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Free Twitter Sidebar Gadget for your Desktop: Tweetz
FTP Client to Automatically Synchronize Local Files with Server: Web Site Publisher
FireAlpaca: Easy to Use Image Editor to Edit PSD Files
See Text in All Installed Fonts: CPS Font Viewer
10 Free Android Battery Saver Apps to Extend Battery Life of Android
Fix Errors and Improve System Speed with Argente Utilities
Facebook Chat Status Notifier Firefox Plugin for Facebook Users

Free Twitter Sidebar Gadget for your Desktop: Tweetz

Posted: 17 Jun 2012 03:30 PM PDT

Tweetz is a Twitter sidebar gadget that can be used on your desktop while you continue with other work. If you tweet frequently and keep updating your status then this could be the best for you. It docks very comfortably in the sidebar and performs almost all the functions that you could perform on the original twitter site. People looking for a quick and an easy way to remain updated with their Twitter friends then Tweetz is the ultimate solution for them.

Installing Twitter sidebar gadget

The installation is pretty quick and simple. You just need to visit this site here and click on download. A popup menu will appear asking you to press the install button and after you click install the installation starts. After the installation is complete the software asks you to generate a code. You need to click on generate code button and you will be redirected to a page where you will be provided with the code. After you enter the code in the appropriate place the software will be ready for use. But if you are looking for multi-network client, you can try Twigether, TweetDeck, and Digsby.

Interface of Tweetz

Tweetz has a nice stylish black colored interface. All the options are clearly visible at the top of the screen and you can easily view all the tweets on the tweetz screen. It has a nice appearance and can be easily kept at a side on your desktop. There are no disturbances while the software is on and you can easily focus on other work while it's silently present on the desktop. It can be easily controlled by the mouse and you can keep it at the side of the screen or in the middle as per your choice. At the top right corner near the close button you can see a green or orange color button. It is pretty small and shows your current status.

Using Twitter sidebar gadget

The gadget can be used as soon as it is installed. When it appears on the screen you can see different tabs to make changes in the gadget. At the top right there is the close button, a drag bar and the option to change the size of the gadget. When you click on the header of the gadget you are provided with a box where you can write your current updates. Below the header you get the tabs named:

Home
Mentions
Messages
Search
Favorites

These tabs are not present by their names; instead you can identify them with their icons. Like the Home tab is provided with a home shape and Mentions tab is present with "@" shape. When you click on "@" the gadget shows the places where you were mentioned. By clicking on messages you can see the messages posted on your wall. There is a search option which provides you with a box to search for a specific term on twitter and the favorites tab helps you bookmark a specific thing as your favorites.

At the right side the options button helps you to adjust height and font size. You can also make changes in the tweets visible in your profile by clicking on show links in posts, check for new updates, chirp when new message arrives, etc. By right clicking on the header you can add gadgets like calendar, CPU meter, Currency, picture Puzzle etc. You will also get options to change opacity, size or close the gadget.

All in all it's a pretty nice and easy to use gadget for tweet freaks.

Free Twitter Sidebar Gadget for your Desktop: Tweetz was originally published at I Love Free Software

FTP Client to Automatically Synchronize Local Files with Server: Web Site Publisher

Posted: 17 Jun 2012 12:30 PM PDT

Web Site Publisher is a free FTP client which will monitor changes to website directories locally on your computer and as you save edited files, Web Site Publisher will upload them to the website server and synchronize files and data online with the ones that are on your computer.

There are a lot of FTP programs out there, for example FireFTP, best FTP clients, but not many of them has this type of approach when it comes to file uploading and synchronization.

On the image above we can see the default interface of Web Site Publisher, it’s rather simplistic, and if you didn’t have any kind of experience with FTP software before, you’re gonna have to take a few moments to understand all the options that Web Site Publisher has to offer. Website setup is simplified with a wizard that will be offered to you when first starting up the application.

Setting up a website in Web Site Publisher

Hardest step in the website creation wizard would be where you need to enter the FTP username and password and the one before that where the FTP address of your website has to be entered:

For those who don’t know this, FTP information necessary for a successful connection with Web Site Publisher to your websites’s server is something that you should have received from your host when creating your account with them. If you still don’t know what needs to be entered here, contact your host and ask FTP information from them, they’ll be able to help you out. There’s a test FTP connection step inside the program and once that you finish setting everything up, you can test the details that you’ve entered by simply clicking on the Test Connection button.

