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| dixlinx - Daily Windows Freeware Links |
| Daily Free Windows Software Links and Freeware Reviews. Links to the best free software (freeware) available on the Internet. All of the software links are hand picked and guaranteed to be free of malware, spyware and 100% safe to use. |
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| Speedtest.net - test the speed of your internet connection |
| 2008-08-19 01:52:49 |
Speedtest.net is a flash based bandwith tester that seems to be very accurate. I like how it can detect ISP upload compression and how you can visually select multiple locations to test your bandwidth from. I have found the tool very accurate and the Flash animations make it fun to use.
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| Process Lasso - automated process management |
| 2008-05-18 15:02:25 |
Process Lasso is your introduction to BitSum Technologies. They make a whole bunch of really useful software and utilities. From their website:
Process Lasso is a unique new technology intended to automatically adjust the allocation of CPU cycles so that system responsiveness is improved in high-load situations. It does this by dynamically temporarily lowering the priorities [...]...
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| MediaCoder - universal audio/video transcoder |
| 2008-04-26 15:17:19 |
MediaCoder is an opensource project hosted at Sourceforge.net. The software enables you to convert almost any media file to one of many media formats available. This is an excellent software for audio enthusiasts who need to quickly convert Flac to MP3 to Ogg to … you get the picture. From their website
MediaCoder is a free universal batch [...]...
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| Cryptainer LE - free 128-bit encryption software |
| 2008-04-15 13:14:05 |
Cryptainer LE is the freeware version of Cypherix’s Cryptainer product. The software is very handy for encrypting sensitive data to send via email. You can also create a 25mb encrypted partition on your PC to store private documents like spreadsheets and .PDF’s . Cryptainer is very easy to use and I use it as a quick and [...]...
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| Ajax Whois 2.0 - online whois and domain availability tool |
| 2008-03-22 20:54:45 |
Ajax Whois is an easy to use website to aid in domain lookups and WhoIs information. You can specify a search of 7 of the most popular top level domains at one time. The site is based on Ajax programming which means all of your queries are delivered in real-time as you type them out, this makes Domain [...]...
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| WinSock XP Fix - winsock repair and restore for Windows XP |
| 2008-03-21 23:01:44 |
Internet and network connectivity in Windows XP is notorious for being easily disabled and corrupted from minor tweaks to the registry and winsock settings. Removing software, scanning for and deleting spyware can cause these registry corruptions which prevent Windows XP from accessing the network. It seems that the frequencies of corruption have declined since the [...]...
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| Windows Defender - anti-spyware utility from Microsoft |
| 2008-03-16 12:30:54 |
Windows Defender is a free program that helps you stay productive by protecting your computer against pop-ups, slow performance and security threats caused by spyware and other potentially unwanted software. Windows Defender no longer supports Windows 2000 as mainstream support ended in June 2005.
The above passage is from the Microsoft website. In a nutshell, Windows Defender [...]...
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| Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2007 - legendary spyware scanning and removal |
| 2008-03-06 01:47:58 |
I have been reluctant to post Lavasoft’s legendary application Ad-Aware, because of the aggressive shareware route Lavasoft has been pushing lately. Lavasoft does offer Ad-Aware 2007 has a completely freeware version for download. I had to use Ad-Aware for the first time in a year today on a friends PC and I must say that the application is still as [...]...
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| Audacity - free audio file editor and audio recorder |
| 2008-03-03 00:42:31 |
I use Audacity to cut up my mp3’s into shorter files, especially the really long DJ mixes. Audacity has been around for awhile and is a pure opensource project that uses the GNU license. I really like how simple it makes cutting up .wav and .mp3 files. Audacity can also record and edit audio from an external [...]...
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| Avant Browser - secure web browser based on IE |
| 2008-03-02 04:06:22 |
Avant is a next generation tabbed web browser based on the Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) core. Avant acts and feels much like IE except it is has many more security features than IE’s traditional offering. Avant has a built-in popup blocker. Nothing new you say? Well Avant’s popup blocker will block various Active X controls [...]...
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| Cities of Earth Screensaver - excellent free 3D screen-saver |
| 2008-02-29 02:02:32 |
It’s about time I post some fun stuff on dixlinx. Tonight I bring you the world famous Cities of Earth screen-saver. I’m a bit of a geography buff and this screen-saver not only looks visually stunning but as the earth rotates on your desktop you get a real-time scroll of the time and population of all [...]...
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| BurnAware Free Edition - Blu-Ray compatible cd/dvd burning |
| 2008-02-27 22:29:47 |
I just found out about BurnAware today, and so far I like what I see. There are a ton of free CD/DVD burning software out there but this is one of the first free ones to offer Blu-Ray support. Since HD-DVD is now officially dead, expect to see more Blu-Ray compatible software hitting the Web. One feature [...]...
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| Avast! - free anti-virus software package |
| 2008-02-27 00:09:13 |
Avast! is probably the best free Anti-Virus software package currently available, as it is one of the only ones to come with an email scanner, messaging shield and P2P shield. I actually prefer Avast! to many of the commercial packages out there due to it’s small footprint and the fact that it doesn’t try to [...]...
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| Memtest86 - excellent free memory diagnostic utility |
| 2008-02-24 00:04:34 |
Memtest86 is an excellent little program for testing your system memory. I’m feeling a bit lazy tonight so here’s an excerpt from their website:
Memtest86 is a thorough, stand alone memory test for x86 architecture computers. BIOS based memory tests are a quick, cursory check and often miss many of the failures that are detected by Memtest86. [...]...
