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Read E-books Online Using Ibis Reader
Edit Binary Files Using Free Hex Editor Neo
Create a List Of Files In a Folder With Folder Manifest
Android Photo Frame App To Add Frames To Photos: Life Photo Frames
5 Free Contra Games to Download on PC or Play Online
Learn How To Mix Audio Tracks With Pinnacle Audio Mixer
Windows 8 Painting App: Fresh Paint
Smart Converter: Convert Videos For Your Portable Devices
Diff Text To Compare Text Online
Add Text Over Image On iPhone: Typic App

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 07:00 PM PDT

Ibis Reader is a free online service to read E-books online. Here, you will find a very huge collection of quality online books. Ibis Reader is supported on PC, notebooks, and smartphones.

On exploring for a while it became clear that this online E-book reading application is all about quality content. On exploring the FeedBooks catalogs you will be able to read some of the very famous books. Also, you can download the book in ePUB format to continue reading offline.

To create your book list, downloading e-books, and to upload your own catalog you will require creating a free account at Ibis Reader. After login you can browse and search for free online eBooks.

Read E-books Online At Ibis Reader:

The procedure to search online eBooks has been stated in the steps shown below.

On the homepage, click on 'Get Books' link on the top navigation bar to read any book from FeedBooks. In addition, you can upload your own eBooks (in ePUB format only).

You can easily search FeedBooks using the search box placed on the top section. To Read an E-book online you'll have to click on its thumbnail that appears in search results. In no time the reading interface will be in-front of you.

In the top-right section of the interface exists the options to change the font and font-size. In the bottom-left section exits the download link for downloading the eBook in ePUB format.To read an ePUB book on Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox you can install any popular ePub reader extension.

The books read by you can be found easily by clicking on ‘My Books‘ link on top chrome bar of homepage.

The Final Verdict:

Ibis Reader is a very nice online utility to read E-books online. One must consider it as an online eBook reader than a website showcasing eBooks from FeedBooks. You can include your catalog and eBooks as per requirement. In comparison to Scribd the application lacks in book count and as well as support.

Also, Ibis Reader shall not be confused with readability application as it only an only shows E-books. You cannot add a webpage to read it later.

Read E-books Online Using Ibis Reader was originally published at I Love Free Software

Edit Binary Files Using Free Hex Editor Neo

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 06:00 PM PDT

Free Hex Editor Neo is a free editor of hex, ASCII, decimal, float, double and binary data. Using this free hexadecimal editor you can open a very long list of various different file types, which normally cannot be opened inside standard text editors. If you ever tried opening executable files (EXEs), DLLs, and even videos or music files, you probably know that editing them directly isn’t possible in standard code editors. To do something like that, you’re gonna need applications like Hex Editor Neo.

What you see in the image above is the default interface of this free Hex Editor. The right sidebar is where you’ll see file attributes, change history and selections, while the left empty area is where you’ll be presented with the hex data of files that you decided to edit. Next to standard installation in Program Files, during the setup you can also choose portable installation. With portable installation you can install this free hex editor on a USB thumb drive and run it on other computers without repeating the installation process, which is very easy.

Key Features of Free Hex Editor Neo are:

High speed editing of large binary files.
Decompile and check functionality of executable files.
Search function is supported when editing binary files.
Easily find and fix bugs in binary files – apply patches.
Supported files types: EXE, DLL, AVI, MP3, JPG, FLA, SWF, many others.
Open, monitor, and edit currently running system processes.
Byte, Word, Double and Quad Word, Float and Double edit modes.
Memory processing for physical and logical hard disk drives.
Available for Windows both as installation and as a portable app.

A lot of other useful features are supported, for example, notice the image above that files can be opened in tabs, several can be edited side by side. But that’s not really what makes Hex Editor Neo interesting, editor part is far more interesting, so let’s see how it works exactly.

How to Edit Binary Files with Free Hex Editor Neo:

Click on the Open icon, which is the second one from the left in the top menu. You’ll be offered to select either file, process ,or disks, for now we’ll focus on files.

Right away you should see hex data in the left, where there was empty space on the first image. To change something use the main toolbar at the top or the right sidebar options.

