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Free Audio Converter Software to Convert Music Files: Click2Music
Free Management Software for Clubs and Association: MyClub
Create and Trigger Macros from your Keyboard
Unblock Hulu, Pandora, YouTube and Others with ProxMate
How To Delete Passwords Stored In Firefox
5 Free Home Remedies Apps For Android
Home Improvement and Maintenance with BrightNest
Free Battle Game For PC and MAC: The Battle For Wesnoth

Free Audio Converter Software to Convert Music Files: Click2Music

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Click2Music is a free audio converter and CD ripper software. However, I am quoting it as a CD ripper software as the website mentions this feature but I didn't find any such feature on the interface at least. Let me know in comments incase you are able to find this CD ripper option.

One of the best features of this software is its ease of use. Moreover, the process is quick and can also be completed on just a mouse click. We will find out what Click2Music does for you and how!

Using Click2Music to convert your files

As it is clear from the snapshot above that the application is quite simple and using it is just a piece of cake. Once you specify the file, which has to be converted, you can proceed on to the next window to choose the format.

Though, there is nothing advanced about the window above, but you have a number of options to choose from if your requirements are minimal. In addition, you can also alter the conversion settings such as bitrate, target directory etc.

On the other hand, you also have a shortcut to convert your file. You don't even need to specially open the application to convert your files, simply right click the file that has to be converted, click on the specific format in the menu and the task is done.

Limitation of this audio converter

One of the major caveats in this application is that there are a limited number of formats. So if your requirements are basic, then you can go for this. In addition, the size of the application is quite large. To avail the features of this software, you need to download the complete 15.82MB package. Another problem with the application is that there is a minor bug. To close the application, you need to hit 'cancel', hitting the close button would just cause a message to appear asking you to browse the file to convert and even when you dismiss it, the window would still not close.

Other free audio converters you can try out: VSDC Free Audio Converter, MediaHuman Audio converter, Hanso Converter.

Verdict

Personally, I wouldn't rate Click2Music very well but definitely this application scores well as far as ease of access is concerned. For beginners, yes this application is worth a try as it is available for free and can at least help you convert music files etc. to play on your mobile device. So definitely this application can be handy for you!

Download Click2Music for free!

Free Audio Converter Software to Convert Music Files: Click2Music was originally published at I Love Free Software

Free Management Software for Clubs and Association: MyClub

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 03:30 PM PDT

My Club is a free management software for clubs, associations and small businesses that lets you easily manage clients or members. The program has 4 modules, Customer, Card, Invoice and Schedule which are used to manage client and customer information.

Features of MyClub Management Software

My Club features include,

Compatibility with most Windows-based operating systems including Windows XP
Free license is available by registering your product on the publisher's website
Support for both English and French
Interface can be modified with a variety of skins
Frequent updates
Easy management of members using a members list
Easy financial management with inbuilt billing procedures and production of invoice statements
Customization of various items such as cards and invoices
Barcode cards enable electronic management of members

How to use it

Installation was quite easy but not straightforward. You have to be connected to the internet for installation to continue. The application also requires you to register the application before using it. The interface is simple and well-arranged. You get shortcut icons at the top and the rest of the program functionalities are arranged in six tabs.

The management software requires that you create a database before you can carry out any other procedures. You do not need to have a database installed as the program is bundled with FireBird database. On the same file menu, you can select a database previously created. Connecting to a database is a must for the program to be able to read and write data on the database. You can set the program to connect to a database automatically when launched. Carefully choose between Mode TAX and Mode TOTAL as you cannot change them once the database is created. The latter calculates VAT based on the total price including tax while the former calculates VAT on the price of an item excluding tax.

Customer can be managed from the Customers tab. From here you can add, delete or modify customers. The Card tab is used to manage customer cards. The module allows you create, edit and print cards for existing customers. Creating cards requires linking a new card to an existing customer and hence you have to add new customers to the database before you can create any cards for them. Before you print the card you can easily preview both sides to confirm whether the card contains the correct information and all details are included. You can also delete and modify card information or search for a card with the barcode as the key.

The Invoices tab lets you manage your invoices. You can create a new invoice, empty existing ones, preview and print individual invoices, delete invoices and print all invoices in a list. The Schedule tab lets you create day by day schedules of various events you would like to manage. The tab has a date navigator which is a calendar which you can select a date from and set a schedule for that day.

