D'n'S: August 2009

Sumatra PDF Portable 0.9.4

What is Sumatra PDF?

Sumatra PDF is a slim, free, open-source PDF viewer for Windows.

Portable out of the box.

Why another PDF reader?

Sumatra has a minimalistic design.

Simplicity has a higher priority than a lot of features.

It's small and starts up very fast.

It's designed for portable use

It's just one file with no external dependencies so you can run it from external USB drive.

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Day Text Converter - Convert Upper Case to Lower Case and vice versa

Day Text Converter is a simple Free Portable Text Conversion tool that enables you to Convert Text to all lower case or all upper case letters (Convert Upper Case to Lower Case and vice versa).

Convert complete sentences or paragraphs on the fly without having to rewrite.

Usage is easy.

Simply paste the text into the original text box and then copy the text from the upper case or lower case output boxes.

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Day Maxi Calc – Portable Calculator

Day Maxi Calc (DMC) is another great Free Portable Calculator.

Perform your calculations on a calculator with huge buttons!

This portable calculator incorporates all of your most common calculating functions.

In addition DMC features large keys that are easy to read, can simulate the classic paper roll and includes printing and saving options.

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Phoner Lite – VOIP

Phoner Lite is a Portable VOIP (Voice Over IP) or Internet Phone that can be used to "make phone calls using your computer" enabling you to establish Voice over IP communication with your friends, colleagues, clients and more.

Phoner Lite is Freeware and shares the same basic code as Phoner, however utilizes a different GUI.

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RationalPlan Project Management Software 3.15

Stand By Soft has released RationalPlan 3.15, a strong project management software application developed to assist project managers in creating plans, tracking progress, allocating resources, managing budgets and analyzing workload.

The new version comes with a major change in its planning and scheduling mechanism, an easier to use interface and some more useful features.

RationalPlan changed the scheduling mechanism. such that it will allow users to see the list of conflicts from a project. With this feature project managers have the possibility to allow temporary conflicts in the project. This is useful mainly when they want to have different project planning scenarios. The new algorithm is more flexible letting the manager choose the way he wants to handle a conflict or if he wants to keep that conflict from one reason or another. Conflicts are signaled on the Gantt chart and the managers can easily navigate through the list by selecting the desired conflict to handle it.

RationalPlan has a built in Project Guide to help managers take the best planning decisions. Once RationalPlan users become more familiar with the product this guide is less useful and can be hidden. Still there are certain views that can be accessed only from this guide. Hence for the case when the users hide this guide the developers of RationalPlan added some short cut icons for fast access to the hidden views.

With this version the cut/copy/paste actions for tasks where improved. RationalPlan is now able to keep tasks assignments when copying and then pasting them. In this way certain projects can be used as templates for new projects. The new projects will use the same resources as previous ones and this is a good thing because if the old projects where successfully completed then there are bigger chances for the new projects to succeed.

Managing task dependencies was never easier with RationalPlan. Now project managers can manage not only the list of predecessors for a task but also the list of successors. Now they can see for which activities a task is waiting for and also the tasks that depend on a certain task. This way the scheduling path of a project is easier to be managed.

More project data is now exported to Excel files. Some bug fixes where also treated in this version.

RationalPlan suite includes:

RationalPlan Single Project - project management software for single projects

RationalPlan Multi Project - project management software for multiple projects, projects that are interconnected through dependencies and share common resource

RationalPlan Project Viewer - free project management software viewer, the perfect solution for anyone (from project stakeholders to team workers) to view projects details

RationalPlan is designed as an affordable alternative to Microsoft Project with some extra-features like multiproject management and it is covering project management area from WBS construction, project planning and scheduling to critical path management, over allocated resources detection, progress tracking, cost estimation, etc. Gantt chart support as well as various time line reports are also provided.

It offers the most important capabilities of a good project management software while being able to operate on various platforms starting with Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and all other Java enabled platforms.

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Nokia communicator 9210i Codes

Firmware Version

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View Serial No.

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Obtain IMEI (Serial) Code

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Enhanced Full Rate (EFR)

*3370# to activate

#3370# to deactivate

Half Rate Mode (HFR)

*4720# to activate

#4270# to deactivate

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FreeOTFE – USB Encryption

FreeOTFE is a Free On The Fly Encryption tool that can be used for Portable USB Encryption.

The tool can be used to create encrypted volumes, virtual disks or entire partitions using AES, Blowfish, Serpent, Twofish encryption algorithms.

Volumes Encrypted by FreeOTFE may be file, partition, or disk based and will remain hidden until mounted and accessed via your password by the tool.

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FileZilla Portable 3.2.7

FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface.

