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Record Internet Phone Calls with Skype Call Recorder

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Skype Call Recorder is a free Windows program that can record calls made over the Skype Internet telephone service. Skype Call Recorder has a simple interface with three main buttons to record, stop and play back Internet phone calls. You can choose a folder on your hard drive in which the recorded calls will be saved [...]

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/2133

Safari 4 Beta Available from Apple

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Apple has released a beta version of Safari. This new version of Apple’s web browser boasts a few flashy new features: See all your favorite web sites on the screen at once. Browse your history and bookmarks with Cover Flow. Improved tabs and browsing history search. A Windows-esque look and feel for Windows PC users. “Want to enable 1password in [...]

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/2045

Free Open Source Alternatives to Popular Proprietary Software

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

“The Top 50 Proprietary Programs that Drive You Crazy — and Their Open Source Alternatives” goes through many of the expensive software people use daily, and highlights a free open source alternative to each one. If you have been wondering what you can gain from free open source software, just take a look at this list. [...]

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/1877

Delete All Traces of Mac Software with AppDelete

Thursday, February 5, 2009

AppDelete is Mac software that promises to delete all traces of an application. Like all other things in the Apple world, deleting an application is supposed to be simple — drag its icon to the trash. But this may leave behind various helper files in other places on your computer. AppDelete is intended to find and [...]

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/1879

25 Dynamite Applications for the Nokia N95

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

“25 Must Have Applications For Your Nokia N95” is a rundown of various applications for the Nokia N95 mobile phone. Here are a few gems from the list: Fring: A free voice over IP application with support for a variety of messaging platforms. Emoze: Push support for Outlook e-mail a-lá Blackberry. ShoZu: Lets you post photos and videos [...]

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/1873

Convert .CDA Files to .MP3

Friday, January 30, 2009

Free CD to MP3 Converter by Eusing Software is a Windows program that does exactly what the title says — it’s a free program that converts CD audio to MP3 (and a few other formats too). Free CD to MP3 Converter converts the .CDA files found on audio CDs into the following formats: MP3 WAV Ogg Wma Free CD to MP3 [...]

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/1850

Remove Unwanted Context Menu Items from Windows with FileMenu Tools

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

FileMenu Tools is free software for Windows that specializes in cleaning up and adding functionality to the right-click context menu. The software is able to remove unwanted items from your right-click menu, and has a number of built-in utilities for working with files and folders. FileMenu Tools lets you remove unwanted items from your right-click context [...]

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/1450

blueMarine: Open Source Alternative to Lightroom & Aperture

Friday, July 11, 2008

blueMarine is digital photography workflow software that provides a free alternative to commercial software such as Adobe’s Lightroom and Apple’s Aperture.

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/2493

Fix Blurry Images with Unshake

Monday, February 4, 2008

This small, free utility can help improve the image quality of blurry pictures. It’s available in both Java and C.

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/2508

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