The Settings tab lets you access all program configuration. You can connect and disconnect specific databases, secure databases by setting passwords and even backup databases for migration or for restoration in case you suffer data loss. The Designer lets users modify front and back card models, invoice models and modify list models for invoices. Company information like names, addresses, logos and others is added and modified via the same.

Opinion

The interface is very intuitive and thus very easy to use. The features on this management software wont be easily found on free software. The program is fast and consumes just the right amount of system resources. More complex procedures like editing card models should be approached with caution particularly for users not familiar with FireBird database.

Verdict

MyClub is a perfect software for anyone looking for a simple but superb program to manage members and clients.

Free Management Software for Clubs and Association: MyClub was originally published at I Love Free Software

Create and Trigger Macros from your Keyboard

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 02:00 PM PDT

Perfect keyboard is a free software that allows users to create macros which can run on all windows applications and be triggered from hotkeys, and keyboard shortcuts. Boasting of the ability to create macros using keystrokes, mouse clicks, mouse commands and more than 170 commands, Perfect keyboard allows users to type faster while creating less errors and gives them the ability to automate repetitive tasks.

Features of this software to create and trigger macros

Wizard which helps you add macros and other objects easily
Support for four languages, English, Chinese, Czech and German
Simple and easy to use user interface
Macros are protected with AES encryption in addition to password protection
Macro editor with debugger easily identifies errors in code and variables
Macros can be easily shared between domains and LANs
Macro language with a variety of widely used commands
Keyboard triggers can be effected with auto text, shortcuts, hot keys and extended hotkeys
Help file through a pdf tutorial included in the installer
Add functionality with VBA scripts
Free macro playback for all macros created in Macro Toolworks
Export and import macros from text files

How to use it

On first launch, the program prompts you to choose your default language and minimises to tray. The tray icon allows you to easily access program settings and the main window. You can also disable or exit the application. To access the main window single click on the tray icon.

The Macros Groups list existing group of macros while the macros list displays all macros created in the program. To create a macro, you can either choose to use the wizard which automatically guides you from step to step or manually add macros using the Add Macro button. To use the wizard, click on the Add Wizard button. This opens a new interface which prompts you to enter the type of item you wish to add , enter a valid name and click Next. You can add three types of macros depending on the source of the code. Select the macro option to type in code, Record macro to create a macro from recorded events and Clipboard macro to use code on the clipboard.

To search a macro, click on the Search button. Select what options your search should be based on. Program settings allow you to edit various preferences to your liking. You can set and delete hotkeys, play sounds when running macros, toggle between medium, slow, high and highest speeds for recording keystrokes and choose how to enter macros. Keyboard options can be edited via the Keyboard tab.

Listed macros can be ran or deleted via the respective buttons. To manually add a macro, click on the Add Macro button. On the Macro properties tab enter a valid name and choose an input method, choose an icon and enter a description. On the Trigger tab, choose at least one option and click Ok to save and Cancel to discard any changes. On the Macro Text tab enter code on the Macro Text window. To add a macro from the system clipboard, click the Add Clipboard Macro button. This option posts all content on the clipboard to the Clipboard Macro tab, edit macro properties and triggers and save by clicking Ok.

The Record New Macro button allows you to turn mouse and keyboard events into macros. To begin recording events, choose which events to record, choose event sources and click Record Now. The program immediately starts recording and minimises to tray leaving a small window which you can use to stop recording. Confirm you want the code to be entered, edit properties and triggers and save.

Verdict

Perfect keyboard attempts and succeeds in creating a simpler, faster and convenient way for user to use and trigger macros.

Create and Trigger Macros from your Keyboard was originally published at I Love Free Software

Unblock Hulu, Pandora, YouTube and Others with ProxMate

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:30 PM PDT

ProxMate is a free plugin for Chrome and Firefox which you can use in order to avoid filters and unblock websites that are either blocking your country, which is the case with United States based video and audio streaming services, Hulu and YouTube for example, or if your government is the one that’s doing the blocking, a common place occurrence in countries like China and Iran. Companies and schools are also known for blocking internet access, with ProxMate, you can avoid censorship and access blocked online services for free.

As you might have picked it up from the name of this free extension, ProxMate is basically a proxy manager. It comes with its own list of proxies, or as you can see from the image above you can also use your own proxies. Image above is a screenshot of ProxMate settings where you can see a list of supported services. 5 different websites can be unblocked and accessed with ProxMate:

Hulu – a very popular video streaming service, watch popular TV shows
Pandora – listen to thousands of online radio stations
Grooveshark – website where you can listen to music, create playlists etc.
YouTube – you know this one, a very popular video sharing site
Google Play – access the US Google Play store for more apps

Great thing about ProxMate is that it’s only gonna be unblocking these 5 popular online services, it’s not gonna be active on other websites that you can visit normally, without aided access. This is great news because proxies can be slow sometimes, and it would take more time for the websites that you can access directly, which aren’t blocked, to open.

