Media Cope

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Media Cope is a multi-functional media software for Windows Xp/Vista/7. It can play, cut or convert almost any audio/video files, convert, cut or resize your photos, slide show your photos, and more. It's an all-in-1 multimedia software!

Competitor(s):
-

Features:
* Plays almost any audio/video file (mp3, wav, aac, wma, flac, m4a, ac3, rmvb, mp4, 3gp, wmv, mov, avi, divx, mpg, flv, mkv and vob)
* Cut almost any audio/video file and then save directly to the format of your choice
* Convert almost any audio/video to any audio format
* Convert almost any video to any video format
* Convert 100s of your photographs in few minutes
* Resize and convert your photographs with special method
* Slide Show
* Speak Text and Web Image Full Screen Viewer

Last Version Size Link

: 1.0 : 7.92 MB : Media Cope

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Pale Moon

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In past we have covered Speedyfox & Firefox Ultimate Optimizer to optimize and speedup Firefox. Even though Firefox is secure and best browser on internet
but still it has one annoying issue of high memory consumption. Unfortunately this issue has not been taken seriously by Mozilla developers. Here is custom build optimized and speed Firefox browser Pale Moon which is 25% faster than original Firefox.

Pale Moon has rebuilt Firefox from source, optimizing the web browser to obtain higher speed rates in page rendering, scripting and menu managing. Being based on Firefox, Pale Moon features the same stability and reliability as the original browser, as well as support for Firefox extensions and themes. You'll also be able to use most of the program's features and options, though some of them – such as accessibility options and parental controls – have had to be sacrificed in order to use less memory.

Competitor(s):
Firefox

Main Features:
* Highly optimized for current processors
* 100% Firefox sourced: As safe as the browser that has seen years of development.
* Uses less memory because of disabled redundant and optional code
* Significant speed increases for page drawing and script processing
* Support for SVG and Canvas

System Requirements:
* Windows 98*/Me*/2000/XP/Vista/Seven, 32-bit or 64-bit (64-bit O.S.es are not natively supported, but the browser will run fine on them)
* A 7th generation or later processor with SSE2 support like a Pentium IV or Athlon 64 or later (see list of supported processors) This browser will NOT run on Athlon XP processors!
* 64 MB of RAM (128 MB or more recommended)
* At least 35 MB of free (uncompressed) disk space

Last Version Size Link

: 3.5.5 : 7.17 MB : Pale Moon

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Money Manager Ex

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Money Manager Ex is a free, open-source, cross-platform, easy-to-use personal finance software. It primarily helps organize one's finances and keeps track of where, when and how the money goes. It is also a great tool to get a bird's eye view of your financial worth.

Money Manager includes all the basic features that 90% of users would want to see in a personal finance application. The design goals are to concentrate on simplicity and user-friendliness - something one can use everyday. Money Manager Ex runs on Windows and Linux and an experimental build is now available for Mac OS X.

Competitor(s):
AceMoney Lite

Main Features
* Intuitive. Simple, Fast, Clean
* AES Encryption Support
* Maintain checking, credit card, savings, stock investment accounts
* Budgeting
* Maintain and Track Fixed Assets with depreciation
* Reminders for recurring Bills and Deposits
* Simple one click reporting
* Cash Flow Forecasting
* Graphs, Piecharts
* Does not require an install. Can run from a USB key.
* International language support (Available in 24 languages)
* Import data from any CSV format, QIF [ Microsoft Money ]
* Printing, Exporting to HTML, CSV
* Non-Proprietary SQLite Database
*And more...

Last Version Size Link

: 0.9.5.1 : 3563 KB : CodeLathe

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WinAudit

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WinAudit is a software programme that audits Windows® based personal computers. Just about every aspect of computer inventory is examined. The report is displayed as a web page, which can be saved in a number of standard formats. You can e-mail it to your technical support or even post the audit to a database for archiving. When used in conjunction with its command line functionality, you can automate inventory administration at the network level. WinAudit supports the remote desktop and pre-installation environments.

WinAudit is 'ready to run'. It has been designed so that you do not need to go through a setup procedure. The programme neither install files onto the computer nor modifies the system registry. WinAudit is a well-behaved auditing programme in the sense that it attempts not to alter the computer it is examining.

