I love that site. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 14, 2011, at 9:22 AM, "Larry Southerland" <larrysoutherland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Another great site: > > > http://www.dottech.org <http://www.dottech.org/> for reviews and for free > software that it is good and useful. > > > > Your friend, > > > > Larry > > > > _____ > > From: Puters_N_Such@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Puters_N_Such@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Larry Southerland > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 9:07 AM > To: the_bullhorn2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: thebullhornsbest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Puters_N_Such@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [Puters_N_Such] RE: [the_bullhorn2] On GOTD programs > > > > > > Actually, there's a lot more there than that (if you check every day): > > Yes, there are a lot of multimedia conversion programs (I use them b/c no > single program seems to have all the features that I need). For example, > only one of them allows you to take input files of different types and merge > them into 1 big file of any type you chose. This is wonderful for combining > a film that was on CD1 and CD2 into one big file to then convert to a > standard DVD movie. > > Any disc utility from Paragon is a "keeper" > > And much of the so-called front-ends add a lot of functionality (like > Zentimo, which SHOULD have been put into the OS -- it gives you a lot more > information about what you have hooked up via USB and it can force a device > to shut down when Windows remove device would have long given up. > > They have a lot of music programs (programs to remove iTunes copyprotection, > programs to catalog your music collection, programs to convert from format x > (e.g., ogg) to format y (mp3). Programs to allow you to find exact > duplicates of files by doing a bit-by-bit comparison, even if the file name > was changed. > > They've also had a whole lot of really nice system utility programs that do > better jobs than their Windows equivalents or those utilities don't exist in > Windows(WinUtilities Pro, ICare Data Recovery). I was able to use one of > these programs (that I got from GOTD) to recover all or virtually all of my > celebs after my MBR bit the dust. It took days of running and purchasing a > second drive to place the files on, but it was better than losing 20 years > worth of work.) > > The only way to really get a flavor is to subscribe to the email list and > look at what they have over, say, a three month period. > > Your friend, > > Larry > > -----Original Message----- > From: the_bullhorn2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:the_bullhorn2%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:the_bullhorn2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:the_bullhorn2%40yahoogroups.com> ] > On Behalf Of sockpuppet > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 8:24 AM > To: the_bullhorn2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:the_bullhorn2%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [the_bullhorn2] On GOTD programs > > Seems to me that most of the GOTD offers are either > multimedia conversion prog's or 'front-end' gui's for > utilities that are built right into the OS, so I don't go > there much anymore. > > Thanks for the heads=up! > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! 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