Portable Freeware Flash Files Converter

FLV files are commonly used in the Internet by YouTube, Google Video and other video services as regular streaming formats. These files formats are not supported by Windows Media Player and some other popular media players. In order to review downloaded videos on your computer you need to convert that file into more common format, such as AVI or MPG.


Pazera Free FLV to AVI Converter is an absolutely free application that converts Flash Video files (FLV, SWF) into AVI or MPG (MPEG-1, MPEG-2).

The utility can be useful for both newbies and experienced users. The program has a number of predefined settings (profiles), that could be used “as is” with no settings changes, specially designed for novice users. While more advanced users can enjoy software advanced capabilities, customizing video and audio encoding parameters: audio and video codec, audio and video bitrate, fps, sampling frequency, resolution, volume and other.

The software is 100% freeware for private and for commercial use with no limitations, watermarks, adware, spyware etc.

One more nice thing is that this application is distributed within a ZIP file and does not require installation. To use it, just extract archive and run flvtoavi.exe file. This program doesn't use system registry and can be run from portable devices. All settings are written to INI file.

Program website: http://www.pazera-software.com/products/flv-to-avi-converter/

Direct Downloading Link: http://www.ziddu.com/download/2517728/Pazera_Free_FLV_to_AVI_Converter.zip.html

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Professional Logo Design for Free

The free logo design tool is extremely powerful at designing business grade logos and outputs file formats that can be used in web design for your professional web pages and blogs, print design (posters, flyers, and business cards) and office applications (letterheads, memos, faxes, invoices, etc.). There is limited number of tools on the internet that does this for free. Even the paid for alternatives do not have the same power and flexibility of Logo Ease. Using just one of the hundreds of cool and sophisticated images available can create an infinite number of logo design layouts.

Direct link for downloading: http://www.ziddu.com/download/2490126/logoease.zip.html.

If you do not want to install the software on your PC, you have an option to use straight online interface without any downloading, if you use the free online tool offering: http://www.logoease.com/

For those, who want to investigate more opportunities for the free online logo generation, I have created rating list featuring 9 different online tools with brief description, rating, and access links:

http://www.rateitall.com/t-27171-online-logo-makers-free-services.aspx

1400 Free Channels on your Desktop

JLCґs Internet TV is a free program for watching and browsing thousands of TV channels available online. There are about 1400 channels available at the moment, and users are able to submit, rate and flag channels. As an extra feature presented in the utility, users can also subscribe to adult content for only 11$ a year and get 50+ adult channels. A good thing in the software is the new flagging system, since you can easily see which channels work the best.

Features:
* User maintained online database with thousands of channels.
* Adult content for subscribers (50+ channels) for extra fee.
* Rating and flagging system.
* Your own personal favorite list.
* Search function to easily find any channel.
* Program-updates are automatically downloaded.
* Absolutely NO spyware/adware or malware included!

Improvements in version 1.1.0:
* Option to use VLC’s ActiveX plugin to play all streams.
* Option to open NSV streams in Winamp.
* The ability to view and test submitted updates for a channel and help reviewing them.
* Open menu for the selected channel with the Application key.

Developer Website: http://jlc-software.com/index.php?page=internet_tv.html

Direct downloading link: http://www.ziddu.com/download/2463460/Internet_TV_Setup.exe.html

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Create an Attention Pulling Cover Letter

Job Market is tough; waves of layoffs are striking the industry. Everything can happen, no matter how good you are on your working place, no matter how much efforts and knowledge you put to succeed in this role. Big companies are lightening their human resources to survive in the times of recession, and small companies are simply ceasing to exist.

Layoff

In this job market, you should be highly competitive to grab a job as fast as possible. But that does not mean that if you are good, it is enough to succeed. You have to show that you are good, often to the unprofessional screening consultants in the recruiting agencies, which cannot even evaluate all the features of your talent and expertise. But, your resume will go to the trash basket anyway, if you will not be able to grab immediate attention.

