Freewares / Free Softwares 23June 2011

SignNow

This is indeed an innovative cloud application,  a quickest and simplest way to get a document signed by people wherever they may be based. The documents can be got signed electronically by any number of people who are separated by great distances.  It is secure as bank level SSL encryption is deployed on the entire site, and as soon as the documents are done they are deleted.  And, what more, it is legal wherever electronic signatures are held valid even though the digital  signature generated by SignNow may look a bit odd! How to use it? Simple, just upload the document, to sign the document scroll to the place where your signature is needed and simply click. Choose whether you want to draw or type your signature. Select one of the options.and sign, and add a sticky note to indicate the place of signature where your client or whoever has to sign, and send it to them, that's all to it.  SignNow  works on every major browser and touchscreen mobile device including iPhone and Android.  

Check it out at https://signnow.com/

Why is the application being offered free, well, this is what the developer has to say - "We believe the tools in SignNow Pro are so powerful that you will upgrade for a low monthly price".

Super Image Resizer

A Java based application Super Image Resizer  can help to  resize, rotate using camera data and create thumbnails for image folders.  It  can process lots  of files, just with a few clicks.  It can also be used to add borders to  images and even to overlay watermarks, and  users can even customize the appearance of thumbnails. The interface is plain simple and easy to use, just check the box against the feature which you would like to use while converting and also fix  the parameter in each section. You can even watermark images with another image and also specify the position of the watermark on it. You can choose  the folder where you want the images to be saved,  and, if you wish,  these can be converted to zip format as well. Another feature of SuperImageResizer lets you process all sub folders inside the folder you have selected. The application Super Image Resizer does not need any installation process!

It can be downloaded at http://tinyurl.com/SuperImageResizer

Microsoft Download Manager 

The Microsoft Download Manager can help download files with ease. In the case of  downloading large files such as application and multimedia files it is quite quick and dependable. The application has specific system requirements in order for it to operate normally. It  requires one of these OS: Windows© XP with Service Pack 3, Windows Vista© with Service Pack 2, Windows 7, Windows Server© 2008 R2, and presently supports only two Web browsers, Internet Explorer (8 and 9), and Firefox. With an easy-to-use interface the application shows the status of downloads and enables you to resume downloads if they fail.  The installation of Microsoft Download Manager requires administrative access to your computer and depending on your PC's Internet security settings installation of ActiveX control as well. This is done automatically, failing which you can download it  manually by using the browser.

The 1 MB easy-to- use-interface Microsoft Download Manager  v1.2 (10 June 2011) can be downloaded at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/confirmation.aspx?id=26214

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How to extract audio from a video file?

DH suggested

There are many ways, among them using the free media player VLC. One of its features is its ability to convert the FLV or any other video file to MP3.VLC can be downloaded at http://vlc-media-player.en.softonic.com/

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