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| Ad-Aware
Spybot
Search and Destroy |
Use
Ad-Aware and Spybot in tandem to rid your
computer of adware, spyware and malware |
| Any
Password |
Encrypting
database for your user names and
passwords - Windows - 582k |
| BHO
Cop |
Disable
browser helper objects installed on your machine by
spyware (adware). From PC Magazine. - Windows
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410 k |
| Connection
Keeper |
Simulate Internet
activity at regular intervals in order to
prevent your Internet Service Provider
(ISP) from dropping your connection due
to inactivity. Can also automatically
close annoying popup windows. - Windows
- 786k |
| CutePdf |
Create
Adobe Acrobat .pdf files by simply
"printing" any Windows file. |
| Dimension
4 |
Routinely sets system clock
to atomic clock via web - Windows - 300k |
| MailWasher |
Stop unwanted Spam
email from reaching your mailbox -
Windows - 1.6 mb |
| MasterSplitter |
Splits any type
file (including zips) into smaller (e.g.,
floppy-sized) pieces - Windows - 651k |
| NoteTab
Light |
Powerful
text and html editor - Windows - 1.3 mb |
| PowerArchiver |
Zip file compression utility
- Windows - 1.5 mb |
| Sandra |
Detects, measures
and reports more than you ever thought
there was to know about your PC and its
CPU, hard drive, memory, memory
allocation, motherboard, video driver,
etc., etc., etc. - Windows
- 2.2 mb |
| Star
Office |
Full
freeware office suite from Sun Microsystems. Word processor,
spreadsheet, database. Microsoft Office
compatible. - Windows - 80 mb
download, but there is an option to do the download in
smaller segments. Busy site. Be persistent, download
in non-business or otherwise off-peak traffic hours. |
| Startup
Cop |
Control
which programs open automatically with windows. PC
Magazine utility. - Windows - 539k |
| StripMail |
Strips
unwanted formatting and graphics from email, web
pages, etc. so that you can paste text elsewhere. -
Windows - 272k |
| x-setup |
Gives you control
over a variety of Windows settings -
Windows |
| ZoneAlarm |
Easy-to-use
home/office firewall for internet
security. Free for individuals, nonprofit
organizations. - Windows - 1.7 mb |
Astronomy
Files
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| astrotips.com |
Web
site - All
& only about astronomy software |
| Celestia |
Celestia is a free real-time space simulation that lets you experience our universe in three dimensions.
- Windows - 10.5 mb |
| Lunar Colongitude |
Calculates
the lunar colongitude (position of the
terminator) - Windows - 397k |
| Moonrise |
Displays times of
rise and set of sun and moon, twilight -
Windows 3.1,95,98 - 274-563k |
| Messier
Logging System |
Database for
recording your Messier observations.
Includes images and data. - Windows -
Five components, 6.7 mb total |
| Deep
Sky 200x |
Observation planning, logging, deep sky database, finder charts, image processing.
Send objects from Deepsky's spreadsheet to free Sky
Charts (see below) automatically. - Windows
- 65
mb download version can be downloaded as either one or
nine files |
| Sky
Charts |
". . . a powerful
celestial mapping program made all the
more remarkable because it is
freeware." - Sky and Telescope,
January 2000 - Windows - Freeware - 3.6 mb for
basic package |
| SkyMap
Pro |
Excellent, user-friendly charting
shareware - Free version is fully operational. Database, logging
functions. Registered
version has more stars, catalogs and data. - Windows
- Shareware - 6.7 mb |
| Telescope
Eyepiece Spreadsheet |
Calculate
magnification, real field of view, exit
pupil for whole set of eyepieces - Excel
5.0/95 for PC - 25k |
| Virtual
Moon Atlas |
Windows
- 16.9 mb |
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