it comes for free but is this free version capped anywhere?
perhaps it is capped, or else it wont ask you to request for full license to get the full features rite
btw thanks for sharing mate.. =)

They give it for free because the newest is Studio 5

Giveaway of the Day - Folder Castle
December 5, 2007

Folder Castle hides your confidential documents, images, other files and folders on your computer. Hidden files become completely inaccessible for others: they cannot be read, copied, moved, deleted or even seen. Hidden files cannot be seen in Windows Explorer or in any other file manager on the local computer. Also the program protects files from accessing by viruses, trojans and spyware.

To raise the security Folder Castle has Stealth mode. It prevents the very attempt of hackers’ access to your confidential data. In Stealth mode nobody will even know that the program is installed, and protected data is stored on the computer.

Folder Castle benefits and features:
- Any files, folders hiding and drives locking. The program hides documents, images, files and folders, locks drives from any user including local administrator.
- Password protection of hidden objects. The program sets the password for access to the hidden files and folders.
- Unlimited number of hidden objects. The program allows to hide unlimited number of files and folders and to lock unlimited number of drives.
- Stealth mode for improved security. Stealth mode removes all signs of Folder Castle installation and activity.
- Fully compatible with Windows Vista. The program runs natively on Windows Vista, making the switch to the newer OS easy to do.
- High performance. The program hides files and folders instantly without moving them to any secret folder.
- Protection of hidden files from malicious programs. The program forbids access to hidden files and folders for viruses, trojans and other spyware.
- Friendly user interface. Fast commands execution in Windows Explorer via either toolbar or context menus or hot keys. Drag&Drop support.
- Lost password recovering. If you’ve forgot your password, we can help you to recover it.
- FAT, FAT32, NTFS support. The program hides files and folders on hard disks formatted in FAT, FAT32 and NTFS.

Screenshots:




Download: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/folder-castle/

Folder Castle is available as a Giveaway of the day! You have 23 hours 21 minutes to download and install it.

Publisher: MagneticSoft

**the software u'll missed =)

This post has been edited by soulmate: Dec 17 2007, 05:53 AM

Hi there new here, how do i get the registration key?

for which software did u mean?

Thanks for sharing..

I had installed folder castle but i couldnt find the registratiion key for tis s/w.

read comment no.#12 by Kevin from here: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/folder-castle/
sorry that i did not install this software because i have my own way to protect my files and folders =)

Giveaway of the Day - StatPlus
December 6, 2007

With StatPlus 2007, one gets a robust suite of statistics tools and graphical analysis methods that are easily accessed though a simple and straightforward interface. The range of possible applications of StatPlus 2007 is virtually unlimited - sociology, financial analysis, biostatistics, economics, insurance industry, healthcare and clinical research, probability calculations for lotteries and gambling operations - to name just a few fields where the program is already being extensively used.

While StatPlus 2007 is a “heavy-duty” professional statistical analysis tool, the interface is so simple that even people who have no knowledge of statistics are capable of processing data, provided they know how to use PC and clear instructions are given. This frees up intellectual resources for analyzing the results, rather than agonizing over who and how processed the data, and if any mistakes were made in the process.

Statistical features:
- basic statistics:
-- determining descriptive statistics
-- normality tests
-- T-Test/Pagurova Criterion/G-Criterion
-- Fisher F-test
-- correlation coefficients (Pearson, Fechner) and covariation
-- cross-tabulation
-- frequency tables analysis
- ANOVA (MANOVA, GLM ANOVA, Latin squares analysis)
- nonparametric statistics:
-- 2x2 Tables Analysis (Chi-square, Yates Chi-square, Exact Fisher Test, etc.)
-- rank correlations (Kendall Tau, Spearman R, Gamma, etc.)
-- comparing independent samples (Mann-Whitney U Test, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Wald-Wolfowitz Runs Test, Rosenbaum Criterion;Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA, median test)
-- comparing dependent samples (Wilcoxon Matched Pairs Test, Sign Test, Friedman ANOVA, Kendall's Coeff. of Concordance)
-- Cochran Q Test
- regression analysis:
-- multivariate linear regression
-- logistic regression
-- stepwise regression
-- polynomial regression
-- Cox proportional-hazards regression
- time series analysis
- survival analysis
-- Cox regression
-- probit-analysis (LD50, LD50 SE, cumulation coefficient, LD100 calculation)