To make a large selection simply left click and drag a selection window on the data that you want selected. Right clicking will open up options for cutting, copying, and data insertion. Selection can be adjusted additionally in the right sidebar, notice the Selection tab. When you’re done click Save and the changes will be applied to the file that you were editing.

Conclusion:

Free Hex Editor Neo is a feature rich hex editor which has a lot to offer. If free version is not enough for you, there is also the possibility of a paid upgrade where you get extra features like the replace tool, file comparison, document scripting and more. Download and try Free Hex Editor Neo.

Edit Binary Files Using Free Hex Editor Neo was originally published at I Love Free Software

Create a List Of Files In a Folder With Folder Manifest

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Folder Manifest is a free application to automatically create a list of files in a folder on your computer. It’s a very small and very lightweight application which installs itself in the right-click context menu of Windows, for quicker and more practical access. This free software is available for Windows and you need the .Net runtime environment in order to install it.

Image above is the right-click Context menu with the Folder Manifest option being presented, third from the top. This is the only place where you’ll be able to access this free software, because there won’t be any kind of other shortcuts created, don’t look for them. List of files stored within a folder is gonna be automatically generated as soon as you click on the Folder Manifest option in the right-click context menu. Once you’re there, you can play around with various files list display options.

Some Key Features of this Tool to Create a List of Files in a Folder:

Recursing subdirectories in the generated files list.
Display file versions for Assemblies.
Shows time, data, and file size next to their names.
Separate the entries on the list with the help of tabs.
List only files names, full path or full path only as a list heading.

Generating detailed lists of files from a certain folder can be very helpful. For example, when programmers are creating code publish requests, in administration when detailed information about file systems are required, and there are several other situations when Folder Manifest can come in handy. Also, check out some software to protect folders.

How to use Folder Manifest to Create a List of Files in a Folder:

Like we already mentioned, the only thing that you need to do in order to create a list of files in a folder is to right-click on the folder who’s contents you’d like to see in a list.

By default the list will only display Full Path of all the files contained within the selected folder. To adjust the displayed information, play around with the options which can be seen on the image above. If you want this tool to display File names with Time, date and size, put check marks next to these options.

As you can see now we have more detailed list as compared to the previous one. To transfer it to a text file or wherever you need it, simply select it all and select Copy, exporting is done manually.

Conclusion:

With File Manifest, you can effortlessly create a list of files in a folder. Doing this manually would mean either a lot of typing or a lot of copying and pasting. This free software will do it automatically and it also offers a lot more features than what you could ever produce manually, like for example time, date and size. Let’s not forget also about various different list display types. File Manifest has a lot to offer, try it out, it costs nothing. Free download.

Create a List Of Files In a Folder With Folder Manifest was originally published at I Love Free Software

Android Photo Frame App To Add Frames To Photos: Life Photo Frames

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 04:00 PM PDT

Life Photo Frames is a free Android app to add frames to photos on Android. This Android photo frame app lets you add multiple photo frames to any photo on Android.

The app provides multiple photo frame types which include love, wedding, kids, flowers, animals, natural, Christmas, and funny photo frames. Within each photo frame category, the app includes multiple photo frames of that category. Just select any one of them and start inserting it in any photo on your Android phone. The app allows you to insert photos from your Android's photo gallery or click a new photo from your Android's camera and add frames in real-time.

This Android photo frame app provides you a wonderful experience of photography on Android. After installing the app, you need to install the frames before adding them to photos. When you select any frame, the app automatically starts installing the frame packages. To uninstall any frame, just long tap on any frame and it will be uninstalled.

After adding frames to your images, you can easily save and share the images directly from the app.

Life Photo Frames is not a very popular app in Google Play Store, as it recently released. Hopefully, it will become popular as it works very well on Android.

The frames which you add via app look as if you have done some special photography with some high-end photo editor software. There are multiple app which allows you to add frames to photos along with editing them. But, this Android photo frame app does it better and easier. This is the reason why all the frames look awesome and so natural after using the frame with some photo.

Check out XnView Retro app for Android reviewed by us.

How To Use This Android Photo Frames App?

