Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Software news and reviews

Everyone has a pick of their own personal best Software and apps they use to perform various everyday
tasks.

Today im going to be giving u my lowdown and tell u about some of the software i use, i just can go without.
Let me start of by listing the Internet Browsers I use.

Web Browsers

Google Chrome, Mozilla FireFox, Internet Explorer (Kinda obligated, Hehe part of Windows, but rarely use it), Opera, and Safari

I mostly use Chrome now, and must say good job Google, very fast browser and the Incognito mode which adds the function of not leaving any tracks when browsing is very neat.

Only things I dont' like about Google's new Browser is the amount of resources it uses (quite memory intensive ) and also the lack of add-ons, as compared to that of Firefox.

But there are a couple of add-ons available and read on the Net that more might becoming out soon, bringing it on par with Firefox. Firefox still my favorite, but using Chrome the most at the moment.

There are ways of loading custom scripts into Chrome.




Antivirus & Anti Spy ware.

Heck everyone that uses the Internet of have used it before, and owns a PC has become a victim of a virus, or Spy ware.

The tools i use to keep me safe (or at least try) and protect me and get rid of the nasty's are as
follows.

AVG Antivirus
Nod32 Antivirus
Eset Smart Security
Anti Malware (Malwarebytes)
Super Antispyware
Spybot Search and Destroy
Spyware Doctor.
Commodo Firewall

I don't know which Anti virus are truly the best, but I personally use Nod32. And together with a good Firewall like Commodo or Eset Smart Security, you are pretty safe. Takes some time to setup and configure but after it's all done. It really helps keeps those, nasty Trojans, Worms, Virus etc. out.

I also use Antimalware (Malwarebytes) for detecting and removing spyware. Its a very good app. and is also free, and almost gets updated daily.

A good all round protection for your PC can be:

AVG Antivirus Free
Antimalware (Malware Bytes )
Commodo Firewall



All are free and offer very good protection online.

Media Players.

Windows Media Player 10
Windows Media PLayer Classic
VLC PLayer
KM PLayer
GOM PLayer
Klite Codec Packs
Winamp



What can I say I like my Media Players. For codecs I mostly use K-Lite Codec Packs. Provides all needed Codecs for most formats. And as far as players are concerned mostly use Windows Media Player and Media Player Classic.

For everything else that doesn’t play through those, I use VLC Player. But GOM and KM Player are also very good alternatives,

Furthermore for music I use Winamp and to label and Tag Mp3's Mp3 Tag or Tag and Rename.

Imageing Software

Picasa 3
Infranview
ACDSEE 9.0



Iso Software

Alchohol 120%
Magic ISO.
Daemon Tools Lite and Pro
Iso Buster.




CD Burning.




Nero 6.6
CDBurner XP

Defragging

Defraggler
Diskeeper
Paragon Defragger.

Messengers,IM's and notifiers

Skype 4.0
Google Talk
MIRC
Bandwidth Monitor Pro
Gmail Notifier



Compression Tools

WinRar
7 Zip
Winzip



PDF



Adobe Reader 9.0 (Is there any other ???)
PDF 995 (PDF Creator)

Copy Handlers

Super Copier
Love this piece of Software replaces your default Windows copier with Super Copier Interface, very much the same as Total Copy. And with the added option of enqueing files.

Windows tools

Agent Ransack (Alternate Search tool)
Beyond Compare (Compare Directories)
Duplicate Searchers.
Task info (Bit of a improvement on default Windows Task Manager)
HD Tune (Keeps eye on your Hard Drives)
Total Commander

Episode Renamers
TV Rename
Episode Rename

Well that is my most used and pick of the best software. Please feel free to make suggestions and comments



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