Freeware

Scanning [was: Re: Request: freeware like Vuescan]
On 1/16/2010 9:51 AM, Susan Bugher wrote: Ron wrote: Yahbut if the SCANNER does not have the capability to scan slides and film strips properly the software won't be able to compensate for that lack. . . There's a lot of good info about scanning on Wayne Fulton's site. Some discussion of hardw... 24 Jan 2010 16:55

alt.comp.freeware links at Fri Jan 15 21:20:02 2010
On 15-Jan-10 18:20, Mark Carter wrote: Here are the latest links on alt.comp.freeware Thanks -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.32.3 ^ ^ 18:55:01 up 8:06 0 users load average: 1.00 ... 15 Jan 2010 06:03

What Good is a Portable App that Won't Run?
What Good is a Portable App that Won't Run? I just tried to run the portable version of docfetcher. Sorry, Charlie, you need version blah, blah, blah of java. Well, I'm on somebody else's computer. They don't have it. They won't let me update it. Would you let someone load stuff on your computer? Isn't th... 16 Jan 2010 13:53

DocFetcher - java-based desktop searcher
Soz for the long quote but; Thought the write-up was well-done, the feature-list compelling &, finally, I don't have any experience with this project. For the anti-Java warriors, yup, it's a Java app. For speedy, cross-platform desktop search, try DocFetcher Posted on Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 by lees... 19 Jan 2010 12:21

[webapp] Storytlr: a lifestreamer
Yup; Don't use it. Prolly won't. But, still, what I find compelling about this project is that it's designed to capture content that you've already created or discovered through a myriad of vehicles (e.g. twitter, flickr, rss, etc). Although blogging software bolts on this kind of functionality, Storytlr m... 13 Jan 2010 14:18

Synchronize between computer and FTP site
In article <9CFEAEF14CF7AEAC2E284CEEC009E394A9D7(a)127.0.0.1> Guy <Use-Reply-To-Address-Header@[127.1]> wrote: Paul Blarmy wrote: Can anybody recommend a program to synchronise files between an FTP site and my local computer HD? Linux or Windows. Wget cURL Don't forget rsync. ... 13 Jan 2010 14:18

lightscribe s/w [was: Nero 9 Lite is junk...]
On 01/12/2010 03:29 AM, glorieux wrote: In my case, I wanted something that handled LightScribe. I never see (may have missed it) any reference to free LightScribe Design and Burning apps... Any out there? Oooops, I'm changing the subject I guess. Hi Glorieux; The best freeware version I'd foun... 13 Jan 2010 08:41

Find A Free Version From A CD/DVD Drive
In article <higt0a$tq3$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, toylet.toylet(a)gmail.com says... It didn't quite work at all. I had no idea what's wrong. Registration? Someone you know has one. I'm talking to everyone who has reasons for wanting anything Nero. I've been using Nero 6.?? forever... no complaints... 14 Jan 2010 20:16

"Progress" [was: Scanner driver]
Craig wrote: Don't worry too much about that relic. I just finished refurbishing an older p4 w/1GB and Ubuntu 9.10 for a relative. Discards + spare parts + Linux = very snappy computing experience. Including rummaging for parts in the storage, the thing was ready & up-to-date in less than an hour. ... 11 Jan 2010 18:44

Privacy Wipe Apps ?
Are there any real good privacy wipe apps, that remove all traces, not just cookies, and history, but all tracking data? Must work with newest version of Firefox, and Explorer... Thanks! Rick ... 16 Jan 2010 20:31