MP3 Toolkit for Windows is a newly launched featured packed utility that includes most of the significant audio related tools and frees you from the hassle of installing individual programs just for performing simple tasks like converting audio, merging MP3 files, rip an audio CD, etc. It’s 100% free and an essential tool even for basic Windows users.

MP3 Toolkit is a freeware and powerful suite comprising 6 music editing tools – MP3 converter, CD ripper, tag editor, MP3 cutter, MP3 merger and MP3 recorder. Using it, one can easily convert audio file formats, extract audio from videos, convert audio CD to MP3, batch edit MP3 tags, join MP3 files, cut/ trim MP3 to make ringtones, and record sound as MP3. All this can be done using one single program, sized a mere 10MB.

MP3 Toolkit Applications Include:

- MP3 Converter lets you convert one or more audio files to a desired audio format such as MP3, AC3, AAC (Apple Audio), OGG, AMR, WMA, FLAC, APE, WAV, MPG. One can customize output file settings such as bitrate, rate, audio channel and destination folder. It can also extract the audio from popular video formats like MP4, FLV, AVI, etc.

- CD to MP3 Ripper helps you quickly make backup copies of tracks from an audio disk. It can rip the audio from CD to MP3, WMA, APE or WAV for common players and you can customize the output. CD ripping is accurate and the output files are of high quality.

- MP3 Tag Editor provides a handy interface to edit MP3 tag (ID3v1 and ID3v2) information in batch mode. One can add or edit a song title, artist, album, year, comment and track number. Also it’s possible to define a file name format ([Artist] – [Title], [Title] – [Artist] and more), directory format ([Current Folder]\[Artist]\[Album]\), enable additional file rename options, edit album photos and lyrics.

- MP3 Merger is a handy tool for merging two or more audio files into a single MP3. You can select files in MP3, WAVE, FLAC or OGG, specify the output settings such as bitrate, rate, audio channel and output folder. Then start the process.

- MP3 Cutter lets you cut or trim an audio file to remove unnecessary parts. To do so, you simply need to select the file, select the start and end position during playback, and then click Save. One can customize the output settings such as bitrate, rate and channels. It also has the ability to cut a part of music from a video file, or a movie.

- MP3 Recorder helps users to record any sound from the microphone to standard MP3 format without any limitation on length. One can even record streaming audio provided that the sound card supports sound mixing. Simply select the sample rate, bitrate and channels, then proceed with the audio recording.

Verdict - “MP3 Toolkit is an amazing program featuring useful audio editing tools with good functionalities that are generally offered by a paid program, yet with a neat and intuitive interface.” Do try it out!

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If you own a Samsung Galaxy Nexus and wish to intensely configure your device by rooting and installing custom ROM, then here is an amazing tool specifically for Galaxy Nexus smartphone that you must check out! Galaxy Nexus Root Toolkit (by WugFresh) is a free, powerful and feature packed program that makes everything easier than ever. The program works for both Verizon (CDMA) and GSM models. Functionalities include: Unlocking, rooting, relocking, unrooting, Flash/Boot img files, Backup and Restore Apps, Flash Stock firmware, and many other options. It has a nice GUI which is great for novice users as they can perform several tasks easily without going through the uneasy command-line process. Moreover, it doesn’t requires Android SDK to be installed.

Galaxy Nexus Root Toolkit includes the relevant USB drivers within the package and has automated driver installation with devcon and pnputil. But you still need to configure the drivers manually which is the most crucial and bit of difficult task in the entire process. Though the program indicates step-by-step instructions to install the drivers but we’re sharing this tutorial to make it more convenient for you. Follow the steps carefully.

STEP 1 – Install Samsung USB Drivers using Galaxy Nexus Root Toolkit

Open Galaxy Nexus Root Toolkit (Run as Administrator), select device model type (CDMA or GSM), and click on ‘Drivers’ option (Device should be unplugged). The driver installation process will start instantly and will be completed automatically. Note: Be patient and let the process finish on its own.

STEP 2 – Driver configuration, a two step manual process:

• Your device has to be configured once when its ON and again when its in BOOTLOADER
• You have to manually configure these drivers through device manager.

Part 1: Configuring your adb drivers

1. Turn your device completely on, enable USB debugging, and connect your device via USB. To enable USB debugging: on your phone, open settings > developer options > check USB debugging.

2. Open device manager: Start > type devmgmt.msc

3. Look for anything that resembles your device: it could say Galaxy, Android device..

• If you can’t figure out which one is your device: Unplug your phone and then replug it while watching device manager.

