Radiotracker Platinum 6.1 software free download

Downloading music is a complicated business. There are so many sources, and so few of them are legal. Some people are able to blithely ignore this fact, but others would prefer a more guilt-free way of obtaining their favorite songs.

Radiotracker is an interesting program that allows you to record music from internet radio stations, a way of downloading music that the developers say is completely legal. Radiotracker also offers additional features such as format converting, a wishlist, a podcast function, and even ringtone creation. It goes without saying that you can also listen to the music via the Radiotracker player or export it to your mobile device.

The Radiotracker interface won't be to everyone's liking. It seems crowded, and is not very intuitive. Reading the manual is an absolute must, even for the most basic tasks. Luckily, the help files are fairly complete, and the Radiotracker website also provides a forum for difficult questions. The basic concept is this: you choose a music style or selection of radio stations and start recording. The downloaded (recorded) songs then appear in a window on the right where you can then listen, save or process them.

Any tool that helps you to get free, legal music is an interesting proposal. Radiotracker has ample configuration settings, automatically checks for updates, allows you to ban certain stations, syncs with your music player and uses intelligent filters when saving songs, so you don't get any duds.

Despite all these good points, there's a major 'but' - Radiotracker seems unnecessarily complicated. Although it may be a great program, it takes some serious effort to crack. While some users will be willing to put the work in, many will quickly tire of having to refer to the manual to identify every window and carry out every task - I know I did.

Radiotracker is a great concept, but its functioning is boringly complicated.

Languages:

English, German, French

Limitations:

Trial version records a maximum of 40 songs and some functions - such as certain wishlist features - are disabled.

OS requirements for Radiotracker:

• OS: WinXP/Vista/7

Download here:

http://radiotracker.en.softonic.com/universaldownloader-launch

MyPaint 0.8.2 software free download

MyPaint is a quick, easy-to-use application for digital painters. It enables you to create quick sketches or complex artisticdrawings right on your computer.

The best thing about MyPaint is that focuses on simplicity and ease of use. There are no complicated menus and the interface is really simple, almost minimalist. You can concentrate on your canvas and let your inner artist out, without any distractions.

MyPaint includes a wealth of different brushes, conveniently organized in different categories. Plus you can configure each brush to the smallest detail, and also create new categories in a very easy way. Each brush produces a different result on the screen, always trying to emulate the actual material: oil painting, watercolor, charcoal, marker, acrylic, etc.

Though you can use it with a standard mouse, MyPaint is meant to be used with a graphic tablet, as it supports different types of pressure – which contributes a lot to the feeling of realistic painting.

MyPaint is an excellent editor with which you can create great drawings or quick sketches in an easy way.

Languages:

English

MyPaint supports the following formats:

PNG

OS requirements for MyPaint:

• OS: Win95/98/98SE/Me/2000/NT/XP/2003/Vista/7

Download here:

http://mypaint.en.softonic.com/universaldownloader-launch

Sweet Home 3D software free download

Sweet Home 3D allows your imagination to run wild without costing you a cent or having to lift a finger (except to use your mouse of course).

Sweet Home 3D is not just a useful interior design application, it's quite simply a hell of a lot fun, allowing you to mix and match furniture with ease, take virtual walks around your creations, and indulge yourself in designs you'd probably never be able to perform in real life.

Sweet Home 3D offers more than 50 different pieces offurniture, ranging from beds to lamps or tables, but you can import even more from the developer's website. To create your rooms, all you need to do is drag and drop elements into the grid view and you'll see them building up 3D in the viewing screen below. Once you've done this, use the virtual visit tool in Sweet Home 3Dto get a 3D preview of what it looks like and talk a walk around.

These are the basics and Sweet Home 3D is extremely easy to get to grips with. Unfortunately, the graphics are not great - many pieces of furniture look blocky, but it's designed to give an idea of what an arrangement will look like rather than a perfect picture. You can take a photo of your finished design, which you can then send on to friends to view who won't need Sweet Home 3D to view it. The fact that it's based on Java shouldn't put you off either - Sweet Home 3D works very smoothly with virtually no delays in placing furniture or creating previews.

