CCleaner

For along time I’m fan of CCleaner. It’s very easy to install and very easy to use too. Find the latest release here.

CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware! :)

Cleans the following:

• Internet Explorer
• Firefox
• Google Chrome
• Opera
• Safari
• Windows - Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files and Log files.
• Registry cleaner
• Third-party applications
• 100% Spyware FREE

VirtualLab Data Recovery

VirtualLab Data Recovery Software is like six data recovery programs in one! While other programs just recover deleted files or camera cards, VirtualLab recovers everything from deleted files, corrupted or formatted drives, CD & DVD-ROM Disks, RAID, flash drives, thumb drives, camera cards, USB/Firewire drives, Outlook & Thunderbird E-mail and even Mac Volumes. VirtualLab will even make a sector-by-sector disk image of a failing hard drive so a recovery can be performed safely. Supports many file systems in one application including FAT 12/16/32, NTFS, NTFS5 (VISTA), NSF, Mac HFS/HFS+, Ext2FS.

Version 5.5.17 improves RAID and other data recovery routines and account management.

Artweaver. A Freeware Graphic Design Software

With Artweaver you do not need to pay to start learning Graphic design.PcMag.com chose this Software as best freeware in Graphic Design. If you want the freedom to paint, without the mess and without paying $359 for Corel Painter X, Artweaver is a good starter tool for artists.

Artweaver is a simple Freeware program for creative painting, i.e. Artweaver offers you all artistic effects which you need for your work. You can create sketches from photos and experiment with a wide range of brushes. The brush simulation is thereby so realistic as possible.

Advantages of Artweaver

• Support of many different digital brushes e.g. chalk, charcoal, pencils...
• Standard image editing tools like gradient, crop, fill and selection tools.
• Transparency and Layers support.
• Effect filters like sharpen, blur, emboss and mosaic.
• Support for the most common file formats like AWD (Artweaver), BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX, TGA, TIFF, PNG, and PSD.
• Pen Tablet support for a realistic feeling.
• Support for many languages through language files (Columbian Spanish, Danish, Hungarian, Swedish, ...).
• Artweaver is Freeware.

Download :
Artweaver.exe  8.85 MB
Portable-Artweaver.zip  11.24 MB

Great LINQ To Sql Tutorial Series From ScottGus Blog

Short Description
We’ll revisit our data model in Step 5 of this tutorial below when we add some …… This pdf document is a compilation of ‘Using LINQ to SQL’ tutorial …

Website: it-box.blogturk.net | Filesize: 8227kb
No of Page(s): 118
Content : USING LINQ TO SQL By Scott Guthrie
Great ‘LINQ To Sql’ Tutorial Series From ScottGu’s Blog
Compilation By Kadir Pekel
http://it-box.blogturk.netPart 1 – Introduction Over the last few months I wrote a series of blog posts that covered some of the new language
features that are coming with the Visual Studio and .NET  Framework “Orcas” release. Here are pointers to the posts in my series:
. Automatic Properties, Object Initializer and Collection Initializers
. Extension Methods
. Lambda Expressions
. Query Syntax
. Anonymous Types
The above language features help make querying data a first class programming concept. We call this overall querying programming model “LINQ” - which stands for .NET Language Integrated Query.
Developers can use LINQ with any data source. They can express efficient query behavior in their programming language of choice, optionally transform/shape data query results into whatever format they want, and then easily manipulate the results. LINQ-enabled languages
can provide full type-safety and compile-time checking of query expressions, and development tools can provide full intellisense, debugging, and rich refactoring support when writing LINQ code.
LINQ supports a very rich extensibility model that facilitates the creation of very efficient domain-specific operators for data sources. The “Orcas” version of the .NET Framework ships with built-in libraries…

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LINQ in .NET 2.0

When using Visual Studio 2008, it is possible to use most of the new language additions of C# 3.0 in a .NET 2.0 project. This because the C# 3.0 compiler is used for both .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0 as well as for .NET 3.5 projects in Visual Studio. This means that local variable inference, object initializers, extension methods, lambda expressions, etc. … can be used in a .NET 2.0 project.

