File extension Details of FRI, GG, GI, GHS, RMB, GRB, GWS, HCB, IMA

Firefox

Company / developer:
  Mozilla Foundation

Firefox 3

The Web is all about innovation, and Firefox 3 sets the pace with dozens of new features, including the smart location bar, one-click bookmarking and blindingly fast performance.

Mozilla Firefox (abbreviated officially as Fx, but also commonly as FF) is a free web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite, managed by the Mozilla Corporation. Firefox had 19.03% of the recorded usage share of web browsers as of June 2008, making it the second-most popular browser in current use worldwide, after Internet Explorer.

Firefox uses the free Gecko layout engine, which implements some current web standards plus a few features which are intended to anticipate likely additions to the standards.

Firefox includes tabbed browsing, a spell checker, incremental find, live bookmarking, a download manager, and an integrated search system that uses the user's desired search engine. Functions can be added through around 2,000 add-ons created by third-party developers,the most popular of which include NoScript (script blocker), Tab Mix Plus (adds many customizable options to tabs), FoxyTunes (controls music players), Adblock Plus (ad blocker), StumbleUpon (website discovery), DownThemAll! (download functions) and Web Developer (web tools).

Firefox runs on various versions of Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and many other Unix-like operating systems. Its current stable release is version 3.0, released on June 17, 2008.Firefox's source code is free software, released under a tri-license GPL/LGPL/MPL.

MEKA

Company / developer:
  SMS Power!

MEKA is a multi-machine emulator for MS-DOS, MS-Windows and maybe GNU/Linux.

• Sega Game 1000 (SG-1000)
• Sega Computer 3000 (SC-3000)
• Sega Super Control Station (SF-7000)
• Sega Mark III (+ FM Unit)
• Sega Master System (SMS)
• Sega Game Gear (GG)
• ColecoVision (COLECO)
• Othello Multivision (OMV)

MEKA also include a powerful debugger and various debugging/hacking tools.

MEKA is the result of a several years effort from several persons.

• Omar Cornut "Bock" - Machine emulation, Graphical User Interface, tools, and other general things. I'm the main responsible for MEKA, although other people have contributed with various important work (read below).
• Hiromitsu Shioya "Hiro-shi" has been working on the original MEKA sound engine years ago. His work still shows in the main sound engine structure, YM-2413 emulation through OPL and the sound interface to the SEAL Audio library.
• Marat Fayzullin "Rst38h" wrote a Z80 CPU core for his various emulation project, and that ended being used in MEKA. I've brought fixes and improvements to the core, but the very most of work is definitively from Marat.
• Maxim has contributed work and research on the SN-76496 PSG along with an implementation that eventually replaced the initial one.
• Mitsutaka Okazaki has wrote a digital YM-2413 emulator named Emu2413, which was implemented in MEKA. You can hear this emulator by enabling FM Unit and digital emulation.
• Ulrich Cordes finally wrote a FDC-765 emulator that was used as a base to emulate the floppy disk controller of the SF-7000.

ISOBuster

Company / developer:
  Smart Projects

Rescue lost files from a bad or trashed CD or DVD or a Blu Ray disc (e.g. BD or HD DVD). Save important documents, precious pictures or video from the family, your only system backup, ... IsoBuster can do it all !

IsoBuster is a highly specialized yet easy to use optical media data recovery tool. It supports all optical disc formats and all common optical disc file-systems. Start up IsoBuster, Insert a disc, select the drive (if not selected already) and let IsoBuster mount the media. IsoBuster immediately shows you all the tracks and sessions located on the media, combined with all file-systems that are present. This way you get easy access, just like explorer, to all the files and folders per file-system. Instead of being limited to one file-system that the OS picks for you, you have access to "the complete picture". Access data from older sessions, access data that your OS (e.g. Windows) does not see or hides from you etc.

