It’s not very often that a software program comes along that has the ability to really do something innovative, but that is exactly what the ASCII Generator dotNET Beta 0.8.2 has that ability.

Have you ever gone online to any of the web 2.0 websites and seen some of the very interesting text art? Or better yet, have you ever been part of an online RPG where the only method of communication was through text, forcing the people inside the game to become very innovative in the way they conveyed images?

If you’re like most people that use the internet, chances are that you have indeed some across such things. Whether it is something as simple as a smiley face ‘=)’ emoticon or something far more involved, the concept we are talking about here is known as ASCII art. It is basically art that imitates real life pictures through the use of nothing more than basic ASCII symbols.

And that is exactly what the generator allows you to do. You just upload a picture into the ASCII Generator dotNET and it converts that picture into some sort of high quality ASCII art. It is a fantastic program to use and since it is open source, you can effectively get your hands on it really easy.

For more information, head on over to Jonathan Matthews’ website at http://ascgendotnet.jmsoftware.co.uk/

Looking for an alternative browsing experience or just of the same old same old browsers you’ve been using? This is worth a try, it’s no top class browser but it does the job.

Slim Browser is a multiple-site browser based on tab-page interface. It includes a fully automatic form filler which allows you to fill in, save and manage Web forms easily. It provides convenient access to major search engines on toolbar.

If you are still in doubt about whether this is worth checking out or not, check out what it can do for you:

• Multiple site browser based on tab-page interface;
• Built-in RSS News Rendering Engine. Now you can read RSS news directly inside SlimBrowser without additional RSS Reader software;
• Convenient access to major search engines by Quick-Search Bar;
• Seamless integration of most Internet Explorer toolbars;
• ScriptPad: Built-in VBScript/Jscript/HTML/Text editor;
• Seamless integration with AI RoboForm FormFiller/Password Manager;
• Built-in Popup Killer based on intelligent identification and pre-defined filtering;
• Site windows killed by mistake are FULLY RECOVERABLE;
• Site Group: Open and save a collection of sites as a group;
• Flexible control of startup actions;
• URL Alias: Type short alias instead long URL.

And so much more!

Slim Browser runs on all 32-bit windows systems, i.e.,Win95/98/ME/NT/2k/XP/2003/Vista. A few minor features may not be available under Win95.

Want to check it out? Visit http://www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser

eReminder is an interactive full-featured multi-resource calendar application. At first glance, the software looks very colorful & attractive. The color combination used in this software is truly engaging indeed. This software allows the user to do all the tasks that are connected to a calendar in any way. The tasks include planning, managing & scheduling of important dates & times. It acts as a comprehensive solution to all the tasks that require the use of a calendar. The rich graphical content of the software might give an impression that it might be bulky but it turns out to be exceptionally fast & stable to use. The features are easy to use & navigate. The instructions are lucid & descriptive in nature & even a first time user doesn’t seem to face any problem navigating the menus to perform different tasks.

eReminder also acts as a repository of important dates like birthdays, appointments, anniversaries, important meetings, holidays etc. The software user need not worry about missing any important date since eReminder keeps track of all the important dates while running in the background all the time. This frees up the user from the task of remembering too many birthdays & anniversaries. This software can also be programmed to use a predefined way of reminding the user: it can play music, launch applications, send mails & do a lot of other operations as per the user specifications. eReminder can also keep track of recurring events such as payment of bills or loan installments on time. This way, eReminder takes up a lot of worries from the user & acts as an ultimate reminder tool to keep track of all the important things in life. It also supports multiple views & helps the user to concentrate on the immediate task at hand & leave all the reminders to eReminder.

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If you wanted the means of creating your own RSS feeds from the convenience of your desktop, then this software may just do the trick for you. For the uninitiated RSS stands in common IT parlance refers really simple syndication; a means for publishing frequently published material. So in case you have a website and wish to update your some section quite frequently; RSS feeds are what you should be looking at. To make things life easier for you this elegant piece of software does most of the hard work for you. Best part is that it is an WYSIWYG tool and even if you do not know the basics of XML, you can still have your RSS feeds up and running on a regular basis.