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| Find And Run Robot - a free application launcher utility |
| 2008-02-23 01:24:43 |
Find And Run Robot is an excellent freeware application which is used to quickly locate and launch programs located anywhere on your Windows computer. It is fully customizable and very intuitive to use. For those who are always looking for ways to work more efficiently on the computer, this freeware program is second [...]...
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| OpenOffice 2.0 - free opensource alternative to Microsoft Office |
| 2008-02-22 00:37:20 |
If you’ve ever balked at the whopping $400.00 price tag for a retail version of Microsoft Office, then OpenOffice may be for you. OpenOffice is a pure open-source project with its roots in the Linux world of computing. OpenOffice offers an excellent suite of software to rival the holy grail of MS Word, Excel, and Powerpoint [...]...
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| F-Secure Blacklight - root-kit detection and elimination utility |
| 2008-02-18 21:38:44 |
Root-kits are a relatively new threat on the modern Internet and no other company has a better root-kit removal tool than F-Secure and their “Blacklight” utility. What exactly is a root-kit you ask? Here’s a definition from Wikipedia to help get you started:
A root-kit is a program (or combination of several programs) designed to take fundamental control (in [...]...
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| FileZilla - free FTP client software and server |
| 2008-02-16 10:55:35 |
FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive interface. FileZilla is a full featured FTP client, is the best free FTP client I have ever used and rivals products like CuteFTP and WinFTP. FileZilla is a pure open-source project with tons of support and [...]...
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| SpyFu.com - cpc/ppc keyword and domain analysis |
| 2008-02-14 01:14:31 |
All about the “clicks”, SpyFu.com evolved from a utility called GoogSpy, and is a great website for CPC (cost-per-click) and PPC (pay-per-click) Internet marketers. SpyFu .com will analyze keywords and domain names with reports on various data relating to top advertisers for those keywords as well as average cost per day and clicks per day the keywords generate. SpyFu also reports [...]...
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| Good Keywords - keyword generator and analyzer |
| 2008-02-12 21:26:10 |
Softnik Technologies is an Indian software company that provides strategic software solutions for online businesses. They make great software for Internet marketers and Webmasters as well as utilities for managing domain names. Softnik’s tools are well written and very easy to use, one of my favorites is a utility called Good Keywords. Good Keywords will take combinations of [...]...
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| hMailServer - free email server for Windows servers |
| 2008-02-11 22:15:39 |
I have used hMailServer for testing of various email related functions including anti-spam software and configurations. The hMailServer interface is very intuitive and easy to use. All Email data and accounts utilize either MS-SQL or MySQL databases for the back-end support. If you don’t feel like setting up and configuring a SQL server, no worries, hMailServer includes a lite version of [...]...
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| Cobian Backup - secure backup with compression |
| 2008-02-10 14:43:57 |
Cobian Backup is a nice and simple utility for scheduling Windows backups. Cobian Backup is far superior than the default backup utility that comes bundled with Microsoft Windows.  Cobian Backup supports .ZIP compression and 256-bit encryption which make is very good for data archiving and long-term storage. You can also use it to schedule backups to shared network drives and have email notifications sent to alert [...]...
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| CDburnerXP - free cd/dvd creation |
| 2008-02-01 00:27:01 |
CDburnerXP is an easy to use free software for burning data to CD or DVD format. CDburnerXP comes with nice features such as, a clean easy to use interface, the ability to burn .ISO images, and creating bootable discs. It also has a built-in .ISO converter for creating .ISO images out of large chunks [...]...
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| ZipGenius - compression and zip utility |
| 2008-01-29 22:57:27 |
ZipGenius is the perfect all-in-one zip and compression utility. It converts and opens .zip files as well as 20 other compression formats. You can also create self extracting .Exe files for distribution as well as add a customized signature to your archives. The one reason I prefer to use ZipGenius over the free utility in [...]...
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| KeePass - encrypted password manager |
| 2008-01-25 23:56:49 |
KeePass is a utility for managing the myriad of passwords required to navigate the modern Web. Since I’m very conscious of network security I must have well over 100 different credentials ranging from security critical sites such as brokerage accounts to novelty sites like MySpace.com. Can you imagine having to remember all of those credentials?
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| RockXP - retrieve lost activation keys in WindowsXP |
| 2008-01-25 00:32:06 |
RockXP is great for retrieving lost activation keys and passwords in WindowsXP. This utility can save you hours of phone calls to Microsoft in resolving a lost product activation key for a reinstallation of WindowsXP. RockXP also comes with a nice password generator and will even help with recovering lost MSN Messenger passwords. The RockXP website warns [...]...
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| Spybots S&D - excellent spyware scanning and removal |
| 2008-01-20 22:30:07 |
Aah yes, the legendary Spybots Search & Destroy. This program has been a standard tool for I.T. folk in the scanning and removal of all things spyware for almost a decade . As of this post, their spyware database is up to well over 100,000 items. Spybots S&D is easily one of the top 5 spyware utilities of all time and still [...]...
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| PrimoPDF® - free pdf utility |
| 2008-01-18 22:48:58 |
PrimoPDF® is a great utility for creating .PDF files out of ordinary documents. It’s free (of course) and a cool thing is how it appears as a printer to your PC. All you have to do is print whichever document you would like to convert and select PrimoPDF® as the print device from your printer list, then select [...]...
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