- Anetto LanSurfer 3.0 Share, share, share! — LanSurfer is a good enough solution for the well-known «large-LAN-search» problem. The software is characterized by a fast search engine, comprehensive feature set, and easy-to-use user interface. LanSurfer offers all the features that are already a commonplace for this class of software: Views all the top-level folders shared on all network computers alongside with the public HTTP- and FTP-servers inside the LAN. Wildcard-based resource…
- Active Multimedia SFX Library — Three common types of media create digital content: text, image, and sound. They are similar as they can have various origins and various means, be used for various purposes and in various amounts. But the difference between the three types of content is the ease of production. As for text — anybody can write text, with any computer (or even without it), texts are easy to compile and rework; creating new images is harder, but with…
- GNCutter32 1.1. Let a Professional Library Do It — Some obvious tasks in the area of «practical algorithms» seem to be easy at the first glance, but as you try to complete them, you more and more tend to think you can’t do it! A good example of that is a frequent material-cutting planning task, which is completely solved by the GNCutter32 library. The library’s most outstanding feature is that it is not just…
- Country Codes 2.7, Data at Fingertips — In today’s vague times of «common» unlimited broadband Internet connection (which is not so common, really) and «modern cool» web-services it is thought that one doesn’t have to store on one’s computer information one can find on web. People with such thoughts typically don’t take into account the amount of time they waste when to find a byte of frequently-used data…
- PSpad, Code Looks Natural — Have you ever tried editing any programming code in the Windows’ standard notepad program? Wasn’t that easy and fun? I bet it was NOT. Although Notepad is light and easy to use, you can hardly recognize your even own code in it: no syntax highlighting or line numbering, and some important characters may even fail to appear. Is there a way to edit a code block without having to run those heavy development…
- PamFax 1.0, Modern Method To Deal With Fax — Sometimes it can feel «inappropriate» for digital century, but fax still matters. Typically, when you communicate with «old-school» organizations, or when your deals require high level of trust, you SHOULD send faxes. But digitization takes its place even in this area. First, there appeared fax programs to send them without a real fax machine. But PamFax is a completely new level: it does for fax messages the things Skype has…
- AS HDTEMP WIN32 DLL 2.1 — Although modern hardware is built to stay for long and average MTBF values are quite impressive, some components are still fragile if placed in harsh conditions. Hard drives are crucial components of our computers, as they hold the most important — valuable information that costs much more than the medium is stored on. If you are developing an application that intensively uses the hard drive to retrieve, write or cache data…
- HardwareID DLL - rock-solid license protection made easy — If you are a software developer working on a project that requires serious protection from unauthorized use and copying, you may want to focus on implementing a kind of protection mechanism that is really hard to hack. Despite the diversity of approaches and protection methods available on the market these days, unique system identifiers remain one of the most reliable methods of locking a software license…
- Smart HDD Stretcher - an unusual method of increasing disk space without upgrading — When you buy a new piece of hardware, it’s always good to know that you are utilizing 100% of its potential. After all, you paid for it! For instance, when you buy a new 500-gigabyte hard drive, you expect it to hold exactly 500 gigabytes and be sufficient for any conceivable purpose. In reality, however, you quickly discover that 500 gigabytes is not exactly 500 and that all the content that you download from the…
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