iPower Sx: Portable solar charger for all devices

Battech has launched a new and interesting product on the market. The Battech iPower SX is a emergency Solar power device which will charge most of todays mobile phones, PDA's, Game Consoles & iPods. The device itself has a built in solar panel which captures the Sun's rays and charges the device. You can also use USB connection to change this device from any PC. 

Device is bundled with below commonly used connection tips:

• Nokia (most popular)
• Motorola (most popular)
• Sony Ericsson (most popular)
• Sony PsP
• Nintendo DS
• Micro USB
• iPod (All Models)
  

Find more details at Battech Website..

CO2 Saver : Software to Save energy and Reduce CO2 Emission

Yes! CO2 Saver claims to do so. CO2 Saver is a lightweight windows application. It adjusts your Windows power settings so that your computer, monitor and hard drive consume less electricity when you're not actively using them. It calculates how much power is saved, and converts it into pounds of CO2 emissions prevented by having the toolbar installed. You see the amount of CO2 saved by yourself and all toolbar users together. The bottom line? The more energy we can all save, the less negative environmental impact we'll have.

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GonVisor : Free Cbr Cbz Comic Book reader

GonVisor is a free tool which can be used to read comics, magazines, ebooks, images in electronic format. Purpose of GonVisor is to view image sequences, fitting them to the proper size, and create and open container files of images (cbr, cbz, rar or zip). Managing these kinds of files, GonVisor allows the user to group in only one file an unlimited amount of sorted pictures, as an album, access of which can be protected with a password.

Apart from viewing GonVisor also allows you to create CBR and Cbz files from a group of images. It also allows you print comics on any printer device.

 

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Dia : cross platform diagramming software

Dia is a general purpose diagramming software. Dia can be used to draw many different kinds of diagrams like Flowcharts, Network Diagrams, Circuit Diagrams etc. You can create add support for new shapes by writing simple XML files, using a subset of SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) to draw the shape.

Version 0.96 includes Visio VDX import and export as well as much improved text rendering. 0.96.1 fixes several critical bugs and improves on the VDX import.

 

Dia supports export of diagrams in various formats including below :

• EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
• SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)
• DXF (Autocad's Drawing Interchange format)
• CGM (Computer Graphics Metafile defined by ISO standards)
• WMF (Windows Meta File)
• PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
• JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
• VDX (Microsoft's XML for Visio Drawing)

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Free System Backup Software

AceBackup is a powerful tool which can be used to take secure backups of your data. It allows you to store data on any local storage device, on CD, DVD or on your remote FTP server!
A special advantage of AceBackup is the possibility to backup single files and groups of files, for example for important or confidential documents. The program can also store different versions of your files. This can be useful if you would like to restore a certain version of your file at a later date.

Features :

AceBackup projects may have several volumes with different target locations - simultaneous backup on remote FTP servers as well as on local storage devices (hard disks; floppies; ZIP, JAZZ or MO drives; folders in local network or other writable units)!

Store your data on CD or DVD!

Different compression levels for an AceBackup project !

Both strong encryption of file content and encryption of file name (up to 128 bits)!

Manage several backup volumes in a project file!

Explorer Integration: You can now add files to AceBackup directly from the Windows Explorer

Easy to handle user interface!

To store and restore files as in the Windows Explorer!

Select between two project types: Archive and Backup projects

Automatic backups with integrated scheduler!

External applications that should be executed before or/and after processing an AceBackup can be specified!

Multiple versioning backup of similar files!

Wizard to import and verify projects!

Restore files in the original folder or in any other folder!

Filter to eliminate certain file name extensions or to store files with the requested file extension!

Detailed report which can be sent by e-mail!

Integrated Update Manager keeps your software up to date!

Many other program options can be configured individually!

Detailed help, tutorial and manual in pdf format!

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Google announces 30 new Themes for Gmail

Today google announced new themes feature for Gmail. Themes can be activated from settings - >Themes tab where you can choose from 30 different elegant Themes.  Google will be rolling out themes to everyone over the next couple of days, so if you don't see them yet, check back soon.

Find more details at Gmail Blog.

Rename Master : Free File renaming utility

Rename Master is a FREE utility for renaming large groups of files easily. This utility can add, remove, or replace parts of the filename with ease and also supports renaming via file properties, MP3 tags, JPEG JFIF and EXIF tags. Batch renaming that's simple to use, yet still very powerful.

Features
- Intelligent number sorting
- JPEG/MP3 tag support and many more Meta-Variables
- Auto-Preview support
- "Scipts" to save commonly used renaming options
- [*] and [?] command prompt style wildcards for replacing and remove options
- "Undo" button so a renaming operation can be rolled back
- Floating thumbnail window for viewing pictures and optional thumbnail file list view
- Optional Explorer integration for right-clicking on folders or using "Send To"

MeasureIt - Ruler Add-in for Firefox

Another useful Add-in especially for people  who are in web development or designing. Using Measure it you can get height and width of any elements on a web page.

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SysInspector : Free system diagnostic tool

ESET SysInspector is an application that thoroughly inspects your computer and displays gathered data  in a comprehensive way. Information like installed drivers and applications, network connections or important registry entries can help you to investigate suspicious system behavior be it due to software or hardware incompatibility or malware infection.

