Freeware for Saving, Keeping, and Reading Web Documents

More time you spend online, more activities you transfer from the other methods to purely Internet processing and operations, more you need the utility which will save and organize the information retrieved from Internet to be manipulated as regular files. There is a frequent need to save PDF's or Web pages to be used later (for tickets receipts, orders, books, Manuals, or anything you want to keep) and get them arranged that you will have no problems finding them later. With free small utility you can now save any web documents to the special "Web" folder within the "Documents" folder (or "My Documents" for pre Windows 7).

The WebReader application can be accessed from the football/Soccer icon in the system tray (near the clock on the Task Bar). It basically allows quick and easy access to these saved documents, and you can view, print and browse these files any time later within the application. You can also organize your documents by creating sub-folders in Windows Explorer and navigating them easily within this application.

When using Internet Explorer you can save the current page with shortcut operation - by pressing Ctrl + s, but make sure you save the document in the 'Web' folder. Anytime you want to access this document just use Web-eReader to locate and open it. It is quick and easy; double click the Football Icon and double click on your document.

Developers’ website: http://www.rabitsoft.co.uk/WebReader/Web-eReader.html

Direct Download: http://www.rabitsoft.co.uk/WebReader/WebReader.exe

Free Customizer for Windows Desktop Interface

There are some people who are absolutely satisfied with the default Windows desktop interface, but there are also some users, who are never happy with the Microsoft default Options, no matter what. Among these two groups there is a big group of users, who do not consider the desktop changes as self-centered task, but they just spend so much time on the computer, that they want to make everything as convenient as possible.

Rainmeter (32-bit) is an easy and attractive way to make you desktop as you like – for example, view system performance and a variety of other useful information--e-mail, weather, RSS feeds, and much more--right on the desktop. While starting with Rainmeter is easy, you should ready, however, to spend some time learning the program, if you intend to fully utilize its features.

Rainmeter is a desktop customization platform. Through Rainmeter, you can enhance your Windows computer at home or work with skins: handy, compact applets which float freely on your desktop, much like Windows Sidebar gagdgets, or dashboard widgets for the Mac.

Rainmeter skins provide you with useful information at a glance. It's easy to keep an eye on your system resources, like memory and battery power, or your online data streams, including email, RSS feeds, and weather forecasts. Many skins are even functional: they can record your notes and to-do lists, launch your favorite applications, and send your tweets to Twitter - all in a clean, unobtrusive interface that you can rearrange and customize to your liking.

Every inch of a skin is completely customizable. Rainmeter skins are written in a simple, elegant language that's easy to learn for anyone who's willing to put in the effort. Skins call upon measures, a set of powerful built-in modules that do all the heavy lifting, and create interactive meters to display that information however you decide. In this way, Rainmeter brings productive innovation together with creative artistry like no other platform of its kind.

Website: http://code.google.com/p/rainmeter/

MadAppLauncher Review

While every Operation System comes with its own built-in Applications Launcher, it is obviously not quite satisfactory to many users, since there are tons of the programs’ launching utilities on the consumer market, and most are free to use. We are going to present a simple application launcher  MadAppLauncher, which is designed based on an interesting concept and equipped with set of attractive features.

It is design to execute group applications, folders, scripts, etc. with ease, using hot keys, assigned to each item. It supports drag and drop and manual editing. There is no need to remember all those hot keys; just activate the application launcher, press one number key to select a tab (group) and another key(letter/symbol) to launch the corresponding application. The software is freeware, under GPLv3 license.

Objectives of MadAppLauncher

• Reduce desktop and task bar clutter by using tab groups
• Reduce the number of mouse clicks/moves and key presses
• Access applications, files, and folders fast so you can focus on what you need to do

Main Features

• Assign 30 programs for each of the 10 tab pages. A total of 300 per configuration.
• Press a key to find a program; 0-9 to activate tabs and the corresponding letter/symbol to launch a program.
• Organize better by assigning a configuration file to a button - effectively creating a cascading set of programs.
• Option to keep the application launcher window on top of all other windows.
• Option to auto-hide the application launcher window when an application, file, or folder is opened.
• Option to always center the application launcher on screen.
• Option to change the hotkey used to activate the application launcher.
• Drag and Drop applications, files, and folders.
• Check for updates on startup.
• Option to change an application's initial window size and location.
• Save multiple sets of applications.
• Run programs as administrator.
• Duplicate applications assigned to buttons.
• Move buttons across tabs.
• Auto activate tabs on mouse over.
• Option to press a key twice before launching.
• Refresh icons for portable applications, files, and folders.
• Auto-save data files.

Developers Website: http://sites.google.com/site/madapplauncher/

Download Page: http://sites.google.com/site/madapplauncher/download/latest_release

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System requirements:

• Microsoft XP/Vista/Windows 7
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Client Profile (web-installer included)

Anti-Frustration Software Soluto

When you buy a new computer, it loads fast, but little-by-little the boot-up process slows down, and eventually you find it painfully sluggish. With freeware Soluto utility, you can get a full understanding on what is going on during the computer start-up and how can you optimize your Operating System boot-up. The software counts down for you how long startup is taking and gives you a beautiful graphical interface for turning off extra programs you don't need to load at first, or at last delay them so your startup goes a little faster.

The Soluto patent-pending low level driver technology detects when the user actually gets frustrated by his/her computer performance, and tells exactly of which application is causing the unnecessary delays.

The system requirements are:

1. Windows XP (service pack 2 and above)/Vista/7 (32bit & 64bit).
2.  512MB of RAM and above.

3  Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (Soluto will install if not present).

Developer’s website: http://www.soluto.com/