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Wavexpress retires TVTonic online video service

Filed under: Internet, Video, Windows, Freeware TVtonic is a Windows application for finding, watching, and downloading online video. The software can be integrated with Windows Media Center, which makes catching episodes of RocketBoom just as easy as recording episodes of The Office. But for financ... (original story)

Give the gift of music, e-books and more

Filed under: Fun, Internet, Text, Web services Wondering what to get your less-than-tech-savvy friends? On a tight budget and can't buy them a PS3 or even a single Blu-ray title? Worry slightly less courtesy this cheapskates' guide to gifting content from the internet. Not everything is budget-frien... (original story)

Automate your drive re-organizing with Download Mover

Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Productivity, Freeware I've been writing about plenty of manual ways to keep your hard drive neat and clean recently. That's a nice start, but what about some automated help along the lines of Auto-Delete?While Download Mover is no longer actively developed, it's sti... (original story)

FileAlyzer shows you detailed info for any Windows file

Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware, Beta FileAlyzer is a Windows utility from the makers of Spybot Search & Destroy, which provides you with all sorts of information about any file on your computer. Once you install FileAlyzer, just right click on any file and click the Analyze with FileAlyze... (original story)

Safari updates messing with your ad blocker? Try GlimmerBlocker.

Filed under: Internet, Utilities, Browsers If you use some popular ad blocking add-ons for Safari (like the excellent PithHelmet), you may have run into problems when a new version of Safari was released. Updating can break your ad-blocker or cause Safari to crash until a new version of the plugin i... (original story)

3 photo sharing sites for your new shutterbug - Holiday Gift Guide

Filed under: Internet, Photo, Video, Holiday Gift Guide, Social Software If you know someone on your gift list is getting a camera or is a new shutterbug, you might want to consider getting them a "pro" photo sharing account where they can upload all their new photos. This is a nice gift for several... (original story)

PhraseExpress is so much more than an autotext app

Filed under: Developer, Text, Windows, Productivity, Commercial, Freeware A good snippet manager or autotext tool can save just about anyone a little time and effort. For those who do a lot of typing, it can even help prevent repetitive stress injuries. If you're looking for an application like this... (original story)

Great Summary provides halfway decent summaries of long articles

Filed under: Internet, Web services, Web Sure, you always mean to keep up on the news by reading dozens of interesting articles every day about politics, the economy, and you know, tech news. But who has the time? Great Summary is here to help. Just copy the URL of an article that's so long you get ... (original story)

16 (or so) apps I'm thankful for

Filed under: Features, Commercial, Freeware, Open Source, Lists It's Thanksgiving day for those of you in the United States, time to reflect upon the things for which you're truly thankful. While I'm sure there are many more noble things to list, this is Downloadsquad, after all, and what would be m... (original story)

Frengly does translation, but does it beat Babelfish?

Filed under: Utilities, Productivity, Web services, Education The biggest players in the online translation game are Yahoo! Babelfish and Google Translate. They both have their unique charms, but a site called Frengly might offer a little competition. Its selection of languages isn't quite as extens... (original story)

Select multiple checkboxes with CheckBoxMate for Firefox

Filed under: BrowsersCheckBoxMate is a Firefox add-on that can save you a ton of time if you frequently need to select multiple check boxes when doing things like cleaning your email inbox or responding to surveys. The utility is considered an experimental Firefox plugin, but all that means is that ... (original story)

Firefox 3.1 still not ready, another beta coming soon?

Filed under: Mozilla, Beta, Browsers Mozilla is thinking about adding a third beta to the Firefox 3.1 development cycle. The original plan had been to release 2 betas and then move onto the release candidate phase. But Mozilla's Mike Beltzner says a third beta would give the team time to work out so... (original story)

ZunaVision lets you place images and videos inside your videos

Filed under: Photo, Utilities, Video, WebZunaVision is a video technology that movie studios have had for years, brought to the average user by the computer science department at Stanford University. It lets you place images and videos within existing videos. Want to put a poster or an advertisement... (original story)

Cubic Explorer is a highly customizable portable file manager

Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Productivity, Freeware There are plenty of Windows Explorer replacements out there, and most of you probably have a favorite. While I'm normally content to use what Windows gives me, I'm always looking for a good portable replacement to help ease file management task... (original story)

Auditorium is a gorgeous musical puzzle - Time Waster

Filed under: Audio, Fun, GamesOops, there goes my entire day! I just discovered an addictive new musical puzzle game called Auditorium, and I'm trying to play though all of the demo levels. Gameplay in auditorium is centered on a flow of "audiovisual particles" that you can direct by moving and resi... (original story)





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