Copy unselectable text to the clipboard with Textify
It’s a common PC problem. A dialog box appears with some key data, you need to copy it to the clipboard, but -- the text isn’t selectable, so you're forced to retype it.
The Control Panel "System" applet is a perfect example. It has several lengthy lines of text you might really want to save -- Product ID, Processor Type -- but none of them are selectable.
NooG is a compact web search bar for your PC desktop
NooG is a lightweight internet search bar for the Windows desktop.
We watched the installation process closely, because this is just the kind of app to trash your system with a pile of adware, but no -- the entire program is under 2MB in size, nothing intrusive at all.
Log PC activity in real time with Event Monitor Service
Security vendor NoVirusThanks has released Event Monitor Service (EMSvc), a Windows application which logs key system events in real time.
The package can track file creations, file deletions, PE files dropped to disk, created processes, loaded modules, loaded drivers and registry changes.
Polarr Photo Editor gets a Windows 7+ desktop release
Popular mobile and browser-based image editor Polarr Photo Editor is now available in a desktop edition for Windows 7 and later.
A Free build offers only global adjustments (no selection tools), and drops custom filters and batch export.
Remove your PC's junk files with Kaspersky Cleaner
Russian security vendor Kaspersky has released Kaspersky Cleaner, a free beta for Windows XP and later.
The program is designed to delete junk Windows and application files, check your system settings are giving you the best level of privacy, and restore broken settings which might be interfering with your PC’s operations.
What's the best Windows uninstaller?
Standard Windows uninstallers often leave your PC cluttered with unwanted files, orphaned Registry keys and assorted other leftovers. You could try to avoid this issue with a third-party uninstaller, which scans your system to find and remove everything the regular uninstaller has missed. There’s just one problem. How do you know your uninstaller works? Is it really as thorough as it claims, or could it be missing important files or Registry keys, too?
We decided to find out, by building our own test application. Something that would install various files, folders and Registry keys in known, common locations, making it easier to evaluate uninstaller performance later.
How reliable is your firewall? Atelier Web Firewall Tester finds out
CudaText: a programmer’s editor that everyone can use
You need a Notepad replacement, but web searches only get you overcomplicated programmer's editors aimed at people who think in regular expressions and actually want to use line numbers.
CudaText offers another way. It’s a cross-platform coding editor -- and a good one -- but it's not just for developers, anyone can see its advantages right away.
NoVirusThanks PE Capture saves executables as they’re launched
Malware analysis normally starts with logging the executables launched on a system: opening this document, launches that application, fires up some scripting tool, which downloads and runs the actual threat (or something like that).
You could use something like Process Monitor to record what happens, but analyzing the logs will take time, and the malware might delete key files before you can inspect them.
Batch print documents, drawings and more with Print Conductor 5.0
If you regularly need to batch print folders of documents then you’ll know it’s a lengthy and tedious process: Ctrl+P+Enter+repeat until you die of boredom, essentially.
Print Conductor is a free-for-personal-use application which automatically lines up and dispatches your targets to their source programs for printing.
View all your Chrome, Firefox and IE addons with NirSoft's BrowserAddonsView
Freeware developer NirSoft has released BrowserAddonsView, a free tool which detects and displays all your installed Chrome, Firefox and IE extensions, in all user profile folders.
Every installed addon is displayed in the usual NirSoft table, with details including item ID, status (enabled/ disabled), browser, addon type (extension, plugin, browser helper, ActiveX, more), name, version, description, title and creator.
IObit Malware Fighter 4 arrives
IObit has announced the release of IObit Malware Fighter 4, with what looks like some major improvements in protection.
A new IObit anti-malware engine and a 10x larger database aim to detect and remove even more threats.
Run a virtual Chromebook on your PC desktop
CloudReady is a custom version of Chromium OS which can transform your old PC into a sort-of Chromebook.
You can run CloudReady standalone, dual boot with Windows in some situations, or use VirtualBox to run it in a window on your desktop.
Ghostery 6.0 for Firefox redesigns UI, syncs settings with other devices
Anti-tracking company Ghostery has updated its Firefox add-on to version 6.0 in what the developer is calling "the most significant upgrade to Ghostery since its inception".
The interface has been redesigned, with a new dashboard giving an immediate view of the trackers on a site, revamped menus and alerts, and assorted beginner-friendly usability tweaks ("Whitelist Site" is now "Trust Site").
Picosmos Tools is a quirky image editing suite
Picosmos Tools is a versatile image management suite which includes a viewer, editor, batch processor, capture tool, simple publishing tools and more.
The program stands out immediately with its Windows Start Screen-type launcher, colorful "live tiles" giving you speedy access to each module.
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