Publisher's Description:

TV-Browser is a java-based TV guide which is easily extensible using plugins. It is designed to look like your paper TV guide.

TV-Browser has the following other editions available: TV-Browser for Mac OS X and TV-Browser for Linux.

Released: November 21, 2008
Publisher: TV-Browser.org
License: Open Source
OS Support: Windows (All)

3D Mail Effects is an email notification tool that uses realistic 3D effects that appear floating on your desktop for notification. In addition it also offers the traditional notifications like flashing keyboard LEDs, sounds and more. The program allows to preview & delete emails without having to load your email program, unlimited number of POP3 accounts (each individually configurable with their own alarms, timers, etc.), hides nicely in the tray (blinks with new mail), completely skinnable and also features web mail support.

No longer being developed. In order to use the software, you will need to use the following registration code:

D491-A002-8BC6-A5AD-913D-092E-0428-9C42

Author: Fluid Studios
Date: 2008-11-21
Size: 1.66 MB
License: Freeware
Requires: Win All

VueScan is a new scanning utility that works with most high-quality flatbed and film scanners to produce scans that have excellent color fidelity and color balance. It is easy to install, changes nothing on your system, installs nothing in your operating system and all other scanner software will continue to function. If you purchase VueScan now, you can produce better-looking images that are vivid and true to life. Enhance images with powerful features. Save time by editing one image while the next image is being scanned.

There are two Editions of VueScan - Standard and Professional - but only one file to download. VueScan operates as a trial version when you first download it. After you purchase and enter a serial number, the Standard Edition or Professional Edition features are enabled and the dollar-sign watermark is disabled.

Author: Hamrick Software
Date: 2008-11-21
Size: 4.49 MB
License: Shareware $39.95
Requires: Win 2K/03/XP/Vista

Publisher's Description:

Web Album Copier allows you to quickly grab all images from a photo album. If available thumbnails are presented so the user can select what images are downloaded.

Released: November 14, 2008
Publisher: Biro Solutions Inc.
License: Freeware
OS Support: Windows 2003/2008/Vista/XP
Requirements: .NET Framework 2.0

Publisher's Description:

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. It has one box for everything: Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages. Will give you thumbnails of your top sites; Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab.

Released: November 20, 2008
Publisher: Google
License: Open Source
OS Support: Windows Vista/XP

Publisher's Description:

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 has the following other editions available: Process Lasso (x64).

Latest Changes:

* Fix.GUI/Core: Fixed issue where the core engine, when running as a service, was being inappropriately terminated by the GUI upon user logoff

Released: November 19, 2008
Publisher: Bitsum Technologies
License: Freeware
OS Support: Windows 2000/2003/2008/Vista/XP
Uninstaller?: Yes
Skin Support?: No; Supports XP Themes

Publisher's Description:

Fastream IQ Web/FTP Server (formerly NETFile Server) is a secure (128-bit SSL), ultra-fast FTP server with HTTP/XML remote admin, virtual network folders, storage quotas, bandwidth limits, built-in HTTP folder management together with fast directory and file caches. Running as NT-service, and controlled through a remote controller interface (free of charge to download and use), has the best possible performance under Windows operating system platform.

Released: November 19, 2008
Publisher: Fastream Technologies
License: Freeware
OS Support: Windows (All)

Monitor Asset Manager is a Plug and Play monitor information utility that works under all 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows. It is fully multi-monitor-capable, and unlike similar reporting utilities queries the monitor directly rather than relying on potentially dubious information stored in the registry. In addition to providing detailed information on monitor color and timing characteristics, this compact utility (400kb) is the only program of its type to accomplish this under Windows NT 4.0, providing corporate IS managers with a simple tool to track monitor inventory by serial number.

Reports generated by Monitor Asset Manager provide detailed technical information about the target display device and its capabilities. Corporate licensed versions of this lightweight utility can be set to run periodically in the background where it can silently save reports in SMS-compliant MIF file format to designated locations at pre-specified intervals. An IS manager wishing to implement SMS-compliant asset management and inventory practices will find that Monitor Asset Manager is the perfect tool to compliment existing management capabilities.

Moreover, end users puzzled by the way Windows treats their monitors and high-definition display devices can gain insight into exactly what Plug-and-Play means: all the information provided by the display to the system is displayed in readable format, including DPM and GTF/CVT support, color chromaticity values, native and recommended resolutions with exact timing parameters, as well as device minimum requirements and maximum limits. The latest version also supports DisplayID structures, extracts and decodes EIA/CEA-861 extension data for consumer electronics devices like HDTVs, and queries for basic Monitor Command and Control (MCCS) information from next-generation DDC/CI compliant displays.

Author: EnTech
Date: 2008-11-20
Size: 394 KB
License: Freeware
Requires: Win All

A computer system starts running slower and start-up time takes longer over time as user downloads and installs new programs on the system over extended period of time. Even though all of those programs are valid, they might cause start-up program list grow unnecessarily with non critical applications. Operating systems like Windows do not have notion of delayed processing of start-up programs. Therefore when user reboots and logs on, all those programs need to run first before user can get fair share of CPU to run their own programs. We refer to this delay problem as start-up bloating which is caused by unnecessary insertion of non critical program entries to system registry.

StartupBlaster is a lightweight Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP/2003/Vista 32-bit proxy program that accelerates slow system start-up by keeping the system registry thin and gives user the control of the start-up programs list earlier. StartupBlaster improves user experience by enhancing the speed of start-up process.

