AdvanceMame is a free "Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator" bootable LiveCD/USB based on Linux,this fun filled arcade cd features - a frontend with animated MNG/MP3 snapshots, a rom manager, and a recompression utilities for compressed files.

360 Desktop In Action:

IsoPuzzle is a small (91 KB's!) and fast software to recover data from scratched and damaged CD's or DVD's, We have earlier discussed about recovering data from scratched disks using products like toothpaste and metal polish, IsoPuzzle comes handy when scratches can't be removed and data recovery is required.

The goal of this program is to recover as much as possible data of damaged, bad burned or scratched CDs or DVDs.

Please note as of now Audio CD, VCD and SVCD are not supported, All recovered data is stored in an "ISO" image file which can be read by mounted on various software such as "Daemon Tools", Every successfully read sector is stored in the image file (*.ISO) and will be marked "good" in the corresponding "flag" file (*.FLG).
If a read error is encountered a dummy sector will be written which will remain marked "bad". In this case a random number of sectors are skipped for faster progress.

Reaching the end of the disk a retry loop will be entered until all sectors have been read or a selectable "Give Up Time" has been reached.
After selecting the "Source" drive and the "Destination" folder the copy process can be started by pressing "Start".
The suggested filenames are taken from the DVDs volume label.
The copy process can be interrupted at any time by pressing the "Pause" button and can be continued by pressing "Start" again.
This way You can try to complete Your image file even on different machines with different CD drives - often one drive can read some sectors which are unreadable for an other one.
For using different drives You can share the image file *.ISO (together with the flag file *.FLG) on a network drive or put it on a portable disk (USB).

SparkleXP is a free and open-source utility to tweak Windows XP and improve its performance, SparkleXP helps freeing up computer resources resulting in a faster and responsive computer.

SparkleXP tweaks your XP settings in a fully automated and safe way to achieve maximum performance, this fantastic little tool creates a additional Hardware Profile and a correlative new User on your Windows XP system to get a lightweight desktop, you can choose to boot into your regular or lightweight desktop configuration at startup.

Following XP settings are tweaked on your system:

• System services
• Hardware profile
• User profile
• User policies
• Taskbar
• Program priority
• Start menu
• Desktop
• System registry

Windows XP Running Processes Before Tweaking:

AppGet is a free version control utility to keep track of software updates, third-party software vulnerability is one of the biggest security risk to your computer making your operating system prone to attacks. Appget periodically checks for updates to software's installed on your system and provide direct links to update downloads.

Lypp is offering free calls to Canada and North America till 31 October 2007, Lypp utilizes existing IM networks like Google Talk, iChat, ICQ, MSN, Jabber, AIM and Yahoo! to initialize group calls. To do so, users will send a command message to the Lypp IM bot with a command like: call [phone number, phone number, phone number]. Lypp will then call your phone and those of your friends, connecting all in a conference call.

DriveImage XML is a HDD backup and restoration software similar to Norton Ghost but FREE, the software enables you create a complete backup image of any drive or partition, You can restore later restore the image to same or another partition, you can also clone a drive to another. The program also includes an image explorer similar to Norton Ghost Image Explorer that lets you explore previously created backup images and extract individual files.

Here is the Extract from the Developer Website:
"DriveImage XML is an easy to use and reliable program for imaging and backing up partitions and logical drives.

The program allows you to:
# Backup logical drives and partitions to image files
# Browse these images, view and extract files
# Restore these images to the same or a different drive
# Copy directly from drive to drive
# Schedule automatic backups with your Task Scheduler

Image creation uses Microsoft's Volume Shadow Services (VSS), allowing you to create safe "hot images" even from drives currently in use.

Images are stored in XML files, allowing you to process them with 3rd party tools. Never again be stuck with a useless backup!

Restore images to drives without having to reboot.

DriveImage XML runs under Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista only. The program will backup, image and restore drives formatted with FAT 12, 16, 32 and NTFS."

Here is How to Video:

Microsoft released the much awaited animated desktop add-on "DreamScene" for windows vista under there "Ultimate Extras" program, With DreamScene the desktop background comes to life with videos, many high resolution desktop videos are already available and Microsoft has also tied up with StarDock to release several more desktops for DreamScene. Windows DreamScene supports .mpeg and .wmv video file formats.

The Super Gamer VL is a Live DVD based on the core of VectorLinux - a lighterweight and fast Linux OS for Intel-AMD x86 compatible systems.The main focus of the DVD is fun specially gaming. The Author - Darin started this project for his own use, Soon others got a copy and liked it very much.

The Super Gamer DVD is optimized for a gaming computer environment, with many tweaks to speed up running from the LiveDVD. Extra games were added along with some demos of proprietary games. Supergamer also comes with enough applications to be used as a primary standalone OS including apps. like : Open Office 2, Xorg, GCC, Firefox, and KDE 3.4.3.

The Games Include:

• 3D Games: America's Army, Cube, DOOM 3, Enemy Territory, Legends, Nexuiz, Privateer, Quake 4, Soldier of Fortune, UFO: Alien Invasion, UT2004, Wesnoth
• Arcade: BzFlag, Chromium, 3D Pinball, Frozen Bubble, Neverball, Neverput, Penguin Racer, Supertux, Tuxkart
• Cards: Pysol
• Trategy: Foobillards