Saturday, February 28, 2009
Lilac Chaser is a visual illusion, also known as the Pac-man illusion. It consists of 12 lilac (or pink, rose or magenta), blurred disks arranged in a circle (like the numbers on a clock), around a small black, central cross on a grey background. One of the disks disappears briefly (for about 0.1 second), then the next (about 0.125 second later), and the next, and so on, in a clockwise direction. When one stares at the cross for about 20 seconds or so, one first sees a gap running around the circle of lilac disks, then a green disk running around the circle of lilac disks, then a green disk running around on the grey background, the lilac disks having disappeared or having been erased by the green disk. This is due to an interesting effect in which the colors of the lilac disks are inverted in the optical illusion to a green color. (If the discs were blue, one would see yellow where the gaps were.)
Friday, February 20, 2009
Games
Nemesis Online 26b
Nemesis Online is an online remake of the saga of games Nemesis, Gradius and Salamander that Konami made in the decade of the 80. It is a free online game with up to 8 players simultaneously on the Internet. Includes a stage editor in order that people collaborate creating new phases.
- License:
Free
- Operating Systems:
Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98
- Additional Requirements:
DirectX 8.0 libraries
- Limitations:
No limitations
Opell Youtube FLV to WMV MPEG MOV AVI iPod PSP 3GP MP4 Zune Converter 2.1.18
Opell Youtube Video Converter can help you convert the FLV video files from Youtube to any video and audio format, including video format (wmv, rm, rmvb, avi, 3gp, mp4, h264, mpg, mpeg4, DivX, Xvid, dat, mkv, asf, mov, m2ts, vob, etc) and audio format (mp2, mp3, wma, wav, ra, m4a, aac, ac3, ogg, etc). You can playback on almost any portable devices including iPod, iPhone, Archos, PSP, PS3, Xbox360, Zune, Wii, Blackberry, mobile phone, MP4 player,Creative Zen Player,HP iPaq,Pocket PC,PDA,etc. Opell Youtube Video Converter is very easy to use and fast convert with the best quality. Enjoy your favorite FLV video clip on any device. Version 2.1.18 upgraded the AAC encoder core.
- License:
Free to try; $27.99 to buy
- Operating Systems:
Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 98
- Additional Requirements:
Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server
- Limitations:
33%-conversion trial
Orbit Downloader 2.8.5
Orbit Downloader, leader of download manager revolution, is devoted to new generation Web application downloading to make downloads more easier and faster. It is a free all-in-one downloader which can download any social media.
Version 2.8.5 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
- License:
Free
- Operating Systems:
Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 2000, Windows XP
- Additional Requirements:
No additional requirements
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
February 19, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Windows Media Player (Windows XP) 9
Windows Media Player allows you to play audio and video files locally stored and streamed from the Internet. It includes a visualizer, a jukebox, a media guide, an Internet radio tuner, a CD burner, and support for countless media formats and various external devices. In keeping with modern trends, Microsoft has added features such as Smart Jukebox technology that features audio CD burning with volume leveling. Windows Media Player can automatically organize your media files, even if you move them around. You can rate each song you play or let the program assign ratings based on the number of times each song is played, then create playlists of your favorite music. Another feature, Auto Info, can automatically fix or add album details (tags) to your MP3 and WMA files such as artist or album name, year, composer, or track number. Additionally, you can toggle between a full-screen interface and a miniplayer mode that docks the player to your taskbar.
- License:
Free
- Operating Systems:
Windows XP
- Additional Requirements:
Windows XP
- Limitations:
No limitations
MP3Resizer 1.9.2
MP3Resizer is designed to optimize the capacity of your portable music player by reducing the size of MP3 files. This is especially useful when listening to MP3 files or MP3 Audio books on a mobile phone, MP3 player, and Pocket PC. Portable MP3 players don't usually have much memory, and it's a shame to waste precious megabytes. Compress your MP3 with MP3Resizer.
Better Windows Vista compatibility.
- License:
Free to try; $24.95 to buy
- Operating Systems:
Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows XP
- Additional Requirements:
No additional requirements
- Limitations:
30-day trial
Google Chrome
Google Chrome: a new web browser for Windows
Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.
Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages.
Thumbnails of your top sites
Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab.
Private browsing
Open an incognito window when you don't want to save your browsing history.
A fresh take on the browser
At Google, we spend much of our time working inside a browser. We search, chat, email and collaborate in a browser. And like all of you, in our spare time, we shop, bank, read news and keep in touch with friends - all using a browser. People are spending an increasing amount of time online, and they're doing things never imagined when the web first appeared about 15 years ago.
Since we spend so much time online, we began seriously thinking about what kind of browser could exist if you started from scratch and built on the best elements out there. We realized that the web had evolved from mainly simple text pages to rich, interactive applications and that we needed to completely rethink the browser. What we really needed was not just a browser, but also a modern platform for web pages and applications, and that's what we set out to build.
