Best free windows software

LC Copier

2009-10-17T02:06:00.000-07:00

With this useful tool you can create a fast and easy photocopier machine from your scanner and printer.

There's a trial version of LC Copier at lucersoft.com, the download is provided free of charge.

MWSnap Screenshot Software

2009-09-14T04:56:00.000-07:00

MWSnap is a small, easy and free app to make captures of any part of your windows screen. The program handles 5 most popular graphics formats and contains several graphical tools: a zoom, a ruler, a color picker and a window spy.

This powerful app does not require installation and does not mess up your system. And by the way: all pics on this Blog are made with MWSnap.

Zumodrive

2009-08-26T02:16:00.000-07:00

ZumoDrive is my favorite online drive where I can access music, photos, and documents from anywhere. In difference to the more popular cloud storage Dropbox ZumoDrive offers an actual iPhone app.

ZumoDrive gives you 1GB for free; space enough to share some files between more devices.

Winamp Music Player

2009-07-31T03:35:00.000-07:00

Since ipod & iphone Apples languid itunes software is omnipresent on home pc's. But if you just want to play music than you should use the Winamp Player. Winamp is a quick and easy skinnable, multi-format freeware/player with many plug-ins.

Fans of last.fm should install this nice scrobbler which automatically updates online libery with what they’ve been listening to on pc.

Windows Backup Software

2009-07-29T02:36:00.001-07:00

What if one day your hard drive crashes or a virus wipes out everything on your computer? One of the most important things is syncing your data between computers and mobile devices so you can have ubiquitous access.

The lightly freeware software IdleBackup automatically backs up your files while you're not using your computer. Simply choose the folder you want to back up, the destination and the amount of time for backup runs.

Other good tools are DirSync and SmartSync (shareware, simply look for a free key on computer magazines).

Firefox Browser with Extensions

2009-07-24T07:39:00.000-07:00

Other Browsers may be faster, but Firefox offers so many great extensions and gives you a perfect customizable software for your personal internet life.

Suggested extensions for Mozilla Firefox:

Adblock Plus (no more ads)
Better Flickr (useful Greasemonkey Scripts for Flickr Photo Sharing)
Better Youtube (Greasemonkey Scripts for Youtube)
CoComment (clear Conversation in the blogosphere)
Colorful tabs (makes tabs easy to distinguish)
Copy plain text (copies text without formatting)
Customize Google (more options for Google search)
Diigo (Bookmark tool)
Fission (combines address bar and progress bar in Safari style)
Flagfox (shows a flag icon indicating the current website's server location)
Gtranslate (translate the selected text via Google translate)
IE View (open Links with Internet Explorer)
Menu editor (Rearrange or remove menuitems from the main context menu)
Opera view (open Links in Opera)
Search status (Display the Google PageRank, Alexa rank, Compete ranking and SEOmoz Linkscape mozRank anywhere in your browser)
Tinyurl Creator (allows you to conveniently create TinyUrls)

Extensions makes the Browser tired, with Firefox preloader you can speed up again and MozBackup allows you to backup and restore bookmarks, mail, contacts, history, extensions, cache etc.