ToolWiz Care - a freeware to optimize your computer speed

ToolWiz Care is a complete all-in-one freeware which you can rely on to make your system work faster because it can detect system errors and then correct them. It optimizes and speeds up your system in just a click. It has simple interface which even beginner users know how to use it.

If you are an intermediate computer user, you will find that it's very suitable for computer maintenance and repair. You can do quite lots of optimization and correct most common computer problems with the tools on this program.

If you have a slow computer and you want to make it run faster, then this tiny program is a need for such computer. Click here to download ToolWiz Care and make your PC run faster now.

VOB Blanker - Turn some parts of your VOB DVD file into blanks

Have you ever thought of removing some scenes of a video on a DVD? Perhaps, you want to remove some commercials of a video on a DVD VOB file. Doing this means you want to edit the video of the DVD. But, if you are a novice or beginner computer user, editing video probably makes you feel hard to do it.

In fact, there's a simple program that merely turn your the parts of a VOB file into a blank, so that the undesired part or scene won't be seen. Short commercial can be removed by  using this program. Here's the link to download it. It's called VOB Blanker. You need to locate the part where you want to remove, for example the commercial. Then, you can click Blank button to have it blanked (it turns into a black screen). Remember to save your VOB files. And then you're ready to burn it into a disc with any burner program.

Friendster iCafe : Billing Software and Server from Friendster website

It's been quite a long time that I haven't opened Friendster.com. Recently, I just found out that Friendster had long already been closed and been turned into a gaming site. I didn't know it because I don't really like social networking.

At Friendster.com, I found that there's a free to try billing software and server for those who wants to manage the billing of a net cafe or cyber cafe. The free-to-try program is called iCafe. It seems to be a very useful billing program, and moreover it's free to download. Sometimes, I do feel that getting a good and free net billing program is quite hard. So far, I just know one called HandyCafe, which my uncle told me a few years ago.

If you want to download Friendster iCafe, you can click here.

Shrink Picture for used in e-mails, social networking, blogs and messengers

People nowadays can do many things online conveniently. From games to business, everything has been made easier time to time. But, I think there are four common things people usually do online. What are the four common things?
1. Working with e-mails, like Gmail or Yahoo Mail.
2. Using social networking, like Facebook, Twitter, Google+ etc.
3. Writing blogs using Blogger or Wordpress.
4. Chatting or making calls with messengers, like Skype, Yahoo or MSN Messenger

Alright, what people do with these four things also have a common thing they usually need, that is "Photo" uploading. Am I right? You send photos as attachment for e-mails. You may also upload your photo to share with your family and friends. You enrich you blog with photos to make look more beautiful. You also send photos to share them through Messenger.

Well, anything you do online with photos will certainly take up time for uploading when you want to share the photos. And probably you don't want to waste your time on waiting for the uploading process which may take up quite a long time. For certain people, such thing maybe a fun thing cause you are expecting the other party to see your photos. To some people, it's just a waste of time which they wish that if only it could be faster. And also, you will hit the roof when internet connection is down at that time.

People love time-saving tips and stuffs. And that's why some programmers write software that save time. And one of  the way to save time, is by shrinking the photos you are going to upload. Shrinking photos means reducing the size by compressing it.

To start Shrinking photos, you have to download "Shrink Pic", a free program that shrinks your photos into smaller size. It has 3 options of shrinking: High, Medium and Low. Use "High" to get the smallest possible size. You can also customize your own photo size. Shrink Pic works in the background and it detects when you are sending large photos. And resize the photos you are sending, so that your sending progress is faster. It won't change anything on your original photos, instead it just creates a temporary reduced size one. Then after sending, it will tell you that it has sent the smaller sized photos.

Shrink Pic is not only useful in reducing photo size. It also helps to rotate the photo to the correct orientation. It detects every process of uploading photos and works automatically for you. This means uploading photos that will take minutes to finish will become seconds only to complete. So, what are you waiting for? Start using Shrink Pic for saving your photo uploading time now!

Mito Xiu Xiu (美圖秀秀 - Mei Tu Xiu Xiu) has English version?

Many of my visitors that came from searching on google with "meitu xiu xiu english version". I was wondering why people keep on searching on it. And does Meitu really have English version? And feeling doubt about this, I also started searching on google and yahoo for it. From the search result, I found that there are quite lots of links to Meitu Xiu Xiu in English. Some even describes that Meitu with crack and whatever. Meitu is actually a freeware, no need the crack.

I found that it's rather impossible that Meitu has English version because most of the links are broken links. Some are just links to other pages rather than English version of Meitu. With a bit of disappointment, I started another search with Images. If Google search results can show me even one Meitu with English interface, then I would believe that Meitu must have the English version. The search result was none images with Meitu English interface.

So, I thought of going directly to the site. I still found no links on the site that tell us Meitu English version download. And that makes me feel that it really has no English version. Mostly webmasters will provide directly the choice for you when they have created a program in more than a language. And this can be set from the Tools (工具) - Option (选项)  - Language (語文) menu of any programs. You can't find that menu in Meitu, right?

