AMAZING FREE SOFTWARES: 2012

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Opera - Internet Browser

Opera

(11.77 Mb)

Opera is a browser that most of us are familiar with, because of its wide range of support over any devices including Java J2me, Symbian, Android, Windows mobile, Windows OS, I-phone OS, Apple OS and many other popular devices.

But when it comes to install on our windows we made a distance from it because of its slow connectivity. But the new release of opera 12 , covers many new features and some odd ones too.

Some of its main features includes following:

New light-weight themes that are both easy to create and use:

The new themes differ from the previous full-fledged skins in that they don’t alter appearance of browser elements like buttons and tabs. Much like Personas for Firefox, they simply change the browser background.

CCleaner

(3.5 Mb)

CCleaner is our system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. And the best of all that it is completely free and contains no spyware or adware!

More Features:

Cleans Temporary files, history, cookies, super cookies, Autocomplete form history, index.dat files from Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome,Safari and Opera.

Nitro PDF Reader

(30.73 Mb)

If you are looking for perfect free PDF Reader and Creator , then Nitro PDF is the best option. Nitro PDF Reader Free does more by default than any free PDF reader currently available in the market. Its the Pdf creator to be included in the list of Amazing Free Softwares.

Paragon Backup and free Recovery Tool 2012 Free

(103 Mb)

Paragon Backup and Recovery is a powerful free tool that allows you to ensure that your data is secured including:

Operating System
Data
Software
.Drivers And Settings

New version of this software is compatible with Windows 8 and has been tested successfully on Windows 8 preview.

TrueCrypt - Disk Encryption Software

True Crypt

(3.3 Mb)

True Crypt is software for establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted volume.On-the-fly encryption means that data is automatically encrypted right before it is saved and decrypted right after it is loaded, without any user intervention.No data stored on an encrypted volume can be read (decrypted) without using the correct password/keyfile(s) or correct encryption keys.

Oracle VM Virtual Box- Virtual PC Environment

Oracle VM Virtual Box

(90.81 Mb)

This is a powerful tool that creates a virtual environment to run different operating systems on your computer without creating a single change in your PC, that means you can test whichever operating system you want to try out with. This software comes with another download package that lets your guest PC to enable port option. This softwares is also available for free for Mac OS and Linux destros. So now you can run or try windows or other operating systems from this amazing free software.

Miro- Internet TV, Video Player,Converter, Torrent Downloader

Miro - All in One

(48.8 Mb)

It is the most amazing software in the whole list. It has everything you need to do with. It can play video files, manages audio files in a library, internet TV,True HD player, video converter, supports sync with popular devices,you can buy music in Amazon,share your media over network, and Hello! it does support ultra fast torrent downloading. And its totally free!

Microsoft Rich Copy- Copying Tool

Rich Copy

(5.79 Mb)

Sometimes it is very irritating that you click some files to copy to your Pen drive and want to end it in one click. But that doesn't seem to be working as you see canceling for about 2 minutes.So here is the solution , you can replace your default windows copying tool with another Microsoft's copying tool.

Games for Windows - LIVE

Games For Windows - LIVE

(70.9 Mb)

Games for Windows is a free online gaming service that lets you connect and play with your friends and millions of Xbox LIVE members!

GOM - Video Player

GOM Media Player

(10.2 Mb)

GOM is a powerful video player that not only supports maximum number of video formats but also plays HD videos at best performance and quality picture. GOM Media Player is an ideal video player for both beginners and experts alike.

Most of the users have been facing problem relating to its crashing and high RAM usage but the latest version has improved Greetch MP4 source filter that helps in playing videos quicker than ever.The best part that i liked most is that it is the only player that stretches to full screen mode in second. Another exciting and unique feature is that sometimes while playing videos audio is not accordingly fitted into the video (voice comes before/after picture is displayed), so GOM media player cleverly solves this problem by providing you the option in audio setting.
If you are a fan of VLC media player then you would not have actually 'tried' this amazing media player.
Some of the laptop's sound manufacturer not allow you to replace your in-built speakers under warranty also because of its extra volume percentage(specially in north India). I will tell more about VLC in my next post.