Launch the app and tap on "editor" button in the app. Now, select the image which you want to embed from your Android's photo gallery or click a new image from your Android's camera. Select the photo frame. Wait for a while to install the photo frames which you have selected. Now adjust the image position which fits the photo frame. You can then save the photo and see the preview of the photo along with the photo frame inserted. Also, tap on the image button at the bottom to share the photo framed image. You can even set the photo framed image as your Android's background wallpaper.

Features Of Life Photo Frames App:

Add frames to photos on Android.
The app has multiple photo frames which include love, wedding, kids, flowers, animals, and more.
Insert image from your Android's photo gallery or click a new image from your Android's camera.
Save and share the photo framed images.
Set photo framed image as your default wallpaper.
Rotate the image to left or right.
Simple and easy to use app.

Also, check out the post by us on Android Camera MX app to add effects to photos.

Install Life Photo Frames App:

Click here to download and install Life Photo Frames app from Google Play Store. Scan the QR Code below and directly install the app on your Android.

Life Photo Frames makes your photo framing experience a wonderful one on your Android. Add multiple different photo frames to your photos and share them with your friends.

Android Photo Frame App To Add Frames To Photos: Life Photo Frames was originally published at I Love Free Software

5 Free Contra Games to Download on PC or Play Online

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 03:00 PM PDT

Here is a list of 5 free Contra games for PC and Online gaming. Play different versions of Contra shooting game and have fun.

Contra is a famous classic video game from the 80's. I have always played Contra games in my childhood and still I keep playing. Contra is all about two man team from the Special Elite forces; always on a mission to save the world from the Alien invasion. Contra is a never ending story, with three different versions named Contra, Super Contra, and Contra 3: Alien Wars. So, in this article I will give a short description about these three versions of Contra games and two online versions also.

Contra:

This Contra is the original version of Contra game available for PC download. Play this original version of Contra video game on your PC.

Contra is an action packed shooting game and most fun when played in two player mode. In this version the original Contra guys Mad Dog and Scorpion are on a mission to protect the world from evil forces "The Red Falcon". In this game you can use a cheat code; where you can increase your number of life's to 30 and play. Read this detailed review on Contra to know how. You can also save your progress at any point and start from that point later.

Click here to Download Contra.

Super Contra:

Super Contra or Super C is the successor of Contra game. Download and play this action packed game on your PC.

The Red Falcon team is totally washed out in the previous version; but they are back for a revenge with the Aliens. That is why this game is also called Return of Evil Forces. Now Mad Dog and Scorpion of the Elite forces have to permanently kill them. There is more action involved in this game and tough game to beat than previous one. You can save at any point in this game also and load it whenever you want to play.

Read a detailed review on Super Contra here and Download Here.

Contra 3: Alien Wars

Contra 3 Alien Wars is the third version of Contra. Download and play Alien wars on your computer for free.

In Contra 3 the successors of Mad Dog and Scorpion are here to protect the Earth. In 2636 A.D. Jimbo and Sully has to par through six tough stages to beat this game. This is tougher than the previous versions of Contra. You can Change your number of life's to 3 or 5 or 7 and you will get a bonus life after scoring points. You can perform stunts also in this Contra game.
Click here to read more about Contra 3 and Download here.

Contra Flash (Online):

Contra Flash is an online version of original Contra video game. Play contra with spread gun and 30 life's.

Contra flash is sponsored by Kongregate website for Contra fans. In this game you get to play contra with 30 life's and with spread gun by default. So, this makes you play this game without any difficulty. You can change the difficulty level and play if you find it very easy. The controls are also indicated beside the game: [WASD] for movement, [H] to pause or start the game, [J] to shoot, and [K] to jump. Player 2 controls are arrow keys for direction and [1] for shooting, and [2] for jumping. I could go to the last level without any problem with that spread gun and 30 life's and finished it. Try this Contra game yourself.

Click here to Play Contra Online on Kongregate website.

Contra Online:

This is also a Contra game from the website Ziggygames. This one is a tough version of all the Contra games but you can increase your life's up to 30 in this online game.

This Contra version is a little different from original one but it looks like the older version only. There's a time limit also for this game and tough gameplay. Same contra sceneries and same villains but a little tough.

