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HTTrack Website Copier – Free Software Offline Browser …

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HTTrack is a free (GPL, libre/free software) and easy-to-use offline browser utility.

It allows you to download a World Wide Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from the server to your computer. HTTrack arranges the original site's relative link-structure. Simply open a page of the "mirrored" website in your browser, and you can browse the site from link to link, as if you were viewing it online. HTTrack can also update an existing mirrored site, and resume interrupted downloads. HTTrack is fully configurable, and has an integrated help system.

WinHTTrack is the Windows (from Windows 2000 to Windows 10 and above) release of HTTrack, and WebHTTrack the Linux/Unix/BSD release. See the download page.

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34 Free Backup Software Tools (Updated June 2017)

COMODO Backup v4.

COMODO Backup has tons of great features for a free backup program. It can backup registry files, files and folders, email accounts, particular registry entries, IM conversations, browser data, partitions, or entire disks like the system drive.

Data can be backed up to a local or external drive, CD/DVD, network folder, FTP server, or sent to someone as an email.

Various backup file types are supported like creating a CBU, ZIP, or ISO file as well as running a two-way or one-way sync, using a regular copy function, or creating a self-extracting CBU file.

Depending on the backup file type you use with COMODO Backup, you can specify if it should be spliced into smaller pieces, compressed, and/or password protected.

The scheduling options are very specific, enabling a backup to run manually, at login, once, daily, weekly, monthly, when idle, or every so many minutes. Missed jobs can even be configured to run in silent mode so as to suppress all notifications and program windows.

Restoring files with COMODO Backup is really easy because you can mount the image file as a disk and browse through the backed up files as you would in Windows Explorer, copying out anything you wish. Alternatively, you can just restore the whole backup image to the original location.

COMODO Backup also supports email notifications, file exclusions by extension type, using Volume Shadow Copy for copying locked files, disk/partition mirroring, changing CPU and network priority, and running a custom program before and/or after a backup job.

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Note:During setup, COMODO Backup tries to install another program that you must deselect if you wish for it not to be added to your computer.

COMODO Backup works with Windows 10 down to Windows XP. More

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Wrike: Best Free Project Management Software – Business News Daily

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After conducting extensive research and analysis in 2017,we recommend Wrike as the best free project management solution for 2017. We chose Wrike from a pool of the dozens of project management solutions we considered. To understand how we selected our best picks, you can find our methodology and a comprehensive list of project management solutions on our best picks page.

Wrike offers the only free project management solution on the market that allows users to create unlimited projects. Most other free versions are so limited that we felt hindered using them, but Wrike allowed us to fully explore project management without paying a dime. For small teams, startups and companies that only need the barebones of project management software, Wrike is an excellent free solution.

Ready to choose a project management solution? Here's a breakdown of our complete coverage:

Wrike's free version comes with limited features, but not so limited that it doesn't feel like true project management software. Its advantage over other free software is that users can create an unlimited number of projects. That said, access to more advanced features, including Gantt charts and subtasks, is completely restricted. For these, you have to subscribe to a paid service. Still, Wrike is one of the only services offering a free account with unlimited projects. That alone set it apart in our search for the best free software.

Wrike's free version is available for up to five users, making it suitable for small teams and startups. Larger teams or companies looking for a scalable solution will need to consider subscribing to a paid service. Still, for no cost, Wrike enables five users to work on an unlimited amount of projects. In the end, this is what distinguished Wrike from other free project management solutions we reviewed.

Editor's Note: Are you trying to choose a project management solution? If you're looking for information to help you choose the one that's right for you, use the questionnaire below to have Software Adviceprovide you with information from a variety of vendors for free:

Although Wrike's free features are quite limited, it still provides insight into how simple and intuitive a project manager it is. A clean, user-friendly interface makes navigation easy. Starting with the active user's inbox, topline navigation allows the user to easily cycle through the different pages, including active projects, dashboards, reports and an activity stream.

Similarly, adding new users and collaborators to projects is made as simple as point and click. There is also a series of keyboard shortcuts that allow users to quickly and easily create a new task, open a new tab, search, assign tasks and mark tasks as completed or active. Once users familiarize themselves with these hotkeys, navigating Wrike is even easier.