The one thing that is missing however is LINQ because those extensions are packaged in the new System.Core assembly which comes only with .NET 3.5.
But now you can explore Linq in .NET 2.0 project with Corefor2.

You can download it here. It's Free.

Relevant Tags: .Net 2,Freeware,Microsoft,Linq,Programming,Free .Net Component,Free Download,Download,Free.

JetAudio Basic 7.5.1 (free download)

JetAudio is integrated, multimedia software made of a single compact rack. Not only does it play various music and video files, it also has features such as CD burning, recording, and conversion to other file formats. You can create your own Internet broadcast by using JetCast, provided with JetAudio, and you can play all major file formats, including WAV, MP3, MP3Pro, OGG, WMA, MPEG, AVI, WMV, MIDI, RM, and video and audio CD tracks.Convert among audio file formats, and record analog audio to various formats. The program features visualization plug-ins, including Sound2Vision; tag editing for MP3, OGG, and WMA files; sound effects including wide, reverb, and x-bass; multichannel sound output; speed control of audio playback; crossfading for a smooth transition between two songs; a skinnable user interface; and synchronized lyrics display (karaoke) for MIDI and MP3 files.

Homepage: http://www.jetaudio.com
Download:  JetAudio_BASIC.exe
File Size: 25.77MB

Relevant Tags: freeware,Audio Player,Free Download,Gratis,Mp3,Mp3 Player,Free Mp3 Player,Download,Music, Audio,Windows.

Translate.Net - Free opensource client to internet translations & Dictionaries

Translate.Net is free client to many translating services available online including translators, monolingual and bilingual dictionaries. Translate.Net already supports 20 sites, 31 services, 37 languages, 1352 translations directions, including Google translator and dictionary, Wikipedia and Wiktionary, Yahoo Babel Fish Translator, SYSTRAN translator, Merriam-Webster dictionary and thesaurus. For a full list of supported services and languages here

Translate.Net  is a easy to use client and can allow translating from one of the many available languages and then to show the services based on the subjects or language translations. Translate.Net also allows you to create different profiles and save history of earlier translation.

All in All a very simple but a great tool fully customisable and is free and opensource.

Click here to download and install on your PC.

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Spybot - Search and Destroy 1.6.1.38 Beta

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Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove a multitude of adware files and modules from your computer. Spybot also can clean program and Web-usage tracks from your system, which is especially useful if you share your computer with other users. Modules chosen for removal can be sent directly to the included file shredder, ensuring complete elimination from your system.

For advanced users, it allows you to fix registry inconsistencies related to adware and to malicious program installations. The handy online-update feature ensures that Spybot always has the most current and complete listings of adware, dialers, and other uninvited system residents.

Features:

    * Removal of keyloggers
    * User-extendable database
    * Save removal of threats by shredding them
    * Backups of every removed problem
    * Exclude option to ignore specific problems s
    * Permanent blocking of known tracking cookies for IE
    * Permanent blocking of threating downloads in IE
    * Command line parameters to automate tasks
    * Number of targets > 600 > 600
    * Number of detection files and entries > 10000 > 10000
    * Detailed information about problems found Yes Yes
    * Strict criteria to define targets Yes Yes
    * Integrated update function
    * Weekly updates
    * Free email & forum support Yes Yes
    * Settings to automate scan, removal and update
    * System reports to locate even unknown threats
    * Skins to adjust interface to the users liking

What's New in version 1.6.1.38 Beta:

    * Temp cleaning has moved, registry hive loading has been improved to be no longer blocking
    * Opera plugin immunization fixed
    * Chrome support added
    * Vista installation improved regarding elevation
    * A few more small fixes

UnderCoverXP 1.20

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UndercoverXP is a small program to easily print CD and DVD covers. It supports JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP formats and can automatically scale front covers, back covers, front + inside, inlays, DVD Boxes, Digital Pictures and CD/DVD labels to the correct sizes. Other formats can be easily added via a graphical format editor.

UnderCoverXP is written in C++ using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and doesn't need a .NET framework or any other external libraries. And best of all... it's free!

