Start Menu Reviver (Windows 7/8)

Developer Quote: "It's more intuitive, more functional and more customizable than any other product on the market. Start Menu Reviver is the ONLY solution that is truly touchscreen-friendly and ABSOLUTELY FREE."

If you're running Windows 7 or 8 and want a Start menu that's beautiful and functional, you have to check out this excellent application. I've got it running on my Windows 7 machine and it looks sweet! Works even better!

Features:

Powerful Search - The search box in Start Menu Reviver is a one stop shop for finding anything on your computer. It will help you find applications, computer settings and documents in a matter of seconds.

Access the Start Screen - If you still want to access the Windows 8 Start screen, you can see it and access it directly in Start Menu Reviver. You can even see how it looked the last time you were there.

Make a website Tile - Start Menu Reviver doesn't just let you add desktop and modern applications as tiles, you can also make tiles to quickly access your favorite websites and even your favorite documents.

Choose your Start Button - You can easily customize the default Start Button. Start Menu Reviver has many different Start buttons to choose from.

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Ninite.com (PC) - Easy and secure way to update your applications

Ninite is the best kept secret of PC power users and IT professionals. It's the best way to install or update your essential PC applications, for several reasons.

First, it makes the task as simple as possible. All you have to do is select the applications you want from the main web page, then click on the Get Installer button at the bottom. Once the installer is downloaded, you run it and it installs or updates your selected applications. What's more, you can run that same installer again and again and it will update those apps to their latest versions.

Second, it's secure. Many of these free applications try to persuade you to allow them to change your search engine, your browsers home page, or just add applications you don't want. Ninite bypasses all of these and simply installs or updates the programs you choose.

So you'll always have the latest versions, and you'll get them simply and cleanly. It's awesome. Check it out.

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IObit Smart Defrag 2 (PC) - Speed up your slow hard-drive

Developer Quote: "It is known that disk fragment has been a primary cause of slow and unstable PC performance. Smart Defrag 2 is such a FREE disk defrag tool that provides extremely fast and efficient defragmentation to your hard drives intelligently for faster file loading and high disk performance."

If you've got a less-than-speedy hard drive and things seem to load a lot slower than they used to, it may be time for a good defrag application. Run it initially to unscramble all your data, then set it to run regularly. You may see a big difference in your machine's speed. Here's a great and free way to get it done.

Features:

Extremely Fast and Efficient Defragmentation

Using IObit's latest disk defrag engine and the new "Boot Time Disk Defrag" technology, Smart Defrag 2 has not only the world's fastest defragmenting speed but also the most advanced defragmenting ability. It's been specially designed for modern, large hard drives including SSD(solid state drive) defrag, which eliminates the long waiting time.

Designed for Top Disk Performance

Smart Defrag 2 doesn't just provide simple defragmentation. It also streamlines your file system, places the frequently used files and directories into the fastest area of the disk, enabling your computer to run at top speed with the most stability.

Always-on Automatic Defragment

Smart Defrag 2 works automatically and quietly in the background, so it continually and constantly keeps your computer fragment-free.

"Boot Time Disk Defrag" Technology

Smart Defrag 2 is using a new "Boot Time Disk Defrag" technology which allows you to defrag files during the system boot process, while these files cannot be defragged or are not safe to move after the system is already boot-up.

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pdfcreator (Windows) - Free PDF conversion tool

When it comes to business software these days there are so many new developments available for businesses large and small, being enhanced and advanced every day, that it's almost a full time job to keep up with what's coming on stream. And just like in Darwinian nature, it's survival of the fittest, so companies have to adapt and modernize their operations and software or slowly fade. With sophisticated products like P3 Performance Management from SWG out there, among others, it takes savvy execs to find and utilize what's best for their businesses.

Something a bit simpler though, is pdfcreator. It's free and effective at converting your documents to PDF format at home or in the office.

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Advanced World Clock 5 (Windows)

If you're the type of person who has reasons to know what time it is in various time zones around the planet, my hat's off to you. I admire you, I really do. For the rest of us, we can a least pretend we are that type of person. We can pretend by having this on our computer screens for our friends to see whenever they come over or walk by our desks at work.

This is a Windows application with some very important-looking information displayed very nicely. Some neat features are:

• Day and night shaded map
• Calculate Sunrise / Sunset / Length of day / Moonrise / Moonset for any city
• Add / edit / remove cities on the map
• Add / edit Daylight Saving Time (DST) rules
• Multiple clock view
• Built-in calendar
• International dial codes for countries

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The Weather Channel App (Windows)

When you want to get an attractive and informative view of the weather without having to actually go outside, this Windows app is a good way to do it. If you don't mind the ads, bringing up the pretty interface right from your system tray will give you all the information you need about current conditions or forecasts.

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Free Screen Capture (Windows)

I have a fascination with screen capture utilities. I tend to shy away from the ones that have everything but the kitchen sink thrown in since they suck up your machine's resources, but this one has some very useful features without being resource intensive.

Developer Quote:

Free Screenshot Capture is an easy-to-use and powerful tool to help you take a screenshot, capture screen, capture window, capture webcam, pick color on screen. It also includes a screen protractor, screen ruler, screen magnifier. Save you a lot of precious time.

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VirusTotal (Android) - Keep malware off your device!

There have been a few malware apps that have found their way onto Google play, so it makes sense to protect yourself and your device. This app helps protect you by checking your installed apps against a comprehensive list at www.virustotal.com. You can also upload a suspect app to have it scanned by more than 40 antivirus scanners.

