Fx MPEG Writer
By J. Hepple, Inc.
Convert AVI, MPEG, ASF and WMV files to MPEG-1or MPEG-2 with VCD, Super VCD or DVD extensions. The free demo version supports only MPEG-1 output but has no time limit.
SQL Balance for SQLBase
By Desktop Software
Database Administrators, rejoice! Business owners and IT managers, take a note! Now there is no need to compare and synchronize databases run by SQLBase manually, wasting valuable and quite expensive DBA?s time. SQLBalance compares different databases, highlights the differences and synchronizes them (if necessary) automatically. The program analyzes database contents line by line, object by object, searching for differences in database structure or contents. When any are found, they are highlighted. The information about distinct objects is displayed in the form of table and as a DDL script, so understanding the differences is very easy (two panels, all database entries are side by side). Then, the databases are synchronized. There are two ways to do it ? object by object, which takes more time, but gives the administrator more control, or the entire database synchronization (with one mouse click via generated DDL script). The log of all changes is kept, so the administrator can always go back and look how the database was changed. SQLBalance requires very low system resources and disk space, yet runs so fast that it seems to break the speed of light barrier. And at 120 dollars per copy, this is the software that actually pays for itself and saves companies money, because the average pay for a Database Administrator in 2003 in the United States was $28.53 an hour.
TrafMeter
By LastBit Software
TrafMeter is a Windows-based tool providing realtime traffic accounting and monitoring. You can use it to count useful traffic of your computer (it''s free!) or use to build the traffic accounting system for all PCs in your office LAN. It makes easy to count custom IP packets and troubleshooting problems saving your efforts as a network administrator. In TrafMeter, you can set unlimited number of filters for captured traffic, defining network packets which are used for tracking/reporting. It supports a creation of rulesets for various monitoring purposes. The rulesets can be used for single hosts, subnets, as well as specific groups of hosts - i.e. all hosts in/not in your LAN, specific IP protocols (ICMP,TCP,UDP,OSPF,etc). In addition, TrafMeter allows TCP/UDP port filtering. It includes real-time presentation of traffic activity via graphical charts. Each filter is represented by a unique color, which allows the webmaster and/or administrator to easily ''see'' the Internet connection usage of individual users. TrafMeter supports a tracking of network packets for the different filters, letting you analyze and comment on the monitored traffic (which may include MAC addresses from Ethernet headers and the ToS field from IP headers). TrafMeter allows to track visited websites by its name using HTTP Host Header Logging. Report generation via XML, or to the more common database (Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL) is present as well.
WinZip Companion for Outlook
By WinZip Computing
WinZip Companion for Outlook makes it easy for users of Microsoft Outlook to zip and encrypt attachments to outgoing email messages. Zipping attachments saves transmission time, conserves space in Outlook mailboxes, and saves disk space for both the sender and recipient of the e-mail message. The Companion can be configured to automatically zip your attachments, ask whether or not you want them zipped, or let you zip and attach files manually with just a few mouse clicks. Toolbar and menu items allow you to control the Companion''s functionality on a message-by-message basis. In addition, sensitive attachments can be easily protected with the same built-in advanced AES encryption found in WinZip 9.0. For more information, please visit the WinZip web site at www.winzip.com.
Buzof
By Basta Computing, Inc.
Annoyed by the repeated assaults of spurious messages and confirmation prompts on your desktop? Don''t let these or any other windows stress you, interfere with your productivity, or freeze your computer while you are away. Get rid of them with Buzof. Buzof enables you to automatically answer, close or minimize virtually any recurring window including messages, prompts, and dialog boxes. Teach Buzof how to respond to the annoying window, and from this point on, Buzof will periodically scan the desktop and take care of the window whenever it shows up again.
As Simple As Photoshop
By Andrei Doubrovski
This course offers you an original method of a quick but total immersion into the Photoshop environment. Perhaps you have heard some people saying that this program is very complex. This is partially true; learning all of Photoshop may take you years. The ASAP (stands for As Simple As Photoshop) offers you a faster way. It tells only the things you have to know at the moment, skipping the details, as you have lots of time to learn those when (and if) you need them. Another speed-up secret is illustrations. The course is packed with 224 movie clips (total running time: 6 hours). So, you needn''t choose between a Photoshop book and a Photoshop video any more. ASAP is more than just a book and smarter than just a video. It takes you by the hand and shows you around Photoshop, allowing you to combine all the possible learning methods. Just read it, watch it, listen to it and follow it. The tutorials are fully compatible with the 6th, 7th, 8th (CS) and 9th (CS2) versions of Photoshop.