Sweet Home 3D is an excellent solution for all those that daydream about redesigning their home, or even for professionals that need a basic mock-up.

Languages:

English, French

Recent changes in Sweet Home 3D:

• Added DAE/Collada format to the file formats supported by furniture import wizard, to be able to import the 3D models proposed on Google 3D Warehouse.
• Added support for transparency in PNG/GIF images applied as texture to 3D models.
• Displayed the lines defined in OBJ and DAE files.
• Fixed 3D rendering to ensure OBJ files created from the exportation of the 3D view keep the same look when imported.
• Modulated texture illumination according to ambient lights (caution, this may change the brightness of images displayed in existing SH3D files).
• Fixed a bug that moved out of center some imported 3DS models.
• Fixed a bug that made an imported OBJ file lose its colors when its name contained non ASCII letters.
• Fixed a bug that prevented overlapping floors from being correctly displayed.
• Fixed a bug that didn't restore correctly the saved location of view splitters for maximized windows.
• Optimized memory used by 3D models.
• Modified installation process of Sweet Home 3D with Java Web Start to display the security dialog earlier.
• Added furnitureResourcesURLBase and texturesResourcesURLBase parameters to Sweet Home 3D applet to simplify the deployment of furniture and textures catalogs on other servers.
• Replaced JRE 6u18 by JRE 6u20 in Sweet Home 3D installers bundled with Java.
• Other minor bugs fixes and enhancements.

OS requirements for Sweet Home 3D:

• OS: Win95/98/98SE/Me/2000/NT/XP/2003/Vista/7

Download here:

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sweethome3d/SweetHome3D-2.4-windows.exe

Nero Burning ROM 10 Free Download

Nero Burning ROM is a classic program that allows you to burn to disk. Anything goes, from data disks to audio CDs and HD DVDs. The program offers a range of options that is practically unmatched, and makes burning CDs and DVDs as flexible as possible.

Nero Burning ROM was the original Nero application and, some would argue, also the best. As a burning application, it excels. Nero Burning ROM is by no means the simplest app on the market, but what it lacks in simplicity, it makes up for in quality, configuration choices and speed.

In broad terms, you can use Nero Burning ROM to burn and copy to CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs. So far, so normal. What differentiates the application from its competitors, however, are its excellent configuration options - you'll see them as soon as you open the program. They might be overwhelming for beginners, but it shouldn't take long to get to grips with them. Once you do, you'll see this choice as one of Nero Burning ROM's major advantages.

This app doesn't stop at configuration options, however. Nero Burning ROM also offers lots of secondary tools which means there's a good chance you'll be able to meet all your CD/DVD needs from within the same program. There's an encoder, a cover designer, compilation tool, Nero Express (an express creation function) and even fantastic help. You really couldn't ask for more.

Nero Burning ROM is a one-stop shop for all your CD and DVD burning needs.

Languages:

English

Nero Burning ROM supports the following formats:

Disks: CD-R, CD-RW, DVD±R, DVD±RW, DVD-RAM, DVD±R DL, BD-R, BD-RE, BD-R DL, BD-RE DL,

Images: NRG, CUE, ISO, AVCHD, BDMV, UDF

Audio: AAC, AIFF, AIF, CDA, AC3, MP3, MP4, OGG, OGM, WAV, WMA, FLAC

Video: ASF, AVI, DV, MPEG, DAT, MP4, MOV, VOB

Notes:

For the time being, the download link will download Nero Multimedia Suite. When installing the program, just choose the Nero Burning ROM option.

Limitations:

• 15 day trial period

OS requirements for Nero Burning ROM:

• OS: WinXP/2003/Vista/7

Download here:

http://www.nero.com/redir.php?id=5003

Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus Free Download

Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus is a special version of the popular productivity suite aimed at developers, IT managers and other professionals.

I tested the Technical Preview released a few months ago, and happily I've found a bunch of new features and improvements in this beta. For starters, the Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus pack includes a bunch of apps for you to test: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Access, Publisher, InfoPath, Communicator, SharePoint Workspace and Outlook with Business Contact Manager.