Mozilla Firefox - Internet Browser

Mozilla Firefox

(15.80Mb)

Mozilla Firefox has the best extension and customization capability, and its unique Panorama tab organizer and has lot of HTML5 support. For these years Mozilla has something missing that is common to every internet browser but its latest version fills this gap by not only adding tiles for most-accessed sites on the new-tab page, but including lots more settings on the home page.It also gets speedups for startup and browsing, and thriftier memory usage.Most of the users have problem relating to its late opening when running on low RAM but it has crossed this hurdle too.Latest Firefox can nearly match Chrome on JavaScript speed, and holds its own when it comes to HTML5 support and a trimmed down interface that gives the Web page center stage. I know most of them have changed to Google Chrome because of its speed but now mozilla does the same.

Avira Free Antivirus

(94.62 Mb)

Avira free antivirus is an antivirus that runs completely silent without bothering you with all kind of messages or something similar. On top of that it is extremely light on your system resources means that it uses least RAM and less load on your PC. AntiVir found and disarmed all of the rootkits and other malware infections tossed at it. Avira's program was not just the most thorough tool of the group, but also the fastest.If you really wanted to away from all kinds of viruses and malwares then it is the best option in the list of antiviruses.

Safari

(36.4Mb)

Apple's Safari is the best internet browser in terms of its graphics and it changes the way you interact on web, with the new service of icloud you can keep your reading list on all your devices either your iphone or mac. You can enjoy its new features on Mac's OS X Lion, but you can also do it on windows too.

Skype- Video Calling Tool

Skype

(18.34 Mb)

Skype is a free software that allows you to call your friends on skype for free video call. It has many other features including calling to people on their phones at best rates, includes instant messaging for quick chatting and the most new feature included is integration of Skype with Facebook. So you can call for video chat on facebook through Skype.

More Details:

Video Calling-

Share the moment:-

A special event, that new outfit, some stunning scenery, the big game... Free video calling¹ on Skype lets you share all this and more with your friends and family. You’ll never miss out on the moments that matter most.

TOR - Proxy bouncing Tool

TOR

(24 Mb)

TOR is a peel based encrypted layer which don't allows Internet Service Providers( ISP) what you actually do on internet. For E.g. www.vuclip.com is a paid website on Tata Docomo network , with the use of this amazing software you can befool Tata Docomo's ISP that you aren't browsing or downloading content on that paid site.

Team Viewer - Remote Access To Partner's PC

Team Viewer

(4.37 Mb)

TeamViewer connects to any PC or server around the world within a few seconds. You can remote control your partner's PC as if you were sitting right in front of it.TeamViewer combines various applications in one cost-effective solution.

Features:

Instant remote support- no need for any installation on the client side.

Remote maintenance- 24/7 access to remote computers and servers.

Remote access- access your data and applications – anytime, anywhere.

FileMenu Tools

(6.52 Mb)

FileMenu Tools allows you to customise the context menu of Windows Explorer. sometimes some software integrate to right click menu that decreases performance and increases time for opening options in the FileMenu. This amazing software let you to choose between the integrations and hence increases its speed.

Password Safe

(10.77 Mb )

There are number of websites on which you create your account, sometimes more than one accounts . So it is hard to learn username and password of the websites you don't use regularly.Most of the times we forget its password or username. So here comes an amazing software 'Password Safe' that manages your username and password.

Download Accelerator Plus (DAP)

(9.8 Mb)

In the race of free download client DAP has got the top position. The latest version of DAP not only downloads files at much faster rate but also provides some other amazing features. Some of its basic features includes :

---Internet Browser

Access and browse the internet directly from within DAP. Take advantage of fileratings.com homepage to find the top rated files you want to download.

---File Shredder

Completely erase unwanted files from your computer. Free users – shred files up to 4mb.

---Trace Cleaner

Remove file download traces to maintain your privacy and keep your downloads confidential.

---Multi Antivirus Security

Download safer as you see what the leading security programs say about your files.

Flash Get

(7.8 Mb)

FlashGet is a download client that allows you to download fastest by enabling maximum number of connections. This download manager has no adware or spyware, 100% safe and free. The best part is that after downloading any file it calls for antivirus that is installed on your PC to run a virus scan. Flash Get uses minimum RAM while downloading or running in background.

Real Desktop Standard - 3D View To Desktop

Real Desktop

(8.51 Mb)

Make Your desktop icons folders to next generation advanced 3D selection.
Let the fascinating adventure of entering into a living three-dimensional world enchant you. Thanks to a powerful physics-engine, your icons will behave like real objects that you can touch and move as if on a real desk.