So today we're releasing the beta version of a new open source browser: Google Chrome.
On the surface, we designed a browser window that is streamlined and simple. To most people, it isn't the browser that matters. It's only a tool to run the important stuff - the pages, sites and applications that make up the web. Like the classic Google homepage, Google Chrome is clean and fast. It gets out of your way and gets you where you want to go.
Under the hood, we were able to build the foundation of a browser that runs today's complex web applications much better . By keeping each tab in an isolated "sandbox", we were able to prevent one tab from crashing another and provide improved protection from rogue sites. We improved speed and responsiveness across the board. We also built V8, a more powerful JavaScript engine, to power the next generation of web applications that aren't even possible in today's browsers.
This is just the beginning - Google Chrome is far from done. We've released this beta for Windows to start the broader discussion and hear from you as quickly as possible. We're hard at work building versions for Mac and Linux too, and we'll continue to make it even faster and more robust.
We owe a great debt to many open source projects, and we're committed to continuing on their path. We've used components from Apple's WebKit and Mozilla's Firefox, among others - and in that spirit, we are making all of our code open source as well. We hope to collaborate with the entire community to help drive the web forward.
The web gets better with more options and innovation. Google Chrome is another option, and we hope it contributes to making the web even better.
But enough from us. The best test of Google Chrome is to try it yourself.
It's free and installs in seconds
For Windows Vista/XP SP2
AceHTML Freeware build 11
AceHTML Freeware is a powerful HTML editor designed both for novices and professional Web masters. This application includes an extensive array of outstanding features, such as the HTML syntax checker, ensuring the validity of the user's HTML code, the code explorer, providing rapid document navigation, and more than 175 built-in DHTML and JavaScript samples, helping you add interactivity to your Web site. This software also includes international alphabet support in almost any language. Another exciting feature is the integrated powerful style sheet editor for adding CSS2 styles to your Web site. Support documents for XML, Perl, and WML are also provided with the software.
Version build 11 includes unspecified updates.
- License:
Free
- Operating Systems:
Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT
- Additional Requirements:
Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista
- Limitations:
No limitations
Thunderbird 2
Get Organized
Thunderbird 2 includes several new features to help you manage your inbox. As you receive email, Thunderbird 2 will help you organize the most important messages to get you through your day.
Message Tagging
Thunderbird 2 allows you to “tag” messages with descriptors such as “To Do” or “Done” or even create your own tags that are specific to your needs.
Improved Search
Thunderbird 2 features a new find bar that speeds up searches within displayed messages. Thunderbird also offers quick search, which starts showing search results as soon as you start typing in search terms.
Saved Searches
Do you find yourself searching for the same subject or message content over and over? Thunderbird 2 saves you time by allowing you to store this search as a folder. Rerunning the search is just a matter of clicking on the saved search folder in the folder pane.
Advanced Folder Views
Thunderbird 2 offers a variety of ways for you to organize and display your folders, whether by favorites, recently viewed or folders containing unread messages.
Stay Informed
Thunderbird 2 has been updated to provide more informative and relevant message alerts containing sender, subject and message text for newly arrived messages.
Easy Access to Popular Web Mail Services
Thunderbird 2 makes it even easier to integrate and use various Web mail accounts from one inbox. Gmail and .Mac users can access their accounts in Thunderbird by simply providing their user names and passwords.
Customize Your Email Experience
Thunderbird allows you to customize your email to suit your specific needs whether it’s how you search and find messages or listening to music right out of your inbox.
Your Mail, Your Way
Thunderbird users can increase Thunderbird’s functionality and appearance using hundreds of add-ons. A Thunderbird add-on can let you place voice over IP calls, listen to music, manage contacts, and keep track of birth dates all from your inbox. You can even change the appearance of Thunderbird to suit your tastes.
Message Templates
Thunderbird 2 allows you to easily set up message templates to save you time – especially if you have to send the same mail message repeatedly.
Add-ons Manager for Extensions and Themes
The new Add-ons Manager improves the user interface for managing extensions and themes, making it even easier for you to customize Thunderbird 2.
Secure and Protect Your Mail
Thunderbird’s security and privacy measures ensure that your communications and identity remain safe.
Cutting Out the Junk
Thunderbird's popular junk mail tools have been updated to stay ahead of spam. Each email you receive passes through Thunderbird's leading-edge junk mail filters. Each time you mark messages as spam, Thunderbird “learns” and improves its filtering so you can spend more time reading the mail that matters. Thunderbird can also use your mail provider's spam filters to keep junk mail out of your inbox.
Robust Privacy
Thunderbird 2 offers improved support for user privacy and remote image protection. To ensure a user’s privacy, Thunderbird 2 automatically blocks remote images in email messages.
