Wednesday, December 31, 2008

PC Auto Shutdown v3.8: Turn off your PC Automatically and Safely

PC Auto Shutdown is a handy software that help you automatically shutdown, power off, reboot, hibernate, standby or log off computers at schedule time you specifies. It can safely shut down computers at schedule time when no user is logged on or when computers are in suspended power conservation (standby) mode. It gives you different ways to schedule the shutdown event for your needs, such as daily, weekly and only once. During the shutdown, it can clean up Recycle Bin, temporary files, Internet Explorer cache, IE cookies, IE history, IE auto- complete entries and recent document list to improve system performance and protect your privacy.

All features of PC Auto Shutdown:

  • Shut down, power off, reboot, hibernate, suspend or log off computers at schedule time.
  • Shut down computers at schedule time when no user logs on.
  • Shut down computers at schedule time when computers are in suspended power conservation mode.
  • You can easily set up hotkeys to shut down your computer instantly.
  • Different schedules to meet your needs.
  • Set password to avoid others changing your schedule configuration.
  • Customize alarm sound and countdown duration during shutdown.
  • Clean up IE cookies, history ,temporary files and recycle bin to protect your privacy.
  • Log each shutdown events.

Optional Menu features

  • In general tab page, you can configure the countdown duration time before a shutdown event is activated and other settings.
  • In hotkeys tab page, you can configure a combination of keyboard strokes as hotkeys to shutdown, power down, reboot, hibernate, suspend or log off your computer instantly.
  • In timer tab page, you can easily configure timers to automatically shutdown, power down, reboot, hibernate, suspend or log off your computer.
  • In sound tab page, you can configure sound alarm to play while the shutdown event happens.
  • In cleanup tab page, you can choose to clean up recycle bin, temporary files, IE cache, IE cookies, IE history, IE auto- complete entries and recent document list to improve system performance and protect your privacy.
  • In password tab page, you can safely set up a password to protect all your settings.
  • In Log tab page, you can choose to log shutdown events for tracking purpose.
  • In About tab page, you can enter the registration code and unlock the trial version.

What's New in PC Auto Shutdown Version 3.8?

  • Fix a bug of activating computers from hibernation
  • Make some changes in interface
  • Some minor tweaks

PC Auto Shutdown Version 3.8 Downloads

PC Auto Shutdown V3.8 Size: 840 KB Release Date: April 6th, 2008

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

7-Zip 4.62: High Compression Ratio Archiver




7-Zip
is a file archiver software with a high compression ratio. 7-Zip works in Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista. So, you can use 7-Zip on any computer, laptop, tablet PC and, including ultra mobile PC (UMPC). You don't need to register or pay for 7-Zip, because it's freeware.

The main features of 7-Zip

  • High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
  • Supported formats:
    • Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
    • Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z.
  • For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
  • Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
  • Self-extracting capability for 7z format
  • Integration with Windows Shell
  • Powerful File Manager
  • Powerful command line version
  • Plugin for FAR Manager
  • Localizations for 74 languages
7-Zip

Compression ratio

We compared 7-Zip with some of the leading archivers.

FILE SETS: Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 for Windows and Google Earth 3.0.0616 for Windows after full installation.

Archiver Mozilla Firefox Google Earth
161 files
15,684,168 bytes
115 files
23,530,652 bytes
Compressed size Ratio Compressed size Ratio
7-Zip 4.23 (7z format) 4621135 100% 6109183 100%
WinRAR 3.50 5021556 109% 6824892 112%
CABARC 5.1 5131393 111% 7434325 122%
WinZip 10.0 beta (maximum-PPMd) 5277118 114% 8200708 134%
7-Zip 4.23 (zip format) 6222627 135% 8909446 146%
WinZip 10.0 beta (maximum-portable) 6448666 140% 9153898 150%

Compression ratio results are very dependent upon the data used for the tests. Usually, 7-Zip compresses to 7z format 30-70% better than to zip format. And 7-Zip compresses to zip format 2-10% better than most of other zip compatible programs.

Download 7-Zip 4.62 (2008-12-02) for Windows:

Link Type Windows Size
Download .exe 32-bit 912 KB
Download .msi x64 1186 KB

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Winamp ver.5.541: Download Media Player Now


Winamp is a ultimate media player. It's a popular free MP3 audio player owned by Nullsoft. It has many features, such as skins, plugins, etc.

