Thermometer and Ing Software for Windows

Blow Up
$15.99 - GameGlade.com

The aim of the game is to clear the board from the colorful balls. You can
shoot with the ball that appears at the bottom of the board. Having aimed with
the mouse cursor to the wanted place, click left mouse button and the ball
will fly. Collect 3 or more balls of the same color and they will burst up!
There is a thermometer under the playing board. When it shows "Hot" one more
row of balls adds on the top. Do not allow balls to fill the playing board
till the bottom, otherwise you will loose.
There are three playing modes: Arcade, Time Trial and Puzzle. The thermometer
indication decreases every time you fail in the Arcade mode so shoot as
exactly as possible! You should hurry up in the Time Trial and make the
puzzles formed of colorful balls out in the Puzzle mode.
There are also a number of bonuses, which can bring you some points, and a
lot of fun!
The game can be downloaded as well as you can play it online.
This is the shareware game, please, register to obtain such cool features as:
- three skill levels (Easy, Medium, Hard);
- nag screen will disappear;
- the endless addictive gameplay;
- three game modes (Arcade, Time Trial and Puzzle).

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Instrumentation Widgets
$215 - Perpetuum Software

Need professional-looking device emulators for creating professional-looking computer simulators or software interfaces? Developing these components on your own and hiring a designer is likely to take a lot of time and will cost thousands of dollars. Why not use an outstanding solution to save time and cut costs? Instrumentation Widgets is a library of meters, indicators, scales, sliders, gauges, knobs, buttons, dials, tanks, thermometers, switches, matrixes, LEDs and other .NET instrumentation controls that emulate hardware devices. The product contains only 100% native .NET managed components written in C#. All controls use double buffering to produce smooth animation and avoid flickering. Currently, we offer the library of 30 controls and more are scheduled to be added soon. With the largest collection of various instrumentation controls available, including compass, oscilloscope, odometers, toggles, multimedia buttons and buttons with skin support, Instrumentation Widgets is the natural choice for software developers, especially, when you consider the fact that all device emulators are fully scalable and customizable. The software users can change size, color, font types, value range and other properties of each control. Another advantage of this package is its data binding feature - all properties can be bound to a data source of any kind. Conveniently, the library does not require any special skills or time spent studying documentation, which makes integrating Instrumentation Widgets' components into other software applications a breeze. No designer or artist expertise is necessary. Best of all, Instrumentation Widgets can be tried and tested absolutely free of charge!

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Instrumentation Widgets for PDA
$266 - Perpetuum Software

In recent years, Pocket PC technology has been vigorously developed. These devices are palm-sized and often equal traditional desktop computers in their functionality. Keeping-up-to-date, Perpetuum Software LLC developed Instrumentation Widgets for PDA: a component intended for creation Graphical User Interfaces for Pocket PC applications. Using this product, a developer can provide realistic simulation of various hardware devices. The delivery package includes a library of high-resolution gauges such as sliders, dials, thermometers, switches, buttons etc. Double buffering provides flicker-free animation of the gauges and that is an essential feature of Pocket PC components. All device emulators are customized and scaled depending on the specifics of the application. Gauges orientation, size, color, font types, value range, number format and other properties can be changed at the user's discretion. It is possible to bind all object properties to a data source of any kind. The product is convenient and easy-to-use and is provided with demo applications. This components library is fully compatible with the .Net Compact Framework 1.1/2.0 and contains only managed code. All these features allow for the creation of professional .Net applications with convenient user interface. Instrumentation Widgets for PDA distribution comes royalty free. The product is released to the following editions: for the .Net Compact Framework 1.1 and for the .Net Compact Framework 2.0. The Professional Edition is shipped with the full source code.

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IconEdit2
$20 - Dmitry G. Kozhinov

IconEdit2 is a TrueColor Icon Editor for Windows 9x/ME/NT4/200x/XP and Vista. It supports ICO, ICL, NIL, EXE, DLL, GIF, TIFF, BMP, JPEG and PNG files for open/extract/convert to icons. It can save your work as 48x48, 32x32 or 16x16 ICO (TrueColor, 256-color or 16-color), as well as GIF, TIFF, BMP, JPEG or PNG files. Allows you to paint, undo/redo, search for icons in your files and capture screen areas. Image rotation, various adjustments and filters also available. Contains a library of sample icons.

