t find anything? Did installing it take up several gigabytes of hard drive space and fill up your Taskbar?

Ashampoo Burning Studio 2009 is different. It's compact, fast and amazingly easy to use. You just choose from a list of tasks and the software guides you through every step. And even though it has all the functions you would expect from a complete burning suite, the entire software takes up less than 85 megabytes on your hard disk.

Main Features:
+ Burn and update data discs
+ Burn data to discs and update previously burned discs by adding and removing files and folders.
+ Back up your data to single or multiple discs
+ Back up your valuable data to one or more discs. Single backups can span multiple discs. Restore your backups in a single easy operation.
+ Rip and burn music
+ Rip music from CDs and burn music to audio CDs and MP3 discs on CD, DVD and Blu-ray in a variety of formats.
+ Burn movies and photos to DVDs and data discs
+ In addition to the new slideshow DVDs you can author and burn video DVDs, Video CDs (VCD), Super Video CDs (SVCD) and data video discs. Video files are automatically converted to the necessary formats.
+ Copy CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs. Just insert a disc, select Copy and you’re ready to burn.
+ Create and burn disc images: You can both create and burn ISO, CUE/BIN and Ashampoo’s own special ASHDISC image formats.
+ Erase rewriteable discs
+ Quick and easy erase functions for reusing rewriteable discs.
+ Burning experts can create modified copies of existing discs (read in data structure and make changes and additions) and burn discs of all kinds with full control of all main configuration options.

Regular sale price is $39.99. This version is free of charge (full version without any limitations) after e-mail registration. Otherwise there is a trial period of 10 days that you can purchase with out any email registration.

The email registration has you agree to occasionally let them send you some marketing information. (IE; new products, special deals, that sort of thing)

Author: Ashampoo
Date: 2009-07-02
Size: 51.9 MB
License: Free (with registration)
Requires: Win 2K/03/XP/Vista

Disk fragmentation is generally main cause of slow and unstable PC performance. IObit SmartDefrag helps defrag your hard drive most efficiently. With "Install it and forget it" feature, IObit SmartDefrag works automatically and quietly in the background on your PC, keeping your hard disk running at its speediest. Slow down, freeze-ups and crashes will be a thing of the past. IObit SmartDefrag is 100% free for personal, home and small business. Detected by many strictest tests, IObit SmartDefrag is 100% safe and has no spyware/adware.

Author: IObit.com
Date: 2009-07-02
Size: 2.88 MB
License: Freeware
Requires: Win 2K/03/XP/Vista

AIMP Classic is a powerful audio player that allows you to listen to your favorite music with an outstanding sound quality. Its appearance resembles that of another classical audio player (Winamp), so you'll get used to it very quickly. It can also be customized with skins. The program includes a 18-band equalizer, a visualization window to display rhythmic visual effects and a playlist editor to organize your audio files. A nice fading effect makes your list of songs look like an endless music loop and a handy volume normalizing feature avoids drastic volume changes between tracks. Also, the player's main functions can be conveniently controlled by global hotkeys. Besides playing music, AIMP Classic features three extra utilities which also enable you to record any sound on your computer, convert audio files from one format to another and view or edit tags. AIMP Classic is based on the well-known audio engine BASS, so it's easy to connect new plug-ins (from the plug-in library included in the program) and expand the player's functionalities.

Windows 2000/Vista/XP
Freeware
Uninstaller - Yes

Launch Control is a small tool designed for Microsoft Windws XP and Microsoft Windows Vista operating systems. Launch Control allows you to monitor all internal operating system activity of starting applications (Processes) and loading dynamic-link libraries (DLL's). Now you can block or allow the starting of any process or module, just by a single click! Digitally signed modules with trusted publisher can be allowed by default. Launch Control works on session level.

Windows 2003/2008/Vista/XP
Shareware; $12.00
Limitations - Yes - 30 day timeout
Uninstaller - Yes

The self contained EXE lists a no nonsense specification of your machine without listing lots of useless memory address and unnecessary information. System Spec is a very simple tool for those that want to gather the most important system specifications for their computer. It displays the CPU Speed, Memory (RAM), Video Card, Windows version and serial number and a few other things. It is intended to provide non-technical users with easy access to this information, from a simple interface.

Author: Alex Nolan
Date: 2009-06-30
Size: 2.54 MB
License: Freeware
Requires: Win All

AnyBizSoft PDF to Word converts read-only PDF files into fully formatted editable Microsoft Word documents with one click. With PDF to Word, users can easily get anything from PDF files and reedit the content freely and conveniently.

Windows Vista/XP
Shareware

RAR is a general purpose archiving and compression program competing with/replacing programs such as PKZip, ARJ, and others. It offers significantly improved compression ratios, easier use and a cheaper price as well as supporting long file names, disk spanning, and self-extracting file creation.

You can also try RAR for Mac OS X, Linux, or FreeBSD.

Windows (All)
Shareware; $29.00
Uninstaller - Yes
Other Versions - WinRAR (64-bit)

Protects your applications from undesirable network incoming and outgoing activity, controls applications internet access. Allows you to control personal information leakage via controlling application network traffic.

