Adjusting the display screen brightness to the current environment has several benefits. The most important ones are a better display quality in that environment, say a dimmed screen at night to avoid to bright screens, and the positive impact a dimmed screen has on the battery of mobile devices. Most laptops come with programs that [...]

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A boss key application’s purpose is to provide the user with a button or hotkey to instantly hide some or all of the open windows and programs on execution. Primarily designed for work environments, and non-work related tasks, boss keys can also prove to be useful in other multi-user environments. Dad’s Around is a portable [...]

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Size matters, sometimes. In computing, it can be important to keep a tap on a computer system’s free storage space and computer memory usage. We have reviewed file monitoring applications in the past, like the folder monitoring app Watch 4 Folder or What Changed. Size Matters offers a different approach as it monitors files for [...]

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The guys over at Donation Coder are celebrating the new year in their own way by holding a coding challenge each year that invites regulars and first timers to pledge to the cause and create an application or game before the new year begins. The results of this year’s New Apps for a New Year [...]

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The official Donation Coder NANY 2009 challenge has been announced less than 24 hours ago and there have already been several software contributions that can be downloaded from the website. One of those is the printer management and inventory software Page Countster which can be used to get a quick over view of the printers [...]

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The guys over at Donation Coder are running a regular year’s end event that is called NANY. NANY stands for New Apps for the New Year (not Not Another New Years event). It is a coding challenge for everyone to produce a fine piece of software in December to release it before December 31. The [...]

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Many modern media players like Winamp, Windows Media Player or iTunes display cover art and other information about the music that is currently playing in their interfaces. The same is true for cell phones and hardware mp3 players that usually also come with that option. There are however a few problems related to cover art [...]

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The Form Letter Machine can be a helpful software program for users who want to automate the generation of targeted letters. It does so by offering options to configure paragraphs that are set in a distinct order (by grouping items) in the program. It is for instance possible to add different introductions, closing lines and [...]

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Most users with multi monitor systems run the computer monitors side by side. Some users on the other hand use systems where the other computer monitor is not directly viewable, e.g. one normal computer monitor next to the computer system and a media center TV in another location. Multi Monitor Manager is a lightweight portable [...]

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