Phishing Protection
Thunderbird protects you from email scams which try to trick users into handing over personal and confidential information by indicating when a message is a potential phishing attempt. As a second line of defense, Thunderbird warns you when you click on a link which appears to be taking you to a different Web site than the one indicated by the URL in the message.
Automated Update
Thunderbird’s update system checks to see if you’re running the latest version, and notifies you when a security update is available. These security updates are small (usually 200KB - 700KB), giving you only what you need and making the security update quick to download and install. The automated update system provides updates for Thunderbird on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux in over 30 different languages.
Open Source
At the heart of Thunderbird is an open source development process driven by thousands of passionate, experienced developers and security experts spread all over the world. Our openness and active community of experts helps to ensure our products are more secure and quickly updated, while also enabling us to take advantage of the best third party security scanning and evaluation tools to further bolster overall security.
AutoHotkey 1.0.48 Beta
This open-source utility can automate almost anything by sending keystrokes and mouse clicks. You can write macros by hand or use the macro recorder. You can also create hotkeys for keyboard, mouse, joystick, and handheld remote controls. Virtually any key, button, or combination can become a hotkey. Similarly, you can define abbreviations that expand as you type them. For example, typing btw can automatically produce by the way. Finally, you can create custom data entry forms, user interfaces, and menu bars.
Other features: remap keys; change soundcard settings (like volume or mute); use a joystick or keyboard as a mouse; make any window transparent, always-on-top, or alter its shape; manipulate the clipboard; customize the tray menu's icon and menu items; and run existing AutoIt v2 scripts; and convert any script into an EXE file that can be run on any PC. Version 1.0.47.06 has dynamic function calling and fixes two minor bugs.
- License:
Free
- Operating Systems:
Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98
- Additional Requirements:
No additional requirements
- Limitations:
No limitations
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0.237
AVG Free Edition is the well-known antivirus protection tool. AVG Free is available free of charge to home users for the life of the product. Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Free is easy to use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements. Highlights include automatic update functionality, the AVG Resident Shield, which provides real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run, free Virus Database Updates for the lifetime of the product, and AVG Virus Vault for safe handling of infected files.
Version 8.0.237 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
- License:
Free
- Operating Systems:
Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP
- Additional Requirements:
Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Limitations:
No limitations
Opera browser 9.6
Making you faster
Speed Dial:
Your favorite sites are just one click away at all times.
Search Shortcuts:
Faster search – type your queries directly into the address bar.
Trash Can:
Instantly reopen recently closed tabs.What’s new in Opera
9.6
Opera Link
Opera Link lets you synchronize da
ta of your choice online, or among different computers and devices. Sync your Speed Dial, Bookmarks, Custom Searches, History and Notes between your work and home computer; take your bookmarks with you on your phone. Learn more.
Quick Find
Have you ever forgotten the page where you found that great article or that perfect gift? When using Opera, the browser remembers not only the titles and addresses, but also the actual content of the Web pages you visit.
Feed Preview
Preview a Feed by clicking on the feed icon, and you will see it in clean and efficient multiple-column layout. This makes it easier to see a feed’s content before subscribing to it — or even bookmarking it — and to view what's new in a page quickly, without distractions.
Opera Mail
Opera browser offers an e-mail client designed to optimize your daily e-mail-handling requirements. It is called Opera Mail, and it organizes, indexes and sorts your messages so that you can spend more time doing the real work. Best of all, it is built right into your browser.
New browser engine
We have made the fastest browser in the world even faster with superior support for Web standards. Opera is quicker to start, faster at loading Web pages and better at running your favorite Web applications.
Quick and customizable Web search
Get quick access to Google, eBay, Amazon and more with the search field in the upper right corner. Or, for even quicker searching, search directly in the address bar using built-in and customizable keywords. For example, type "g Opera" in the address bar to search for “Opera” with Google. You can also create your own Web search from any search field on the Internet, simply by right clicking on a search field and choosing “Create Search”.
Existing top features in 9.6
4
Speed Dial
Typing addresses for sites you visit frequently is ineffective. Get your favorite Web page with just one click. Speed Dial is a set of visual bookmarks you see when you open a new tab, like a dashboard for your online life. To add a new page, simply click on an empty Speed Dial slot, and Opera will make suggestions based on browsing
history and bookmarks.
Mouse Gestures
With Opera you can navigate the Web with your mouse. A mouse gesture is performed while clicking and holding the right mouse button and moving the mouse in an easy pattern. Perform movements with the mouse to access well-known functions such as Back, Forward and Open New Tab. As with Opera's keyboard shortcuts, mouse gestures are fully customizable, so you can tailor them any way you want.
Customize your browser
Opera is easily customizable. Choose among hundreds of skins and setups, add or remove buttons, toolbars, or change the entire layout of the browser. It is easy to do ... or undo.
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