Movavi Video Converter is one of the video conversion software with all the features a person would need to convert a video to any format. What highlights the product is its price, although packed with excellent features the price of the product is very much affordable. Now Movavi Video converter comes with a 40% discount. The personal package is just 30 USD.

Features

• Movavi supports over 170 formats such as AVI, MPEG, MP4, WMV, ASF, 3GP, 3GPP, MKV, MP3, MOV, QT, VOB, IFO, MOD, DAT, M2T, MTS, VRO, FLV, etc.
• Support for various devices such as iPad, iPod, iPhone, PSP, Nokia, BlackBerry, Android, Sumsung, etc.
• Rip from DVDs and CDs
• Support for High Definition Videos
• Google videos and Youtube converter
• Video Split and combine feature
• Automatic Conversion process
• Frame Capture and Soundtrack extraction feature
• Youtube to mp3 converter
• Mobile and iTunes Support

Movavi Video Converter

Movavi comes up with a limited trial version, check out the trial version and you would realize is the best video converting software you would have ever seen for a very affordable price. Do share your experience with us on any video converter software.

Browse Between Windows in Start Menu

This is actually a time saving shortcut in Windows 7, especially when you have a pile of applications opened.

Shortcut Key : Window Key + <number>

When you press the Window key along with any number in the keyboard, the respective application in that start menu will be opened. For example in the below image, clicking on Window Key + 2 will open Google Chrome. The reason is items 1 and 2 are Windows Explorer ( same application) and hence they are grouped together. The number you specify is the order of the item present in the Start Menu (grouped windows are considered as one item). When you click on Window Key + 1 it will give the group option to select between the folders Downloads and Movies.

Keyboard Shortcut to open new Instance of Application Windows 7

This is a yet again another useful shortcut key using Windows Logo key.

Shortcut Key : Windows Key + Shift + <number>

This key will open a new instance of the application that you select. The number system selection is same as in the previous trick. For example in the above image, Pressing Window Key + Shift + 2 will open a new Google Chrome tab. The existing window will get a new flash like effect and the new window will open adjacent to the old one. The above image is captured at that particular instance.

Keyboard Shortcut to get Right Click options in Start Menu Windows

Right click on windows in Start menu is not so popular, but still few applications have provided some useful options. For example, clicking right on Firefox will display a set of actions, where in you an open a new tab or a window, or start private browsing. Now you can do that using a keyboard shortcut key.

Shortcut Key : Window Key + Alt + <number>

The numbering is same as the above two keyboard shortcuts.

If you find any cool unknown shortcuts using Window Key, do share us using the Comment Box below. And as a note to our readers, this our 499th post in ByteChip. The 500th post will be written by Neo.

So what’s new about IE 9 which makes waves across the internet??

Well theirs many feature which have been added new to internet explore which makes it that much more comparative with other internet browser

*Hardware accelerator

*Pinned Sites

*Address Bar Search

*Enhanced Tabs and Tab Page

*Add-on Performance Advisor

Hardware accelerator: This is the only critical piece of technique which catapulted IE 9 to where It is now, Hardware accelerator is a technique which enables the browser to function more faster than usual for audio, video and graphics are render, this makes everything to perfection. Acceleration of hardware is not only done by the local processor of the computer but another virtual processor which is also know as the GPU( Graphics processing unit) or a regular graphic card . These days this technique is also implemented in games console, mobile phones and workstation.

Pinned Sites: This is one of the new main feature which make IE 9 a bit different from other browser, where the user can drag and drop the required web site that they use regularly from the address bar of IE 9 on to the taskbar, so that it looks like a regular application intern it will be easier for the user to access the website. This is possible only in windows vista and 7 but IE only supports these operating system.

Address Bar Search: This is also a cool feature that really impressed me, In IE9 the separate search bar is out instead you can search anything that you want in the address bar, how it works is for example lets say you are search a key word”Microsoft” in IE9 you can select in which search engine that you want to search the key word. It not that it doesn’t exist before but an additionally user can now search in facebook and other search type which was not their previously.