UnderCoverXP is available in 25 languages: English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Portugese, Polish, Macedonian, Russian, Greek, Turkish, Romanian, Hungarian, Brazilian, Chzech, Latvian, Chinese, Japanese, Catalan and Arabic translations are included in the setup.

What's New in version 1.20:

    * Portability: Added a portable version to the Software section.
    * Translations: Updated the Russian translation.
    * Portability: Some (unneccessary) empty registry entries were still created.
    * Printing: Fixed a problem when "print on a single page" was checked but no second image was selected.
    * Skins: Added grayscale option for skins.
    * Skins: Added a "clean" skin, a Media skin and a Santa skin.
    * Skins: Added options to configure text, background and combobox colors for skins.
    * Online Help: Added (initial) Online Help.
    * User Interface: Added context menu to left and right preview windows for Load, Print, Rotate and New.
    * User Interface: Cosmetic changes for several dialogs.

Free Icon Editor - IcoFX 1.6.4

IcoFX is a freeware icon editor. Create easily icons with transparency for Windows XP and Windows Vista.

In the integrated workspace you can easily preview, save, change your icons. You can convert your favorite images into icons, or icons to images. With the help of many tools and more than 40 effects icon creation is made easy. It offers powerful tools like Brighten, Darken, Blur and Sharpen for retouching your icons in minutes.

Features:

    * Support for Vista icon with PNG compression
    * Create icons for Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / Vista
    * Support for transparency (alpha channel)
    * More than 40 effects + custom filter
    * Resolutions up to 256x256
    * Data types: 2, 16, 256, True Color, True Color + Alpha
    * Extract icons from 32 bit exe and dll
    * Import and export images
    * Transparent, Brighten/Darken, Blur/Sharpen tools
    * Built in resource editor for creating icon libraries or changing icons inside exe files
    * Zoom icons up to 10000% for increased precision
    * Import image dialog, for creating icons from images
    * Convert Macintosh icons to Windows icons and vice versa
    * Open, save, edit and convert Macintosh OS X icons
    * Extract Macintosh icons from resource files
    * Snapshot window for creating overviews of the icons

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AIMP Classic 2.51.323

An advanced multimedia player that includes an audio converter, recorder, and tag editor. Includes an easy to use interface, small size and minimal use of system resources.

Features:

    * Crystal-clear sound, technology of reproduction essentially differs from Winamp and WMP;
    * Sensitive equalizer;
    * A maximum of functionality from a minimum of resources;
    * The minimal consumption of system resources;
    * Multilingual support;
    * Support of set of formats of audio
    * Adjustment of global and local hot keys (patterns from WinAmp and WMP);
    * Flexible options of the program and various covers will allow you to make A.I.M.P. completely individual;
    * Support of plug-ins with which help it is possible to expand opportunities of the program;
    * The audioconverter codes music from the most different formats in wma, mp3, wav, ogg;
    * AudioGrab allows to overtake AudioCD in Mp3, OGG, WAV or WM;
    * The sound recording will allow you to write down a sound from any audio of the device in system;
    * The built-in editor of tags, support WMA, MP3, OGG;
    * An opportunity of record AudioCD, MP3-disks and disks with given

System Requirements:

    * Sound Card
    * DirectX 8.1 or above
    * 6 Mb at HDD

What's New in version 2.51.323:

    * Usability was improved
    * Fixed: wrong duration for *.wv files in some times
    * Fixed: don't work Tempo and Pitch sound effects in B320
    * Fixed: don't work 32-bits sound processing option in B320

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Xion Audio Player 1.0.105 Beta

Xion is a high fidelity, deliciously sweet, out of this world audio player.

Xion features a new standard in skin support. Baffled by script syntax? Pulling your hair out over slicing up skin elements? Crying over spilt milk?

Xion has arrived and it brings style, candy and sanity back to your desktop.

