The working is very simple. You can create many widgets that define how the images will be resized. Just create some widgets and define its sizes (example, 100x100, 400x400 or in percentage 50%, etc) and quality (Click ‘Add New’ to define sizes, quality, widget color, etc).

Now drag and drop one or more images over a widget. Wait until all images are resized (You can drop multiple images onto one widget and they will be resized in a batch mode).

Now drag the icons from a widget over to an office document, e-mail message, or a desktop folder to move your resized images to a new location. The whole process requires only a few seconds.

More information and download of JustResizeIt.

Remember to use this generic uninstaller on PCs with Panda Cloud Antivirus. If this uninstaller is executed on PCs with other Panda products (Panda Antivirus Pro, Panda Internet Security, etc.) it will have negative effects and will leave the PC in an unstable state.

Simply download Cloud Antivirus standalone uninstaller and execute the uninstaller.

This version of Nero 9.4 contains simply data burning and disc copying features for CDs and DVDs.

However the free version comes bundled with Ask Toolbar (My antivirus program warned me this unnecessary, risky add-in) which you can disable while installing.

You can download latest version of free Nero (current version. 9.4) from here or from this Softpedia link.

After carefully reading the book you’ll be able create simple Firefox extensions with extremely powerful functionality.

The e-book ‘Build Your Own Firefox Extension’ written by James Edwards is available for FREE download from Sitepoint for a limited time period. So get in quick. (via)

Download Build Your Own Firefox Extension’ (in PDF format) from here or here.

The program requires .NET Framework 2 and above for working and you can put this program on Windows start up.

However, like every visual style program, this one is also not free from instability. It has some minor bugs, especially if ‘Aero explorer’ enabled on maximized window.

You can download Boarder style from here.

However there are a wide range of software developers still in the provisional list, including Microsoft, Symantec, Trend Micro, McAfee, Kaspersky Lab, Check Point, Panda, Sunbelt Software and Webroot .

This is a good initiative from CCSS Forum to prevent fake software from circulating over the internet. The list will help the public distinguish between useful software and online scams. Users can check the forum before downloading or buying security software. More information and other details…. (Via- IDG)

Other users will not be able to see, open, read, modify, delete, move, and copy the locked files or folders without a proper password.

Using this tool is very simple. After installation run the program. Set a password from toolbar menu- System – Set password.

Drag any file (even picture) or folder into the program’s window (or Edit – Add folder / File) that you want to hide or protect. Double click on it to set the parameters such as Visible, accessible, or deletable.

Once you set a password, no one can launch the application or uninstall the software without the correct password. Download Easy File Locker.

WOT is a community for reputation rating that lets Internet users share their knowledge of websites, helping you stay in control when surfing the Web. It keeps your computer safe from online threats like spyware, adware and viruses and gives warnings about online scams, sites with adult content and spam.

The new version has 4 customizable protections. The Light option is for experienced Web users, Basic option giving warnings only, Maximum Safety stops dangerous Web sites from loading and Parental Control blocks unsafe sites for children. More information and download (via)

As said above, it is an easy to use program with wizard driven user interface and doesn't ask you bewildering questions – it just backs up your data when and where you tell it, and recovers whenever disaster happens.

Backup Features:
- Backup Entire PC - backup an entire hard disk or separate partitions
- Perform Live Backups - Paragon Hot Backup® technology creates backup images without restarting Windows
- Storage options for your backups - Save backup images to local drives or external USB or Firewire Devices
- Interrupt backup operations if necessary
- Check archive validity of existing archives or when creating new ones
- Supports USB 2.0 hard drives

Download Paragon Drive Backup Free edition (77Mb) (required registration, when installing click ‘Get free license key’ to get your serial number).

Following are some of the main features of Image Master:

- Read the contents of image files before burning them to disc.
- Extract the contents of iso files without burning them to disc.
- Burn an iso file to disc.
- Burn files and/or folders directly to disc.
- Convert Bin Image Files (.bin), Nero Image Files (.nrg), Alcohol Image Files (.mdf), CloneCd Image Files (.img), DiscJuggler Image Files (.cdi) to iso images.