Powerful spreadsheet processor:
- Export/import:
-- Microsoft(R) Excel(R) 97-2003
-- StatSoft(R) Statistica(R)
- Charts - histograms, bars, areas, point-graphs, pies
- Built-in spell checking
- Using functions in formulas (math, statistical, financial - more than 80) and formulas autorecalculation
- Random numbers generation, matrix operations
- OLE
-- OLE 2 support - you can insert in document any objects - Microsoft Equation(R), ACD ChemSketch documents(R), Microsoft Excel(R),MathSoft MathCad(R), Statistica(R)

screenshots:







Download: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/statplus/

StatPlus is available as a Giveaway of the day! You have 23 hours 4 minutes to download and install it.

Publisher: AnalystSoft

***worth for statistic students/personnel

This post has been edited by soulmate: Dec 17 2007, 05:54 AM

Woow thx.. this very good site and software that offer by time limit.. ^^

lets continue.. shall we?
i'll update those i've missed since Fri here

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Giveaway of the Day - Extreme Thumbnail Generator
December 7, 2007

Extreme Thumbnail Generator is a powerful, yet easy to use software for creating online photo albums. It will let you make beautiful picture gallery with just a few mouse clicks! Even if you know nothing about the HTML and image processing - the result will be outstanding!

On the other hand, you have the full control over the look and feel of your pages - all gallery templates are plain HTML files, so you can easily customize them using the built-in template editor or your favorite HTML editor.

When the gallery is ready you can immediately upload it to a website using the built-in FTP publisher module.

screenshots:



Download: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/extreme-thumbnail-generator/

This software was available as a giveaway on December 7, 2007, this giveaway is not available any more. You can download the trial version of this software at the Publisher's website

Publisher: Extreme Internet Software

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Giveaway of the Day - Plato DVD Copy
December 8, 2007

With Plato DVD Copy you can backup your favorite DVD movies to DVD-R (RW) and DVD+R (RW) Disc in 30 minutes.It also enable you to copy almost all DVD movies even they are CSS, REGION, MACROVISION, SONY ARCCOS protected DVD discs.

You can get perfect copies with no loss of playback quality and without the inevitable risk of getting your originals scratched or damaged.

It is simply and easy way to copy a DVD Movies by yourself, just need 3 steps. Insert your source DVD movies and destination blank DVD disc then press start, and everything will happen automatically. And that you could choose subtitle, audio track, and keep video-audio synchronization perfectly.


Features:

- Just takes 30 minutes to backup a DVD Disc;
- Backup DVD movies onto your hard disk;
- Burn DVD movies to DVD-R(W) and DVD+R(W) Disc;
- Support copying DVD-5/DVD-9 type DVD movies to DVD-9(Dual Layer) disc;
- Support compressing DVD-5/DVD-9 type DVD movies to DVD-5 disc;
- Keep or remove audio-tracks or sub-titles of original DVD movies;
- With latest industry standard compression technology to ensure the DVD disc you create with best quality;
- Automatically prepares blank DVD for recording;
- Support cloning CSS, REGION, Macrovision, Sony protected DVD movies.

screenshots:



Download: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/plato-dvd-copy/

This software was available as a giveaway on December 8, 2007, this giveaway is not available any more. You can download the trial version of this software at the Publisher's website

Publisher: Plato Software Inc

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Giveaway of the Day - Mars 3D Screensaver
December 9, 2007

Feeling the call of space? Install Solar System - Mars 3D and it'll take you on a breathtaking space voyage.

As the screensaver comes to live, you feel as if you are looking out of the window of a spacecraft and seeing Mars from all possible perspectives being illuminated by the sun.

