If you have ever tried to use Windows XP’s built-in connection manager, you know what a hassle it can be to quickly check your mail or browse the web on the go. You need to browse through a list of access points, find one that you can connect to, manually try to connect to it, confirm the connection and then wait. Even if it says that’s it connected, often it doesn’t open a web page or your mail will stall. Easy WiFi Radar automates all of this. It’s main goal is to let you get your mail or surf the web without having to go through all of the connection trouble, and without having to pull your creditcard. Just run it and it’ll connect you for FREE to the internet. It doesn’t get easier than this.

Get your mail and browse the web without being charged. The ideal WiFi-tool for frequent travellers and mobile professionals. Easy WiFi Radar will connect to open hotspots automatically and shows you exactly what it is doing in a cool animated radar screen. Access points are represented as green, yellow or red dots. It plays a sound and opens your webbrowser as soons as it succesfully finds a free connection. Works on Windows XP and Windows Mobile, not on Vista.

http://www.makayama.com/easywifiradar.html

• “25 Free Downloads You Need Now” from the May 2008 issue of Computer Shopper.

• “101 Fantastic Freebies” from the May 2008 issue of PC World.

• “The Best Free Software” from the March 2008 issue of PC Magazine.

• “46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities,” and “The Extended List — 71 Additional Best-ever Freebies” updated in April and March, respectively, by Gizmo’s Tech Support Alert.

Winamp 5.5 brings new features like:

• A Redesigned Unified Interface, including Album Art
• Remote Music and Video Playback and Sharing
• Playlist the Best Music on the Web with Media Monitor
• Dynamic Song Recommendations Playlist Feature
• Multi-channel MP3 Surround Support
• New Visualizer Plug-in – Milkdrop 2
• Album Art Support for Portable Devices

And it improves: Portable Device Sync support, Expanded Podcast Directory, Smart views with new pre-sets for dynamic playlists.

A lot of cool thing for a freeware software. It is true that if you upgrade to pro you will have new features like ripping and burning CDs, but there are a lot of good freeware for those jobs.

Go and download winamp and start enjoying your music.

Once Launchy has been started, it hides in the background. You bring it forward by holding the alt key and tapping the space key. You then type in a few keys of the program you are searching for and hit enter once it has been found. You can also make Launchy dissappear again by hitting escape or alt+space.

Launcy has some tips and tricks too, acording to its website:

Search Google
 Type in google, then tab, then your search query and press enter
Check the Weather
 Type in Weather, then tab, then your zip code or city,state and press enter
Search other sites
 Other sites you can search include wikipedia, msn, yahoo, amazon, netflix, imdb, and more.
Browse your computer
 Type in c:, then tab, then a folder or file, hit tab, and continue
The Launchy Calculator
 Did you know that Launchy has a built in calculator? Type in some algebra and see what happens!
Index your Bookmarks & Folders
 Directory: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Favorites
 File Type: .url
Index your Music
 Directory: My Documents
 File Types: .mp3 .aac .ogg
Index your Pictures
 Directory: My Documents
 File Types: .jpg .gif .bmp
Index your Documents
 Directory: My Documents
 File Types: .doc .pdf .xls .ppt
Index custom Commands
 Directory: Your Custom Folder
 File Types: .exe .bat .lnk
And more..
 Please see the readme file for more tips and tricks with Launchy!

Launchy is a goodlooking, freeware and very useful software. I use it every day of my geek life, I love it and I say that you should download and try it.

Go and download it, love it, share it!