- Active Desktop 1.043, No More Desktop — Do you really love that boring Windows «desktop» concept? I personally don?t. Even if I could believe there were desktops in size of a stool, I still wouldn?t believe that a handful of icons are the only things I could place on my desktop. I want some more of dynamics, I want some more of information, and I want some more of beauty, after all! If you feel yourself the same way…
- EymBarcodeReader.ocx Decode Bar Code — Barcodes (the approach to encoding data in black-and-white bars) are widely used since their invention in the middle of the XXth century. They have proven themselves to be a universal and reliable mean in cases when a small amount of uniform significant data is to be associated with multiple things and then processed automatically. Though in last years the usage of barcodes has gradually yielded to distant…
- 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…
- GetByMail 2.0, Mail Rules! — E-mail is the most basic, old, common and reliable way of Internet communication (in fact, e-mail is even older than the Internet itself). There are also many situations, where e-mail is almost the ONLY way of communication available. But if I say: «Having just e-mail is enough for living!» — What would you think? I’m telling you: even when you need extremely complex operations with remote computer (upload…
- HtmlCapture ActiveX Control, Web Snapshot In A Few Lines Of Code — Taking shots (images) of web-pages is an often and highly usable programming task. There are scores of possible usages, from large web-archiving suits to small one-time testing scripts; but the general purpose snapshot tools (either PrintScreen or specialized software) aren’t very good for the task. If you want one powerful yet compact solution for the problem which can be used virtually with any programming language, take a look…
- 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…
- ACCORG Watch Dog 2.0, Measuring The Times — Watch Dog provides you with several simultaneous ways to control the time, down to milliseconds, up to days and years. Any time-related question (how many XXX does it take?) or task («wake me up at 9:00», or «remind me about boiled eggs in 3min») are solved gracefully with a few clicks here. The software looks the way you’ll always be comfortable with: just «Date Time»…
- WinSpeedUp: Precise Tune-Up of Your Computer System — Noticed your computer running slower than it did when it was just out of the box? Don’t think it’s because the hardware is getting old — most likely, the deceleration is caused by a typical misalignment of the operating system. So, why rush to buy a new computer when you can just tune up your system — say, with WinSpeedUp? This speedy, lightweight utility can access essential system…
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