Among others, the features of FileZilla include the following:

* Easy to use

* Supports FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)

* IPv6 support

* Available in many languages

* Supports resume and transfer of large files greater than 4GB

* Powerful Site Manager and transfer queue

* Bookmarks

* Drag & drop support

* Configurable transfer speed limits

* Filename filters

* Network configuration wizard

* Remote file editing

* Keep-alive

* HTTP/1.1, SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy support

* Logging to file

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Celestia Portable 1.6.0

The free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions. Celestia runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

Unlike most planetarium software, Celestia doesn't confine you to the surface of the Earth.

You can travel throughout the solar system, to any of over 100,000 stars, or even beyond the galaxy.

All movement in Celestia is seamless; the exponential zoom feature lets you explore space across a huge range of scales, from galaxy clusters down to spacecraft only a few meters across.

A 'point-and-goto' interface makes it simple to navigate through the universe to the object you want to visit.

Celestia is expandable.

Celestia comes with a large catalog of stars, galaxies, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and spacecraft.

If that's not enough, you can download dozens of easy to install add-ons with more objects.

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Miranda IM Portable 0.8.4

Miranda IM is a multi-protocol instant messenger client for Windows. Miranda IM uses very little memory and is extremely fast.

It requires no installation and can be fitted on a single floppy disc. Its powerful plugin system makes Miranda IM very flexible.

Only the most basic features are built in, but there are currently more than 350 free plugins available for download that allows users to extend the functionality of Miranda IM.

Available Protocols are:

* AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)

* Gadu-Gadu

* IAX (Inter-Asterisk Exchange)

* ICQ

* IRC (Internet Relay Chat)

* Jabber

* MSN

* Netsend

* Tlen

* Yahoo

and more...

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Gir [Sony Ericsson Theme]

Dark Knight [Sony Ericsson Theme]

Windows Seven Drivers Incompatibility

Well, the recent developement i.e the launch of Windows Seven RTM version has been great to hear. There is just a little glitch of compatibility between the previous version setups and you can well settle them with ease...

Try to look out for the better way of dealing with just the little of incompatibility and see the really new face of Winodows New Operating System , Windows 7

" Bhuvan " - India's Very Own Google Earth

Bhuvan

A Geoportal of Indian Space Research Organisation showcasing Indian Imaging Capabilities in Multi-sensor, Multi-platform and Multi-temporal domain.

The portal gives a gateway to explore and discover virtual earth in 3D space with specific emphasis on Indian region.

Minimum System Requirements:

* Operating System: Windows XP/Vista; RAM: 512MB; Hard Disk: 2GB free space; Network Speed: 256 Kbits/sec; Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 32MB of VRAM; Screen: 1280x1024, 32-bit True Color;

* To browse Bhuvan, you require the Bhuvan Plug-in which can be downloaded from this website (scroll below to find the download link ) , after registration and you will also need DirectX 9.0 or higher version (www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/) and MS .NET framework 2.0 or above for installing the plug-in.

( Please note that the Bhuvan Plug-in can be installed with administrative privileges only. )

* For details Click FAQ

Bhuvan Features :

* Access, explore and visualise 2D and 3D image data along with rich thematic information on Soil, wasteland, water resources etc.

* Visualise multi-resolution, multi-sensor, multi-temporal image data

* Superpose administrative boundaries of choice on images as required

* Visualisation of AWS ( Automatic Weather Stations) data/information in a graphic view and use tabular weather data of user choice

* Fly to locations ( Flies from the current location directly to the selected location)

* Heads-Up Display ( HUD) naviation controls ( Tilt slider, north indicator, opacity, compass ring, zoom slider)

* Navigation using the 3D view Pop-up menu (Fly-in, Fly out, jump in, jump around, view point)

* 3D Fly through (3D view to fly to locations, objects in the terrain, and navigate freely using the mouse or keyboard)

* Drawing 2D objects (Text labels, polylines, polygons, rectangles, 2D arrows, circles, ellipse)

* Drawing 3D Objects (placing of expressive 3D models, 3D polygons, boxes)

* Snapshot creation (copies the 3D view to a floating window and allows to save to a external file)

* Measurement tools (Horizontal distance, aerial distance, vertical distance, measure area)

* Shadow Analysis (it sets the sun position based on the given time creating shadows and effects the lighting on the terrain)

* There would be many more value added functions and facilities which will be added into the package from time to time.

* Particular interest of ISRO/DOS would be to provide such functionalities to common man so that he/she adopts participatory approach with scientists to solve simple problems easily and interactively.

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Hey, you need to register yourself below first in order to use it !