Features
Pro Bundle Full Lite
New! Now Playing: Discover Artist Songs, Videos, Radio and Photos



New! AOL Radio Powered by CBS Radio



New! Expanded Flash video support



New! Media Monitor: Playing music on the web just got even better



New! Language packs available in Chinese, Japanese and Korean



New! Updated Winamp toolbar - control Winamp from your browser



A Redesigned Unified Interface, including Album Art



Remote Music and Video Playback and Sharing



Dynamic Song Recommendations Playlist Feature



Multi-channel MP3 Surround Support



Mass Auto-Tagger Provides Latest Music Metadata



Integrated Web Search for Artist and Track Information



Album Art Support for Portable Devices



Updated Podcast Directory and Download Manager



Fully Integrated Web browser and customizable links



New Visualizer Plug-in - Milkdrop 2



Pro! Rips CDs to MP3



Pro! Rips CDs to aacPlus, AAC, WMA Unlimited! 8x 8x
Pro! Rip to HE-AAC Over 128k! Up to 128k Up to 128k
Pro! Burn CDs Up to 48x! 2x 2x
Portable Device Sync support



Expanded Podcast Directory



Smart views with new pre-sets for dynamic playlists



Plays an insane amount of audio and video types: see them all!



Compatible with Winamp 2 Plug-ins



Full Support for Classic Skins



Full Support for Modern Skins



Access over 18,000 SHOUTcast Radio Stations



Enjoy thousands of free songs and videos



Playback the AOL Video catalogue of video content



Listen to AOL Radio stations



Download thousands of Skins and Plug-ins



50 Free MP3 Downloads compliments of eMusic



Listen to Free MP3 of 'Charlotte' by Booka Shade

What's New in Winamp 5.541?

  • Now Playing: Discover Artist Songs, Videos, Radio and Photos
  • AOL Radio Powered by CBS Radio
  • Expanded Flash video support
  • Media Monitor: Playing the music web just got even better
  • Language packs available in Chinese, Japanese and Korean

Winamp International Downloads

The following are translated versions of Winamp by language.

English Full Bundle Lite Pro
Simplified Chinese Full Bundle Lite Pro
Traditional Chinese Full Bundle Lite Pro
Deutsch Full Bundle Lite Pro
Español Full Bundle Lite Pro
Français Full Bundle Lite Pro
Italiano Full Bundle Lite Pro
Japanese Full Bundle Lite Pro
Korean Full Bundle Lite Pro
Nederlands Full Bundle Lite Pro
Polski Full Bundle Lite Pro
Русский Full Bundle Lite Pro
Svenska Full Bundle Lite Pro
Turkish Full Bundle Lite Pro

Get Winamp Pro!

Burn CDs Faster - Up to 48x!
With Unrestricted Audio CD Burning, Winamp Pro enables you to burn your favorite music compilations at your computer's full potential. Once registered, Winamp Pro will allow you to burn your Audio CDs at speeds up to 48x, 9 times the speed of Winamp 5! (Actual speeds may differ, depending on your computer's specifications.)
Rip/Encode Music into aacPlus, AAC, MP3, and WMA!
With Winamp Pro, you can rip all your favorite music CDs into the industry leading MP3 format. When all your songs are encoded in MP3, it provides you the freedom to play them in all MP3 capable hardware and software media players. Your ripping doesn't end with the MP3 format, you'll also have the ability to rip into aacPlus, AAC, MP3, and WMA! Another bonus to Winamp Pro is the ability to rip HE-AAC at >128k bitrate!
Faster, Unlimited Ripping - Up to 48x!
With Unrestricted Audio CD Ripping, Winamp Pro enables you to convert all of your favorite music CDs into digital files at your computer's maximum potential. Once registered, Winamp Pro can rip your CDs at speeds up to 48x, 9 times the speed of Winamp 5! (Actual speeds may differ, depending on your computer's specifications.)

Winrar v3.80: 32-bit Windows version of the RAR archiver




WinRAR is a 32-bit Windows version of the RAR archiver - a powerful tool which allows you to create, manage and control archive files. There are several versions of RAR, for a number of operating environments: Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, DOS, OS/2, MacOS X.