As the sun comes into view, you see those circular halos that come from the light reflecting off of an invisible glass that lies between you and outer space.

screenshots:



Download: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mars-3d-screensaver/

This software was available as a giveaway on December 9, 2007, this giveaway is not available any more. You can download the trial version of this software at the Publisher's website

Publisher: Rixane Interactive

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This post has been edited by soulmate: Dec 12 2007, 05:52 PM

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Giveaway of the Day - Titan Backup 1.2
December 10, 2007

Titan Backup is an easy-to-use and complete solution for home and small offices, designed for secure backups of your important data. It can make automatic backups of your important files and documents, emails and rules, registry, settings, virtually on any type of storage media including CD/DVD-RW, removable devices, network drives and remote FTP servers.

Using 256-bit AES strong encryption will ensure full security of your confidential data.
Features

- Easy to use wizard-driven interface and simple browsing between the Backup Tasks;
- Having many free plug-ins installed by default, Titan Backup facilitates the backup of emails and rules for Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Firefox, Opera, Thunderbird, Eudora, Windows settings, system registry and more...
- Self-extracting backups and standard Zip archives;
- Version control, incremental and differential backups;
- 256-bit AES strong encryption;
- Before / After commands;
- Backup to virtually any storage device (including LAN, CD/DVD, removable devices, remote FTP servers, etc);
- Backup Windows Registry;
- Built-in easy-to-use task scheduler;
- Email notifications regarding the backup task;
- Detailed logs of all backup operations.

screenshots:



Download: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/titan-backup-1-2/

This software was available as a giveaway on December 10, 2007, this giveaway is not available any more. You can download the trial version of this software at the Publisher's website

Publisher: NeoByte Solutions

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Giveaway of the Day - MP3 Recorder Studio
December 11, 2007

Do you need to record an internet call? A conference or radio show? Want to capture every sound on your computer while skipping silence and saving disk space? MP3 Recorder Studio may be just what you are looking for. It records sound directly into MP3 without creating temporary WAV files, it is able to detect and skip silence, to split output files according to your settings. Due to these functions it can monitor sound activities automatically even for very long periods of time.

MP3 Recorder Studio is a small and user friendly application that allows you to record every sound on your computer. You can choose to record audio from only one source (for example, from microphone), or just to record all sounds that you hear. The program offers simple intuitive interface that requires no special knowledge. It can record sound directly to MP3, which saves disk space and allows you to do two steps in one.

However, if you need your sound as WAV, MP3 Recorder Studio supports this function as well. Both MP3 and WAV quality is fully configurable, it is possible to set frequency, bitrate, mode (stereo or mono).

screenshots:


Download: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mp3-recorder-studio/

This software was available as a giveaway on December 11, 2007, this giveaway is not available any more. You can download the trial version of this software at the Publisher's website

Publisher: Maniac Tools

This post has been edited by soulmate: Dec 12 2007, 05:51 PM

Giveaway of the Day - Zoner Photo Print
December 12, 2007

Zoner Photo Print helps you easily print photos and export photos to PDF albums. It is based on the printing wizard in Zoner Photo Studio 8 and can print photos in countless ways and present your photo collections in attractive photo albums. Zoner Photo Print provides several print job types to match the kinds of prints you want to do. There are plenty of options during each job type to help you tailor your print to your needs.

What you can do with Zoner Photo Print

- Hundreds of Photo Album Templates. You have several hundred pre-designed album templates to choose from, grouped by categories like vacation, school, Christmas, baby shower, wedding, birthday, and more.
- Calendars. Create photo calendars more easily than ever before! Generate calendars, including holidays, automatically with a variety of looks and of lengths, from month-long up to year-long. It gives you all the options you’d expect to help you format and display your calendars how you need, no matter where you live and no matter what your taste.
- Paper-Saving Printing. Tell Zoner Photo Print’s Paper Saver what mix of photo sizes and shapes you want to print, and the Paper Saver will find how to print them on the fewest sheets possible.

screenshots:



Download: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/zoner-photo-print/

Zoner Photo Print is available as a Giveaway of the day! You have 23 hours 9 minutes to download and install it.

Publisher: ZONER Inc.