Mini Tool Partition Wizard- Home Edition

(10.0 Mb)

This is a tool that you may need if you have only one drive (i.e. C) and forgot to partition at the time of installing windows or could not make partition of Disk using Windows Disk Management.Windows XP doesn't have any option for partition after installing windows. Actually everone wants to make a seperate drive for Recovery and Backup of windows, So this software might help you out.

Panda USB Vaccine

(560 Kb- 840 Kb)

Free antimalware to block malware spreading through USB drives.You must use this antimalware software to protect you PC or Laptop to upcoming attacks.

My Paint

(8.58 Mb)

For the artists its now a step ahead to old built-in paint program in windows. It allows you to paint with oil on canvas, various brush tools that you may need during your creation. It is effective and easy that made it to fall in the list of amazing free software.

Freemake Video Downloader

(1.40 Mb)

Download videos from YouTube, Vevo, Facebook, MTV, ComedyCentral, Vimeo and 10000+ sites, extract lossless audio, convert online videos to AVI, MKV, MP3, iPod, iPhone, PSP, Android with our free video downloader! Download Facebook videos in 3gp,mkv,PS3,Avi,etc; HD 1080p,HD 720p download from youtube

Remote Potato

(8.49 Mb)

Most Of us have upgraded PC to Windows 7 with its looks and new features such as internet TV in Windows media centre.

Remote Potato is the missing part of Windows 7 Media Center. You can now schedule and manage your recordings over the Internet. Record shows, record series, cancel recordings, view upcoming recordings.

Cam Studio

(4.25 Mb + 4.50 Mb[codec])

If you want to capture or record your activities or gaming experiance to others you can simply do this by the use of this amazing software that not only allows you to capture screen but also to record to avi file. Also you can download Lossless Video Codec to reduce its size to upload to youtube.

PhotoScape - Photo Editing Tool

PhotoScape

(17.5 Mb)

Photoscape is a fun and easy photo editing software that enables you to fix and enhance photos. It is a free software and is so effective that it is sometimes called as free Photoshop.

Key Features

Viewer: View photos in your folder, create a slideshow
Editor: resizing, brightness and color adjustment, white balance, backlight correction, frames, balloons, mosaic mode, adding text, drawing pictures, cropping, filters, red eye removal, blooming, paint brush, clone stamp, effect brush
Batch editor: Batch edit multiple photos
Page: Merge multiple photos on the page frame to create one final photo

CDBurnerXP

(5.06 Mb)

CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and
HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a
multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free. It does
not include adware or similar malicious components.

Hotspot Shield - Free IP Changing Service

HotSpot Shield

(6.0 Mb)

IP changing is now becoming a common task for begginers also, as most of the websites are either banned by government or makes them chargable. But the websites banned in one country may not possible to be banned in other countries. By changinig IP address one can pretend to be other country. Hotsopt Shield Does the same task for free. There are many softwares out there that does the same but they are too costly. After Installing Hotspot Shield your IP could be changed in just one click. You check your masked IP by entering url http://www.whatismyipaddress.com in the internet browser's address bar.

Google Chrome

(27.70 Mb)

Google Chrome has an advantage of its speed over other internet browsers especially in the race of Mozilla Firefox and Opera. Chrome is designed to be fast in every possible way. It's quick to start up from your desktop, loads web pages in a snap, and runs complex web applications lightning fast.

Google Desktop (1.92 Mb)

Google Desktop is the best tool to enjoy search on your computer. The search indexing is preinstalled on Windows 7 but XP users couldn't enjoy this service. So here comes the software 'Google Desktop'.

ISO Recorder - Disk Imaging Tool

ISO Recorder

(800kb - 1.1 Mb)

ISO recorder is a free disk imaging tool that not only allows you to make iso images of normal DVD but it has a special feature of Imaging Bootable CD or DVD that makes it in the list of amazing softwares.

Power ISO

(7.13 Mb)

PowerISO is a powerful CD / DVD / BD image file processing tool, which allows you to open, extract, burn, create, edit, compress, encrypt, split and convert ISO files, and mount ISO files with internal virtual drive. It can process almost all CD / DVD / BD image files including ISO and BIN files. PowerISO provides an all-in-one solution. You can do every thing with your ISO files and disc image files. It is a good alternative to Nero that is too costly and cost you load on system specially when you only use it as burning CD/DVD.

CPU Z - SYSTEM INFORMATION VIEWER

(4.1 Mb)

It is the best software to determine the the available RAM , processors, RAM Slots, hard Disk Speed, Graphics Code and performance, Mainboard, in short the complete information about your system.

