We're back from are week of rest proudly bringing you another great freeware application. Billy's all about blackjack today with BlackJack Internation for Mac and Windows users. This colorful game features such as: Pick one of sixteen countries and bet with items unique to each nation Configure any table rule imaginable including decks, penetration, dealer hitting, double after split, etc. View your "Report Card" at any time and examine detailed analysis of your performance Turn on hints so you ...
May 12, 2008•10 min
May 05, 2008•50 sec
Super Tux Kart is a free open source racing game based on that old retro classic Mario Kart! Running on Windows Mac and Linux this fun filled colorful game comes packed with the following features: 12 tracks Multiplayer support Grandprix Single Race Time Trail You can download it at http://supertuxkart.sourceforge.net/
May 02, 2008•6 min
Cool PDF Reader is a free very lightweight Adobe Reader alternative for windows users. features include: The ability to View and print PDF Files ad free Quickly convert any PDF File into either TXT or graphics formats such as BMP EPS and JPG. Supports all the current versions of adobe made PDF files. and its on
May 01, 2008•7 min
It's all in the timing, today on the DFP we're talking alarm clocks. Alarm Clock 2 for Mac OS X lets you set as many different alarms as you want, wake up to your favorite itunes playlist and also setup countdown timers. Get this application from http://www.robbiehanson.com/alarmclock/
Apr 30, 2008•8 min
Today's freeware pick comes in the form of a secure hard drive erase tool for windows users. "Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot disk that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect. " More info and a download link can be found by visiting http://dban.sourceforge.net/
Apr 29, 2008•11 min
Today Billy and Aaron discuss a new multi client VoIP app for both mac and windows. Oovoo is a new beta app that lets its users use both voice and video chat to talk with up to 5 other people! Basically think Skype but with more people. the website also talks up the ability to make calls to landlines for free. Grab your copy at www.oovoo.com
Apr 28, 2008•7 min
With Social Thing users can collate all of there friends feeds from loads of different social networks such as Twitter and Pownce as well as Flickr. Also once setup you can post in social thing and have the messages replicated for free over many of your social networks. To sign up for a beta account goto www.socialthing.com
Apr 25, 2008•9 min
Today Billy and Aaron talk about a couple of easy to use WiFi tools for Mac OS X With iStumbler and Air Traffic Control you can poll the different access points surrounding your mac, it also displays information regarding signal strength as well as frequency and channel number. Download iStumbler from www.istumbler.net Download Air Traffic Control from http://www.spintriplet.com/atc/
Apr 24, 2008•6 min
Internet anonymity is todays topic of conversation, namely The Onion Router. TOR for short this really nifty little app acts as a personal proxy server within your Mac Windows or Linux system. TOR acts by spreading your IP traffic through many other servers before reaching the desired website or destination on the web, effectively making your internet activities anonymous. More details and install guides can be found at www.torproject.org
Apr 23, 2008•8 min
Today on the show Aaron and Billy discuss Steve Gibson's Shields Up. Steve's free online firewall port testing service send packets or data streams to your NAT Router / Firewall and then reporting back to you letting you know if your device is as secure as it should be. For a whole lot more info and to run the test yourself goto to www.grc.com
Apr 22, 2008•9 min
This week Billy and Aaron are talking security applications, today it's the turn of AVG Antivirus protection for windows users. AVG Free is fast light weight and very reliable. complete with secure vault and Automatic update features AVG provides a realtime protection for home users. more info can be found at http://free.grisoft.com/doc/download-free-anti-virus/us/frt/0
Apr 21, 2008•7 min
It's another Friday and to end the week Aaron and Billy talk about a free iPhoto alternative for windows, Google Picasa gives users a single environment to import edit, sort and even upload / order prints of your best digital photos. Simple, Slick looking and powerful its a must try for windows photographers More info at http://picasa.google.com/
Apr 18, 2008•9 min
This Thursdays edition of the DFP brings you FreeMind, a free open source mind mapping software application used mostly for presenting vast amounts of information in a single diagram. This application is for Windows Mac and Linux Please note FreeMind requires the Sun Java Runtime to be installed. More info found at http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Apr 17, 2008•8 min
Today billy and Aaron discuss a brad new and FREE product from Adobe. Photoshop Express offers it's users a simple yet good looking online way to import edit and even upload their digital pictures to a community site. Take a look by going to https://www.photoshop.com/express/
Apr 16, 2008•8 min
Tuesdays DFP brings from the first time in Daily Freeware Podcast history 2 applications on 1 episode. We have Time Machine Scheduler and TimeMachineEditor. Both of the apps have the same general idea, but 1 does something the other doesn't. You can find TimeMachine Scheduler at http://www.klieme.com/TimeMachineScheduler.html And TimeMachineEditor at http://timesoftware.free.fr/timemachineeditor/
Apr 15, 2008•5 min
It's a brand new week on the DFP and today we are talking about a free open source vector graphics app called InkScape. This near Adobe Illustrator alternative offers all the commonly used tools and is a must try for anybody who wishes to learn vector based illustration on the cheap. Fun, fast and pretty powerful i am sure you will love this one. For more info goto http://www.inkscape.org/ also be sure to check out this awesome tutorial site http://inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com/
Apr 14, 2008•7 min
Today of the DFP we talk about Skitch, Skitch is from the same people that make the great Comic Life ( free on most macs.) â?? Skitch is an amazingly fun and super useful duo. Everyday we all share images, ideas and have fun with friends online.â?? for more goto www.skitch.com
Apr 11, 2008•6 min
Todays topic of conversation is Coconut battery, this small utily allwoows mac notebook owners to check the status and overall health of your battery.
