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Free YouTube Download description, Audio Downloads List By 30 Day Change. YouTube video downloading tools come and go, and most of them are not really that good. They're slow cumbersome, and so mired in banner advertising and pop-ups that it's easy to give them up. But one free tool that stands out from the crowd in a really big way and makes downloading YouTube videos a delight is Free YouTube Download. What makes FYD different from the others? Well, apart from its ease of use, it lets you download complete YouTube playlists, videos from a YouTube channel, and even video responses to videos, simply by cutting and pasting the necessary link. Downloading is fast, the quality is excellent, and during downloading, the advertising isn’t in your face(compared to what many of FYD’s rivals do), which is always a bonus in my book. Free YouTube Download is extremely simple to use. One of FYD's really neat features is its ability to auto-detect YouTube URLs in the Windows clipboard.

TechieBot description, System Resources Tune-Up Downloads List By 30 Day Change | PCWorld. TechieBot has a cute name that makes you think of Saturday morning cartoons. Appealing as it might be to say "TechieBot, quick now—and hurry! " in terms of effectiveness, this free Windows cleanup utility is a mixed bag. It performs some useful chores, but any program that tells you it's your personal computer expert then says you need to install Google Chrome and that now is the time to buy a new laptop raises a red flag. Not that Chrome isn't a worthy browser, but there's one video downloading add-on that makes Firefox more of a draw for me. On the other hand, TechieBot will download the free Microsoft Security Essentials and install it for you—something I do recommend to most users. TechieBot removes unnecessary startup items, but can be overzealous. I'm not certain TechieBot is worth a look. Note: The Download button takes you to the vendor's site, where you can download the latest version of the software.

—Jon L. Morphine description, Browsers & Clients Downloads List By 30 Day Change. Chrome extension Morphine takes Benjamin Franklin's famous line that "time is money" very seriously. With Morphine, developed by 16-year-old Teddy Cross, you redeem blocks of idle browsing time for blocks of productive browsing. Browse work-related websites for 10 minutes, and accrue one minute of goofing-off time. You can tweak the numbers, but the principle stands: Morphine lets you save time--literally. To get started with Morphine, you must feed it with a list of sites to block. Whereas Chrome add-on WasteNoTime lets you do this using the context menu, in Morphine you must manually enter addresses into a text box in the Options screen.

I had some trouble getting it to recognize the URLs: I first tried entering them with the prefix, and then with just the www, but Morphine did not recognize the sites when I browsed them. When I finally entered just the part after the www (i.e, google.com/reader/view), it started working. --Erez Zukerman. CCFinder description, Internet Tools Downloads List By 30 Day Change.

Journalists, bloggers, and designers will find desktop search engine CCFinder (free for basic service, $10 for Plus version) handy because it makes finding legally reusable images on the Internet quick and easy. Photographers can attach one of several different Creative Commons licenses to their images to let online viewers know it is OK to reuse them, and in what way. The CCFinder software aims to take the sting out of the work of finding such images. The rub with this software is that once you click on a picture in CCFinder, you will immediately see the limitations. You can download the photo to your computer for no charge, but color filters and PDF downloading are disabled by default until you pay a "donation" of $10. If you like the software and use it a lot, you may decide upgrading to the Plus model makes sense. Operating CCFinder isn't a problem. Note: The Download button takes you to the vendor's site, where you can download the latest version of the software.

—Mark O'Neill. PhraseExpress description, Automation Tools Downloads List By 30 Day Change. PhraseExpress, now in its ninth version, is a powerful macro and text expansion tool that automates entering commonly used phrases, in addition to several other useful functions. By using PhraseExpress, you can link commonly typed pieces of text, such as "You know that 'news' story is from The Onion, right?

" to short keywords, such as "ONIN", and PhraseExpress will automatically produce the full phrase as soon as it detects the keyword. With the release of PhraseExpress 9, we get an assortment of new features, such as support for Windows 8 and cloud drives, that reflect the modern-day computing environment and user expectations. PhraseExpress cost $50 for business use after a 30-day free trial; it's free for personal use. You can organize phrases into folders, grouping commonly-used concepts together, such as addresses, business greetings, favorite quotes, and boilerplate sections of text.

