How and why, you might ask, does
Comodo offer such a worthwhile product for
free? In a forum posting on the company Web
site, the CEO expresses his intention of offering
Comodo Firewall Pro for free as a means
to build corporate brand identity and raise
customer awareness. It’s a smart strategy, and
I have a feeling Comodo Firewall Pro will be
around for a long time. Comodo Firewall Pro
runs on Vista and XP, both 32-bit and 64-bit
versions.
CamStudio
In “8 More Absolutely Cool, Totally Free
Utilities,” you’ll find a sidebar for a utility
called Wink—a good tool for building
screencast recordings. Screencasts are digital
recordings of computer-display output,
often overlaid with audio or video. These
types of tools are becoming increasingly
popular as training and demonstration
utilities. After you produce a screencast, an
audience of thousands can watch it immediately.
Since mentioning Wink in that
article, I’ve discovered CamStudio, another
strong contender in this space.
CamStudio is a solid utility for recording
screencasts, interleaving audio and video
simultaneously, then producing final content
in Web-friendly Flash files for easy,
cross-platform consumption. Having paid
for commercial versions of such applications
in the past, I’m quite impressed with Cam-
Studio and look forward to it being a strong
contender in this space.
Can’t Beat the Price
Commercial versions of all the utilities in
this article would probably cost more than
$500. Save that money and download these
free and open-source counterparts, which
perform just as well. Stay tuned for the fourth
installment of this series, in which I’ll share
more free software gems to make your job
easier.