Lifehacker– best free downloads of the week

I’m not ashamed to say that Lifehacker.com is one of the best sources for free apps on the internet. Here is their top downloads post for this week.

This Week’s Top Downloads [Download Roundup]

• Quick Media Converter Converts Audio or Video to Any Format (Windows)
  “Free application Quick Media Converter converts virtually any audio or video file from one format to another.”
• Songbird Hits Beta with Better Interface, Smart Playlists (All platforms)
  “Songbird,
  the cross-platform, open-source music manager long in development, has
  reached its first beta release, 0.7, code-named ‘Fugazi.'”
• D-Color Customizes Your Desktop Icons (Windows)
  “Free
  Windows utility D-Color customizes your Windows desktop icons, allowing
  you to switch your icon’s text color, background color, and icon layout
  styles.”
• LastPass Saves and Syncs Passwords Between All Your Browsers (Firefox and Internet Explorer)
  “Firefox extension and Internet Explorer add-on LastPass is a secure password manager for all your web passwords.”
• Pwnage Tool 2.0.3 Jailbreaks iPhone 2.0.2 Software (Mac)
  “The free iPhone jailbreak application PwnageTool has updated to support the latest and greatest 2.0.2 iPhone software update.”
• BurnAware Free Burns CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray (Windows)
  “BurnAware Free burns data, audio, and video CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs.”
• Ubiquity Prototype Offers a Natural Language Web Command Line (Firefox)
  “Mozilla
  Labs unveils the first prototype of a natural language web service
  connector called Ubiquity, a Firefox extension that adds a command
  panel to any web page.”
• SpeedRead Increases Your Reading Pace, Retention (Windows)
  “Free
  application SpeedRead is designed to improve your reading speed and
  retention by quickly flashing a few words at a time on your screen in
  quick succession.”
• Lockdown Is an Alarm and Security Camera for Your Laptop (Mac)
  “Free application Lockdown is a security alarm for your Mac laptop, complete with remote arming and a security camera.”
• Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2’s (Familiar) New Features (Windows)
  “The
  new beta includes features that make it look like a viable choice of
  modern browser, like a smart address bar (sound familiar?), tab
  grouping, private browsing, find in-page, suggested sites related to
  the current page, and more.”
• Startup Delayer Staggers Your Startup Apps for Smoother Loading (Windows)
  “Free application Startup Delayer staggers the applications that launch when you log in to Windows by user-defined increments.”