VirusTotal is FREE on Google play!
 
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App in the Air (iOS) - Air travel made bearable

 

Develop quote: "This is an app for every person who has ever eaten an airport sandwich so awful it made them want to cry."

I can't beat a quote like that. This app has these great features:

BE SMART IN THE AIRPORT
- Get the latest official information on your flight/airline/airport
- Follow advice from fellow passengers
- Connect with other travelers with online chat

BE SMART BEFORE THE FLIGHT
- Use packing/to-do list
- Check in straight from the app
- Get your personal flight schedule and receive notifications on every stage of the flight

ADDITIONAL FEATURES
- Detailed flight tracking
- Sharing of your flight and airplane details on Facebook/Twitter
- Personal stats on miles/airports/countries
- Slick and beautiful design

App in the Air is FREE in the iTunes App Store!
 
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GO Backup (Android) - Super fast and easy backup

The GO development team has done an excellent job with their launcher and a slew of other great apps and add-ons, so it should come as no surprise that they've done it again with a simple, fast and smooth backup solution for everything that needs backing up on your Android device.

Developer Quote:

Stable,fast,simple and totally free. Backup all your contacts,messages and apps. Official backup app developed by GO Dev team.

Main Features：
-Backup contacts,messages,GO launcher settings and apps;
-Backup apps data（needs ROOT）;
-Hide annoying app installation interface when restore apps（needs ROOT）;
-GO Account supported


GO Backup is FREE on Google play
 
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Rylstim (Windows) - An easy to use, simple screen recorder

The concept itself just about screams, I'm so darn useful!, but the reality, I've found, tends to be far too complicated and buggy. Until now. The concept is, recording what you're doing on your computer screen so that you can share it with others. If someone isn't following what I'm trying to explain over the phone as I try to help with a computer problem, showing them can make everything clear. You can do that by sharing what you're doing as you do it. That's called screen sharing, but what happens if you can't get both of you sitting down at your machines at the same time, or if you want people to be able to refer to something over and over?

That's where screen recording can be awesome. But my experience has been that the software is so big and buggy and hard to use that it makes more sense just to try explaining things on the phone (as frustrating for both people as it can be). Now comes this super-simple application that takes just a couple of clicks to record straightforward screencasts. See an example below (the real video that you'd share is a lot more readable than this one since Blogger has reduced the resolution considerably to save hosting space).

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AppRemover (Windows) - Uninstall Leftovers from Security Programs

Many security programs, when you try to uninstall them, have the habit of leaving behind bits and pieces of themselves. This detritus can clutter and even destabilize your PC's delicate mechanisms. You definitely don't want that!

AppRemover can search your system for these unfortunate stowaways, find them, and flush them. It's a free executable that needs no installation. Just download it and run it and watch it do its thing.

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StudioLine Digital Photo Basic 3 (Windows) - Free Image Editing and Archiving

If you're looking for a program that offers some solid, if basic, image editing and archiving features but is still free for personal use, you can check out this one.

Developer Quote: "With StudioLine Photo Basic 3 you'll get a software package that includes many popular features of StudioLine Photo Classic 3. You can even take advantage of dual-monitor support and the Smart-Update function will keep the software current – and it's free!"

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Wireless Network Watcher (Windows) - Sniff out WiFi freeloaders

Everyone has WiFi. You do, right? But do you know if it's secure? Are your neighbors taking a sip now and then? Use this great little utility to find out!

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KINGSOFT Office (Windows) - A very cool (free) Office Suite

For those who are loathe to spend hundreds of dollars on Microsoft Office, there are some excellent, free alternatives. The free versions do just about everything the average person will need and more. Fully compatible with MS Office, this suite has a word processor, a spreadsheet and a presentation application included. Check it out!

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Free Studio 5 (Windows) - All-In-One Multimedia Utility

This is truly the Swiss Army knife of multimedia utilities, doing everything from burning and ripping to converting to uploading and downloading. The application gives easy access to sections for YouTube, MP3&Audio, CD-DVD-BD, DVD&Video, Photo&Images, Mobiles, Apple Devices, and 3D. Check it out!

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Internet Optimizer (Windows) - Speed up your Internet!

There mist be hundreds of Windows settings that affect the speed of your Internet connection. And I don't have the first clue about any of them. If you're like me you need a utility that adjusts them for you. Check out this awesome offering!

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StartMenu7 (Windows) - More useful and attractive than the original!

Want an alternative to the boring and limited start menu that comes with Windows? Check out these features and try it out.

• The list of menu items is alphabetically sorted, so you can easily find any program or command by its name.
• Open any location on your PC with a single click.
• You can create, modify, and reorder items in Start Menu 7. So it's easy to create a list of the most used locations, popular directories, and virtual folders to access them with a single click.
• There is a special Run button to access seldom used locations without adding them into menu.
  Start Menu 7 has a customizable Power Buttons panel.
• With Power Timer feature you can delay any of power management operations

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WindowSlider (Windows) - Add infinite scrolling to your desktop!

Expand your desktop screen area infinitely with this handy utility! Scroll left or right to move to all your open application windows with ease. Check it out!

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MetroTwit (Windows) - Elegant and simple Twitter client!

Though the name may make you think of an urban idiot, this Windows app is actually a Metro-like Twitter client for your PC. It "brings out the best Twitter has to offer with simple yet intuitive features."

How'd they fit all these features into such a simple design? Therein lies the genius! Check it out.

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