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Free media file converter FormatFactory is a handy all-in-one utility for taking one kind of audio, video, or picture file and converting it to another. The interface is a dead-simple drag-and-drop affair, and it’s meant for running batches of files through converters-FLVs to Windows Media, MPEGs to iPod-friendly video, DVDs to DivX files, etc. You won’t get a lot of options for quality control, compression rate, or other tweaks, but for some folks, that’s really a benefit. FormatFactory is a free download for Windows systems only.

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Rapishare Plus is a simple utility which aims to make the life of free Rapidshare users a whole lot easier. It is a Free Downloader or Download Manager for Rapidshare specially built for free users.

All you do is paste a list of Rapidshare links to be downloaded, select a download folder, hit the “Download” button and sit back and relax!

It will automatically start downloading the files without requiring you to generate the download links manually through the browser window.

This utility does not bypass the time-limit imposed upon by Rapidshare on free users between two consecutive downloads but it makes it easy for you to manage all download links at one place.

It has a progress bar to show status of your Rapidshare downloads and also works behind a proxy.

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Microsoft has finally pushed the new Windows Live Wave 3 Installer for download which promises a new pack of updates for Windows Live Beta products and software.

Windows Live Wave 3 suite of applications has been in works for long and now ensures a better stability and security for all Windows Live applications, not to mention the new stylish user interface.

The following Windows Live products are available in the new Windows Live Wave 3 suite of applications:

• Windows Live Writer Beta
• Windows Live Toolbar Beta
• Windows Live Mail Beta
• Windows Live Photo Gallery Beta
• Windows Live Messenger Beta
• Windows Live Movie Make Beta
• Windows Live Family Safety Beta

All these software come with extended functionality and the new updated UI is supposed to give more eye-candy to the users.

The combined installer can be download using the link below which will allow you to choose, download and install the application of your choice.

Airport Mania: First Flight puts you in the air traffic controller hot seat at the local airport. Do you have the skills to keep the planes on schedule and the passengers happy? Step up to the control tower and direct airport traffic in this high-flying Time Management game. Travel to 8 busy airports and land many kinds of cute planes. Buckle your seatbelt - a game of Airport Mania: First Flight is airborne fun!

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The older readers can remember the game called SimTower, released in 1995 as a gift along with SimiCity2000.

The aim of SimTower is to build a hundred story tower block filled with offices, condos, shops, restaurants,a hotel, a cinema and a party hall. Your tower will also need a medical centre, good security, adequate parking and good recycling facilities. The eventual aim is to place a cathedral on the top and win the game.

At the start of SimTower you only have the option to build offices, cafes and condos. I would advise offices as the best place to start as they bring in a weekly rent and the occupants will not be as fussy as those who move into your condos. If you do choose to build condos keep them well away from your offices as the residents will not like the noise of the workers coming and going. Once you have been upgraded to a two-star tower, a hotel is the way to advance. Where offices pay rent by the week, hotel rooms pay by the night so you will see money come in much quicker.

Remember that everyone in your tower is an individual with feelings. If you have 1200 people trying to get into 1 elevator people are going to get stressed. Fortunately, if you have the money, you can put up to 8 elevator cars in one shaft (sounds dangerous to me!) which will reduce those stress levels

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