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Today’s Software
- Snackr, a desktop RSS ticker
- MaxMax, a window maximization tool
- Tiny Uploader, a tiny image uploader
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Software for April 14th, 2012
Snackr
RSS is awesome. All the latest news and headlines wherever you want, 24×7, constantly updating. If you want them on your desktop, however, you’re going to be hard-pressed to find a nice-looking widget. Enter Snackr: this little cross-platform app will automatically scroll recent news items from either a list of feeds, or even your Google Reader account.
If you want to set it up so that it constantly shows even when your windows are maximized, you can use MaxMax, the next piece of featured software!
Price: Free!
Version discovered: v0.41
Supported OS: Windows/OS X/Linux with Adobe Air (14.2MB)
Download size: 792KB
VirusTotal malware scan results: could not scan
MaxMax
If you have a sidebar or a gadget that you want to constantly have showing, using the maximize button can be very annoying: click it and it’ll cover up your widgets. Want to use it, but have it maximize it to the area that won’t cover up your gadgets? Try MaxMax.
To use MaxMax, you simply set up the bounds you want and hit the Maximize button on one of your windows. It’s that simple!
Price: Free!
Version discovered: v1.12
Supported OS: Windows 7, possibly others
Download size: 32-bit 2.1MB | 64-bit 2.7MB
VirusTotal malware scan results: 32-bit 1/42 | 64-bit 1/42
Tiny Uploader
Want to upload lots of pictures to the internet? With any conventional service, it’ll take quite a long time and be downright painful. (Facebook, I’m talking to you.) If you instead want to upload them all automatically, try Tiny Uploader: it’ll automatically upload any pictures you drag onto it.
Tiny Upload supports Imgur and Imageshack. It’s a nice little program if you want to quickly upload pictures, and it comes in both portable and context menu versions.
Price: Free!
Version discovered: v2.76
Supported OS: Windows unknown
Download size: portable 32-bit 1.4MB | portable 64-bit 4.2MB | installer 32-bit 2.7MB | installer 64-bit 2.4MB
VirusTotal malware scan results: portable 32-bit 1/42 | portable 64-bit 0/42 | installer 32-bit 0/42 | installer 64-bit 0/41
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Excuse my ignorance, but if the 32bit portable has a virus, why even advertise this companies software?
@Jennifer: I assume you’re talking about Tiny Uploader, and “VirusTotal malware scan results: portable 32-bit 1/42″. Out of 42 anti-virus scanners, 1 flagged it. That means, either 41 of the scanners missed the virus, or 1 showed a false positive. The latter being the most likely. :)
@Jennifer
1 out of 42 most likely is a false positive, especially with the 64 bit version scanning clean. Check the file with your own installed a/v and it will probably give a green light. Of course the best rule of thumb is if you aren’t comfortable with something, don’t install/use it. :)