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They're Alive! by Optimus Software

Select a word or a phrase on any web page that you're reading and use that word / phrase to navigate further - find the dictionary definition, search for it on Google, look it up in references, etc. Just select any text on a web-page and a menu will pop-up unobtrusively. Select any of the options on the menu and a new IE window will open up with the result of the option selected as applied to the selected text.

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VueMinder Calendar Lite by VueSoft

VueMinder Calendar Lite is a FREE calendar and reminder program for Windows. It displays multiple calendars simultaneously in layers. These can be viewed and printed by day, week, or month. It provides many reminder options, including popup reminders and desktop alerts. It supports iCalendar Subscriptions and Google Calendar sync. It also integrates a calendar into your Windows desktop, so you'll always be able to see your upcoming events.

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DPAN by Executive Software

The Disk Performance Analyser for Networks is a stand-alone utility that detects and reports fragmentation-related performance loss on networked systems. It provides this never before available, easy to use functionality all from a single location. After installing and launching the utility, you are presented with a list of computers on your domain(s) available for analysis.

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SecExMail Home by Bytefusion Ltd.

Email secutiry software SecExMail makes e-mail encryption as easy as sending a message. There are no plugins necessary and it will work with any standard email client including Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Calypso, Eudora and many more. Now includes automatic key exchange and powerful html filtering to protect from malicious email. Personal Edition, including support can be purchased for $4.95 using PayPal or Credit Card. Commercial and Linux versions available.

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Easy File Backup by FileBackupSoftware.com

Easy File Backup is an easy to use file and folder backup utility. This simple freeware file backup software program runs unobtrusively in the system tray and will allow you to back up your data at a specified interval, and/or on a routinely basis.

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Call Alert! by Pingram Marketing

Call Alert! enables your PC to recognize the caller without the need to answer by announcing Caller ID information with voice, alerting you immediately when a new call arrives. With Call Alert!, you can block telemarketers (or any other unwelcome callers) easily: simply select whole or any part of a telephone number, and add it to the "black list". Call Alert! will recognize such callers, and disconnect them automatically after just one ring.

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Disk Performance Analyzer for Networks. by Executive Software

The Disk Performance Analyzer for Networks is a stand-alone utility that detects and reports fragmentation-related performance loss on networked systems. The Performance Analyzer provided never before available single-point analysis of systems requiring defragmentation attention to achieve optimal performance. With Disk Performance Analyzer for Networks you can zero in on the machines that need attention and handle them.

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Internet Owl by Peter Nicholson

Internet Owl watches websites, and tells you when they have changed. When a change is detected, Internet Owl can inform you in a number of ways, like: Sending you an email, Popping up a window, or Playing a sound of your choice

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SoundBreak by The Lost Continent of

SoundBreak helps remind you to take those little stretch and relax breaks that have been shown to help prevent the effects of Repetitive use injuries. It reminds you by unobtrusively playing random sound files of your choice - I use sound bites from old movies. I used a similar utility for a while that someone else had written, but found it very frustrating to be *forced* to take a 30 second break in the middle of a thought.

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LocatePC by Iconico

If you're concerned about protecting your PC then take a look at our new free software LocatePC. When the worst happens to your computer and it is stolen then usually there's no way to track where it is. That's where LocatePC comes in. LocatePC unobtrusively sends you a secret email message from your computer containing vital information that can help you and law enforcement track a stolen computer, and eventually return it to you.

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