You can lock your desktop with the Windows Shortcut [ Win + L ], but if you a bit more secure system that also disables some important Windows Keys like, Ctrl+Alt+Del, Alt+Tab, the Windows key, and the Ctrl+Esc key combination.Then SecureIt Pro can do it.Its a free tool as well.

Features :

1. Ability to block out offensive words from messages; to stop certain people from leaving messages,
2. Setting the background appearance while SecureIt Pro is locked.
3. Setting multiple passwords so that more than one user can unlock SecureIt Pro,
4. Password protect the main interface and settings.
5. Ability to set password reminders if you tend to forget passwords often.
6. Keydisk feature provides for more security by using a disk as a ‘key’ to lock and unlock SecureIt Pro.
7. Lock the settings, so that others don’t change the settings of the tool.
8. Easily Lock the the desktop, using the QuickSecure and QuickLock features.

Software Requirements : Visual Basic 6 Runtime

SecureIt Pro : HomePage | Download | Support

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1. SUPER © Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer : A GUI to FFmpeg, MEncoder, MPlayer, x264, mppenc,
   FFmpeg2theora & the theora/vorbis RealProducer plugIn. It comes with all the required plugins, requiring no extra installations.It supports the following Formats :

   Video format: 3gp/3g2(Nokia,Siemens,Sony,Ericsson), amv, asf, avi(DivX,H263,H263+,H264,XviD,MPEG4,MSmpeg4…), dat, drv-ms fli, flc, flv, m2ts, mkv, mpg(MPEG-I,MPEG-II,VCD,SVCD), mov(H263,H264,MPEG4,SVQ..), mp4(H263,H264,MPEG4..), nsv, ogg, qt, rm, ram, rmvb, str(Old Play Station), swf(Flash), ts(HDTV), tmf, ty+, viv, vob, wmv

   Audio format: aac, ac3, amr, mmf, mp2, mp3, mp4, mpc, ogg, ra, wav, wma

SUPER - HomePage | Download

2. Any Video Converter Free Edition 2.6.1 : Any Video Converter Free Version can convert avi, asf, mov, rm, rmvb, flv, mkv, mpg, 3gp, m4v, and vob to avi, wmv, mp4, 3gp, mpg (PAL or NTSC), MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, wmv and flv.It lets you create a batch list of any different formats and convert them all to a single selected format.

   Input formats: avi, asf, mov, rm, rmvb, flv, mkv, mpg, 3gp, m4v, and vob

   Output formats : avi, wmv, mp4, 3gp, wmv and flv, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, mpg (PAL or NTSC)

   Homepage | Download |

3. WINFF - A GUI for the command line video converter, FFMPEG. It will convert most any video file that FFmpeg will convert. WinFF does multiple files in multiple formats at one time. You can for example convert mpeg’s, flv’s, and mov’s, all into avi’s all at once. WinFF is available for Windows 95, 98 , ME, NT, XP, VISTA, and Debian, Ubuntu, Redhat based GNU/Linux distributions.
   WINFF - HomePage || Download
4. Videora - Videora Converter is a free video conversion application that convert your regular PC video files (avi, mpeg, etc) into the proper video format that your mobile or fixed video device understands.It supports the following devices :
   1. iPod, iPod Classic, iPod Nano, iPod Touch, iPhone 3G,
   2. PSP format
   3. XBOX 360
   4. TiVoVideora — HomePage
5. Hey!Watch ( WebApp ) – This is an web-app which can convert your videos online from the Web (Direct links, YouTube, Dailymotion, Google Video, …) or your HDD into various file format and send them directly to your storage space (FTP, Amazon S3 and HTTP server ).It also supports the latest Adobe Flash 9 H.264.But this service is not free, 1 encode credit costs you $0.10 or 0.07€Hey!Watch - HomePage

Windows clipboard has limited functionality, you can utmost have only 1 piece of data in the clipboard.When ever you copy a new piece of data the old data gets overwritten.Here’s a collection of 5 tools for improving the clipboard functionality.

