OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 – Open Source Office Software Suite

OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 (Windows, Open Source, 136.32MB) [alt DL] is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.

Also available for Linux.

Changes:

• Fix encoding of URIs of external references and chart data range loss.
• Java update
• single fix for possible data loss with graphics in impress/draw
• And some bugfixes.

Thanks to this great software suite, I no longer have to spend big bucks for a new office productivity software license whenever I build a new Windows or Linux machine.

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Nero Free 9.4.12.3 – Easy to Use Multimedia Suite

Nero Free 9.4.12.3 (Windows, Freeware, 54.5MB) [alt DL] is the easy-to-use yet powerful multimedia suite, gives you the freedom to create, rip, copy, burn, edit, share, and upload online.

Changes:

• "Continue multisession" projects are displayed in the correct size.
• Volume is correct when using the "Save Tracks" option (MP3 only).

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ImgBurn 2.4.4.0 – Lightweight Optical Media Burning App

ImgBurn 2.4.4.0 (Windows, Freeware, 1.95MB) [alt DL] is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit.

Changes:

• Added: A 'Note' to the box that pops up at the start of a burn when the LB in the settings doesn't match the one in the DVD/MDS file - basically it tells you to put the setting back on 'Calculate Optimal'.
• Added: Support for one more Lite-On device identifier ('ATAPI iHES') - used when automatically changing the book type etc.
• Added: Ability to select the size of the format when multiple options are available. 'Preferred' uses the 'Number Of Blocks' value from the first descriptor in the list for a given format type, 'Minimum' and 'Maximum' should be pretty obvious!
• Added: New log entries showing the status of options (enabled/disabled etc) that have an effect on what happens during an erase operation.
• Added: The user can now choose if they want to perform full certification or not (the opposite being 'Quick Certification' !) when full erasing BD-RE via the New option 'Prefer Format With Full Certification'. Previously the program always requested full certification - i.e. where the drive tests all the sectors and maps out any bad ones.
• Added: Detailed 'Write Speed' descriptor information to the bottom of the disc information text.
• Added: Option to never delete audio files when deleting files (having been told to!) after a burn/verify. This makes it safer for people burning audio discs via the 'Create CD CUE File' feature.
• Added: The ability to create *.DVD files (a plain text and basic alternative to .MDS files) via the same basic interface used to create the *.MDS ones.
• Added: 'Content Type' field to the image details box that pops up when you use build mode. ('DVD Video', 'BD Video', 'Data' etc)
• Added: 'Shut Down' shutdown action that calls the 'ExitWindowsEx' API with the 'EWX_SHUTDOWN' flag. This might work to shut down and turn off the PC for some users where 'EWX_POWEROFF' fails to do so.
• Added: More debug code to the exclusive access locking / unlocking functions.
• Added: Options to control build mode prompts for including ADV_OBJ and CERTIFICATE folders when they're present but not in the source list.
• Added: Ability to ignore the reported file system on remote drives - so the program doesn't then force the 4GB file splitting limit on anything (possibly incorrectly) reported to be using FAT/FAT32.
• Added: Options to do with (not) prompting for confirmation of HVDVD_TS / BDMV content in Build mode.
• Added: Options to do with (not) prompting for confirmation of correcting DVD Video / HD DVD Video / BD Video / DivX Video / OS Install Disc settings in Build mode.
• Added: The option to have Read and Build modes write out an MD5 file when they're done (assuming ImgBurn has been told to calculate the MD5 values in the first place).
• Added: The program now remembers if the Log windows was minimised / maximised when it was closed and restores it accordingly when opened again.
• Added: The Main and Log windows now snap to the centre of the screen vertically too, rather than just horizontally.
• Added/Changed: The program will once again (by default) update the GUI with any proposed setting changes it detects are required when you're building a disc. A new option 'Proposed Setting Changes - Update GUI' can be used to toggle this on/off.
• Added/Changed: The program will now examine the write speed descriptors to find a match with whatever the user selected (i.e. '8x') and use the values from it (if one is found) when setting the write speed.
• And lots of enhancements and fixes.

