Five Free Tools for Multi-Monitor Computer Set-Ups

We’d like to share several freeware and open source tools available for download to help you harness the power of multi-display set ups and get you up and running quickly. We hope that you might find the perfect application for you!

Link:
http://sixrevisions.com/tools/...

Another free audio converter

The Free MP3 WMA Converter from Koyote is capable of converting your entire audio library from one format to another.

Supported Formats:

• Input formats: MP3, WAV, WMA, Ogg, AAC, APE, Flac, M4A, AC3
• Output formats: MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC, APE, FLAC

Link:
http://cybernetnews.com/...

Windows Debugger, Disassembler, Code Analyzers

The three PEBrowse programs share large amounts of code, but perform distinct activities. PEBrowse Professional, the static analyzer and eldest, allows you to examine any Windows Portable Executable file (including system drivers) offline and not in the middle of some debugging session. That domain is reserved for the PEBrowse Professional Interactive debugger, which contains most (but not all) of features found in the PeBrowse Professional disassembler but brings powerful additions to the analysis and debugging of an active program. The latest addition to the PEBrowse family, PEBrowse Crash-Dump Analyzer, in many ways acts and feels like the debugger, but instead of a live target examines information collected in a mini-dump or crash-dump file from a dead process.

Link:
http://www.smidgeonsoft.prohosting.com/software.html

Test your website in IE6, 7 and 8 with SuperPreview

Expression Web SuperPreview for Internet Explorer shows your web pages rendered in Internet Explorer 6 and either Internet Explorer 7 or Internet Explorer 8, depending on which version you have installed on your machine. You can view the pages side by side or as an onion-skin overlay and use rulers, guides and zoom/pan tools to precisely identify differences in layout. You can even compare your page comp to how the targeted browsers render the page.

This is a free tool that every web designer should have.

Link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...

Veign Giveaway: 1 free license of Expression Web 3

Give away is now closed - the winner has been selected (Jeff)

Whether you're an expert or just getting started, building standards-based Web sites is faster and easier with Microsoft® Expression® Web 3. Expression Web contains flexible support for a wide range of essential technologies: PHP, HTML/XHTML, XML/XSLT, CSS, JavaScript, ASP.NET and ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight, Flash, Photoshop files, and video/audio for webcasting.

This is a great opportunity to get a free license for an up-coming-player in the web design application market. EW is hot the heals of Dreamweaver and is already converting many users. I have been using and testing EW since the first releases and each one moves it closer to a serious player in the web design game - still needs better support for PHP for my liking but I'm sure that's coming.

Just download the trial to check it out.

To enter leave a comment that either contains your email address or a link to your profile which contains your email address and say something that lets me know you want it. Thats it. Winner will be choosen at random in 24 hours.

Link to Expression Web:
http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/Web_Overview.aspx

Give away is now closed - the winner has been selected (Jeff)

(disclosure: Microsoft has not requested or asked me to do this. I contacted them to see if I could give a license away)

CSS 3 Reference Guide

Veign releases a CSS3 reference guide. The CSS3 reference guide is meant to compliment the HTML5 reference guide that I just released. This gives you a quick and handy reference on the standards that will be the foundation for all websites.

Enjoy!

Link:
http://www.veign.com/reference/css3-guide.php

Easy online image cropping application at Quick Thumbnail

I recently expanded the functionality of Quick Thumbnail to include a Quick Image Cropping tool. This tool lets you crop an image by uploading a file or by entering a URL to the image file. Once uploaded, Quick Cropping allows you to select the cropped area and each time you press the Crop button a new output is generated. No need to reload the image, simply adjust the selection area and press crop again.

Active Cropping Window:

Cropped Results:

Link:
http://quickthumbnail.com/crop/

MakeItOne combines multiple MP3's into one

MakeItOne is a great little utility for combining multiple MP3's into a single MP3. I did this recently for a comedy CD I had that was in separate tracks. Used MakeItOne to combine into a single Mp3 and in few minutes it was done. This is a nice little tool to have in your Audio application tool list.

MakeItOne:
http://www.makeitone.net/

Free Dr. Pepper this Sunday

A voucher for the free drink will be made available on drpepper.com for 24 hours this Sunday at 12.01am. Those who print the coupon will have until February 28, 2009 to redeem it.

Thanx to Guns n Roses for this.