4. Uninstall this device! Right click the device > Uninstall

5. Now refresh your devices by hitting the "Scan for hardware changes" button.

6. You will now see a new device with a yellow exclamation mark next to it.

7. Now you’ve to install the correct drivers for it.

• Right click the device and choose "Update Driver Software…"
• Now select "Browse my computer for driver software"
• Now in the "Search for driver software in this location:" enter:

C:\Wugs_GnexRootToolkit\data\drivers

• Now Hit enter, agree to the security warning and wait for the driver to configure.
• It could take a few minutes… then tada!

Alternatively, you can do this (this method only works on some computers).

• "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"
• Browse for "Samsung Devices" and select Next
• Then choose "SAMSUNG Mobile ADB Device"
• Then select next, wait for it to configure, and tada!

Now Test to make sure the adb drivers are working correctly – Firstly, connect your device via USB and confirm that ‘USB debugging’ is enabled. Then open Galaxy Nexus Root Toolkit (Run as Administrator), select ‘adb-phone on’ option in Quick tools and click on ‘List devices’. A command prompt window will appear stating the list of devices attached. If you see an adb device listed as shown below then you’re half done.

Part 2: Configuring your Fastboot drivers

1. Boot your phone into bootloader mode. This can be done directly from within the toolkit, select ‘adb–phone on’ and click on ‘Reboot Bootloader’ option.

OR

When your phone is in completely powered off state, turn it back on by: “Holding both up and down volumes buttons and the power button”.

2. Go to Device Manager. You will now see a device listed as Android 1.0 with a yellow exclamation mark next to it.

3. Install the correct drivers for it.

• Right click the device and choose "Update Driver Software…"
• Now select "Browse my computer for driver software"
• Now in the "Search for driver software in this location:" enter:

C:\Wugs_GnexRootToolkit\data\drivers

• Now Hit enter, agree to the security warning and wait for the driver to configure.

4. You should now see a new device listed in device manager as ‘Samsung Android Phone’ with sub-category as ‘Android ADB Interface’.

5. Now test it – Select ‘fastboot–bootloader’ under Quick tools and click on the ‘Reboot Bootloader’ option. If the device boots into Fastboot mode, then you’re done.

Your drive configuration is complete. This is quite lengthy but is a one time task. Once drivers are setup properly, you can manage your device entirely with this toolkit.

Source: GalaxyNexusForum

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Tumblr is a very popular micro-blogging platform that allows everyone to simply share multimedia stuff such as photos, videos, textual content, etc. It offers a great and smart way to share your thoughts, creativity and interact with other people online. Perhaps, if you’ve a blog on Tumblr (tumblelog) or are obsessed with some of the amazing tumblelogs out there, then here’s a nifty and handy tool that you must check.

TumblRipper is a free small tool for Windows that offers the ability to quickly download photos of Tumblr blogs with great ease. Using it, you can create a backup of all your tumblr pictures to your computer or any of the tumblr photoblog you adore. The app is indeed very useful as it can automatically download entire pictures from any tumblr site. One just need to specify the source and the destination for saving the photos.

It downloads the photos in their largest size available and keeps the original upload dates intact. The indexing and downloading progress of files is also shown. One good feature is that the tool doesn’t downloads the entire photos as a standalone package but as individual files, thus allowing you to access the downloaded photos in real-time. The application has a mere size of 11KB and doesn’t requires an installation.

- Requires Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

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After several beta builds, Piriform has released the final stable version of “CCleaner for Mac”. CCleaner is a renowned free utility for cleaning Windows PCs to make them faster and more secure. Mac OS X users can rejoice as CCleaner is no more limited to Windows only, but now also available for Mac. Since its first beta, the program has been improved and updated with most of the prominent features as offered by its Windows version.

With CCleaner for Mac, users can efficiently manage their Mac by analyzing and cleaning it as required. It includes option to clean trash, recent documents, recent applications, logs, Applications caches, and browser’s cache, cookies, history, etc. Morever, an uninstaller service is built-in to let you easily uninstall the desired apps. One can even verify and repair drive permissions and erase freespace.

CCleaner for Mac v1.01 [Changelog] -

• Browser Support for Safari, Google Chrome, Firefox and Opera.
• Cookie management.
• Repair Permissions.
• Wipe Freespace.
• Stability fixes on 10.5 and 10.7.2.
• Improved cleaning of Chrome’s omnibox.
• Several minor fixes.

Supports: Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7.