IsoBuster full feature list:

• Data recovery from all possible CD, DVD and Blu Ray (BD & HD DVD) formats :
  CD-i, VCD, SVCD, SACD, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-MRW, ... DVD-ROM, DVCD, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+MRW, DVD+R Dual Layer, DVD-R Dual Layer, DVD+RW Dual Layer, DVD+VR, DVD+VRW, DVD-VR, DVD-VRW, DVD-VM, DVD-VFR, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-R DL, BD-RE, BD-RE DL, BD-R SRM, BD-R RRM, BD-R SRM+POW, BD-R SRM-POW, BDAV, BDMV HD DVD-ROM, HD DVD-R, HD DVD-R DL, HD DVD-RW, HD DVD-RW DL, HD DVD-RAM, HD DVD-Video, ... and many more...
• All device access, media access, data gathering and interpretation is done exclusively by the software. It does not rely on Windows to provide or interpret the data and so can work completely independent from Windows' limitations.
• Better Error handling and several retry-mechanisms to aid you in getting the data anyway.
• The use of both generic and alternative ways to get to the data, get the best out of your CD/DVD-ROM drive.
• The use of primary and secondary file-systems to get to the data and/or make use of file system data that might be ignored or ‘forgotten’ by popular OS. Explore the alternatives.
• CDs stay 'readable' after problems (such as Buffer Under-run, ...)
• Read / Extraction from open sessions.
• All sessions, including older ones, are accessible and can be recovered.
• Supports mounting several virtual sessions inside a single DVD+RW or DVD-RW track
• Read and Extraction of files, CD/DVD images, tracks and sessions from all optical media.
• Scanning for lost UDF files and folders.
• Scanning for lost ISO9660 / Joliet sessions.
• Scanning for files based on their file-signature
• Scanning for IFO / BUP / VOB file-systems on VIDEO and AUDIO DVDs
• Scanning for lost, deleted and orphaned FAT files and folders
• Find lost data on CDs, DVDs, BDs or HD DVDs, created with integrated drag and drop applications, otherwise also known as packet writing software. Optimized, but not exclusive, for :
  Roxio Direct CD, Roxio Drag-to-Disc,
  Ahead / Nero InCD,
  Prassi / Veritas / Sonic DLA,
  VOB / Pinnacle Instant-Write,
  CeQuadrat Packet CD,
  NTI FileCD,
  BHA B's CLiP,
  Mircrosoft Windows XP and VISTA,
  Sony abCD, ...
• Support for Direct CD compressed files. Decompression on the fly.
• Built in UDF Reader, UDF 1.02 (e.g DVDs), UDF 1.5 (e.g. Packet writing on CD-R, DVDR, CD-RW and DVDRW), UDF 2.01, 2.50, 2.60 (e.g. BD-R SRM+POW), ...
• Find lost pictures created and saved to CD or DVD with Sony Mavica, other digital cameras or other devices with embedded UDF write functionality.
• Find lost movies created and saved to CD,DVD, BD or HD DVD, with Hitachi, other digital cameras or other devices with embedded UDF write functionality.
• Auto find extensions based on file content to try and give an appropriate name to an orphaned file. This built in file identifier assigns the proper extension to the file so that Windows applications can open the file. Only needed for orphaned files without a name.
• Support for Mount Rainier CD-RW and DVD+RW discs in MRW compatible and non-MRW compatible drives. Auto detection and automatic remapping which can be switched off or forced at all times. Built in MRW remapper / reader. (Built in Method 3 remapper)
• Support for formatted CD-RW discs mounted in very old drives that do not know the CD-RW fixed packet format yet. Auto detection and automatic remapping which can be switched of or forced at all times. Built in Method 2 remapper.
• Built in HFS Reader, supporting HFS and HFS+, the Apple Mac file systems.
• Transparent built in support for Mac Resource Fork extensions in the ISO9660 File-System
• Transparent built in support for Mac Resource Fork extensions in the UDF File-System
• Supports multiple Mac Partitions on one medium (e.g. multiple partitions on a CD or in a dmg file)
• Includes a vast range of features for Mac files support on PC (HFS, ISO9660, UDF), including Mac Binary extraction of files.
• Recover data from blanked or quick formatted DVD+RW media.
• Mpg (*.dat) Extraction and dat2mpg 'in one' from SVCD and VCD
• Ability to create managed image files (*.IBP / *.IBQ).
• Enormous file system coverage and different ways to use them all (find the one suited best for your needs). CDs and DVDs often have different file-systems pointing to the same files. This offers possibilities.
• Rock Ridge (e.g. for Commodore users, Server use, etc.)
• Full FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 support (for instance on DVD-RAM or BD-RE)
• Finds VIDEO and AUDIO IFO / BUP / VOB file-systems independently from other file-systems
• Transparent support for (open) DVD+VR(W) discs, remapping of the content etc. Open +VR discs' files can be seen and extracted right away.
• Show (and allow to extract) the Nero project file if available on the optical disc
• Support for the CD-i file-system and the different behavior from drives trying to mount a CD-i disc.
• Information and file system properties (a must for FS developers)
• CD/DVD/HD DVD/BD Surface scan to see if there are physical read errors.
• Opens checksum files (*.md5) and automatically verifies the image with the checksum file.
• Check if all files and folders are readable without having to extract all data to HD.
• Single sector extraction. Extraction of CD/DVD/BD/HD DVD blocks (e.g. for engineering purposes)
• Sector Viewer. Check a sector's content in IsoBuster's editor and print or save to HD. Engineers and computer savvy people find missing data making use of Sector View.
• Compile (and edit, save, print) lists of all files that contain physical read errors.
• Compile lists of all files, including their Logical block address (ideal to find the logical play order for mp3 CDs)
• CD-Text support from CD and various image files ( *.PXI, *.CCD, *.B5T and *.CUE image files).
• Creation of image files (*.ibp and *.ibq,*.iso, *.bin, *.tao)
• Creation of checksum files (*.md5)
• Creation of cue sheet files (*.cue)
• Conversion of all supported image files to bin/cue files.
• Handles opening of multi-file image files.
• Extraction of Audio tracks to wave files.
• Play audio analogue. Instruct the drive to play the audio through the analogue output.
• Ability to pause a number of seconds between retries to allow the drive to "recover" (useful for older drives in combination with marginally readable media)
• Creation of multi-file image files or disc spanning to specified size
• Support for bootable CDs and DVDs. Support for the El Torito standard.
  Perfect aid to slipstream Windows installation CDs
• Add, Edit, Delete files found based on their signatures.
• Show file extents. (Show the different parts of a file, when it is fragmented on disc)
• Ability to add/edit extents on custom created files (e.g. Lost and Found and Customizable file system)
• Ability to add a customizable file system (where you can add, edit files, for engineering purposes)
• Support for command line parameters
• Comprehensive help file (also available online)

IsoBuster interprets CD image files, such as:

*.DAO (Duplicator), *.TAO (Duplicator), *.ISO (Nero, BlindRead, Creator), *.BIN (CDRWin), *.IMG (CloneCD), *.CCD (CloneCD) , *.CIF (Creator), *.FCD (Uncompressed), *.NRG (Nero), *.GCD (Prassi), *.P01 (Toast), *.C2D (WinOnCD), *.CUE (CDRWin), *.CDI (DiscJuggler), *.CD (CD-i OptImage), *.GI (Prassi PrimoDVD), *.PXI (PlexTools), *.MDS (Alcohol), *.MDF (Alcohol), *.VC4 (Virtual CD), *.000 (Virtual CD), *.B5T (BlindWrite), *.B5I (BlindWrite), *.DMG (Apple Macintosh), *.IBP (IsoBuster), *.IBQ (IsoBuster), *.NCD (NTI).

IsoBuster also features Language support for over forty languages.

Norton Ghost

Company / developer:
  Symantec

Norton Ghost

Key Features

• Full system backup (disk image)—Backs up everything on a hard drive or partition.
• File and folder backup—Backs up only the specific files and folders you choose rather than saving an entire drive.
• FTP backup—Copies recovery points to a FTP site for easier offsite backup management.
• Offsite backup—backs up your files to NAS (Network-Attached Storage) devices.
• Symantec ThreatCon integration—triggers incremental backups whenever ThreatCon reaches a specified threat level. Great for computers without virus protection.
• Incremental and differential backup—Backs up only files that have changed.
• EXCLUSIVE! Google Desktop™ integration—Makes data recovery even faster with searchable backup indexes.
• LightsOut Restore—Restores your system with an on-disk software recovery environment—no bootable CD required.
• EXCLUSIVE! Remote management—Controls other Norton Ghost installations (12.0 or higher) on your local area network.
• Advanced compression and encryption—Minimizes storage space and helps keep sensitive documents safe.

SafeGuard RemovableMedia

Company / developer:
  Utimaco AG.