Wrike's design is user friendly and welcoming. With dark blues and light greens, as well as rounded edges, Wrike feels engaging without becoming overly professional. There's a "fun" feel to using the software; unlike some project managers that feel extremely technical, Wrike has made navigating its interface simple with a lot of point-and-click functionality and simple layouts that directly display necessary information without requiring users to search around for it.

In addition to a free version, Wrike offers several paid tiers at a per user, per month rate. Each level includes access to a free trial. Here's a look at each tier and the capabilities each one offers.

Our customer service experience was average. Our questions were answered to our satisfaction, but the first customer service representative we spoke to continuously suggested that we consider the paid version. They frequently cited the limited features of Wrike's free edition despite our firm insistence that we were only interested in the free option and had called to gain a better understanding of what it offered. Despite the sales pitch, all of our questions were answered and the pushiness was not repeated with subsequent calls.

Like some of our other best picks, Wrike maintains webinars, a blog and a "productivity tour" for users to refer to when they run into a problem or have a question about the software. These resources make it easier to figure out how to use Wrike or get even more out of the software without going to customer service or tech support. Best of all, Wrike has a built-in live chat function that allows you to contact the help center right in the software should you run into a problem.

There's also a question-and-answer portal that functions much like a search engine. Users can plug in key terms, such as "Gantt chart," and Wrike will return with a number of materials that match the query. In addition to this search engine functionality, Wrike maintains a community of users and forums on the company website. Most questions have already been asked and answered there, but if you find yourself with a unique problem, there's a good chance someone else has experienced it as well. There's also a place to share best practices with other users as you discover the best ways to leverage Wrike for your team.

Wrike's free edition is missing a lot of key features that many teams would find essential to a project management solution. The lack of Gantt charts and dashboards, as well as no ability to create subtasks, might be seen as serious drawbacks to companies that use project management software regularly.

However, for those teams that just need something quick, simple, and easy to use, Wrike will meet your needs again and again, without limit on the number of projects you can create.

For that reason, we recommend Wrike for teams that need a simple, basic level of service for free that can get them moving on multiple projects quickly. Teams with more advanced needs should consider one of the paid services on our best picks page.

Editor's Note: Are you trying to choose a project management solution? If you're looking for information to help you choose the one that's right for you, use the questionnaire below to have Software Adviceprovide you with information from a variety of vendors for free:

Adam received his Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Journalism & Media Studies at Rutgers University. He worked for a local newspaper and freelanced for several publications after graduating college. He can be reached by email, or follow him on Twitter.

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PrecisionHawk launches free software for UAV mapping – Spatial Source

PrecisionHawks new PrecisionMapper service allows UAV operators to stitch an unlimited number of photos, create maps without resolution limits and run algorithms to analyse- all for free!

PrecisionHawk, a commercial drone and data company, has opened access to its professional mapping and analytics software, PrecisionMapper, for free. By eliminating the cost barrier, operators have the flexibility to bring their own drone and consistently generate value from aerial information.

Drones have the potential to capture more high-resolution data than any other technology, but we believe that drones are being under-utilised because of the cost barriers around processing, analytics and storage, said PrecisionHawk CEO Michael Chasen. Users should be able to walk into any store, buy a drone and use that drone to generate business insights for free.

We believe that this move allows more innovation from more people, Chasen continued. PrecisionHawk has gained a lot from the advanced thinking of this community, and this is our way of giving back.

By providing this software for free, PrecisionHawk is giving operators of drones with visual cameras the capability to explore the financial value of aerial data in any industry and is encouraging further use and adoption of drone technology.

Operators can quickly and easily upload imagery collected from a drone to PrecisionMapper. Using GPS information embedded within images, the software automatically stitches together a complete map, viewable in both 2D and 3D. Free users of PrecisionMapper can create up to 60 surveys a year without resolution or export limits.

In addition, users can add ground control points and access free analysis tools for construction, agriculture, insurance, and energy including:

When professionals have the opportunity to get hands-on experience with PrecisionMapper, they will be able to better understand the power of aerial data and how it can be best incorporated into their existing businesses, said Chasen.

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‘Too much jargon hurting free software’ – The Hindu – The Hindu


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