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January 15, 2011

Instant Photo Sketch

Instant Photo Sketch is a freeware software tool that converts photo to sketch.
This free photo sketching tool works in a very obvious way – all you need to do is open a photo and press one button. There is also one slider to adjust the level of detail – so you can decide if you want small details to be drawn or not.
The output of the photo is a pencil sketch – the picture that looks like it was drawn by pencil.
The program also has zoom and can save the result as .jpeg or .png.

Download Instant Photo Sketch 1.0 now

January 13, 2011

Bulk Rename Utility

Bulk Rename Utility is an easy to use file rename program (a.k.a. file renamer). Renaming multiple files has never been easier! It has a small memory footprint so it can be left running all the time without consuming all your memory. It started as a freeware Visual Basic tool, but as its popularity has grown it has been completely rewritten in C++ to be robust and lightweight - and very, very fast! It can easily handle folders/discs containing well over 100,000 entries... and it can batch rename 1,000s of files in seconds.

Main Window




Features

Bulk Rename Utility has evolved through a series of user-requests, one-off requirements, and general enhancements.

Some of the features provided by Bulk Rename Utility include:

  • Rename files, folders or both
  • Remove, add or change text in the file names
  • Perform text substitution
  • Change the case of file names
  • Remove characters or words
  • Remove digits or symbols
  • Append or prepend text to file names
  • Append dates in many formats
  • Append the parent folder's name
  • Auto-number files with flexible rules
  • Automatically preview the new names
  • Sort the file details by any column
  • Group configurations into "favorites"
  • "Bulk Rename Here" Windows Explorer extension
  • Directory recursion - process sub-directories too!
  • Regular Expressions support
  • Rename files from an input text-file list
  • Create an "Undo" batch file
  • Log activity to a log file
  • Change file and folder date/timestamps (created, modified, accessed)
  • Change file/folder attributes (hidden, read-only, archived)
  • All settings retained between sessions
  • 32-bit or 64-bit
  • Rename photos using EXIF metadata (i.e. "Date Picture Taken", "Resolution" and other information embedded in all JPG photo files)
  • Rename MP3 files using ID3 tags (a.k.a. MP3 ID3 tag renaming).
  • Command line support
  • Bulk Rename Utility is totally free!

Download
Supported Systems: Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000/NT, 98, Me. Windows Server 2008, 2003.

Skunk Juice Headphones

Skunk Juice Headphones Use Magnets to Protect Your Player

Ever have your headphones on and then got them caught on something while moving, causing them to rip out of your ears? It looks like Skunk Juice earbuds are a solution to this problem. They use the same basic concept that MacBook chargers use, a magnetic connection that comes free when tugged too hard, but with earbuds. This lets them break free easily without damaging the 3.5mm headphone jack.

Not only will the headphones save your connectors and your ears but your computer as well. If you forget you're plugged in and move from your computer quickly the headphones simply unclip without dragging your laptop to the floor, and to its potential untimely demise.




Skunk Juice headphones also let you link together multiple pairs with no other accessories except the headphones themselves, making sharing music simple and without having to surrender one of your earbuds. This is great as long as your friends all have the same headphones.

Check out the funny video before for a complete demonstration of some realistic situations you might find yourself in:

January 12, 2011

LS - File List Generator


This tool collects the information about files and sub-folders under the specified folder or drive and generates the list in your preferred format. You can individually specify your desired information types to include in the list. You can even customize the listing order and sorting priorities. The output format of the list can be chosen from txt, html, and csv (Excel's primitive file format).
Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP

January 10, 2011

LG LSM-100 : The Mouse that Scans

CES has been offering many new technologies to the consumers, there are a few that really grab ones attention. It doesn’t matter if it’s a small gadget or if it’s on a booth somewhere in the corner. LG revealed one such gadget, which although had been tried before but wasn’t so appealing as this one. They call it the ‘LSM-100′ and it’s a mouse that can scan documents while on the move.

The LG LSM-100 scanner mouse is compatible with both Windows and Mac and the software that comes along is pretty simple to use. The mouse has a clear glass/plastic sheet as its contact surface and uses five LEDs to reflect the image using a mirror inside for the camera to see.

Once on your desktop, you can use the software’s simple scan button to start the process and it will show you the scanned area. It has proper mouse buttons as well, a scroll wheel, left and right and back clicks. The software also lets you edit the scanned images and share it on the internet. Engadget got  hands-on with the LG mouse, and according to them the mouse is very easy to use, even the scan feature and is quite practical.
You can watch the video below: