Software

You’ve probably all heard of Nero, but I bet few of you have heard of ImgBurn, a burning program. That doesn’t mean ImgBurn is inferior to Nero. In fact, it’s precisely because ImgBurn is free software that fewer people know about it. How so? Free software can’t advertise the way companies that sell paid software do. It can only spread through bloggers’ recommendations and word of mouth, so few people hear about it. ImgBurn doesn’t have as many features as Nero, but it’s very suitable for ordinary users, because its built-in features are already more than enough for regular users. Unless you’re a very professional burner (is that even a job?), ImgBurn is more than enough. ...

The Jeremy Brand Answer Machine, an auto-answering program for instant messengers, is yet another program by my good friend Jeremy, as the name suggests. The biggest feature of Jeremy Brand Answer Machine is that it supports automatic replies on any version of an instant messenger. I think most people who have used an instant messenger have rarely seen an auto-reply tool for one. Usually only MSN has one. My guess is that’s because Yahoo doesn’t open up its plugin interface, so there are almost no plugins for its instant messenger. So how does Jeremy Brand Answer Machine send auto-replies? The principle is simple, somewhat like a “craftsman’s philosophy” (a plain, hands-on, brute-force approach): when the instant messenger window pops up, the program just sends a message to that window to produce the reply. And because Jeremy Brand Answer Machine doesn’t use any instant messenger API, it works with any version. Below, let me introduce the Jeremy Brand Answer Machine! ※ If you’ve read the tutorial and still can’t use it, feel free to leave a comment and ask me. ...

If you're still using old-fashioned mouse gestures, you're behind the times! In this article I'd like to introduce a program called Screen Hotspots. It was designed by Jeremy (Cang Hai), a friend of the site owner, and it's modeled on the Screen Hotspots feature on Mac OS. Screen hotspots work a lot like mouse gestures, except that with mouse gestures you have to draw a shape with the mouse, while with screen hotspots you just move the mouse to a certain spot on the screen to run a preset action. Screen hotspots were never available on Windows before, but now Cang Hai has developed this Screen Hotspots program, so Windows users can enjoy this fun feature too!...

WinRAR is currently the compression software with the largest market share. Like 7-Zip, WinRAR supports many features. Besides basic compressing and extracting, it can split files into parts, recover data, encrypt data, and more. WinRAR can also create self-extracting archives, which can be opened without installing an extraction program, so they’re very convenient. The only catch is that WinRAR is commercial software. You can only use the trial for 40 days, and after that you have to pay. ...

In this post, I’m writing a tutorial on the Picpick editor, because it’s really excellent. It has basic features like rotating, drawing lines, and resizing, as well as some more advanced ones. It’s practically comparable to GIMP! The new version of Picpick also has a completely redesigned editor interface that looks very Windows 7-like. So let me walk you through the Picpick editor. ...

Still paying for the expensive WinRAR? Don't be silly! 7-Zip is your best choice. 7-Zip is a compression and decompression program that supports its own distinctive 7z archive format. On top of that, it also supports the various formats WinRAR supports. And best of all, 7-Zip is free! 7-Zip also supports Traditional Chinese, so you don't need to worry about not understanding English. Software Info Software name: 7-Zip Official website: http://www.7-zip.org/ Download: Xun6 | 4Shared | Box.net | Official download Virus scan report: VirusTotal MD5 hash: e4a15d6d60c5611156e20666d2a760fd ...

In the previous article, we introduced the TeamViewer program and showed how to make your own TeamViewer. In this article, we will show you how to use TeamViewer to make a remote connection with a friend. Note: This site uses the official English version for the tutorial. Also, if the images are hard to see, you can click them to view the enlarged versions. ...

TeamViewer is a very convenient remote control program. Its biggest feature is that it can get past firewall restrictions, so you can still use it even if your computer has a firewall. I think TeamViewer probably works by first connecting to its server and then connecting to the controlled computer, but that would be quite costly. In addition, TeamViewer offers a special feature: you can customize a “TeamViewer of your own.” This is a service provided on the official website, and it lets you replace the logo with your own. Amazing, right! ...

I’m sure you’ve noticed the new sticker at the bottom of the sidebar on this site, which mentions a program called IE8. IE8 is Microsoft’s latest browser. It was originally supposed to come out together with Windows 7, but Microsoft has always liked to release its browser before the operating system, and IE7 with Vista was the same. But that’s a digression~ In this post I want to introduce Microsoft’s IE8. From my own experience, Microsoft has finally woken up this time! The features it introduces are also worth a look. Several of them aren’t even in Firefox (maybe the next Firefox update will add them). And Microsoft, which has always ignored the rules and acted like a big shot, actually follows the W3C CSS 2.1 standard. Looks like Microsoft has learned to humble itself before its users^^ ...

FSCapture is a very good screenshot program. It's small but mighty, as you can see from the screenshots. This site's personal top pick for a screenshot program is also FSCapture. Besides being tiny, it supports many capture methods and has a built-in editor (though not as powerful as PicPick's editor). FSCapture can also add a watermark automatically when taking screenshots. On top of these features, FSCapture has one thing PicPick doesn't: it can name image files automatically. In PicPick, you have to name every file by hand each time you save, which is a hassle. In FSCapture v5.3, however, you can set up a file name template first. (The latest version of PicPick now supports file name templates too.) ...