Software Portfolio
More software developed by Michael Gardiner:
Googleoids
Googleoids crosses searching with scrabble to form one of the most addictive word games on the Internet.
Quickly poke pictures to release letters and use the letters to search for more pictures.
Scoring is based on the number of search results and the length of search phrases.
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JFirewallTest
JFirewallTest is a free Java webstart application that tests for holes or open ports in your firewall.
Unlike other solutions, JFirewallTest is a two stage testing procedure that tests all 65,536 ports very rapidly.
After testing is complete, JFirewallTest will present a page of results reporting exactly what ports are open and accessible to others on the Internet. The list includes information about common services associated with each port and an estimate of the vulnerability.
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JFileRecovery
JFileRecovery is a free Java webstart application that recovers files from damaged hard drives, CDs, DVDs and Flash media very rapidly.
JFileRecovery is based around the fact that reading data from damaged areas requires more time. JFileRecovery works by sequentially reading blocks of data from a file and skipping blocks that take a long time to read. By adjusting the block size and and time permitted to read a block (timeout), data can be read from severely damaged media. If the file is visible within the operating system, there is a very good chance that JFileRecovery can copy the file to another location.
JFileRecovery provides the ability to retry reading from damaged areas. A new block size and timeout can be specified in an attempt to obtain as much data from the damaged media as possible. You can even remove media, clean it and re-reinsert between attempts.
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JScreenFix
JScreenFix is a Java applet and Java webstart application that helps re-energise stuck pixels and remove burn-in on LCD and plasma screens by randomly switching on and off red, green and blue colour cells very rapidly.
JScreenFix works on each colour cell individually in an un-coordinated fashion which means it is less stressful on the screen's power circuitry and far less likely to cause photosensitive epilepsy than other solutions.
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