Desktop Application

CCleaner is one of the most popular programs for cleaning up the extra files and leftover data on your PC. Although I haven’t had much use for it on my more modern PCs (Windows 7 apparently does its own maintenance regularly) I know I’ve used it in the past to restore friends’ older and somewhat…

Developers interested in integrating Skype into their applications can now request access to Skype’s new SDK, called SkypeKit. Available in beta format as of June 14th, the Windows version of the developer’s kit works on Windows x86 operating systems. Access to the kit is on an invite-only basis…

A new Twitter client application inspired by Microsoft’s Metro design language has now launched. The aptly named MetroTwit is a Windows desktop application that uses .NET 4.0 and WPF 4 to power the app’s gorgeous interface and back-end. Designed by Long Zheng, David Golden and Winston Pang,…

Mozy, makers of the popular “cloud” backup service by the same name, have just announced a new client software application for Windows users called, unsurprisingly, “Mozy 2.0 for Windows.” The biggest change in this new edition of the program is the ability to perform local backups in addition to…

Seesmic has just released a preview version of their Seesmic Desktop Twitter application, Seesmic Desktop 2, the app that runs on Silverlight on both Mac and Windows PC. The most notable thing about this release is the built in support for Seesmic’s new plugin architecture. With the new platform,…

Granola is a new software application that helps you reduce the energy waste that coming from using a computer and leaving it on all the time. The program, smaller than a single MP3, is a “set it and forget it” type of application that automatically optimizes system settings without compromising…

Cool! The MakeUseof site just discovered a nifty desktop application that lets you put RSS feeds on your desktop. And no, not in some boxed-in widget – actually overlaid on top of your desktop wallpaper as if they were part of your desktop itself! The open-source project is called Feedling and it…

WinZip, probably the most well-known utility for file compression, encryption, extraction and sharing now features a Microsoft Office 2010-style ribbon interface in their latest release. The new UI arrives in the updated WinZip 14.5 software package (available here) which also includes special…

I just discovered an app called Jumplist Launcher via a post on Freeware Genius about apps that work well in the Windows 7 taskbar. This program definitely sounds handy! Instead of accessing the jump list for an individual program, the app lets you pin a jump list for a combination of programs,…

In the latest LifeHacker “top five,” they looked at the top Windows 7 tweaking applications. These third-party utilities let advanced users edit, hack and tweak additional settings not available through the Windows UI as well as centralize other settings in one interface for easy access. Included…