Jon's Rambling Musings

How many times have you been to a website only to find out you don't have the correct version of Flash or Shockwave, or received a document or file that will not work with the current version of software you have installed? For Windows you can always turn on Automatic Updates, and with software applications there is often an option to automatically check for updates, but not always, so we are left with researching and manually updating all of these applications. This is not a very efficient way for a busy user to get things done, so today we will take a look at a great utility called Secunia Personal Software Inspector that will help avoid these time wasting annoyances.

http://blogs.howtogeek.com/mysticgeek/2009/03/02/keep-your-software-up-to-date-with-personal-software-inspector/

Investside is an online, personalized financial dashboard that enables an active portfolio management. As it brings all financial and disparate data sources together in the form of movable components, you are sure to keep you up to date on the markets. Novice or confirmed Traders, Investside is your invitation to design the financial environment that suits the best to you.

http://en.investside.com/

Gbridge is free software that lets you sync folders, share files, chat and VNC securely and easily. It extends Google´s gtalk service to a VPN (Virtual Private Network) that connects your computers and your close friends´ computers directly and securely. Gbridge has many unique features.

http://www.freewarefiles.com/Gbridge_program_44375.html

Muziic offers a free downloadable piece of client software with an iTunes-like interface and offers on-demand access to millions of streaming songs. You'll have no problem finding huge catalogs from artists that are notoriously prickly about posting their music online, including Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, and Radiohead. It also does a great job with more obscure test cases.

http://www.muziic.com/

SpyMe Tools is very useful in detecting Registry and Disk changes. If any application installs spyware, adware, dlls, programs, files, or any other type of file, picture, or program, etc. or changes the Registry's content, you will be able to see exactly where the modification occurred so you can take measures. It seems like more and more programs are attempting to install spyware, advertisements, or other garbage without your knowledge, but with this software you will know everything that is added or removed.

http://lifehacker.com/5162963/spyme-tools-tracks-changes-to-your-windows-registry

At the Ph.Art gallery you can: Purchase premium photographic wall art in a huge range of formats. Talk with fellow photographic artists from all over the world, through Ph.Art special interest groups, via your own P-Mail accessible in your studio, by leaving comments on people's work and of course receiving comments on yours.

http://www.photoartgallery.com/Default.aspx

Easy to use and completely FREE, Coollector is a huge encyclopedia of movies and series, combined with a database of existing videos. You track not only the videos you own, but also all the movies you´ve seen, good or bad. Contrary to other movie collection managers, you don´t start with some dull empty database. The whole encyclopedia is included with the program... you download... you have it all!

http://www.freewarefiles.com/Coollector_program_26581.html

Spotify offers you legal and free access to a huge library of music. All you need to do is create an account and download their streaming music player.

http://www.spotify.com/en/

Magic Formation is a kind of 3D Circular desktop Dock program. But, It appears anywhere on your desktop. Just draw a circle by mouse cursor on desktop anywhere you like.

http://tokyodownstairs.blogspot.com/search?q=Magic+Formation

Oodle is a growing classifieds service. Pulling together and organizing millions of listings from all over the Web, Oodle is a simple way to buy and sell through online classifieds.

http://www.oodle.com/

EditPad Lite is a general-purpose text editor, designed to be small and compact, yet offer all the functionality you expect from a basic text editor. EditPad Lite works with Windows NT4, 98, 2000, ME, XP and Vista.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5483.html

Kutano is a browser add-on that lets you make comments alongside any webpage - without the control of the website owner. Kutano takes the Internet back to its roots, creating a common place for everyone, big and small, to share information with each other.

http://www.kutano.com/

Simple Backup Tool is (as implied by the name) a very simple application to automatically backup the content of one or more folders. You can specify the input folder and the backup location, and set the program to perform a backup every X minutes. It also offers the option to delete files in the backup folder that are no longer present in the original folder (mirroring). Suitable for the most basic backup needs, easy to use.

http://www.freewarefiles.com/Simple-Backup-Tool_program_22061.html

Tonido is a smart way to access your data, applications, share, sync, collaborate with friends and family without relying on public online services.

http://www.tonido.com/

Super Finder XT is a powerful replacement for Windows(R) built-in search. Search files, folders and other data efficiently and easily. Extended edition.

http://www.freewarefiles.com/Super-Finder-XT_program_48080.html