Chase and Sam

Welcome to the Home Page of Chase Thompson and Sam Knowles. We're tech journalists, web designers and computer security consultants based in Birmingham Alabama. You can hear us weekly on WAPI 1070 AM in Birmingham (11:00 am) and also see us on TV (Thursday night, 9:55pm) hosting Tech Check on WBRC6 - the local Fox affiliate.

Freeware

Every week, you can find great downloads on this page. We feature freeware, open source software, and any high quality (and malware free) software download we can find. Regular show listeners like Uncle Monster and Tollie often contribute to this page.

Uncle Monsters Downloads of the week…

This week brings another memory optimizer and
a couple programs posted on a friend’s website.

None of these triggered any of my anti-malware
applications.

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FreeRAM XP Pro 1.52

http://www.yourwaresolutions.com/software.html#framxpro

Freeware application to free and optimize your computer’s RAM (Random
Access Memory), resulting in an increase in system performance and
productivity. Automatically configures itself for ease of use and also
features advanced options and customizability. FreeRAM XP Pro has been
designed to be easy to use yet highly customizable by computer novices
and experts alike.

Features and options include:

* Automatic, real-time memory monitoring and optimization
* Fast, threaded memory freeing with stop option
* AutoFree option intelligently optimizes RAM without sacrificing
performance
* system metric and performance monitors
* Advanced tray support
* Memory reporting and diagnostic logging
* Simple, attractive interface
* RAM-cuts (RAM-freeing Windows shortcuts)
* Customizable Windows hotkey support
* Access to Windows memory-related tweaks that could enhance
system performance (new in 1.50)
* Process memory usage reporting (new in 1.50)
* Unique memory compression technology directly reduces
applications’ “working set” memory requirements instantly and without
swap file usage: completely unlike other memory programs (new in 1.50)
* More options and customizability
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BootZilla v4.2.6

http://www.bootzilla.org/

BootZilla, a toolkit designed with the intent of creating a simple
toolkit that an help the computer user or technician in removing pesky
virus and malware infections. It can also help in the diagnosis of
severe hardware failure, such as memory or hard drive failures. The
entire toolkit offers a BootCD functionality, which is a heavily
modified, slimmed-down version of the Ultimate Boot CD.
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MozBackup 1.4.8 Beta

http://sourceforge.net/projects/mozbackup/

MozBackup is a utility for creating backups of Firefox, Thunderbird,
SeaMonkey, Mozilla Suite and Netscape profiles. It allows you to
backup and restore bookmarks, mail, contacts, history, extensions,
cache etc.

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