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Hi, I've been working on some other stuff instead of writing reviews of some of my favourite software. Anyway, I've just got a Samsung Omnia i900 and have been playing around with it. Here's a skin I've made for Nitrogen Player (for smartphones running Windows Mobile).Special Instructions:Tap left/right side of volume bar to change volume.Tap top centre zone to minimize player.Download from

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Today’s giveaway belongs to the security category – Zemana AntiLogger detects and blocks suspicious behaviour that may compromise the security of your data. Installation Installation went smoothly, though you’ll need to restart your computer before Zemana AntiLogger can start working. You’ll need to key in the registration number provided into the program, and verification of the key

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Today’s freebie from giveawayoftheday.com is PDF Converter, which converts PDF files to rtf, html, images, swf, and txt files. Installation Installation was quick and simple. No additional steps required to register the program. Ease of Use PDF Converter makes it a snap to convert a PDF. Simply add some files, choose an output format, and where to save the file, and click the conversion

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Today, I take a look at 3 freebies – a note-taking program, a tool to monitor changes to your system, and a useful windows manager. CintaNotes   A new beta of this lightweight note-taking program has just been released early this month. Changes include an silent clipping option, xml import, as well as more powerful options to manage tags. CintaNotes sits in the tray, until you select some

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Today’s giveaway is Extra Photo Slide Show, which helps you put together photos and music to create video slideshows. Installation and Registration I don’t have a Vista machine to test it on, but installation ran smoothly for me. A big annoyance is that the installer changes the homepage of Internet Explorer to the software developer’s website, without asking you for permission. Registration of

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Sometimes, I don’t really have time to write full articles, and that’s why I’m starting a series of “One-Minute Roundups” - articles that take under a minute to read (though much more time for me to research and write). Usually they will feature interesting software and news I gather from my favourite sites. Here’s today’s roundup to kick things off: SearchMyFiles This tiny (39,424 bytes!),

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Today’s program from Giveawayoftheday.com is YouTube Music Downloader, which downloads and converts videos from YouTube into common video and audio formats. Installation Installation and registration was smooth, just paste in the code provided and restart the program. After installation, I was directed to the program’s website with a link to download and buy the product. I suppose the

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Today’s giveaway is Quicksys RegCleaner 2009, another program which aims to help you clear your registry of invalid entries and other junk. Installation Install and run the program, then enter the name and registration number provided. Ease of Use Scanning of errors was done with minimum fuss. As with other similar programs however, deleting of registry entries should be done only if

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Today's giveaway is a 1.6 Mb download, Folder Marker Pro 2.1, which lets you "mark" your folders by giving their icons a different look.InstallationNo typing in of keys needed. Just run the single exe file provided. On the first run however, a window alerted me that version 3 is available, along with the option to download the latest version. I skipped the offer, and according to some of the guys

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Today's program from Giveawayoftheday.com is Corner-A ArtStudio, which lets you easily create animated screensavers from photos.InstallationI experienced no problems during installation. Do note that you need Microsoft .NET framework 2.0 and DirectX 9 installed, plus a graphics card with 'Pixel Shader 2.0' support. I had no problems running it on my GeForce 6200. Ease of UseI was a bit skeptical

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Today's giveaway is Insofta Cover Commander, which allows you to create screenshots and box shots of programs.InstallationInstallation was quick. Just install the program and run it. Register it using the name and key provided.Ease of UseCover Commander has a straightforward work flow and interface. The first tab allows you to pick a project type, and subsequent tabs let you choose images and

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Internet RadioFan claims to gather 1715 radio stations and 391 television stations into one single program. While Windows XP and Vista wasn't on the list of OS supported, it ran perfectly on my Windows XP machine and according to Justin C, also on Vista.InstallationJust install the program and paste in the registration key provided.Ease of UseInternet RadioFan has a very simple and clear layout.

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Binerus Image Commander 1.0 is a batch processing program for resizing images and adding watermarks, drop shadows, reflections etc. to them. As someone who frequently captures screenshots and uploads them to this blog, Image Commander seems a potential time-saver for me.There are plenty of batch image processors, many of which are free. IrfanView and an older version of VSO Image Resizer are two

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If you may have noticed, I've been generally very generous with my rating of the programs offered on Giveawayoftheday.com - I've (so far) not given any of them a thumbs down.Actually, I skipped testing some of the giveaways due to time constraints. It takes more time than I expected to test out, evaluate, capture screenshots and post these reviews. So after a quick evaluation based on the

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Today's software from Giveaway of the Day is Audio Comparer. The software's maker claims that it "listens to your audio files and compares them by their actual audio content, just like your own human ears do". From my tests, Audio Comparer found duplicates accurately.InstallationNo problems with the installation, just run the file provided - no additional steps required.Ease of useThe program

