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Extract Files from Archives Free: File Extractor
Free Digital Photo Editor for HDR Tonemapping: Essential HDR
Free Online Resume Creator: Resumesimo
Create Mind Maps Using Labyrinth
Add Custom Shortcuts In Android Notification Bar: 1Tap Quick Bar
Free Photo and Video Management Tool For Windows 7: Snaps
Free Photo Optimizer: Photo Vacuum Packer
5 Free Software to Create Screensavers From Your Own Photos
Free Screen Ruler to Measure Distance, Area and Angle: ZeScreenRuler
Check for Updates of Installed Windows Software with App2Date

Extract Files from Archives Free: File Extractor

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 06:30 PM PDT

File Extractor is a free extract files software for opening and extracting data from compressed file formats. File Extractor supports a number of common compressed file formats like RAR, CAB, ARC, ZIP and many others.

Features of this file extractor

Support drag and drop
Supports a host of compressed file formats
Simple and easy to use interface

How to use this extract files freeware

The user interface is very simple, stylish and looks great. You can’t help but notice the new look and feel which is far much better than the default windows look and feel on many applications.

Extracting archive files has never been easier with FileExtractor freeware. To extract any archive, all you have to do is drag and drop the archive file or click on the enclosed rectangular section to browse for files. Unfortunately drag and drop is only enabled on the enclosed triangular section. Once the file is loaded, the program lists the contents of the archive. The list contains vital information like filename, size, date modified and compression ratio. Proceed to choose the destination folder or use the default which is the compressed file's current directory. Then click Start. A progress bar takes you through the process. If you wish to cancel the process, click the Cancel button. The program prompts you to confirm your selection with a dialog box. To cancel click Yes and to continue extraction click No.

A confirmation message is displayed to inform you that the process was completed successfully.

Opinion

The extract files program is very simple to use. It also manages to extract big files while consuming minimal system resources. The drag and drop feature sets it apart from much of the competition. File validation was well done as the program does not allow users to drop unsupported files. The program however had a few shortcomings. First it did not make sense to have drag and drop supported on only a section of the interface. The program allowed me to extract an archive twice to the same destination folder without prompting me to confirm whether I wanted to replace the existing files. The publisher seemed to have exaggerated the capabilities of the program by stating that it could decompress JAR files which it clearly does not. It is really inconvenient that you cannot decompress files in batch. It was quite unusual that you are able to drag and drop other files while the program is still decompressing others and when it finishes it clears the file list before files added later were extracted.

Verdict

Free File Extractor succeeds in making archive extraction easy and fast but the program could do with a little more work.

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Free Digital Photo Editor for HDR Tonemapping: Essential HDR

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Essential HDR is a free digital photo editor tool which is best suited for High Dynamic range tone mapping applications. This free revolutionary software is best known for its exceptional quality and amazing performance. This software combines the two-tone mapping algorithms: Fast Tone Balancer and Detail Revealer in a single application. Since HDR images cannot be viewed on mainstream monitors hence you need tone mapping to transform the HDR photos into normal dynamic range photos so that they can be viewed in normal computer display. This is when this photo editor comes into use and would be of immense help if you own a DSLR camera!

How to use Essential HDR community edition an effective Photo Editor

Essential HDR community edition is a great tonemapping software with powerful functionalities to meet your requirements if you love playing with images. The interface is simple and at the same time has sophisticated functions to meet the needs of experienced users. Whether you are dealing with high dynamic range images, medium dynamic range images or low dynamic range images, HDR community edition free software can tonemap any of these images.

Open any image file, camera raw file or DICOM file. You can also obtain images after aligning and merging photos or merging photos without aligning them.

Next, you need to hit the Tone Mapping option and choose one of the algorithms Fast Tone Balancer or Detail Revealer. Fast Tone Balancer performs the tone mapping operation in a faster mode by presenting an immediate visualization of the image. On the other hand, Detail Revealer reveals the fine details of the HDR image.
Different options in any of these modes can be chosen including contrast, details etc. and save the result.

Features of HDR community edition

You can use different images for the purpose of tonemapping which includes images after alignment and merging, merging images but without aligning, images in different formats, single camera raw files or DICOM files.
Availing the functionalities of Fast Tone Balancer becomes possible which can produce optimal curves while mapping the source to output files.

Using the Detail Revealer, you can get more detail and information in the tonemapped image. One of the essential features of the same being that you can easily control the level of details you wish to reveal so that your image is simple and good.

System Requirements

The free photo editor has minimal requirements and requires Microsoft .Net Framework or higher to function. 32-bit windows XP SP2 and higher or Windows Vista SP1 and higher are preferred however the software can also work well on 64-bit Windows XP or Vista.

Verdict

Essential HDR photo editor has some great features and has great potential to evolve. It can be a lot better if more functionalities are added to the same. One of the major caveats of the software is that the 'Fill Light' option under 'Detail Revealer' isn't functional. This is prominent when the users are working on Windows 7 operating system. While the other options are functional and add to the features of the program. On the whole, the free digital software is worth a try!

Download Essential HDR Community Edition free.

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Free Online Resume Creator: Resumesimo

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 03:30 PM PDT

Resumesimo is an online service where you can create professional resumes in just a few minutes for free. Creating resumes is made easy by the fact that this free online resume creator has templates and everything that’s required from you is to pick a template, fill in your CV information and in the last step simply download the generated resume, in a PDF file, created with the template you’ve chosen and with your information of course.

What you see on the image above is the first step in the resume creation process where you need to select the template that you like the most. All the templates are of course free, there’s 20 different templates to choose from. Templates are very modern looking, as you can see from the screenshots of the thumbnails above. Finding a job in today’s world is not any easy thing, and maybe, just maybe, next to having good qualifications, having a professional looking resume will be the thing that’s gonna land you that dream job for which you’ve been hoping for.

How to create free resumes online with Resumesimo

After you find and select the resume template that you like the most, you’re gonna be offered with a quick preview of the filled out template which can be seen on the image below.

There’s several different resume templates to choose from, like we already mentioned. They are not sorted into any kind of categories, which is a bit of a drawback, but you can clearly see from the templates themselves, that not all of them are suited for everyone. For example there are those which have a bit more feminine features, there are those, like the one you can see above which also have an option for inserting images, which not everyone will be interested in.

Choosing the resume template is easy, what comes next is where you’ll need to warm up your fingers, because you’ll need to fill out the resume with your CV information. There are 6 different sections to fill out:

Basic information – it can be seen on the image above
Work history
Education
Awards
Skills
Other

Make sure that you fill out each one of these, and that you do it as thoroughly as possible because you won’t have much luck with an empty CV, no matter how good it looks. When you finish filling out everything, you’ll end up being registered on Resumesimo, and you should see the control panel where you can generate a PDF document and also make changes to the resume you’ve created, since it’s saved to your Resumesimo account.

Conclusion

Even though CVs are slowly getting outdated with majority of employers looking to see your social network profiles, there are still those who are putting a lot of importance on how a persons resume looks like, because in essence ones resume tells a lot about what kind of person someone is, and I’m not talking only about the information contained there. With Resumesimo you can create professional looking resumes in just a few clicks, try it and see how it goes.

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Create Mind Maps Using Labyrinth

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 02:00 PM PDT

Labyrinth is a free mind mapping freeware that let's you create mind maps in a very simple way. This free mind mapping tool is lightweight and offers a painless way to visualize all your ideas and thoughts that hit your mind.

This is a very basic mind mapping software that allows you to create mind maps without putting much efforts. This mind mapping software even allows you to add images to your visual diagram for making it more attractive and understandable.

Labyrinth comes with a very basic user interface that has basic options.

For creating a mind map you need to simply click the new button on the interface to start with a drawing. The diagram is basically drawn in the drawing window that appears when you click the new button. In the drawing window, you need to choose the drawing mode for drawing a diagram.

You can create a very basic and small mind map with only few mouse clicks. Click on the center of the drawing screen to add main box, now click anywhere on the screen for adding sub boxes to it. Write your thoughts in these boxes with the help of mouse. You can use the Edit mode for editing the diagram effortlessly.

The good part is that, this mind mapping software automatically saves all your drawings. Like other mind mapping software, this software does not offer various tools or templates for creating a mind map.

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

Key Features Of Labyrinth To Create Mind Maps:

Small in size mind mapping software.
Automatically saves your diagram.
Add images to your mind maps.
Easy to use mind mapping software.
Edit mode to edit mind maps effortlessly.
Allows you to write notes.

Labyrinth offers an easy way to visualize your thoughts or ideas by allowing you to create simple mind map diagrams. Download Labyrinth for free.

Create Mind Maps Using Labyrinth was originally published at I Love Free Software

Add Custom Shortcuts In Android Notification Bar: 1Tap Quick Bar

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 12:30 PM PDT

1Tap Quick Bar is a free Android app to add custom shortcuts in notification bar of Android phone. This Android app is called 1Tap Quick bar as the app activates a bar containing the custom shortcuts. You just have to drag down the notification bar of your Android and you can easily access the custom shortcuts added to quick bar from 1Tap Quick Bar app.

The custom shortcuts which you can add include silence mode, vibration mode, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi settings, Bluetooth, Bluetooth settings, Airplane mode, GPS, APN, Sound settings, App manager, Battery info, Input method, Screen time off, and much more. Adding custom shortcuts and creating quick bar to launch the shortcuts makes your work easier and faster with one tap.

I tried 1Tap Quick bar on my Sony Ericsson Xperia X8, but the app was unable to add quick launch bar in my Android notification bar. But when I tried on my HTC Desire HD, the app worked like a charm. I am not sure if the app works on all Android devices.

Apart from adding system shortcuts to the quick bar, the app also allows you to add shortcut to application which are already installed on your Android phone. You can even add shortcut to any program apart from the app installed or a feature from any app.

The best part of the app which I liked the most is its contact adding part. You can easily add 1Tap calling to any contact. With this, you can easily select any contact person to whom you call the most and add to it in the quick bar to make him/her call repeatedly with one tap.

How To Create A Quick Bar And Add Custom Shortcuts To It:

Step 1: Download and install Tap1 Quick Bar app on your Android. You can even scan the QR Code below to directly install the app from our App Store.

Step 2: Launch the app and get started with the app.

Step 3: Select the custom shortcuts, be it any settings or program, app, or any contact. You can add all the custom shortcuts in one quick bar or you can create more than one quick bar and then add more custom shortcuts.

Step 4: After selecting click on check mark at the top to ensure that you have all set. Now click on "Apply" button and you are done with.

Step 5: Drag down the status bat of your Android and access to shortcuts with one tap on quick bar added.

Note: The app also allows you to remove the shortcuts added. So don't get panic if you have added any custom shortcut which you don't want.

How to Uninstall 1Tap Quick Bar App:

Some Android devices do not allow to uninstall the app due to some administration reasons. To Uninstall 1Tap Quick Bar app, head to settings menu of your Android phone, then security option, and then device administrator. Uncheck 1Tap Quick Bar and click on deactivate. Now uninstall the app from Apps manager of your Android phone. In Short, head to settings→security→device administrator→1Tap Quick Bar→uncheck→deactivate.

Features Of 1Tap Quick Bar App:

Add custom shortcuts to quick bar and then add the quick bar to notification bar of your Android.
Custom shortcuts include adding settings or programs, adding shortcuts to apps, contact shortcuts.
Add multiple designs to quick bar that looks great on notification bar.
Add more than one quick bar in the notification bar.
You can change the background of the quick bar, icons, text color of the icons, and status icon.
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1Tap Quick Bar app works truly great with awesome quick bar on Android. The app is useful for the users with Android phone which does not have an option to add custom shortcuts. Browsing apps, settings, and contacts becomes easy with 1Tap Quick Bar app.

You can also check out tutorial on how to enable status bar in full screen mode on Android. Also, check a quick tutorial on how to hide status bar on Android.

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Free Photo and Video Management Tool For Windows 7: Snaps

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 11:00 AM PDT

Snaps is a complete photo and video management suite which comes with a very interesting feature where you can add geographic tags to images and videos from your collection, so that you can see where exactly video and photos that you have stored on your computer were taken. Geotagging is the name of this interesting feature, but it’s not the only thing that Snaps has to offer, there’s still a lot more tools and tricks which are waiting for you.