Enhanced Tabs and Tab Page: Nothing new about this feature, Its just a regular tab which was already used “and” used in almost every browsers today, it has been enhanced so that it wont crash as more frequently as it is reputed to be.

Add-on Performance Advisor: just another fancy feature which shows the third party add-on which use majority processor memory and alerts the user.

Now let’s get to the in-depth feature which makes IE 9 faster and better ,Faster because java scripts is integrated with it which makes the communication between browsers and scripts in no time. Because of this it is more compatible with most of the websites, quick in rendering and also smothers in graphics. Major enhancement comes in the compatibility with HTML 5.

Now the new browser will be able to support HTML5,This is a major breakthrough for the whole application cause HTML5 supports all the major tags and key codec’s like MP3 and AAC.

Acid 3 Test : The pervious version of Internet explorer wasn’t doing well in this test, Acid test is a standard test which is done for web browser to check their performance by loading ,unloading testing the rendering depth and other standards which is key for a typical browser. I.E fair well this time and hope it would do the same real-time.

Major drawback: It has to be said that IE is not compatible with XP is one of the major drawback for the application cause Ever though Microsoft Internet explorer said to be not so reliable,  but still it is the most widely used web browser in the world where more than 41 % of users use IE followed by Firefox and others, In these users majority users who use XP , to be accurate more than 40% users use XP and only 26% who use Win 7.

When Xp users don’t have a upgrade of the web browser, instead of switching to a better operating system that supports IE9 they would obviously move to a better web browser to reduce the hassle of switching everything to a different environment. Microsoft would have thought about this but still went on releasing it without Xp support, plus hardware acceleration is completely complicated in initiating in Xp. Lets us wait till Firefox 4 comes out and then compare both the browser so that we could clearly see the outcome of the future of internet browsing.

Operating System Which its works on

• Windows Vista 32-bit with Service Pack 2 (SP 2) or higher
• Windows Vista 64-bit with Service Pack 2 (SP 2) or higher
• Windows 7 32-bit RTM or higher
• Windows 7 64-bit RTM or higher
• Windows Server 2008 32-bit with Service Pack 2 (SP 2) or higher
• Windows Server 2008 64-bit with Service Pack 2 (SP 2) or higher
• Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit

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Crystal Desktop

Crystal Desktop is a application developed by BrightTek Software. The prons are that it has all the features of the Linux workspace as well as some cool features, which are completely compatible with your Windows OS. However here is that bad part, the software is not a freeware and you got to spend around 25 USD to buy it. Below are some of the screenshots of Crystal Desktop.

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mDesktop – free alternative for Crystal Desktop

mDesktop is a freeware which has the basic features for multiple desktop switching in Windows. It by default comes with 4 desktops, which is quite enough for a normal user. If you are looking for a free multiple workspace switching in Windows I would suggest you to try mDesktop, I’m right now using this product and quite comfortable with it. Download mDesktop from here.

The GFI subnet software has come up with yet another security tool which make your computer scured one step ahead of other software, GFI vipre which is an anti virus software protects your computer 24×7 ,believe me it’s the total antivirus software for your home or business , vipre stands for Virus Intrusion Protection Remediation Engine (sounds pretty cool huh..  ) at first look  the user might find this is a bit complicated but if you work your way through you’ll find that it’s a pice-sa cake. Anybody can handle this piece of application its pretty simple to use. We are amazed to see its capabilities, It perform really faster than we expected to be and it doesn’t slow down your computer because the vipre uses a minimal level of your computer resources and that’s the reason why it doesn’t affect the speed of the PC
Features:
The viper has the all the necessary feature that a basic antivirus should have plus its gets even better, it protects the computer from all the malicious Trojans ,worms, spyware, and adwares,The vipre uses a next generation anti-malware technology which detects almost any kind of malware .the user can get a real time protection from the software it also has a desktop anti virus and email antivirus also has its very own firewall. The software literally protects the computer from malicious websites and blocks unwanted ads.
It uses a active protection technology which means that your computer is protected every time a new application is installed or downloaded or just opened cause the anti-virus run scans simultaneously
MX-Virtualization technology analyzes threats and it actually takes the threat off the machine before it can execute itself.
For your emails it supports almost everything from outlook, windows mail, pop3 or SMTP it protects your mails from every threats and it also blocks phishing site from getting the users personal information ,its got a built in phishing system which scans the users emails .
The vipre automatically scans all your removable drives like flash drive, pen drives even an external hard drive