Read a detailed review of Contra Online here and Play it here.

Contra is always a famous video game then and now. Always the heroes are on a mission to save the world from Aliens invasion. This action shooting game is available for Android also; read about Contra for Android. Download any of the above versions and play on your PC or else play online; and have fun.

5 Free Contra Games to Download on PC or Play Online was originally published at I Love Free Software

Learn How To Mix Audio Tracks With Pinnacle Audio Mixer

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:00 PM PDT

Pinnacle Audio Mixer is an audio mixer application for desktop which helps you to learn how to mix audio tracks or practice audio mixing for acquiring professional skills. With this free audio mixer you can load audio files with rhythms, effects and everything else that’s used for mixing music. Audio tracks can be arranged by dragging and dropping them on a linear editor where it’s possible to place them in layers so that they can be played simultaneously.

Check out some similar software reviewed by us like: FileLab Audio Editor, Jokosher, and MP3 Editor.

What you see in the image above is the default interface of Audio Mixer. On the right we have the main editing area where audio tracks can be placed and then mixed to create music. Left sidebar is where you will load the audio rhythm and effects library. Normally this type of mixing software is very complex to use, however, Pinnacle Audio Mixer let’s you easily get into the process of audio mixing by showing you the basics of audio mixing in a simple way.

Key Features of Pinnacle Audio Mixer:

Mix multiple audio track at once, play them simultaneously.
Easy import of tracks and audio files used for mixing.
Majority of common audio formats supported like MP3, WAV, WMA.
Drag and drop type of audio mixing; everything’s done with the mouse.

Audio Mixer was developed by Pinnacle which is an educational institution that specializes in various audio related courses. There aren’t any kind of advanced effects that you can apply while learning how mix tracks with Audio Mixer, you’ll only be able to add effects with the audio track library that you use. Here’s are a few pointers to help you get started.

How to Mix Audio with Pinnacle Audio Mixer?

Before you’ll be able to do anything, any kind of mixing, you first have to load files into the library, you can do this by clicking on the Add button which can be seen in the top left corner of the window. Standard open window will appear, where you can select the files that you want imported.

Selected audio files are gonna appear in the left sidebar. To add them on the editor which can be seen on the right side, simply drag and drop them from the list.

This is where the fun starts, each one of the audio files that you add will be represented with a rectangle. How large it will be depending on how long the audio track is. There are time indicators available at the top of the application. Mix them in the order that they have to be played and then hit the play button down below to hear the music that you’ve created.

Conclusion:

As you can see Pinnacle Audio Mixer is a very simple learning utility which you can use to grasp the basics of audio mixing. Everything is very easily understandable, and you can use it and easily understand what this free audio mixer does even if you don’t have a lot of experience. Free download.

Learn How To Mix Audio Tracks With Pinnacle Audio Mixer was originally published at I Love Free Software

Windows 8 Painting App: Fresh Paint

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 01:00 PM PDT

Fresh Paint is a free Windows 8 Painting app available under the 'Entertainment' category of Windows 8. This painting Windows 8 app brings you delightful real painting experience using poster colors and dry crayons without creating mess or getting expensive stationery supplies. You can blend & mix a number of colors to create one, just the way you do while you actually use painting colors and brushes.

Being creative is an in-built talent. Its appears in your writing posts, your beautiful gardens, doodles, knitted sweaters, and of course onto the canvas. Fresh Paint is a canvas for sketching your unique ideas. This Windows 8 painting app comes up with a complete box of wet colors along with pencils, brushes, eraser, all in different sizes. You can save your painting once you are done with it.

In addition, Fresh Paint provides you features such as Dry Colors, Redo/Undo, Gallery, Surface/Background of you painting, get a new canvas screen, share your painting with others, and many more. Let me explain in detail about the Fresh Paint Windows 8 Painting app below.

What I Liked About Fresh Paint Windows 8 Painting App..

What I really liked about this painting app is its extremely colorful UI. It has a wonderful realistic painting capabilities that I haven’t seen in any other Windows 8 app. As you open the app, you will see a plain white virtual canvas where you can explore your imagination and create whatever comes into your mind. As you right-click on the screen, you will see a large painting tray along with pencils and brushes in different sizes. You can increase or decrease the size according to your requirement.

