- Battle screen saver 1.6. Let Them Die!!! — One of the coolest features about the old science fiction movies was space battle. Those naive but grandiose battlefields, thousands of different spaceships, huge asteroid-like battle-cruisers and small nimble fighters, explosion flashes and laser traces… Yes, those battles sometimes do return in the modern movies (for ex., the «new» Star Wars trilogy is quite a good one), but still they were born in 1980’s, with Star Trek and the…
- Cutter 1.42. Let Your Computer Compute — Back in the sixties, there were many scientists and journalists (both pessimistic and optimistic ones) supposing computers in near future would do artistic work. They still don’t, so, in today’s world there is a widespread pragmatic sight: computer certainly can’t do the art, but a human artist with a computer can sometimes do outstanding things, primarily because a computer would automate all the repetitive and…
- OscilloMeter 5.57. Computer As Tool — Many years have passed since computers were invented as tools for scientific research and engineering tasks. The lucky invention has been widely accepted; it has changed our world and the course of progress completely. Now computers play the role of rather an «everyday tech», «personal communicator» or «stationery» than a serious engineering tool. Sometimes, we don’t even remember that…
- FLV Downloader 1.01, See It On Your Own Computer — Suddenly, flash video became the heart of modern Internet. Rare blogs or commercial sites can live without those rectangle with «play» and «pause» buttons. YouTube and sites like it are incredibly popular, the thing nobody could imagine two years ago. The only problem with a Flash video in the Internet is the Internet itself: that means, if you want to see again the movie you saw last week, you should have the page…
- Evidence Killer 2005, Own Your Own Computer — As a computer user, you have certain assets that you normally want control in full. The assets include not only your data (although it is your main asset), but also the resources like disk space, CPU time, and so on; your time is also a valuable resource, and it can be «stolen» by unwanted messages and poor computer performance. So, if you need a full suite for controlling not only the safety of your data…
- Clock Screen Saver — Although screensavers are mostly used for decorative and entertainment purposes these days, there are some of them that can really help you do your work better and faster. If you are tired of looking at the same old screensaver all day long, make it work for you and do something useful — for instance, show current time on your screen during idle times. If that is something that you would like to do, check out Clock Screen…
- IronHero – command a tank platoon on the screen of your computer — If you always wanted to take a ride in a mighty Abrams across a hot desert, but your life went the other way and you are driving a Volvo, computer games may be a good chance to make your dream come true. If you are not familiar with any serious tank simulators and would like to start playing right away, try IronHero — a simple, yet amazingly exciting title that will place you into a humming gut of a combat…
- Fairy Christmas Day 3D Screensaver 1.0, Saving Screen, Saving Mood — Screen-savers became popular in the good old days when they addressed an important, even vital, problem of — you’ll laugh! — saving the screen. In those sad old days, CRT screens had to change their picture frequently enough to prevent pixel burnout. Those sad times are long gone, and nowadays screensavers are just an entertainment: when you aren’t using your computer, why should it look like a boring workplace…
- Antispam Scanner, Get Rid of It Before It Gets to Your Computer — Getting rid of SPAM messages by hand often becomes a job of its own, which takes an essential amount of our productive time. Using the automatic SPAM removal tools, on the other hand, kills a great deal of valid e-mail messages, which hurts the business not less than the waste of time. Where’s the golden mean between quickly getting rid of unsolicited e-mail and keeping valid messages? Antispam Scanner might be just what…
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