Picasa is a free graphics utility for viewing and editing images. Easy to use, has an attractive and user-friendly interface in which intuitive functions and tools are built. Suitable for those users who want to quickly prepare their photos for publication in galleries and social networks, creating slide shows. In 2004 was acquired by Google.

After installation is complete, the program prompts you to find images on your computer. You can specify the folders to search, as well as the formats of the desired files. Picasa supports the following photo formats: .ipg, .bmp, .fig, .png, .raw, .webp, .tiff and .tga. If necessary, you can back up images and photos stored on your computer.

Although Google has stopped releasing updates for Picasa since 2016, it can still be installed on Windows, on devices with Mac OS software (English version only).

AS SSD Benchmark is an auxiliary computer program designed to test drives and measure their speed. The program was written by an ordinary enthusiast, it has proven itself both among ordinary users and among professionals. The program is completely free.

Developed a utility Alex Schepelyansky.

Features of AS SSD Benchmark:

• Run tests marked in the utility.
• Possibility to choose a test execution sequence (alternately and randomly).
• There is a test that measures write or read access time.

 HaoZip is an interesting and completely free data compression program created by Chinese developers. It offers rich functionality, as well as support for almost 50 of the most popular archive formats, including RAR, ZIP, 7Z, ISO, IMG, TAR, DMG, ARJ, GZ, GZIP, TGZ, BZ2, BZIP2, TBZ2, DEB, JAR and many others.

The program has been developed since 2009, but only recently has it begun to gain momentum and gain an increasing number of users. The use of HaoZip in everyday work, in addition to being completely free, is also supported by a sophisticated user interface and a set of many useful and modern tools. In addition to the standard function of compressing and decompressing files, the program also allows you to create self-extracting archives, protect access to them with a password, check archives for errors, and restore them. In addition, the user also receives a tool for converting image files, combining MP3 files, creating MD5 checksums and an integrated graphical viewer.

Against the backdrop of competing solutions, HaoZip is characterized by high speed and performance. According to the creators, the program allows you to reduce the time of compression / decompression of files by up to 40% compared with competing software, which gives it an undeniable advantage over competitors. In turn, the built-in simple benchmark provides the ability to test a computer in terms of speed of compression and decompression, as well as the consumption of system resources.

FlashFXP Utility is a reliable, secure and efficient FTP / FTPS / SFTP client for Windows. The program can be used to administer sites, upload / download files to a server, or exchange files between servers. The client is compatible with all current versions of Windows.

The software has a wide range of functions for setting up client configuration. File sharing requires an installed FTP or SFTP server. The program has a multilingual interface (20 languages). FlashFXP has a standard, portable and U3 version of Smart Drive.

License Features

The program is commercial and is priced at 29.95 USD. There is a trial version of FlashFXP, free of charge for 30 days. The program license can be personal or business. A personal license allows you to use the utility for non-commercial purposes on 4 devices, including mobile. A business license is divided into the following types:

• user;
• device;
• website;
• server.

It allows you to use FlashFXP in a corporate, government or business environment.

 IZArc is extremely easy to use!

To open the archive, simply double-click (or, if you are working in web-style, click once) on the archive specified in "My Computer" or in Windows Explorer, drag the archive to IZArc or use the standard "Open" dialog box. The main IZArc window contains a list with the names and sizes of all files in the open archive. This list can be scrolled and sorted by any field. A customizable toolbar provides quick access to frequently used actions. Extensive context-sensitive help is always available.

The Windows Drag and Drop interface is fully supported - you can drag and drop files from IZArc to other applications or simply to Windows Explorer to extract them to a specific directory. IZArc will extract the files before placing them in the target application. The destination application will process the files as if they were deleted from My Computer or from Windows Explorer. You can also delete archives in IZArc to open them, or delete files in IZArc to add them to an open or new archive.

