- Art of Japanese Crosswords — It’s a game. Moreover, it’s a Japanese game. Created not so far (1987) by the Japanese puzzle-master Tetsuya Nishio, the game, however, soaked up the ancient culture and civilization. It’s an art. The pictures are simple, the drawing is logical, not creative; but when the puzzle is solved, you suddenly see some small piece of art created by your mind and your hands from the plain and unpretentious…
- xplorer2 1.7.0.5, Classic Goodies and New Strengths — File Managers have a long history. Both their strengths and weaknesses have been strongly associated with the operating system they had been running under. In the old times, inexperienced users often thought Norton Commander *was* DOS; nowadays, they think Windows Explorer *is* Windows. The reasons for that are natural: file manager is the most frequently used utility in any OS. But, hear me, guys, Windows Explorer is not your obligatory tool…
- Crossword Express, Do You Have a Clue? — Love playing word puzzles? Solved everything you could find and ready to come up with your own brain-twisters? In this brief, you will learn how to turn the creation of word puzzles into pleasure and generate crosswords of any type, style or level of difficulty in a snap. Probably the most pleasant thing about this job is that you won’t have to twist your brain to get it done, as pretty much everything has…
- Mandala Painter, An Entertaining Art — Even the prettiest flower on earth is actually a great combination of simpler shapes (petals), symmetrically repeated around the circle. This is also true about other «tricky» masterpieces — snowflakes, shining stars, and even the most unrealistic designs capturing our eye through the glass of a kaleidoscope. Too sad — all of those exciting figures soon just pass away, and the best we can do about that…
- PolyEdit Word Processor - a powerful alternative to conventional word processing tools — If you have been growing increasingly irritated by the monstrous size and obvious excessiveness of each new version of Microsoft Word that you tried over the past few years, you have definitely wondered about the existence of efficient alternatives. If you can relate to the above, you should definitely check out PolyEdit Word Processor. The name of the software speaks for itself — it’s a versatile word processing application…
- Video Guide to Paint Shop Pro - all you need to create a masterpiece in no time — Starting with Paint Shop Pro is not easy. As intuitive as it is, it’s still a complex solution which requires months to get used to. Luckily, there are many ways to accelerate this process — books, tutorials and lessons are widely available in stores and online. However, most of them are too wordy, too general (or, on the contrary, too focused) or do not give a clear picture of the process…
- StudioLine Photo Classic: Intuitive Enhancement and Archiving — What’s the good of over-enhancing a photograph if there is no way to find it when it is most needed? On the other hand, browsing through a streamlined gallery of sloppy snapshots doesn’t do a pleasure either. How would you like to resolve both these issues with a single shot? Check out StudioLine Photo Classic. Unlike «heavy» and sophisticated image editing applications, StudioLine…
- Valgetal - tons of fun for real number-crunchers! — First released in 1985, Tetris has been cloned and modified a countless number of times. Today, it is available on virtually every gaming platform ever released in hundreds of variations and can well be called the most popular game of all times. Although Tetris is a game, entertainment is not its primary purpose. Tetris improves your reaction and teaches you to make quick decisions based on the current situation, which…
- Blocker Plains - a great version of the all-times classic — A lot of people play games and thoroughly enjoy it. Some prefer serious titles that take weeks or months to beat and some like simple and fun «time killers» that can be started and stopped at any time and that can be played during short breaks between tasks. If you are a gamer of the second type and like playing simple arcade games just for fun, check out Blocker Plains — another great incarnation…
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