Author: XenCare Software
Date: 2008-11-20
Size: 2.21 MB
License: Freeware
Requires: Win XP/Vista

Publisher's Description:

MONyog MySQL Monitor and Advisor allows you to Identify MySQL performance bottlenecks. You can compare unlimited MySQL servers side-by-side. It is Available on Windows and Linux. Inbuilt web-server. Has got a nice AJAX interface. Simple Descriptions for all performance metrics. Helps you learn MySQL Internals. Fully customizable using Javascript and MONyog Object Model.

Released: November 18, 2008
Publisher: Webyog Softworks Pvt. Ltd.
License: Shareware; $199.00 to buy
OS Support: Windows 2000/2003/Me/Vista/XP

Publisher's Description:

ESET Smart Security is a fully integrated security solution that includes antivirus, anti-spyware, a personal firewall and an antispam module. It features an improved graphical user interface with 2 operating modes for common and advanced users. The program uses a smart cleaning algorithm that automatizes the procedure of malware removal. Updates are delivered through very small incremental update files to ensure little traffic especially for dial-up users. The configuration can now be exported to xml files.

Released: November 18, 2008
Publisher: Eset, spol. s r. o.
License: Shareware
OS Support: Windows 2000/2003/Vista/XP
Uninstaller?: Yes
Skin Support?: No; Supports XP Themes

Simple Port Forwarding was designed to make forwarding ports on your router as easy as a few clicks.

The program works by automating the process for you. So whether you don't understand how to forward ports, or your simply looking for an easier way of doing things then this program is for you.

v2.1.1
Added donate button under the help menu.
Added new File menu.
Added minimize button to the main program window.
Made the IP address boxes a little bigger.
Changed the 'Visit Website' under the help menu to go to the program page instead of the sites main page.
Added hotkeys to the menu.
Fixed tab order in the program.
Fixed some spelling errors.
Changed the programs exe name from Simple_Port_Forwarding.exe to spf.exe
Added new program update system for the program. Now when there is a new update to the program you can have the program download the new update and apply it automatically. Thus the user no longer has to download the new setup, the program will download the new exe, saving time and bandwidth for both the user and my site. Also the new update check only checks once per day when you open it.
Added new code so the program will now check if an entry name is already on the router page. If so it will skip that entry. Example: if you add some entries and click update router the router gets updated. You then add a new entry along with the other ones that have already been applied and you click on update router again, the program will now skip the ones that where already done as it will see the entry names on the page and skip those, thus only adding the new entry.
Changed a lot of code around and clean some things up, also added even more commands to handle more routers.

Author: PcWinTech
Date: 2008-11-18
Size: 4.48 MB
License: Freeware
Requires: Win 2K/03/XP/Vista

How to resize images for the web - The VSO free image resize software organizes your photos by shrinking their resolution or moving them within your hard drive. VSO Image resizer is the perfect tool for those who store their digital pictures and images on their PC and who want to resize, compress, convert, create copies, import or organize photos.

With this free resize image software, you can create e-mail friendly versions of your images, load them faster, move them easily from folder to folder, change their format, edit large numbers of image files/batch image resize and thus save space on your hard drive.
VSO Image resizer is integrated into the Windows explorer shell, right click on your pictures and start working on your pictures !

Author: VSO SOftware
Date: 2008-11-18
Size: 5.71 MB
License: Freeware
Requires: Win All

Fresh Download is an easy-to-use and very fast download manager software that turbo charge downloading files from the Internet, such as your favorite software, mp3 files, video files, picture collections, etc. Unlike any other similar utilities, this software is 100% free, no charges, no banners in the software (which slowdown your download) , no spyware.

Key features of Fresh Download:

* Ability to turbo charge downloading files in both FTP and HTTP protocols.
* Pause and resume broken downloads, recover from a dropped Internet connection.
* Multiple connections download manager.
* Integration with Internet Explorer & Netscape Communicator. Simply grabs any URL from your browser and Fresh Download will take over.
* Schedule your downloads for low traffic periods.
* Clipboard monitoring and drag & drop features.
* Easily grabs any URL from any applications!
* Antivirus support. Scan downloaded files from any viruses using your current antivirus software!
* Proxy Server support in both HTTP and FTP protocols.

Author: FreshDevices Corp.
Date: 2008-11-18
Size: 2.02 MB
License: Freeware
Requires: Win All

Hard Drive Inspector is a powerful, effective and easy-to-use program that monitors hard drive health. The value of information stored on an average computer hard drive often exceeds the value of the computer itself. But a hard drive is one of the most unreliable internal computer devices. When it crashes (which happens quite frequently), the stored information will be lost fully or partially. Subsequent information recovery is either not possible at all, or constitutes a very sophisticated and expensive procedure that can be performed only by specialists.

Modern hard drives support S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) that was specially developed to detect upcoming disk failures. Using this technology Hard Drive Inspector can monitor the current state of various life-critical parameters describing a disk's reliability and performance. Hard Drive Inspector analyzes this data and warns the user if the parameters indicate a critical reduction of disk reliability. Timely alerts make it possible to copy the data and replace an unreliable disk, thus preventing information loss.

Author: Altrixsoft
Date: 2008-11-18
Size: 2.76 MB
License: Shareware $29.95
Requires: Win 2K/03/XP/Vista
Limitations: 15-day trial