Refreshing websites via FTP in one click with Web Site Publisher

After finishing with the wizard, you should see the default Web Site Publisher interface like the one that you can see on the first image above. One exception would be that on the list of available websites you should see your own website. Now that the website is configured inside the program, you need to open up the local folder which you’ve configured for Web Site Publisher to use and start creating your website there.

index.html or index.php is the basic file that has to be added to a website, that’s the starting point of a website. Add all the other files that your site has, and then open up Web Site Publisher, click on Publish and the entire file structure will be uploaded to the server, congrats your website is live.

Now for the most interesting part, next time that you create an edit on a certain file on your website, then you just have to hit publish and all the edited files, files which were changed will be automatically uploaded, other that were not edited will not be uploaded.

Conclusion

Even though newer websites for the most part use various CM scripts, there are still webmasters out there who are only using HTML on their websites and this is the perfect tool for them. Edit your website locally and then just click Publish and have it updated for your readers, try it and see how easy it is to upload websites with Web Site Publisher.

FTP Client to Automatically Synchronize Local Files with Server: Web Site Publisher was originally published at I Love Free Software

FireAlpaca: Easy to Use Image Editor to Edit PSD Files

Posted: 17 Jun 2012 11:00 AM PDT

FireAlpaca is a free image editor tool which lets you easily edit images. What makes this image editing software special is the fact that it is available for free against a number of costly image editors available in the market. It is one of the few free image editors that let you open psd files, edit psd files, and save images in psd format.

Talk of any format and this free image editor makes it possible for you to use the image in the named format. The tool would seem quite familiar to the users who have been working on existing image editors. However, not much should be expected from this tool as it is a simple and free image editor which has been designed to perform a few basic functions rather than advanced editing of images.

Installation

FireAlpaca can be easily installed on downloading the setup of 9MB from the official website. Suited for Windows XP or higher, the free image editor is also available for Mac operating system. The installation is simple and gets completed in a jiffy. It does not install any adware or toolbars on your system.Hence its safe and secure. In fact, this software is compatible with Wacom tablets as well.

Interface of FireAlpace Free Image Editor

If you have been using Photoshop, then you would find that this free image editor, FireAlpaca has been built on similar lines. The interface is quite attractive and experienced users would have no issues using the software. The functions are not as complex hence you would find the interface quite user-friendly.

Some other image editing software we reviewed earlier include: ZoomFX, and Magix Photo Designer.

Key features of FireAlpaca Image Editor

Images in different format including PSD, jpeg, bitmap and others can easily be opened and edited.

You also have the flexibility to save the images in any format including Photoshop document(PSD) which adds significantly to the software.
You can work in multiple layers, a similar feature present in Photoshop, hence you can work on a number of images together.
An interesting feature that FireAlpaca offers is the Snap feature which lets you choose from among number of perspective overlays such as Parallel, Crisscross, Vanishing point, and Radial. All of these have their own specialties adding a lot to the final image.

Lots of basic tools such as brush, eraser, pencil, gradient, magic wand etc are all available in this free image editor allowing you to use some of the basic functions.

Verdict

If you are searching for Photoshop capabilities in FireAlpaca then you would be slightly disappointed. It does not match to the level of Photoshop but on the whole the software is great if you love to engage yourself in freehand drawing. Some of the tools which you find in Photoshop are missing yet FireAlpaca seems to be a good option when it comes to drawing. In fact, including a help file would be a lot of use for the beginners as they might get confused in using some of the functions. There is no harm in trying the software especially when it comes for free and has some interesting features in store rather than opting for other costly tools if you do not have many requirements!

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See Text in All Installed Fonts: CPS Font Viewer

Posted: 17 Jun 2012 09:30 AM PDT

CPS Font Viewer is a free font viewer that helps Windows users to see all the installed fonts. This font viewer will list all the fonts that are installed in your system. Not only that, you can specify some sample text, and it will show how that text will look in all the installed fonts.

This lets you easily compare text rendering with different fonts, and you can easily choose the right fonts for your design work. This font viewer is perfect for graphics designers, as they can try multiple fonts in one go.

Features of Free CPS Font Viewer:

The main window consists of various font styles with a single text. In this way you can see differentiate how a text will look in various fonts.
If you look carefully you can see that under the text the font style is given such as impact, Liberation, Sans Narrow. etc.
To enter the sample text write any text in the textbox and click on the submit button. The filter is used to compare selected fonts.
The text and the size of fonts can be changed according to the requirement.

