- 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…
- x Chat Free. Just Talk! — There are many types of how people can communicate over network. Sometimes you need a huge collaborative system; other times you bet on old remote and reliable protocols; and sometimes you need «just to talk». If you and your interlocutors are all in the same local network, if you want to communicate without any setup difficulties (like installing and setting up servers), but with a certain level of flexibility (much better…
- EnTren - Learn Through Fun. — EnTren is the ingenious foreign language trainer you’ll never get bored with. It is very easy and funny to work with, and through the game-like process all your foreign language skills will seamlessly grow to a much higher level. The most valuable thing is that many skills (like grammar understanding, working vocabulary, speech) are trained simultaneously, in complex. The other goodie is that there is no boredom in the…
- TheSage 1.4.0, Language Reference Complete — TheSage’s English Dictionary and Thesaurus (or just TheSage for short) is a good demonstration of how slick and innovative user interface can contain a full and complicated reference and still preserve the ease-of-use and strength of an information reference. At first glance, TheSage is «just» a dictionary. You enter a word, the exact meaning of which you want to know, then press Enter and obtain the…
- SMS-it! 3.6.6, Talking To Mobiles — There are two basic symbols of today’s information and communication technologies: obviously, a computer and a mobile phone. Unfortunately, they aren’t very friendly to each other: Typically you can establish connection between your own phone and computer, but connecting from a computer to a remote phone (and vice versa) is another story. Therefore, it’s like having two parallel communication worlds: computer networks versus…
- Aml Maple 1.92, Dancing In Languages — The world is completely multi-cultural now, it’s just a fact. But this fact is a pain for those who have a non-English alphabet (like Cyrillic or Greek), because they should use several keyboard layouts (native for conversations and English for URLs, technical information etc.). These people should not only switch layout every several minutes, but also they should always remember their «current» layout inside every individual application…
- RoboMatic X1 2.0, Someone To Talk To — RoboMatic X1 is your new software companion, which incorporates the modern approach to «talking artificial intelligence» and can entertain you and execute some commands and orders. The software envelope, in which RoboMatic X1 comes, is pretty beautiful and usable itself. You can enter as a guest for «just talking» or register as a frequent user and companion, so RoboMatic X1 can get used to your…
- 2cTranslator - one-click translation right in your browser — Few of us can be called natural-born linguists who fluently speak more than 2 languages. That’s exactly why millions of translators and interpreters do their jobs daily to ensure clear communications between countries, businesses, people, authors and readers, doctors and patience and other people that have a language barrier between them. Unfortunately, surfers often face situations when the information they need is published…
- Learn Chinese 2008 - learning a unique language a unique way — Chinese is undoubtedly one of the most sophisticated languages on the planet. Besides obvious phonetic difficulties, learners of Chinese inevitably face the problem of having to remember and write hundreds and thousands of unique characters. If you are learning Chinese at home and don’t have a dedicated tutor, Learn Chinese 2008 will give you everything necessary to improve your language skills — no matter…
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