Legally download thousands of MP3s and music videos from 80 different genres by over 70k artists from 20k different web radio stations and video portals for free. One of a kind MusicFinder monitors 2k stations simultaneously. Podcasts. Universal converter legally removes DRM copy protection and converts music, audio books, videos and films to 100 different formats for portable devices (e.g. Apple iPod & cell phones) with unique quality control.
Price: Free to try (5-day trial); $59.90 to buy
Tunebite is the best solution to remove copy protection from music, audio books, and films & then convert it to one of 100 file formats. Since 2004, Tunebite has been mentioned and singled out for excellence in more computer trade publications than any other legal software solution that removes DRM copy protection. Tunebite legally removes the audio DRM copy protection from music & audio books by re-recording it at up to 54x the speed. With either the playback software or Tunebite, additional copyrighted music & audio book files can be copied by using the virtual CD-burner. Tunebite has one of a kind quality control with “PerfectAudio”, guaranteeing error-free audio output. Tunebite turns the PC into a high-performance, Video DRM converter and ensures the synchronicity of video & audio while the copyrighted video files are played back. In the process, Tunebite legally photographs, frame by frame, the replayed, copyrighted films & saves them in the desired format. Tunebite informs you of the expected output quality of the files to be converted based on the operating system and PC performance & also warns of a loss in quality before converting files on PCs with weaker performance. The quality is also inspected during conversion. After the conversion is complete, Tunebite provides tips, in the rare event that problems do arise, to avoid such problems that may occur. Lots of extras: audio recorder for recording music from web radios (e.g. Last.fm), video recorder for video portals (e.g. Youtube) & automatically finds ID3 tags, album artwork & song lyrics. Files can be played using your own player or with Winamp, Apple iTunes or Microsoft Windows Media Player. Music can be dubbed by synching cell phones, MP3 players, Apple iPods & other portable devices. There is a generator for individual cell phone ringtones. CD burning capabilities for audio CDs, audio DVDs and MP3 CD are also included.
Price: Free
WinMend Folder Hidden is an interesting security utility that can safely hide any file or folder on a Windows partition or removable device, which covers most users’ hard drives and external drives as well as flash drives, memory cards and sticks, micro devices, and anything else you can store a file on. Your files and folders stay safe and hidden even if they’re reinstalled on another computer, and they can’t be seen or accessed by other programs and operating systems. You can enable password protection for specific files and folders or whole volumes of data. WinMend claims that “safety first” was a guiding principle in developing Folder Hidden and promises it will never damage the files and folders it secures.
The program’s interface is fairly basic, just a tabbed window with directory-style list and a few simple commands, but there are some customization options, such as the ability to change the layout’s colors. One of the advantages WinMend claims for Folder Hidden is its ability to quickly hide virtually any size folder or file, up to dozens of gigabytes. It certainly performs its duty quickly and effectively, hiding folders from view and retrieving them when you enter your selected password.
There are lots of reasons to hide data, not the least of which is that it’s part of a general PC security regimen that could head off a hassle some day. WinMend Folder Hidden is freeware. It works with 64-bit versions of Windows, including Vista, so Windows 7 shouldn’t be a problem.
WinMend Folder Hidden is a file and folder hiding tool. While ensuring the absolute system safety, this application can quickly hide files and folders on local partitions or on removable devices. The hidden files or folders will be safely hidden whether the drive is accessed in another operating system on the same computer or reinstalled on another computer. You can set a password for this application. Hidden data can be displayed and unhidden only when the user enters the valid password. The data is completely invisible to other programs or on other operating systems.
Price: Free
Polyglot 3000 is automatic language identifier that can detect the language used in a text, phrase, or even a single word. The program features over 400 languages. Input text files utilize both Unicode and ANSI encodings. Polyglot 3000 features recognize more than 400 languages. It supports Unicode texts and has a nice user interface. It has quick and correct language identification. Recognize language just among popular languages with multilingual interface.
Price: Free
A-PDF Excel to PDF is a fast, affordable way to batch convert Microsoft Excel spreadsheets into professional-quality documents in the popular PDF file format. Its easy-to-use interface allows you to batch create PDF files which can be viewed on any computer with a PDF viewer. A-PDF Excel to PDF supports Font embedding, compression and multi-language. It does not need Adobe Acrobat.
Price: Free to try (Watermark on output); $39.00 to buy
Using DeviceLock from SmartLine, you can lock out unauthorized users from USB and FireWire devices, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth adapters, CD-ROM and floppy drives, serial and parallel ports, and many other plug-and-play devices. You can define a discrete list of accounts that are able to administer (install, uninstall, modify permissions, and other settings). Even users with local administrator privileges can’t disable DeviceLock service or remove it from their computers, if they are not in this list of DeviceLock administrators.
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ABC Amber BlackBerry Converter is a very useful tool that converts messages and contacts from IPD (BlackBerry backup) files to any document format (PDF, HTML, CHM, RTF, HLP, TXT, DOC, MDB, and XLS). All you have to do is open BlackBerry file, select required messages, choose document format to convert and click Save As button. Currently our software supports more than 50 languages.
Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $19.95 to buy
This extension for Google Chrome removes Facebook ads, Flash animations, and ads from all over the web. The browser is automatically updated with additions to the filter.
CNET Editor’s Note: The Download Now link will prompt a local download of the Google Chrome extension. To install the extension directly, open the file using your Chrome browser.
Price : Free
Zoom is a free package for web developers to add a powerful custom search engine to their website, or CD/DVD, in a matter of minutes. No complicated server-side setup procedures, just index and upload from the convenience of your own Windows computer. Features include: “Google-like” context descriptions and recommended links, word stemming, image thumbnails in search results; custom meta fields, logging and statistic reports, sort by date options, spelling suggestions, ability to effectively index different file types (e.g. PDF, XLSX, ZIP, SWF). Available for PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, JavaScript or CGI platforms. Version 6 is the most powerful version of Zoom yet with features including a new, more intuitive and flexible interface; an improved Search Ranking Algorithm which produces more relevant results; Faster and more accurate exact phrase searches; Word Stemming which allows searches to match words which are similar or derivatives of each other; powerful Custom Meta Fields which allows you to add database-like search criteria without the need for a database; the ability to index MS Office 2007 and ZIP file types; Automatic login for cookie-based authentication; Improved Indexing Status Window; a real-time Search Statistics PHP script; and increased JavaScript, PHP and ASP capacity for unique words and pages.
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Fox Audio CD Burner allows you to create high-quality CDs that can be played in any player. It supports all popular CD burners and all sizes of CDs DAO and TAO burning modes for all disc types. The CD Burner features an easy-to-use interface specially designed to burn CD, which helps you to catch on to the system quickly. New user or experienced user can finish his burning task with few clicks.
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