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Free Media Player to Play any Media Format: JetVideo
Control Android Phone from PC Using PhoneDeck
Karaoke Player For Windows: VanBasco’s Karaoke Player
Free Security Suite with Antivirus Protection: Roboscan
Windows 8 UI On Windows 7, Vista, XP: Windows 8 Transformation Pack
5 Free Software/Websites To Create Facebook Timeline Covers
Convert PDF to Flash SWF with Free PDF to Flash SWF
Free Font Utility to Beautify Any Text: Stylish Font Writer

Free Media Player to Play any Media Format: JetVideo

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 03:30 PM PDT

JetVideo is a free media player. Even though JetVideo is missing some very useful features like the ability to play subtitles, there are still advantages to using it over other media players, mainly because with JetVideo you get to play practically every media format known to man, audio, video it doesn’t matter, JetVideo will play them all, and it has a lot of other useful options:

Skins might not be the most important thing when it comes to functionality of applications, but they sure are important when it comes to eye candy, and the default skin which JetVideo has to offer, which can be seen above is very modern and stylish. But so that you don’t think that this free audio/video player is only pretty, that it is not good for anything else, here’s a list of media formats that JetVideo can play:

AVI
WMV
MPG
MP3
OGG
WMA
FLAC
MP4
MIDI
TS
MKV

It can play over 25 different audio and video formats, practically every single one that you can think off, and when you combine that with the classy interface that JetVideo has you get the winning combo, which should be enough to satisfy majority of users, but probably not all.

Similar software: DJ Genius, Facebook Video Player, HyPlay.

Free video player – JetVideo

We said that not everyone can use JetVideo, and the reason why we said that is because JetVideo doesn’t support subtitles. One very major drawback that will probably turn off international users away from JetVideo, and not just international users, even those from English speaking countries are known to have English subtitles running and unfortunately you can’t have that in JetVideo media player.

Here we have a video playing inside JetVideo and as you can see, everything looks very professional. Full-screen view is available, as it should be, and normally as you hover video bottom there will be a display bar with the time slider and all the other options:

Playlist is a nice touch, where you can see all the media files that you have opened inside JetVideo, or where you can add for example your audio and video collections. There’s several different options for adding files to the playlist, easiest one being adding entire folders, similarly to what other media players have. You can also add URLs to the playlist, which means that JetVideo can also play streaming videos and music.

Conclusion

If you are not a demanding user, and by demanding we’re referring to playing subtitles, if you don’t need that particular feature, then JetVideo media player is just the thing that you need. It supports a very wide range of audio and video formats and despite of the fact that the program name says JetVideo it will also play your audio collection just fine. Killing two birds with one stone saying comes to mind when we’re talking about this video/audio player, so make sure you give it a spin and see if it will satisfy your needs, there’s still a lot more options that we haven’t mentioned here, which require discovering.

Free Media Player to Play any Media Format: JetVideo was originally published at I Love Free Software

Control Android Phone from PC Using PhoneDeck

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 02:00 PM PDT

Phonedeck is a free Android app to control or manage contacts and messages through Chrome browser. This Android management app makes it easy for you to manage messages and contacts with one click through your Google Chrome browser on computer. You just need to connect with a unique email as your username and get started to manage your contacts and messages.

Before getting started, you need to sign-up with Phonedeck to create your unique username and password. Now login with Phonedeck credential on Phonedeck Chrome extension and Phonedeck Android app.

Somewhat similar apps we covered earlier include Drop2Mobile app to send links to Phone from browser, and , MightyText app to manages messages and contacts from Chrome browser on PC.

With Phonedeck app, you can access your phone data on Google Chrome browser. You can check all your received and sent SMS from each number saved on your contact list. Compose a new message and send it through the number running on your Android to anyone, be it a contact from your phonebook or any unknown number. Apart from this, Phonedeck Chrome extension also displays number of incoming, outgoing, and missed calls on different dates of the month. The activities performed on each contact through your Android is displayed by Phonedeck browser client.

Coming on to contacts part, the app is too great to manage contacts of your Android phone. You can easily access all the contacts with their name, contact number, and the contact picture saved. Moreover, the browser client also allows you to edit contacts, add a new contact, merge contacts, and delete a contact. All these can be easily done wirelessly on a Wi-Fi network. Now lets see how to get connected and use Phonedeck Android app and browser client.

