Nero is the name which comes to mind when we think of CD/DVD burning. Mostly Nero comes bundled with out CD/DVD drives but the latest version of Nero is also resource intensive. There are other free alternatives which can perform as well as Nero and also consume less resource and space. Here are the 10 applications which you can use to burn CD/DVD/Blu Ray discs.
1) ImgBurn

ImgBurn is one of the best replacements for Nero available. It is lightweight and can burn a wide range of image formats like Bin, Cue, …

Porta is a free software that allows you to create image galleries from your digital photos. If you have some digital photos that you want to share, it can be a nice idea to share them in the form of a photo gallery. With Porta, you can easily create photo galleries with just a few clicks.

Google has Google Gears which lets you access your Gmail account offline. However, if you are a fan of Adobe Air, then you will like Geemail, an application that lets you access Gmail on your desktop and also offline.

If you want to share files with a friend or someone, you probably do i through Instant Messengers or P2P. It would be better if you could just post your files on a web server and all your friends can download the files from there. HFS is a HTTP File Server that allows you to turn your computer into a web server and all the files that you want to share are available on a download page. The setup is very easy and you don’t have to be a techie …

Comparer is a free tool that allows you to compare the properties of the two files side by side. It uses Total Commander’s WDX plugins to display the properties of the two files side by side.

We have talked about several free utilities that allows you to recover deleted files from hard disks and other media. DiskDigger is another free utility for recovering deleted or formatted files from any storage media including hard disks, USB disks, memory cards. The type of files it recovers includes photos, videos, documents, music etc.

Iconoid is a free application using which you can control the arrangement and appearance of your desktop appearance. You can change the color of the icon text and background and make them transparent so that they can blend with the background picture. You can even hide/unhide icons dynamically.

Clickster is a MP3 search engine which enables you to listen and download mp3 files from the Internet. All you have to do is type the name of the track or artist and it will search the internet or streams to find the files that match your keyword. It even lets you rip songs from Myspace profiles and Internet Streams. Clickster claims that there way of downloading mp3s is perfectly legal, but i am not going pass my judgment on this. If you want to use the software, do so …

MDB Viewer Plus is a freeware which allows you to view and edit the contents of the MDB files without the need of having Microsoft Access installed. It even does not require an install provided that Microsoft Data Access Components is installed on the computer.

The default search provided by Windows XP and Vista are not up to the standard that we would like. neoSearch is a Desktop search tool which using which you can search for your files instantly on the computer. Unlike other similar software’s, its indexing is very fast and it doesn’t slow down the system.