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CookTimer 0.9.1 – Open Source Countdown Timer

CookTimer 0.9.1 (Windows, Open Source, 679KB) is a simple cross-platform countdown timer that helps when cooking, making tea or eggs. It also works for any other timing purpose such as working out. it was developed using wxWidgets and was tested on Windows and Linux.

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StickIt 3.0.6 – Free Desktop Sticky Note App

StickIt 3.0.6 (Windows, Freeware, 1.4MB) [alt DL] is a Windows desktop sticky note application. Create notes and place them anywhere on your desktop.

Changes:

• ADDED: CTRL+Enter can now be pressed at the StickIt Note Editor window to create/send a note
• FIXED: "&" now properly displayed when used in note text
• FIXED: StickIt tray icon was not reloading after Windows Explorer crashed

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Ced’s Files Site Feed Updated

Ced’s Files has updated its site feed. Please update your feed readers to the new feed URI:

http://feedproxy.google.com/CedsFiles2

Thanks, and happy reading!

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BurnAware Free 2.1.7 – Perform Common Disc Burning Tasks Easily

BurnAware Free 2.1.7 (Windows, Freeware, 7.7MB) [alt DL] allows you to easily perform the most common disc burning tasks: write to all CD/DVD media types, including Blue-Ray; write Audio CDs and DVD-Video files; create and burn disc images; write multi-session discs and much more.

Changes:

• Re-designed buttons of Welcome Screen
• Simultaneous writing tools moved in additional tab of Welcome Screen
• Fixed minor bugs with Unicode systems

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ChrisTV Lite 5.25 – Free Software for Your TV Card

ChrisTV Lite 5.25 (Windows, Freeware, 2.7MB) [alt DL] brings TV on your PC with high quality image and sound. The software is designed to control analog TV Cards, Graphic Cards with Video Input (VIVO),Webcams, TV Cards with MPEG hardware encoder: Hauppauge PVR series, Leadtek PVR2000, ATI Ehome wonder and works with many video capture devices.

Changes:

• Improved the Timeshift engine for some capture devices
• Improved the Broadcast feature for TV cards without MPEG hardware encoder
• Minor optimization in the scheduler module
• Fixed video rendering problems for some TV cards
• Other small fixes and improvements

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BurnAware Free 2.1.6 – Perform Most Common Disc Burning Tasks Easily

BurnAware Free 2.1.6 (Windows, Freeware, 7.8MB) [alt DL] allows you to easily perform the most common disc burning tasks: write to all CD/DVD media types, including Blue-Ray; write Audio CDs and DVD-Video files; create and burn disc images; write multi-session discs and much more.

Changes:

• Fixed "Application Data:..." error appearing while launch program
• Updated translations
• Minor interface modifications

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Money Manager Ex 0.9.3.0 – Open Source Personal Finance Software

Money Manager Ex 0.9.3.0 (Windows, Open Source, 3.7MB) is a free, open-source, cross-platform, easy-to-use personal finance software.

It primarily helps organize one's finances and keeps track of where, when and how the money goes. It is also a great tool to get a bird's eye view of your financial worth.

Also available for Linux.

This promises the ability to import from Microsoft Money and Quicken, so the transition from the mentioned software suites will be easier.

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KeePass Portable 1.14

KeePass Portable 1.14 (Windows, Open Source, 1.3MB) is the popular KeePass Password Safe packaged as a portable app, so you can securely carry your email, internet and other passwords with you.

Changes:

• updates KeePass to the latest release
• has an improved installer and launcher.

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KeePass 1.14 – Open Source Password Manager

KeePass 1.14 (Windows, Open Source, 1.4MB) [alt DL] is a free/open-source password manager or safe which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key-disk.

