by Adam Pash
As we’ve mentioned many times before, we install every piece of software we recommend here at Lifehacker, meaning that if we don’t vigorously remove programs we’re not using, Windows can start to get a little cranky.
Even though Windows has handled my frequent software installations and sometimes lazy attitude toward uninstalling them with [...]
Windows only: SoftKey Revealer, from the same author of previously mentioned Game Key Revealer, is an appropriately-titled utility that can hunt down the serial numbers for more than 700 purchased or registered programs on a Windows system. Running the program launches its speedy search function, and once it’s done finding and revealing your serial numbers, [...]
Lifehacker reader Angelo Young likes poking around Adobe Labs, the software company’s public workshop for beta software, new technologies, and upcoming releases. For example, photographers and Photoshop fans can download the latest beta of Photoshop Lightroom to check out new features and see how it’s progressing.
Lots of major software companies offer similar “lab” sites, [...]
If the newest version of your freeware application doesn’t seem to work and the official web site does not archive older versions, OldApps.com might save the day. OldApps.com archives many previous releases of popular programs for such emergencies. The site is very much like the previously mentioned OldVersion, but it appears to include a [...]
Looking back on 2007, you can’t say there was a shortage of new products and services. While the word “beta” became a synonym for “new and free,” there were a few projects launched this year—including TV-watching site Hulu, Pownce, GrandCentral, and Joost, to name a few—that remain invite-only, and others, like Google’s to-do list, the [...]
Windows only: The TTCS OSSWIN CD is a huge collection of valuable open source software for your home and office.
The CD is available to download as an ISO via BitTorrent. However, even cooler, they’ve put together a web-based interface, allowing you to browse the offerings and download programs from the source without downloading the entire [...]
Windows only: From the makers of Tag&Rename, one of the world’s most popular MP3 tag editors, comes AudioShell, a freeware plug-in that lets you view and edit music file tags within Windows Explorer.
Designed for Windows 2000/XP and later, AudioShell supports just about every kind of audio file you can imagine: MP3, WMA, iTunes mp4, [...]
The person who invented the concept of shared libraries should be given a raise… and a bonus. The person who decided that shared library management and naming conventions should be left to the implementation should be flogged.
This opinion is the result of too much negative experience on my part with building shared libraries for multiple [...]
Are you still using a web browser to access your favourite online applications? Why not do things the easy way, and make those applications part of your desktop with Prism.
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VideoCharge is a multifunction, easy in use software product for conversion of Video, Audio, or Image files sequences! VideoCharge was developed for people, who really need quick and qualitative conversion of Video/Audio/Image file(s) from one format to another, modifying any parameters of a specified format.VideoCharge represents a convenient mechanism for those persons who want to [...]
