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if you want to try out a new Linux flavour.. this app can save you burning a cd or dvd just for the experiment. Use the same usb stick over and over again to try out various Live Linux systems.

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Great application for creating PDF documents.. from any program that can print. PdfCreator installs itself as a printer.. (Get PDFCreator at SourceForge.net)

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This article examines implications of a world where 40% of Windows PC's are Zombie machines. BotNets rule, unfortunately. "WE previously showed.. almost half.. all Windows PCs.. compromised, costing.. trillions of dollars." (Boycott Novell)

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apc mag calls this "The ULTIMATE" guide.. load up linux on xp or vice versa.. where's the guide to installing mac os x in a windows virtual machine, eh??

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This app lets you build a start menu that is organised by category (eg all audio programs in the one folder.. the same way Linux gives you by default). i do this manually, interesting to finally find an application for the job. 

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If you're looking for a big suite of portable apps (for the USB stick).. here are 4 to choose from (plus some more in the comment section). i like portableapps.com and the JISC eduApps are really great (comments).

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massive calculator that can run as portable app, open source.. multiple platforms, has inbuilt formulae and overview.. can't recall the formula for volume of a sphere? Don't worry, we've got it all here .. nice one.

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Terrific !! someone in scotland has put together a collection of portable usb applications especially for educational purposes. Plenty of accessibilty apps included.. that's the main focus. You can compare the download / collections here.. need to registe

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This application has been discontinued (as of 2005), but you can still download: allows you to program the "Windows key" to launch whichever applications you use most often: eg Win + W = word. Also has Win + Left for minimise etc, which i believe Windows

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Very nice collection of freeware tools which are (a) tiny in file size (b) free and (c) reviewed in detail.

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i found this on a forum a while back, referred to as "the windows equivalent of garage band", which of course many people were searching for at the time..

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who can go past a big list of stuff. Here's some open source applications that work on windows, including web browsers (surely we know all these), image editors .. games, media players (DVD flick and handbrake are good, VLC is a must).. and some CD burnin

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Well i was on a noticeboard, searching for a "windows equivalent to garageband". Thought it would be nice if windows had something to match. (Audacity doesn't play midi files.) someone on a forum posted a link to this one, saying "Windows has always had t

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i like an article that pours on the scorn. No holding back, we just don't like these awful applications. Number One: the adobe reader: when will people realise you don't need to suffer the slow startup times and bloated nature of the "default program". Ma

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so i'm using google chrome as a web browser .. and suddenly there are ads all over the interweb .. something's wrong!! Without my firefox adblock plugin, the net has gone all commercial on me. Here's an awkward way to make chrome block ads too.

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Well i've evaluated all the free font management applications i could find .. and AMP comes out clearly in the lead. Not perfect, but very very good. Also will run from a USB drive. This programmer also has a good app for turning windows off automatically

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if you don't have a data projector in the classroom, what about this .. TightVNC has a projector which allows you to put the same screen on every computer in the classroom. Free version only lasts 20min at a time, but you wouldn't want to control your stu

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Well this took a lot of searching, testing different applications, finding programs that didn't do exactly what i want .. software that searches for cover art for my mp3 collections. Finally, freeware that will seek and retrieve cover art in bulk. Very ni

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looking for an alternative to microsoft virtual machine? This is a free open source application .. doesn't run on mac, but let's face it apple has parallels.

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