Category Archives: Tools

This category contains tools and software.

ScreenGrab, Tool for taking screenshots in an easy way

Posted on 25 September 2011 by Admin

There exist many good screen capture utilities. I’m using an older, but great, software called ScreenGrab. The best features are: hotkey for capturing automatic file name generation accurate, no loosing pixels with PNG Simple and efficient, does the job well. … Continue reading →

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Explorer++, Tool for File Management

Posted on 25 September 2011 by Admin

Explorer++ makes it easier to manage your file and folders. Windows Explorer simply is not enough. Best features of Explorer++ are: tabbed windows folder bookmarks

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7-zip, Tool for packing and unpacking files and folders, also with encryption

Posted on 25 September 2011 by Admin

Today, a tool for umpacking files is a must. 7-zip is great tool for that. 7-zip supports several file formats: 7z BZIP2 GZIP TAR ZIP It can do AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats For protecting your data backups … Continue reading →

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Freecap, Tool for protecting your communication over untrusted connections

Posted on 24 September 2011 by Admin

When travelling, it is still very often that your wireless connection is not using protection. Also, when using connections in hotels and other places, one might like to have more protection on your communication. Freecap can be used to provide … Continue reading →

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POP Peeper, Tool for notifying of new emails

Posted on 24 September 2011 by Admin

Many of us have several email accounts and using more than one client machine or tool to access them. Instead of logging into them one by one, one could use Email Notifier tool like POP Peeper. POP Peeper notifies you … Continue reading →

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Autoit, Tool for automating GUI tasks

Posted on 7 September 2011 by Admin

Autoit for Windows is great tool for GUI task automation. I used it for facilitating repetitive “every day” tasks. I used for opening tools, for filling in data. These are normally needed when mounting encrypted files, synchronizing folders or calendars … Continue reading →

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