Key Features:

• Ability to generate and save a detailed log to be used by an IT expert or uploaded to an online forum for diagnosis
• Option to exclude private, personal information from being saved in logs
• Integrated Anti-Stealth technology allows discovering hidden objects (e.g. rootkits) in MBR, registry entries, drivers, services and processes
• Ability to compare two existing logs for differences makes it easy to detect changes over time
• Log entries are assigned a color code risk level for easy filtering
• Intuitive hierarchical navigation of logs
• Fast and compact single file executable, ideal for first responders to run from a USB drive without lengthy installation

 

ESET SysInspector supports generating reports using from command line using these parameters

/gen - generate a report directly from the command line without running the GUI

/privacy - generate a report excluding sensitive information

/zip - stores the resulting report directly on the disk in a compressed file

/silent - this parameter suppresses the display of the report generation progress bar

/help, /?  - display information about the usage of command line parameters

 

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AllerCalc : free expression calculator

AllerCalc is an expression calculator which allows you to directly enter an expression to be evaluated. 

Key Features of AllerCalc

• A re-sizable rolling display storing all of your inputs and results.
• More than one hundred functions, including algebraic, transcendental, trigonometric, hyperbolic, engineering, statistical, and financial functions.
• Numerical integration, differentiation, and root-finding.
• Calculations not only in decimal but also in binary, octal, hexadecimal, and other numeric bases.
• A comprehensive unit converter that can convert between virtually any two units in metric, English, and US systems.
• A list of common physical constants found in science and engineering.
• User-defined constants, conversions and functions.
• Storing results in an unlimited number of variables.

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Google launched Gmail Voice and Video Chat

Finally Google has released long awaited feature of video chat with Gmail.  You will required to  download and install the voice and video plugin. To start video chat you just need to click "Video & more" menu option at the bottom of Gmail Chat window.

 

Find more details at about Gmail Voice and Video chat at Official Gmail Blog.

ID Image Compressor : Free image compressor and batch resize

ID Image Compressor is a free tool which lets you Compress and Resize JPEG, PNG, BMP images in batches to amazingly low levels. Compression ratio's of over 30: 1. This will help Faster loading viewing, storing and sharing online. Image compression is based on a Reduction Factor that takes resolution, Color mode and pixel orientation into account. The software also provides Batch Convert. Real-time image preview with approximate resultant resolution and size.

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Backup and Restore Device Drivers with Driver Magician Lite

Driver Magician Lite is a small tool which can be used to backup all device drivers in your System. This tool can be a great time saver when you are hunting for the right drivers after an OS installation. This software can detect every driver on a computer, from Bluetooth and tablet controllers to Intel chip sets. After scan it displays a list of all device drivers in the system and lets you choose either all or the selected one for backup. After re-install/upgrade you specify the backup loaction to restore all the drivers.

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Table2Clipboard : Copy table data into clipboard or excel/OpenOffice Calc from any web page

Table2Clipboard is a very useful Firefox add-in which allows you to copy selected/entire table data correctly into Microsoft Office excel or OpenOffice Calc.  Definitely, without this utility you can copy table data to clipboard but usually original table disposition get lost. If you want to paste data in Microsoft Excel on OpenOffice Calc with correct disposition simply use Table2Clipboard.Pasting in plain text editors is also supported as CSV file (but you can change rows and columns separators from option dialog)

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Create Glassy Buttons Online

You can create button with Glassy effect using online button generator tool. The tool provides various options to customize button, even there is option to upload and use your own fonts. You either create you own button from scratch or choose existing button design created by some other user.

Visit Glassy Buttons Website

Web Surfing with Windows Media Center PC remote

MCEBrowser is a plugin for Microsoft Windows Media Center which allows you surf the Internet using a Media Center remote control. Features of MCEBrowser:

• Browse to home page or favorites.
• Scroll around within Web pages
• Highlight and select links within Web pages to navigate
• Enter text in web forms
• Zoom in and out for 10-foot style surfing, and compatible with Media Center Extender devices.

Version 2.2 added support for Windows Vista Media Center, added Japanese language translation Removed dependency on .NET Framework 1.1.

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Online Internet Speed Test

There is a very nice tool "Speed Meter" to check your Internet Speed. The tool is available at Airtel Broadband site. Airtel is a Broadband and Mobile service provider in India.

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Tomahawk PDF Plus : Free PDF editor

Tomahawk PDF+ is a fully-fledged text editor for RTF, TXT and other formats, with built-in PDF export capability. Features of Tomahawk PDF+

• Tables - Tomahawk supports tables and tables nested inside of other tables. You can set the border style, background color (in both tables and cells), border style, embed images, cell alignment, etc. Insert or delete rows and columns into existing tables. Merge and split cells
• Table Headers - Table header row(s) can be set to repeat on subsequent pages during printouts or exporting to PDF for large tables.
• Background images - Set a background image for your document. Images can be displayed as tiled, normal, or stretched. Tables can have their own background image.
• Bullets - Tomahawk supports several levels of bullets, including the ability to use images as bullets.
• Export - RTF, TXTt, HTML, and other formats depending on converters installed.
• Spell-check - 26 dictionaries available
• Thesaurus - 2 available

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Free Process Management Tool : MKN TaskExplorer

MKN TaskExplorer is a free process management tool that enables you to easily manage running applications. TaskExplorer shows detailed information about each process, including performance and memory graphs, DLLs loaded, threads, and access token. It also shows the information about the handles opened by a process and provides a function to read processes' virtual memory. TaskExplorer provides a function to stop and resume the execution of processes without risiking the system's stability or losing data. It can also stop, resume and terminate single threads in processes and can create a stack trace for each threads, which can be helpful for debugging purposes.

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