From those search results, even though I couldn't find the English Meitu, I can suggest you to use the online tutorial. Because Google can do translation for you. You can't change the interface of the program, but to learn the program,  you can still use the Google Translate to show the online tutorial in English. After  some time using it, I believe you will be able to use Chinese version of Meitu Xiu Xiu just like you use it in English version.

See the translation result of Meitu Xiu Xiu in English.

Meitu Video Tutorial (text in English translation - but the video voice is still in Mandarin)

How to create a PDF file from JPEG images?

JPEG format images are very common format in scanning. While there are several format in images that are used in scanning software, you probably need something else. My friend has ever asked for the result of scanning in PDF format. And it seems that most scanners don't support PDF format.

Traffic Travis - A free SEO tools

SEO has been a very hot topic on the internet. There are many websites that provide free or paid professional SEO tips. The tips are from simple till complex ones. Some even show you how with SEO tips videos.

Cool Timer - a tiny program that reminds you in using your time

Time is something very precious. And thus time management is important to everyone, especially those who spend time on computer. Whether you earn money from working online or just spending your time browsing for fun, you still need to manage your time well in order to keep your life well-managed.

Free Disc Burner in Chinese language

If you are a Chinese Windows user that relies all or most on Chinese language whether typing or just reading, you probably also want this free burning tool in Chinese language. Sometimes, it's hard for someone who knows mostly English to search for Chinese utilities. I was just helping my friend to look for a burning tool of which the interface is in Chinese. Luckily, I found this Free Disc Burner. Let's see the feature of this free program whether it works like Nero Burning Rom, the popular burning tool in the world.

Free Disc Burner is not only free. But also has very simple interface. It doesn't have a copy disc function. But it works more like a burning compilation tools for video, audio and data disc. You can also change the interface language. It comes with many languages including Chinese. That's makes easier for Chinese Windows user to use burn their discs. The language setting can be found at Options. You can also quick erase your Rewritable disc, burn disc image. Click here to download the installer.

How to lock your keyboard and mouse from being pressed?

You probably have ever had this kind of experience. You're away from computer for a while and when you're back, you find that your computer keyboard and mouse have been pressed (whether by a cat or your kids at home). Of course, you'll find it very irritating. Then what should you do to avoid this from happening when you're away for a while. Well, you should install a program that can lock your mouse and keyboard, so that any keys or buttons pressed will be ignored by your computer.

Kid-Key-Lock is the answer for this. You can download and install this program and then run it. It will work in background, hiding in notification area of your taskbar. When it's running you can activate it by clicking the icon with your mouse. If you have even locked the left mouse button, you can do Kid-Key-Lock program setup by typing: kidkeysetup (default). You may change the word "kidkeysetup" with your own word, but don't forget. To quit the program you can type "kidkeyquit", so that all locked keys will be normal again.

But remember that this program does not work as a security program. It helps you to reduce annoyance cause by your pet or your kids only. It just locks your keyboard keys and mouse buttons. Download it for free now!

How to apply "Chipmunk" sound effect to an mp3 song?

If you have ever watched "Alvin and the Chipmunk", you'll find that the songs sung by the chipmunks was very different in pitch. Actually, you can also apply Chipmunk sound effect to a song as long as you have a audio editing program that comes with pitch editing. That means, by adjusting the pitch of the song, you will have Chipmunk singing effect.

Well, you'll probably start thinking about such program. Where can we get such program to do this kind of audio editing. There's a free program where you can download free to do this task. It's Expstudio Audio Editor. You need to install the program first before using it. After installing it, you need to open a song i.e. mp3 song. Then, select part of the song or press Ctrl + A to select the whole song.

After selecting the song, you click SpecialFX menu, then click the effect you desired. Try selecting Chipmunk. By using this program, you can also produce female voice songs from male voice songs, or male voice songs from female voice songs as well.

Multilingual Desktop Speaking Alarm Clock

Have experienced forgetting the time while working? This could be a problem if you have an appointment that day. To solve this problem, we can manage time by using alarm clock. The most convenient one is desktop alarm clock.

I've just found a website where you can download a very handy and useful desktop alarm clock. This clock has some features like: you can set the language: English, French and German. Then you can choose male or female voice. Setting the time is also very easy. When the time is up, you will hear the alarm clock telling you the time. Click here to download this simple speaking alarm clock.

How to create a simple quiz website without web programming knowledge?

Sometimes, you probably need to make an online quiz. Whether it's for survey or for something online test, making one with programming knowledge is not easy. You probably need the knowledge of Javascript or the knowledge of Flash. Javascript seems to be used in simple type quiz and Flash tends to be used in quiz that need animation cause it's an animation program.

Both are still difficult to use. You need time to learn to use it. But there's still an easier way, that is: using "Quiz Maker" or sometimes people call "Quiz Generator". Such program is already made for that purpose. You just need to enter the questions and answers. No coding/programming skill is needed.