This post has been edited by soulmate: Dec 17 2007, 05:54 AM

Giveaway of the Day - AnVir Task Manager
December 13, 2007

Task Manager is utility software that gives users a comprehensive set of tools to put them in full control of their computer. It gives you detailed information about every process that is running, and about applications running automatically on Windows startup including all hidden applications.

Process and startup manager, helps to remove spyware and optimize performance. Monitor and manage processes, services, internet connections, DLLs, drivers. Descriptions for startup programs and all Windows services, alerts on new startups. Icons in tray for CPU usage and disk load. Quick access to last launched programs in tray. AnVir Task Manager has an attractive user interface, it gives handy presentation of information, works fast, and uses very little of system resources.

Features:

- Advanced startup manager allows you to:
-- Get full list of applications running automatically on Windows startup including all hidden applications.
-- Get all additional information about startup applications.
-- Disable/enable, add/delete, edit startup entries.
-- Stop or run once again startup application.

- Startup guard allows you to:
-- See alert when any new application adds itself to startup.
-- Forbid some applications to be added to startup.
-- See alert when Internet Explorer home page was changed.

- Process manager allows you to:
-- Get full information about all processes: CPU and memory usage, executable name with full path, priority, work time, user name.
-- Get executable file properties, icon and version information.
-- Stop many processes with one click.
-- Change process priorities.

- Tray icons allows you to:
-- Get current information about CPU usage including list of most active programs.
-- Get current information about HDD usage.

- Protection against viruses includes:
-- Detection and destruction of most propagated viruses.
-- Virus database update.
-- Minimum usage of system resources.

screenshots:


Download: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/anvir-task-manager/

AnVir Task Manager is available as a Giveaway of the day! You have 22 hours 19 minutes to download and install it.

Publisher: AnVir Software

This post has been edited by soulmate: Dec 17 2007, 05:55 AM

Giveaway of the Day - Jitbit AutoText
December 14, 2007

AutoText (formerly known as "Type Access") allows typing the same phrase over and over with less keystrokes. Assign a keyword (an abbreviation) to a frequently used phrase, sentence or paragraph, and Auto Text will type this common sentence each time you type the shortcut in ANY program.

Type the same phrase over and over with less keystrokes. Jitbit AutoText assigns abbrevations to phrases, and types a phrase when you type an abbrevation. For example type “ffr” and the program will type “Feel free to contact us if you have any further questions” for you. Save your time on typing, yet remaining polite, helpful and responsive with your friends and customers!

AutoText will work in all word processors and text editors such as Microsoft Word and even online solutions like Google Docs. AutoText will work with any Internet browser including IE, Firefox or Opera.

AutoText works with Windows Vista, does not require administrative permissions and is fully compatible with UAC (User Account Control).

screenshots:


Download: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/jitbit-autotext/

Jitbit AutoText is available as a Giveaway of the day! You have 22 hours 5 minutes to download and install it.

Publisher: Jitbit Software

# -- this program is useful for chatting, else i dont see any point for me to use it
# -- and read the comments here too

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Added on December 15, 2007, 12:56 amWe do have DivX Bundle distributed for free for this holiday season
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=14613788
***credit goes to 1024kbps

direct download HERE

This post has been edited by soulmate: Dec 17 2007, 05:55 AM

Giveaway of the Day - FTPGetter
December 15, 2007

Looking for ftp software that will be able to automatically monitoring ftp or local folders and upload new/modified files from PC to your ftp site or download files from ftp site to local folder by schedule?

FTPGetter is an automated ftp program which is intended to upload or download files between ftp servers and your local or network workstation drives using file masks, i.e. when neither exact file names, nor their numbers are known.

File batch processing using masks will allow you to flexibly adjust list of files that are to be uploaded to the ftp server or downloaded from it. Built-in task scheduler will duly start the tasks that you created.

FTPGetter can work simultaneously with any number of ftp servers using multithreaded processing technology. FTPGetter supports a direct connection to ftp servers, as well as connection through a FTP, SOCKS or HTTP proxy server.

