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- Desk Drive 1.8 (Windows)
- Desk Drive solves a really annoying problem. You pop a USB thumb drive or DVD into your computer and then you have to open Window's Explorer and find the mapped drive or folder. Desk Drive adds a desktop icon pointing to the drive automatically. Remove the media and the shortcut...
- Software downloads 2009-11-05
- Stop Software Installation Tool 3.1.1.22 (Windows)
- I do not approve of some of the programs or games that my child installs on my computer. Also I can not even control him to prevent software installation. What can I do?. How many times we heard this question from parents. Without good preventative measures, children can bring a...
- Software downloads 2009-11-05
- Spiffy 0.3.10 (Windows)
- Spiffy is a Gmail notifier which supports 2 accounts and tray alerts on new mail. It has autostart and hide functions and support for connecting through a proxy. Runs quietly in your system tray.
- Software downloads 2009-11-04
- Internet Server Monitor 10.0.13 (Windows)
- Internet Server Monitor is a network monitoring tool enabling Systems Administrators to monitor network servers, services, and applications for failures as well as recoveries enabling issue identification and resolution before users report them. Internet Server Monitor handshakes with network resources and calls specific functions enabling Internet Server Monitor to determine...
- Software downloads 2009-11-02
- Client for Google Translate 4.0.212 (Windows)
- Google Translate is the most widely used free translation service. But translating a webpage or a piece of text can still be a tiresome process: you need to visit Google Translator Web site, copypaste the text, choosing the language--too long. Client for Google Translate is a free translator which translates...
- Software downloads 2009-11-02
- Samsung Caliber (U.S. Cellular)
- We've seen plenty of Samsung touch-screen handsets come our way, but not many of them make it to U.S. Cellular, a regional carrier based in Chicago. The only one so far has been the Samsung Delve, which made it to the carrier's lineup late last year. Now another one has...
- Product reviews 2009-10-29
- Kodak 5250
- The ESP 5250 is Kodak's latest upgrade to last year's ESP 5 all-in-one AIO, which should be obvious from the almost identical design. Aside from looks, the printer does make improvements to print quality and most notably, output speed, but the printer still isn't perfect--it's missing an auto-document feeder and...
- Product reviews 2009-10-29
- EZScan2PDF 01.00.03 (Windows)
- EZScan2PDF can take documents and turn them into PDFs using a scanner with just a few clicks. EZScan2PDF starts quickly, and has low memory requirements. It sits in the System Tray, out of the way until you need it. Click the icon to 'open' a PDF. Everytime you scan a...
- Software downloads 2009-10-27
- Times exec hints at Apple tablet
- Gawker reports that Bill Keller, executive editor at the New York Times, may have outed the mythical Apple tablet. At a supposedly off-the-record meeting which someone graciously preserved on Vimeo with the entirety of Times' Web staff Keller gave us this tantalizing nugget: I'm hoping we can get the...
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- AnVir Task Manager Free 6.1.1 (Windows)
- Process and startup manager. Remove spyware and trojans, speed up Windows boot time, increase PC performance, learn more about what is going on under the hood. Monitor and manage processes, services, startup programs, internet connections, DLLs, drivers, locked files. Dynamic icons in tray for CPU, memory and disk load. Automatically...
- Software downloads 2009-10-26
- AnVir Task Manager 6.1.1 (Windows)
- AnVir Task Manager is a complete app that controls everything on computer. Get full information about processes including command line, DLLs that the program uses, inbound and outbound traffic, disk load, tray icon, performance graph, internet connections, Windows, threads, open files.
- Software downloads 2009-10-26
- Analogue Vista Clock Halloween Edition 1.19 (Windows)
- Halloween edition of Analogue Vista Clock. Analogue Vista Clock is an outstanding quality alarm clock for your desktop. This awesome clock is a desktop extension--it will stay on your desktop ignoring all mouse and keyboard input, so it won't interfere with any other application. The communication with the clock, including...
- Software downloads 2009-10-26
- Power Notes 3.44 (Windows)
- Power Notes is a desktop notes organizer, reminder, and scheduler for Windows you to create electronic stickers and display them when the time is due. The program is very easy to use and has low system requirements. The scheduler stays in the tray and does not interfere with your activities....
- Software downloads 2009-10-26
- Kodak ESP 5
- esp*5love the photos. Draft type quality print fair. Good type quality print excellent. Must be sure not to let the machine turn off on its own or manual duplexing does not work next print job. The plastic case makes the printer looks inexpensive. The front pull out...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Easy Desktop Keeper 2.7 (Windows)
- Easy Desktop Keeper gives you the ability to save, restore, manage and lock your desktop layout including files and folders located on your desktop, placement of desktop icons, desired wallpaper and screen saver. If you choose to lock your desktop layout, every time you reboot your PC, the program will...
- Software downloads 2009-10-23
- 1st Security Administrator-Pro 13.3 (Windows)
- Restrict access to Windows applications, protect PC, and password-protect boot with 1st Security Administrator. This is the best professional password-protected security utility to apply access restrictions to PC, and to protect your privacy stopping others from tampering with your desktop. Deny access to Control Panel and its applets, disable interruption...
- Software downloads 2009-10-23
- Verizon Wireless Razzle
- Though we sometimes question the outcome, we do like it when cell phone manufacturers take a different approach to designing a phone so it stands out from the rest. The Verizon Wireless Razzle is certainly one such phone, straddling the line between a messaging phone and a music phone with...
- Product reviews 2009-10-22
- Apple MacBook Fall 2009 (Core 2 Duo 2.26GHz, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD, Nvidia GeForce 9400M)
- While it's neither the less-expensive entry-level MacBook some had hoped for, nor the long-rumored touch-screen device, the new 13-inch MacBook can now escape its designation as the lone holdover system from Apple's previous generation, thanks to an upscale makeover that keeps the price stable at just under the $1,000 mark....
- Product reviews 2009-10-22
- Weather Watcher Live 6.1.12 (Windows)
- Automatically retrieve the current conditions, hourly forecast, daily forecast, detailed forecast, severe weather alerts, and weather maps for over 77,000 cities world-wide. Weather Watcher will allow you to automatically retrieve your weather data at a set interval, display the current temperature in a customized tray icon, display the current condition...
- Software downloads 2009-10-22
- RAM Saver Pro 9.12 (Windows)
- Easy-to-use RAM optimizer tool that will keep your computer running faster. It increases the operation system performance by making more memory available for your applications. RAM Saver Pro will: - defragment system memory for faster access time; - increasing the efficiency of your CPU and Motherboard caches; - recover memory...
- Software downloads 2009-10-21
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