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Skinny Clock 1.0 Build 2

DoubleEagle — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:05:43 +0000

submitted by DoubleEagle 2 days, 10 hours ago

Skinny Clock is a freeware utility helping you to show the date and time in a way you like. One way to watch the time is a clock window, whose look can be adjusted via a skin. There are several pre-made skins available within installation, or you can even design your own skins. The clock window supports alpha transparency at the window and skin levels, as well as input transparency. The second way to watch the time is to override the taskbar clock to show the time using format and font of your choice.... more

lastest changes

Non-32 bit png images are accepted as well now
Improved UI font

Desk Drive 1.7

bchick — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:04:44 +0000

submitted by bchick 2 days, 10 hours ago

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 goes away. Brilliantly simple and effective. Desk Drive sits quietly in the system tray. Configuration (image at right) is just a click away and allows you to specify which types of media to monitor. So simple, it just works. Download it today.... more

lastest changes

Shows size and free space of removable devices (i.e. USB sticks) in shortcut label
Russian translation added
Polish translation added
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EarthView 3.10.1

Alligator — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:03:39 +0000

submitted by Alligator 5 days, 8 hours ago

EarthView is a dynamic desktop wallpaper and screen saver, which displays beautiful views of the earth with daylight and night shadows. It produces high quality images for every screen resolution - even beyond 1600x1200. The program supports map and globe views, urban areas, city lights, geo-political boundaries and much more. Many options allow total customization of all view parameters.... more

lastest changes

Fix: application crash due to time zone corrections for 2009

Fresh UI 8.22

macyzhu — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:02:25 +0000

submitted by macyzhu 5 days, 9 hours ago

Fresh UI is the fresh solution for configuring and optimizing Windows. Loaded with hundreds of useful hidden settings, this software covers the customizing and optimizing technique that you'll be glad to know: Customizing Windows User Interface, Optimizing system settings, Optimizing hardware settings, Customizing Windows application settings, and Control user environment with policies.... more

SimplyMEPIS Linux 8.0 RC 1

gnuclear — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:01:52 +0000

submitted by gnuclear 1 week, 2 days ago

ProMEPIS Linux is a Linux OS based on Ubuntu that can be run from your CD drive without installation. Where it shines is its easy, 100% "point and click" installation, and automatic detection of not only "normal" computer hardware but also popular webcams, the latest wireless network cards, "Winmodems" that usually work only with Windows, digital cameras, scanners, and other devices. The difference between SimplyMEPIS and ProMEPIS is that SimplyMEPIS will continue to be a freely available desktop MEPIS bootable CD and ProMEPIS will designate an upcoming multi-CD packaged version of MEPIS.... more

StickIt 3.0.6

MGSolid — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:07:54 +0000

submitted by MGSolid 1 week, 2 days ago

StickIt is a Windows desktop sticky note application. Create notes and place them anywhere on your desktop. The notes will stay where you left them until you close them - they will even reappear after rebooting your computer. The notes can customized by you. You can select from a wide range of text colors and background colors for your notes.... more

lastest changes

ADDED: CTRL+Enter can now be pressed at the StickIt Note Editor window to create/send a note
FIXED: "&" now properly displayed when used in note text
FIXED: StickIt tray icon was not reloading after Windows Explorer crashed

HashTab 2.1.1

Akimoto — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:02:17 +0000

submitted by Akimoto 2 weeks, 1 day ago

HashTab is a Windows shell extension which adds a tab called "File Hashes" to the Windows Explorer file properties. The tab contains the MD5, SHA1 and CRC-32 file hashes. These are common hashes that are used to verify the integrity and authenticity of files.... more

lastest changes

Added drag and drop support for comparing files. Once the hash has completed, files can be dragged onto the HashTab. The dropped file will be hashed using the selected hash algorithm and the result is put in the text box and compared. This will make has
Updated translations for German, Japanese, Italian, French, Ukrainian, Spanish, Finnish and Chinese
Fixed hash settings listbox layout
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System Mechanic Professional 8.5.2.4

beta — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:03:48 +0000

submitted by beta 2 weeks, 1 day ago

System Mechanic is a nice set of tools that will help you with regular maintenance of your system. Tools include disk clean up, fix broken shortcuts, remove duplicate files, securely delete files, clean registry, safe installer, remove invalid installed info, startup manager, Internet privacy (deletes temporary Internet files and history), and Internet speed up which tweaks your registry settings for you so you get faster connection speeds.... more

Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha 2

macyzhu — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:01:55 +0000

submitted by macyzhu 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Ubuntu is a Linux distribution that starts with the breadth of Debian and adds regular releases (every six months), a clear focus on the user and usability (it should "Just Work", TM) and a commitment to security updates with 18 months of support for every release. Ubuntu ships with the latest Gnome release as well as a selection of server and desktop software that makes for a comfortable desktop experience off a single installation CD.... more

openSUSE 11.1

macyzhu — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:03:13 +0000

submitted by macyzhu 2 weeks, 6 days ago

openSUSE provides everything today's Linux user needs for home computing and computing-on-the-go. This product includes a Linux operating system plus dozens of essential integrated tools that showcase the latest that open source has to offer.... more

Talisman Desktop 3.0 Build 3006

Akimoto — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:02:55 +0000

submitted by Akimoto 3 weeks ago

Talisman is a replacement for Windows Desktop and shell replacement. You can build any interface for your computer. It hides the standard desktop of Windows. Place any number of icons, buttons, pictures or other objects. These objects can have any form or dimensions. All objects can run external programs or internal shell commands. The number of forms (desktops) is not limited. Any screen object can be set to switch from one desktop to another. All settings and pictures are stored in a theme file. You can even make many themes and use objects with links to go from one theme to another. You can add HTML-pages and Flash movies to the desktop and add sounds todifferent events. It supports Windows XP icons of any sizes from 16x16 to 128x128 pixels. It is posible to create different "zoomer" objects from such icons and to place the icons of different sizes on desktop.... more

VirtualBox 2.1.0

asmith — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:11:17 +0000

submitted by asmith 3 weeks ago

VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software.... more

AcceleRun 2.0

gnuclear — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:07:49 +0000

submitted by gnuclear 3 weeks, 1 day ago

AcceleRun will run any of hundred installed programs during 2 seconds. Will save your nerves and health, without additional mouse clicks. Forget about long menus - you do not need to remember complex combinations of keys. All that is needed is to know some letters which are part of the name of the program, web site, document or folder.... more

Dexpot 1.4.1 Build 562

Akimoto — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:04:54 +0000

submitted by Akimoto 3 weeks, 2 days ago

Dexpot optimizes the window managment of your PC, eleminates the problem of the disorder on your desktop and has many more functions. Extend your Desktop to a multiple: Dexpot makes working with your system substantially faster and more comfortable. All functions use a unified graphical interface which is very easy to operate. Freeware for private users.... more

SLAX 6.0.9

Akimoto — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:01:53 +0000

submitted by Akimoto 3 weeks, 5 days ago

SLAX is a small bootable CD containing the Linux operating system. It runs Linux directly from the CD (or USB) without installing. The Live CD is based on the Slackware Linux distribution and uses Unification File System, allowing read-only filesystem to behave as a writable one, saving all changes to memory.... more

Winstep Xtreme 8.11

DoubleEagle — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:06:35 +0000

submitted by DoubleEagle on 10-12-2008

Winstep Xtreme is a complete integrated Desktop Environment featuring the next generation of award winning Winstep user interface enhancements: NextSTART and WorkShelf. While most Windows customization software focuses on eye candy, Winstep applications raise the usability bar to another level: they give added functionality to Windows and complete control over every aspect of the user interface. NextSTART is a complete Start Menu, Taskbar and System Tray replacement, famous for its unmatched flexibility. WorkShelf is a desktop replacement and tabbed program launcher. Like a dock, but better. It enables you to organize your most often used applications and documents into categorized shelves while taking as little screen space as possible.... more

Gadwin PrintScreen 4.4

Arthas — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:05:01 +0000

submitted by Arthas on 09-12-2008

Gadwin PrintScreen captures the contents of the screen with a single keystroke. The captured screen can then be sent toÂ the printer or saved to disk as a file in 6 different graphics file formats. It can capture the entire screen, active window, or specified area when the hot key is pressed. The hot key defaults to the PrintScreen key, but users may also define other keys to initiate a capture. Also allows you to e-mail the captured images to recipients of your choice.... more

