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09 30th, 2008| 
Microsoft Compiled HTML Help is a proprietary format for online help files, developed by Microsoft. It was first introduced with the release of Windows 98, and is still supported and distributed through Windows XP and Vista platforms. Most often the format is used to create help files for software products. Besides, CHM format is increasingly being used for creation of electronic books (e-books). Until quite recently editing files of such format was a long and labour-intensive process – one had to use special programs (compilers), which didn’t have WYSIWYG interface and required certain skills of working with it.
We present an editor of new generation enabling you to work with CHM-files rapidly and easily: it will be no trouble now to make a new document, add formating, insert a picture or a hypertext link and see the result immediately! Furthermore, a document created by you can be open on every computer, functioning on the basis of the Windows operation system and you will never have to think again about the compatibility problem! Another task which can be successfully resolved when using the CHM Editor is translation of documents.
Because the software may include Help File in an unknown language to you, it could lead to difficulties, and sometimes impossible to use the program you need. The CHM editor handles the problem with one click on the mouse! You get a translated document with the same formatting as in the original language. For translation you can choose one of the internet services the program works with. There are tens of languages available for translation.
The CHM Editor is an excellent choice for people who deal with electronic documentation, have difficulties in using programs with CHM Help File in a foreign language, for professional translators, and those, who collect an electronic library. The program is an efficient tool that everyone should have on their PC!
MediaCoder is a free audio/video batch transcoder, putting together many excellent audio/video softwares from the open source community into one friendly GUI. On video side, MEncoder is used as back-end, which provides support for nearly all known video compression and container formats as well as rich and useful video filtering features (e.g. post-processing, 3D de-noise). On audio side, MPlayer and Winamp input plugins used as decoders, various encoders integrated, MediaCoder can simply batch transcode among any known audio formats, with tags transferred, file names generated, and even performing audio filtering (e.g. resample, normalize) on the fly.
Homepage: http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/
Download: MediaCoder-0.6.1.4193.exe
File Size: 19.1 MB
BurnAware Free is a free CD, DVD, Blu-ray Disc burning software. It is ideal for users with basic disc burning needs as backup, creating data, audio, video discs and burning disc images. Free, easy to set up and maintain, it enables you to save your files to disc quickly and provides a more flexible interface to help you complete your burning tasks much faster.
Features:
- 100% Free. No spyware, adware, banners etc.
- Create data and multisession CD/DVD/Blu-ray Discs
- Create Audio CDs and jukebox CD/DVD/Blu-ray Discs
- Record boot disc images
- Create DVDs-Video
- Create and record disc images
- Supports all current hardware interfaces (IDE/SCSI/USB/1394/SATA)
- Supports UDF/ISO9660/Joliet Bridged file systems (any combination)
- On-the-fly writing for all image types (no staging to hard drive first)
- Auto-verification of written files
- Supports CD-Text and unicode characters
- Clean, multilingual, easy to use interface
- Supports Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista (32 and 64 Bit), no drivers required
Homepage: http://www.burnaware.com/
Download: burnaware_free.exe
File Size: 7.2 MB
Tired of dozen of icons on desktop? Try this simple and intuitive launcher.
Features:
- Categories organization (multi-tab launcher) with fast selection menu
- Shortcuts management for applications, documents, url links, folders path and more..
- Backup and Restore for groups, shortcuts and program settings (to/from Zip file).
- Multi users management: separated shortcuts database for each Windows user (like: Father, Mother and Son).
- Drag & Drop support (copy or move from-to desktop or Windows folders)
- Auto-hide function with customizable show and hide timings
- Stay (always) on top option
- Graphical Skins Management
- Capability to copy or move shortcuts trough categories
- New: Moving around in a group by letter keys
- Button mode; compact icons view without shortcuts name with button frame and spacing options
- Single click launch option
- Program icon options: Show On Taskbar, Show in the System Tray and Don´t Show
- Show shortcuts info tip box: name only or detailed (name, type, size, date and other hints)
- Auto select group when mouse move over group tab option
- Hideable button bar, in order to reduce the launcher size
- Support for MSI shortcuts (like MS Office™ shortcuts)
- MS-DOS files compatibility (.COM files, etc..).
