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Favicon Generator: favicons made easy
Have you ever seen a site with a really awesome favicon -- that tiny icon that shows up in bookmarks and address bars -- and wondered how to get one yourself? Favicon Generator makes it totally simple, with two different ways to get exactly the icon ...
Google rolls out offline Calendar access
Early last year some folks started finding clues that Google was building offline support for Google Calendar. Now it looks like the company is finally rolling out that feature. Mark Mathson of Keenpath noticed an offline access button in his Google ...
Yawffer monitors, safely freezes Windows processes
Yawffer is a utility for windows that monitors the time and your computers CPU, memory, and disk usage. You can set it to show some or all of this information in the corner of your computer display, and you can easily adjust the font, size, and color...
Freebyte Task Scheduler: Portable task scheduling
Freebyte Task Scheduler is a free utility for windows that lets you schedule daily, weekly, or one-off jobs for your PC. You can use it to run a backup utility every night at midnight, or start your streaming audio player when your favorite radio sho...
Monitor and close inactive Windows tasks with JustCloseSomeTasks
JustCloseSomeTasks is one of those rare utilities that does exactly what you think it would. It closes some tasks, but not all of them. The free Windows program monitors all of your running programs. And if you haven't used one of those apps in a whi...
Is Google working on an official GDrive for cloud storage?
Just about everyone with a GMail account likes the sound of apps like GmailDrive and Gspace for Firefox, but some users are hesitant to use them. What if google decides to pull the pin on apps like these? What about my data!? An official GDrive has ...
Monitor websites in Firefox with Pingdom's Mr. Uptime
There are plenty of ways to be notified when a site comes back online, like previously mentioned Ding, It's Up and Notify Me. If you're a firefox user, you may as well use an extension that's powered by the granddaddy of monitoring services, Pingdom'...
Mouseless for Firefox updates with better support for web apps
Mouseless has been mentioned on Downloadsquad before, and it's steadily improved since Jordan Running first posted about it.The latest version offers improved support for dynamic web apps like GMail and Facebook. The number of "clickable" links has a...
Do more with GMail storage with the GSpace Firefox addon
I've used GMail Drive for quite a while - it's a handy way to back up files into my unused GMail storage. The GSpace addon for Firefox is another way to take advantage of your inbox's excess gigabytes.Install GSpace and access it from the firefox too...
Skype 2.8 Beta for Mac brings screensharing and more
If you're a Mac-using fan of Skype you'll probably be quite excited about version 2.8 beta of their ubiquitous Voice over IP application. Bringing in a raft of new features, the beta includes the ability to screenshare between machines - a feature no...
Net2ftp is a solid web-based FTP client
Every now and then I need to ftp something from a computer that doesn't have an FTP client installed. Since it always seems to happen when I forget my flash drive, I like the option of using net2ftp's web-based client.The basic interface is all PHP, ...
Keep your application installers updated with Ketarin
We've covered applications that attempt to download and install the latest versions of your Windows software in the past. But Ketarin takes a different approach. You can enter a list of applications you want to track, and it will automatically check ...
WinCDEmu mounts disc images as Windows drives
There are plenty of apps that let you mount a disc image (like an ISO file) as a virtual drive in Windows. And to be honest, WinCDEmu is just another one of those apps, without too many special features. But the utility is light weight and open sourc...
FastAero adds Vista-like transparency to Windows XP
FastAero is a Windows XP utility that adds a transparency effect to some program windows. The effect is similar to one of the components of the Aero Glass interface on Windows Vista: You can see through borders of some programs and more easily see wh...
Windows Pager creates Linux-like virtual desktops in Windows
There are plenty of applications that will let Windows users work in virtual desktops. And Windows Pager is one of them. But it has a few nice features that make it worth checking out. First of all, like Desktops and VirtuaWin, Windows Pager lets you...