The software installs itself like breeze and has a neat interface which has a default off light brown background. So what all you need to place to get your RSS feeds out. Not much; just place the title and link info and start typing in the workspace. The tools also allows for insertion of images in your feeds. Once you have created the RSS feed you can actually see a preview how the feed would appear with the help of the preview option. So in case you need make any changes, you need go back and make the necessary editions. Among other functionalities features like upload support via the means of a FTP transfer and seamless conversion of HTML in to RSS feeds add to its reputation.

RSS fee creator 2.4 manages to live up to expectation by allowing seamless RSS feeds to be generated from your desktop with effortless ease. It a tool many webmasters would love using quite often. Even those are running their personal blog or family sites will find great value in this product.

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There are many instances when a person forgets something he actually knew about. With the vast complexities of the machine named computer, this problem becomes all the more evident. It may happen many times that you tell to yourself “I just knew exactly how to do stuff on my computer, but have no clue to recall it now.” It becomes very frustrating. You have to start searching again for the little piece of information from the scratch. No one can actually do anything to avoid this; it is bound to happen because there only so much the human mind can remember. No one can remember anything and everything about all the software that we work with these days. It causes loss of precious time and makes the person to frustrate.

Know how is revolutionary software that helps people manage their information base. Know how enables a person to accumulate every information he needs to know about his computer and the software he uses on it in a way, so that he has to never look for it again.  So how actually does it do so? Know how stores information about exactly which applications the user is using and which window he was working on.  All this stored information makes sure that you need not look for any other information in case you forget anything. In addition to that it makes your life more organized; it also helps you share information about the applications you use with your friends. No more mistakes and thus no frustration. Everything is there on the memory of your friend, know how. Just clicking on the icons of the software retrieves all the information in the way it ought to be. The software is very useful, yet very easy to download and install. It can be used by anyone and everyone. So no more headaches now, thank to Knowhow.

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Most content and Elearning publishers are frequented with constraints of designing elegant startup screens, launch windows, autorun menus etc for their instructional material. With Visual ELearning Design Studio these issues are seamlessly resolved and a great visual interface can be designed

The software allows us easily design highly professional Front End screens for instructional content.  The software gets installs without much fuss and presents before us a neat appearance. You can choose the components you want to create from the options given in the software. So you have various options from creating Text Labels, 3D labels to video options. Even hotspot areas can be created which can then linked to specific action events. Next you also have multiple options for inserting action properties like what even you would want to occur if some clicks a button. Special multimedia effects can also be easily be inserted. To help you achieve these tasks the software comes with an action wizard that guides with most common tasks that you will normally like to achieve. Just choose option from the extensive drop down list and action property will come into place. It gives intelligent options like having an activation key which becomes a critical function if you are really looking to commercialize your offerings in the public. The software allows you save the interfaces under project names. It also effortlessly creates autoruns and installation procedures if you so desire.

Overall the software does a great deal more that what normally appears on first look. With a little guidance from the help files one can learn all the intricacies of the software and design some of the most practical ends for Elearning solutions.  Its a software that is surely going warm the hearts of content providers and make rapid strides in popularity in coming days.

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Often you may want to archive the pages of your favorite news portal over a period of time. The A1 Website Download satisfies such requirement by providing the advantage of downloading a website with many pages. The sites downloaded by the software can be stored easily in a CD or USB drive. It does the work quickly and the downloaded websites can viewed without internet connection. Even nearly all the links work seamlessly after downloading.

