SlimComputer is a free tool to trim down clutter in your new (or used) computer. It can advice you on what redundant applications, toolbars, startup items and shortcuts to remove. Removing these applications and files can result in your computer starting up and responding faster. The advice is based on a cloud community.
Riot is a free image compression tool. Having full control over the compression of your image can be very handy if you need to use images in banners, or for making websites. Some useful features include image comparison (like Photoshop�s save for web), target file size, batch processing and basic image adjustments. There are tons more features that you can read about on the website.
SimpleOCR is a semi-free OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software that helps you to convert scanned text into digital text. The program comes with a few built in languages and has the ability to learn. It can also learn to recognize handwritten text and that feature can be tested until the trial period expires. You can still use the program to scan machine-written text after the trial period without limitations.
If you are one of the �lucky� owners of Windows Vista, you can easily create an extra toolbar / sidebar (since you can dock it on the side of your screen) with shortcuts. Here is how:
