Fotor’s free photo editor now available for Windows and Mac

 Already well known for its easy-to-use iOS and Android photo editing apps, Fotor has just entered the desktop market with the release of the free Fotor 1.0.0 for Desktop and Mac.
And while the program is relatively simple, oriented more to quick optimisations rather than complex edits, it’s also very easy to use, and has more than enough functionality to justify a download.
If a picture has lighting issues, for instance, you don’t have to start playing around with brightness, contrast, colours or anything else. Just choose the conditions which applied when the photo was taken – “Backlit”, “Cloudy”, “Sunset” and so on – and the program will automatically optimise the image for you.
If the lighting is fine, but you’d just like it to look a little more interesting, then Fotor has 60+ colour and lighting effects which could help. Again, it’s all very easy. Choose a category from the list (“Classic”, “Lomo”, B&W”, “Vignette”, “Art”), and thumbnails will show you how the current picture will look for every available effect. And if you see something you like, simply click it for a closer look.

It’s just as easy to add a border to your image (and there are 30 available).
A very configurable Tilt-Shift effect allows you to fully customise the strength and position of the blur.
If you prefer more practical options, then there are also tools to rotate or straighten your image; sharpen or blur it; tweak exposure, brightness, contrast, saturation, temperature and tint; crop your photo, and view its EXIF data.
And when you’re ready, there are tools to quickly share your images on Flickr, Facebook and Twitter.
If there’s a small problem here, it’s that the Fotor interface still feels more like an app than a Windows application. You can’t open multiple images at once, for instance. There’s no edit menu here, no right-click options. There are no single letter shortcuts for menu items (you can’t press Alt+F, O to open a file, say), and other standard hotkeys – like F1, for instance – aren’t supported at all.
Still, once you’ve got used to this, Fotor does prove to be very quick and easy to use. Some of its tools are very capable (there’s an excellent Crop function, for instance), and on balance it’s a simple but effective way to optimise and share your latest photos.

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Foxit Reader 6.0 adds PDF creation, handwritten signatures and Office 2013-style ribbon

 Foxit Corporation has unveiled a dramatically updated version of its free PDF reader. Foxit Reader 6.0.2 adds PDF creation tools to the freeware software’s roster for the first time, plus unveils a revamped ribbon-based toolbar modelled on Microsoft Office 2013.
Also added to version 6.0 are PDF sign – support for handwritten signatures, the ability to create and insert stamps, read and search PDF Portfolios and integration with Evernote. The features see Foxit Reader 6.0 square up to pioneering freeware tool Nitro Reader 3.5.
The most radical new feature in Foxit Reader 6.0 is its comprehensive set of PDF creation tools. Users can now create PDFs directly from Word, PowerPoint and Excel via an add-on that appears in the Office ribbon. The new build is also capable of converting documents from hundreds of file types into PDF directly, plus bundles a virtual PDF printer driver for creating PDFs from any application, including unsupported ones.

Foxit Reader 6.0 is also capable of scanning documents directly into editable PDFs, whiles users can even generate new PDFs through content stored on the Windows clipboard.
The new build also sports a radically revamped look, designed to mimic the stripped back appearance of Microsoft Office 2013. This has led to a major reorganisation of existing ribbon tabs, with the addition of a new dedicated Share tab where users can easily share PDF documents via email, Facebook/Twitter and – new to version 6.0 – Evernote, for example.
Also added to version 6.0 is an additional way of signing documents, allowing users to bypass the existing DocuSign feature. A new PDF Sign feature allows users to create a handwritten signature, either from a previously scanned image file, the clipboard or by scribbling on-screen. Multiple signatures are supported.
Users can now also “stamp” documents with a number of pre-defined designs split into three categories: standard, “sign here” and dynamic. Users can view these via the Comments tab or open a new dedicated Stamps palette window. New stamps can also be created from scratch using existing image files.
The new version is joined by Foxit PhantomPDF Standard 6.0.2, which introduces paragraph editing, PDF form creation, the ability to edit scanned documents, drag-and-drop pages between documents, bundled desktop PDF index, improved file compression and PDF A, E and X Creation and Validation. PhantomPDF also gains the PDF Sign, support for reading and searching PDF portfolios and radical redesign found in Foxit Reader 6.0.
Foxit Reader 6.0.2 is available as a freeware download for PCs running Windows XP SP3 or later. Foxit PhantomPDF Standard 6.0.2 is available as a free trial download. PhantomPDF is available in two editions (the entry level PhantomPDF Express product has been dropped now its core functionality is incorporated into Foxit Reader), with the Standard edition costing $89, and the Business edition retailing for $129.