Also, you can select among the Canvas, Paper, or Background on which you want to make your painting. To see surface, just click on 'Surface' button given at the top right-side of the colors menu. Another thing that made me try this Painting app for Windows 8 is the option for "Dry' colors. Yup.. you can change your colors from wet to dry in just a single click. Let me quickly point out the main features of this Windows 8 painting app below.

Similar applications: iPad Paint Apps, Drawing Apps For Android.

Key Features Of Fresh Paint App:

Lets you blend and mix a number of colors to create one.
Lets you easily switch between Wet and Dry colors.
Has pencils, brushes, eraser, blender; all can be customized in different sizes.
Brings you a large painting tray where you can try mixing of various colors.
Features like Undo, Redo, New, Save As are easily available while creating a painting.
To open an existing painting, just click on 'Gallery' button given at the top right-corner.
Lets you increase or decrease the size of pencils or brushes according to your preferences.
Lets you share your creativity with your family and friends via Email, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Brings you different surfaces to choose from such as Canvas, Papers, or simple backgrounds.
It's a free Windows 8 app.

Also check out other interesting Windows 8 apps: FotoEditor, English Club, MedicineCabinet.

And What I Did Not Like about this Painting App..

Its nothing.. right from the beautiful interface, to the type of colors (wet & dry), to painting tray, to painting brushes, pencils, eraser, blender, option to save painting, share painting, choose surface for your painting, I just loved everything about this Windows 8 painting app. It's a must-have app for kids who are fond of exploring their imagination to an unlimited extent. Adults can also try it out and relive their childhood. Take a look over the painting I quickly created while testing Fresh Paint Windows 8 app:

How To Install Fresh Paint In Windows 8:

Go to the Windows 8 Store and open the Search Charm by pressing 'Win+Q' key combination.
Type the app name (Fresh Paint) in the Search Charm and press 'Enter' key.
Proceed with further installation steps and get the app now.
Its done.. start exploring your creativity and experience real painting, right on your Windows 8 system.

In a nutshell, Fresh Paint is an excellent entertainment Windows 8 painting app where you can do your favorite painting activity without messing up the entire room or buying expensive stationery items. Go ahead and install Fresh Paint app in Windows 8 now.

Windows 8 Painting App: Fresh Paint was originally published at I Love Free Software

Smart Converter: Convert Videos For Your Portable Devices

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 12:00 PM PDT

Smart Converter is a free video converter that will convert videos for all portable devices from your Windows PC. Just drag and drop to convert videos for free and play them in your favorite portable devices.

Smart converter certified by Microsoft can convert any video format to your iOS, Android, Sony, Microsoft, and other devices. It can convert videos to music files also. This software is fast, easy and free to use. It is available for Windows XP, Windows 7, and Windows 8.

About Smart Converter:

Smart Converter is very simple to use. You just need to drag and drop the videos and then choose the device of your choice to convert the videos to the device's format. A huge list of devices are available, they are: Apple TV, iPad, iPhone or iPod, iPod Classic, Quick Time, Android Tablet, Android Phone, Music, Playstation 3, PS Vita, PSP, Sony Bravia TV, XBox 360, Windows, AAC Audio, MP3 Audio, WAV Audio, Google TV, DivX, and Tivo.

How To Convert Videos For Your Portable Devices:

Here are the steps to convert videos to make them compatible with your portable devices:

Step 1: Select your file and drag it to the software interface and drop it. You can also choose File menu and choose Open option to select a file.

Step 2: Now, choose one of the option from Apple TV, iPad, iPhone, Android Tablet, Android Phone, etc for which you want to convert the video. Click Other option to view more devices.

Step 3: Now, click on Convert button to convert the video.

Step 4: Now, click on Show File option to see the folder in which file is located. All the converted videos are located in user’s Videos folder.

If you want to see the details of the video that you want to convert, then you can just drag and drop the video in this application. Then hover your mouse over the thumbnail of the video as shown in below screenshot. Then an information icon will appear, just click on it to see more details of the video like: video format, pixels, fps (frames per second), audio format, channels, and frequency of audio. You can also convert videos to audio format.

