Fav-Links offers a very elegant bookmark solution that is easy to use. Once you install the program, a small icon will appear on your screen. You simply click and drag the URL you want to add to the icon and it will add it to your bookmarks. You can add a custom screenshot to the bookmark, so it looks exactly as you want. Once you have something in your bookmarks, they make it easy to find them with their handy category view. If you want to see all your sports websites, for example, they make it easy.

In addition to the category view, they also have a search function that allows you to quickly find exactly what you need. As of this writing, the web app is not available. Don’t worry though, the Windows app is very small, so it won’t take up a lot of memory on your computer. To access your bookmarks, you simple press Q+A on your keyboard.

Features:

• Elegant bookmarking solution
• Small Windows download and small memory footprint.
• Web app coming soon for those who do not want to download.
• Category view, makes it easy to browse only certain types of bookmarks.
• Search bookmarks to find what you need.
• Similar tools: Pistashio, Rinnku, Wonderpage, Transferr, SpeedTile, Tizmos, Only2Clicks, Linkdoozer, Skloog,SiteHoover and Thumbtack.
• Related article: 5 Excellent Firefox Extensions to Manage your Bookmarks.

Find Fav-Links @ www.fav-links.org

BabyPDF is a desktop app compatible with Windows computers. The app is an 11MB download and installs in a jiffy. You can use it to read PDF files with the regular reading options such as rotation and magnification. But in addition to these tools you can also edit the PDF files by selecting a portion from the file page and using tools from the wide array of editing tools available. These include pens, drawing tools, text adders, etc.

You can save the edited PDF separately; the edited pages will have a watermark in their bottom left corner.

Features:

• A user-friendly desktop app.
• Compatible with Windows computers.
• Lets you read PDF files.
• Lets you edit PDF files.
• Offers various tools to edit PDF files.
• Similar tools: PDFVue, PDFescape and PDFHammer.

Check out BabyPDF @ https://sites.google.com/site/flashjethome/products/babypdf (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

Once you run Movie Explorer on your PC, it will instantly crawl your documents for movie files and then find out its details from online movie databases like IMDB and Moviemeter. With the app running, it can automatically add new movies once the files are added. You can then sort your movies by title, year, director, genre, and more.

Movie Explorer also lets you add your own organization by creating new categories other than the usual attributes. This allows you to create your collection or playlist.

Perhaps the best feature for movie and computer geeks is the easy export to XML. This will allow you to transform your personal movie database into data you can share or use.

This app is free and pretty simple to use, especially for anyone who want to instantly see their movie collection without downloading media center apps like Boxxee, and Plex.

Features:

• Crawls and organizes your movie files.
• Free and easy to use.
• Gets data from IMDB.
• Lightweight compared to other media center apps.
• Similar Tools: Plex and Boxee.

Check out Movie Explorer @ http://anlarke.com/movieexplorer

TouchCursor is a freeware application for Windows computers. The app comes in an installable setup file sized at nearly 1MB. After the app has been installed you can open its configuration box to set your preferences. By default, the home keys are converted into arrow keys when you hold down the space bar, but this action of the space bar can easily be shifted to any other button on the keyboard.

By using the app you can use the home keys to move your blinking cursor and quickly using the Insert, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down, and Delete commands while typing.

Features:

• A user-friendly desktop app.
• Compatible with Windows.
• Helps speed up typing.
• Converts home keys into arrow keys to quickly reposition blinking cursor while typing.

Check out TouchCursor @ http://touchcursor.sourceforge.net (By Umar from AllthatIsApple)

The Metro interface aims to make everything more accessible by placing it right in front of you. With Instant Beautiful Browsing you can check out how Metro works by installing it on your Windows 7 machine. You begin by downloading the app’s setup archive sized at nearly 13 MB; next you simply extract the contents and install the included setup file. You are then able to make use of the Metro interface after installation.

Features:

• A user-friendly desktop app.
• Compatible with Windows 7.
• Lets you use Windows 8 Metro interface.
• Increases accessibility of numerous apps.

Check out Instant Beautiful Browsing @ http://ibb.codeplex.com (By Umar from AllthatIsApple)

The feature list of Calendar Magic is enough to write a book. It is able to display dozens of calendar systems from around the world, and best of all, it can compare them side by side. This way you can see the differences directly. It also knows every holiday and religious festival from everywhere. Basically, if there is something you want to know that pertains to dates, Calendar Magic can handle it with ease.

There are utilities that can do other crazy stuff such as keep track of ovulation cycles and keep track of reminders and notes. It can even handle finding a person’s body mass index.

The app works with pretty much every version of Windows.

Features:

• Dozens of supported calendar systems.
• Works on almost every version of Windows, both 32 and 64 bit.
• Utilities for various other functions such as ovulation cycles and body mass index.
• Side by side comparison of various calendar systems.

Find Calendar Magic @ stokepoges.plus.com/calendar.htm

There are various customization options avilable. Also, there’s an email facility where you could just email photos to pics@familiar.com and they’ll show up on your friends’ screensavers. Overall, a new and innovative service for sure.

Features

• Share photos via Windows screensaver.
• The photos remain private, only shared with friends.
• Services like Facebook and Flickr supported.

Check out Familiar @ www.familiar.com (via TechCrunch By Abhijeet from Guiding Tech)

USB Manager is a desktop application for Windows computers. The app gives you more control over the USB devices connected to your computer. Sized less than a megabyte, you can download the app’s setup file and install it. Once installed, you can open the app and choose which type of USB device to disable: storage devices, USB printers, USB audio devices, or USB scanners.

By default, all devices are enabled; you can click on the device types to disable one or more device types. The app can be exited through its System Tray icon. You can also set a password and hotkey for the program to ensure nobody else messes with its settings.

Features:

• A user-friendly desktop tool.
• Compatible with Windows computers.
• Lets you selectively enable/disable USB device types.
• Lets you set a password for the program.

Check out USB Manager @ http://imakesoft.ru/en/products.html (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

Chit Chat for Facebook is a wonderful freeware application for Windows computers. The app’s setup file is sized less than 3 MB and installs in a jiffy. Once the app is installed, you sign into your Facebook account using your Facebook-registered email address and password. A list of your Facebook contacts is loaded up and you are able to chat with them, like in any other desktop IM clients. Notifications for friends coming online and going offline are provided in the bottom right of your screen.

In the app’s preferences you can control numerous options such as whether or not save chat conversations, disabling notifications, setting keyboard hotkey shortcuts, and adding date-stamps to messages in the chat window.

NOTE: With AVG and a few other antivirus software, you might receive notifications that the Chit Chat app is malware. These notifications are false positives and should be ignored.

Features:

• A user-friendly freeware app.
• Compatible with Windows computers.
• A desktop app to let you chat with Facebook friends.
• Supports multiple languages.
• Offers notifications, chat logging, and numerous other modifiable options.

Check out Chit Chat for Facebook @ www.chitchat.org.uk/english (by MOin from Thumb Press)

eM Client is a Windows desktop app which downloads your messages to your local drive and lets you easily manage and respond to them. The tool currently supports numerous email services including Gmail and Hotmail. IMAP and POP3 protocols are also supported. The free version of the app has a 2 email account restriction which can be lifted by opting for the premium version that presently costs $49.95.

Setting up the program is quite simple. You download the setup files sized at nearly 20 MB and then specify your email account details to the app. Next your messages are downloaded and your accounts appear in the left pane. Apart from emails, you can also add calendar entries and even maintain a list of contacts. Built-in instant messaging capabilities let you chat with friends from ICQ, MSN, Facebook, Yahoo, and AOL.

The center pane lists your messages. You can click on one and have it load up in the center-bottom pane.

Overall, eM Client is an excellent desktop application for people who desire a faster way to use their email services. The app will also help people who want to read their emails offline.

Features:

• A user-friendly desktop app.
• Compatible with Windows.
• A desktop app for emails.
• Supports numerous email services.
• Has built-in integrated messaging for popular networks.

Check out eM Client @ www.emclient.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)