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Java Runtime Environment 1.6.0.16

Java software allows you to run applications called "applets" that are written in the Java programming language.

These applets allow you to have a much richer experience online than simply interacting with static HTML pages.

Java Plug-in technology, included as part of the Java 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (JRE), establishes a connection between popular browsers and the Java platform.

Java allows applications to be downloaded over a network and run within a guarded sandbox.

Security restrictions are easily imposed on the sandbox.

Many cross platform applications also require Java to operate properly.

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uTorrent 2.0.0 Beta 16126

µTorrent is a small and incredibly popular BitTorrent client.

Micro-Sized Yet Feature Filled

Most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients are present in µTorrent, including bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and Mainline DHT (compatible with BitComet).

Additionally, µTorrent supports the Protocol Encryption joint specification (compatible with Azureus 2.4.0.0 and above, BitComet 0.63 and above) and peer exchange.

Resource-Friendly

µTorrent was written with efficiency in mind. Unlike many torrent clients, it does not hog valuable system resources - typically using less than 6MB of memory, allowing you to use the computer as if it weren't there at all.

Additionally, the program itself is contained within a single executable less than 220 KB in size.

Skinnable and Localized

Various icon, toolbar graphic and status icon replacements are available, and creating your own is very simple.

µTorrent also has support for localization, and with a language file present, will automatically switch to your system language.

If your language isn't available, you can easily add your own, or edit other existing translations to improve them!

Actively Developed and Improved

The developer puts in a lot of time working on features and making things more user-friendly.

Releases only come out when they're ready, with no schedule pressures, so the few bugs that appear are quickly addressed and fixed.

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AVG Free Edition 8.5.409

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is trusted antivirus and antispyware protection for Windows available to download for free.

In addition, the new included LinkScanner® Active Surf-Shield checks web pages for threats at the only time that matters – when you're about to click that link.

AVG Anti-Virus Free has these following features:

* Award-winning antivirus and antispyware

* Real-time safe internet surfing and searching

* Quality proven by 80 million of users

* Easy to download, install and use

* Protection against viruses and spyware

* Compatible with Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is only available for single computer use for home and non commercial use.

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Mass Post Manager for Wordpress v1.3

This plugin performs the following tasks:

Delete all posts and/or comments in selected category
Move all posts from one category to another

Plugin was developed for may needs so its functionality is quite limited right now. However i plan to add more and more features to Mass Post Manager

Updates:

1.0.1 : Ability to delete comments in one click - useful to kill pending spam comments;
1.2.0 : Added Wordpress 2.3.X Support (taxonomy)

Compatibility:

WP 1.X
2.X

Installation:

Uunzip, upload to your wp-plugins folder;
In wordpress admin area go to Plugins and activate mass Post manager
Go to manage -> Mass Post manager to see the interface

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Just in case you want easiest and fastest deletion of all posts, try deleting all the categories first so that all posts move under UNCATEGORIZED and then use this plugin to delete all posts in UNCATEGORIZED category at once !

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WeatherNotify – Portable Weather

WeatherNotify is a Free Portable Weather tool that can be used to display your local weather conditions in the status bar or window.

Weather Conditions such as Temperature, Wind Direction, Wind Speed, Atmospheric Pressure and Relative Humidity.

A detailed weather report can be displayed as well.

The tool supports multiple languages and utilizes selectable units of measurement.

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Nero 9 - Free Lifetime version

Image Copyrights : nero.com

Nero's capabilities + the offer = Something really cooked !

Yeah Guys, its gonna be free forever!

Nero has offered us { the wicked consumers :p , just kidding} the chance to enjoy world- renowned data disc burning and copying features for an unlimited time, and that FKG absolutely FREE!

Enjoy it as something real with basic data burning and copying capabilities for your CDs and DVDs from the world’s most trusted digital media brand, Nero.

Just fill in your email id ( just any, :D ) and move a little right to see the DOWNLOAD button in the embedded page below !

Note : Just a private non-commercial version by Nero. Dont sublicense or redistribute it...

USB Image Tool

USB Image Tool is a Free tool that can create exact backup USB images of your removable USB Flash Drives or MP3 players.

The Flash Backup image of your USB Flash Drive or MP3 player can then be restored back to the same device or copied to another USB device.

One great usage of the USB Image Tool is to create multiple music library repositories as Image backups and then simply switch between the particular image backup you wish to listen to that day or week.

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File Checksum Verifier – By Marxio

The Marxio File Checksum Verifier is a Portable File Checksum Validator that allows you to calculate and Compare Checksums and then verify those checksums against the original.

The tool is very easy to use and features a drag and drop or browse to file interface.