Link:
http://www.drpepper.com/

Send a Free Fax with FaxZero

FaxZero lets you send a fax to any fax machine in the United States (including Puerto Rico) or Canada for free. You don't need a fax machine yourself, but you do need a valid e-mail address. The service is supported by advertising on the web site and on the cover pages of the free faxes you send.

For those times when you need to send a quick fax and don't mind an ad being sent on the fax you are sending.

Link:
http://faxzero.com

Free websites and hosting without ads or banners

The Quick & Easy Website Builder that Requires NO Technical Skills.

• 100% FREE - No Hidden Fees
• No Ads, No Banners - It's Your Website!
• Customize Your Website Template - Make Your Site Unique
• Free Subdomain or Free Hosting for Your Custom Domain
  
• No Download - It Works In Your Browser

Link:
http://www.synthasite.com/

Get a free copy of Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite with MSDN Premium

DonationCoder and Veign have teamed up to give away a free copy of Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite with MSDN Premium. What we decided is to hold a 1 month contest where someone enters by simply submitting a new application built with one of the free versions of Microsoft Visual Studio Express. A great opportunity for any developer.

Oh, the subscription is valued at over $10,000. How does that sound?

This is no-joke and there are no catches.

Read all about it at DonationCoder:
http://www.donationcoder.com/Forums/...

Professional Legal Documents for Free

Over 300 free professional legal documents and forms available to download as Microsoft Word documents (.doc) ready for you to print.

This is great!

Link:
http://www.prolegaldocs.com/

Portable Apps

Now you can carry your favorite computer programs along with all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. Use them on any Windows computer. All without leaving any personal data behind.

This is basically a collection of free software that all runs from a USB drive (Flash drive) so you can take it with you when you're on the go. See below for a list of software.

• Firefox Accessibility Extension - Make Firefox more accessible
• On-Screen Keyboard Portable - Easily access an on-screen keyboard
• Virtual Magnifying Glass Portable - A full-featured screen magnifier
• Notepad++ Portable - A full-featured text editor with syntax highlighting
• Nvu Portable & KompoZer Portable - The easy-to-use Nvu web editor
• XAMPP - Apache, mySQL, PHP, phpMyAdmin, etc in one package
• Mines-Perfect Portable - a classic hunt-for-mines game with advanced features
• PokerTH Portable - classic Texas Hold Em style poker at its best
• Sudoku Portable - the wildly popular and addictive puzzle game
• GIMP Portable - Photo and Image Editor
• FileZilla Portable - the full-featured FTP client
• FireFTP Extension (for Firefox) - a lightweight extension
• Gaim Portable - chat with AOL, MSN and Yahoo users in an easy-to-use interface
• Miranda IM Portable - chat with AOL, MSN and Yahoo users in a customizable interface
• Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition - the award-winning web browser that's safe and secure
• Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition - the handy email client
• Nvu Portable & KompoZer Portable - the easy-to-use webpage editor
• PuTTY Portable - lightweight telnet and SSH client
• Sage Extension (for Firefox) - A full-featured RSS extension
• Audacity Portable - A simple audio editor and recorder
• MPlayer Portable - Full-featured movie player with support for most video formats
• VirtualDub Portable - video processing and capture utility
• VLC Media Player Portable - An easy to use media player that plays most audio and video formats
• AbiWord Portable - a lightweight word processor compatible with Microsoft Word files
• Lightning Extension (for Thunderbird) - A lightweight extension for your calendar and tasks
• Mozilla Sunbird, Portable Edition - Calendar and task management with a familiar interface
• Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition (Address Book) - Email client's built-in address book with import/export functions
• OpenOffice.org Portable - word processor, spreadsheet, presentations with Microsoft compatibility
• Sumatra PDF Portable - a lightweight PDF viewer
• Mac-on-Stick - Run Mac OS Classic 7 portably
• 7-Zip Portable - File archiver and compressor
• ClamWin Portable - Antivirus on the go
• Command Prompt Portable - Simple link to a customizable command prompt
• Eraser Portable - securely delete files and data
• KeePass Password Safe Portable - Secure, easy-to-use password manager
• PortableApps.com Backup - integrated backup utility bundled with the platform
• PortableApps.com Menu - integrated start menu bundled with the platform
• Toucan - backup, sync and encrypt for advanced users
• winMd5Sum Portable - check md5 sums to verify files on the go

The way I look at is, why not. I have a lot of extra space on a USB drive I carry around so why no load it with some software.

Don't forget to support them with a donation (even $1 USD helps them).

Link:
http://portableapps.com/