IconEdit2 provides single-window, user-friendly interface. At the left there is a drawing area.
It allows user to draw icon image using different drawing tools.
At right there are tool buttons:
- Point tool
Allows user to draw points and freehand lines;
- Line tool
Allows user to draw straight lines.
- Ellipse tool
Allows user to draw ellipses - outlined or filled with current drawing color.
- Rectangle tool
Allows user to draw rectangles - outlined or filled with current drawing color.
- Spray tool
Allows user to draw soft-edged spots or wide lines with current drawing color.
- Fill tool
Allows user to fill uniform-colored areas, bounded by other colors, with current drawing color.
- Search tool
Allows user to search directories in your hard (or floppy, or CD, or network, or other) drive to find icons in *.ICO, *.EXE, *.DLL files, and also bitmaps in *.BMP, *.GIF, *.TIF, *.TIFF, *.JPG, *.JPEG, *.PNG files which are possible to convert to icons.
- Camera tool
Allows user to make snapshots of any screen area.
- Hand tool
Allows user to shift drawing in any direction.
- Color thermometer tool
Allows to select drawing color from the drawing itself.
- Type text tool
Allows user to type text;
- Select tool
Allows to select areas.

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ActiveXperts Network Monitor
$365 - ActiveXperts Software B.V.

ActiveXperts Network Monitor monitors Windows, UNIX, LINUX and Novell computers and TCP/IP devices. It runs a service on Windows 2003/2000/NT server platforms or Vista/XP/2000 workstations. It is an agentless product; the software is only installed on a central server.
When the engine detects a failure, it alerts via network message, e-mail, pager, SNMP Trap (SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c) notification or SMS message (support for TAPI, Unicode, TAP, UCP and SMPP). The software takes a corrective action automatically.

It can monitor Microsoft SQL Serves through OLE DB ADO interface, and Oracle through SQL*NET interface like TNS Ping. Other databases such as Access, FoxPro, Paradox, SyBase, Informix, IBM DB2 are also supported.

The product has the following built-in checks: AD, ADSI, Anti-Virus software, CPU Usage, databases, directory size, disk healthy, DNS, disk drive, disk space, event log (incl. content checking), MS Exchange, file existence (incl. content checking), file size, FTP site, HTTP(s) (incl. content checking), humidity, ICMP/Ping, IMAP4, Memory Usage, MS SQL Database, Novell NDS, NTDS (NT4 compatible DS), NTP, POP3 mail server, printer, process, process memory usage, Windows Scheduled Task, Windows service, SMTP mail server, SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c, TCP port (incl. handshaking), Windows Terminal Server, temperature (requires a Sensatronics IT thermometer), UDP, UNIX shell script (RSH), VBScript (custom scripts) and WMI. Custom check routines are supported by the use of VBScript or RSH.
Advanced logging and reporting through MS SQL, MS Access and Oracle.
Reports are based on XML/XSL and can be scheduled daily, weekly, monthly, etc.

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TypingMaster Pro typing tutor
$39.9 - TypingMaster Inc.

What if you could write your emails and reports with ease and in half the time? Learn to touch type and you can! With TypingMaster typing tutor, you will learn to type fast without typos and save dozens of valuable working hours every year. Better typing will help you get things done!

TypingMaster's extensive, clearly structured typing coursese cover the letter and number keys, special character keys, the numeric keypad, speed building and tips on ergonomics. Learning is supported by multi-form exercises, including graphical keyboard drills, timed texts, games and personalized review exercises.

TypingMaster Optimal Learning - Your Shortcut To Results

TypingMaster Pro is able to optimize training to your personal needs, thanks to the Optimal Learning features. They will substantially accelerate learning and guarantee excellent results.

Optimized Duration: TypingMaster Pro lets you complete exercises quicker when you are making rapid progress and provides extra practice when needed.

Smart Review: The program tracks your mistakes and creates tailored review exercises to work on these weak spots.

TypingMaster Satellite: TypingMaster Satellite tracks your real-world typing and then provides training for those keys and words that are identified as difficult. With the Satellite, you can continue honing your skills long after you are finished with the typing courses.

Bite Size Exercises: Each exercise takes only a couple of minutes making it easy to fit training even into the tightest schedule.

Why wait any longer? It's time to let your typing flow.

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