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JayIsGames.com 2007 Competition Entries Announced

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I can't quite tell if Jay is announcing a couple of entries each day or what, but there are some entries posted that you can play, from there 2007 flash game competition, and they sure look fun!

I'm especially interested in trying Gateway 2, since I really liked the first one.

http://jayisgames.com/tag/cgdc2


TaskMonifier -- Notifies you when some processes finish working

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I've just released TaskMonifier -- a simple (FREE!) application that will monitor the processor, network or disk usage and notify you when this drops below a specified level.   

http://taskmonifier.ideasasylum.com/

It is ideal for detecting when a huge download has finished, when your hard disk image has been created or when those photos have been imported.  I wrote this utility as part of my PhD to inform me when my calculations had finished.  Once the level drops below the threshold, TaskMonifier will perform your selected action (play a sound, hibernate/shutdown, send an email or even an SMS to a mobile phone).


Documeron: A nice free program for Recent Documents

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Here's a website that reviews very nice software. The program that's listed, Documeron, is a free, sophisticated "My Recent Documents" type program. I would recommend looking at this program and taking a look at the other software on the site.

Documeron is a small memory-resident program that keeps track of all the files and documents you access at any time in order to enable you to find and/or locate these later on. It provides a number of functions such as filtering by date and type and tracking of deleted or moved documents....

http://www.freewareg...007/02/20/documeron/


quintura.com - web search using visual map

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Here's an online web search tool that uses a visual map for suggested related words while you search and google results on the side.

http://quintura.com


Newsletter for February 22nd, 2007 - Codename "WTF Cody"

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Our latest newsletter is now online with the best posts in the last two weeks and the latest site announcements, and much more.

Continue reading the full newsletter..


Extensive Description of Windows Services

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While I have seen other descriptive information about the Windows services, none of the other presentations were nearly as comprehensive.

What are services? By definition, it's a program that runs invisibly in the background. But can't the same thing be said for a number of programs that run in the background such as anti-virus programs? Yes, but the real difference is that services load and start running whether or not anyone logs into the computer, unlike a program that is launched from the Startup Folder under All Programs.
There are two ways to view Services on your computer. The first is to use the MS Configuration Utility by typing msconfig.exe in the Run box accessed via the Start Menu, followed by clicking the Services tab. If you want a quick visual of which items are running or stopped, this is fine, but the information is limited. The preferred way to make changes to services is to launch services.msc from the Run option on the Start Menu. The Services window shown below will open.

http://www.theelderg...m/services_guide.htm


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