Software per Microsoft Windows

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Libra Libra is a library software to organize your stuff: Books, Audio CDs, Movies, & Games (for a start). And it does so beautifully, and at an amazing price ($0 for non-commercial use).

BurnAware Free allows you to easily perform the most common disc burning operations: write to all CD/DVD media types, including Blu-Ray (BD-R/BD-RE); create and burn disc images; write multi-session discs; verify the integrity of files; burn your compilations directly on optical media.

CDBurnerXP With this software you can burn CD-R, CD-RW DVD+R/RW DVD-R/RW discs. Writes all kind of mediums. Burning video-DVDs is limited. Burn-proof. Supports most IDE, USB, Firewire and SCSI drives. Rip Audio-CDs. Burn and create ISO-files. 100% freeware. bin/nrg→ISO converter, simple cover printing and much more! (Richiede Framework .Net)

Alcohol 52% Imagine being able to store your most used CDs as images on your computer and just call them up at the click of a button! And then run them at 200x the speed of some CD drives and without requiring the CD itself!

PhantomCD Mount your CD/DVD image files as virtual CD/DVD disc with Phantom CD. Use disc images for your CD and DVD backup. Replace your physical discs to avoid wear and tear on your optical drive, and to avoid disc problems resulted from heat, scratch, and dirt. Enjoy reading speed up to 200 times faster than a physical disc, allowing your application and games to start and run faster.

IZArc IZArc is the ultimate freeware archive utility supporting many archive formats. Provides support for compressed and encoded files, many powerful features and tools. Create and extract archives directly in Windows Explorer, multiple archives spanning disks, self-extracting archives, repair damaged zip archives, converting from one archive type to another. With IZArc you can open CD image files like ISO, BIN, CDI and NRG. It is also possible to convert such files from one type to another (BIN to ISO, NRG to ISO).

ZipGenius il compressore di files per Windows® che fa per te: potente, versatile, integrato perfettamente con Windows®, supporta oltre 20 formati di archivi compressi, comprese le immagini di CD-ROM e DVD in formato ISO9660.

TUGZip TUGZip is a powerful award-winning freeware archiving utility for Windows® that provides support for a wide range of compressed, encoded and disc-image files, as well as very powerful features; all through an easy to use application interface and Windows Explorer integration.

Cobian backup Cobian Backup is a multi-threaded program that can be used to schedule and backup your files and directories from their original location to other directories/drives in the same computer or other computer in your network. FTP backup is also supported in both directions (download and upload)

PSPad Hai bisogno di un piccolo strumento con interfaccia semplice ma con caratteristiche avanzate di editor per codice sorgente? Stai cercando uno strumento per elaborare file di testo? Vuoi risparmiare soldi ed avere un prodotto con funzionalità professionale? Allora PSPad è ciò che fa per te!

Vim Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems. Vim is often called a “programmer’s editor,” and so useful for programming that many consider it an entire IDE. It’s not just for programmers, though. Vim is perfect for all kinds of text editing, from composing email to editing configuration files.

Notepad++ Notepad++ is a free source code editor (and Notepad replacement), which supports several programming languages, running under the MS Windows environment. Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding, WYSIWYG, Auto-completion, Multi-Document, Multi-View, Regular Expression Search/Replace supported, Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting, Macro recording and playback

Netcat Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol.

Putty PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator. It is written and maintained primarily by Simon Tatham.

TightVNC TightVNC is a free remote control software package derived from the popular VNC software. With TightVNC, you can see the desktop of a remote machine and control it with your local mouse and keyboard, just like you would do it sitting in the front of that computer.

UltraVNC UltraVNC is an easy to use, fast and free sotware that can display the screen of another computer (via internet or network) on your own screen. The program allows you to use your mouse and keyboard to control the other PC remotely.

Ethereal Ethereal is used by network professionals around the world for troubleshooting, analysis, software and protocol development, and education

Firefox Mozilla Firefox è un browser gratuito e open-source per Windows, Linux e MacOS X. È leggero, veloce, facile da usare e offre numerosi vantaggi rispetto agli altri browser, come la navigazione per schede e la possibilità di bloccare le finestre pop-up.

HFS You can use HFS (Http File Server) to send and receive files. It’s different from classic file sharing because it uses web technology to be more compatible with today’s Internet. It also differs from classic web servers because it’s very easy to use and runs “right out-of-the box”.

Skype Il sistema gratuito di voice over IP che sta rivoluzionando il modo di telefonare a costo zero da PC a PC.

Thunderbird Mozilla Thunderbird è un client di posta e news reader gratuito, open-source e multi-piattaforma per i principali sistemi operativi correnti tra cui, ma non solo, Windows, Linux e Macintosh. Offre vari vantaggi rispetto agli altri client di posta, tra cui la classificazione dello spam. Realizzato a partire dal codice di Mozilla, Mozilla Thunderbird usa Gecko, il motore di rendering più rispettoso degli standard in assoluto.