Apr 10, 2008•6 min
Today Aaron reviews Quicksilver for the Mac. This unique app laugher and shortcut utility allows users to gain control over apps with the use of a few key commands saving you some serious time. To download goto http://www.blacktree.com/ For more info visit http://docs.blacktree.com/quicksilver/what_is_quicksilver also check out these demo videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBvFUhTqKK4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EydTYOeqIrk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DYb56xxnh4 also this demo from mer...
Apr 09, 2008•7 min
Today we talk about the new version of RealPlayer for Mac OS X, RealPlayer 11. Features include: Video downloading: if you want to download that youtube or other embedded clip, this is the tool for you! Live Pause and much more. For more info check out http://www.real.com
Apr 08, 2008•7 min
Ever wanted to make your windows PC look and feel more like a mac? Today introduces RocketDock. Put simply this little app adds a Mac os X like dock to your windows desktop, allowing users to drag and drop applications for quick access. No more navigating complex drill down menus to find and run that game, just drag, drop, and click. For more info and a pretty good video demo head on over to http://rocketdock.com/
Apr 07, 2008•7 min
Its Friday WooHoo. And on todays episode of Daily Freeware Podcast we are bringing to the table Growl. Growl is a notification tool for Mac OSX. Have it assigned to Skype, iChat, Transmission, and more. Ever chat message you get from iChat you get a little pop-up window showing you what the message you just received actually is. To find out more about Growl surf to www.growl.info/
Apr 04, 2008•6 min
Thursdays Edition of Daily Freeware Podcast brings you a great webapp for the iPhone or just your internet browser. This webapp will give you all the lastest news, webapps for the iPhone, books, gossip, and much more. To find out more go to GetAllThe.com
Apr 03, 2008•8 min
Today the guys discuss a bit torrent application for Mac owners. Transmission is a super loght weight and powerful bit torrent app, with a great looking user interface and its also open source! More info can be found at http://www.transmissionbt.com/
Apr 01, 2008•7 min
Today Billy and Aaron take a look at a podcaster application for your iPhone using the built in Safari web browser. With Podcaster you can watch and listen thousands of podcats right from a really great looking directory. More info can be found here: http://www.apple.com/webapps/entertainment/podcaster_alexsokirynsky.html
Mar 31, 2008•5 min
On this monday episode the guys talk about DAEMON Tools for windows. DAEMON Tools is an advanced application for Microsoft Windows which provides optical media emulation, fo games movies and install disks alike. It works on Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server and Vista 32 and 64 Bit. Find out more at http://www.daemon-tools.cc/
Mar 30, 2008•10 min
It's Friday and today Billy introduces MySpace IM, a neat looking instant messaging client for MySpace failthful. Running on Windows 2000/XP/Vista this app allows you to message your myspace friends at anytime from your computer. Now with skype support it also allows you to: " Speak to your friends on IM for FREE, call cell phones right from your PC, and even get your own local phone number and voicemail! " For more info and to download goto http://www.myspace.com/myspaceim
Mar 28, 2008•5 min
Today of the show Billy shares a security app for the Mac. Lock for my mac lets its users lock out their mac. Download this app from http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/26998/lock-my-mac
Mar 26, 2008•4 min
On this Wednesday edition of the Daily Freeware Podacst we shine the spotlight on Primo PDF, a free PDF maker utility for Windows. Using Primo PDF you can open up over 200+ file formats and then with just a few clicks of your mouse button create industy standard PDF documents.. FOR FREE. A must have for windows users, head on over to www.primopdf.com for more info and get your copy.
Mar 25, 2008•7 min
