RHFtech Help Desk » free http://rhftech.com/blog Tips for computer users Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:07:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://rhftech.com/blog http://rhftech.com/blog/favicon.ico RHFtech Help Desk RealPlayer much maligned, very useful http://rhftech.com/blog/2009/05/realplayer-much-maligned-very-useful/ http://rhftech.com/blog/2009/05/realplayer-much-maligned-very-useful/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 12:05:56 +0000 Richard Frisch http://rhftech.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/realplayer-much-maligned-very-useful/ image RealPlayer has a reputation for selling itself too hard and for making changes to a computer system without informed user consent. Real has reformed but the reputation continues. Apple’s iTunes, which installs QuickTime, Apple Updater, Bonjour and lots of other crapware without explicit user consent, seems immune to criticism.

The RealPlayer media player is an extremely useful tool. It has one feature that I find compelling – PerfectPlay. This feature allows you to buffer streaming audio, to pause and restart where you paused. You can set RealPlayer to cache up to 12 hours of an audio stream. When the phone rings or you need to temporarily leave the room you can pause the audio. When you return, you can restart the audio exactly where you paused.

]]> http://rhftech.com/blog/2009/05/realplayer-much-maligned-very-useful/feed/ 0 RealWorld Paint.COM is a free image editor for Windows http://rhftech.com/blog/2009/04/realworld-paintcom-is-a-free-image-editor-for-windows/ http://rhftech.com/blog/2009/04/realworld-paintcom-is-a-free-image-editor-for-windows/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:32:05 +0000 Richard Frisch http://rhftech.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/realworld-paintcom-is-a-free-image-editor-for-windows/ image Okay, the application’s name could be better, but the application is a neat drawing and image editing tool.

It works with all modern versions of Windows (2000 to 7). RealWorld Paint.COM can use most Adobe Photoshop plug-ins. And its free.

Get your copy here.

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