Competitor(s):
-

Features
# Easy to use
* No setup
* Csv/html/pdf/xml
* E-mail
* Database export
* Command line
* Fully documented
* Free for any use!

Last Version Size Link

: 2.28.2 : 858 KB : PXServer

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Construct

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Construct is a free open-source game creator for DirectX 9-based games. It includes an event based system for defining how the game will behave, in a visual, human-readable way - without programming! It's intuitive for beginners, yet powerful for advanced users. Optionally, expert users can also use Python scripting to add code to your creations.

Construct is not a commercial software project, instead being developed by volunteers. It is 100% free to download the full version - no nag screens, adverts or restricted features at all.

Competitor(s):
Game Maker

Features
Create games and applications with:

* Intuitive event system for beginners and advanced users alike to get results fast - no programming!
* Super fast hardware-accelerated DirectX 9 rendering engine
* Add pixel shaders for special effects, including lighting, HDR, distortion, lenses and more
* Advanced rendering effects like motion blur, skew and bumpmapping (3D lighting)
* Innovative built-in Behaviors for easily defining how objects work in a flexible way - eg. the Platform movement
* Physics engine for realistic object behavior
* Bone animation system for smooth, dynamic animations using separate objects as 'limbs'
* Place object on different layers for organising display, parallaxing, or whole-layer effects - and freely zoom individual layers with high detail
* Debugger giving you complete control over all aspects of your game for testing purposes.
* Python scripting for advanced users - however, Construct's Events system is still powerful enough to complete entire games without any scripting.
* Smaller, faster specialised runtime for applications
* 60+ plugins ranging from Tiled Background to Windows controls and a C++ plugins & behaviors SDK for expansion

Last Version Size Link

: 0.99.42 : 13.2 MB : Scirra

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VIsta Codec Pack

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All the codecs you need for Vista to play AVIs, DVDs and more. With this codec package installed you will be able to use any media player, to play all movies and video clips. Streaming video is supported in several formats in all popular web browsers. After the codec installation you can select to remove specific portions without removing the entire codec package. You can also re-add the removed items at any time.

Competitor(s):
K-Lite Codec Pack

Advantages:
* Does not contain a media player. You can choose any media player you want, everything will play.
* Does not associate file-types.
* Streaming video is supported.
* You can select to remove specific portions without removing the entire codec package.
* Supports 20 localizations.
* Compatible with all versions of Windows XP.

Last Version Size Link

: 5.4.8 : 20.22 MB : Shark007.net

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Freeraser

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When you wish to delete any sensitive information, you want to be sure that it will be deleted permanently. But there is a plenty of software recovery tools that can restore your deleted items. If you need to destroy any data and eliminate any possibility of its restoration you need a 'shredder'. Freeraser is a digital file shredder that enables you to permanently delete sensitive data with multiple overwrites of random data. This software destroys the data you choose before the deletion, using a complicated procedure of filling the actual content with random data.

Competitor(s):
Eraser, File Shredder, DBAN, Hard Drive Eraser

Freeraser can function on three levels:
1. a fast destruction (standard 1-round filling of random data)
2. a forced destruction (3 rounds of filling according to DoD 5220.22M standard)
3. an ultimate destruction (35 rounds of filling with data according to Guttman algorithm).

Last Version Size Link

: 1.0.0.23 : 1993 KB : Codyssey

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SpeedyFox

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Firefox uses SQLITE databases to store lots of its settings. By the time the databases grow and Firefox starts working slowly. SpeedyFox is a brand new small utility that fixes Firefox's slows down problem with a single click! SpeedyFox compacts those databases without loosing any data.After you optimize your Firefox with this tool, you will get a fresh newly-installed feel because the speed indeed gets considerably faster. You will get up 3 times faster startup speed, browsing history will become faster, and performing operations with cookies will be quicker than before.

Competitor(s):


Features:
* Boost Firefox startup in up to 3 times!
* Speed-up browsing history
* Quicker operation with cookies

Last Version Size Link

: 1.4 : 0.3 MB : Crystalidea

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