Desktop search

Copernic Desktop Search tool can help find any file on your computer.
It quickly ferrets out Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, HTML, Word Perfect, text and zip files.
The search tool can also quickly locate emails or attachments from Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora and Mozilla Thunderbird.

The tool can also Search for over 150 other types of files like MP3, JPG, WAV, MPEG. The search can be powered by either refining the fields or using advanced search operators.

Among its other salient features are: Instant preview, dynamic word-find buttons to trace keywords in document previews, auto-scroll to first occurrence and highlighted keywords, easy sort and group search results; Act on result — open folders or files, open, reply or forward emails, etc and Control of search — Choice of file and email folders to index.

The search tool allows for optimum consumption of computer resources while indexing documents. Additional file types to index can be specified and automatic, unnoticed real-time indexing of new/updated files and emails is possible.

Options to selectively suspend the indexing process (when a laptop runs on battery power), use keyboard shortcuts to speed up access to Web and desktop searches and searching within the Web and the computer from the same lightweight, intuitive interface, are available in this utility.

The Copernic Desktop Search tool can work with Windows Vista/XP/2000/NT/Me/98.
The 5.0 MB Copernic desktop search tool Version 2.2, can be downloaded at http://download3.copernic.com/copernicdesktopsearch2.exe

Audio Extractor

AoA Audio Extractor allows you to extract audio/sound or background music from video files.
It supports extraction from AVI, MPEG, MPG, FLV (Flash Video), DAT, WMV, MOV, MP4, 3GP video files and exporting the audio as MP3, WAV and AC3 audio files.

The utility can also be used to save any portion of the audio of a video file.
No bells and whistles, nice and intuitive interface — so both advanced users and novices will appreciate the ease of use to extract the audio from a video file.

The application files are located in the {app} subfolder.Launch AoAAudioExtractor.exe. The 3.9 MB Audio Extractor V1.1.8 for Windows 98/2000/NT/2003/ XP/Vista can be downloaded at http://www.aoamedia.com/audioextractor.exe

Bandwidth Monitor

Cyber Bandwidth Monitor tracks traffic of all network connections and displays real-time download and upload speeds in graphical and numerical forms.

The software logs traffic of all network connections and provides daily, weekly and monthly traffic reports.
Cyber Bandwidth Monitor can also display download and upload speeds of multiple network connections on a computer at a time.

Its key features are: monitors the disk space usage of local and server volumes, classifies network traffic by IP address, protocol and other parameters.

The tool works with most switches, routers, firewalls and other network devices, finds out how busy your processor really is, graphs the performance of reads and writes to all your local hard disks, displays the amount of time that system has been running and check and read your email. The Cyber Bandwith Monitor can be downloaded at http://www.speedapps.com/Builds/CyberBandwidthMonitorSetup.exe

DJ Audio Mixer

This is a DJ and beat-mixing system to rock your parties with two independent decks and professional sound quality, as well as beat-sync display, pitch control and fast-seek mode.

The 10-band equalizer, multi-file player and even skinnable interface will make your work easier, faster and pleasant. Special features include: works with two independent decks, pitch control on audio files, and user-friendly interface.

The tool supports operatings systems that include Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Media Center 2005 and Vista. The DJ audio mixer can be downloaded at http://www.convexsoft.com/download/DJAudioSetup.exe

N S Soundar Rajan
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