Make whatever it gets to show of and get to the interview stage with hiring manager, and there you will be able to explain all your strong points, and why you are the best for this position. Employees with weak unprofessional resumes and cover letters might loose the battle before it starts.

The following freeware - Cover Letter Creator - will help you making an attention pulling document by simply following the step by step instructions. The procedure consists of seven steps which one has to follow from the beginning until the end. Each step includes an example in such a way that the user can easily follow the meaning and logic of the instructions. At the end one can generate the Cover Letter. A TXT-file will be created which one can save into a folder on PC or laptop.

Links are also provided (to do some research work) and to obtain information that can be used to make the Cover Letter more appealing and attracting. After the generation of the Cover Letter, further tips and tricks are mentioned in order to enhance the probability of a response for a personal interview. The Cover Letter is focused upon vacancies. The Cover Letter is made by Rogel Dias, a Senior Outplacement Consultant who has years of experience in Cover Letters and of course also in Resumes.

Video Presentation for the Utility:

Direct downloading link: http://www.ziddu.com/download/2446010/clc.zip.html

Develop Web Site: http://users.telenet.be/center-fundraising/coverlettercreator.html

The software is portable and does not require installation on your Hard Drive.

RarmaRadio - listen and record Worldwide Radio Stations

RarmaRadio allows you to listen to and record radio stations from around the world. While listening to your favorite radio station you can record it anytime you want. Browse through the radio stations or just select a random station and enjoy Internet radio!

You have total control over your radio stations allowing you to add or delete a station anytime you want. Need to play a station from another application then just enable global hotkeys and control it anytime.

Online Radio Freeware

Program is completely portable and does not require installation. When you run it for the first time, it will create application folder in the same directory, and will write all the settings there.

Key Features

• Listen to and record multiple stations simultaneously
• Create a schedule for automatic recording
• Show cover art and lyrics for each song
• Save tag information to music files
• Ability to add more stations
• Add or update stations in the online database
• Store your favorites online
• Play random station
• Last.fm support
• TV support
• Multi Language support
  

Direct Downloading Link:

http://www.ziddu.com/download/2429743/RaimaRadioPro2.16.2Portable.zip.html


Note: When I run it for the first time, some of the menu labels were missing. Fix that easily, choosing again the preferable language from the service menu View >> Languages.

Watermark you Images to Fight Online Piracy

If you place your own carefully designed images online, and if you do not want to share with other bloggers, who can easily borrow them for their own needs (in most cases, you even do not get credit for them), or if you do want them to be borrowed, but with unremovable mark on them, promoting your blog or web site, the best way is using the watermark utility on the pictures before placing them online.

Freeware portable utility Fast Watermark is exactly what you might need for thi simple conversion of the regular image in the image branded with your own watermark graphics or text, barely visible not to spoil the impression from the picture exposed.

Main Functions:
 - creation of watermarks;
- rotate watermarks for photos;
- creation of thumbnails;
- moves watermarks on image by mouse;
- supports transparency of watermarks;
- make watermarks more detailed for better protection;
- supports JPG, BMP, PNG, PDF for watermarks;
- pack your pictures into the PDF format for better protection

Direct downloading link:
http ://www.ziddu.com/download/2299689/fast-watermark.zip.html

Fast Watermark Utility carries rating 4 of 5 on the Free Anti-Plagiatrism Tools on RateItAll. You can check the link for more anti-piracy free tools for your site or blog.

Compress Photos on the Fly!

There are not many people left, who do not use digital images for storing and sharing with friends. It is so convenient and easy to do. However, the default settings on the modern digital cameras create big image files for the better resolution. It is good, as your pic quality is high. However, when you need to share the image through web interface, mobile communication, email, or messenger, your submission size is a problem. It might also create an issue to your recipient, if, for example, huge attachment, consisting from your pictures, is clogging the email account with limited reception capabilities.


