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A QR code is a lot like a barcode you see on most products. QR codes are a great way to share information like websites and contact info. They can be scanned using your camera equipped device and a proper QR code processing app (For Android, I use the Barcode Scanner App, and on iPhone I use QR... Platforms: Windows

It's a different, more intuitive music keyboard, combined with a chorder. It supports over 50 different grids, 14 scales, 18 keys, 30+ chord types and 10 chord voicings. It can function as a VST or Audio Unit plugin, processing incoming MIDI events and/or generating outgoing MIDI. You don't need... Platforms: Mac

It's a different, more intuitive music keyboard, combined with a chorder. It supports over 50 different grids, 14 scales, 18 keys, 30+ chord types and 10 chord voicings. It can function as a VST or Audio Unit plugin, processing incoming MIDI events and/or generating outgoing MIDI. You don't need... Platforms: Linux

AD MP3 Cutter is a handy and reliable utility designed to split MP3 files into several parts. AD MP3 Cutter is a surprisingly simple and handy tool for splitting MP3 files. It has advanced features for visual splitting. A file is represented by its waveform image with zoom in and out effects.... Platforms: Windows, XP, Windows Vista, 7, 7x64

Following on from Voc-One, Voc-Two will enable users to generate realistic string ensembles as well as choir sounds without using samples. It includes a wide range of controls over the source sound generation and the morphable formant filter making it a surprisingly flexible instrument for... Platforms: Windows

Free screensaver inspired by web page monitoring with themes ranging from spying, robotics, exploration, time and cameras. Includes 36 images with almost a dozen different transition effects. Image selection and transition effects are randomized so this great screensaver is always fresh. Large... Platforms: Windows

Sniper Osama is a free Sniper game that will test your sniper skills to the maximum. You are a number one among elite Snipers. That is why they sent you on a special mission. You have to kill the most wanted person in the world, the Osama himself. So wait in an ambush to take your chance of... Platforms: Windows

HT Fireman CD/DVD Burner 1.0.011 shows you easiest way to burn Data disk and Audio CD. To burn disk, you only need to drag-and-drop files/folders into HT Fireman CD/DVD Burner 1.0.011 from Explorer, and click "Burn!" button. You can get burned disk with only a few clicks and drags. HT Fireman... Platforms: Windows

BlockGame, a game for colour J2ME enabled mobile phones. Based on Netscape's online Block Breaker. Surprisingly addictive. Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

Roguelike game (similar to angband), but based in a post-apocalyptic future. Will have many melee and ranged weapons, many races, monsters, aliens, etc, and a few surprisingly intelligent enemies. Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

About FFTea A real time high resolution spectrum analyser for MacOS X. It was born as a debugging tool for a sound driver, then it degenerated into something that eats enough CPU, memory and graphic card power to be worthy of release to the unsuspecting world. It is a surprisingly interesting... Platforms: Mac

2WarpDelay has many of the features that you can find in most other delays: independent delay lines for right and left stereo channels, cross-feedback for control of the delay's stereo image, saturation, compressors in the feedback path to prevent harsh clipping with extreme settings and... Platforms: Mac

The SPIHT method is not a simple extension of traditional methods for image compression, and represents an important advance in the field. The method deserves special attention because it provides the following: Highest Image Quality Progressive image transmission Fully embedded coded file Simple... Platforms: Matlab

Now you can open up m-files for editing directly from help listings.1) Adds an 'Edit this file' link at the end of every help listing for individual functions. Clicking opens file in editor.2) Contents pages have an edit hyperlink by each file name and an 'Edit this directory's Contents file' to... Platforms: Matlab

This plugin protects registration, login and comment forms from spambots by adding two extra fields hidden by CSS. This approach gave me 100% anti-spam protection on one of my sites.The idea behind this plugin is simple: SPAMBOTs either fill every form field they find (generic spambots) or fill... Platforms: PHP

Similar to a traditional writers circle, but with a work-flow optimized for bloggers. This helps you get and give constructive criticism of your drafts, without annoying your friends.Creative writing is surprisingly hard, and it takes time and patience to become a better writer. By both receiving... Platforms: PHP

Hi Slider is the wonderful jQuery slideshow maker which is also a free Html5 Image Slider Maker. Images, Vimeo videos can be imported as the original files for jQuery slideshow producing. Various templates and skins and separetely set transitions for each file in Hi Slider offers users a totally... Platforms: Windows, Windows CE

eShield Free Antivirus is one of the best free computer virus protection solutions to malware related problems affecting your computer. The program is equipped with a fully capable detection and removal engine and operates in system tray. Having a virus-free computer does not have to be costly... Platforms: Windows

We've all seen it done before: some applications make great use of that dead space in the upper right-hand corner of the window chrome. Many applications choose to place a subtle reminder to register within a time period; others utilize it for an out of the way configuration option. Apple's own... Platforms: Mac

This small but rather fancy tetris was written for the 4K game programming contest, year 2005. Surprisingly it did not win, but according to this, it is the second most downloaded game from that year. Even though it fits in as little as 4KB jar file, it features smooth animation, shadows and... Platforms: Mac