Upload files to 100+ hosts from your Windows desktop
If you're a frequent uploader of files, Zoom's File & Image Uploader is well worth a download.It supports more than 70 file hosting services, including popular options like Mediafire, Megaupload, Rapidshare, Sendspace and 23 image hosts like Imagesh...
Easily and completely remove the Microsoft XPS doc writer
I do my best to minimize confusion and headaches for my retail customers. One thing that never fails to confuse and annoy is the Microsoft XPS Document Writer.Most of them have no idea what it is or how it got added to their list of printers. To avoi...
Add Leopard-style folder stacks to Windows
I'm not a Mac user, but OSX has a lot of nice features - several of which have been translated into Windows shell enhancements. I've been using the Stacks docklet in RocketDock for quite a while. It's a very handy way to navigate frequently accessed ...
Raptor manages downloads for Rapidshare Free users
There are plenty of good download managers available for Rapidshare Premium members, but what about those of us without a pair account?Raptor is a good option for handling multiple RS downloads with minimal fuss. Just copy the download URL, click the...
Anti-Malware Toolkit updated, supports loads of new apps
Lunarsoft, producers of Anti-Malware Toolkit, have been hard at work since I mentioned it on Downloadsquad back in August.The handy updater now supports 37 different downloads in five categories, including: Spyware: Spyware Blaster, CCleaner, RogueR...
Rohos Min Drive creates protected partitions on USB flash drives
Rohos Mini Drive is a free Windows utility that will let you create a hidden, password-protected and encrypted partition on any USB flash drive. In theory you could use the software on your hard drive as well, but it really comes in handy if you have...
Clone2Go: Batch video converter for Windows
Clone2Go is a video conversion utility for Windows that accepts videos in a variety of formats (including WMV, MPG, MP4, or 3GP), and includes at least as many output options. What sets Clone2Go apart from some other video converters out there is tha...
Hot Corners adds OSX-style magic corners to Windows
I'm a big fan of applications that extend the power of my keyboard, but I like being able to to teach my mouse some new tricks as well.Hot Corners is a application that allows you to assign a number of actions that occur when your mouse hovers over t...
VideoCacheView lets you save web videos you've watched
Nir Sofer writes great Windows apps. His programs are tiny, they're portable, and they're unbelievably useful. VideoCacheView is yet another in the long list of great NirSoft creations.If you watch a lot of web video on sites like YouTube, VideoCache...
Flash Drive Reminder reminds you to unplug your flash drive
Flash Driver Reminder is a different kind of nagware. While some applications will pop up a nag message reminding you to register or pay for your software after you've been using it a while, Flash Drive Reminder actually provides you with a useful na...
Require passwords to launch programs with Empathy
If you need a way to prevent users from launching certain programs on an XP or Vista Home system, have a look at Empathy.Users of XP Pro or Vista Business/Ultimate don't technically need to bother with a program like this. It's fairly easy to use se...
Driver Backup! 2 is a free, portable DriverMax alternative
I've been using DriverMax for a while, and it's a great tool - I included it in my 5 applications for a painless Windows reformat. One thing I don't like about it is that it's not portable and that the screens don't display properly on computers runn...
KLS Mail Backup makes email, browser backups a snap
KLS Mail Backup takes the hassle out of backing up and restoring profile data from seven different programs: IE, Firefox, Thunderbird, Outlook Express, Seamonkey, Live Mail, and Windows Mail. Select the applications and profiles you want to back up, ...
ZScreen is a powerful, open source screenshot app
I've been using FastStone Capture for quite some time, but it may be time to pass screenshot duties on to another program.ZScreen is an extremely flexible alternative. The usual capture options are supported - full screen, active window, or selectio...
GetIt combines the power of three Windows apt-style updaters
As I've mentioned before, I'm a fan of apt-get. It's an extremely easy way to get tons of new applications installed on a new Linux installation. Plenty of similar options exist for Windows, but one stands out.GetIt combines the power of three Windo...