Snaps only works on Windows 7, that would be the only drawback that it has. Even though you’re using Windows 7, there are still a lot of people who are on Window XP, and they are not gonna be able to enjoy this free multimedia management software. Full list of things that Snaps can do would go something like this:

Organizing images and videos
Geotagging – add Google Maps, Bing or Yahoo locations to photos
Find tool – for a more easier image and video search
Metadata editing – edit image and video information
Online image sharing – Facebook, Flickr and ZenPhoto services are supported

When you first start Snaps it should prompt you for the location of your photo and video collections, and it should also ask you if you would like to connect your Facebook, Flickr or ZenPhoto accounts for image sharing. Do both of these right away, so that when Snaps opens up, you see what can be seen on the image above.

How to manage photos and videos with Snaps – free photo and video manager

On the image above you can see that the images are being sorted based on the date that they were created. This can come in very handy when for example you’re dealing with a large photo collection and you only wanna see photos taken a few months back. Three other sorting options are available:

Tags
Places
Folders and the already mentioned
Date Taken

The most interesting sorting would undoubtedly be the Places image sorting:

Use it in order to sort images based on the locations where they were taken. You can add geo locations to images by opening up the additional right Geotagger sidebar:

There next to adding Geotaggs, you can also add regular Tags used during search. Images can also be rated and on top of all that you can also give them special captions. Both files and videos can be viewed from inside Snaps, you just have to double click on them.

Posting images to social networks is also available, add your Facebook account, authenticate, select the image that you want to upload and then click on Share. When you select the account to which you wish to upload, a window should pop up where you need to select the album if it’s Facebook and upload should start. You get all of these feature completely free, if you’re using Windows 7, download Snaps and start managing your photo collection on a whole new level.

Free Photo and Video Management Tool For Windows 7: Snaps was originally published at I Love Free Software

Free Photo Optimizer: Photo Vacuum Packer

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 09:30 AM PDT

Photo Vacuum Packer is powerful, free photo optimizer which creates optimized copies of all your photographs. By using this tool you would ensure that the optimized photos on your disk would use almost 50% less space compared to the space they consumed before. However, the software does not have any impact on the dimensions or the quality of your photos. You can also think of this software as a free photo compressor. The method behind optimizing your photos which this tool adheres by is optimization of images and has them written in a separate folder. The fact that the tool is available for free and contains no adware, spyware or any disturbing toolbars makes this software a good product for its users.

Installing this free Photo Optimizer

The installation of this free photo optimizer is pretty simple where you need to open the developer's website from here and search the software name and the version to download the right file on your system. Once you download the .exe file on your system you are ready to install and run it on your system. The installation process is also very simple where you are guided by a step by step process making it easy for you to install. If you are not satisfied with this free photo optimizer, you can check out ImageOptimizer ImOp, RIOT and PhotoPerfect Express.

Using Photo Vacuum Packer

Compiling in short we could say the software performs the following activities:

Finding duplicates from your selected disk
Repacking i.e. deleting the duplicate photos which usually are created out of the photos taken from your digital camera.
Resizing your photos which are pretty good for those photos taken out of your new camera. These photos are usually large in size and take a lot of unnecessary disk space on your system.
Changing of formats where this tool could be used to convert your BMP images into JPEG format. This feature is usually important if you have numerous BMP files saved on your computer where a converted JPEG image would take much less space in comparison.

When you launch this free photo compressor, you would see an attractive window with a blank bar representing the option to select a particular drive from your system. You can click on the browse button next to it and browse through the small explorer to select your preferred drive. The next step would be to click on the Next option at the bottom of the window which would start the operation of scanning for duplicates in the folder selected. The process upon completion lists down both the original as well as the duplicate files below each of them. The duplicates would be ticked and you would be required to click on the next button to proceed.

The next window gives the options for converting your images, resizing them, reducing their quality, and limiting their sizes. When you click on the options you wish to be performed you can click on the next button which brings you to a new window giving you a fresh set of options. Here you would be asked to select the output folder for your processed files. Click on browse and select the location where you wish to have your processed files stored.