How To Use Phonedeck:

Step 1: Download and install Phonedeck browser extension on your Google Chrome browser. If you are unable to install Phonedeck Chrome extension from Phonedeck webpage, then click here to install it from Chrome Web Store.

Step 2: Download and install Phonedeck app on your Android phone from our App Store or scan the QR Code below. You can also head to Google Play Store on your Android phone and then search for the app and install it.

Step 3: Now connect your PC and Android phone on same Wi-Fi network.

Step 4: Sign-up with Phonedeck and login with your credentials on Android app and Chrome extension installed.

Step 5: Now launch the Android app to make your Android device visible on Chrome browser. Also, launch the Chrome extension to make sure that you are logged in to your Phonedeck.

Step 6: You can now see name of your Android phone connected with the browser after logging on Phonedeck webpage with your username and password.

Step 7: Click on the appropriate options to manage your contacts and messages of your Android from Chrome browser.

Features Of Phonedeck App To Manage Contacts & Messages Of Android:

Access your messages and contacts on Chrome browser.
Access call logs which include incoming calls, outgoing calls, and missed calls according to specific dates of the month.
You can send messages and make outgoing calls.
Displays the list of contacts with the contact's name, contact number, and contact picture.
Edit a contact, add a contact, or merge a contact on Android from browser.
Check insights on each contact saved in your phonebook.
Send invitation to friend on Phonedeck.

Phonedeck makes it easy for you to browse contacts and messages without touching the Android device. Make use of your Wi-Fi network and make your work easier and faster by controlling phone through PC. Phonedeck has a small limitation that it works a bit slow. You have to wait a bit to check for activities, messages, call logs, and contacts.

Phonedeck is another way apart from Drop2Mobile app, MightyText app to manages messages and contacts from Chrome browser installed on computer.

Control Android Phone from PC Using PhoneDeck was originally published at I Love Free Software

Karaoke Player For Windows: VanBasco’s Karaoke Player

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 12:30 PM PDT

VanBasco's Karaoke Player is a free Karaoke player software to play Karaoke files and standard MIDI files. This Karaoke software is small in size with a file size of only 864 KB, which is very less when compared to it's functionality.

This Karaoke player software comes with a built-in feature to support file formats like .midi, .mid, .rmi, and .kar files. This smart Karaoke player shows you the lyrics in the Karaoke Window. So by viewing the lyrics you can sing along with the music being played and enjoy singing like never before.

VanBasco's Karaoke Player comes with a Karaoke Player window, Karaoke window to display the lyrics, Piano window, MIDI output window, volume control window, and playlist window. Karaoke Player window includes buttons like play, stop, prev, next, reverse, forward and other functions like autoplay, shuffle, scan, repeat, etc. This Karaoke player window even include buttons to display or hide other windows.

Karaoke window basically displays the lyrics of a song and offers few customization options like you choose the lyrics font type, font size, Karaoke type, position of the lyrics, colors, and you can even add the background image, etc.

Piano window shows you the song notes on a Piano. MIDI output window basically display the song notes, instruments and volume on it's interface. You are even allowed to control volume, tempo etc. from the control window. Playlist window includes a sample playlist with few Karaoke songs in it. It even allows you create your own playlist by adding Karaoke songs to it.

Don't forget to check out OkeOke free Karaoke software.

Features Of VanBasco's Karaoke Player:

Comes With a Karaoke window which is fully customizable.
View the lyrics in the default small window or full-screen.
Adjustable tempo and volume level.
Light weight software with a file size of less than 1MB.
Simple and very basic user interface.
MIDI output window displays the song notes and instruments.
Search for your favorite Karaoke songs with the search option.

Also, check out KaraFun reviewed by us.

VanBasco's Karaoke Player is a simple, yet full featured Karaoke player that let's you play Karaoke files and displays the lyrics and MIDI output. Download VanBasco's Karaoke Player for free.

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Karaoke Player For Windows: VanBasco’s Karaoke Player was originally published at I Love Free Software

Free Security Suite with Antivirus Protection: Roboscan

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:00 AM PDT

Roboscan is a relatively new antivirus software which still hasn’t found a big user base like the ones that all the other AV names like AVG, Avast and Avira have. Since it’s new it has to offer something new and innovative in order to attract new users, and that’s exactly what Roboscan has done, with it’s addition of several useful system utilities to the basic security software portion of the program.