Changes:

• KeePass is now also available as MSI package
• Entry field references are now dereferenced in drag&drop operations
• Added support for writing databases to hidden files
• Added '-lock' command line option
• Improved compatibility of browser placeholders with cmd:// URLs
• Improved compatibility of the database auto-saving option (at exit and locking) with other options
• Consecutive auto-type delays now add up
• Improved encoding detection in file import routines
• Several 64-bit code improvements
• Various code optimizations
• Minor other improvements
• Fixed crash that happened when clicking 'No' in the plugin incompatibility message box while passing a plugin command line argument
• Special XML characters in group names are now encoded correctly in XML exports (group tree attribute)

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EssentialPIM Free 2.8 – Free Personal Information Manager

EssentialPIM Free 2.8 (Windows, Freeware, 2.9MB) [alt DL] handles all your scheduling, contacts, to do lists, and notes with easy-to-use, intuitive tools.

This absolutely free personal information manager can store, manage and encrypt data: day/week/month/year schedules, to do lists for keeping all your tasks up-to-date, notes (pictures, tables, any formatted text), and contacts. Offers Rijndael 128-bit encryption, MS Outlook import/export, Windows Address Book import/export, search capabilities, versatile print features, and adjustable contacts storage with unlimited fields.

Personally, I use the PIM that came with my Palm PDA. If I didn’t have that, I’d surely use EssentialPIM Free.

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OpenOffice.org 3.0.0 Final – Open Source Office Suite

OpenOffice.org 3.0.0 Final (Windows, Open Source, 128MB) [alt DL] is the open source project through which Sun Microsystems is releasing the technology for the popular StarOffice productivity suite. It is an international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format. It establishes the necessary facilities to make this open source technology available to the developer community.

Also available for Linux.

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Mozilla Sunbird Portable Edition 0.9 – Calendar and Schedule App To Go

Mozilla Sunbird Portable Edition 0.9 (Windows, Open Source, 5.2MB) is the handy Mozilla Sunbird calendar bundled with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your schedule and to-do list with you.

Changes:

• updates Mozilla Sunbird to 0.9 adding in several new features.
• Japanese and Simplified Chinese package have been released.
• The launcher and installer have also been updated.

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EyeDefender 1.01 - Prevent Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS)

EyeDefender 1.01 (Windows, Freeware, 183KB) [alt DL] is a freeware rest reminder designed to prevent Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) resulting from working on a computer for hours on end. Once installed, EyeDefender sits in the system tray and displays the time left until the next break.

I'm currently trying EyeDefender. It has a small memory footprint (6172Kb), so you can just let it startup when you boot your Windows box.

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Firebird 2.1.1 - Open Source Relational Database

Firebird 2.1.1 (Windows, Open Source, 6.4MB) [alt DL] is a relational database offering many ANSI SQL standard features that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. Firebird offers excellent concurrency, high performance, and powerful language support for stored procedures and triggers. It has been used in production systems, under a variety of names, since 1981.

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webcamXP 5.3.1.345 - Free Webcam Utility for Sharing Your Webcam

webcamXP 5.3.1.345 (Windows, Freeware, 4.2MB) [alt DL] is a powerful webcam utility that allows you to share your webcam with everyone without having to set a web server on your computer. The web server is integrated to the software and needs only a few configuration parameters such as server port and local directory.

This program is free for private use. The Private and Pro versions are available for a fee.

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KeePass Portable 1.12 - Password Manager on the Go

KeePass Portable 1.12 (Windows, Open Source, 1.3MB) is the popular KeePass Password Safe packaged as a portable app, so you can securely carry your email, internet and other passwords with you.

Changes:

• updates KeePass to the latest release
• has an improved installer and launcher.

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KeePass 1.12 - Open Source Password Manager

KeePass 1.12 (Windows, Open Source, 1.3MB) [alt DL]  is a free/open-source password manager or safe which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way.

Changes:

• Groups in the group list now behave like folders in Windows Explorer when moving groups/folders (i.e. sub-groups are also moved).
• Added advanced option to drop to the background when copying data to the clipboard.
• Added auto-type configuration dialog (button 'Auto-Type' in the options dialog, tab page 'Advanced'); this dialog now contains all options related to auto-type.
• The default auto-type sequence can now be configured in the Auto-Type configuration dialog.
• Added option to prepend a special auto-type initialization sequence for Internet Explorer and Maxthon windows to fix a focus issue (option enabled by default).
• And much more new features and improvements.

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