Tag Archives: Review

Free Disk tools to analyse Disk usage graphically

By Ajith | Published: February 18, 2009

A graphical Disk Usage analysis tool could do wonders when you are doing some spring cleaning on your system. The DUA first seen in GNome has a neat and cool interface. A free version of this for Windows as well as KDE is available at Sourceforge.

Posted in Software | Also tagged Admin, disk, Free, Linux, Tool, Windows | Leave a comment

One (free) instant messenger for all services

By Ajith | Published: December 1, 2008

All the web sites having a chat facility has now got an instant messenger client. So a messenger that can handle multiple services was one I was waiting for a long time. I think this would be the case for most of you. But which client would support multiple services as well as run on [...]

Posted in Software | Also tagged Free, IM, Web | 7 Comments

Free screen capture software

By Ajith | Published: November 8, 2008

The humble Snippy was rendered useless by the Snipping tool that comes with Windows 7. The Snipping tool can be evoked by typing Snip in the Start menu. (Version .41 with support to outlook released) A newer version .40 of Snippy is now available. It has got the added feature of support for Multiple Monitors [...]

Posted in Software | Also tagged Free, Image, Screen-cast, Windows | 1 Comment

Free software for creating and editing pdf files

By Ajith | Published: September 25, 2008

Foxit software corporation is the makers of Foxit PDF tools. It includes PDF readers and editors both for the PC and mobile platforms. Although it is a payed product a free trial version can be obtained from Foxit. The trial version is as good as a full version except that in the trial version a [...]

Posted in Software | Also tagged Free, PDF | 2 Comments

Create PDF files for free form any file by printing

By Ajith | Published: July 29, 2008

PrimoPDF is a free software that installs itself as a printer in your system. It will accept the print requests and allows you to save them as a PDF file. So you can create a PDF file from virtually any file in your system. If you need to create a PDF file from an Office [...]

Posted in Software | Also tagged Free, PDF | 2 Comments

Free font previewing utitlity

By Ajith | Published: July 14, 2008

Pig font viewer is a free utility that allows you to preview your fonts. You can enter any text you want and click on the list of fonts shown from your fonts library. You can also select fonts saved in a directory by browsing to that directory through Pig Font Viewer. If you want to [...]

Posted in Software | Also tagged Free | 1 Comment

Start a personal or group web site for free at Google sites

By Ajith | Published: June 2, 2008

Google Sites” is now available for free public registration and use. With Google sites you can start a personal or group managed web site. You can upload content and manage all your files from one location. You can also decide who all could see your site and files uploaded. You don’t need to know HTML [...]

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FireFox 3 beta, looks good, succumb your addons

By Ajith | Published: May 7, 2008

Today I downloaded the firefox 3 beta version. It is the latest version available and is in beta testing stage. Mozilla has added a list of improvements to the what’s new page. Mozilla has changed the entire look and architecture of Fireox to a neater one. Here is what the excited Firefox team has said – [...]

Posted in Software | Also tagged Firefox, Free | 2 Comments

Customize your send to shell menu using sendto toys

By Ajith | Published: April 12, 2008

We have already discussed how to make a new entry in the Sendto menu. So if we need more advanced option in sendto menu we can use the Sendto Toys from Gabriel Ponti. It is a simple program that weighs only 737Kb and is Free. This program will add more advanced options to your send [...]

Posted in Software | Also tagged Free, Windows | 1 Comment

Test your internet connection speed for free

By Ajith | Published: April 9, 2008

Want to check whether your ISP is providing you the speed they promised – BandWidth place is a site built just for testing your Internet connections BandWidth or speed. It has got a very simple layout and a single button saying Start with a stopwatch (symbolic) on the side. There is a small explanation of [...]

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