The download and installation hardly takes any time. The first screen has so many of options that it may appear to be a bit chaotic. But work on it will let you know that all these are quite useful enough. You can scan the website, analyze and also view it. The ‘Auto detect’ and other options helps with default content type. The crawler options will let you to deal with connection settings. You can decide the path for downloading the website. The pages can be scanned with file extensions. Links to be allowed and ignored can be mentioned that match the certain paths. The scanning status is shown above. The downloaded websites can be easily saved and viewed. The desired changes can be made through the various options in the program. The downloaded websites can be viewed fully by the ‘View website’ option. Downloading the large websites is easy and also selected things in a website can be downloaded. All the links in the downloaded website can be used for connecting to the original site.  Archives can be made in periodic sequence or in one full go. Various other options are present in the software to meet your informational archiving and access needs.

The website downloader can help you catalogue all relevant information for your future use. So if you are information junkie; this software is possibly one of the best things you can lay your hands upon.

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The Nexus Radio 2.1 is a software that would make listening to radio so much more enjoyable. The software is great in its functioning and the users would take pleasure in operating it. With its different options to play around with music it will definitely make for great listening pleasure.

The download will take at least a minute and the installation is smooth as a cakewalk. The opening screen is a mix of deep reddish brown shade colors that looks simply elegant. The screen view starts with a volume level bar at the top. Below that on the left side there are ‘Main Menu’ options listed below. The screen at the center shows the menu option’s features when selected. You can choose the station genre from the shown options according to your mood or choice. Choose the station you want to listen from the genre list. By just a click you can record the music, add to favorites and get station info. Music can be played, stopped or mute any time. It has the functions to set the recording time, select the output folder and view schedule. Remove the item that you don’t need and save the recording. Adding and editing the favorites is easy and even the genre for the station could be selected. The MP3 recordings can be named and saved to any media device. The music can be enjoyed and made interesting by visual effects with full screen option. The audio effects can be reset as to the choice and the equalizer settings can be changed. You can anytime change the general and recording settings. There are options to save history, auto reconnect, auto update and so on. The best feature is that the program can be automatically recorded even when you are not at home.

The playlists can be effortlessly stored and there are many other interesting options. The program provides you with a detailed help guide to know about its functioning. Nexus Radio makes listening to radio a blissful experience and is expected make many converts.

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Although there is a plethora of options for storing phone number and contact details, not many are actually very comprehensive and customized. The process of storing and managing these contact details is of utmost importance to any professional and individual. Advanced Phonebook comes handy in these functions. It has been developed to be used both for business and personal use. Unlike other programs in the category of its competitors advanced phonebook gives the user the advantage of strong customization. Advanced Phonebook provides the user with not just the option of storing phone numbers, faxes and addresses, but in addition it also helps organize other types of data like, e-mail addresses, AOL, ICQ, and MSN. Now is not that great!

Another great feature of the program is its ability to group contacts by pre specified categories. So the program allows the user to view contacts alphabetically as well as by the pre specified categories. These categories can be easily created and managed by the categories tab on the main menu. The software also offers the function to add certain contacts to your favorites list whose phone numbers are demanded more often than others. The flexible yet powerful search allows the user to look for data by any specific criteria. All the contacts can be easily exported to HTML and CSV files using the tools tab on the main panel. The user can create several phone books on the same software and can also make infinite number of categories. For added security the software is Password protected to restrain access to data. The phonebook allows the user to add any kind of data. The sorting feature on the toolbar allows sorting of the contact list. The most important feature is the customizable and flexible interface of the software. The software is very handy for day to day activities and is simple to use and easy to install. It is compatible with all Windows versions subsequent to Windows 2000.

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DS Clock is a digital desktop clock that displays variable date, time, and time zone information built from the format string. You will definitely appreciate the fact that the program allows you to fully customize its look and feel. You also get to synchronize your computer’s clock with Atomic Time Servers.

The latest updated version just hit the software market recently. This latest version is DS Clock 2.0 Beta 3 and it comes with these changes:

• Windows Vista support; 
• Added Help;
• Fixed bugs.

Check http://www.dualitysoft.com/dsclock/ for more info.