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NewsMonitor
$19.98 - Updownsoft, Inc.

NewsMonitor automatically searches news on certain keywords from around the World Wide Web and keeps track of the latest news. Once updated news is available, you would be informed by a Desktop Alert and the news link would be added into the internal list of NewsMonitor. NewsMonitor can be configured to search updated news at intervals of a specified value that ranges from 5 minutes to 3600 minutes. With NewsMonitor, you may be the first person to get updated news.

NewsMonitor lets you keep track of updated news for any amount of keywords. You can add or remove keywords freely. With NewsMonitor, you can get the timely news without surfing the web.

You can export the keyword list of NewsMonitor to a XML file. This enables you to store keyword list about certain topics for future use. When you import the existing XML file to NewsMonitor, All keywords in current keyword list of NewsMonitor are deleted.

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TextAloud
$29.95 - NextUp.com

TextAloud is the leading text to speech program, available with exciting premium voices (including several languages) from ATT Natural Voices, Cepstral and NeoSpeech for the best in computer speech for your PC. TextAloud uses voice synthesis to convert text into spoken audio. Listen or your PC or create MP3 or WMA files for use on portable devices like iPods, PocketPCs, and CD players. A batch file converter lets you convert audio files quickly from any number of documents. A new improved interface with support for skins handles multiple documents with ease and includes voice, pitch and volume adjustments on the main window so you can customize voices while TextAloud is speaking. Change voices within a single document to simulate conversation or multiple speakers. You can open Word, PDF and HTML files directly in TextAloud, and there is also an Internet Explorer toolbar plugin to make reading web pages a breeze. A unique Proofread function helps make anything you write mistake free. With TextAloud you can listen immediately, or save to audio files to hear later at your convenience. Instead of the valuable time you spend reading on your computer, imagine being free to relax, get up and stretch, or work on other things while the information you need is read to you in a pleasant, natural sounding human voice. Better still, leave your computer behind. TextAlouds unique Text to MP3 or WMA conversion can save your daily reading to audio files to download to your portable player. Listen to email, online news, or important documents while you exercise, work or commute. TextAloud is easy to learn so you can put it to work for you right away. Everything is user friendly, from the help function to the VCR style playback controls. It has never been easier to keep up with the information you really need. Includes Firefox toolbar. Support for Natural Voices, Neospeech, Cepstral, Acapela BrightSpeech and Elan, and ScanSoft RealSpeak Voices.

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Briz RSS Reader
$19.95 - BRIZ Software

Briz RSS Reader is an easy-to-use news reader for MS Windows. It allows you to subscribe to, download and read desired RSS/Atom feeds. News feeds can be aggregated to display all the items in the one news line.

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The GD&T Trainer: Professional Edition
$895 - Effective Training Inc.

The GD and T Trainer Professional Edition is a virtual classroom in the fundamentals of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing right on your desktop. It makes computer-based training more like classroom training with features like instant lesson feedback, technical animations that demonstrate concepts, and audio narration. It also includes over 100 author's comments that give tolerancing insights from course developer and ETI president, Alex Krulikowski.
The GD and T Trainer features student-focused lessons, user-friendly navigation, and detailed full-color graphics. Other highlights include 3-D solid part examples, geometric control application and inspection examples, and a full glossary of GD and T terms. Course administration tools allow up to 2,000 student records and include a variety of advancements that make recording, accessing, and reporting student progress more manageable.
The technology integrated into the course allows this computer-based training program to closely parallel an actual classroom setting. Users receive a more 'hands on' approach to learning with animations that show exactly how a symbol is interpreted. Students can visualize a concept and understand it more readily, and-best of all-students can learn at their own pace.

Based on the ASME Y14.5M-1994 Standard, it includes 28 lessons covering the basic rules, definitions, and concepts of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing. It includes quizzes that reinforce the material and that allow students to gauge their level of understanding. It runs on Windows 98se, NT, 2000, ME, and XP operating systems. More details about the software, including screenshots, animation examples, a downloadable demo, and ordering information are available at Effective Training's website: .
To find out more about ETI products and services, call 800-728-0909. To view a complete catalog of products, or to sign up for their free online newsletter, visit www.etinews.com.

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CLOX 2000
$10 - MiRaGe Audio Visual Media

Analog and digital clocks for the internet user of the 21st century, CLOX 2000 harnesses the power of the internet to bring the current time from all over the world to your desktop. It also works without an internet connection if you prefer. Features and free plugin accessories include analogue and digital clocks, world maps for setting time zones and tracking night and day, countdown timers, a stopwatch, alarm, calendar, automatic time correction, online newsflashes, internet time, metric time and more. If you communicate with friends or associates in other time zones, install CLOX 2000 on your computer and you'll wonder how you ever managed without it. CLOX 2000 version 7 is mature software having undergone many revisions and updates. The result is a solid, reliable software product in which every detail has been carefully thought out and implemented to the highest levels of user-friendliness. Comprehensive built-in Help with detailed explanations of all the features, coupled with great internet support makes it easy to use and a delight to own. The free version does not expire after a certain length of time but the $10.00 registration fee is well worth paying as it brings extra features including free upgrades to any future versions which may be released.

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Advanced Password Manager
$24.95 - Rayslab Inc.

If you've been using the Internet actively for over a year, you probably have at least a dozen of different logins and passwords to remember - one for your e-mail, couple for your credit cards and bank accounts, a few more for online newspapers and magazines, and one for each online shop or auction where you made your purchases. You probably tried to use the same password for each account just to find out it is not possible - banks usually require you enter your SSN, various websites have different password requirements and some sites assign you a password without letting you change it. Besides, security experts say that you should use different passwords to protect yourself. Are fed up with forgetting your passwords and getting "Your login or password is incorrect" messages? Then it's time you get Advanced Password Manager. The main advantage of this password manager is that you can enter all your passwords in one place, assign a login and password for a specific URL and use program's autofill feature. All you have to do is to remember one password for using Advanced Password Manager, and the program will remember the rest of your passwords for you. Pretty cool, isn't it? The other great thing about Advanced Password Manager is the interface - simple, eye-pleasing, and very straightforward. You can create different groups for your login and password information, which makes cataloging your confidential data very convenient; all data is encrypted with hacker-proof encryption algorithm. This password manager also has a built-in password generator that can generate passwords according to your templates. If you've been looking for a password manager, Advanced Password Manager will pleasantly surprise you. If you are not satisfied with your current password manager, Advanced Password Manager is definitely a solution you should take a look. Download your copy now at

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