As regards appearance, all the Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus apps have been slightly modified. They still keep the ribbon interface – in a much clearer, almost minimalist style – but the Office button has been renamed to "File" and now shows a different pane. Not only does it include direct access to all document-related tasks, but also shows detailed information about the document you're currently working on.

Leaving changes aside, the truth is that Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus has pretty much the same features we already saw in the Technical Preview. The context menu in Word, for example, has been greatly improved and lets you see changes in real time as you browse through the different options. You can now add videos to your PowerPoint presentations, remove redundant messages from conversations in Outlook and insert small color charts inside cells in Excel spreadsheets. There are also tools to translate text, take and use screenshots, and apply special effects to the images you use in your documents. What's more, Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus now lets you save your documents on SkyDrive and share them online in just two clicks.

Regarding performance, Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus seems to be as fast and light on system resources as the Technical Preview. There's a significant improvement in the time the suite apps take to launch, and how they behave when working on your documents.

In all, Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus is an excellent productivity suite with great new features that make it easier and more comfortable to use, and also turn it into an even more professional solution for daily work tasks.

Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus lets you fully test the new, long-awaited version of the world's most popular productivity suite.

Languages:

English

Microsoft Office 2010 supports the following formats:

DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, MDB, ACCDB, PUB, RTF, TXT, HTM, JPG, PNG, TIF, EMF, WMF, XML, WRI, ODT, ODP, ODS, WMV, AVI, PDF

Notes:

You need a Live account in order to download Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Business Beta and obtain a valid serial number to test it.

Limitations:

• 60 day trial period
• You need a Live account in order to download Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Business Beta and obtain a valid serial number to test it.

OS requirements for Microsoft Office 2010:

• OS: WinXP/Vista/7

Download here:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/download-office-professional-plus/default.aspx

ABC Cricket Scores Widget Free download

The ABC Cricket Scores Widget allows you to follow scores for the latest cricket series like the Ashes. This widget includes statistics for batsmen and bowlers and shows you the game and inning being played. It features a small picture of players of each team.

Languages:

English

OS requirements for ABC Cricket Scores Widget:

• OS: Win2000/XP

Minimum requirements:

• Yahoo! Widget Engine

Download here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?gynmjzy3kj0

SnagIt 10 ( Screen capture software) free download

SnagIt is one of those utilities that can really make your life much easier – especially if you work on the Web like us or take hundreds of screenshots every day.

With SnagIt you can take and edit screenshots in many different ways. Besides the traditional capturing profiles found in older versions of the program (full screen, selected window, user-defined region or scrolling web page, among others) the all new SnagIt 10 includes the All-in-One mode, which lets you capture anything on the screen on the fly, switching from one profile to another as you move the cursor on the screen.

But SnagIt is not only for taking screenshots. The program includes also a powerful image editor that has been greatly improved over the years. The new editor in SnagIt 10 features improved transparency management and new page curl effects. Also, it makes image sharing even easier thanks to the built-in tool to post captures to Screencast.com right away. Add to this the selections, callouts, arrows and other elements to modify your captures, and you get the perfect screenshot editor.

The interface in SnagIt 10 hasn’t changed that much. After being totally overhauled between versions 8 and 9, this new installment keeps the same Vista-like charcoal design as before.

SnagIt is certainly one of the best screen capturing tools we’ve tried. We love the way it lets you capture images in many different ways, and add all sorts of elements and effects to them with real-time preview. Of course, there are some other functions that aren't so useful – like the image tagging and labeling tool – but overall, SnagIt is an excellent program and an indispensable tool for anyone who works on the web.

SnagIt 10 is a brilliant screen capturing and editing tool that keeps improving with every new version.

Languages:

English, German, French, Italian

Limitations:

• 30 day trial period

OS requirements for SnagIt:

• OS: Win98/98SE/Me/2000/NT/XP/2003/Vista/7

Download here:

http://snagit.en.softonic.com/universaldownloader-launch