User interface of Roboscan is very easy to follow, all the different features that the free version of this program has are listed in tabs, which can be seen on the image above. What you see shown above is the default Security Center tab where all the basic information about the system is posted. We already see that there is a problem in the form of Roboscan not being updated, and that the Firewall is not activated. Short list of everything that Roboscan can do would be the following:

Antivirus and Antispyware protection
Firewall protection – network monitoring
System status scanner – check Windows settings
Privacy scanner, web history scanner and deletion
Real time protection
Self protection – Roboscan protection so that it cannot be modified by viruses

These are the basic options which are offered with the free version of Roboscan. If you want more features you’re gonna have to switch to one of the paid versions which also offer registry scanners, but system security tools and utilities that you get in the free version are more than enough.

Detect malware with Roboscan

There are three scan methods that you get with Roboscan:

Quick
Basic
Advanced

The difference between them would be how much system files are scanned, Quick means that only the basic system files are scanned, while Advanced gives you the option to select where you want the program to scan. Basic would be something in between. Detection rate of Roboscan is rather good. It’s virus engine is built around BitDefender and ESTsoft ALYac engines, so quality is definitely there.

System firewall with Roboscan

By default the firewall is disabled, you’re gonna have to turn it on by clicking on Setup and entering the firewall settings.

There you can also choose what kind of behavior you expect from the firewall. If you want it to block all the traffic right away, do you want it to ask each time that an application want’s internet access and so on. After you set everything up, click on OK and Firewall should have been activated.

Secure file deletion with Roboscans File Shredder

File Shredder would be one of those tools that we were talking about when we mentioned useful little system utilities that comes with Roboscan.

You can use the File Shredder in order to delete files from your system so that they cannot be recovered or undeleted with data recovery software. Doing this is very important if you are planning on selling your computer, and preventing others from resurrecting your files.

Conclusion

Roboscan is still new and it does offer a lot of interesting functionalities. If you’re in the market for a new antivirus program, make sure to give Roboscan a try and see if you like the protection that it has to offer, it’s free.

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Free Security Suite with Antivirus Protection: Roboscan was originally published at I Love Free Software

Windows 8 UI On Windows 7, Vista, XP: Windows 8 Transformation Pack

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 09:30 AM PDT

Windows 8 Transformation Pack is a free software to get Windows 8 UI on Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server. This transformation pack basically transforms your default Windows version UI to Windows 8 UI that includes a Charms bar or Metro UI as in Windows 8.

This transformation pack is suitable for Windows Vista, XP and server. If you are using a Windows 7 PC, then I would suggest you to use Windows 8 UX Pack reviewed by us, as it is specially designed for Windows 7, and gives a better experience.

Coming back to Windows 8 Transformation Pack, it gives a complete look and feel of Windows 8 to your existing Windows version by adding the Charms bar to the interface.

While installing this software, you can choose the Immerse UI between Metro UI Desktop or Charms bar that appears in the same way as it appears in Windows 8 by moving and placing the mouse cursor on top right or bottom right corner of the screen.

The Lock screen that appears when you lock Windows also gives a complete feel of Windows 8.

You will also come across a new start menu button after installing this transformation pack.

Don't forget to check out Mosaic reviewed by us.

Features Of This Tool To Get Windows 8 UI:

Transforms your earlier Windows version and gives it a Windows 8 UI.
Charms bar appear on the interface in the same way, as it appears in Windows 8.
Easy installation process.
Replaced Windows Vista theme, Windows 7 theme, Windows 7 Metro Theme with M-Awesome's Windows 8 RC and with panda-x's Windows 8 RC Aero.
Displays Loading circle animation present in Windows 8 Release preview.
Updated lock screen of Windows 8 release preview gives you a complete feel.
Choose the Immersive UI between Charms bar and Metro UI Desktop.
Choose Windows 8 feature like Aero frame UI, taskbar's user tile, Aero's auto-colorization, etc.

How To Download And Install This Tool To Get Windows 8 UI:

Open the homepage of this free tool and hit the download button.
A zip file of this transformation pack will be downloaded to your system.
Unzip the zip files and run the application file of this transformation pack.

You will come across an installation window.
Let the system file transformation and system font configuration options remain the default.
Choose the Immersive UI between Charms bar and Metro UI Desktop.
Choose Windows 8 features from the available features.
Now, you need to click the Installbutton.
Wait for a while for this tool to apply settings.
It will ask you for a Reboot, so reboot your system and there you are on Windows 8 UI.

Windows 8 Transformation Pack 5.0 offers an effortless way to experience Windows 8 on earlier Windows version. Download Windows 8 Transformation Pack free.

Windows 8 UI On Windows 7, Vista, XP: Windows 8 Transformation Pack was originally published at I Love Free Software

5 Free Software/Websites To Create Facebook Timeline Covers

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 08:00 AM PDT

Here, are 5 Free Software/websites to create Facebook Timeline covers. Facebook timeline cover is a topmost thing that appears on your Facebook profile, so you can express yourself by creating customized Facebook covers using various tools. These software/websites let’s you create fully customized Facebook timeline covers using your photos, that suits your personality. It's not necessary that you should have any kind of technical knowledge or artistic skills for using these tools. Try these websites or software for free.

Covercanvas

Covercanvas is a free tool which helps you to create fully customized Facebook timeline covers. This free tool includes static covers and custom covers, Static covers are basically those covers which remain as it is, you cannot customize them for example, covers related to celebrities, arts, movies, etc. Custom covers are basically customizable covers, you can create Facebook timeline covers using your photos and name, using name only or using photos only. This free tool even allows you to easily remix photos for creating Timeline cover that suits you the best. Covercanvas is an easy to use Facebook application, so even the beginners could create stunning Facebook timeline covers in no time.

Read more about Covercanvas or try it here.

Schweppes Profile App

Schweppes Profile App is a another free Facebook application using which you can create Facebook timeline covers that are fully customized. You can upload a single photo or multiple photos of you to this tool for creating a Facebook timeline cover. These tool allows you to adjust the transparency level and even allows you to give colors like red, green and blue to your photos. You can even rotate and resize images to make them suitable for your Facebook timeline cover. If you are looking for a simple tool to create Schweppes, then it's worth trying out Schweppes profile app.

Read more about Schweppes profile app or try it here. Don't forget to check out Timeline Movie Maker reviewed by us.

GIMP

GIMP is a free photo editing software which can be used for creating customized Facebook Timeline covers. GIMP allows you to easily create custom Facebook Timeline covers using your favorite images. This free software basically needs a Facebook cover template file for Gimp, download template files for GIMP from the web. Double click the template file to open it in GIMP. Now, choose your favorite image and drag it on to the GIMP interface. In this way using a template and a picture, you can easily create an attractive Facebook Timeline cover.

TimeLine Cover Banner

TimeLine Cover Banner is a free online application that lets you create fully customized timeline covers in no time. This free online tool offers a wide range of cover backgrounds to choose from, you can even upload your own custom backgrounds and images for creating your own custom timeline covers. This online application even allows you to add text, drawings, various shapes, you are even allowed to adjust the brightness, saturation, contrast etc according to your preference. Timeline cover banner comes with various tools like circle, rectangle, paint brush, text tool, eraser, etc. In addition, this application provides adjustable tool options for each tool. After creating a Facebook Timeline cover, you are allowed to save it in PNG format, which you can later on manually upload to your Facebook account. Try Timeline Cover Banner for free.

Also, check out our tutorial on How to send Facebook profile pictures on Facebook chat.

Pic Scatter

Pic Scatter is a free collage application that lets you create attractive collages using your photos, which you can further use as your Facebook timeline cover. You can provide photos that you like, photos of your friends, photos from your favorite albums, etc. You are even allowed to give titles to collages that you create. Suppose, if you are not satisfied with an image within the collage, you can easily replace it by clicking on that image. If you are finished with your collage, you can download it in PNG format and later on upload this collage to your Facebook account. For pulling photos from your Facebook profile, this app requires access to your Facebook profile. In this way, you can create custom Facebook timeline covers using photo collages. Try Pic Scatter for free.