The next step would be to click on start which initiates the scan process and depending on the size of your drive it might take a couple of minutes to an hour or so. The above processes once performed and completed optimizes your computer in such a way that the files become light on your computer and give you the option to store more files. Further it will also reduce the usage of unwanted spaces on your system which might seem to have been impacting on the speed of your computer. Download Photo Vacuum Packer free.

Free Photo Optimizer: Photo Vacuum Packer was originally published at I Love Free Software

5 Free Software to Create Screensavers From Your Own Photos

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 08:00 AM PDT

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Here, are 5 free software to create screensavers from your own photos. These free software are specialized in creating wallpapers and screensavers from your own photos. With the help of these software, you can create professional level wallpapers and screensavers effortlessly by using your own photos, photos of your friends or other images from web.

If you are looking for a tool that can efficiently create good quality wallpapers out of your own images, then I would suggest you to go with any of these screensaver creating software.

Webshots Desktop

Webshots Desktop is a screensaver creating software which helps you to create screensavers and wallpapers out of your own images. This smart and easy to use software let's you use your own photos, your friends photos, other images from web for creating good-looking and of course good quality wallpapers and screensavers effortlessly. For creating wallpapers or screensavers, you need to launch this application, choose your favorite images that you want to use in the wallpaper or screensaver. This free software offers you with few easy to use options for customizing the screensaver or wallpaper. Webshots Desktop also comes with a feature to cycle the wallpapers. So you can use this feature to get a new wallpaper every day on your computer screen. Download Webshots Desktop to create screensavers for free.

Read more about Webshots Desktop or try it here.

Animosaix

Animosaix is another free screensaver creating software that let's you create screensavers and wallpapers with the help of mosaics that are created out of your photos. Photo mosaic is basically a collection of your favorite images. This free screensaver creating software lets you create rich mosaics out of your own favorite images or images of your friends which further helps you in creating customized wallpapers and screensavers. Animosaix even comes with a feature that allows you to add animations to photos which further makes this software unique. This free screensaver creator allows you to even adjust the quality and speed of the screensavers that you create out of your pictures. Download Animosaix for free.

Read more about Animosaix or try it here.

Don't forget to check out Desktop Slideshow reviewed by us.

Easy 3D creator

Easy 3D Creator is a free 3D screensaver creating software using which you can easily create eye-catching 3D screensavers in a couple of minutes. You are allowed to use your own photos for creating 3D screensavers. This smart software even allows you to package a 3D screensaver as an executable file which can be distributed. This free 3D screensaver creator is capable enough to automatically generate an End user license agreement. In addition, it even let's you create time limited 3D screensavers for free. Customize your desktop appearance using the 3D screensavers that you create out of your own photos. So download this free 3D screensaver creating software for free and create unlimited number of screensavers for your desktop.

Read more about Easy 3D Creator or try it here.

PhotoJoy

PhotoJoy is another free screensaver maker software that helps you to create professional looking screensavers. Apart from creating screensavers, you can also create collages and photo widgets using this smart software. This a light weight application allows you to create two types of screensavers which are photo screensavers and screensavers. In photo screensavers, your personal photos are displayed in an animated and unique way. And Screensavers offers several few themed screensavers. If you are looking for a simple tool to personalize your desktop, then I would suggest you to try PhotoJoy atleast once. Download PhotoJoy for free.

Read more about PhotoJoy or try it here. Also, check out Snippage reviewed by us.

Fancy Screen Saver

Fancy Screen Saver is last in this list to create screensavers from your photos. This free software works in a different way, as it basically displays all the pictures from a folder that you select. This is an easy to use screensaver maker in which you need to specify the folder name that contains your pictures and leave the rest to this smart software. It displays all your pictures within that folder as screensaver. In addition this free software even allows you to add effects like Fade-in, zoom, etc to photos. Download Fancy Screen Saver for free.

Read more about Fancy screen saver, or download it here.

So these were some easy to use software which you should definitely try to create screensavers out of your own images.

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Free Screen Ruler to Measure Distance, Area and Angle: ZeScreenRuler

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 06:30 AM PDT

ZeScreenRuler is a free screen ruler which you can use in order to measure screen distances, area and even angles. Designers will be among those who’re gonna appreciate software like ZeScreenRuler the most because they probably find themselves in a lot of situations where they need to find out an image size, for example, or to measure how large the header for a website has to be, with ZeScreenRuler you can easily find out size and distances of everything on the screen.