There are two versions of RAR for Windows:

  • Version with graphical user interface - WinRAR.exe;
  • Command line console (text mode) version - Rar.exe.

WinRAR features

  • Complete support of RAR and ZIP 2.0 archives;
  • Highly sophisticated, original compression algorithm;
  • Special algorithms optimized for text, audio, graphics, 32-bit and 64-bit Intel executables compression;
  • Shell interface including drag-and-dropwizard;
  • Command line interface;
  • Non RAR archives (7Z, ACE, ARJ, BZ2, CAB, GZ, ISO, JAR, LZH, TAR, UUE, Z ) management;
  • Solid archiving, which can raise compression ratio by 10% - 50% over more common methods, particularly when packing a large number of small, similar files;
  • Multivolume archives;
  • Creation of self-extracting archives (also multivolume) using the default or optional SFX modules;
  • Recovering physically damaged archives;
  • Recovery volumes allowing to reconstruct missing parts of multivolume archives.
  • Unicode support in file names;
  • Other service functions, such as encryption, archive comments , error logging, etc.

Sunday, December 21, 2008

AutoScreenRecorder 3.0: a Powerful Intelligent Software










Record, edit and show! Get the power of an easy-to-use and award winning screen recorder!

AutoScreenRecorder 3 Pro is a powerful and intelligent screen recorder to save you time and boost productivity. Record anything you see and do on your screen and get it in a video file or Flash movie. AutoScreenRecorder comes with a number of features including a video editor, that you can deliver high quality video files. As well, AutoScreenRecorder 3 offers easy-to-use user interface and flexibility for your recording needs.

With AutoScreenRecorder, can record your online (web cam) sessions, favorite games, software operation steps, training demos, videos and movies. You can easily upload your video to Your Tube and The Flash movie file can be published to the Web in no time.

KEY FEATURES
Easy to use, record exactly what you see and do
Redesigned user interface for easy operation. With an array of recording options, combined with Zoombox and adjustable area, you can take any part of the screen precisely in flexible ways, including any window, object, non-rectangular area and full screen.

Time saving smart feature for recording and video editing
Some exciting new features are bundled in AutoScreenRecorder 3. It supports multi-monitor, auto-stop, scheduled recording on any date and time and recurring recording. It offers a new ScreenZoom feature that you can enlarge your screen at any time. A new video editor is available in 3.0 that you can trim your recorded videos frame by frame, and extract images, sound from them. Also you can re-record your sound to go with your recorded video and re-generate the Flash movie.

High quality
With a redesigned recording module, AutoScreenRecorder 3 records your screen in an accurate framerate and with minimum interference of what you do on your PC, a small footprint. It offers high quality recording with video and sound synchronization. The image quality factor and framerate can be adjusted to ensure maximum flexibility for high quality long recording.

High productivity
It can record mouse pointer with click effects, sound from your speaker or microphone. You can pan the recording region during recording. It also offers annotation recording including AutoText, watermarks, date and time stamps. Recorded video files can be saved to Flash movies and with automatically generated file names. So you don't have to stop each time to enter a file name. It hooks up Windows sound recorder and movie maker in one click.

Affordable
At $49.95 US, AutoScreenRecorder offers high price-performance value compared to other comparable products in the industry.

Feature Details Free Pro
Recording Area
Rectangle area *
*
Adjustable rectangle
*
Object / Window * *
Active Window * *
Fixed area
*
Specific Window
*
Full screen * *
Non-rectangular area
*
Adding to Recorded Video
Sound and voice
*
Mouse pointer with click effects * *
Multiple monitors
*
AutoText (Date/Time stamps, Note)
*
Watermark
*
Double-click support
*
Timed Recording
Delayed recording
*
Auto-stop
*
Scheduled recording
*
Recurring recording
*
Video File Features
Automatic naming, saving to a video file * *
Video image quality options
*
frame rate options
*
Recorded video
AVI video file * *
Generating Flash move file (SWF)
*
Long recording with multiple 2G files
*
Generating Flash movie file
*
Video Editing
Re-record sound
*
Trim video
*
Extract frame images
*
Extract video or sound
*
Re-generate Flash movie

Other Features
ScreenZoom
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System tray * *
Zoombox options
*
One click for sound recorder & movie maker
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Advanced options
*
Developer support
*