1. Clip Magic : Has features such as PastePicker, better search/replace facility, additional browser support, improved backup facility, more rules options and hierarchical categories.Clip Magic — Download
2. Clip Diary : Starts on windows startup, and will record everything copied on the clipboard into the its database. Clipdiary can log clipboard history and record data in several formats: plain text, RTF (Rich Text Format) and bitmap images (BMP). So, besides saving parts of text, you can easily make series of screenshots, and Clipdiary will save them for you.Download Clip Diary
3. ClipX : ClipX is a tiny clipboard history manager, it can be recalled via a hotkey and supports both bitmap and text clipboards. It can be used to manage and increase the features of your regular windows clipborad.As, already said it can be used to copy any type of text, image or file in windows.Press the secondary paste hotkey followed by the number of the item in the clipboard history which you want to paste for faster pasting from clipboard.Download ClipX
4. Ditto : An extension to the standard windows clipboard. It saves each item placed on the clipboard allowing you access to any of those items at a later time. Ditto allows you to save any type of information that can be put on the clipboard, text, images, html, custom formats, and many more.It also has a portable version, which can be handy while you are in the move.Download Ditto
5. Clipboard Magic : This clipboard extender can dramatically enhance your productivity when cutting and pasting text or when filling in repetitive web forms.Has unlimited clipboard capabilities.Download Clipboard Magic

Elisa (Alpha) is an open source cross-platform Media Center connecting the internet to your all-in-one media player.With Elisa you can watch movies,Browse internet and see pictures with previews in animated slideshows, auto device and network detection, watch videos and pictures from popular Internet services like YouTube, Flicker and many more.

Features :

• Supports all media formats using Gstreamer multimedia framework, including
  H.264, MPEG 2, MPEG4, Quicktime, Windows Media, Ogg Vorbis, Ogg Theora, Matroska.
  Commercially licensed plugins that work with GStreamer and Elisa are available from Fluendo.
• Autodetection of media on your network includes:
  • Network Drives
  • Rhythmbox
  • iTunes
  • Windows Mediaplayer
  • iPods, cameras
  • USB hard drives
• Flickr integration.
• YouTube integration.
• Shoutcast integration.
• Media Browsing using Cover flow, Grid view, List view, Drag-and-drop.
• Audio visualization during playback.
• Media Browsing using Cover flow, Grid view, List view, Drag-and-drop
• Browse music collection by artists or albums covers.

Video DEMO

Elisa can also be controlled by the Nintendo Wii-mote, check out this Video here.

Looking at their list of future features of the next release it looks to be a good application.

Elisa - HomePage|| Download ||Screenshots Version ( 0.3.5 )

Oracle is now shipping its Linux distribution, named Oracle Unbreakable Linux -  a 2 DVD set for free. You can order your 2 Set DVD Pack Oracle unbreakable Linux by filling in your details at this page.

Both the Oracle Management Pack for Linux and Oracle Clusterware are free for Oracle Unbreakable Linux support customers.For support you’ll have to pay extra.

Here’s a Screen-By-Screen Installation Guide Of Oracle Unbreakable Linux, Click here for the guide.

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CA Antivirus 2008, can automatically scans files when opened, closed or saved and detects and removes viruses, worms and Trojan horses.Certified by Independent Testing Organizations ICSA Labs, West Coast Labs, and Virus Bulletin for effective virus protection.If your looking for a lightweight antivirus option, then CA Antivirus 2008 could be an option.

Features :

1. Low System Overhead
2. Continuous Protection
3. Secure Now
4. Real-time Scanning
5. Advanced Heuristic Scanning

To get your copy of CA Antivirus 2008 for free with 1 year Licence, follow these steps

1. Visit the promo homepage and fill out your registration details.
2. You will receive an email with the link from where you can get the licence code and also the link to download the software.

System Requirements :

• Windows 2000 (SP4+), Windows XP (SP1+), or Windows Vista™
• 256 MB RAM (512 MB for Windows Vista)
• 300 MHz or higher processor (800 MHz for Windows Vista)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher (7.0 for Windows Vista)
• 35 MB hard disk space
• CD-ROM drive
• Internet access
• Download Size: 22.1 MB

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