This free screen ruler application doesn’t have to be installed, when download is finished and when you click on it, it’s gonna start working right away. What you can see on the image above is the main configuration window of ZeScreenRuler, and the measuring box present around it, doing the measuring. There are three types of things which you can measure with the help of ZeScreenRuler:

Angle – between the start point and the end point of course
Rectangular areas – great for images and practically any square or rectangle
Distance – again from the start point to the end point

It doesn’t take long to figure out how to use ZeScreenRuler, but at first it can be a little bit puzzling especially when you see that large measuring lines on your mouse cursor after starting the application.

Similar software: Dwarf, Free Screen Ruler, SmallMeasure.

How to measure distance, angles and rectangular area with ZeScreenRuler

Key element in the measuring process of the ZeScreenRuler would be the start point, which is the point from which all the measuring, except the area measuring, is gonna take place.

On the image above, the start point is the one being indicated with the red arrow, it’s in the shape of an plus sign. When you start moving your mouse around, start point will remain anchored while the rest of the measuring construction is gonna move around, and the numbers which are underlined above are gonna change their value. Reading the numbers is also something important that you need to know.

First set of numbers – this is the size of the rectangle – Area
Second number – distance between the start point and end point
Third number – angle between the start point and the end point

End point is in the upper left corner of the measuring guides, while the two vertical lines which can be seen on both of the images above are used to measure area, rectangles, squares and everything in between can be measured. Start point is moved by holding down the Shift key on the keyboard, the shortcut can be configured in the application config window.

Conclusion

If you’re in need of a very advanced screen ruler with which you can measure distances, angles and area, then ZeScreenRuler is just the thing you need. This is a free application which doesn’t have to be installed and it’s very lightweight. You might need a few moments to get used to how the screen is measured with the help of ZeScreenRuler, but you should be able to create precise screen measurements, which is more that worth figuring ZeScreenRuler out.

Free Screen Ruler to Measure Distance, Area and Angle: ZeScreenRuler was originally published at I Love Free Software

Check for Updates of Installed Windows Software with App2Date

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 05:00 AM PDT

App2Date is a free software updating utility that can be used to check for updates, available for your installed software. The project team behind App2Date has included some interesting features in the software to help you download software updates automatically and check different sites for useful updates.

Installation of App2Date

To install this free software updater, you need to visit and click on the download button. Once you click on the download button an .exe file will be downloaded, after which you need to click on the file and the installation will start. It follows a usual installation process and you need to click on next button to continue the installation. Once the installation is finished just click on the Finish button and the free software updating utility will be ready to launch and you will be able to download software updates immediately. You can also try Glarysoft Software Update, Ketarin and SUMo reviewed by us.

Interface of App2Date

This free software updater has a very simple interface with all the tabs and options on the screen of the software. Most of the menus are available at the top and all the functions taking place can be viewed in the screen below. In the screen you can see the Name, Current Version, previous version, category and status menus. It does not have a very stylish interface but is very user friendly so that everyone can use it with ease.

Using App2Date

As soon as the software is installed on your system you can launch it through its shortcut. A file button appears at the top of the software window. You can open any file located in your computer by clicking on open option in the file menu. Once you open the file or the application you can check for its updates. After you are finished with the update process you can save it at the desired folder by clicking on the save option from the files menu. The overall usage of this software is kept to be very simple so that even those who are not experts of using advanced software could use it to meet their purpose.

Once you go in the tools menu you can see two options namely test browser and regular expression tester. The moment you click on test browser you will get a screen where you need to enter the URL of any site and click on the get button. This would display text from that site besides consisting of the tabs, menus and options present in the site. There is also the regular expression tester option. It is present in the tools menu and once you open it you need to enter the source and Regex. Upon inserting the inputs the results will instantly be displayed in the screen below.

At the right side of the main window you would observe a tab named check websites. Using this option helps you to check websites for updates. You can download the updates through the HTTP to FTP folder and you don't require any special server for this. App2Date can be regarded as a very useful software for searching and downloading updates.

Check for Updates of Installed Windows Software with App2Date was originally published at I Love Free Software