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Freegate: a quick and easy route to anonymous browsing

Anonymous proxies can be a very useful privacy tool, hiding your IP address from websites, and perhaps allowing you to bypass local restrictions on the websites and pages you can visit. The technology can also be complicated, interfering with your regular network settings, and drastically cutting your online performance, of course. But Freegate proves that it doesn’t have to be that way.
The program is a compact 2.75 MB download, for example, with no installation required, no extra network layers to cause other issues: close Freegate down and your system will be back to normal.
It’s simple to use, too. After a one-time opening screen, where it asks whether you’d like to use its own servers or restricted Chinese offerings (it’s developed for use in China, though works well elsewhere, too), Freegate quickly finds a few servers and redirects your web traffic through them.

Once its working, the program will then open a browser window at a Chinese-language site, but otherwise there’s no adware or ads to worry about (and even that initial browser launch can be turned off in the settings).
And there are one or two configuration options which might be handy, too, like the ability to delete your IE history when Freegate closes (there’s no support for other browsers, though, unfortunately).
Performance during our tests wasn’t bad. Inevitably, there are some issues; pages might take longer to load than expected, and a few would freeze occasionally. But overall it worked well.
If you want an easy way to bypass some IP-related restriction on your general browsing, then, Freegate is ideal. It’s small, simple and won’t get in your way.
But as with most similar free tools, there’s no way to tell how secure your traffic really is. And so if you want to do anything sensitive – shopping, online banking and so on – then we’d recommend you close it down to restore your normal network settings, first.

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Eliminate adware with the Junkware Removal Tool

If you regularly try out freeware tools then you’ll know many come bundled with annoying adware. This can use all kinds of dubious tactics to install itself on your PC, and getting rid of these irritations later can be a problem (even if you remove the core code, remnants usually remain to clutter your system).
Fortunately there are plenty of tools around to help clean up your PC, though – and Junkware Removal Tool is just about the simplest we’ve ever seen.
The program arrives as a tiny (538KB) executable, no installation required, so it’s ready to go immediately. On launch it opens in a console window – there’s no GUI here, no options or settings to consider – and with the tap of a key it’ll start scanning your system.
This isn’t a particularly quick process, but then Junkware Removal Tool does do quite a thorough job, checking running processes, loaded modules, browsers, the Registry and more.

And it supports removing a reasonable number of products, too, at least for a product managed by a single developer. The Junkware Removal Tool names the following, as examples: Ask Toolbar; Babylon; Browser Manager; Claro / iSearch; Conduit; Coupon Printer for Windows; Crossrider; DealPly; Facemoods / Funmoods; iLivid; Iminent; IncrediBar; MyWebSearch; Searchqu; Web Assistant. (The program change log reveals support for several others, too.)
One issue we noticed is that the scanning process is rather more intrusive than you might expect from this kind of tool. It will close any open Explorer or browser windows, for instance, which can be annoying: to avoid problems, it’s best if you close these yourself before launching a scan.
You also get precisely no control at all over its final actions. Forget ideas of reviewing a final report, deciding to keep this, or remove that: Junkware Removal Tool simply deletes any remnants of its target products, and displays a text file showing you precisely what actions it’s taken.
This does make the program exceptionally easy to use, though. Just tap a single key to launch its scan, and there’s nothing else to do.
And in our tests Junkware Removal Tool also proved very effective, safely removing active adware from one system, and cleaning up the remnants still remaining on another.
The program still wouldn’t be our first choice for an adware remover; it just doesn’t support enough products, and we like to have more control over the removal process. But it’s capable enough that you should probably keep a copy around, just in case your first line tools fail and you need a little extra assistance.

