- Amazing Mahjongg 3D 1.2.6, Ancient Breath in the Modern Skin — The original Chinese Mahjongg game is thousands of years older than the chess. Its origins are attributed to the famous philosopher, Confucius, who traveled through China provinces near 500s BC, populating his doctrines, sights, and the game. He called the new game «Mahjongg» (hemp bird) simply because he loved birds. The traditional Mahjongg is very widely spread in its homeland. The game even appears to be a part…
- StarSkin, Get Their Best from Themes — Windows Themes, introduced by Windows XP, are really a cool thing. The bound of interface changeability was nearly completely broken. Nearly: StarSkin does one more step to the boundless interface theming. First of all, it allows changing appearance — of either the entire Windows or of individual elements — more comfortably, then Windows itself does. One or two clicks — and your environment is altered…
- Clever Internet Suite 6.0. Paradise for VCL Network Programmer — Every professional Windows programmer knows the eternal dilemma: which library is to be used for the advanced networking? There is a number of OS-based APIs for different network tasks, but they are well-known for their uncoordinated and incomplete set. There are numerous third-party libraries, but you can hardly find a fully-functional and comprehensive one. Moreover, if you are VCL programmer, and your tool is Delphi or C++ Builder, your…
- Constable Authorization Engine 2.0. Policies Above All — Constable Authorization Engine (CAZE) is a class library for .NET Framework, which does all about authorization policies in all of their aspects. In fact, CAZE is much more than just «some classes in the library», as it makes you think all your design thoroughly, from the roles and actions point of view. There is also a handy visual policy designer, which helps you look at policies «in general», without…
- XP Tools 7.76, Rule Over Your Windows! — When you’re trying to enchance and control your Windows, you have many options and utilities. The two most common extremes are «one utility for each single function» and «a suite for all service tasks». XP Tools software follows the second approach, and I should say it does the best in the logical organization and effective control. Let’s take a short guide through XP Tools and its usage patterns. The program…
- Mines XP — There are games that were once created to stay for long. They do not demonstrate mind-numbing graphics, feature amazing soundtracks and cutting-edge in-game technologies that modern entertainment titles have to offer. On the contrary, they are simple, compact, have a rather straightforward «storyline» and are primarily intended for testing your skills and entertaining you during short breaks in your mundane activities. These are casual games, which have…
- Managed Extensions for VCL - a great solution of the Delphi Win32/.NET communication problem — Anyone familiar with software development knows how different the .NET framework is compared with older development platforms. The problem of framework interoperability has been vexing many developers who wanted to use .NET components in their Delphi and C++ applications. Finally, there is a solution for the problem. Managed Extensions for VCL enables you to interact with any .NET languages (C#, Visual Basic.Net, JScript.Net, Delphi .Net and others) from your…
- RuleLab Business Rules Engine – a solid foundation of a serious business solution — Working in dynamic business environments means one thing — you always have to be ready to accept new rules of the market and stick by them. Timely response to your customers’ needs and quick reconfiguration of your services is crucial in highly competitive markets where every hour matters. If you manage an online solution with complex business logic, you should always be ready to react to needs and change…
- AlphaXP - all you need to have full control over transparency in Windows XP — Transparency is one of the coolest features that Windows Vista can boast. It creates the eye-candy effect that so many users expect to see in a next-gen OS, but, unfortunately, does not have much practical value. Although you can see through window elements, the underlying objects are blurred and the content of the window is not transparent at all — so, for instance, you cannot fill out a form by simply looking…
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