My Fav 8 Best Downloads of 2007

So now there are only 8 days more in year 2007. In 2007 lots of new software comes one by one. So its time to post the list of Best 2007 software. Am here posting my Fav 8 soft of the 2007 year. You can also check my earlier post Top 10 Software for windows – Must Have.

1. Camtasia Studio 5 : A program that creates videos of on-screen activity from any application. Camtasia Studio is the complete professional solution for recording, editing and sharing high-quality screen video on the Web, CD-ROM and portable media players, including iPod. Easily record your screen, PowerPoint, multiple audio tracks, and webcam video to create compelling training videos, screencasts, and presentations without ever leaving your desk. With the power of interactive Camtasia Studio videos, you can deliver high-quality content anytime, to even your most remote audience.

2. Launchy : Launchy is a free windows utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager. Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes!

3. Glary Utilities is a collection of system tools and utilities to fix, speed up, maintain and protect your PC. It allows you to clean common system junk files, as well as invalid registry entries and Internet traces(plug-in support for 45+ external programs). If you want to clean and optimize your PC, improves your privacy and security, or do other similar tasks, you’ll want this program. It’s free, it’s simple to use, and it’ll make your computer run much better.

4. Universal Extractor : Universal Extractor is a freeware open-source tool which can extract files quickly and efficiently from any type of archive. It can be something as simple as a “zip” file or “rar” file, or perhaps you want to study the contents of an “exe” set-up file or a Microsoft “msi” installer file. By using Universal Extractor, all the files will be brought out of the chosen archive and placed in a folder for you to peruse.

5. CCleaner : CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it’s fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware!

6. OpenOffice.org : OpenOffice.org includes powerful applications for making text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, diagrams, databases, and HTML and XML documents. It handles complex equations and multipart documents as easily as simple letters and faxes.

Even advanced Office users will find the templates, collaborative features, macros, and programming language familiar. Extensible and open source, it lets you both import and save documents in formats as diverse as MS Office formats, PDF, HTML, WordPerfect, XML, and others. However, the default is to save files in the open-standard Oasis OpenDocument XML format for maximum compatibility with other applications.

7. Permanent Eraser is a very useful tool that provides an even stronger level of security by implementing the Gutmann Method. This utility overwrites your data thirty-five times, scrambles the original file name, and truncates the file size to nothing before Permanent Eraser finally unlinks it from the system. Once your data has been erased, it can no longer be read through traditional means.Permanent Eraser is free of charge, and the source code is also provided for educational purposes.

8. Gmail Manager is a Firefox extension that allows you to manage multiple gmail accounts and receive new mail notifications. Gmail Manager will display account details that include unread messages, spam messages, saved drafts, labels with new mail, space used and new mail snippets.