Smart converter is very simple and easy to use. You can convert any video file to make it compatible for your portable devices. There are many other video converters available but this works with a simple drag and drop functionality and supports 100's of media formats.

Download Smart Converter.

Smart Converter: Convert Videos For Your Portable Devices was originally published at I Love Free Software

Diff Text To Compare Text Online

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 11:00 AM PDT

Diff Text is an online application that allows you to compare text online. This free online tool is capable of highlighting the changes as well as the matching content in different colors. Using it, you can compare text online on the basis of lines, words, and letters. This way Diff Text becomes a simple, yet effective content reviewing application.

Diff Text is likely to prove as an effective solution for coders and developers. I believe in re-usability of code and most of the times I implement same code and CSS with modified parameters. In my case Diff Text allowed me to quickly verify whether all parameters were changed accordingly by highlighting the differences. One thing that I would like to make clear in beginning is that Diff Text works for binary content only.

Getting started at Diff Text is very simple with no requirement for registering an account. On the homepage, you will be provided with the set of four links.

Compare Text Online Using Diff Text:

The interesting part is that you can opt for any. The functionalities to compare text online on each are same with a bit of variation in the user interface.

In the next step, you will have to paste the original content in either of the textboxes and then paste the modified content in the other textbox.
Then select the criteria for comparison using the radio-buttons placed below the textbox. At last, click on 'compare Text' button and the text comparison will be performed for you.

* It is suggested that you eliminate the prepopulated '#1' and '#2' from the textboxes in the very beginning.

* There is no point in comparing unrelated text and I am sure that you will attempt something like that.

Cons:

While evaluating Diff Text, following limitations got highlighted:

You cannot upload files directly to compare text online. Manual copy-paste appears somewhat hectic and time-consuming. Alternatively, you can try CompareMyFiles online application for comparing two text files online.
You can only compare text using Diff Text i.e. no support is offered for effective text editing.

The Final Verdict:

Diff Text is a nice, simple, and free online applications. As per my view, Diff Text is second to none in comparison with similar applications to compare text online like Text File Compare, and CompareMyFiles.

Diff Text To Compare Text Online was originally published at I Love Free Software

Add Text Over Image On iPhone: Typic App

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 10:00 AM PDT

Typic is a free app to add text over image on iPhone. This iPhone app lets you insert text over image with multiple photo effects and smart options. You can easily pick an image from your iPhone's photo gallery or click a new image from your iPhone’s camera and then add text to that image.

You can select multiple font styles, adjust the text size, change font color, and more. Apart from adding text, you can also apply effects to the image.

There are multiple photo editing apps for iPhone which allow you to insert text in the photo. But, this Typic app is specialized in adding text to an image.

You can just write any text and then drag the text anywhere over the image and position it as per your choice. Change the text color to White or Black depending on the image texture. You can also blur the image.

After giving effects and adding text over the image, you can easily save and share the created masterpiece. The app allows you to save the image to camera roll or share the image via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and email.

How To Use Typic App To Add Text to Image?

Launch Typic app and tap on camera button to pick an image. Pick the image from your iPhone's photo library or click a new image from your iPhone's camera. Now start adding effects to the image. Drag the tools menu to add the text. Tap on the caption button to type the text. Now select the font style, text size. Drag the tools menu again to further select the frame and text color. Lastly, drag the tools menu to save and share your masterpiece from the app.

Also check out Photo editor for iPhone.

Features Of Typic App:

Insert text over the image from Typic app on your iPhone.
Give up to 6 effects to the image inserted.
Adjust the text color, size, and style.
Save and share the images directly from the app itself.
Import image from your photo gallery or click a new image.
Easy to use app.
The free version of the app is ads free.

Also, check out post on Photo Collage Creator for iPhone reviewed by us.

Install Typic App:

Click here to download and install Typic app from Apple App Store. If you have a scanner, then scan the QR Code below to get the direct download link of the app.

Typic app makes it really easy to add professional looking text to your photos in iPhone. Download this app and start adding your own messages to photos and then share with your friends.

Add Text Over Image On iPhone: Typic App was originally published at I Love Free Software

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