- Support for screen with Large Icons
- Multi-desktop and dual-monitor support
- Customizable tray icon color
- Windows Vista™ ready
- Support for Windows Vista 120 DPI screen mode
- Check for program updates feature
- Multilanguage: English, Italian, French, Czech, Spanish, Arabic, Greek, Bulgarian, Hungarian, German, Russian, Portuguese, Valencian, Dutch, Turkish, Slovak, Catalan and Danish with support for non latin languages translations
- Free support forum for bugs report or requests
Homepage: http://fsl.sytes.net/
Download: setup_FSL_Launcher.exe
File Size: 3.1 MB
PD Particles is a software program for sketching, doodling, painting and drawing with particle brushes. It is loaded with features made for professionals, yet priced low enough for retired artists, students and hobbyists at all levels. If you like to draw and doodle, this is for you!
PD Particles is perfect for PC users with a passion for creativity. It is based on a standalone version of the award-winning particle painting system called OptiPustics, found also on Project Dogwaffle.
PD Particles also contains a number of fascinating natural fx brushes and can be used as a complete, self-contained painting program. However, it is primarily intended as companion to your existing favorite photo editing, imaging and painting tools and it is focused on the use of a particular category of brushes. It’s great too for making tall grass, shrubbery and bushes or use on 3D billboard polygons!
Note:
This giveaway includes the full installer of PD Particles 1.0. A free update patch is also available at www.thebest3d.com/pdp as well as additional free plugins and companion tools such as Penny paint, a Spline based drawing engine made specially for cartoonists and anime artists with a fast hand.
Features:
- Free PC-to-PC calls* — regular phones for dirt cheap
- Personalize Messenger with fun plug-ins
- Listen to free Yahoo! Music LAUNCHcast radio
- Instant messaging
- Drag and drop photo and file sharing
- Share IMs from your mobile phone
- Share live video with your webcam
- Use fun Emoticons, Audibles, and Avatars
- Catch up on friend’s lives with Yahoo! 360° built right in
Homepage: http://messenger.yahoo.com/
Download: ymsgr900_1912_us.exe
File Size: 14.1 MB
Free Registry Cleaner is Registry-cleaning software. It will safely clean and repair Windows Registry problems with a few clicks and enable you to enjoy a cleaner and more efficient PC. The Registry is the nerve center of your PC, and problems with the Windows Registry are a common cause of Windows crashes and error messages.
Homepage: http://www.amlsoft.com/
Download: regcleaner.exe
File Size: 2.4 MB
Open Contacts is an address book with CRM features providing unified, flexible and intuitive interfaces for you to manage and lookup contact info of people and companies. People could be associated with companies to represent the relationship of ownership or employment etc.
Finding people in the same organization is easy with dynamic links between people and companies.
Open Contacts is very open to your needs of storing contact info of different kinds, since you meet different people with different levels of details. Open Contacts shows only info you inputted. You can seamlessly customize what can be stored in your address book. New ways of communication will be invented in the future, Open Contacts is flexible to such changes.
Essential Features:
- Details are stored in sections of data fields that are dynamically customizable, with predefined sections of data fields.
- Associate people with companies, and associate companies with departments or subsidiaries.
- Categorize people contacts and company contacts in hierarchy trees.
- Search contacts info through any data field.
- Dynamic shortcuts to telephony, emailing or Web browsing.
- Define predefined sections of data fields.
- Import contact info in other formats, such as MS Outlook, XML, CSV and vCard.
- Export contact info to text and XML.
- Save and load different customized layouts of contact info.
- The program is small and green enough to run on a memory stick.
- Support multilingual features.
- Native supports for concurrent access of multiple users in Local Area Network.
Homepage: http://www.fonlow.com/
Download: ocusetup.zip
File Size: 4.9 MB
Zortam Mp3 Player will enable you to listen all your favorite tracks and at the same time enjoy a show of lights and images visualizing the covers of your albums and song lyrics.You can add additional visualization plugins using Zortam visualization SDK. You can watch scrolling lyrics and cover arts together with different visualizations or static jpg backgrounds while playing Mp3’s.
Player also supports switching to full sreen graphic mode. You may add your own backgrounds and plugins.
Store information, documentation, notes, passwords, images, bookmarks, contacts, Spreadsheet, calendar events & tasks, import/export Google iCal files. Powerfull Multi layer encryption, portable, xml database, all in one powerful user friendly PIM app.
Homepage: http://mtirnanic.googlepages.com/
Download: totaltextv0.a062.zip
File Size: 3.0 MB
CurrPorts displays the list of all currently opened TCP/IP and UDP ports on your local computer. For each port in the list, information about the process that opened the port is also displayed, including the process name, version information, the user that created it, and more.
In addition, CurrPorts allows you to close unwanted TCP connections, kill the process that opened the ports, and save the TCP/UDP ports list to HTML file, and more.
Homepage: http://www.nirsoft.net/
Download: cports.zip
File Size: 55.4 KB
