SkypeCap isn't free (unless your recording is less than two minutes) but it does a pretty good job of ensuring that your Skype calls are recorded for posterity. Note that during installation, I was presented with an unspecified error. It didn't seem to hamper the performance of SkypeCap but doesn't exactly give a good first impression of the product.

Calls recorded in SkypeCap can be saved as MP3, WMA or AAC files; and video calls as Quicktime Movies (MOV), MPEG4, MPEG, VOB, PSP MPEG4, SWF and FLV. SkypeCap only kicks in when you initiate a Skype call (you'll have to allow SkypeCap to access Skype, which you'll be prompted to do when you start a call).

The recorder is very basic. There's a small equalizer to visualize sound levels and recording automatically starts and stops when your Skype call does. When the call ends, you're presented with the length of the call and a 'Save' dialog which also allows you to convert the recording into another format. Calls up to two minutes are recorded for free but anything beyond that you'll have to purchase a registration key.

SkypeCap is an easy-to-use and fully automatic Skype recorder, ideal for those that need recordings saved in multiple formats.

Download SkypeCap 3.7 in Softonic

Profile Picture Genius is a free application to cutting and resizing pictures which you can then take as a custom profile avatar. These avatars can be published to any website or use in your favorite instant messenger, such as MySpace, MSN, Skype, Flickr, YouTube, Blogger, phpBB forums, vBulletin forums and many others.

Though you can already crop and resize images with any simple graphic editor, Profile Picture Genius makes it even easier as it already includes presets for the most common avatar sizes allowed in all those sites and apps, so that you don't need to be constantly counting pixels.

Download Profile Picture Genius 1.0 in Softonic