An immensely popular file sharing service is DC ++, built according to all major standards specifically for Windows. The DC ++ licensed program has many significant advantages over other programs. First, the software maintains reliable and stable performance for customers. Secondly, DC ++ is distinguished by fast translation of an array of characters into a bit string. Thirdly, the program carries out fast downloads of files from third-party sources and maintains an advanced and reliable chat server. Choosing the DC ++ program, you get a distribution kit that stores the function of instant translation of information into 56 languages. The licensed software has a built-in function for determining the client's country by its IP, so you will receive the program in your native language.

 To date, a huge number of different messengers have appeared. Everyone chooses the best option for themselves. Therefore, to communicate with colleagues or clients, you need to install dozens of applications. This approach complicates the work and causes confusion.

Franz is a powerful and convenient tool for working with instant messengers. The program allows you to simultaneously exchange messages in different services such as: Telegram, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, etc.

Features:

• more than 70 services are available;
• the application interface is easy to understand;
• chats are conveniently combined into one window and each has its own tab;
• You can only exchange text messages and files. To be able to receive audio and video calls, the application will launch a browser;
• Franz allows the ability to add multiple accounts of one service;
• each messenger can be configured individually and set different sound alerts;
• Contacts are downloaded automatically;
• authorization is done through the Web-API, so using Franz is safe.

 Probably, many of us faced such a problem that the size of the film is too large, but there is no media that can be connected to the TV and watch. A special program was invented for this. Twonky is a unique utility that provides access to media files on any device. We can say that Twonky is a server on which photos, videos, movies of the user are stored. Thanks to this server, the user can access them through any device, which can be a TV, or even a telephone.

The user can download a trial version of TwonkyMedia Server utility, which is completely free, but with a limited time of use. On the official website, the trial period is 30 days. The cost of the full version, which includes the acquisition of a license key, is $ 19.95.

The utility is compatible with any Windows, MacOs and Linux software. But if the user has Linux software, you will have to install it yourself. Considering the installation process of the utility, it can be noted that it runs quickly enough and does not take much time. The program weighs only 6 megabytes, so the file will be downloaded to the computer very quickly.

 Progress never stands still - many of us have already realized this. Progress has already touched every area of ​​human activity, especially the technical plan. At the moment, many powerful modern technologies is being released, which does not require additional applications for maximum performance. But some computer hard drives cannot handle the load. WPS Perfomance Station - software that improves your computer, improves its performance without the need to close background programs.

Nevertheless, this application is suitable and will help even the oldest computer. A huge plus of the application - it is self-learning. You do not need to configure anything. The utility will adapt to you on its own. With the release of operating system updates for the first time, the computer's hard drive can be loaded. Sometimes this load can reach 100% even after disabling background programs. WPS aims to optimize all drives on your computer.

The program interface includes many functions. The user can optimize the drives, as already mentioned. In addition, you can view the amount of RAM used, monitor battery consumption (it will show how much time has passed and how much is left), turn game mode on or off to increase performance.

 Very often, a computer or phone cannot open a file downloaded from the Internet, and each time the message “File of an invalid format” pops up. By downloading this or that program for viewing files, we hope that it will be able to launch an electronic file, but the majority cannot cope with the task, because the database of valid formats does not have this permission. STDU Viewer has a large database of electronic file extensions.

STDU Viewer is a shareware program that helps you work with many file permissions . Mostly formats for technical fields are presented, for example, familiar pdf , txt or less well-known DjVu , pdb , fb2 , Comic Book Archive ( cbz / c br ), azw , xps , mobi , EPub , tcr , which many users can not open on your device . In addition, you can work with the tiff , JBIG2 , png , pcx , wwf , psd , dcx , emf , gif , wmf , jpg , bmp jpeg files that contain the image .

Speaking about the full functionality of the application, it can be noted that this is not only reading files of various formats and permissions. Many abstracts highlight the necessary part with special text highlighters, the same can be done in the STDU application: highlight the necessary part with the help of highlighting, and then convert it, if necessary, into a graphic format. You can search the document: by phrases or words, which will then be highlighted where they appear in the text. Of course, the standard function is the print function. In addition, the user can redo one file format to another - compatible with the device where the file will be used.