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Retrieve Data from Damaged Hard Drives, CDs and DVDs with Unstoppable Copier

Posted on 04. Dec, 2009 by Prasanth Chandra.

There are lots of frustrations involved when migrating from one hard drive to another. Many of us while moving or recovering system files or huge amounts of data from one local drive to another run into some type of damaged file.  This is amazingly frustrating, because one little error can prevent you from getting lots of your data.

Unstoppable Copier is an open source software which retrieves the data from your hard disk or CD/DVD  with bad sectors, badly damaged disks and/or boot sector failures.

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4 Great and Free DVD Burner Applications

Posted on 03. Dec, 2009 by Aminul Islam Sajib.

There are a number of great DVD burner programs available out there. One of the most popular is Nero CD/DVD Burner. Unfortunately, it’s not free of cost. Don’t worry, you don’t have to buy it. There are lots of other recommendable DVD burner applications available on the net that are free.

So, before you run out and buy the most popular burning software out there, you may want to consider checking out these free alternatives that do just as good a job.

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Easily Reinstall All Your Programs with Ninite

Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by Aminul Islam Sajib.

Did you just upgrade to Windows 7 or recently format your computer?  One of the most tedious parts of an upgrade or a format is going out an downloading all your favorite programs all over again.  There is a solution out there that makes this much easier.

Ninite is a free service that allows you to select your favorite software from a list and quickly download and install all of them to your computer.  There are probably services out there that would do a mass download, but the real appeal of Ninite is that it does the installing as well.  This makes reformating much less of a chore.  Let’s learn a little more about Ninite.

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Recover Disk Space with DiskMax

Posted on 09. Nov, 2009 by Chinmoy.Kanjilal.

DiskMax is a completely free Windows software developed by KoshyJohn. DiskMax, as the name suggests is primarily software to free up disk space. It uses various methods to check for Windows space hogs like temporary files, logs, installers, caches and backups and simply removes or disables them thereby leaving the users with more free space.

DiskMax boasts of having removed 15 GB of junk from some computers. I removed 3 GB of unnecessary files with it when I tried DiskMax for the first time. It has been used by over 40,000 people and has been recently updated to support Windows 7.

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FeedDemon: The Best Offline Feed Reader

Posted on 03. Nov, 2009 by Chinmoy.Kanjilal.

Reading feeds is an integral part of keeping up to date with the latest happenings on the Internet. Almost all blogs provide their users with an option to subscribe to their feeds.

Now, feeds are a powerful medium of compact knowledge, but if you start reading too many of them, you have every chance of missing out the important news on time. Reading just a few of them might make you miss out on certain other perspectives of an event. In these situations, you run into a problem either way.

Another thing that can be a challenge with feed readers is that they don’t all provide offline reading options. This isn’t a big deal for everyone, but it can be for some users.

A feed reader goes a long way in making life easier.  I have tried out a lot of feed readers but none of them could attract me as much as FeedDemon.

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ClipX: Take Control Of Your Clipboard

Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by Aminul Islam Sajib.

Have you heard of clipboard in your Windows operating system? Whenever you copy an item, that item is copied in your clipboard. When you paste, the item that was pasted comes from the clipboard. By default, you can’t paste a copied item twice if you copy something else later. What if you want to have more options when it comes to the clipboard?

There is an insanely useful freeware available online which you can use to take full advantage of your clipboard. You can copy as many items you want and paste any of them anytime anywhere you need.

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QTTabBar: Tab Browsing for Windows Explorer

Posted on 08. Oct, 2009 by Aminul Islam Sajib.

Ever wanted the tab browsing feature of Firefox, Internet Explorer 8, or Google Chrome in your Windows Explorer? I know I have.  Most of the time, we need to open multiple folders in different windows in order to move files around. As a result, the windows get cluttered and slow down your work process.

Well, as with most computer or software problems, there is a solution.  QTTabBar makes exploring Windows folders easier than ever before. Let’s take a look at all the amazing features of this cool little tool.

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High Sign: Control Your Computer with Mouse Gestures

Posted on 28. Aug, 2009 by Prasanth Chandra.

What actually is a mouse gesture program? Well, it is pretty similar to the keyboard shortcuts we use. Depending on our mouse movement, we can execute many operations like opening a document or closing a window.

Now, you might say that such programs are not much very useful when you already know many keyboard shortcuts. But once you use this program, you may see the value in mouse gestures, because such programs enable you to operate things very quickly.

High Sign is more than an ordinary mouse gesture program. It will offers you so many features that other mouse gesture programs do not. High Sign can be easily downloaded and installed on to your computer.

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