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Insofta has given away version 4.1 of Document Backup last year, but received less than positive reviews (38% gave it a thumbs up out of 700 voters). Checking out the official website, version 5.1 was released on Jan 28, 2009 (early this week), with the following changes:Added backing up open (locked) files Data encryption speeded up by several times Encrypted archives can be restored with WinZip

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I wasn't too excited about the previous few Giveaways, and perhaps you'll notice that I didn't blog about the past few freebies given away. Today's program looks interesting, and I thought I'll download and test it out.InstallationThe installation process offers to install other "extras", but I disabled them. No suspicious/ sneaky  behaviour observed after I did so. Registration from the program

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Today's free program from Giveaway of the Day is LeaderTask 6.1, an organiser which focuses on helping you manage tasks and events of projects. The user rating was at 33% when I last checked, soI decided to find out if this program should be recommended.The program description says it will help you "complete more, get tired less, earn more" and "permanently improve the quality of life..." While

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So you have downloaded some videos off Youtube (check out this bookmarklet), and wish to convert the video into an mp3 file. FLV Extract does this with minimum fuss, with no loss to the audio quality.The 60kb download (requires .NET Framework v2.0 installed though) extracts video and audio streams from FLV files without decompressing or recompressing. H.263/FLV1 and VP6/FLV4 are supported. Just

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FileMenu Tools brings together an impressive collection of context menu enhancements into just one entry in the menu that appears when you right click on files and folders.Some of these enhancements are almost full utilites by themselves. Take for example the built-in batch file renamer that allows you to find and replace text, insert dates/times and tidy up filenames. It even lets you save

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Today's offering from the Giveaway of the Day website is MultiSet, a tool that automates installation of multiple programs.  Working with the same concept of a macro recorder, MultiSet monitors and records installation programs as you click through those "Next" and "I Agree" buttons and type in long registration codes. You then have the option of burning a CD and running the recorded actions

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This lightweight file finder searches through everything on your hard drive, and it does that with impressive speed. Only NTFS drives are supported though, and I converted one FAT32 partition I still had on my hard disk to make full use of its speed.Do note that it does not index the contents of files like Google Desktop, Copernic, or even Windows' own search tool. But what it does is index and

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I have previously tested earlier versions of the TuneUp Utilities suite, and has been impressed with the quality of the tools included.The 2007 version of TuneUp Utilities was recently made available for free. What you'll get is a nice package which includes a settings tweaker, startup manager, disk cleaner, hard disk scanner, disk space usage analyser, registry cleaner, and file recovery tool to

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I got a tip from raymond.cc on how to get Paragon Hard Disk Manager (normally worth worth about £21) for free. Following the instructions on downloading and registering the product was a breeze.The software itself was straightforward to use, and I tried combining two partitions I had on my hard drive. The process took less than a minute and required no reboot.Paragon Hard Disk Manager allows you

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The QtWeb browser is based on WebKit, the open source web browser engine that powers Safari and Chrome. The portable edition, at a little over 4mb, ran quickly, albeit some problems with input boxes. Features include a private browsing mode and bookmark import from major browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera supported)The zoom feature could be improved on though, as it scales only the text.

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A free alternative to Windows Movie Maker, this program from NCH Software (Check out WavePad from the same company also) offers a simple way to combine video clips, add sounds, effects and transitions, and export the result to other formats. Don't expect fancy video effects though, they are restriced to contrast, brightness, gamma adjustments, and black/white or sepia effects.Format support is

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Theme song for 大喜事  By: 陈孟奇, 姚慧明Listen on Imeem手交给你 一生交给你在你眼里 看见我自己直到白头 谁都不会离弃永恒看得见 幸福在心底牵你的手 相伴一世纪我会永远 承诺保护--你 直到我们 连波纹-都老去也会让你开心不哭泣我们的爱 没有四季 每一分钟都二十五度C我们的爱 今天不渝 天涯海角也都会有痕迹我们的爱 心有默契 不管是谁会先停止呼吸Ave Maria手交给你 一生交给你在你眼里 看见我自己直到白头 谁都不会离弃也会让你开心不哭泣我们的爱 没有四季 每一分钟都二十五度C我们的爱 今天不渝 天涯海角也都会有痕迹我们的爱 心有默契 不管是谁会先停止呼吸Ave Maria让我看仔细永远不要忘记所有 好心情 坏脾气 苦与乐 都珍惜我们的爱 没有四季 每一分钟都二十五度C我们的爱 今天不渝 天涯海角也都会有痕迹我们的爱 心有默契

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This free, lightweight note-taking tool sits in your system tray and captures any selected text when you press the configurable hotkey.It even remembers the website you copied the text from - just right click on a note and select the "Browse Link" option. Browsers supported include Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Chrome.Find-as-you-type helps you filter your notes quickly, by time, text or

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Testing some stuff...

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