Now, finally, you can attach dozens of photos to emails without any problems without making any resizing or cropping. You can upload to your blog or website in seconds, and share with your friends instantly! The magic free resizing tool, Shrink Pic, automatically detects when you send photos by email, Instant Messenger or web browser and compresses them for you. There’s no need to make duplicates and resize - it all happens instantly, when you send photos.

Shrink Pic runs in the background. It has a taskbar icon which tells you it’s waiting for photos to be sent.

Then, when it detects that you’re sending a large photo, it automatically creates a temporary copy, resizes it and sends it instead. It gives you a notice message, so you’ll know the photo you sent was resized. Of course, the original photo doesn’t change, only the temporary copy.

You can control how Shrink Pic resizes your photos. Select between three automatic resize levels or enter your own custom sizes. Shrink Pic also recognizes rotated photos (portrait layout) and resizes them intelligently, so you don’t need to worry about that too.

The software is free, small, portable, and fast. We can be better than that! Yes, Shrink Pic now fully supports portable mode. This means, it can run without being installed. It can copy itself to any USB memory, including your digital camera or a memory stick.

Developers Website: http://www.onthegosoft.com/shrink_pic.htm

Direct Downloading Link: http://www.ziddu.com/download/2375145/shrink_pic16.exe.html

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Automatic Images Compressor

Remote desktop access with CrossLoop

CrossLoop simplifies the process of securely working with friends located in different physical locations and across different network environments. CrossLoop enables you to see the screen and control the mouse and keyboard on a remote computer. It is as if you are working side by side at the same PC.

You can get up and running with CrossLoop in under 2 minutes. Simply download and install the application and it will automatically configure itself to your network environment.

After installation, your PC will be assigned a 12-digit access code each time you start the program. You then give that number to another user to virtually share your desktop. Once connected, that user will have full access to your machine.

As a technical support specialist you will find many useful features in CrossLoop, including file transfer support, and switch control feature. Crossloop Marketpace adds creation of a free CrossLoop accounts to create a dynamic public profile page, reserve your custom CrossLoop URL, view your session history, as well as widgets to promote yourself as a tech support specialist.

Developers Website: http://www.crossloop.com/

Direct Downloading link: http://www.ziddu.com/download/2344387/crossloopsetup.exe.html

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CrossLoop means remote PC control

Xenon Portable Freeware File Manager

Xenon File Manager is an open source file manager written in AutoIt. It is packaged as a portable application so you can open files easily wherever you go. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind.

Main Features:

• Portable File Associations
• Tabbed browsing
• Bookmarks
• Folder view for an overview of the file system.
• Folder size monitoring.
• Multi-language interface available (6 languages included in the package: English, German, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Japanese, Polish, Italian, and Russian).
• Two great looking themes plus additional downloadable themes.

Developer Website: http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/xenon_portable
Direct downloading link: http://www.ziddu.com/download/2316669/XenonPortable.zip.html
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Xenon is rated 4 of 5 on the rating list of the 44 freeware file managers at RateItAll.

Birthday Reminder to make your life easier

The most effective way to remember your wife’s birthday is to forget it once. In some cases, very simple software utilities can improve significantly daily life, reduce amount of stress and tension. For example, free portable application Birthday Reminder will do exactly, what you can imagine according to its clear title.

Birthday reminder will alert you to birthdays you need to remember, in advance of those dates. The reminder box looks like this:

The software is easy to configure. Clicking the Options button allows you to manage the birthdays, choose how far in advance you want to be reminded for each, which icon you’d like to use for that person, and set other options. You can sort the data by each of the columns below.

You’ll ask is that is all software can do for you? Yes, it is. Definitely, this feature can be setup as part of the regular reminder program, or part of the email program (Outlook, for example) operations. But, do we really need to mix all our appointments and dates to remember at the same location? I prefer to keep birthdays separate. Especially, since the software is very small, fast, does not need to be installed, and can be easily carried on USB drive.

Developers Web Site: http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/bday/index.html

Direct link for downloading: http://www.ziddu.com/download/2299447/BirthdayReminderPortable.exe.html