CD Recovery Toolbox Free

recover files from scratched CDs

Our Rating: (Good!)

CD Recovery Toolbox Free is a data recovery tool, designed to recover files from scratched or otherwise damaged or corrupt CD, DVD, HD DVD and Blu-Ray disks. Just select the drive that contains the media you want to recover from, check the files you want to restore and start the recovery process. Depending on the level of damage, the recovery process may take a long time, and may not recover all the files. It did recover a good portion of images for us from a badly scratched CD that Windows was not able to read properly.

Freeware
CD Recovery Toolbox Free does not contain any adware or spyware.

Publisher	BVG Group
File Size	672 kb
Version	1.1.15 (history)
Last updated	Apr 07, 2010
License	Freeware
Windows	Win (All)

PicPick

screen capture and image editor

Our Rating: (Very Good!)

PicPick is screen capture application that includes an image editor and several on-screen measurement tools, including color picker, color palette, pixel ruler, protractor, crosshair and more. It allows you to capture the entire desktop, active windows, selected areas or window controls with the click of a button or via keyboard shortcut. The captured image can be loaded into the internal image editor for further editing, saved as image file (JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP) or automatically uploaded to your FTP server (upload the image and copy the URL to the clipboard). The PicPick image editor provides a variety of tools to add text, shapes, drop shadows, frames and other effects to your images. Other features include support for page scrolling, customizable hotkeys and more.

Installs a Bing toolbar unless you opt-out during setup.

Freeware

Publisher	Daewoong Moon
File Size	2626 kb
Version	2.2.6 (history)
Last updated	Apr 05, 2010
License	Freeware
Windows	2000/XP/Vista/7

Dia

diagram drawing software

Our Rating: (Very Good)

Dia is an open source software that aims to become a free alternative to Visio, and can be used to draw many different kinds of diagrams. It suppports special objects to help draw entity relationship diagrams, UML diagrams, flowcharts, network diagrams, and many others. The program with a library of ready-to-use shaped and object and it is also possible to add support for new shapes by writing simple XML files. The diagrams created with Dia can be exported to a number of formats, including EPS, SVG, XFIG, WMF and PNG.

Freeware Dia does not contain any adware or spyware.

Publisher	Dia Open Source Team
File Size	18071 kb
Version	0.97
Added	Apr 05, 2010
License	Freeware
Windows	Win (All)

Calibre

e-book manager and reader

Our Rating: (Excellent)

Calibre is an open source e-book library management application that enables you to manage your e-book collection, convert e-books between different formats, synchronize with popular e-book reader devices, and read your e-books with the include viewer. You can sort you books by author, title, date and other details, download meta information and book covers, add personal tags and comments, and view your image in a cover flow display. Calibre supports all popular e-book formats enables you to convert your books to different formats, using advanced conversion techniques to maintain the structure of the e-book. The program also offers extensive support for synchronizing of e-books with popular devices, such as Kindle, Sony Reader, Nook, and many others.

Freeware Calibre does not contain any adware or spyware.

Publisher	Calibre Open Source Team
File Size	29117 kb
Version	0.6.46
Added	Apr 05, 2010
License	Freeware
Windows	2000/XP/Vista/7