OOo4kids is a simpler and easier version of the popular open source OpenOffice suite. It includes essential features of OpenOffice but is much stripped down version because it it created with a vision for younger kids in mind. Its interface is clean and easy to understand for the age group of 7 to 12. It includes Writer, Draw, Presentation Wizard and Calc. It is a customizable application with a larger cursor and clearly designed icons. Also, brighter colors are used for making it more interesting for kids.
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Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a free antimalware solution by Malwarebytes which detects viruses, trojans, spyware, worms, rootkits, dialers and other malware. This antimalware is a light-weight and easy to use program. The technology it uses is very effective and provides one of the most powerful security tools. Its interface is intuitive and its installation is easy. This antimalware is fast, efficient and impressive with maximum detection rate. This program or the free version doesn’t provide the real-time protection, user needs to launch the scan which then generates a report. This report will list the affected areas and you can clear off the malware as per your requirement.
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Pegasus Mail is one of the most powerful, feature rich and secure email client available for Windows. This small and fast program notifies you whenever a new mail arrives on your computer and can support multiple users on a single computer. It is a complete internal mail system which can send and receive e-mails on its own. This program uses standard protocols like SMTP, IMAP and POP3. This freeware utility is quite easy to use and is embedded with all the required wonderful features to make it one of the best email client in the market.
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DevManView is a freeware program which acts as an alternative to the Windows standard Device Manager. It displays all the devices and their properties in a flat table view and not in the tree view. DevManView can also display the devices of any networked computer if you have administrator access rights of this computer. It is a portable software which is also very small in size. This program is better than standard built-in device manager as it comes with more options for viewing and troubleshooting system’s devices than just disabling, enabling and removing devices.
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IE Tab is a Firefox add-on or extension which enables you to embeded Internet Explorer in tabs of Mozilla Firefox. Firefox is a customizable browser and you can always add new functionality to it. It is very easy to install IE Tab and will add two new items to the context menu which can be opened with right click at mouse. So whenever you want to test or see any webpage in Internet Explorer, you don’t need to open a new IE window, you just need to go to context menu and click “Open link in IE Tab”. This property is very helpful for developers who need to check their webpages in cross-browser environment.
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Defragmentation is a process which reduces the amount of fragmentation for maintenance of file systems by organizing the content of hard disk in which fragments of a file are stored. Fragments are the parts of data which gets stored non sequentially due to inability of system to lay out related data contiguously. Mydefrag is a solid disk defragmenter and optimizer which makes your hard disk better and faster. It is a freeware and very light application. It got installed in seconds and is free of advertisements. Before setting it to run, you need to specify the script like analyze only, consolidate free space etc. from select script. It is a powerful utility which gives you the complete details of your hard disk and then optimize it for longer life and better speed.
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SpaceSniffer is a disc space analyzer for your computer which uses treemap structure for visualization of disc space. As the name says, it sniffs where your disc space has gone and lets you analyze the structure of files and folders on your disc. It is a portable tool which comes in a zip file, no need to install. Once you initialize it, it will perform scanning and gives you the detailed layout of where big folders and files are situated on your computer. The bigger are the elements on the view, the bigger are files and folders on your disc. For more details, just keep on clicking the elements. This application is fast and easy to use along with simple and clean interface.
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An Audio Converter is a software which converts one form of audio file to another. For example you have an audio file whose format is not supported by any of your computer program, then you will not be able to play that file without converting it to a particular format which your computer supports. Audio converter will do that format conversion for you. A good audio converter generally supports multiple input and output formats like MP3, WAV, MP4, WMA, AAc etc. and makes your file conversion task simpler along with producing good quality sound. We will discuss top five freeware in this category which are embedded with best features required in an audio converter.
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Instantbird is an Instant messaging application which can connect with all your different IM accounts like Facebook Chat, Google Talk, Twitter, Yahoo and other such protocols. This open source and freeware software is simple to use along with a clean interface. Moreover, it an ad free application, so you will enjoy your chat without getting annoyed by unwanted pop ups. It works with various operating systems and can be extended with add-ons. With Instant Bird, you have various messaging styles, themes and much more to make your chatting interesting.
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