If you spend most of your time on Facebook, then you would surely like to try these free application/software to created customized Facebook timeline covers. Create your own customized Facebook timeline covers effortlessly.

5 Free Software/Websites To Create Facebook Timeline Covers was originally published at I Love Free Software

Convert PDF to Flash SWF with Free PDF to Flash SWF

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 06:30 AM PDT

Free PDF to Flash SWF is a PDF to SWF converter which can be used to convert PDF files into SWF videos that can then be played like any other video with the help of Flash Player or Adobe Media Player. Converting PDF files into SWF does have its advantages, for example if you are having a presentation and you want it to play in Flash instead of going through a PDF document, you can do that with Free PDF to Flash SWF.

For those who are wondering, yes, this type of conversion will preserve all the formatting, text and image layout in the created Flash SWF file, there won’t be any problems in the generated file. Program has a very modern looking interface, build around .Net Framerowk 2.0, so you’re gonna have to have .Net framework 2.0 installed, at least, in order to run this PDF to SWF app.

Similar software: PDF to Word converter, PDF to Images.

Converting PDF files to Flash SWF with Free PDF to Flash SWF

There are three ways that you can load PDF files with the help of this PDF converter. You can see what they are on the image above. The reason why I’m telling you that is because you can convert several files at once, this PDF converter is a mass PDF to SWF converter. Add Files allows you to add file per file on the convert list, Add folder will load all the PDF files from a certain folder and there’s even a list importing feature where you can import PDF lists.

Select the file which you want to convert and once that it is loaded into the list Convert button will become available, press it and the conversion will commence. Take note of the Output to option on the top right corner of the application, that’s where you can choose where exactly it is that the converted file will go.

Text and image formatting, before and after conversion

As always with these types of converters we’ve decided to check how exactly will special text formatting and images be converted.

Image that you see above is a piece of text from a PDF document opened inside a PDF viewer. As you can see there are several different text decorations and formatting, it is not very simplistic, the perfect document for testing. Let’s see how exactly is this same file looks once that it is converted into a Flash SWF file and opened inside the Flash Player:

There are practically no differences, as you can see from the screenshot. Everything was preserved the way that it was inside the PDF document. You can even flip through pages, like you would in an actual PDF document viewer. Converting files this way can be very helpful not only when you want to convert a presentation, but any other PDF files that you come across, and it can be useful on computers which do not have PDF readers installed. Presentations can be conducted more easily, since page flipping is simpler, there’s a lot of perks to this type of conversion, and Free PDF to Flash SWF can help you out with conversions.

Convert PDF to Flash SWF with Free PDF to Flash SWF was originally published at I Love Free Software

Free Font Utility to Beautify Any Text: Stylish Font Writer

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Stylish Font Writer is a creative, free font utility which has been built for typing characters in different styles. This program is for all those people who love to have characters in creative styles for using them for their presentations or in projects they prepare. It surely comes in very handy for students and people who need creative fonts for their needs. Users will be able to use different font styles without using any third party app.

Installing this free font utility

The installation procedure of this software is pretty simple where you need to download the setup file from here. It takes a few seconds depending on the internet connection to be downloaded on your system. After you have the setup file on your computer the next step is to run the installation process. This free font utility requires the .NET framework to be used on a system. Usually Windows XP Service Pack 3 or higher releases by Windows OS is compatible with this software. Just as the installation process completes you are ready to use the application for writing in different font styles by launching it from its shortcut. If you are interested to try some more font utility, you can try Font Viewer, What The Font and WhatFontIs.

Using Stylish Font Writer

When you launch the application file you would see a simple window appear on your screen. It comes with a plain and simple interface where every option is easily accessible. By looking at the window itself you would know which option or space is for which operation. The 1st section at the top has a drop down menu which comes with the list of different styles and fonts which can be used to type in your text. It has 18 text options to choose from where each shape comes with its unique design and styles. Below this you have the option to click on ''copy to clipboard as I type'', clicking on this the text which you type at the blank space at the bottom would be copied instantly. You could move on to any text document or the place where you wish to have the text pasted.

The right side of the options you have the drop down to select the font size of the text you type at the bottom. After you are done selecting all the options available you are ready to type your text in the white space at the bottom. Now when you are done typing the entire stuff in the area you need to go to your document or the place where you need that to be pasted and select the paste option.