Features:
Designed for Windows Vista
Free versions available
Special editions for portable devices (USB flash/HDD drives, iPod etc)
Special editions for U3 smart devices
Protection from incoming and outgoing threats
Simplicity of operation
Per-application security settings

Shareware versions of Vista Firewall Control Plus are available at the author's website with more features.

Author: SphinxSoftware
Date: 2009-06-29
Size: 1.06 MB
License: Freeware
Requires: Win7/Vista

Prevx CSI is a rapid malware scanner that will find and fix active rootkit, spyware, trojan, virus, and all other forms of malware infection in about 1 minute.

It's scans for free, and you can scan as often as you like to check the security of your system - you only pay if you want to use Prevx CSI to remove found infections.

Prevx CSI complements and works alongside your existing PC security solutions to find active infections which have bypassed your antivirus or other security software. Most anti-virus products will only detect about 50% of the new threats we see every month, therefore we offer free use of Prevx CSI to check no threats have evaded your current defens

Author: Prevx
Date: 2009-06-29
Size: 768 KB
License: Shareware $24.95 / yr
Requires: Win 2K/03/XP/Vista

FBackup is freeware backup program for Windows. FBackup protects your important files and folders from partial or total loss by automating backup tasks, password protecting and compressing it to save storage space. Using FBackup you can easily backup to any local or network drive or to external drives (such as USB drives).

FBackup can backup open/locked files and it can perform full and mirror backups (backup type that does not compress the files). When defining a backup you can also set file filters and schedule the backup for automatic execution.

Windows 2000/2003/2008/Vista/XP
Freeware
Uninstaller - Yes

Process Lasso improves system performance, responsiveness, and stability during high loads through dynamic adjustments to process priority classes. It can also automatically terminate undesired processes, apply default priorities and CPU affinities to processes, limit the number of instances a process can have, and log all processes. It is not a task manager replacement, but does have task manager like capabilities to compliment its primary functions.

Process Lasso is free for home and academic use, though there are some tolerable nags for the Pro build shown after the product has been installed an extended period. The free build is not in any way crippled. Commercial use requires purchase within 14 days of evaluation. Despite being free for home use, it is now classified as Shareware to prevent any user confusion or complaints.

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, Windows 2000/2003/2008/Home Server/Vista/XP
Shareware; $14.95
Uninstaller - Yes
Latest Changes
- Fix.Installer: Fix issue where x64 build availability message, shown when x32 build is installed on an x64 OS, was shown twice in Vista+ /w UAC
- Change.GUI: Tweaks to single-selection process context menu ordering
- Change.GUI: A couple string changes (note: translations were manually updated in-house)
Other Versions - Process Lasso (x64)

Soundbase was created to fill a gap in the large amount of free and commercial players/taggers. We do not pretend to have the ultimate audio solution, but Soundbase will most likely fit somewhere into your playing or tagging experience - it will always give you a quick way of doing common tasks.

Latest Changes:
Added file only mode to view3 and 2 new columns
Fixed toolbar buttons in support file TAB
Added database migration functionality
Fixed skin loading routine at startup
Added refresh library function

Author: Eric de Heer
Date: 2009-06-28
Size: 5.47 MB
License: Freeware
Requires: Win All

BlindWrite, it's your backup! BlindWrite extracts all the characteristics of your media to your harddrive to reproduce a workable copy of your media. It allows you to protect your investments against damages caused by children, scratches or problems caused by frequent usage. Your personal CD or DVD backups can even be run directly from your computer using a virtual drive.

BlindWrite supports a large number of formats, and is regularly updated to support the latest technology. Combined with CopyToCD/DVD, it becomes a complete suite to complete all your backup needs: data files, 1:1 CD/DVD backups, audio CDs from music files and DVD movies.

Key features
- Completely new interface, easier to use than ever before, one-click style
- Supports graphical themes, allowing you to customize the look and feel
- New reading and writing engine, now supports both CD and DVD
- Works with most hardware, hightly optimized for finest CD/DVD writers
- Supports a large number of formats: BlindWrite 4.x (.BWT), CloneCD (.CCD), Iso images (.ISO), Cuesheet/Binary (.CUE/.BIN), Alcohol (.MDS)
- Multi-language support (English, French, German, and lots more)
- Voice notifications for program events
- Extended log information for easy technical support

Author: vso-software
Date: 2009-06-28
Size: 7.04 MB
License: Shareware $39.99
Requires: Win All

WildBit Viewer is compact & fast image viewer with slide show and editor. Eye catching interface within blazing fast folder, file list and thumbnail viewer. Viewer includes also Image Info with Image EXIF meta data JPEG and TIFF support and IPTC (IIMV4) information (like PhotoShop file info) from JPEG and TIFF, Thumbview has changeable views, sorting and thumbnail predefined sizes for fast thumbnail size setting. Viewer also includes shell toolbar, you can drop your favorite folder there and use it as an organizer.

Windows (All)
Freeware
Uninstaller - Yes

Opera Web browser offers the best internet browsing experience available. Discover what over 20 million people have already experienced by downloading Opera's fast and safe internet browsers. Features include Speed Dial, Search Shortcuts, and Trash Can.

Windows (All)
Freeware
Uninstaller - Yes
Other Versions:
Opera for FreeBSD
Opera for Linux
Opera for Mac OS X