One of them is Kwizmaker 1.1. This program is free, so you can use it to create any kind of quiz as you like it. It helps you to create multiple choice quiz and then generate a quiz which is saved into HTML file. You can then use the file within your website as a survey site or if you are a teacher, you can use it to test your student as an online quiz. Click here to download.

Eject Usb faster

Do you find it troublesome when ejecting a USB flash disk? Well, this shouldn't be any problem for anybody. But do you know there's a faster way to eject a USB flash disk? By using USB Disk Ejector, you can eject your  USB flash disk faster. Just double click or press Enter on the name of the drive you want to eject.
If you are a Windows Vista user, you'll know that it's troublesome when ejecting a flash disk. The "Now safe to eject the flash disk" dialog box will appear everytime you want to do it. This is just a small freeware.

DVD Shrink - useful DVD freeware

How to compress a DVD and re-burn it into a new smaller-sized DVD? Is it possible? That's what I asked myself when my friend gave me a 7 GB DVD and asked me to burn it into a blank DVD. It seems impossible to me because as far as I know, most of computer stores sell only 4.7 GB blank DVD. I've never seen one eventhough I know that there are DVDs with greater size.

At first I thought that I would try to use video editing software to edit the big size DVD and cut the videos into two 4.7 GB DVDs. It seems a little troublesome using video editing method. I kept this idea and tried looking for other method.

Easy Picture2Icon 2.5

Easy Picture2Icon is a very easy-to-use program that turns your picture into icon which you can use for your own desktop purpose.

We know that part of the desktop of Windows is formed by icons. And also we need icon when creating a program using programming language. Perhaps, you have ever wasted a lot of time on searching for icons for your custom-made program. Or you probably ever wanted to make your desktop icon more special.

Now, by using Easy Picture2Icon you can customize your desktop icon as you like. This program can convert picture in BMP, JPG, PNG and GIF format into .ICO format. It can make transparent icon. There are 3 sizes to select: 16x16, 32x32 and 48x48.

You need to have Microsoft Framework.NET installed on the computer before using this program. Click here to download.

Don't Touch My Computer Episode 2

If you like funny desktop stuff, you'll probably like this one. It's a screensaver that shows a guard dog. It looks more like a flash cartoon animation rather than a common screensaver. What makes it funny is when you touch the mouse and the dog starts jumping and then barking at you.

This screensaver has many fixed position images which is not suitable for use as a screensaver if you leave your computer too long. But if you seldom leave your computer long and you want something funny, you can continue using it. Pressing "M" to activate the menu also leads you to a lot of links to other websites. To exit, just press ESC. Click here to download.

Tudou and its Video Accelerator - watch videos faster

Tudou is one of the most famous Chinese videos sites. It has a lot of videos in Chinese and also in English. But most of them are in Chinese. From Chinese dramas, movies until tutorial videos, all are free for you to watch. It's also quite fast in viewing. You can also make the video run faster, by downloading and installing the video accelerator. You'll then see a great difference in speed. The video accelerator also functions when you open videos on other video sites like Youtube. What makes it special is that it's rich in contents.

For those who don't know Chinese, probably feel hard when using Tudou. You need to know at least a little about Chinese Pinyin. These can be learned from Chinese dictionary. Typing pinyin helps you in searching the videos you want to watch (there will be a long list of video names in Chinese). Of course it's better, if you know how to type Chinese character using Windows Chinese input method.

If you like Chinese videos, you can also visit www.56.com or www.youku.com for more. But Tudou seems to be a bit faster in streaming.

Mei Tu Xiu Xiu - A great Chinese photo editing freeware

Photo editing software is one of the most downloaded software category on the internet. Perhaps you are also a photo editing software lover. There are a few post on this blog discussing about photo editing software (especially those free ones).

Recently I received a comment from my student telling me a great free photo editing software. It's from a Chinese website. It's "Mei Tu Xiu Xiu". You can see some editing results showing photos of 'before' and 'after' editing on the download page. There are also presets for creating simple animated picture by using your on face. Some people called this effect, "face in a hole".

Adjusting the brightness is also possible. You can also add small animated clipart on your picture. Then decorate it with frames or add speech balloons. Everything is so easy with this tiny freeware. Click here to download.

N.B. If you have English version Windows, you'd better install the Chinese language support to enable you viewing the Chinese characters of the program.

Autorun Eater - detect and remove suspicious autorun.inf

Autorun Eater is a freeware that works in background to monitor any Autorun malware activities. It can remove suspicious autorun.inf files. So you don't have to worry about this autorun files problem. Just install it and let it stay in the notification area of your taskbar. It works automatically to detect and remove the malwares. You can also scan drive a: or b:. Then you can also fix 3 common registry changes problems. What are the three things that it fixes?

1. Task Manager

2. Regedit

3. Folder Options

See, these three are the most common ones. It's simple yet wonderful. After installing it (and run it), you'll see a small icon on the right of your taskbar. Right click it to see the menu. Choose registry fix to fix the three registry problems mentioned above. Ok, let's download Autorun Eater.