A GIF file or Graphics Interchange Format is a bitmap image that supports up to 8 bits per pixel for any image which in result allows a single image to indicate its own palette of up to 256 different colors chosen from the 24-bit color space. A GIF image can also support animation and for each frame, it permits a separate palette up to 256 colors. An animated GIF is a collection of some frames that are revealed in sequence. Last past few years the animated GIFs have become very popular among the users and these days, they are used widely over the Internet. Today we intend to introduce you a freeware application called Instagiffer that offers you creating animated GIFs from any movies. But one main feature of this software beside its user friendly GUI and ease of use, is it also can create animations from any YouTube video.

12/18/2013 Read More

Tearable World is a free 2D puzzle game developed by Crumpled up Games. Even if you are not a big fan of puzzle games, still the Tearable World will not disappoint you. Terry is the main character of the game that is trapped inside the sketchbook and he needs your help to escape. Each level of the game happens in a piece of paper inside of a sketchbook. You can fold, tear and rotate the pages of the sketchbook and lead the Terry to the page’s end and go to the next level. One of the main features of the Tearable world is that you can solve the puzzle in various ways and you are not stuck only with one solution. The game has a good graphic quality which brings the story on the sketchbook to the life and makes you feel that you are a real character of a fairy-tale. The Crumpled up Games team members includes some talented computer science students and game designers who are behind the development and creation of the Tearabel World. The game is available for PC, Mac and Android touch devices for free and you can download it from the links below:

10/09/2013 Read More

The majority of the Windows users for viewing device drivers on their system use the Device Manger. As you may already know, you can access this utility tool from the Windows Control Panel. You can use the Device Manager to determine functionality of your system hardware components, change hardware configuration settings, update a device driver, enable, disable, and uninstall devices. It other words Device Manger helps you to check status of your hardware and updates drives on your local machine. 

9/24/2013 Read More

Nobody can deny that the Half-Life video game series are one of the best successful games in the game industry history. The Half-Life first developed and released in 1988 by Valve Corporation. The game is a single player first person shooter and during the game, you play the role of Dr. Gordon Freeman who is a theoretical physicist fighting his way through research labs where the scientific studies gone wrong.

Black Mesa is new converted version of the Half-Life 2 based on the Source engine of Half-Life video game. You still play as Doctor Gordon Freeman along with the original characters and the environment in Half-Life. Black Mesa is the name of an underground research facility that you have to discover, fight with mysterious creatures and solve puzzles. The team member of the game project fully reconstructed the Half-Life environment and used the Half-Life story line into a new Source engine version including new models, maps and soundtrack. The game has a very good quality graphic design and gives you hours of entertainment and it is absolutely free to download and play. Black Mesa is available to download on the Steam website and you need as well to download and install Source SDK Base 2007 which is also available for free.

8/27/2013 Read More

Moonbase Alpha is a 3-D Exploration game that provided by NASA for free. If you like to learn more about the technology and astronomy, then this game will not disappoint you. During the game you play the role of an astronaut whose mission is to research and explore on the lunar surface. The NASA has established a scientific base on the south pole of the moon that called Moonbase Alpha. Your job is to repair and replace equipment in order to restore oxygen and continue your research. You can use resources like controlled robots, rovers and repair tools to achieve your goal. The game is a multiplayer game with good 3-D graphic quality. The game has been released on the Valve’s Steam network and you need to use Steam platform to play the game. If you don’t have an account on Steam then you can create one for free and not only enjoying playing the Moonbase Alpha with your friends but also play lots of more free and interesting games. Go to the Moonbase Alpha or Steam website; download the game (approximately 1GB) and then install the game. You can find the links below:

8/01/2013 Read More

Thirteen graduate students at The Guildhall at SouthernMethodist University in Plano, Texas created an awesome horror game "Kraven Manor". As their assignment to participate in a team game project, they decided to create the Kraven Manor for their capstone project. The game has a very good design and graphic quality and the team members used the Unreal Development Kit (UDK) engine to create the game. The game is available free to download and play on the  Kraven Manor official website. If you are looking for some adventures and excitements, the Kraven Manor will give you 45 minute experience of horror. The game is still in the development mode and more content will added by the team in the future. During the game, you are trapped in a house and witnessing lots of paranormal activities around you. You have to discover the hidden secrets and solve the puzzles to survive.

