This Week’s Top Downloads
December 27th, 2008
- FilePhile Transfers Any Size File Between Any Two Systems (Windows/Mac/Linux)
"FilePhile is a peer-to-peer, multi-platform app for getting files of unlimited size between yourself and anyone else willing to give it a try." - OpenOffice.org Portable 3.0 Ready for Your Thumb Drive (Windows)
"OpenOffice.org 3, the latest version of the free, open-source office suite, has gotten a full thumb drive packaging by the PortableApps.com team." - Mint.com Brings Balance Management to the iPhone (iPhone)
"Free money management webapp Mint rolls out an iPhone app that puts most of its basic data-mining, alerts, and money-watching tools in a few simple screens." - TrayProdder Adds Vista-Style Checkboxes and Selection to XP (Windows XP)
"Free system utility TrayProdder adds of Windows Vista's handier file-handling tools, checkbox selection and full-row highlighting, to Windows XP." - BitMeter Monitors Your Bandwidth (Windows)
"BitMeter is a small bandwidth-monitoring application packed with features to help you track and analyze your bandwidth usage." - Manipulate Vector Images with Open Source Inkscape (Windows, Mac, Linux)
"If you are looking for a free alternative to the Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape has a host of features that make it worth taking for a spin." - Video MobileConverter Formats Flicks for Small Screen (Windows)
"BitTorrent super-host The Pirate Bay claims its ViO MobileConverter tool reduces nearly any video's size by 20 percent and converts it for mobile devices faster than anything else." - GMDesk Puts Multiple Google Apps in One Window (All platforms with Adobe AIR)
"GMDesk is a single-window frame that can hot-switch between Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, and other G-apps, but it could use a few tweaks to make it truly convenient." - ABC News Gives You Top Stories and Location-Specific Video (iPhone)
"When you can't wrest the TV remote from your father-in-law to watch the news this week, fire up the all-new ABC News iPhone app. " - GlimmerBlocker Blocks Ads System-Wide (Mac)
"Free, open-source application GlimmerBlocker adds a new preference pane to your System Preferences that brings system-wide ad blocking to your Mac." - MediaPortal 1.0 Released, Brings Open-Source DVR to Windows (Windows)
"Open-source application XBMC has received all of the attention in the media center arena lately, but it still can't replace your TiVo."
