Tag&Rename 3.6.6

Tag&Rename is a Windows utility created to manage a wide range of popular music formats. The tool allows for quick and easy editing of tag data, for example MP3 ID, Windows media and iTunes tags (see below for full list). Writing new or updating existing tag data can be done for a single file or in batch for an entire album or folder. Tags are created based on file names or data downloaded from various music databases and song directories including freedb, tracktype.org and Amazon. The tagging software supports a long list of fields: title, artist, album, genre, year, disc number, cover art, lyrics, composer, conductor and more. Tag&Rename’s additional features include a powerful playlist editor with support for recursive subfolders and an advanced file list to show music files in a real folder structure.

File and tag formats supported by Tag&Rename:

.mp3 - ID3v1, ID3v1.1, ID3v2.2, ID3v2.3 and ID3v2.4 tags.wma, .asf and .wmv (Windows Media) - Windows Media tags.m4a, .m4b (Apple iTunes aac and lossless audio files), .m4p (protected files from Apple Music Store), .mp4 - iTunes tags.ogg, .flac and .spx - Vorbis Comments.mpc (MusePack), .ape (Monkey's Audio), .ofr (Optim Frog), .wv (Wav Pack) and .tta (True Audio) - APEv1 and APEv2 tags.wav – ID3v2 tag in 'id3 ' RIFF chank

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PhraseExpress 9.0.169d

PhraseExpress, the Text Expander for Windows, helps you to speed up your typing tasks in any editor by saving lots of keystrokes. It is ideal for people who are continually typing the same things over and over, reducing the time spent typing and minimizing spelling mistakes.

Expanding text abbreviations into full text snippets as you typeInsert text system-wide in any Windows application such as MS Office, Lotus Notes, SAP, Thunderbird, database frontends, Skype, MSN, ICQ, Opera, Firefox, InternetExplorer, etc.Insert text by selecting from the task tray menu, a popup menu next to the cursor, hotkeys, autotext or floating menusText snippets can include text formatting and bitmap imagesAutomatic recognition of repetitive text input in order to offer an auto-completion of full sentences on demandIncludes a system-wide spelling correction with more than 10,000 corrections in seven languagesDetection of often corrected typos in order to automatically add spelling corrections to a databaseKeeps recently copied clipboard contents for quick access and insertion into any applicationLaunch programs simply by entering a text shortcutManage your email signatures templates for use in any mail programetc.

The additional PhraseExpress Network Edition allows you to share text templates from a central phrase file in a network environment. The Client Manager shows all connected PhraseExpress clients and allows to configure general editing and configuration permissions.

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Firefox 17.0

The Web is all about innovation, and Firefox sets the pace with dozens of new features to deliver a faster, more secure and customizable Web browsing experience for all.

User Experience. The enhancements to Firefox provide the best possible browsing experience on the Web. The new Firefox smart location bar, affectionately known as the "Awesome Bar," learns as people use it, adapting to user preferences and offering better fitting matches over time.

Performance. Firefox is built on top of the powerful new Gecko platform, resulting in a safer, easier to use and more personal product.

Security. Firefox raises the bar for security. The new malware and phishing protection helps protect from viruses, worms, trojans and spyware to keep people safe on the Web.

Customization. Everyone uses the Web differently, and Firefox lets users customize their browser with more than 5,000 add-ons.

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SMPlayer 0.8.2

SMPlayer is a front-end for the mighty open source MPlayer. It comprises basic features like playing videos, DVDs, and VCDs to more advanced features like support for MPlayer filters and more.

One of the most interesting features of SMPlayer: it remembers the settings of all files you play. So you start to watch a movie but you have to leave... don't worry, when you open that movie again it will resume at the same point you left it, and with the same settings: audio track, subtitles, volume...

But there are even more interesting features: Configurable subtitles. You can choose font and size, and even colors for the subtitles.Audio track switching. You can choose the audio track you want to listen. Works with avi and mkv. And of course with DVDs.Seeking by mouse wheel. You can use your mouse wheel to go forward or backward in the video.Video equalizer, allows you to adjust the brightness, contrast, hue, saturation and gamma of the video image.Multiple speed playback. You can play at 2X, 4X... and even in slow motion.Filters. Several filters are available: deinterlace, postprocessing, denoise... and even a karaoke filter (voice removal).Audio and subtitles delay adjustment. Allows you to sync audio and subtitles.Advanced options, such as selecting a demuxer or video & audio codecs.Playlist. Allows you to enqueue several files to be played one after each other. Autorepeat and shuffle supported too.Preferences dialog. You can easily configure every option of SMPlayer by using a nice preferences dialog.Possibility to search automatically for subtitles in opensubtitles.org.Translations: currently SMPlayer is translated into more than 20 languages, including Spanish, German, French, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese....

A little bonus tool in the SMPlayer package is the "YouTube(TM) Browser for SMPlayer" providing you with a quick access to the most popular, most viewed and most rated videos on YouTube.

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ICQ 8.0.5880

With ICQ Instant Messenger you can video/audio chat, send email, SMS and wireless-pager messages, as well as transfer files and URLs. If you're away from your personal computer you can still chat with friends and contacts, even where the ICQ client is not installed, by using the web-based ICQ2Go that works from any computer.

You can customize your ICQ to be exactly what you need and always up-to-date by adding shortcuts to your favorite features in order to launch them directly from your ICQ. This means that you can send your friends & contacts greeting cards and invitations to games, multi chats, video sessions, and more directly from your client and/or the message window. In the message window you can also choose to display your photo or one of ICQ's unique, animated devils.

ICQ Open Xtraz are web based applications developed by ICQ users for enriching your ICQ experience. Now you can create, download, use and share with friends fun and useful applications such as music, games, gadgets and tools. Add as many as you like! You can find the list of Xtraz for download on the Xtraz Gallery.

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SpiderOak 4.8.0000

SpiderOak combines online backup, secure file sync and easy sharing in a cloud based service. Desktop clients are available for Windows, Mac OS X and multiple Linux distributions. Several gigabyte of free storage become available after account creation and can be upgraded to a 100+ GB for a monthly or yearly fee. SpiderOak consolidates several functionalities into one tool: free online backup, remote access, synchronization, sharing and storage. Data backups can run from local hard-drives as well as network drives, USB keys, external drives, CD/DVDs and other storage media. In order to prevent 3rd party access, all data is stored encrypted and transferred encrypted via a secure SSL connection. All of these features are available for both the free and the subscription service.

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Fences 2.01

Fences is a program that helps you organize your desktop, and can hide your icons when they're not in use. A "Fence", a term coined by this program, is an icon group on your desktop. Fences is an add-on to your desktop, not a replacement.

Rope off your desktop
Fences allows you to create shaded areas on your desktop that you can place icons in. You can label them however you wish, and move/resize them anywhere on the desktop. Pre-included layouts help speed the process for new users.See your wallpaper again! Quickly hide & show all your icons with an easy double-click
Double click blank space on your desktop, and all your icons will fade out. Double click again, and they’ll return. We think this feature is so useful and unique, that we’ve applied for a patent on it. You can even pick icons and individual Fences to exclude!

No longer free since v2.00

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