MPCStar is an application that can play next to all video formats you can see nowadays. It is a very good choice if you don't want to install programs like QuickTime or RealPlayer, because MPCStar includes the necessary codecs to play all kind of formats. MPCStar is not only a video player, but it also offers you several tools, all of them are open source, so t...

For several years now, GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) has been one of the best free alternatives to commercial image editors like Photoshop and Corel Draw. It's a free and open-source multiplatform app that lets you do almost the same things you would do on a paid software. You can use GIMP to edit images and to create new ones. It has a brush, pencil, clone...

Live Hotmail Email notification is a small application that once it is enabled, it will show a small Hotmail Messenger icon next to your computer clock on Windows. This way whenever you receive a new email the icon next to your windows clock will begin to change its color to red to alert you that you have a new email and you should check it out. The best part is t...

Focus Writer is a minimalist text edition tool developed thinking on those who usually get distracted by anything. The program expands itself to fullscreen so you can't view anything but its interface. Focus Writer is free, mutliplatform, and open source. It offers live statistics of words, paragraphs, support for dictionaries, tabbed organisation and the possi...

The Macintosh operating system has always been known to have a very stylish visual environment, especially in the most recent versions. If you are one that does not want to get rid of Windows but you would like to have the appearance of a Mac, FlyakiteOSX is what you are looking for. The completely independent application (it doesn't require a desktop themes...