Some other similar software we reviewer earlier include Font Viewer, Font Manager, and Font Comparison Software.

Conclusion:

CPS Font Viewer is a helpful tool with which various installed fonts can be viewed without any problem. The user interface is easy and simple, and any user can handle this tool without any training. It is very light software and doesn't consume much of system resources. CPS Font Viewer is stable and works perfectly fine. The latest version of the .Net Framework is used to develop this CPS Font Viewer. It is strongly recommended to try it once, and if you don't like it then you can delete it.

System Requirement:

To use this font viewer you need to ensure that you have .Net Framework 4.0 installed in your system.

Download:

CPS Font Viewer is free to download. The size of the rar file is only 1.2Mb only. There is no need for installing this software. Just extract the rar file and you will be able to see an executable CPS Font Viewer file, double click on it to execute this application.

If you are a graphic designer, then this is one of the must have software.

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10 Free Android Battery Saver Apps to Extend Battery Life of Android

Posted: 17 Jun 2012 08:00 AM PDT

Here, are 10 free Android Battery Saver Apps. Saving battery life of Android is mandatory task to perform as almost all Android phones have less battery backup due to multiple unknown programs running in the background. Google Play Store has many battery saver apps for Android.

We will be discussing about Easy Batter Saver app, PowerMax app, Battery Booster app, JuiceDefender app, One Touch Battery Saver app, Battery Defender app, and a few more. Install any one of them and enjoy your Android phone for a longer time.

Easy Battery Saver:

Easy Battery Saver is a free Android battery saver app to optimize and boost battery of Android phone. This Android Battery Saver app is one of the popular app in Google Play Store. The app works great by providing multiple fields to save battery life of Android. On launching the app, you can easily check the battery info which tells the current battery level in percentage, backgrounds programs like WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, Mobile data, and Brightness running and draining up the battery life. You can easily close unnecessary programs running in the background to save the battery life. Also, battery info tells you the remaining battery capacity like talk time, web surfing, audio playback and video playback.

Optimization: Optimization tab of the app includes different battery saving modes. Different modes include normal mode, general power saving mode, intelligent power saving mode, super power saving mode, and advanced customized mode. Advanced customized mode of the app is the best part of the app which I liked the most. In this mode, you can easily customize and set the controls by your choice on the programs like Lock & Unlock, Low Battery, Traffic, WiFi, Mobile data, Bluetooth, Auto Sync, Brightness, Timeout, Battery Saving Brightness, Sleep Schedule and Night Schedule.

Consumption: Consumption tab of the app tells you the key areas where the battery consumption is high. This includes battery consumption level when phone is kept idle, when cell on standby, display, and consumption level by Android system. With this you will come to know the cause of the drainage of your Android battery. You can then control them accordingly in order to save the battery life of your Android phone.

Check out review on Easy Batter Saver app for Android by us.

JuiceDefender – battery saver:

JuiceDefender – battery saver is a free Android battery saver app to save battery life of Android. JuiceDefender is another most popular app in Google Play Store to optimize battery life of Android. The app offers different profiles to switch between, so as to control the running programs accordingly.

Balanced Profile: Balanced profile is the default profile of JuiceDefender app. This profile ensures a very noticeable improvement in battery life of Android. The profile gives as little impact as possible on the normal operations of your phone. By enabling this profile, you will see almost all the programs running as they were running earlier.

Aggressive: Aggressive profile of JuiceDefender app ensures that your battery life will extend as much as possible. The app extends the capacity of your dying battery by disabling all the connectivity of your Android phone. To enable the connectivity, you can configure(Whitelist) those apps which you want that should be connected to internet even if your Android is running out of the battery. You can easily select the battery threshold and the app will work accordingly.

Customize: Customize profile of JuiceDefender battery saver app allows you to customize controls of some programs by your choice. You can easily enable/disable mobile data and enable/disable schedule. All other settings in customize profile of the app work when you buy full version of JuiceDefender app.

Advanced: Advanced profile of JuiceDefender app works same as customize profile. You can customize multiple programs that run on your Android. Advanced profile includes customization of controls, schedules, and triggers. Not all the features of this profile are free. For enabling all the features of Advanced profile, you need to buy full version of the app.

