Nivio.com is an online virtual desktop that promises to serve as a personal computer i.e. you can access your desktop when and where you need it (be it home or office). Nivio actually stands for ‘hardware liberation’. This virtual desktop (storage space 5GB) provides various services which include rental of software applications, access to a library of educational content etc.

You can register by just filling a form here www.nivio.com. The service is available at a discount price of Rs.199.50/month. There are security services which protect the virtual desktop from viruses, spam and malware threats.

jetAudio is a 22.1 MB integrated multimedia free software made up of a single compact rack. Along with playing various music and video files, it also has features such as CD burning, recording, and conversion to other file formats. You can create your own Internet broadcast by using JetCast, provided with jetAudio, and you can play all major file formats including WAV, MP3, MP3Pro, OGG, WMA, MPEG, AVI, WMV, MIDI, RM, and video and audio CD track.

Some of its powerful features are:

1.Audio/Video Playback.
2.Create MP3, mp3PRO files from audio CD.
3.Broadcast MP3, mp3PRO formats.
4.Audio CD Burning
5.Support for all major file formats
6.Speed control
7.Alarm & Timer
8.Equalizer

System requirements:

i)Pentium 200 MHz or faster CPU
ii)64MB RAM
iii)40MB HDD space
iv)Soundcard, speakers or headphones
v)DirectX 8 or higher version
You can download this software from here JetAudio-Basic.

Thunderbird 2 is the next generation release of the ‘Thunderbird’ email client from Mozilla. Thunderbird 2 is available for download on Windows, Mac and Linux in over 35 languages. It offers you some easy and simple ways to manage your email with advanced folder views, Mozilla Thunderbird 2 is now more powerful than ever. Now it is easy to organize, secure and customize your mail.message tags, message history navigation etc. Also thunderbird 2 includes a refreshed user interface and support for microsoft vista. Thunderbird 1.5.0.x users who wants to upgrade it now can download and install Thunderbird 2 manually.

There are some system requirments for installing thunderbird 2:

Windows : Windows XP(recommended), Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Vista.

Hardware : Pentium 250 MHz or more, 128 MB RAM or greater, 52 MB hard drive space.

Museumr is a Web 2.0 image effect generator which can set your images to the frames of the museums halls. It automatically superimpose your images on the famous paintings around the world’s museums. It’s really a cool and exciting tool to have. It allows you to upload your photos and also to frame them into any painting of a museum. Museumr is a part of one of the cool tools of Dumpr. Just a click on Museumr can get your images on world’s famous museum halls.Yes, it seems like a bit of fun. You can try it at http://www.dumpr.net/museumr.php and i am sure you will have fun.