TorPack Download Torpark and put it on a USB Flash keychain. Plug it into any internet terminal whether at home, school, or public. Run Torpark.exe and it will launch a Tor circuit connection, which creates an encrypted tunnel from your computer indirectly to a Tor exit computer, allowing you to surf the internet anonymously.

AntiVir Protection and security against viruses, worms, Trojan horses and dialers...

Avast Free The latest version of avast! antivirus kernel features outstanding detection abilities, together with high performance. You can expect 100% detection of In-the-Wild viruses (viruses already spreading between users) and excellent detection of Trojan horses.

Grisoft AVG It has all the essentials, including a resident memory scanner, an e-mail scanner, and scheduled hard disc scans. But what really amazes us is the frequency of the virus definitions and application updates available from Grisoft.

TrueCrypt Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk. Encrypts an entire hard disk partition or a device, such as USB flash drive. Encryption is automatic, real-time (on-the-fly) and transparent.

QuickWiper QuickWiper, is a Windows security program. If you are worried about coworkers going to recover files, remember - simple deletion is not secure enough because anybody can recover your sensitive files.

Kerio Personal Firewall Thousands of people download the Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall every week. PC Magazine gives it 4 stars. Real users like you at Download.com give it 4.5 stars.

SoftPerfect Personal Firewall It’s a free network firewall designed to protect your PC against attacks from the Internet or via a local area network. SoftPerfect Personal Firewall offers customizable security using user-defined rules for packet filtering. It works at a low level and also allows you to create rules based on non-IP protocols such as ARP.

CORE FORCE is a comprehensive endpoint security solution for Windows operating systems. It provides security features to protect against malware, trojan horses and external attacks that exploit and leverage security vulnerabilities in the operating system and software applications running on the workstations.

WIPFW is a MS Windows operable version of IPFW for FreeBSD OS. You can use the same functionality and configure it as only you work with IPFW. You can use ipfw on non-router machines to perform packet filtering on incoming and outgoing connections.

Online Armor is our powerful windows firewall - the only FREE firewall to offer 100% leak protection out of the box! It’s easy to use, powerful - and completely free. Online Armor is straightforward, and simple to use.

GPG4WinGpg4win is a installer package for Windows (95/98/ME/2000/XP/2003) with computer programs and handbooks for EMail and file encryption. Gpg4win and the software included with Gpg4win are Free Software.

CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history.

SpyBOT S&D Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your computer. The best (according to PC World, PCMag.com, Download.com...) privacy software available!

Ad-Aware Ad-Aware Personal provides advanced protection from known data-mining, aggressive advertising, Trojans, dialers, malware, browser hijackers, and tracking components. This software is downloadable free of charge.

AVG Anti-Spyware Free It’s a free anti-spyware protection tool developed by GRISOFT for home use.

BootSafe BootSafe - Makes rebooting in Safe Mode a Snap! BootSafe takes the hassle out of rebooting in Safe Mode or back to Normal mode. Binary does not require installation and can run from any USB-Key

SysInternals Whether you’re an IT Pro or a developer, you’ll find Sysinternals utilities to help you manage, troubleshoot and diagnose your Windows systems and applications. If you have a question about a tool or how to use them, please visit the Sysinternals Forum for answers and help from other users and our moderators.

VMWare Player Run virtual machines created by VMware Workstation, GSX Server or ESX Server. Also supports Microsoft virtual machines and Symantec LiveState Recovery disk formats. Easily and safely evaluate pre-built application environments, beta software, or other software that is distributed in virtual machines, without any installation or configuration hassles. Share a virtual machine with a colleague or friend.

VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Audacity Audacity è un editor e registratore audio semplice e libero, disponibile per Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, e altri sistemi operativi. Potete usare Audacity per: Registrare audio dal vivo, Convertire dischi e musicassette in formato digitale oppure su CD, Modificare file audio in formato Ogg Vorbis, MP3 e Wav, Tagliare, copiare, dividere, e mixare file audio, Cambiare la velocità o l’intonazione di una registrazione, E molto altro!

MP3myMP3 Record internet radio and save to mp3 or wav. Record streaming audio from the Internet, microphone, or any other source for that matter. MP3myMP3 Recorder works directly with your system sound card - if you can hear it, you can record it!

IrfanView IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003. Supports many plugins, many image and video formats.

Art Of Illusion is a free, open source 3D modelling and rendering studio. It is written entirely in Java, and should be usable on any Java Virtual Machine which is compatible with J2SE 1.4 or later.

OpenFX is an Open-Source 3D modeling, animation and rendering suite. A powerful feature-set includes a full renderer and raytrace engine, NURBS support, kinematics-based animation, morphing, and an extensive plugin API.

PhotoStage Creating a slideshow from your digital photos has never been easier. Photostage brings your pictures, images and video to life and lets you share your favorite memories with family and friends in an interesting and portable way.

Visions is an innovative 3D image management system (3DIMS) which allows you to navigate through your photos in a 3D (three dimensional) world. This way you can view your folders as a collection of boards spread on your screen, allowing you to easily perform cross folder actions such as moving photos from one folder to another, comparing two folders or simply viewing photos from several folders at the same time.