Battery Dr Saver+a task killer:

Battery Dr Saver+a task killer is a free Android batter saver and task killer app for Android. This Android battery saver app is a 2-in-1 app with both battery saver and task killer. The working of the app is simple on Android. When you launch the app, you will some tasks running in your Android background. Kill all the unnecessary task to stop them and save the drainage of the battery life by those unnecessary apps. Also, you will see some programs like WiFi, Bluetooth, Mobile data, Auto-Sync data, and more running on your Android. Disable all of them, if you don't require. You can also adjust screen brightness, ringer, volume control, auto rotation, and more. This will help you save the battery life of your Android phone.

One Touch Battery Saver:

One Touch Battery Saver is a free battery saver app for Android. This battery saver app is a simple app that works with simple options on Android phone. You just have to launch the app and then tap on the settings button to open the settings of the app. Adjust the lowest battery level where you want to disable some selected programs running on your Android phone. After this, check some selected apps and programs which are currently running and you want them to stop running after a certain battery level. The app will automatically disable all the selected programs and apps when the battery level reaches the level set in the app settings. This is how, One Touch Batter Saver saves the battery life of your Android phone.

Battery Defender – Battery Saver:

Battery Defender – Battery Saver is a free Android battery saver app to optimize and save battery life of your Android phone. Battery Defender app works automatically with its default settings as soon as your launch the app. The app turns it battery saving mode after a certain battery level. The percentage of battery level to activate battery saving mode can be customized from settings menu of the app. The app also closes all the network connections when you go to sleep. Sleep time can be set according to your preference. The app automatically closes all the network connections between the sleep time set in the app.This helps you saving your battery life of your Android phone.

Battery Saver:

Battery Saver is a free Android app that enables simple battery saver on Android. You just have to launch the app on your Android phone, enable the Battery Saver app and your are done with. The app will automatically save the battery life of your Android phone by disabling the network connection when you go to sleep. You can set the sleep time in the app and it will work accordingly. Also, you can set different sleep time for weekends. The app even saves your battery life by controlling screen brightness and by controlling CPU frequency. Remember that controlling CPU frequency needs root access on your Android phone. Your Android phone should be rooted.

If you want to root or unroot your Android phone, then download Unlock Root setup on your computer and then root or unroot your Android phone.

Y5 – Battery Saver:

Y5 – Battery Saver is a free light weight Android app which saves your Android battery life by managing WiFi networks. The app totally deals with WiFi running on your Android phone. If your WiFi is enabled and your are not in the range of any WiFi network, then the app automatically disable the WiFi on your Android phone. This helps to save the battery life of Android.

Of course, this app is good for the Android users who usually skip to disable the WiFi after its use. The app disables the WiFi automatically and saves your Android battery life.

Remember: Y5 – Battery Saver app disables the WiFi after few minutes when running out of WiFi networks. So don't uninstall the app while testing it, thinking that it is not working properly on your Android.

GreenPower free battery saver:

GreenPower is a free Android battery saver app with multiple options and controls to save battery life on Android. On launching the app, you will see a big battery icon with battery level displaying on Android screen. The app offers two modes to save the battery which include day mode and night mode. You can switch to day mode, as night mode is only available in premium version of the app. GreenPower offers multiple options which include WiFi settings, Mobile network settings, Bluetooth settings, Account sync settings, Traffic settings, app whitelist, screen OFF display to turn screen on/off. keep WiFi on/off during phone call, keep WiFi or data connection on/off if any hotspot enabled and much more. The app even provides a small battery icon with green or orange leaf indicating the battery level in notification panel.

Battery Booster:

Battery Booster is another Android battery saver and optimizer for Android. Battery Booster is truly a nice app in Google Play Store. This is the one for which I was looking for in Google Play Store. With Battery Booster app, you can easily save battery life by enabling different battery saving modes in the app. Saving modes of the app include Basic saving mode, Smart saving mode, Ultimate saving mode, Sleep mode, and custom mode. As per my testing, these modes are enough to bring a drastic improvement into the battery life of your Android phone. But, if then also you feel that there is something missing that you want to control, then create a your custom mode and then control running programs accordingly.

You might not want to try any other battery saver, other than this Battery Booster app on your Android phone. This is because, Battery booster is a complete app that one might want to save battery life of Android.

PowerMax:

PowerMax is a free Android battery booster app that enables you to save battery life as much as possible. This Android battery saver app is quite a simple app that can be controlled by a single power button in the app. You just have to tap and switch ON the power button. PowerMax will be activated and manages your background data like WiFi, Mobile data, Bluetooth, Screen brightness, wallpaper, and more. On switching on the power button, the app disables all the background data running and enables on switching ON the power button in the app. This is how PowerMax manages the battery life of your Android phone.

Apart from this, you can also check the history of enabling and disabling the app. From there you can know about the improvement of the battery life after installing PowerMax app. You can also customize the app through its multiple advanced settings.

You can also check the review on PowerMax app for Android.

From all of the above apps, Easy Battery Saver, PowerMax, and Battery Booster are the best battery saver apps that I would recommended. If you find any other battery saver app better than these 10 apps discussed above then do let us know in comments.

10 Free Android Battery Saver Apps to Extend Battery Life of Android was originally published at I Love Free Software

Fix Errors and Improve System Speed with Argente Utilities

Posted: 17 Jun 2012 06:30 AM PDT

Argente Utilities is a full-featured system maintenance software that will scan your computer for a whole set of different errors and not only that, it can also offer protection and immunization against spyware and various other malware threats that exist out there. Keeping computer clean from errors is a very important thing that needs to be done if you don’t want to experience system slow downs. With Argente Utilities, taking care of your system gets a bit more easier.

After starting Argente Utiliies for the the first time you will be asked if you want the program to run system maintenance scans and fixes automatically, and if you want to enable automatic updates. You should definitely enable the second option, automatic updates, but we are a little bit skeptic when it comes to having system maintenance automated, because program could delete important data, for example browser history, so make sure to deactivate automatic maintenance, or if you know what you’re doing, leave it on.

Check out similar software: Glary utilities, Tweak Me, Advanced System Tweaker

System maintenance with Argente Utilities

We were surprised to find out that even though we disabled automated maintenance, when the program loaded it started scanning our computer for pretty much every error that it can scan for.

There were a lot of errors present across all the system areas where Argente can clean, but good news is that they were not automatically deleted. A total of 5 system locations will be checked for errors, or perhaps I should say that 5 different cleaners come bundled with Argente system cleanup utilities, because that’s how they are called, we have:

Registry Cleaner
Disk Cleaner
Privacy Cleaner
Spyware Cleaner
Spyware Immunization

Last option isn’t a cleaner, it can be used in order to prevent infection with various tracking cookies by configuring your default browser not to accept them. The other 4 system cleaners are pretty much the standard when it comes to system cleanup programs like these. Registry Cleaner will check leftover errors which are always present after programs are uninstalled from the system. Disk Cleaner checks for any junk files on the disk, for example temporary files and folders which are sometime left by install wizards. Privacy Cleaner cleans private browser data, and other personal info from your user account on the system. This is the option with which you need to be careful, because it will delete active website logins, so make sure you remember your passwords ;).

System optimization with Argente Utilities

By opening the Optimization tab on the left side of the program you will get a new set of tools which can help you to speed up the system even more.

Uninstall Manager
StartUp Manager
Process Manager
System Optimizer

With these system optimization tools, the abilities of Argente Utilities expand drastically. You can uninstall applications, check if there are any dangerous processes which have added themselves to startup, monitor processes and on top of all that there’s also the System Optimization option will allows you to perform additional system configuration to increase speed. Argente Utilities has a lot to offer, so make sure to consider it if you’re looking for a system maintenance application.

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Facebook Chat Status Notifier Firefox Plugin for Facebook Users

Posted: 17 Jun 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Facebook Chat Status Notifier is a handy Firefox extension which is useful for all those Facebook users who wish to keep track of the status changes made by their friends. Using this extension is simple where you do not need to know much about the browser.

Installing Facebook Chat Status Notifier

The extension is pretty simple to install. You can download the setup file here. The moment you click on ''add to Firefox'' the extension starts downloading and then asks you to restart your browser to use it. If you are interested to try some other useful Firefox extension, you can try Secure or Not, SearchPreview and Colorizer.

Using the Facebook Chat Status Notifier

In order to see the settings of the extension you need to click on the Tools menu from the menu bar and then select "Facebook Chat Notifier". You can access the settings with the short key i.e. Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N also. This opens up the names of people whose status you are tracking with this application. Here you can delete the friends which you may not wish to follow by clicking on the cross button against their names.

In order to add people to your watch list you can open up your facebook and right click on the people you wish to follow from the chat menu on the right side. You need to right click on the name of the person from the chat window and select "Watch this friend". That's all you need to do and you would be updated as and when the people on the list change their status messages.

That's all you need to do and you would be updated as and when the people on the list change their status messages. Facebook users can surely try this extension for keeping track of status changes made by their friends. Download Facebook Chat Status notifier free.

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