Top 10 Freeware - March 2006

Top 10 Freeware
(March 2006)

Programs listed alphabetically

Version 1.10, release date: March 30, 2006
Evil Player is a fast, powerful and flexible media player for windows. Some of Evil Player's key features include Shoutcast, Icecast and Icecast2 support, low memory footprint and native support for several popular formats (MP3, MP2, MP1, OGG, AIFF and MOD).
Features:
- Easy to use
- Small (less than 1MB!)
- Audio formats supported: WAV, OGG, MP1, MP2, MP3, MOD, XM, IT, S3M, MTM, UMX, MO3
- Supports BASS plug-ins
- Low memory footprint
- Radio streaming (SHOUTcast/ICEcast/ICEcast2)
- SHOUTcast recording
- Completely free.

Version 1.52, release date: March 22, 2005
FreeRAM XP Pro includes automatic memory monitoring and optimization; advanced tray support; fast, threaded freeing with a stop option; multiple system-metric monitors; a simple and attractive GUI; memory reporting and diagnostic logging; and real-time memory information. FreeRAM XP Pro's AutoFree feature intelligently scales how much RAM is freed with your current system status, thus optimizing RAM without slowing down your computer. Additionally, FreeRAM XP Pro's unique Global Memory Compression technology frees memory instantly in a way that is completely unlike other memory managers. FreeRAM XP Pro has been designed to be easy to use yet highly customizable by computer novices and experts alike.
Version 1.52 enables Global Memory Compression by default for all memory freeing operations (this can be disabled through the Settings); adjusts AutoFree to be slightly more conservative when freeing RAM; and fixes a minor installation bug.
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Version 1.8.01, release date: March 19, 2006
JExplorer is a dual-panel type file manager and web-browser as well. It is similar to widely used Windows Commander. JExplorer provides many advanced features such as file manager, web browser, file compress/decompress, folder comparator, FTP clent, POP3 email check, image capture, character recognition on the image, virtual drive mount. JExplorer is a freeware and it runs under Windows 95/98/ME and Windows NT4/2K/XP. Power toys JOCR, JMounter, and JCalculator are included in the JExplorer 1.8.
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Version 2.94b13, release date: March 9, 2006
Magic Mail Monitor (MMM) is a POP3 mail monitor with multiple accounts support. It sits silently in your system tray, and notifies you about new messages in one of your mailboxes. Then you can preview messages and delete unwanted mail in order to avoid spam and viruses.
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Version 2.02, release date: March 9, 2006
mp3DirectCut is a small tool for editing MPEG audio directly. You can remove parts, change the volume, split files or copy regions to several new files. All without the need to decompress your MP3 into a PCM format. This saves work, encoding time and disk space. And there is no quality loss through any re-compressions!
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Version 2.2.2, release date: March 27, 2006
Are you tired of changing your network configuration every day on your notebook or computer?
The same procedure every day?
On the go : changing..., at home: changing..., at the Internet café: changing..., visiting a friend: changing...
Then NetSetMan is your solution. It will do the work for you.
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Version 2.4, release date: March 24, 2006
Application containing all the elements of the Periodic Table along with images of the elements in their natural state.
Features include:
- Detailed information on each element
- Images for each element (126 images in total)
- Glossary
- Graphs of important element properties
- Biographies for the element discoverers
- Interactive display allows you to view the states of the elements at any temperature (from K)
- XP style support
- Search the all of the element, biography and glossary pages
- Electron shell diagrams of each element
- Atomic width diagram
- Element names and the majority of the applications buttons are now available in eight different languages.
The version 2.0+ Periodic Table requires a screen resolution of 1024x768 or greater.
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Version 4.5.2, release date: March 27, 2006
Freeware expanding editor for true plain-text. It looks like the original Windows Notepad, but provides many features and tools for quick, easy and advanced editing. The light-weight application fits on a floppy or USB and loads instantly with no installation required. Offers many text-processing functions and tools, many hotkeys and clipboards. You will find several inovative features too. Supports all ANSI, UNICODE, UTF-8 and UNIX file types of almost unlimited size. Features include two advanced searches, indentation, word autocomplete, enhanced clipboarding, extensive statistics, optional favourites menu, case conversions, characters translating, quoting and enclosing lines, reversing, unique lines and duplicates counting, sorting, word wrapping and unwrapping. Plus it has filters architecture for user plugins and console applications. Application can stay on top or go to system tray, save window placement or change to customizable dual font.
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Version 1.6.2.3, release date: March 15, 2006
TimeSnapper is an Automatic Screenshot Journal.
It runs in the background of your computer, taking screenshots of your desktop every few seconds all week long.
With TimeSnapper you can play back your week just like a movie. You can play it at any speed you like, and jump in at any time you like.
When it's time to fill out that dreaded timesheet, TimeSnapper is a savior. No need to tear your hair out trying to remember where all the time went.
For personal use: It's free. It's not time-limited. It's not feature limited. It doesn't nag you to pay money. It isn't ad-ware or spyware.
TimeSnapper is Windows only and requires the Microsoft .Net framework version 1.1.
Using this tool to monitor your employees, children, parents or colleagues is a very invasive thing to do.
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Version 1.5.0.1, release date: March 13, 2006
Xplorer² lite is a free version of xplorer, a tabbed dual-pane windows explorer replacement with integrated quick previewer. Compared to the professional version it lacks customizability and the powerful search command.
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February 2006