Features:

• Automation
  - Multithreaded processing - simultaneous work with several servers;
  - Multiple file uploading and downloading using file mask;
  - Use of multiple file masks for multithreaded processing: support of wildcard symbols * and ?, mask types [a-z]???-[^0-9].txt;
  - Upload and download of individual files with a possibility of saving under new name at the destination side;
  
• Protocols, proxy-servers and security
  - FTP and secure FTP over SSL (TLS) protocol support;
  - Support of explicit (AUTH SSL) and implicit (port 990) access to secure ftp servers;
  - Use of shared keys (user name and password), PKCS12 keys, PEM or ANS1 DER client certificates for authentication at secure ftp servers;
  - Independent settings for restriction of bandwidth for upload and download tasks for each profile;
  
• Built-in FTP Explorer
  - Comfortable server navigation;
  - Bookmarks for quick jump to server directories;
  - Command line for command execution on the server;
  - File properties preview on the server;
  - Upload and download of files and folders using Drag-and-Drop technology or context menu;
  
• Working with large files (>2GB).

screenshots:


Download: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ftpgetter/

FTPGetter is available as a Giveaway of the day! You have 23 hours 25 minutes to download and install it.

Publisher: FTPGetter Team

# -- for those who are looking for good ftp client

This post has been edited by soulmate: Dec 17 2007, 05:56 AM

Giveaway of the Day - RSS Submit
December 16, 2007

RSS Submit will quickly and automatically submit your RSS feed to most of existing RSS directories. Currently, RSS Submit is the most reliable and popular tool for promoting your RSS feeds.

It is amazingly easy to work with RSS Submit. Actually everything you need to do is to specify a link to the RSS feed and click the ‘Submit’ button! Due to the built-in feed detection tool, you can enter only the domain of your site. Besides, the program will fill out all necessary fields and check your RSS feed for errors.

RSS Submit supports all existing types of RSS directories. The directory database is regularly updated to make the submission effect as prominent as possible. RSS Submit requires practically no attention from the user. Due to the high quality site database and thought-out engine, RSS feeds are submitted completely automatically.

Online Flash tutorial on using RSS Submit HERE

screenshots:

Download: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/rss-submit/
RSS Submit is available as a Giveaway of the day! You have 23 hours 18 minutes to download and install it.

Publisher: ExtraLabs Software

# -- seems the link to ExtraLabs website is having a problem. Will update later...
links to Publisher's website is denied, but the software is still can be downloaded from GOTD website
seems like this software suits a webmaster & rss feeder

This post has been edited by soulmate: Dec 17 2007, 10:07 PM

GOTD website down today =[

Is the patch "malware free"? As my firewall detects it connected to certain servers to obtain something.

Giveaway of the Day - Adit Testdesk
December 17, 2007

Adit Testdesk is an ad hoc suite of tools that enables you to build tests, run them and analyze test results. Using its robust library with over 10 question types, you can create a test of any complexity level. Your test may combine true-false questions, multiple choice questions, matching questions, to name a few. The look of the test may be easily customized according to your needs, using not only text, but also images, tables and OLE objects.

Adit Testdesk’s tests have a virtually unlimited sphere of application. You can use them to test pupils’ or students’ knowledge in academic subjects, evaluate the personal skills and professional competence of a job applicant or an employee. Thanks to a special support of scripts, you can design psychological tests that proceed depending on previous answers. A system of profiles allows you to use the same pool of questions with variations in different tests.

Features

• Create and run any test you need;
• Protect your tests from unauthorized access;
• Visualize (built-in text editor);
• System of profiles;
• System of answer transformations;
• Tests are fully adjustable;
• A multitude of question types (14 types of questions);
• Topic-based sorting of questions;
• Random questions;
• Time limitations;
• Question “weight” and answer variants;
• Response to answers;
• Test version;
• Report templates.

screenshots:

Download: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/adit-testdesk/
Adit Testdesk is available as a Giveaway of the day! You have 18 hours 26 minutes to download and install it.

Publisher: Adit Software

This post has been edited by soulmate: Dec 18 2007, 04:47 PM