Seamless and transparent encryption of confidential data on all removable media to lower your business risk without impacting productivity.

GRBackPro

Company / developer:
  GRSoftware

GRBackPro
- Server Backup Software for Microsoft Windows

GRBackPro is a professional backup software designed to quickly and easily solve any backup problem.
GRBackPro supports network shares, Hard drives, CD, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, CD-RW and all removable hard drives (NO Tapes).
You can perform a full backup, an incremental (update) backup and a differential backup (based on archive attribute bit).
GRBackPro has an integrated scheduler to make your backup automatically start without your intervention.
A restore facility allows you to easily restore your files or whole backups and also quickly maintain two or more PC aligned.

Features:

• Supports network UNC names.
• Can run as Vista/2003/XP/2000/NT or ME/98/95 service process.
• Running as a service can logon to any specified account.
• Can span across multiple removable media.
• Folder backup can include or exclude files.
• Drive backup can exclude or skip folders.
• Support PKZIP 2.0 standard password protection scheme.
• Allows you to copy files or compress them into a single archive or one archive per folder.
• Recreate exactly your source directory structure so that you can easily navigate into the backup archives.
• Synchronize your backup archives with your source files / folders.
• Easy to learn and flexible user interface.
• Runs in the background and is actionable from the tray icon bar.
• All backup activities are notified into a detailed log file.
• A report dialog allows you to view, print and extract the activities.
• Program access password control.

NotePad++

Company / developer:
  Notepad++ Team

Notepad++ is a free source code editor (and Notepad replacement), which supports several programming languages, running under the MS Windows environment.

Notepad++ Portable is the handy Notepad++ text editor packaged as a portable app so you can do your development on the go. It has all the same great features of Notepad++ including support for multiple languages and an extensive plugin system, but there's nothing to install.

Features

Notepad++ Portable is a full-featured text editor with features like:

• Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding (C, C++, HTML, ASP, Java, Pascal, CSS and more)
• User Defined Syntax Highlighting
• Auto-completion
• Multi-Document
• Regular Expression Search/Replace supported
• Full Drag ‘N' Drop supported
• Zoom in and zoom out
• Multi-Language environment supported
• Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting
• Macro recording and playback

HyperOS

Company / developer:
  HyperOs Systems

The latest versions of the HyperOs flagship product range (Geek and SuperGeek) are designed to take control of your PC away from Windows and give it back to you. HyperOs is the Windows application that turns Windows into an application.

Offers complete liberation from one temperamental copy of one version of Windows. You become a master of as many copies of as many versions of Windows as you like. It is a coup d'etat in your PC.

HyperOs is also the perfect way to run and to manage 1 Windows System on your Hard Disk and another on your HyperDrive.

NERO

Company / developer:
  Nero AG

Nero

• Direct access to all features from the project launcher
  
• High Definition format support
  
• Xbox 360™ and PlayStation® 3 streaming features
  
• Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD burning support
  
• SecurDisc data protection support
  
• Copy a disc with just one click
  
• Graphics optimized for Windows Vista™
  
• Continual free updates

WinImage

Company / developer:
  Gilles Vollant Software

WinImage

WinImage is a fully-fledged disk-imaging suite for easy creation, reading and editing of many image formats and fileystems, including DMF, VHD, FAT, ISO, NTFS and Linux. The disk image is an exact copy of a physical disk (floppy, CD-ROM, hard disk, USB, VHD disk, etc.) or a partition that preserves the original structure. With WinImage in place, you can recreate the disk image on the hard drive or other media, view its content, extract image-based files, add new files and directories, change the format, and defragment the image. All this and more is delivered in one intuitive user interface that enables imaging right out of the box.

The program has many utilitarian uses at home and in the office. As a serious PC user, you probably have tons of old but still useful floppy disks. With WinImage in place, you can turn them into disk images, which can be stored on the hard drive and recreated, when a need arises. In combination with a CD creating tool, WinImage can help you create your own custom boot disk with hardware diagnostic or virus cleaning software to bring a problem PC back up and running without being in Windows. As a hard-disk backup solution, WinImage allows you to save hours and even days restoring a system and configurations on a machine that has experienced a hard-disk crash or software corruption. Along with homes and offices, this ability is a must for training classes, where restoring torn down PC configurations quickly is critical.