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Discover what’s changed on your PC recently with DiffView

 Even when they appear idle, PCs are forever buzzing with background activity, as Windows and application processes save data to log files, tweak Registry keys and carry out assorted other updates. Normally this can be safely ignored, but sometimes – if you think you’ve just installed malware, say, and would like to check what it’s done – then you might wonder what’s changed on your system in the past few minutes.
And that’s where DiffView comes in.
If you want to find out more about recent activities on your PC, then you’ll first need to tell DiffView where you’d like it to scan. Clicking the Files tab reveals an Explorer-type view where you can select particular folders – \Windows, say, or \Program Files – while the Registry tab allows you to select a particular area of the Registry.
Next, you’ll have to define how “recent” these changes might have been. Enter “5″ in the “Diff time” box, say, and the program will only look for items which have been created or modified in the last 5 minutes. (You can enter much higher figures here, but remember that there are legitimate background changes going on all the time, and the further back you go, the more these will clutter your finished report.)

With the configuration done, all you have to do is click “Scan files” or “Scan reg”, depending what you’re doing, and wait for the results. This can take a while if you’re scanning the entire Registry – so you might want to tag an extra 5 minutes onto your “Diff time” figure to make up for that – but be patient, it will finish eventually.
Once the process is complete, DiffView displays a tree view report of your system, instantly highlighting any recent additions changes in the areas you’ve specified.
And a Report button (scroll down in the “Common” box if you don’t see it) can even create a text report for reference later.
DiffView has its limitations. In particular, the program will only highlight new or modified files and Registry keys; it can’t warn you if something is deleted. And so if you want comprehensive real-time system monitoring, then you’ll still need to use something like Sysinternals Process Monitor.
DiffView can be very useful when you just need a quick ad-hoc check, though. And it’s also free, no adware annoyances, and a ridiculously small 71KB download, which works for us. On balance, the program will make an excellent addition to anyone’s troubleshooting toolkit, and you should go grab a copy immediately.

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PhotoToCartoon 6.0

គឺ​កម្មវិធី​មួយ​ដែល​អាចរចនា​រូបភាព​ របស់​លោកអ្នក​ឲ្យ​ក្លាយជារូបបែបតុក្តតាបាន​យ៉ាង​ឆាប់​រហ័ស និងអាចរចនា​ទៅលើ​រូបតុក្តតា​បន្ថែម​ទៀតផង​ដូចជា ការ​បន្ថែម​ពណ៌ ការដកពណ៌ ថែមទំាងអាចផ្លាស់ប្តូរ Style រូបតុក្តតា​ទាំងនោះ​ជារូបបែប រូបគំនូរបែបគូសដោយ color ទឹក គំនូរបែបគូសដោយដីសពណ៌ គំនូរបែបក្រណាត់អំបោះ គំនូរបែបការផាត់ពណ៌ គំនូរបែបចាប់យកតែ​ផ្នែក​ខាងក្រៅ និងគំនូរបែបអេប៉ុង ។ 

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Google Sky Map 1.6.1

• ទាញយក  ទំហំ 4.31 MB

Google Sky Map ជា​កម្មវិធី​មួយ​ដែល​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​ទូរសព្ទ​ដៃ Android របស់​លោកអ្នក​អាចមើលឃើញ​ទិដ្ឋភាព​ផ្សេងៗ​នៅ​ក្នុង​លំហអាកាស​ដូចជា ភពព្រះច័ន្ទ ភពព្រះ​អាទិត្យ ភពផែនដី វ៉ូង​ផ្កាយ ហ្កាឡាក់ស៊ី ខ្សែ​អេក្វាទ័រ ខ្សែ​ស្របរបស់ភពផែនដីជាដើម ។ 