PhraseExpress 9 includes Windows 8 support. PhraseExpress has some minor issues. StickK description, PIMs Downloads List By 30 Day Change | PCWorld. If you're looking for powerful motivation and accountability, you may want to look into StickK. This unique, free Web service lets you set a long-term goal with weekly check-ins. When you set the goal, you can commit a sum of money to making it. On every week when you've made the weekly goal (or kept up your habit), you get to keep your money. But if you fail to make the weekly goal or practice your habit, some of your money goes to charity. If that isn't a strong enough motivator, SticK can also donate your money to an "anti-charity" of your choice--an organization you really don't want to have your money.

StickK also lets you pick referees who know you and can keep you on the straight and narrow. Note: The Download button takes you to the vendor's site, where you can use this Web-based software. --Erez Zukerman. Cozi description, Household Downloads List By 30 Day Change. Cozi makes life more comfortable. If your family organizational system is anything like mine, complete with an illegible dry-erase board, a whole lot of magnets, scraps of papers, and plenty of chaos. This free online tool reduces the clutter and makes family organizing a cinch. To set up your family's Cozi account, create a login, add family members (and their email addresses and mobile phone numbers, if they have them), and get to work.

The central feature is a shared calendar, which color-codes appointments and events by user. This makes it easy to see who needs to be where and when, with just a quick glance. Even better is the way the calendar lets you create events using natural language. For example, typing "Liane doctor's appointment Friday at noon" in the calendar's text field will create an entry for a Doctor's Appointment on Friday at 12 p.m. and assign it to Liane. Additional features include to-do lists, which can be joint tasks or assigned to individuals. Splashtop 2 - Remote Desktop. LogMeIn Hamachi description, LAN Utilities Downloads List By 30 Day Change. If you're looking for a VPN (virtual private network) that's easy to use and requires no hardware, LogMeIn Hamachi is definitely worth a look. It's hosted--LogMeIn handles all the traffic control and network chores via its own Internet portal/service--and it works well for up to five PCs.

Setting up Hamachi for a simple peer-to-peer VPN is a breeze. Run the install procedure, create a network and password, and you're off to the races. You may also use or create a LogMeIn account to set up and manage networks. After you've created a network, up to five users may install the client and join the network with the supplied network ID. Hamachi operates in three modes: Mesh, in which every PC can see the shared files on every other PC; Hub and Spoke, in which only certain PCs are available to everyone; and Gateway, in which one PC serves as an entry point to shared resources on an entire local network (including anything shared on NAS boxes, servers, and the like). Printer's Apprentice description, Font Tools Downloads List By 30 Day Change.

Fonts are undeniably fun--and abundant. Thousands are free for the downloading, and more are available if you're willing to pay. Windows 7 itself installs more than 200 fonts as the default array of choices. But you won't want to mess with the Windows\Fonts folder, since accidentally moving or deleting Windows system fonts can have serious consequences; and storing your fonts in scattered folders can be confusing. If your work requires you to sort and select fonts--whether they're in your Windows\Fonts folder, in other hard-drive locations, or on a CD--you need a program like Printer's Apprentice ($29).

Once you've located the folder you want, Printer's Apprentice will list all of the fonts installed there. You can sort the fonts within by style (regular, bold, italic, bold italic), file format (TrueType, OpenType, Type 1), and family (Decorative, Mono-spaced, Sans Serif, Serif, Script, Symbol). However, Printer's Apprentice is not great for managing the size of your font folder. Dlvr.it : feed your blog to twitter and facebook. Serenity Software Editor description, Word Processing Downloads List By 30 Day Change. As a writer and an editor, I have a love-hate relationship with Serenity Software's Editor (various pricing; ten-day free trial). This copyediting and proofreading application not only identifies common grammatical errors, but also thoroughly analyzes your writing for other weaknesses.

I love that it focuses on good, solid writing. I just hate the fact that so many folks--myself included--actually need it. Editor is available in two versions. The $55 Standard version analyzes documents from many word processors (including Microsoft Word), as well as many HTML, RTF, and all plain-text documents, but presents its output in a plain text file. If you're going to use Editor to analyze Microsoft Word documents, I highly suggest springing for the $75 Editor for Word, which includes the same features as the Standard version, but also features a Word add-in that allows you to see Editor's output within Microsoft Word itself. After these tools have run, you're brought back to the main menu again.