The program is compatible with Windows XP and Vista, (both 32 and 64bits) and requires .NET Framework 2.0 and Image Mastering API v2.0 (to burn images to CD and DVD optical storage media). Download Image master.

This is not just a link preview tool, it is more than that - Lets you know sizes and dates of linked files, lets you submit a link or selected text to del.icio.us, Google Bookmarks, Digg or Reddit, etc, you can email the link and contents to anyone and more.

Interclue is fast and does not find any load on Firefox. There are several options available to customize the tool. For example, you can add any words in the ‘Words lists’ (In Firefox Tools – Interclue options – Advanced – Safety), any URLs containing those words and having the same domain as the current page will not be fetched without your explicit permission.

Interclue is compatible with Firefox 3.0 – 3.5 and works with any sites. Download Interclue.

Here is a freeware tool Rizone Winsock Repair, which helps you to reset/repair the Winsock configuration to defaults or clean state. It will help if you are having any of the following problems:

- Loss network connection after installing/uninstalling adware, spyware, antispam, vpn, firewall or other networking programs.
- Unable to access any webpage or can only access some WebPages.
- Pop-up error window with network related problem description.
- No network connectivity due to registry errors.
- NS lookup problem.
- Fail to renew the network adapter’s IP address or other DHCP errors.
- Network connectivity issue with limited or no connections message.
- Other networking problems.

Winsock Repair is very simple utility and, for this reason, does not demand any installation utility. Simply unzip all files to any folder and run the executable file (usually, "RWinsock.exe"). Supports Windows 2000/XP. Download Rizone Winsock Repair

It does this simply by simulating a key press every minute (shift key). Using this program is quite simple. Download and install the program. Run it (it will sits on the system tray) and add a text (or texts) (e.g. YouTube) and click OK to save.

You can disable the program (also from the auto startup lists of Windows) by removing the check marks next to ‘Enable Anti screensaver’.

Hawkscope is an open source, cross platform (runs on Windows, Mac and Linux) application; once installed it will sits on the system tray and you can access any files, folders and programs from there with a mouse click or with a global short cut key combination.

Besides, it has some other functionalities such as hide unwanted drives, folders or files by adding them to blacklist, plug-in system like Open with, etc that you can configure through the option menu.

Download Hawkscope from Google code.

Follow the steps described below for a complete removal of Nero:

Download Windows Installer Cleanup Utility from Windows and install it. Run the program, it will lists all software installed in Windows. Search for Nero, select it and choose Remove to uninstall it.

Now download Nero General Cleanup Tool from Nero. Run the tool, it will remove all files and registry entries left behind by Nero. You can now install a newer version of Nero.

This add-on has been updated with new features and has many improvements over its previous version. You can add as many mail accounts and different services for each account.

You can add different Google services from Integrated Gmail option menu.

Download integrated Gmail (Windows / Mac and Linux).

IEsnapshot is fully compatible with Internet Explorer. You only need to enter the URL of a site in the address field and click ‘GO’ button to load the page and click ‘Grab Now’ button to take a snapshot.

Moreover, this program fully supports single and multiple page web-captures to a PDF file format. Each snapshot stores all background images, even images inside the style sheets or dynamic content.

Before taking a screen shot, just customize the program. For that, click on ‘Configuration’ – ‘Settings’. Select the tab ‘Selection Settings’ and choose ‘Manually…’, so that you can drag a square in the mini-browser and decide the exact area that you want to save as image.

From the ‘Output File Settings’ tab, choose a image format (PDF, jpeg,) and a directory to save the image. Besides, you can also select either automatic / manual file name selection. From the ‘Advanced tab’ you can decide the image quality.

IEsnapshot supports Windows Vista and XP and can be downloaded from this link.