Absolute Uninstaller (2.2 mb)

Absolute Uninstaller is similar to standard Windows Add/Remove program but more powerful. The standard Add/Remove program can't uninstall applications completely which often leaves broken registry keys, unnecessary files on the hard disk. The more junk files your computer have, the slower it runs. Uninstall Manager can wipe off all the junk files clearly in seconds. It offers a more user-friendly way to remove unneeded applications and to improve your computer efficiency.

Free Download Manager - Download Client

Free Download Manager

(6.7 MB, 3.2 MB)

Newly added features that includes downloading videos from streaming sites and support torrent client makes it an Amazing Software that are not proved by many paid versions.

Managing your downloads with browsers have never been that easy and download managers definitely allow you to download files in a much better way. Free Download Manager allows you to download files from multiple sources, accelerating your download process, along with allowing you to pause and resume them.

Ubuntu - Linux Operating System

(701.29 Mb)

Ubuntu is a free Linux based operating system with some amazing features that you would like to be there in this. It can be run with or with windows or mac from Pen drive or CD.There are thousands of apps and features some of them includes following:-

1.Security:

You can surf in safety with Ubuntu – confident that your files and data will stay protected. A built-in firewall and virus protection are available. And if a potential threat appears, we provide automatic updates which you can install in a single click. You get added security with AppArmor, which protects your important applications so attackers can’t access your system. And thanks to Firefox and gnome-keyring, Ubuntu helps you keep your private information private. So whether it’s accessing your bank account or sharing sensitive data with friends or colleagues, you’ll have peace of mind when you need it the most.

- Automatic Updates(For 18 Months) -File Encryption

-Defence Against Virus -Password Protection

-Anti-Phishing -Built with security in mind

Microsoft Mathematics - Students' Tool

From basic math to precalculus, Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 can help you visualize and see mathematical concepts as you’ve never seen them before in 2D and 3D.

KingSoft Office Suite - Documents And Presentation Utility

Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2012 is an office suite that offers a number of features for creating, viewing and editing personal and business documents. Kingsoft Office 2012 includes Kingsoft Writer, Kingsoft Presentation and Kingsoft Spreadsheet. These three reliable and versatile programs are perfect for both personal use at home.

IZArc is is a archive utility supporting many archive formats like:7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BIN, BZ2, BZA, C2D, CAB, CDI, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH, MDF, MBF, MIM, NRG, PAK, PDI, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO.

WISOFT- Video Converter

Wisoft Free Video Converter is a powerful, high-quality freeware video converter.It can easily convert video/audio between all popular formats. It can convert video/audio from one format to another, rip audio from video, convert video to image series, animated gif.

PICASA- Photo Manager

Picasa is a free software from Google that not only allows you to preview your photos in 3D but also allows many interesting features that made it to be an amazing software.

GIMP - Photo Editing Suite

We spend a lot of money on buying software like Adobe Photoshop even if we have to use some basic strokes like changing pixel ratio, retouching, cropping, background filtering, Applying patterns and combining two images.

Avast - Free Antivirus

AVAST - FREE ANTIVIRUS

Avast is the only antivirus that provides real time automatic updates, 8 shields on free version and the best part it consume very less RAM and so it is best from every antiviruses.

JOHN'S BACKGROUND SWITCHER- UTILITY TOOL

It is one of the most interesting apps of my list. I have purchased windows 7 home basic edition. This edition does not allow me to change the theme or background after a fixed period of time. I got annoyed when i see this in my friend's windows of home premium. I searched for this and i found this amazing software.

COMODO FIREWALL

Comodo Firewall is one of the best free firewall programs that you can use.

Easily understood and informative alerts
No complex configuration issues—perfect for amateur users
Lots of configuration options let techies configure things just as they like
DDP-based security keeps you informed and PCs safe
Quickly learns user behavior to deliver personalized protection

BLENDER - 3D ANIMATION SOFTWARE

Blender is a free open source 3D content creation suite. It is good replacement for maya if you want to create some simple animation with 3d creatures. And It is totally FREE..

Trillian - Instant Messeging

TRIILIAN IM

It is the best Free IM for facebook chats, google friend chats and many more im services.Its best part is its visuals. Following are the main features:

RECUVA

Accidentally deleted an important file? Lost something important when your computer crashed? No problem! Recuva recovers files deleted from your Windows computer, Recycle Bin, digital camera card, or MP3 player.