{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for January 8, 2009 is Valix NetSearch v1.5
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• Very, very fast in searching.
• Small footprint resource wise.
• More accurate and fast then Windows search >.>’.
• You can export your search results in HTML format.
• You can enter search criteria such as file size,

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for January 7, 2009 is InControl v2.5.
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• Has a black list where you can add unwanted programs forever preventing them from starting at boot.
• Ability to fix broken startup programs and uninstallers.
• Has the built in ability to ‘undo’ changes you make.
• Has

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for January 6, 2009 is Edraw Max v4.3.
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• You can create many, many different diagram and/or drawings.
• Very easy to use drag + drop capabilities.
• You can insert objects/work from third party software such as Microsoft Word.
• Drawing area is lined in a

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for January 2, 2009 is Apex Video Converter Super v7.54.
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• Simple and easy to use.
• Supports many output formats.
• Supports many input formats.
• You can rip DVDs or VCDs.
• Option to shutdown computer after conversion is done.
• You can convert multiple video files

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for January 1, 2009 is Recover Keys 2.0.0.25.
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• One-click scan for CDKeys.
• You can print the CDKeys.
• You can export the CDKeys to a HTML, .txt or .CSV file.
• You can search all the CDKeys found.
• You can change CDKeys.

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for December 29, 2008 is Moyea FLV Editor Pro.
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• Easy to use.
• Fairly quick export of videos.
• You can have the program shutdown the computer after export of video is complete.
• You can add multiple image or text watermarks to each video/clip.
• You

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for December 28, 2008 is WinUtilities 6.2.
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WinUtilities was last given out on October 28, 2008. The version in October was 6.2. Today’s version is also 6.2. That being said, the review I wrote on WinUtilities is still relevant today – I will just update [...]

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for December 27, 2008 is Button Shop 3.
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• Very easy to use.
• Comes with many templates.
• Each template is fully customizable.
• You can save your button in multiple image formats.
• You can ‘pulse’ (animate) the button.
• You can generate HTML code for your

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for December 26, 2008 is Premium Booster 2.95.
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• Has registry management (scan, repair, defrag, backup).
• You can undo the ‘repair’ or ‘fixes’ you make.
• Ability to apply tweaks to Windows.
• Has preemptive protection against malicious ActiveX malware.
• There is a startup program manager.

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for December 25, 2008 is BeeThink SpyDetector 2.0.
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• Real-time protection.
• Firewall and spyware protection in one program (HIPS)
• Built in whois query.

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• Is not set by default to automatically start when Windows starts.
• Is not detected by Windows as a

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for December 24, 2008 is Daniusoft media converter 2.3.2.0.
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Daniusoft media converter was last given out by GOTD on Nov 20, 2008. On Nov 20th 08, the version was 2.3.1.34. I wrote a full review on it. You can access it here. Even though today’s [...]

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for December 23, 2008 is Abaiko Disk Space Monitor.
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• You  can setup E-mail notifications.
• You can view your top 30 (in size) files and folders.
• Fairly small footprint.
• You can setup warnings/notifications for each individual partition when the partition only has X amount

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for December 22, 2008 is Image Mender.
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• Processes images fairly quickly.
• Small footprint.
• Zoom in + zoom out for greater selection accuracy.
• You can save end image in multiple formats.
• Very easy to use.

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• Accuracy of Image Mender is very

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Giveaway of the day for December 19, 2008 is Show.kit.
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Eltima Software has released an updated version of Show.kit on GOTD. It is supposed to fix the registration and license issue. I can confirm that it does in fact fix the registration and license issue but I still get [...]

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for December 18, 2008 is Wondershare Movie Story 4.5.0.
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• Easy to use.
• You can use pictures or movies for ‘slides’.
• You can add many different effects to each ‘slide’.
• You can add text to each ‘slide’.
• You can add background music.
• You can

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for December 17, 2008 is DDWidget Pro 1.4.
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• Easy to use.
• You can transfer files to a location on your LAN, on your own computer, on an FTP server, or to an e-mail.
• You can set one widget to send files to multiple

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for December 16, 2008 is Extra CD/DVD Burner.
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• Easy to use?

