If you want to upload videos to websites then they must be in a format that can be played easily in a web browser without requiring any additional plugins. Most popular of such video formats are FLV, MP4 and WEBM. You can use the free EasyFLV Web Video Encoder to convert any video into these formats. This free software also has the ability to add a custom text or image logo to your video.
Read moreGuard Your System Settings with WinPatrol
Most of the malware, adware and spyware silently slip into our Windows systems and make changes to system settings without our consent. They make changes in Windows registry to auto-start themselves at Windows startup, make changes in browser settings to redirect us to malware sites and what not. But now you can use free WinPatrol to monitor changes being made to your system. If WinPatrol detects a change, it will popup a window and alert you about it.
Read moreOpen Private and Regular Tabs in the Same Firefox Window
Earlier this month, Firefox made changes so that you can open both types of windows at the same. The private mode window shows a purple colored Firefox button on the top-left. But now you can open the private mode and regular mode side-by-side in different tabs in the same window using the Private Tab extension for Firefox. This makes it very convenient to use the private mode inside Firefox. You do not have to switch from one window to another.
Read moreShow the Country Flag of a Website in Mozilla Firefox
Have you ever wondered about the geographical location of a website? Whether the web site that you are browsing is from Japan, Canada or USA or some other place? Typically, you can find out IP address of website and then do a geo IP location search but that is a tedious process. Thanks to the Flagfox add-on for Firefox, now you can view the flag of the country where a web site is hosted right inside the location bar in the Firefox browser.
Read morePWGen : Generate Secure Passwords in Seconds
The number one reason for compromised e-mail accounts is using weak passwords. These weak passwords are easily guessed or hacked using simple dictionary attacks. While many security experts give guidelines to create strong and secure passwords, nobody can remember those all points. One thing you can do is to use a tool to generate strong passwords. PWGen is such an open-source tool which can be used to generate multiple passwords or passphrases.
Read moreSynei Startup Manager : Remove Unnecessary Startup Items
When you start Windows, many programs are automatically loaded along with it. Some of these programs are not required for Windows to work properly and only make Windows slower to start. You can remove these unnecessary startup items using the free Synei Startup Manager. This freeware program can automatically scan the startup items and show you which of them are not needed or which of them should be disabled.
Read moreClean Junk from Windows with Synei Disk Cleaner
Just like your car, Windows also requires cleaning and oiling from time to time. After some time of use, Windows gathers all kinds of junks files and registry entries. You can hose it down and clean Windows using the free Synei Disk Cleaner. It is a small but powerful tool for Windows that can clean junk files from Windows, your web browsers and more than a thousand third party applications like VLC Media Player, Microsoft Office etc.
Read moreReduce the PDF File Size with Orpalis PDF Reducer
PDF Reducer is a free and fast software that allows you to reduce the PDF file sizes. It can achieve the compression through a multitude of optimizations and compression levels. It can re-compress the embedded images in such a way as to reduce their size without affecting the quality that much. For my files, it could compress them to around 90% of the original file size.
Read moreSticky Password : Autofill Passwords in All Websites
All web browsers come with a password manager to store the login information for various sites and then autofill it when you re-visit that site. If you use multiple browsers, then it becomes very inconvenient, as some of the logins are stored in one browser and some in others. Sticky Password solves this problem by storing all the passwords at the same place and then sharing them with all the web browsers. Sticky Password supports all the popular applications, web browsers and email clients.
Read moreScan Files For Malware With Multiple Antivirus Engines
Although many of the antivirus companies are kind enough to provide us with the free online virus scanner tools, yet many other antivirus vendors do not provide such a tool. Fortunately, there are three free online services which let you scan a file for malware using all the antivirus engines. These three services are Jottis Malware Scan, VirScan and VirusTotal. All of these three services are free and provide the same basic tool to upload a file to scan it for malware.
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