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Kvisoft PDF merger 1.5.1

• ទាញយក 9ដង | ទំហំ 1.76 MB

Kvisoft PDF Merger គឺជា​កម្មវិធី​មួយ​ដែល​អាច​បំប្លែង​រូបភាព​ជា​ច្រើន​ចូល​គ្នា ទៅជា File PDF និងអាច merge File PDF ច្រើន​ចូល​គ្នា​តែមួយបាន​យ៉ាង​ឆាប់​រហ័ស ថែមទាំង​អាច​កំណត់​យកតែទំព័រ​ណាមួយ ដើម្បី​យកមក​បញ្ចូល​គ្នា និងអាចដាក់ Password ដើម្បី​ការពារ​កុំ​ឲ្យ​គេលួចបើក File របស់​លោកអ្នក​បាន​ទៀតផង ។

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DDownloads 0.9.5

• ទាញយក 69ដង | ទំហំ 359 KB

Ddownloads គឺជា​កម្មវិធី​មួយ​ដែល​ផ្ដល់​នូវ​ភាព​ងាយស្រួល​ក្នុង​ការ Download កម្មវិធី​ប្រភេទ Freeware ព្រោះ​ថាវាអាច​ធ្វើការ Download ភ្លាមៗ (Direct Download) ឬ​ក៏ Link (Website) ដែល​អាច​ឲ្យ​លោកអ្នក​ធ្វើការ​ Downloads បាន​យ៉ាង​ឆាប់​រហ័ស ។

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Uninstall Windows programmes with a right click

             As you know when ever we want to uninstall any windows program we need to go to control panel and manually uninstall them. But here is the trick which let you uninstall any windows program from their desktop shortcuts. MenuUninstaller is a free software that adds an "Uninstall" option to the Windows context menu so you can remove programs from their shortcuts.

• Download  MENU UNINSTALLER  and install it on your pc.
• After installing an uninstall option will be added to your windows context menu.
• Right click on any shortcut and you will See Uninstall option as below. click on it to uninstall any programme.

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How To Install Backtrack 5 On Virtual Machine ?

If you want to experience and experiment with backtrack 5 hacking tools such as kismet, metasploit etc. Then today i am going to show you how you can install and run Backtrack 5 Operating System inside a virtual machine(VirtualBox). It works on all computers running any operating system such as Windows Xp, Windows 7, Or Mac Os X. So  lets get stared installing backtrack 5 on your operating system.

Downloading Softwares to install Backtrack on Virtual Box 

1. First you will need Virtual Machine to run Backtrack 5 which you can Download From VirtualBox Website. After downloading VirtualBox Install the program. Installing VirtualBox is really simple like any other program you install on your computer.

2. Then you will need Backtrack 5 .iso file which you can download from Here with below configuration. You can download it directly or via torrent thats your choice.

Getting started installing Backtrack 5 on Virtual Box

1. Open VirtualBox and Click on New. Then a popup box will appear in that write Name as backtrack, Type as Linux and Version as Ubuntu as shown in below picture and click on Next.

2. Next allocate memory to your virtual machine. I usually allocate half the ram i have which is 2GB of 4GB as shown below and click Next.

3. Then choose second option Create Virtual Hard Drive Now from three options and then click on Next.

4. Then Choose VDI(Virtual Disk Image) From all the options and click Next.

5. Now to options will come to allocate size on Hard Drive from that choose Dynamically Allocated and click Next

6. Then leave name as it is and allocate the size to arround 15-20GB and click Create.

7. Now you will have your virtual machine on left. To start it double click the virtual machine. As you running it for the first time you need to configure it.

8. Navigate to the Backtrack 5 .iso file we downloaded by clicking on button i highlighted in red in below image and select it and click on start.