My Pictures 3D Album gives you an exciting opportunity to create stunning 3D albums where you or your friends will see your photos in the dreamlike environment of picturesque 3D galleries. 3D albums can be viewed in automatic mode, when the program itself guides you through the gallery halls. You can also enter the free move mode and wander freely inside the virtual space using your mouse.

HandBrake HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.

DVD Styler DVDStyler is a cross-platform DVD authoring application that makes possible for video enthusiasts to create professional-looking DVDs.

DVD Flick aims to be a simple but at the same time powerful DVD Authoring tool. It can take a number of video files stored on your computer and turn them into a DVD that will play back on your DVD player, Media Center or Home Cinema Set. You can add additional custom audio tracks as well as subtitles of your choice.

DVDFab HD Decrypter Decrypter is a simple version of DVDFab Platinum. It copies entire DVD movie to hard disk, and removes all the protections (CSS, RC, RCE, APS, UOPs and Sony ARccOS) while copying. It also comes with full HD-DVD and Blu-Ray support (Removes AACS).

DVD43 is a free DVD decryption utility that runs in the background and decrypts DVDs. This site will help you find sites that host DVD43 so you don’t have to pay money for a decrypter.

ConvertXtoDVD] è uno strumento che consente di convertire i propri filmati in video riproducibili con i lettori DVD. Supporta i formati video più comuni, quali Divx, Xvid, MOV, VOB, Mpeg, Mpeg4, AVI, WMV, DV ed i flussi video. I file convertiti possono essere direttamente masterizzati su DVD. ====Video==== * [[http://www.virtualdub.org/|VirtualDub Is a video capture/processing utility streamlined for fast linear operations over video. It has batch-processing capabilities for processing large numbers of files and can be extended with third-party video filters.

VLC Video Lan Client VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

CamStudio CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs).

aTube Catcher Download and/or convert videos from web sites to your computer easily. Comes with a new tool called Smart Media Hunter that allows you to download your favorite comic and fun videos from a lot of sites to playback locally in your computer without internet connection.

Viva is a video editing program for Linux and Windows. It provides extremely easy editing of clips and transitions in real-time, along with multi-camera support for editing scenes that were recorded by more than one camera simultaneously.

AviDemux Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs.

Wink You can create presentations or screencasts with Wink in just minutes, you can record mouse movements or take screenshots of your application and save them as flash files.

YawCam Yawcam is a webcam software for windows written in java. The main ideas for Yawcam are to keep it simple and easy to use but to include all the usual features. Video streaming, Image snapshots, Built-in webserver, Motion detection, Ftp-upload, Text and image overlays, Password protection, Scheduler for online time

WebCamFirst Can use any windows video capture device (VFW), Upload manually or automatically and periodically the pictures, Motion detection (version 3), Title stamp, Time stamp, Upload webcam picture and a mini picture in option, Keep an historic of the pictures

Dorgem is a webcam capture application for Windows 9x and up. Can put the captured image on an FTP site as well as a local disk, all with their own time interval. It can put texts and bitmaps on the captured image before the image is stored. Supports an unlimited number of simultaneous cameras. Built-in webserver for still images, and motion detection.

PDF-Creator PDFCreator is a free tool to create PDF files from nearly any Windows application that is able to print. Encrypt PDFs and protect them from being opened, printed etc. Send generated files via eMail. AutoSave files to folders and filenames based on Tags like Username, Computername, Date, Time etc. Merge multiple files into one PDF.

LupoPenSuite Raccolta completamente gratuita di programmi e giochi portatili per rendere la vita facile all’utente, raccogliendo le migliori collezioni e singoli programmi portatili presenti in tutto il Web. Funziona perfettamente su Pendrive o Hard Disk. Oltre 150 programmi e numerosi giochi. Tutto quello di cui hai bisogno in un unico pacchetto.

PortableApps.com Suite is a collection of portable apps including a web browser, email client, office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging client, antivirus, sudoku game, backup utility and integrated menu, all preconfigured to work portably. Just drop it on your portable device and you’re ready to go.

WinPenPack E’ possibile scegliere fra WinPenPack FLASH 128, WinPenPack FLASH 256 e WinPenPack FLASH 512, contenenti i migliori software open source e freeware reperibili sul Web, resi portatili e suddivisi tra le categorie Grafica, Multimedia, Internet, Ufficio, Sistema, Sicurezza, Sviluppo web, Discipline scolastiche e Utility. Versioni WinPenPack FLASH SCHOOL, WinPenPack FLASH EXPERT, WinPenPack FLASH WEB, e WinPenPack PERSONAL.

PricelessWare The Pricelessware List reflects the categories and programs favored by alt.comp.freeware newsgroup participants. It is not a comprehensive list; categories are included if a program is selected in that category. Some categories list several selections; others have only 1 or 2. Most programs are well known but there are also some hard-to-find goodies on the list.

Open Source LivingWelcome to Open Source Living, an archive of the Web’s best Open Source software, applications and references for a zero-cost / top quality digital experience.