Freebie Friday 10/14: Partition Helper, Keyfinder Locator -- Redmondmag.com

Freebie Friday 10/14: Partition Helper, Keyfinder Locator

By Chris Paoli
10/14/2011

Welcome to another edition of Freebie Friday, the Redmondmag.com feature highlighting some of the best products for PCs (from software to ebooks) that won't cost you a cent. After checking out this week's batch, send us your suggestions for products that should be included to future editions at [email protected].

MiniTool Partition Wizard - This all-in-one utility allows you to manage, move, delete and combined partitioned hard drives. While this could be done within Windows Explorer, this gives a multitude of additional options and allows for maintenance in a single window.
Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit, by Boryana Miloshevska (ebook)- Offers 22 chapters of in-depth how-to to get you creating Windows Phone 7 apps in a short time. While offering step-by-step advise, it also provides full source code.
The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder - Stupid name, great software. This program lets you locate lost keys for a large list of Microsoft and non-Microsoft products. This is perfect for those who are reformatting and don't have the original documentation handy.
Fun Freebie: Microsoft Image Composition Editor - This offering comes from Microsoft Research and it allows you to stitch photos and images from videos together to create a panoramic shot. You can even update it to the Web to create 3D shots.

About the Author

Chris Paoli (@ChrisPaoli5) is the associate editor for Converge360.

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