9. After clicking on start click Enter and leave the setting as it is and press Enter again.

10. Now it will ask for command so type startx and press Enter and it will load user interface of backtrack.

11. Click on Install Backtrack icon from desktop and it will open installation window. Now leave language to English and click on Forward. It will now ask for location, Enter your location and press Forward.

12. On Step 3,4,5,6 you don't need to do anything just click on Forward and on step 7 Click on Install. It will take couple of minutes and you will have backtrack 5 install on your computer.

13. Now will need to enter username and password to enter backtrack, the default username for backtrack is root and password is toor. You can use passswd command to change your password.

14. Done you now have Backtrack 5 running on your virtual machine.

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Zoom in and out of a page

Many programs support the ability to zoom in and out of a page or document also support the shortcut key to quickly zoom in and out. To do this hold down the CTRL key and scroll the wheel on your mouse up to zoom in or down to zoom out or hold down the CTRL key and press - or + to zoom out or in of a web page. To reset the zoom back to the default view press and hold down CTRL and press the 0 (zero) key.

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Move cursor in Word to position it was when last saved

Quickly move the cursor to the location it was at when the document was last saved by pressing SHIFT + F5.

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Quickly insert bullets and numbered list into Word

Quickly insert bullets into Microsoft Word by typing an asterisk, a space, and then your sentence. When enter is pressed Microsoft Word will automatically change your asterisks to a bullet and text proceeding that text. Below is an example of what this may look like.

* this will bullet.

This can also be done with dashes ( - ), and numbers (1. or 1) to create a numbered list.

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Delete one word at a time

Delete one full word at a time in most Windows programs by moving the cursor in front of the word you wish to delete, pressing and holding down the CTRL key, and then pressing the backspace key or if you're on a Apple press and hold the Command key and the backspace key.

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Quickly generate text in Microsoft Word

Type "=rand(8,10)" (without the quotes) and press enter in Microsoft word to have Microsoft Word automatically generate a bunch of text that can be used to test page formatting, fonts, etc. The text generated as shown below is the common phrase to type ever letter in the alphabet.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.  The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.  The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.  The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.  The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.  .....

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Quickly insert bullets and numbered list into Word

Quickly insert bullets into Microsoft Word by typing an asterisk, a space, and then your sentence. When enter is pressed Microsoft Word will automatically change your asterisks to a bullet and text proceeding that text. Below is an example of what this may look like.

* this will bullet.

This can also be done with dashes ( - ), and numbers (1. or 1) to create a numbered list

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Quickly find Windows programs

Quickly find a program or file that is located on your computer in Windows Vista and Windows 7 using Windows Search Box as shown below.

1. Click Start
2. Type in the name of the file, program, or key word you are trying to find.
3. Windows will then list all applications with the words you typed in.  If there is more than one program with similar names, click on the one that best suits the application you are looking for.

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Disable accidental clicks while typing on your laptop

If you've ever worked on a laptop computer with a touchpad it is inevitable that you will mistakenly touch the touchpad while typing, causing the mouse to jump or cursor to move and interrupt your typing. Download and install Touchpad Blocker, a fantastic free utility that can run in the background and detect and block any time you mistakenly touch the touchpad (or your computer thinks you have.) As can be seen in the picture to the right, this utility can be customized to help make sure it only blocks the real mistakes and can be turned on and off with a shortcut key.

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Find files by date modified in Windows

Using datemodified: in Windows File Explorer in Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 will allow you to find any files that have been modified by a date of your choice. Using this tip can be helpful for anyone who has lost a file but know when they last modified the file. Follow the below steps to get the date or date range window shown in the picture to the right.

1. Open the Windows File Explorer
2. In the search box, in the top right corner of the window type datemodified:
3. After datemodified: has been typed the "Select a date or date range" window will appear, select the date or date range for when you believe the file was last modified.
4. Depending on the dates this search may take a few seconds to a minute to complete.

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