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• Interface is buggy.
• Cannot create/burn disc images (.ISO, .cue, etc.)
• Cannot make music CDs.
• Cannot make DVDs (movies).
• Cannot copy CDs.

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for December 14, 2008 is Apex VCD Ripper.
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• Simple and easy to use.
• Supports many output formats.
• Rips quickly (usually).
• Ability to recognize and load VCD if you have VCD in drive.
• Can work with VCD files that are not burned onto a

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for December 13, 2008 is Extra Video Effect Editor.
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• You can add multiple effects at once.
• Supports many input formats.
• Fairly easy to use.

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• No tooltips to explain program when move hovers over a button or area.
• Registration button needs

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Giveaway of the day for December 12, 2008 is Hide My Folders.

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The developer does not list Vista as a supported OS for this software and unfortunately this software refuses to work on Vista no matter what I try.

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for December 11, 2008 is Bitobit Mithril Password Manager.
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• Easy to use.
• Can be doubled as a note-taking tool.
• Built in password generator.
• Built in search tool.
• Has an option to prompt for password if the program/computer has been idle for X amount

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for December 10, 2008 is SWF & FLV Toolbox.
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• Supports .flv, .swf, and .exe flash as input files.
• You can convert to .avi, or animated .gif.
• You can turn each frame of input file to .jpg, .gif or .bmp images.
• You can convert

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for December 9, 2008 is MSEW.
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• Fairly light on resources.
• You can have upto 10 desktops.
• Each desktop can be customized differently.
• You can name each desktop.
• You can set hotkeys to help you scroll through desktops.

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for December 8, 2008 is Wondershare PPT to eCard.
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• One click publishing into flash movies
• You have a fair bit of control over how your flash movies operate.
• Multiple different types of outputs.
• You can automatically create a .html file that has your

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Giveaway of the day for December 6, 2008 is mgWindow.

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for December 5, 2008 is AnVir Task Manager 5.4.1.
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• Has all the features of Windows Task Manager.
• Gives detailed look at startup programs/processes.
• Estimates security risk for each program/process.
• Has an option to check a file with VirusTotal.com
• Has system tray icons to

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for December 4, 2008 is Project Dogwaffle 2.
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• Has GIMP/Photoshop like features.
• Has a built in animator.

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• ~4 year old version.
• You can only work on one image at a time.
• You are not prompted to save image when you

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for December 2, 2008 is EXE Password Protector.
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• Very simple and easy to use.
• Built in instructions.
• Small footprint.
• Does its job quickly.
• Has a option to backup any file that it is password protecting.
• You can ‘test’ your protection directly from the

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for December 01, 2008 is Windows Automation Macro Recorder.
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• Easy to easy.
• Small footprint – does not use much computer resources.
• You can schedule tasks/macros to run at a specific designated time.

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• The program is not very ‘intelligent’ – horrible

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for November 30, 2008 is Magical File Encrypt.
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Setup.exe will extract Setup-mfe.exe (the .exe file that actually installs the program) into C: folder by default. Be sure to look there if you cannot find the install file.

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• Simple and easy to use.

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for November 29, 2008 is RemoteObserver 2.0.
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• Server.exe is light on resources.
• You can monitor multiple computers at once.
• You can “monitor and work” at the same time.
• You can

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for Novembr 28, 2008 is eCover Engineer.
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• Has support for multiple different boxes/cases/books.
• Comes with many free predefined templates.
• Pretty self explanatory on how to work the program.
• Supports almost all image types for input files.
• You can export your template/design via images

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for November 27, 2008 is Batch Image Enhancer.
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• Easy to use.
• Light on resources.
• Can transform multiple images at once.
• You get to chose where to save your images, the file name, and the image type.
• Has an abundance of “effects”.
• You can

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{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for November 26, 2008 is Linkman Pro.
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• You can import bookmarks from all multiple browsers, including the ‘big four’ (Firefox 2/3, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera).
• You can rate each bookmark.
• You can leave comments/write descriptions for each bookmark.
• You can export bookmarks directly

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