Prevent your USB memory stick data falling into the wrong hands

http://usbsafeguard.altervista.org/

USB Safeguard – It’s a freeware files encryption utility, small, portable and easy to use.

Never worry again about what would happen if you lost your memory stick! Simply drag and drop files and folders to quickly protect your sensitive documents, and then enter an password to encrypt and decrypt the files that you want to protect from prying eyes.

Not only encrypts your files, it also has ‘Safe Internet Browsing’ option to surf safe on web and removes all Internet traces like URL history, typed URLs, typed passwords in web forms and etc. Built in file shredder – i.e. wiping the contents of the original pre-encrypted file – and more.

http://usbsafeguard.altervista.org/

Reduce eye strain easily and automatically

http://www.stereopsis.com/flux/

F.lux is almost essential to every PC that I now repair or install Windows on. I keep hearing feedback from my friends telling me how they’re not getting headaches anymore from late night working and their eyes are not tired anymore.

During the day, computer screens look good—they’re designed to look like the sun. But, at 9PM, 10PM, or 3AM, you probably shouldn’t be looking at the sun. Flux fixes this, it makes the color of your computer’s display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day.

It’s even possible that you’re staying up too late because of your computer. You could use f.lux because it makes you sleep better, or you could just use it just because it makes your computer look better.

http://www.stereopsis.com/flux/

A new disk imaging solution for XP and Vista

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp

The fastest disk imaging software is now available as a free edition.

Absolutely free! No strings! The only free XP and Vista compatible disk imaging software with BartPE and Linux based recovery options.

  • Create a disk image whilst running Windows using Microsoft Volume Shadow copy Service (VSS).
  • Image to Network, USB, FireWire drives and DVD.
  • Built in scheduler.
  • 32 bit and native 64 bit versions.
  • Industry leading compression levels and speed.
  • Linux based Rescue CD with Network access and full GUI. Only 6.5MB in size!
  • Built in CD/DVD packet writing engine. Supports packet writing to DVD DL media with Windows Vista.
  • HTML log files.

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp

Automatically resize images when uploading or sending over the internet

http://www.onthegosoft.com/shrink_pic.htm

Today’s high resolution digital cameras produce multi Megabyte photos. These are great for printing but cause a heavy burden when sending over the Internet. We all upload photos to blogs or social networks, email them to friends and family but unless we want to continually resize them appropriately for the screen and web most of us upload the original images and endure the painstaking wait and processing.

ShrinkPic relieves you of this task by automatically resizing the images in the background each time they’re sent over the web. The original image is never resized only the temporary copy that is to be sent. You have full control of the resize settings and the software comes in both x86 and x64 versions to account for 64 bit processors.

http://www.onthegosoft.com/shrink_pic.htm