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Many times to see the network activity on my computer, I have to get up from my chair and peep behind my monitor to look at the router to see if any activity is going on. I was just searching if there was a way to monitor using the hardware indicators like keyboard LEDs. After Googling for a while I found this wonderful free tool called Network Lights that allows you to convert your keyboard Scroll Lock and Num Lock LEDs as Network activity indicators.

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Key Mapper is a free utility that allows you to remap or disable keys of your keyboard. There are lot of programs available that does this function but what sets Key Mapper apart is that it is possible to have different of set of mappings for each user of the computer.

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Google Reader Notifier is a small utility that sits in system tray and alerts you when ever you have new unread RSS items in your Google Reader. When you have unread items in your Google reader you would be getting an alert as shown in below screenshot:

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When you create a folder for your use you may want to monitor what has got changed in the folder over a period of time. If yes then look no further, FolderDiff is a free tool that you can use to monitor the changes in your folder structure over a period of time.

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Free Studio is a ultimate all in one audio and video tools collections that includes 20 tools. Using Free studio you can copy, burn, backup and convert DVD video. Join/merge, split, convert, download & burn audio and video files. The Free Studio is a converter using which you can covert videos to PSP, iPhone, iPod and mobile phone formats.

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Microsoft has launched Microsoft Pro Photo Tools which provides a set of tools for photographers to perform various tasks with their images—including RAW captures. The current version enables you to quickly geotag your photos, view and edit metadata, and more, leveraging the power of Windows and Microsoft Live Local.
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Windows 7 the successor to Windows Vista is expected to be released in late 2009. Here are some of the screenshots that you can preview of the upcoming Windows 7, the screenshots posted below are of Windows 7 Milestone 3 build 6780.

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If you are working with text files often then Text Crawler is utility that you should definitely be using. Text Crawler will allow you to create sophisticated searches, perform batch operations, extract text from text files using its powerful regular expression engine. Find and replace words and phrases across multiple files and folders quickly using Text Crawler.

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