http://drfreeware.com The Doc wants to show you great windows freeware & news, tech stuff, and more! Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:33:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mashable has a great list of sites that cater to Windows PDA (or "Pocket PC" if you wish) freeware.  One site that I have personally used is PocketPCFreeware, a bilingual site in English and French.  I would say that a program like BatMemTime is indispensable for your PDA.  At least ... http://drfreeware.com/2008/02/04/pda-freeware-resources/ There's an article at the Washington post looking back to 25 years ago.  It concerns PC World's editor and the birth of freeware (and its evil twin, shareware).  Worth a look. http://drfreeware.com/2008/02/03/the-birth-of-freeware/ Glary Utilities I love a good all-in-one system tweaking & cleanup program. Glary Utilities provides just that! Packed with features, it really satisfies. Let's take a look at the program bit-by-bit. http://drfreeware.com/2008/01/30/freeware-prescription-of-the-week-january-30-2008-glary-utilities/ I've not tested this Vista installation program out yet, so I'm not sure how good it is. However, the lowdown is that it allows you to customize a Vista installation so it won't be so dang bloated. If you're like me, you want a slim installation of an ... http://drfreeware.com/2008/01/30/install-vista-unbloated-with-vlite/ Started in 2004, The Portable Freeware Collection lists--you guessed it--the best freeware that is portable. The webmaster of the site talks in detail about what constitutes portable freeware on his "about" page. Essentially, it needs to be very compatible, very unobtrusive, and without an installation requirement. There's ... http://drfreeware.com/2008/01/27/blogroll-addition-the-portable-freeware-collection/ Yellow folder, yellow folder, yellow folder. Dull, dull, dull. Windows XP doesn't really make it all that easy to change the color or icon of your explorer folders. With iColorFolder, an open source application, you can change your folders individually via the good ol' right click contextual menu, and ... http://drfreeware.com/2008/01/25/change-windows-folder-icons-and-colors-with-a-great-freeware-app/ The Daily Download at CNET gives three really cool programs for your taskbar that are totally free. One organizes it, one Mac-ifies it, and one (for you taskbar anarchists) gets rid of it. Unfortunately, I'm conservative when it comes to my taskbar so I can't side with the ... http://drfreeware.com/2008/01/23/taskbar-issues-cnet-gives-out-some-freeware-solutions/ Some of you may want to live like Martha Stewart. Many of us, though, want to live free! We want freeware. And lots of it. And we're ecstatic about the freeware revolution known as open source. Open source, according to Wikipedia, "...is a set of ... http://drfreeware.com/2008/01/22/blogroll-addition-open-source-living/ Indiegames.com, which as you might imagine indeed does focus on independent games, has a "best games of 2007" section, which this year highlighted the best freeware adventure games, the best freeware arcade games, and then another general category for the best freeware games of 2007. With names like Fractal Fighter, Burn ... http://drfreeware.com/2008/01/21/freeloading-gamers-rejoice-the-best-independent-freeware-games-of-2007/ From MovieScope Magazine, they remark that "...filmmaking isn't exactly 'cheap.'" So, they have made a great list of freeware for filmmakers. There is some shareware, too, so be careful! It is labeled as such, so make sure you look before downloading! There's pre-production, production, and post-production, ... http://drfreeware.com/2008/01/21/moviemaking-freeware/