Vista Start Menu 3.02

Alligator — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:05:05 +0000

submitted by Alligator on 09-12-2008

Vista Start Menu is a convenient alternative to the Start menu. It is much easier to find and run the program you need. Everything is visual and extremely easy to use. Your applications are arranged in a table with icons divided into groups, which makes it easier to work with a lot of programs.... more

lastest changes

Fixed bug with icon size in Main Menu

Actual Window Manager 5.2

Akimoto — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:05:03 +0000

submitted by Akimoto on 08-12-2008

Actual Window Manager is 4 tools in 1. You can add new Minimize To Tray and Stay On Top buttons to any window's title bar near standard Minimize/Restore/Close, add transparency effect to any window such as Taskbar, WinAmp, Menus, Instant Messenger, minimize any window to tray or to any edge of the desktop, automatically close annoying windows, maximize certain windows or minimize them on startup, and much more.... more

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TimeRecorder 4.39.14

Alligator — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:02:38 +0000

submitted by Alligator on 08-12-2008

TimeRecorder is a timer and reminder software. It can remind you of things at scheduled times, record and keep track of how long you engaged in an activity along with what you did. It can also save what you write or copy it to the memo.... more

Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 2

Alligator — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:06:11 +0000

submitted by Alligator on 05-12-2008

Windows Vista introduces a breakthrough user experience and is designed to help you feel confident in your ability to view, find, and organize information and to control your computing experience. The visual sophistication of Windows Vista helps streamline your computing experience by refining common window elements so you can better focus on the content on the screen rather than on how to access it. The desktop experience is more informative, intuitive, and helpful. And new tools bring better clarity to the information on your computer, so you can see what your files contain without opening them, find applications and files instantly, navigate efficiently among open windows, and use wizards and dialog boxes more confidently.... more

lastest changes

Update to Windows Vista that addresses feedback from customers

Screen Saver Construction Set 2.0a Build 43

beta — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:03:22 +0000

submitted by beta on 25-11-2008

Screen Saver Construction Set is a platform to build distributable multimedia Windows screen savers. Fast, flexible and easy to use, it will let you assemble screen savers of your own design out of pictures, animations, text and sounds. It will import graphics from most popular formats, including JPG, PCX, TGA, BMP and PNG, and sounds from WAV and MIDI files.... more

lastest changes

Fixes several Vista problems, including a particularly nettlesome one in the Paint function
Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues

VMware Player 2.5.1.126130

beta — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:01:20 +0000

submitted by beta on 24-11-2008

VMware Player is free software that enables PC users to easily run any virtual machine on a Windows or Linux PC. VMware Player runs virtual machines created by VMware Workstation, GSX Server or ESX Server and also supports Microsoft virtual machines and Symantec LiveState Recovery disk formats. VMware Player is ideal for safely evaluating pre-built application environments, beta software, or other software distributed in virtual machines. With VMware Player, anyone can easily experience the benefits of preconfigured products rapidly without any installation or configuration hassles.... more

lastest changes

Japanese localization â€” A localized version of VMware Player is now available in Japanese for Windows hosts
Smart card support for Linux guests â€” Smart cards are now experimentally supported with Linux guests
Unity mode on Linux guests â€” Although support for Unity mode on Linux guests is still experimental, repainting of application windows is much improved
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Chronos Clock 3.08.12

Alligator — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:11:12 +0000

submitted by Alligator on 24-11-2008

Chronos Clock provides a floating desktop clock providing a variety of functions to enhance your Desktop.... more

lastest changes

Fixed clock double digit year display
Altered behaviour of SAPI time announcements. The built in pause between the pre-date/pre-time segment and the date/time has been removed
Revised time zone data file

Aston2 Menu 1.3.1

gnuclear — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:04:40 +0000

submitted by gnuclear on 20-11-2008

Aston2 Menu opens the new line of Aston2 products. It completely replaces regular start menu and can be customized and filled with different widgets. Aston2 Menu is skinnable, supports animation, has flexible configuration and is very convenient.... more

lastest changes

Fixed bug which caused Aston2 crash after the trial expiration
Several minor bug fixes and improvement