Performance:
Here at byte chip we tried this piece of software in different system and found that the result was impressive, we installed the trail version in three different computers the first one was a AMD  athlon 64 bit processor  with windows XP and the next  was a sony vio with intel i3 processor and windows XP SP3 and finally we tested it out with intel i7 processor with windows 7 . All of the above computer have a fairly basic and required RAM size
With windows7 it looked amazing and it was pretty fast and their was nothing to complaint

More over the product has received plenty of achievements and awards making it as a one of the trusted and reliable software to protect our computer
The final verdict is ,it did blow away some of its rivals and two thumbs up for viper antivirus software ,download your free version check it for yourself and Id probably say that u’ll love it.
Compatibility
VIPRE is compatible with Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, 32- and 64-bit.

Features of Paint.NET

Here are some of the advanced features of Paint.NET compared to Microsoft Paint.

• Import Image from Scanner or any other Imaging devices.
• Supports Layering and other such layer features such as merging, blending etc.
• Contains Pixel Grid and Ruler for better image editing. (Present in latest Paint version )
• Enhanced Image Adjusting features such as Auto Level, Black & White, Brightness and Contrast control, Sepia, Posterize etc.
• Built with cool effects like Crayon, Sketching, Edge detection, Red Eye Removal etc.
• Improved Zoom feature and wide range of file support.

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Features of Everest Complete Diagnostics

1. Provides detail about CPU, its Instruction Set, Alias, Stepping, CPU Multiplier, L1 Cache, L2 Cache,L3 Cache, CPU Package Type, Package Size, Transistors, Technology, Die Size, GMCH Transistors, Power, CPU Manufacturer and Product Information from Company site.
2. Details about Turbo Boost Information, CPU Thermal properties, Data Execution Prevention, Power Management.
3. Mother Board details such as ID , name, Bus Type, Real Clock, Effective Clock, QPI Clock, Bus Width, Bandwidth can be obtained.
4. Memory, Cache, Swap Space and Virtual Memory information.
5. Provides all details of Chipset, BIOS and ACPI with the most precise value.
6. Operating System details such as OS Version, Key, ID, Uptime and process details, services list, priority.
7. Complete server analysis and details retrieval.
8. Full details about the Display, with Graphics Card and all multimedia content and devices.
9. Hard Disk details such as Form factor, weight, seek time, rotational speed, interface, buffer size and spin up time of hard disk.
10. The best feature of Everest is the benchmark feature. With Everest Complete Diagnostics you can benchmark some of your hardware such as Memory Read, Memory Write, Memory Copy Test, System Stability Test, Disk Benchmark, Memory Benchmark and Complete Monitor Diagnostics.

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Features of FolderLock

1. Support both vault like protection as well as main folder locking. FolderLock by default creates a vault in My Documents. You can simply drag your files to that folder to lock your files or you can select the folder from its browse option and lock it. The files can also be moved into a Removable Disk and protected there. 
2. Provides encryption for locking files and folders, the 256 Bit AES encryption is strong enough to protect your data from other user access.
3. FolderLock provides options to delete the original file/folder completely so that the password protected file or folder cannot be recovered using some recovery softwares.
4. Built with smart monitoring features that can monitor the wrong usage attempts into the vault and automatically shutdown the PC after given number of wrong attempts.
5. Compatible with hard disk and all other portable mediums. The vault can be built on the USB drive too.
6. Has a huge collection of pre-defined skins to choose from.
7. Complete Privacy and stealth mode available as in case of other security softwares.

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