Showing posts with label freeware. Show all posts
Showing posts with label freeware. Show all posts

Sunday, May 11, 2008

How to keep track of your favourite tv shows

tv rss feeder

This site allows you to select from a long list of tv shows and it then produces and RSS feed that will let you know when your shows are on next. A bit like an RSS tv guide.
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Saturday, April 26, 2008

How to clean up your hard drive

ccleaner CCleaner cleans out unnecessary files that not only take up space but can impact performance. Fully configurable and of course, FREE!

 

Here's what it found on my 3 year old computer:

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Yes, that's an astonishing amount of unneeded clutter. In the end it removed about 7 gigabytes of files though you will probably not see these kind of results.

I should note that the next time I ran it the scan was completed in under 3 seconds

Removes, among other things (From the site):

From Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera:
Temporary files, URL history, cookies, Autocomplete form history, index.dat. 

From Windows:
Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files and Log files. 
Registry cleaner
Advanced features to remove unused and old entries, including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more... also comes with a comprehensive backup feature. 
Third-party applications
Removes temp files and recent file lists (MRUs) from many apps including Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, MS Office, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and many more... 
100% Spyware FREE
This software does NOT contain any Spyware, Adware or Viruses.

Link

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

How to increase your typing speed, without trying

Eliminate repetitive typing. How often do you re-type certain phrases or even paragraphs in your e-mail or other writings?

Phrase-express allows you to easily setup shortcuts for commonly used phrases. Instead of typing your address, just type 'adr' or hit 'ctrl-backspace" or any other text or key combination you choose and PhraseExpress will type out the rest.

Also:
- Launch programs using shortcuts or key combinations
- PhraseExpress automatically learns and remembers commonly typed phrases.
- Very easy to setup and run
- Installs quickly
- PhraseExpress is FREE!
- Watch a video of it's key features here

Download here