- ScreenVirtuoso 1.91: A real virtuoso of "learning by looking" — Explaining something to somebody is really a big problem. But to explain how to use a complicated program to a user sitting on the opposite coast is even a greater problem. It would be much easier to explain everything if there were an opportunity to demonstrate an example. But, you can’t travel 300 miles away, or more, to show somebody that «All you need to save your…
- Home Brew Log 1.42. The Real DIY — DIY (stands for Do-It-Yourself) is a really big overall world trend of the last years. Doing something yourself from the scratch is not always an easy task, but the outcome is worth the efforts. Things made by hands just *have more of life in them*, compared to things you can buy in shopping centers. In the computer era, doing something by hand is really easy: programming, writing blogs and articles, designing…
- Virtual Stopwatch 3.0, Like Real, But Much Better — Many years ago, a multi-functional watch was a dream and a charming attribute of virtually any «real man». It was a relatively huge thing, which had to have a multitude of functions and displays, be elegant and reliable. In today’s computerized time, every man can have a Virtual Stopwatch, which does all the best the «real watch» has done, and a much more. I’d like to call…
- Actual Window Manager 4.5, Take More Than The Best Of Your Windows — Despite some evident drawbacks, Windows has the right concept of «Windows» (ha-ha). This concept is proven to be very effective for organizing several «primary» tasks (that you work with) alongside with many «secondary» ones (which you just observe or rarely switch to or consult with). But, the more intensively you work, the stronger you feel that Windows’ current window-organizing capabilities are far not enough for…
- PPC BidMax 4, Shovel Paper Sheets Away — PPC has gained the reputation of one of the most productive traffic boosters. Nevertheless, it goes off really well only when the campaign is thought through and well-organized. That demands more than just being registered with an ad site and having a few keywords rolling around related search queries; you must think of the right phrases to target the right audience and at the same time figure out the best bid to not waste your money…
- STAR Exam 1.2, Friendly and Playful Examiner — Presumably, the best type of teachers are those who know how to use games in their work. Of course, this doesn’t mean things like «when you are done with your homework, I will let you play football» — nothing like that. I’m talking about the cases where the entire process of studying something becomes a game, and the higher level you’ve completed successfully, the higher is the level of your…
- TCExam 5. It Tests. — Automation of students educational process and employees testing is a hot topic. The task seems to be pretty easy and useful: some users (teachers, examiners) create tests, others (students, examinees) take the tests, the process of calculation and reporting the results is also necessary… The more you’ll think about this, the more you’ll understand: a GOOD software program which aims to solve this task completely is not…
- Actual Window Guard 4.5, Brings Order To Desktop Windows — Typical today’s desktop is full of windows opened simultaneously. Unfortunately, the level of control over those windows is the Stone Age level: you can either maximize window to take the full area, or you should drag in, drag in, drag in them by hands, if you want to work with more of them one-window-at-a-time. Sad situation, but, for your today’s lack, I know the solution: Actual Window Guard. The…
- Speed Test Gold — Knowing that the nominal speed of your Internet connection is high is a great thing, but knowing that it’s high in fact is much better. The actual bandwidth of your connection can be influenced by a great many of factors — from the mode your ISP equipment is working in to your modem settings and the proximity of communication nodes. Exact knowledge of your system’s performance…
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