Similar service: Tunlr.

How to avoid filters and access Hulu, Pandora and others with ProxMate

To use ProxMate you don’t have to mess around with options or search for a working proxy, but if you want to do that, you can. Visit the main page and select the installation for your browser, Firefox and Chrome are supported. After it’s installed, you should see ProxMate icon in the main toolbar:

By clicking on the Use own proxy, input boxes where you can enter your own proxy information will be presented to you, if for some reason you are not happy with the speed of the proxies that ProxMate offers. Don’t worry you won’t have to look for alternatives, anonymizers offered by ProxMate work just fine, they’re quite fast.

Hulu is working just fine, and so will all the other web services that were mentioned a few lines back. Even YouTube is known to limit videos and block access if not to the entire website, then at least to certain parts of it, now with ProxMate you can unblock these websites and access them without restrictions.

Conclusion

If you were planning on using ProxMate to hide your IP address and surf anonymously, then you’re gonna have to look elsewhere, because like we already mentioned, ProxMate does not work when you’re browsing websites which are not blocked, it will only start hiding your true identity when for example YouTube is opened, so that you can have full access.

Unblock Hulu, Pandora, YouTube and Others with ProxMate was originally published at I Love Free Software

How To Delete Passwords Stored In Firefox

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:00 AM PDT

Here is a tutorial on how to delete passwords stored in Firefox. As we all know Firefox is the most secure web browser which stores passwords and usernames for different websites in its password manager.

In case you are wondering how to delete these stored passwords from the password manager here is a short tutorial on "How To Delete Passwords Stored In Firefox".

You can also check out our article on how to see passwords stored with Firefox.

How To Delete Passwords Stored In Firefox:

Open up the Firefox web browser.
Click the Firefox menu button on the top left hand corner.

You will see a dialog box, just click on "Options".
When the dialog box opens, just click on the "Security" button listed at the top.

Click on the option "Saved Passwords".
You will be shown a list of all the saved passwords and username for each website.

Now, to delete all saved password from the password manager, Select the appropriate website which you wish to delete.
Then click on "Remove" option.

To delete all the saved passwords from password manager, click on "Remove All".

Note: The search option allows you search password for a specific website.

If you are a regular user of Firefox browser and almost all your passwords are stored with it then we suggest you to set a master password. So that others accessing your computer do not gain access to your passwords through the password manager.

To set a master password, check the option "Use a master password".

You will see a change password dialog box, which allows you to insert new password and reconfirm it once again.

Now, when ever you click on saved password you have to enter your master password to gain access to view all passwords stored in password manager.

Now, it becomes easy to save and delete passwords stored in Firefox password manager.

How To Delete Passwords Stored In Firefox was originally published at I Love Free Software

5 Free Home Remedies Apps For Android

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 09:30 AM PDT

Here, are 5 free home remedies apps for Android. Home Remedy is the best way out to treat your ailment naturally and avoid eating medicines. With home remedies app, you can easily check out solution for minor health problems which you face. Google Play Store has multiple home remedies apps which provides you solutions to general health problems.

In this article, we will be discussing about multiple home remedies apps which include Home Remedies (Free); one of the popular app in Google Play Store, Doctor At Home, 200 Natural Home Remedies, and more.

Home Remedies (Free):

Home Remedies is a free Android app that provides solution for multiple health problems related to outer and inner body. Home Remedies is one of the most popular app in terms of remedy app in Google Play Store. The app gives you the option to browse multiple types of home remedies which include Allergies, Asthma, Athletes foot, Bad breath, Bedwetting, Bites, Black eye, burns, Canker sores, Chicken Pox, Common cold, Corns & Calluses, Dandruff, and much more. Just tap on any of the problem you are facing and the app tells you the solution which you can try at your home. The good part of the app is that, it is ads free app in Google Play Store.

Doctor At Home:

Doctor At Home is a free Android app that provides home remedies for small health problems. Bring Android doctor at your home and solve small health problems. The app gives you every possible solution which you can try at your home to solve the health problem you are having. Doctor At Home app provides you the solution for multiple types of problems which include Acidity, Asthma, Backache, Cold, Cough, Diarrhea, Dizziness, Fever, Headache, Indigestion, Nausea, Pimple, Toothache, and Vomiting. Along with the names of the diseases, the app also shows a cartoon image on each disease which helps you better understand the disease. Just tap on any of health problem you are having and the app shows every possible remedy which you can try at your home.

