Opera
The latest version of Opera, the web-browser, offers a number of features. Perhaps the most compelling of them of all is the “Speed Dial” option. It is a new way to access your favorite Web sites. Just open a new tab to get your Speed Dial.
Among the other features are : BitTorrent - You don’t need a separate BitTorrent application to download large files. Simply click a torrent link and start the download; Content blocker – Remove ads or images - it’s up to you. Right-click on the Web page and choose “Block content”; Widgets – Small Web applications (multimedia, newsfeeds, games and more) that make your desktop experience more fun. Use the Widgets menu to discover new widgets and access your favorites (Visit widgets.opera.com to learn more);Thumbnail preview – Have many tabs open at once in Opera. Just hover your mouse on any tab to see a thumbnail preview; Fraud protection – Opera’s advanced fraud protection protects you against web sites that try to steal your personal information; Opera mail – built-in POP/IMAP E-mail client, a combined e-mail program, news reader, mailing list organizer and RSS/Atom newsfeed reader; Security bar; Cookie control; IRC chat; Zoom; Text size; colors, and Drag and drop. The 6.26 MB Opera, v. 9.21, for Windows can be downloaded at
http://www.opera.com/download/get.pl?id=29565&thanks=true&sub=true
Synergy
Synergy lives upto the meaning defined in a dictionary – synergy: [noun] a mutually advantageous conjunction of distinct elements. Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware.
Synergy merges the clipboards of all the systems into one, allowing cut-and-paste between systems. Also, it synchronizes screen savers so they all start and stop together and, if screen locking is enabled, only one screen requires a password to unlock them all. With synergy, all the computers on your desktop form a single virtual screen.
You use the mouse and keyboard of only one of the computers while you use all of the monitors on all of the computers. Configure the number of screens you have and their positions relative to one another.
Synergy then detects when the mouse moves off the edge of a screen and jumps it instantly to the neighboring screen.
If you regularly use multiple computers on one desk, you could give synergy a try. Synergy is open source and released under the GNU Public License (GPL). System Requirements - Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me (the Windows 95 family), Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP (the Windows NT family), and Unix X. All OS must support TCP/IP networking. Synergy can be downloaded at http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/
JetAudio Basic
A new version of the visually stimulating JetAudio Basic application is now available. The new features in the latest version of jetAudio 7 include, New Media Center window, Device manager, Tag and image editing, and Convenient tag editing. The other features include, Support of All Major File Formats, Video Conversion, Audio CD burning, Multi-channel sound ouput, Crossfade, Skin, Subtitles, Internet CD Database, Convenient album management & Playlist.
Please note that the basic edition of JetAudio Basic 7.0.3.3016 may not provide all these features. Check them out by downloading JetAudioBasic at http://www.cowonamerica.com/download . This version is compatible with all computers running Windows 98 and newer.
After Work
Browsers and other components of OS store information about all the web sites visited and other sensitive data. These may include : passwords, search keywords, payment methods data, cookies, recently visited web sites and opened documents. "After Work" erase online and offline history:- Temporary Internet Files, IE history, Typed urls, Opened documents, Started programs, and Temporary registry values. 'After Work' can be downloaded at
http://www.new-utilities.net/download.php?file=afterwork.exe