The Network based Integrity monitoring features:
1. Monitoring every 10 minutes, every day.
2. Can add several web sites to monitor.
3. Detects if a website added in blacklist.
4. Instant notification via email, sms and twitter.

This NBIM service may be useful to bloggers, site administrators and web designers. More information from here.[via]

Ghostery alerts about the web bugs, ad networks and widgets (e.g.: Sitemeter, Facebook Beacon, Amazon Associates, etc…..) on every page on the web.

You can also block (on /off) any hidden script from the Ghostery option menu (In Firefox, Tools – Ghostery – Manage Ghostery option). So you can surf the site faster.

This add-on supports Firefox 3 – 3.5 and works with Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. Install Ghostery from Mozilla add-on site.

Using this application is simple, select the file; settings and zoom region; adjust the parameters like De-noise, dithering etc, click preview and save your image.

While testing the software here, it gives a good result. You only require a few minutes to complete the task.

You can download Image Enlarger (Mac/ Windows, 8Mb Zip) from Sourceforge.net.

You only need to just mouse over the link to preview. Moreover, it also displays safety rating on each link using Google APIs.

HHOTT View's unique features are:
1. Display safety rating on each link to support secure and safe browsing
2. Preview window is a full-featured browser window, not just a small static screen shot
3. Preview window can be placed anywhere within or outside of the web page; in the main monitor or the second monitor
4. Separate preview window for each browser window or browser tab to keep the browsing context and tab browsing friendly
5. Preview links anywhere on the web page including the ones in iframes

I am not claiming that this add-on will give protection against internet threats, but you can use this free tool to preview a link without clicking it. It is quite faster than viewing then on your default browser.

HHOTT View currently in beta and is incompatible with Firefox 3.5. It perfectly works with Internet Explorer 6 – 8. The application is clean and you can download it from hhott.com.

According Avast blog post, the free AV will contain all the features from the existing Home Edition, plus a couple of new extras. The paid AV now includes a new virtualization module as well as all the features from the free. And finally, the Security suite adds an antispam and firewall module and will thus provide you with a complete, worry-free protection.

It is said that Avast antivirus 5 is designed to have a low memory consumption, Heuristic detection (proactive, available since version 4.8) and added detection of potentially unwanted programs (PUPS). (Via and image courtesy: Avast -blog)

Installation procedure:
1. Download and save the file to your hard disk.
2. In Mozilla Thunderbird, open Add-ons from the Tools menu.
3. Click the Install button, and locate/select the file you downloaded and click "OK".

After installation follow the setup wizard. Click next and select ‘Browse website in Thunderbird’. Click next and select Tab enabled Yes / No, click Next and finish the setups.

Normally default settings are enough for security; however you can configure it from the add-on option menu (Tools – Add-on – ThunderBrowse – Option).

Note: Right click on Thunderbird toolbar and click customize. Then look for these two icons and drag it to the toolbar. These two icons let you control collapsing the URL bar (the logo icon) and full screen (the window icon).

To open links in the default browser, just click the icon shown on bottom right side of your Thunderbird to On/Off it.

They will not know where your personal files exist and will not be able to accidentally view them without a proper password.

It's actually very easy to hide a folder with Free Hide Folder. First, you need to run Free Hide Folder, locate and select the folder you want to hide, and then click Hide Folder button to hide folders.

It works with Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista. Download (745Kb) Free Hide Folder.

SaveIt is very simple to use. After installing the program, just right click on any application or documents (for example a desktop icon) that you want to protect, and select Send to - Protect through Saveit3 from the context menu (see screen shot). Now enter a password to protect it.

You can also run the program directly from your desktop and browse for programs and documents to protect it.

And also, this new version has the possibility to protect programs and publish them by, for example, internet or CD-ROMs; without SaveIt needs to be installed (only stand-alone-applications). This option just needs the Microsoft .NET Framework, which is installed on nearly every newer computer.

Even though the program shows one or two minor bug when removing a restriction, SaveIt is certainly a useful application for protecting a program or document from unauthorized access. Download SaveIt (via)