Home Remedies By Chourishi Solutions:

Home Remedies by Chourishi Solutions is a free Android app which provides solution to various health problems on Android. The app works online on Android. On launching the app, it diverts you to Android browser on its webpage. There you will find the list of health diseases or problems. On tapping on any of them, the app gives the remedy to the health problem on which you have clicked. Home Remedies app gives the detailed instructions which you can easily prepare and do at home. The list of diseases and their solution are many in numbers. You can easily scroll down and browse for the health problems and its solution by switching to multiple webpages on your browser.

200 Natural Home Remedies:

200 Natural Home Remedies is a free Android app that shows the list of health problems and gives natural home remedy to the problem. The app provides solutions to about 200 health problems on Android. The solution provided by the app are natural and can be applied sitting at home. Scroll down to check for the appropriate problem and the app tells you the cause, symptoms, and remedy of that particular health problem. Natural Home Remedies is quite a nice app in Google Play Store. If you are searching for Home Remedy app, then this app might end up your search.

Home Remedies By miappzone:

Home Remedies by miappzone is a free Android app which provides a list of health problems and their solutions. The app includes health problems like Acidity, Acne, Anaemia, Cold and Cough, Constipation, Dehydration, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Dry Skin, Fever, Hair Care, Halitosis, Heat Stoke, Hiccups, High Blood Pressure, Insomnia, Itching, Jaundice, Nose Bleed, Oily Skin, Piles, Pregnancy, Prickly Heat, Stones, Typhoid, Vomiting, Weight Loss, and Yellow Teeth. You can browse any one of them and check for solution. The app provides home remedies in the form of solution for the health problem you are having. Along with the names of the diseases, the app also displays the images related to the diseases.

If you find any other good home remedy app for Android, then do let us know in comments.

You can check out the ways to quit smoking reviewed by us. We have also reviewed pregnancy apps for Android.

5 Free Home Remedies Apps For Android was originally published at I Love Free Software

Home Improvement and Maintenance with BrightNest

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 08:00 AM PDT

BrightNest is a free online service which you can use in order to take better care of your home. Majority of home owners are not familiar with all the different tasks that owning a home involves. With BrightNest you can create a virtual version of your home, setup everything that you have in both the interior and exterior after which BrightNest is gonna give you advice on all the different tasks that you need to to take care of your house properly.

To use BrightNest you’re first gonna have to register and after you login there should be a home setup wizard waiting for you. There you’re gonna have to describe your home, select if your home has air conditioning, select the type of water heaters you have, pools, lawns, how many people are living in the house, do you have pets anything and everything that can be important when it comes to maintenance. After you’re done with the wizard, you should see the main interface which can be seen on the image above. Some of the more interesting features of BrightNest are:

Home maintenance tips and tricks, save cash and do the work faster
Maintenance reminders – receive notifications about important home tasks
Organize Homfolio, the history of your home, remodeling, paint jobs and so on
Downloadable guides for proper ways of taking care of your home

Even if you’re not a great fan of the do it yourself approach that BrightNest is a proponent of, registering and reading advice that you find on this free home improvement web service will at least help you to know when you need to call the repairman in order to do a checkup on important house systems like the water heater, furnace or others before they completely break down on you.

How to maintain and improve your home with BrightNest

Various different to-do lists are how BrightNest will help you get better acquainted with all the duties that homeowners have. You have a Must Do list which is gonna be populated right away with 5 tasks, out of these 5 we failed all of them. For example do you have a fire extinguisher handy in case of an emergency?

Moving on we have the Good To Do list, which is a long list of over 100 different tips for home maintenance and checkup. This is where you’ll be spending most of your time, because there are some great advice for home improvement stored here.

Homefolio is where you can keep track of all the changes and fixes that you do to your home. Every fix-up, room remodeling, paints that you used, document everything so that later if you wish to do the same thing again, you can do it easily.

Conclusion

With BrightNest you can create to do lists of important maintenance tasks that majority of people neglect, and you can also find some great tips on how to improve your home without spending a lot of money, which is a great thing considering in what kind of economic situation we are in.