6/01/2013 Read More

With EasyHideIP application you are able to surf the Internet anonymously and hide your identity. The application automatically searches among proxy servers over the Internet and then changes your browser IP address. With the EasyHideIP you can open the banned websites in your country and enjoy your freedom while surfing. Your identity also is untraceable in forums, and emails. The software has the ability to check the performance of a proxy and shows you a list of good proxies. The EasyHideIP version 2.5.0 is a shareware application and it is offered in demo version. It means you can use the demo version for only one IP address and only for one computer or account. If you need more proxy to use then you need to buy a license from the EasyHideIPofficial website. Unfortunately the EasyHideIP is only compatible with Internet Explorer. To download the latest version of the EasyHideIP, follow the links below:

EasyHideIP v2.5.0 (1.7MB)

To use the application, from its interface, click on the Search Proxy List or Check List button and wait till the software finished searching for available proxies. If you are using the free version, then you can only select one IP address from the list. 

After selecting the proxy from the list, click on the Hide Your IP icon to change your browser IP address to a new IP address. To stop the process, click on the Stop Hiding button.

If you open the Internet Explorer and go to the menu and then Internet Options, you’ll see that the Proxy Server has been changed to the new setting.

5/19/2013 Read More

Duke Nukem is a retro and classic first person shooter game with lots of fans around the world. The game first was released in 1996 for PC users. Right now the new version of the game "Duke Nukem Forever" is available in the market for PC, PS3 and XBOX consoles. But if you are a fan of retro games like me, then you can download and play the original version of this game with high resolution graphic quality. In this post, I’ll provide the links for downloading the game and also show you how to install the game step by step. Duke Nukem 3D share version is completely free to download and play, just follow the links below:

3/16/2013 Read More

Spelunky is a free adventure PC game that can entertain you for hours. This game first released in the 2008 for PC and since then it is completely free to download and play. Spelunky developed by Derek Yu who is the founder of the Mossmouth game company. You can play the game single player with your PC or as multilayer on the XBOX Live Arcade platform.  Splunky is a cave exploration and treasure hunting game. You have to collect the treasures along your way and face the monsters who try to eat you alive. Just like the Indiana Jones you have a whip to defend yourself. Also you need to interact with different items to survive during the game. One main feature of the game is whenever you restart the game you’ll play a new randomly-generated set of levels. As you play more and go deeper in the game you will be able to unravel the game’s secrets. On the XBOX Live you can play with your friends and challenge them till one of you survive. Spelunky has won Excellence in Design Award from the 3 awards at the IGF. Download the game from the link below:

Spelunky v1.1 (9.5MB)

Controls

Left and Right = Walk Up = Climb Ladders and Vines Down = Crouch X = Whip, Throw Item, Use Item Z (or W,Y) = Jump C = Cycle Whip, Bomb, Rope B = Use Bomb Shortcut R = User Rope Shortcut F = Flare P = Purchase/Bet Esc = Pause/Menu (Quit Game) F4 = Toggle Full-screen F9 = Take Screenshot M = Toggle Music

2/12/2013 Read More

Hotspot Shield is VPN (Virtual Private Network) software that provides you a free VPN service. It encrypts your browsing sessions and also your IP address. Like any other VPN service your privacy will be protected and you have the freedom to access all blocked sites in your office or school. If you live in a country with political issue and some of your favorite sites are blocked then you can use Hotspot Shield to surf the Internet freely. Your actual IP address will be hidden while you are using Hotspot Shield and because you are surfing the Internet anonymously, your privacy is maintained. Also you can select a location for your IP address as Australia, United Kingdom, United State or any other locations. If you are using a public WiFi networks then Hotspot Shield will protect you and gives you a secure browsing from any unwanted spam. This application developed by AnchorFree and according to its website, it has been downloaded more than 100 million. AnchorFree offers the Hotspot Shield for free but you have also the option to upgrade to Elite version. With upgraded version you can access the websites faster, it's Ads free, you have 24/7 Customer support and Advanced Malware Protection. For more Free VPN services, you can check Spotflux and OkayFreedom as well. To download Hotspot Shield follow the links below:

Hotspot Shield v2.83 (5.4MB)

Hotspot Shield v2.72 for Mac (2.8MB)

You can see your actual IP address in the box below. After install and execute the Hotspot Shield, refresh this page to see your new IP address!

2/11/2013 Read More

Spotflux is a free VPN (virtual private network) software that gives you the freedom to surf the Internet anonymously. If you are concerned about your privacy then with installing Spotflux, your internet traffic will be encrypted and your identity hidden. Some of the main features of the Spotflux are to protect you from any malware attack and unwanted advertisements. It uses cloud technology to encrypt your traffic. It also prevents the tracking cookies from any site that you visit. If you live in a country that for some reason blocks certain websites then you can open them easily and also your IP address is not traceable. It is very easy to install and use and it is totally free of charge. You can download the Spot flux from the links below:

1/01/2013 Read More

These days having a good and powerful antivirus are essential and necessary for every system. If you cannot afford to buy a premium and licensed antivirus then COMODO Internet Security is your solution. COMODO has been proven to be one of the best software development companies to create utilities and antivirus applications. With COMODO Antivirus 2012 you get a complete protection against viruses and malware. The latest version is the version 5.4 and is available in Premium (free), Pro and complete editions. The entire three versions include the same core CSI software but the Pro and Complete editions come with extra features like GeekBuddy and TrustConnect. With the free version you also have an additional utility called AntiError to fix your system critical and major errors. The COMODO antivirus uses an advanced host intrusion prevention system “Defense+”. The Defense+ contains Events, Trusted and Unrecognized Files, Security Policy, Active Process List and Sandbox. To download the COMODO Antivirus 2012 Version 5.4, follow the links below:

12/22/2012 Read More

I have published some articles about how to create free proxy using Google App Engine or free website host providers. Today I intend to introduce you free VPN software “OkayFreedom” who gets you access to the internet if certain websites are blocked in your country. Also with OkayFreedom you can surf the Internet anonymously and securely to protect your privacy. VPN means Virtual Private Network and creates a secure network connection between a public network like the Internet and a private network that hosted by a service provider. There are lots of VPN service providers over the Internet, some of them are free and some not. When you surf the Internet with a VPN, your actual IP address will hidden and you can protect your online identity. Also if you live in a country that blocked some websites, you can access them freely. OkayFreedom is one of the VPN service providers and give you access to the Internet up to 1GB per month (500MB + 100MB per recommendation), but if you need more than 1GB then you have to buy a premium package. After you installed the OkayFreedom, it will integrate itself with your operating system web browsers like Firefox or Google Chrome. If you click on its system tray icon, you have the choices to select the geographical locations from Germany, America, UK and Switzerland.

11/20/2012 Read More

ShellTool is a great freeware that adds new handy commands to the right-click menus in Windows explorer. The options that will be added are Copy path, Show hidden files, Show file extensions, File note, Refresh icons, Resize image etc. As I installed the Shell tools and tested it, I found it very useful. To use the Resize image functionality, you need to install ImageMagick also, because Shell tools uses its graphics library to re-size the image. You can download and install both of these freeware from the links below. Installation is very easy just like any other Windows applications. ShellTools works on Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 (32 and 64 bit).

10/30/2012 Read More

It may happen to you sometimes when you see a text in an image and want to convert the image into the text. Capture2Text is your alternative. It is a freeware application that can capture any transcript in an image and convert it to the text. Capture2Text uses the optical character recognition (OCR) technology to recognize the text. It’s also able to alter speech to the text. You can use your computer’s microphone, speak and Capture2Text does the rest.  The application supports more than 30 languages and by default Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish are installed, although you can download more languages from its website and add them to the software. You can download Capture2Text from the links below:

6/30/2012 Read More

Stellarium is an application that converts your desktop to a virtual planetarium. It is freeware software that gives you a realistic 3D view of the sky. Stellarium contains more than 600,000 stars’ catalogue and can determine the position of stars or planets to provide you the exact view of the sky at a specific given time.

5/25/2012 Read More

One of the major problems within the users is the installed programs and their associated files on their systems. Whenever you install a new program, the application automatically copy its files on your system. These files usually copied in the program and the Windows root directory. They are also creating a bunch of files and registry keys in Windows registry. But when you uninstall a program not all the files and registry key will be removed properly and after the sometimes the result is the lots of unnecessary files on your system that lead the operating system to slow processing and corruption between the existing applications or programs.

4/30/2012 Read More

The Sleipnir is another amazing web browser with that offers you a fast browsing experience. This browser like SeaMonkey built on Mozilla’s Gecko engine. You are able to change the skin and appearance and customized it with its large range of plugins. The new version includes new features which are

4/26/2012 Read More

SeaMonkey is an all-in-one internet application (freeware) suite. It includes an Internet browser, Email and Newsgroup client, HTML editor, IRC chat and Web development tools. This application based on the open source Mozilla engine and before known as Mozilla Application Suite. The SeaMonkey uses the same Mozilla source code and its legal backing is provided by the Mozilla Foundation. The Browser offers you lots of features like Sync, Tabbed browsing, Session restore, Add-ons Management, Data Manger and many more. The Mail & Newsgroups client is a powerful mail client that gives you the ability of Tabbed Mail, Junk mail controls, Multiple accounts and Blogs & News Feeds.

4/02/2012 Read More

In one of my older posts, I told you about an application IPNetInfo to find information about an IP address. IP Locator is another freeware application from the TCPMONITOR website for finding all information about a particular IP address. By using this utility software, you are able to find the owner of the IP address, the country or state name, range or even contact information. The application uses the wois server of ARIN by sending request to their server. I think this application is a real good utility for gathering the information about an IP. You need to download two small files, one is the IP Locator setup.exe file and the other one is the GeoLiteCity.dat file. Download them from the links below:

3/11/2012 Read More