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15 Freeware That Every Computer Geek Should Know About

Here are 15 latest and useful freeware that every computer geek should know about.

Here are 15 latest and useful freeware that every computer geek should know about. All these software can be downloaded from Softpedia.

Launchy 2.0

Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders and bookmarks. If you download Launchy, you can simply forget about start menu, the icons on your desktop and file manager.

Download it from here.

TurnOff

TurnOff enables you turnoff your computer at a specific time. With it, you can set your computer to either hibernation mode or standby mode at a specific time.

Download it from here.

TimeRecorder

TimeRecorder enables you remind of anything what you did in one day or one week. With this you can set exact time for everything; as it can alarm periodically there is no chance of forgetting. But you can run it only 45 minutes continuously.

Download it from here.

OneClick Cleaner 1.00.712

OneClick Cleaner is a free disk cleanup tool. It scans and cleans junk files on your computer. It is very simple to use and easy to install or uninstall.

Download it from here.

Kampachi 1

Kampachi allows downloading files easily. With this, you can download a folder of files from any apache server that has options indexes turned on.

Download it from here.

URL Organizer Free 1.4

URL Organizer allows you to store and manage a large collection of URLs (up to 2000). You can add, delete, edit and re-name URLs. It supports three different web browsers. But you need to register to use it which costs nothing.

Download it from here.

RAMBooster 2

RAMBooster monitors usage of RAM and CPU. It helps to run your PC faster and smoother and you won't have to reboot your PC often. It supports RAM up to 9999 MB.

Download it from here.

Strange 0.5

As the name suggests it is really strange. Strange shows a gallery of Clifford Attractors. You can find many sets of coefficients to produce different images. This freeware is licensed under GPL.

Download it from here.

TyphoonPassword 1.0

TyphoonPassword is a free password manager. It supports all browsers and lets you store all of your passwords in one secure program.

Download it from here.

EatCam Webcam Recorder for ICQ 2.0

EatCam Webcam Recorder records webcams to AVI files and helps you to watch whenever you want. With this you can record both audio and video streams (audio from any source like microphone or speakers). This Webcam Recorder enables you replay your favorite moments.

Download it from here.

Veoh Video Downloader 3.11

Veoh Video Downloader helps you to download several files at the same time. With this you can save videos from Veoh to your PC, iPod, Mobile, PSP etc and save them into several formats like .avi, .mpeg, .wmv and .flv files.

Download it from here.

Orca Browser 1.1 Aplha 3

Orca was made by the owners of Avant Browsers. This web browser was designed based upon Firefox 3. Orca supports for about 20 languages and has many excellent features like Ad Blocker, Proxy server, Auto Filling forms, Mouse Gestures etc. It is said to be faster than Firefox and Opera. As it is the latest browser we have to wait for some time to know its efficiency.

Download it from here.

4Neurons Magnifying Glass 1.0

4Neurons Magnifying Glass is a high quality magnifying tool that magnifies advanced image zooming. This tool increases readability by displaying the magnified portions of the screen that are smooth and sharp.

Download it from here.

Umopit Aura 2.6.5.113

Umopit Aura brings nature sounds (birds, wind etc.) closer and you can enjoy a relaxing forest sound collection. Other features include alarm clock and muting time.

Download it from here.

PreWarn 1.6

PreWarn enables you start other programs with a simple click. If you start another program through PreWarn, PreWarn will pop-up a message window with a warning. Then, there are certain buttons with which you have to choose whether the requested programs should be started.

Download it from here.

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Comments (5)
#1 by Darlene McFarlane, Jul 29, 2008

That's quite an impressive list. I had a few similar features put into my computer when it was being built. The others are interesting.
#2 by neelam pandey, Jul 29, 2008
wow!!! a really awesome information.
#3 by valli, Jul 30, 2008
Thank you Darlene and Neelam for reading and commenting.
#4 by Anne Lyken-Garner, Jul 31, 2008
A well put together article. Thanks for the great tips
#5 by CHAN LEE PENG, Aug 5, 2008
Great list!Thanks!
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