Home Improvement and Maintenance with BrightNest was originally published at I Love Free Software

Free Battle Game For PC and MAC: The Battle For Wesnoth

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 06:30 AM PDT

Battle For Wesnoth is a Free Battle game for PC and MAC; where you have to build your own army and battle. Battle to regain the throne of Wesnoth.

There is unlimited gameplay for Single player in this game and Multiplayer mode is available too. Choose strategically from different kinds of fighters and battle through to protect your kingdom. This game can be downloaded and played on Windows Operating System, MAC OS X, and Linux.

How To Win This Battle Game:

This battle game is little difficult to beat. All you need is your strategy, planning, and foresight. Recruit your army according to the situation and watch out for the limited Gold available.

First go through the tutorial to know all the functions and all the keyboard functions are given in preferences section. Most of the time you need only the mouse to play. When you right click you get several other options also. Even a mini map is shown in the top right corner. The Gold, houses conquered, army strength, etc. is indicated on the top of the screen.

This battle game has more than 200 different types of units, 16 races, and 6 major factions. In this game you can create your own units, create maps, and write your own scenarios. In multiplayer game you can challenge up to 8 other human players.

Game Features:

Build your own army starting from one single leader and limited Gold.
Advance through the stages and your armies will gain experience and more power.
Fog Of War feature also available to test your generalship.
35 different language support.
Supported by any Operating System.

The different modes in this battle game are:

1. Tutorial: First go through the tutorial where you will be trained on how to play the game. Follow the instructions given on the screen. This is an important step because later you may face problems with playing the game.

2. Campaign: Campaign mode is a single player mode. You can choose from three modes: beginner, normal, and challenging. First you will be asked to choose from various modes like:

Heir to the Throne: Fight to regain the throne of Wesnoth. This is a novice level game with 23 scenarios.
A Tale of Two Brothers: An evil mage is threating the village, help the villagers. This is also a novice level gameplay with only 4 scenarios.
An Orcish Incursion: Defend the forest of elves against the orcs, and learn valuable tactics also. This is a novice level play with 7 scenarios.
The South Guard: A young knight Deoran is made the incharge of the South Guard. This is a novice level with 9 scenarios to play.
Liberty: From here the difficulty increases where you have to defeat both Westanian troops and Orcs. This is intermediate level play with 8 scenarios.
Legend of Wesmere: In this stage you gain experience and become strong. This Stage has 18 scenarios.
The Eastern invasion: Protect the villagers from undead attacks on the eastern border of Wesnoth. This is an intermediate level with 16 scenarios.
The Hammer of Thursagan: Guide your people through the wild Northern lands. This is an intermediate level with 11 scenarios.
Descent into Darkness: Learn the dark arts of Necromancy. This is an intermediate level with 12 scenarios.
Delfador's Memoirs: Wesnoth seems to be slipping into others hands. Protect it. This is an intermediate gameplay with 19 scenarios.
Dead Water: Lead your people on a mission to convince a powerful mer-sorceress to help you repel the invasion. This is an intermediate level with 10 scenarios.
The Sceptre of Fire: The land of Wesnoth comes from the Dwarves. This is an expert level with 9 scenarios.
Son of The Black Eye: Your father was a great Orcish leader. Now join with the Orcs tribes to fight back the evil forces who have taken your lands and power. This is an expert level with 18 scenarios.
The Rise of Wesnoth: Lead prince Haldric through destruction of Green Isle. This is an expert level with 24 scenarios.
Northern Rebirth: The people of Dwarfs has to choose to be slaves or fight back the Orcs. This is an expert level with 13 scenarios.
Under The Burning Suns: Lead your people to a new home. This is an expert level with 10 scenarios.

3. Multiplayer: In this you can join official server, play on internet, connect to a server, and create a dedicated server of Wesnoth. You can also play multiplayer LAN game with your friends. Click here to Learn How to Setup LAN Game.

4. Load: Load a previously saved game.

5. Add-ons: Download and play on user made maps, scenarios, and eras.

6. Map Editor: In this you can create your own maps.

7. Language: Change the language according to your choice.

8. Preferences: Here you can change your preferences like: display, multiplayer, sound, and advanced options.

This game is turn based game; where you take turns to destroy your enemies. If you want to play a simultaneous action battle game then read my earlier review on Hidden and Dangerous and Sky Battle Game.

This game is a 310 MB game with good graphics and nice sound effects. Worth playing if you are a battle game fan.

Win the battle and regain your throne. Click here to Download Battle for Wesnoth.

Free Battle Game For PC and MAC: The Battle For Wesnoth was originally published at I Love Free Software

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