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A while back, we shared some nifty utilities to Remove PDF Security Restrictions, Password Protect PDF and Remove Password from PDF Files. Another similar free app, PDF Password Remover is recently launched for Windows that aims to quickly wipe out all the restrictions of a PDF file, without requiring the owner password. Thus, to let users decrypt the PDF and remove the printing, copying text and editing protection.

PDF Password Remover is a freeware tool to remove PDF restriction from protected PDF files. It is very easy to use, offers drag and drop functionality and it even supports batch conversion to decrypt multiple PDFs at once. One can easily remove the owner password from any PDF document just by dragging the file(s), the tool will then instantly and automatically export the un-protected file to the output directory, and the output folder opens up itself in the explorer. You can also specify the desired output path.

This is one of the simplest and fastest application to remove restrictions from PDF(s). Moreover, a portable version of it is also available. However, it should be noted that PDF Password Remover cannot remove the user password, i.e. you cant remove the PDF password and restriction if there is a user password set.

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We’ve covered two great and free tools from Freemake.com in past – Freemake Video Converter and Freemake Video Downloader. Now here’s another nifty and useful program ‘Freemake Audio Converter’, letting users extract music from videos as audio file with great ease and simplicity. Besides offering audio extraction feature, the tool also has the option to join audio files together into a single audio track. This way you can easily create a medley or merge a bunch of favorite tracks into a preferred audio format.

Freemake Audio Converter for Windows is very fast, 100% freeware, with no limitations and requires no registration. It accepts over 200 video formats, and exports music from videos into MP3, WMA, WAV, FLAC, AAC, M4A, OGG. One can quickly rip audio from a video file and convert it to standard audio formats such as MP3 for portable media players, mobile phones and M4A for Apple devices – iPod, iPhone, iPad. The tool offers batch conversion support, displays basic parameters of media file, lets you specify the output file quality and you can even add a custom preset. Prior to converting, enable ‘Export to iTunes’ to send MP3 and AAC files directly to iTunes.

The Join audio files feature works perfectly and seamlessly merges multiple audio files (even of different format) into one. There is a button in the upper right corner to switch on the “Join files” option. The output file size and track length is also displayed.

- List of supported file formats

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Just like any other browser, Mozilla Firefox stores all the significant stuff on your computer that is required for its functioning. If you’re a power Firefox user with lots of data and information stored over time, then it would become a nightmare for you to manually input all the browsing information, add-ons, passwords and other data, in case you decide to format your Windows, make some critical changes to Firefox settings, or just wish to move Firefox to a new computer.

Similar to MozBackup, Firefox Backup Tool is a simple and efficient tool for Windows that lets you completely backup your Firefox browser. It can easily backup all the important Firefox configuration, including user preferences, bookmarks, extensions, browsing history, form history, saved passwords, cookies, etc. as a single backup file on your system. You can also add a password to the backup file to secure it. The Firefox backup created can be restored anytime using the same tool and you need to input the correct password if added while taking a backup.

It’s advisable NOT to restore a 32-bit backup file to a 64-bit version of Firefox, as some of the 32-bit add-ons might not be compatible with a 64-bit build. Firefox Backup Tool is a freeware, currently supports Windows (both x86 and x64 versions).

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Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) is the most recent version of web browser from Microsoft. Some of the top features included in IE9 are: Hardware accelerated graphics and text, clean user interface, Pinned sites, jump lists, new tab page, one box, HTML 5 support, the new JavaScript engine which makes it a lot faster and several other smart features.

Just like IE8, Internet Explorer 9 has built-in developer tools which help developers to quickly determine and resolve HTML, CSS, and JavaScript related problems by making changes to code from within the browser which can be previewed live. These dev tools are generally not used by the basic users but comes handy to a webmaster or web designer. To access them, just click on the gear icon and select “F12 developer tools” or simply hit F12.

Then just navigate to the ‘Tools’ tab and choose from the listed tools. One amazing and useful tool is Resize, using which one can easily check how their webpage appears in different screen resolutions. You can define a custom resolution too.

There is a Ruler to accurately measure any arbitrary objects on the screen in pixels. There are multiple colors rulers and a magnifying glass is also available for precision. A defined ruler can be moved, resized, and re-angled. Once drawn, the ruler shows the (x,y) coordinates of each end relative to position of the points and the ruler length is shown at the center of the ruler in pixels.

A basic Color Picker tool is also there that lets you pick the color sample from any object on a webpage and indicates its RGB and HEX values. To use it, just position the cursor over an object and left-click to select its color. Then click Copy and close, the HTML value of color will be copied to clipboard. For professional task, we suggest using Instant Eyedropper which has a magnifier that shows multiple shades in a solid color.

Hope you liked this less know tip about Internet Explorer.

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