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Libra: A free Delicious Library clone

PicYesterday we introduced you to MediaMan, and although we found it to be feature rich, we struggled with the webcam barcode scanner. One of our readers pointed out the existence of Libra, and we couldn't help but take it for a spin.

Frankly, if you've tried MediaMan or Delicious Library, there is nothing here you haven't seen before. The only compelling feature in this product is the price; $0. Although it seems a little uglier that its siblings, Libra does webcam scanning right. We were impressed to find that it is able to scan bacodes at any angle very quickly, making this feature practical and faster than entering it by hand (gasp!)

We recommend this program for anyone looking for a free tool to organize their books, movies, and games, but watch out for the bugs. It crashed on us four times in a half hour, but that might be Windows XP SP3's fault.

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