Features:

    * Full layered skins
    * Complete animation support
    * Powerful playlist support
    * Gapless playback
    * 10 band equalizer with presets
    * MP3/OGG internet file streaming
    * Customizable global hotkeys
    * Auto play and position saver
    * Single click play/pause
    * Volume and balance controls
    * Full system tray functionality

Supported file formats:

    * Audio Interchange File Format (.Aiff)
    * Advanced Streaming format (.Asf)
    * Free Lossless Audio Codec (.Flac)
    * Impulse Tracker (.It)
    * MIDI music (.Mid)
    * Protracker / Fasttracker (.Mod)
    * MPEG I/II Layer 2 (.Mp2)
    * MPEG I/II Layer 3 (.Mp3)
    * Ogg Vorbis (.Ogg)
    * MIDI music (.Rmi)
    * Scream Tracker 3 (.S3m)
    * Microsoft Wave files (.Wav)
    * Windows Media Audio (.Wma)
    * FastTracker 2 (.Xm)

Supported playlist formats:

    * M3u
    * Pls
    * Wpl

Supported Operating Systems:

    * Windows 95/98/ME
    * Windows 2000/XP/2003
    * Windows Vista

What's New in version 1.0.105 Beta:

    * Fixed the Snapping of windows snapping to themselves at their old location
    * Fixed playlist from using skins when installed when double clicking a file in explorer
    * Fixed the playlist always asking you to save changes on a list you've never saved in the first place
    * Modified the window to window snapping so that it properly uses the snap rectangle if one exists, otherwise it uses the window rectangle
    * Fixed crash when a folder is right clicked and 'Play in Xion' is chosen
    * Enabled Plugins by default when installing them
    * Allowed the ability to combine indi_active or indi_inactive with any of the other indicators
    * Fixed custom track layers not properly trimming whitespace from tags
    * Fixed the filename of a song from being displayed when blank tags were used.
    * Updated the manifest to support Vista security requirements
    * Added the ability to sort by Title, by Filename or by Folder and Filename
    * Added the ability to sort by Song Length
    * Modified the margin where the playlist times are drawn to pull it in by 3 pixels
    * Added extra error reporting when Xion is unable to create/change a File extension

ABOUT THIS BUILD:
Stabilising the Skinnable Playlist some more and slight changes to the skin itself. Fixed a bunch of other bugs and added a couple of features.

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Spider Player 2.3.9.5

Spider is a free feature-rich audio player for Windows based on "Bass audio library" from Un4seen with Unicode support, powerful tag editors for different file types, music ripping support, CD-text support, CD extractor, simple song lyrics editor, internet streaming, skins support, support for different interface languages and more...

Features:

    * Cool Bass and Amazing Sound Quality - (powered by Bass Audio Library from Un4seen developments)
    * Crossfading support
    * Audio formats supported: MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, M4A, MPC (MP+, MPP), AAC, aacPlus, AC3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, Ogg FLAC, TTA, APE, WavPack, Speex, WAV, CDDA, WMA, MID, RMI, KAR, S3M, XM, MOD, IT, MO3, MTM, UMX.
    * Converter - support for transcoding of ALL audio formats listed above to MP3, WMA, OGG or WAV (this is more than 100 transcoding directions)
    * CD Ripper - rip CDs at full speed to MP3, WMA, OGG or WAV
    * Internet Streaming - stream files from Internet or LAN and listen to Internet radio
    * Powerful tag editor - edit ID3v1, ID3v2, Vorbis, FLAC tags and WMA metadata
    * Skins support - vary the player's look by changing skins and their color tones
    * Customizable local and global hotkeys - any hotkey can be assigned to any program's action
    * Multimedia keyboards support
    * CD-Text support
    * CDDB support
    * Ten-band Equalizer with Preset Editor
    * Full Unicode support
    * Multilingual interface
    * Icons Sets - have a separate icon for each audio file type
    * Built-in Visualizations - customizable spectrum analyzer and oscilloscope
    * M3U and PLS playlists support
    * Convenient Searching through playlist
    * Fast and Small
    * And more!

What's New in version 2.3.9.5:

Improved:

    * better support for malformed PLS playlists
    * skinning: playlist window can now have rounded corners

Fixed:

    * couldn't read tags from FLAC files
    * couldn't remove global hotkey (visibility toggle) for Spider SFX
    * skin bug (presumably fixed): http://spider-player.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1248
    * BassEnc produced FLAC files with invalid duraton information

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