The Marxio File Checksum Comparison Tool Supports the following checksum types: CRC32, MD4, MD5, SHA1, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512, RIPEMD-128, RIPEMD-160, HAVAL 256, TIGER 192.

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Java Runtime Environment 1.6.0.15

Orbit Downloader 2.8.15

Orbit Downloader, is a download manager specifically designed for the new generation Web (Web 2.0).

You can use Orbit to download video/music/files from Myspace, YouTube, Imeem, Pandora, and Rapidshare, or on any site to make general downloading easier and faster.

Main Orbit Downloader Features:

* Download social music, social video and streaming media

* Extreme download acceleration.

* Super Light: micro-sized and resource-friendly

* Supports RapidShare download.

* Supports IE, Firefox, Maxthon, and Opera.

* Supports Metalink download.

* Supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, MMS, RTSP and RTMP protocols.

* Supports Proxy server configuration.

* Supports download, pause and resume.

* Provides general download management.

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Vista Codec Package 5.3.6

All the codecs you need for Vista to play AVIs, DVDs and more!

It does not contain a media player and it doesn't associates filetypes.

With this package installed you will be able to use any media player, limited only by the players' capabilities, to play DVD's, movies and video clips of almost any file type.

Streaming video is supported in all popular web browsers. By default you won't need to make any adjustments to enjoy a variety of media content immediately.

Users have the ability to choose what is installed using the public redistributable or after an unattended install, you can select to remove specific portions without removing the entire package.

Future releases will recognize previous releases and are capable of performing upgrade installations.

The Vista Codec Package is also compatible with all versions of Windows XP.

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Login Tracking – Marxio Login Logger

Marxio Login Logger is a invisible Login Tracking, Login Viewer and Login Logger application that allows you to track who was using your computer while you were away.

The Login Tracker records the time a user logged into the computer and when the user logged out.

The application could also be used as a sort of time card, enabling you to keep track of when you started and finished a project.

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Portable Feed Reader

Portable Feed Reader is a feed aggregator.

It's a Free tool that can be used to automatically downloads updates aka: "Feeds" from your favorite Web sites enabling you to keep track of the sites latest podcasts, entries and posts via smart feeds.

The Portable Feed Reader supports both ATOM and RSS formats and features a simple, easy to learn user interface.

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PicoPhone – Free VOIP Internet Phone

PicoPhone is a Free VOIP Internet Phone application with chat.

The author created PicoPhone because most Internet phones use overly complex protocols that can cause problems when used with NAPT routers.

PicoPhone uses a simple UDP-based protocol and works well with NAPT. Connections are accepted on UDP port 11676.

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Configure and Tweak Windows 7 with Tweak7

Windows Standard Development Kit (SDK) For Windows 7

Microsoft has recently released Windows SDK for Windows 7.

This Windows 7 standard development kit will contains a set of tools, code samples, documentation, compilers, headers, and libraries that developers can use to create applications that run on Microsoft Windows.

You can use the Windows SDK to write applications using the native (Win32/COM) or managed (.NET Framework) programming model.

Windows 7 Testers finally get their reward

Microsoft had shown appreciation to invited beta testers for Windows 7, as soon as it announced the time frame for RTM on July 22nd, with a thank you

Network Stuff

Network Stuff is a Free Portable Network Tool that can be used to perform various network diagnostic functions such as

Telnet,

Ping,

Traceroute,

Whois,

DNS resolver,

retreive MAC address,

retreive IP address,

view TCP/UDP/ICMP stats

and much more.

A very handy portable network diagnostic tool to add to your arsenal.

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Minipad2 – Portable PIM

minipad2 is a Free Portable PIM or "Personal Information Manager" which can be used as a

personal notepad,

schedule reminder,

calculator,

program launcher,

address book,

dictionary

and more.

Minipad2 uses minimal system resources and your work is automatically saved when exiting the application and the last working state restored once the program is launched again.

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Marxio Timer – Scheduled Tasks

Marxio Timer is a powerful portable Macro program that can be used to launch Scheduled Tasks.

Tasks such as

turn off or restart computer,

logout user or lock workstation,

hibernate or suspend computer,

display text or play sound, run or close a program or process,

send or press selected key combination (Macro),

click mouse at selected coordinates,

take desktop screenshot

and much more.

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Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition 3.0.12 (Legacy)

Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured web browser that's easy to use.

It has lots of great features including popup-blocking, tabbed-browsing, integrated search, improved privacy features, automatic updating and more.

Plus, thanks to the PortableApps.com launcher bundled in the Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition, it leaves no personal information behind on the machine you run it on, so you can take your favorite browser along with all your favorite bookmarks and extensions with you wherever you go.

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