Freewares / Free Softwares 16 Dec 2010

Easy-Data Mediaplayer

This application can play almost every movie format out there and in high resolution, even in old computers. Its features include: Play all types of movies with the right codecs installed, Take snapshots and save as .JPG, .BMP or .Tiff, Combine several video files to one output file, Split/Join files, Convert movies to and from several formats, Extract or add sound, Create movie out of pictures (with or without sound), Create a snapshot containing 16 images from a movie file, Decode a movie frame by frame, Add effects, text, logos etc, Playlist, Inbuildt multimedia search engine, Movie Library (Experimental), and Screen capture to video (full screen or selected area).

The 9.04 MB Easy-Data Mediaplayer (08-12-10), for Win7/Vista/2K/XP, can be downloaded at http://www.easy-data.no/EDM_Setup.exe  or http://snipurl.com/easy-datamediaplayer

FAQ at http://www.easy-data.no/faqs.htm  and online help at http://www.easy-data.no/edm_help_minimized.html

HotSpot

While using an open WiFi network it would be great if we can create our own private network that runs securely on top of the WiFi network. Yes, this is possible, with HotSpot, a quick, easy and free application. Hotspot Shield creates a virtual private network (VPN) between your laptop or iPhone and its Internet gateway. A really simple indicator lets you know whether your connection is secure or not. Hotspot Shield can protect during the entire web surfing session - secures your connection at both your home Internet network & Public Internet networks (both wired and wireless). Your identity is secured during all web transactions through HTTPS - ensures your privacy online; your passwords, credit card numbers, and all of your data, is secured.

More details on Hotspot Shield, for Windows 7, XP, 2000, Vista, Mac OS X (10.4 Tiger), Mac OS X (10.5 Leopard), and Mac OS X (10.6 Snow Leopard), can be browsed at http://hotspotshield.com/

Explorer++

Explorer++ is a free multi-tab file manager for Windows XP and above. With an interface similar to Windows Explorer, Explorer++ provides many enhancements and improvements. These include the option to save to the registry or a configuration file, Tabbed browsing for easy management of multiple folders, Display window shows previews of files as they are selected, Easy-to-remember keyboard shortcuts for quick navigation, Customizable user interface, Full drag-and-drop support with other applications, including Windows Explorer, Advanced file operations such as merging and splitting supported, and completely portable.

Explorer++ - Version 1.2 (13/09/2010), by David Erceg, can be downloaded at http://www.explorerplusplus.com/download

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Please suggest a utility or service to share desktops remotely.

There are several and these include Teamviewer, Logmein, Yuugu or Join.me. The last named, at https://join.me/,is a web application
that works directly from the browser, nothing to download,
supports all platforms – Windows, Linux and Mac.

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