Category Archives: Tools
Undelete 360, Tool for undeleting and deleting files on hard disk or on USB drives
There are several tools for recoving accidentally deleted files. One of them is Undelete 360. The success of the recovery depends very much on the immediate actions made after accidental deletion of the file(s). In some cases, the antivirus and … Continue reading
VMware Player, run virtual PC simultanously with your current PC
With VMware Player it is possible to run virtual Linux or MS Windows on your PC. And it is free (check license). VMware Player is the light version of the WMware Workstation. For example, if you have a linux liveCD … Continue reading
Lingoes, Tool for offline dictionary (and thesaurus)
Lingoes is one of the free alternatives for offline dictionary. Common use is for translating words between languages, but it has other use as well. Results from different dictionaries are visible at once (see below). Positive: huge collection of … Continue reading
Notepad++, Tool for editing various text files
Notepad++ is good free alternative for editing text files. It support syntax highlighting, for example for java etc. Note, several files are accessable via tabs. Note, there might be some installation issues with Windows Vista. As an alternative way, … Continue reading
Some open source based security offering
Open source based applications are coming more and more popular. However, proper considerations and evaluations should be made before any serious usage. Here are some links to get an idea. Ten Open Source Security Apps Worth Considering Nessus Snort Nagios … Continue reading
freeFTPd, Tool for sftp and ftp server
freeFTPd is good alternative when you need to transfer big amount of traffic over local network. During installation, it gives option to run as a service. But an as easy alternative is to start it manually whenever you need to … Continue reading
KeyNote NF, Tool for your notes
There exist several notes keeping and personal organizer type of programs. KeyNote NF is one of these programs. I’m using Beta version (1.7.9), and main features which I like most: tree structure for your notes, or diary etc All notes … Continue reading