Windows only: Twingly Screensaver is a cool new app/screensaver that lets you visualize blog posts in real time all over the globe.
From the site:
“Twingly screensaver is visualizing the global blog activity in real time. Forget RSS readers where you see only what you’re interested in. With Twingly screensaver you get a 24/7 stream of all (viewer discretion advised) blog activity, straight to your screen.
To use the screensaver you need a PC with Windows and a graphics card supporting OpenGL. Enable Asian language support in Windows, there’s lot of that stuff in the blogosphere.”
Preview:
To show your blog posts to Twingly add ‘http://rpc.twingly.com/’ to your ping services in your blog settings. For Wordpress go to Settings -> Writing -> Update Services.
Defraggler allows you to defrag single files as well as the whole drive. Defraggler is also portable allowing you to store it on your USB drive. Defraggler runs on Windows 2000, XP, 2003, and Vista including 64 bit support.
360desktop just launched the public beta in conjunction with the 4th of July. If you haven’t heard about 360desktop, here is a quick overview from the site:
360desktop is a free and safe software download, that transforms your standard Windows® desktop into a 360-degree panoramic workspace, giving you many times more desktop space.
Quick video demo:
30desktop runs on Windows XP and Vista. Download the public beta from the 360desktop site. Don’t forget to let us know what you think.
I am currently giving it a spin and I can tell you this much - it don’t do doodoo next to compiz-fusion on Linux.
Windows Steady State runs on XP and Vista and provides a way to “freeze” your system among other things. You can choose an option to run your system in a cached mode and any changes are discarded upon reboot.
SteadyState also provides options for updates and computer restrictions.
Seems like it would be perfect for experimenting with spyware and viruses. Also turn this on if you have any kids - no more worries about them wiping out your music collection.
Don’t you miss the old Windows defragmentation utility that displayed all the nice visuals while you waited for your hard drive to be optimized? I do.
UltimateDefrag not only displays nice visuals while defragging your hard drive, it also has many other options such as placing regularly accessed files on faster areas of your hard drive - and this can be done automatically for you.
UltimateDefrag is freeware for Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista.
Windows only, portable email client Koma-Mail makes it easy to store all of your emails within your USB drive. Accounts can be encrypted and features built in spam filtering. Koma-Mail supports SSL, POP3, IMAP, SMTP, RSS, and WebDAV. This app has more outstanding features including automatic zipping of attachments, color categorizing, and more.
Foundstone, a division of McAfee, offers over 50 unique network security tools for free. These are not new by any means, but hopefully you can get some use of them.
Enjoy these and as stated on the site, some antivirus programs may throw a red flag, but don’t be alarmed. Be sure to check out the videos explaining the Hacme applications.
NOTE: It seems the foundstone.com site is no longer being updated. You can keep tabs on the developers of these applications at the McAfee Avert Labs blog.
What free tools do you use for penetration testing and network security?
Freeware WinContig approaches defragmentation on a per file basis instead of a ‘whole drive’. It is possible to select individual files, or a whole drive for defragmentation.
From Help -> About:
WinContig consolidates fragmented files so that each occupies a single, contiguous space on the volume.
As a result your system can access files more efficiently.
WinContig is also portable and requires no special DLL files, so just throw it on your USB drive and go.
If you are daring, fs-driver.org offers freeware to access Linux Ext2 file systems through Windows with read/write access on Windows NT, 2000, and 2003.
Internet Video Converter provides an all-in-one solution to convert between popular video formats. It is available in installable and portable versions. Everything you need to convert videos, including codecs, are provided within the application.
Downloading and converting .flv files from a slew of video sites is possible directly from the application.
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