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HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player supporting most audio and video formats (H.264, Ogg, DivX, MKV, TS, MPEG-2, mp3, MPEG-4, aac, ...) from files, physical media (DVDs, VCD, Audio-CD), TV capture cards and many network streaming protocols.

It can also convert media files, transcode and act as a streaming server over unicast or multicast and IPv4 or IPv6. It doesn't need any external codec, program or codec pack to work.…

The new version of QuickTime included with Snow Leopard (called QuickTime Player X) is almost a complete overhaul of the previous version, from the look and feel of the application windows right down to the preferences menu (or lack thereof). If you were looking to change some options but don't know where to start, our Preference Pane can help you enable or disable many of QuickTime's features. It is currently at version 1.2. For more…

Screen Grab Utility With Bite



Web Snapper lets you capture web pages - exactly as they appear in your browser. You can send them to a file, as images or vector-based, multi-page PDFs. It captures the whole web page - eliminating the need to cut, paste and crop multiple screen-shots when trying to create an image or PDF.

Rocketbox is a powerful, new way of searching your e-mail in Apple Mail.app. It's never been faster or easier to find what you need.

Caffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menu bar. Click it to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers. Click it again to go back. Right-click (or ⌘-click) the icon to show the menu.

ExpanDrive acts just like a USB drive plugged into your Mac. Open, edit, and save files to remote computers from within your favorite programs—even when they are on a server half a world away. ExpanDrive enhances every single application on your computer by transparently connecting it to remote data.

Everybody loves the drag and drop nature of OS X. Drag an app into your applications folder, and it's installed. You'd think it would be that easy to delete an app — just a matter of dragging it to the trash. But it's not. Apps install support files on your computer that generate clutter. Introducing AppZapper. Simply drag one or more apps onto AppZapper. Then, watch as it finds the extra files and lets you…

There are many definitions out there on how to make the perfect espresso, but not all are accurate.  This definition is based on the Italian way (please also see The 5M's Rule), after all they did invent it!

Frothing milk correctly is the 2nd most important thing you need to know after learning how to make the perfect espresso.  When frothing (sometimes called foaming) or steaming milk for coffee, it is very important not to overheat it.  As milk boils it releases sugars which totally change the flavour of the milk and ultimately the coffee you are making.  Also if your coffee is too hot the first thing your customer will do is…

Riverford brings organic seasonal veg, fruit & meat from our farm to your door. Order and change boxes as and when it suits you or make up your own box from our list of veg, dairy, soup, juices and more. Overall our boxes are 19% cheaper than the supermarkets and that doesn´t include our free delivery!

Inquisitor understands you, learning and tailoring your results as you search. You can also add more search engines with customized keyboard shortcuts.

By streamlining the process of adding images to your communications, ScreenSteps helps you communicate more information in less time than any other tool available. ScreenSteps is perfect for:

  * Tech support providing answers to customer questions
  * An instructor guiding students along
  * A blogger adding visuals to your articles
  * A business that needs to train your employees
  * Anyone who believes that a picture…

Free Online OCR service allows you to recognize text and characters from PDF scanned documents (including multipage files), photographs and digital camera captured images. Service allows users to select 28 languages to recognize multilingual documents.

OCR results directly to your favorite formats including Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Rtf, Html and Txt. Converted documents look exactly like the original - tables, columns, bullets and graphics.

OCRed files online in your secure workspace. Also you…

Ever wanted to get rid of the scourge of the web that is Adobe Flash, but still retain the ability to view Flash whenever you want? With ClickToFlash, you can! Using ClickToFlash, all of those icky Flash bits that have infected most webpages on the internets are replaced with a nice, smooth gradient and the word "Flash" set in a nice, pleasing font. When you want to view the Flash, just click on it!