What Software Pak Bruce can’t do without! - Part 3
With this Bali PC Advisor article I thought I’d give
you the latest additions of my MUST have programs. It’s
what software I use everyday; and more. So here is the
very last (see the last 2 issues for the others) of the list
of software titles that I use and love and could not do without,
and where to get it, how much, etc. (You can do a Google
search or try http://www.download.com or use the links provided
below)
Konfabulator & Widgets (www.konfabulator.com). FREE. It
is now called Yahoo Widgets, but don’t be put off by
the Yahoo part. The Yahoo! Widget Engine (formerly known as
Konfabulator) is a JavaScript runtime engine for Windows and
Mac OS X that lets you run little files called Widgets that
can do pretty much whatever you want them to. (There are thousands
available to use for free) Widgets can be alarm clocks, calculators,
can tell you your WiFi signal strength, will fetch the latest
stock quotes for your preferred symbols, and even give your
current local weather.
Maxthon (http://www.maxthon.com/) FREE. (but it does nag you
for a donation). Maxthon Internet Browser software is a powerful
tabbed browser with a highly customizable interface. It is
based on the Internet Explorer browser engine (most likely,
your current web browser) which means that what works in the
IE browser will work the same in Maxthon tabbed browser but
with many additional efficient features like...
Tabbed Browsing Interface
Mouse Gestures
Super Drag & Drop
Privacy Protection
AD Hunter
RSS Reader
IE Extensions Support
External Utility Bar
Skinning
And Much More
Google Earth (http://earth.google.com/) FREE. Want to know
more about a specific location? Dive right in — Google
Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google
Search to put the world’s geographic information at
your fingertips. Look around your neighborhood; see
famous sites in the world (not Bali yet!); can generate driving
directions between places. This is truly amazing and
fun to try.
MP3 Test (http://www.shivi.de/MP3Test/) FREE. MP3Test checks
your MP3 files for errors, for example frame or crc errors.
It features batch support and some other nice things to manage
your complete MP3 collection to get rid of the broken ones,
which can be deleted or moved, for example. MP3Test has got
very good ratings from testers (see their homepage).
uTorrent (http://www.utorrent.com/) FREE. µTorrent is
an efficient and feature rich (“http://www.bittorrent.com/introduction.html”)
BitTorrent client for Windows, sporting a very small footprint.
It was designed to use as little CPU, memory and space as
possible while offering all the functionality expected from
advanced clients. Biggest advantage is that you can
listen to music as it’s being downloaded – BEFORE
the whole album is done!
Allway Sync (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/allwaysync.html)
FREE. Allway Sync is a simple directory synchronization
tool that allows you to keep files in two folders synchronized.
The folders can be on the local drive, network machine or
removable drive, and the differences are shown before the
synchronization takes place. You also have the option to exclude
selected files or changes the default sync direction. The
program analyzes file differences based on an algorithm, rather
than the system clock.
EULAlyzer (http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/eulalyzer.html)
FREE. EULAlyzer can analyze license agreements in seconds,
and provide a detailed listing of potentially interesting
words and phrases. Discover if the software you’re about
to install displays pop-up ads, transmits personally identifiable
information, uses unique identifiers to track you, or much,
much, more.
TicTocTitle (http://www.donationcoders.com/skrommel/TicTocTitle/TicTocTitle.exe)
FREE. Simply displays the current date and time in the active
titlebar – has lots of options.
Map24 (http://www.map24.com/) FREE - gives very nice driving
directions between points. Covers MOST of the countries
in the world (no, not Indonesia, yet).
