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Shutdown Timer v3 released, GUI completely changed

Shutdown Timer is a utility which shuts down your computer, logs you off, runs a file or does any number of other things once the CPU goes above or beyond a certain threshold, or the network downstream or upstream passes a threshold, et cetera. In simple terms, it's a tool which lets you shut down your computer once your downloads complete for the night. I've covered it before, but a new version ...

RunMan: proof that shiny graphics are not required to make a good Time-Waster

What's 20 megabytes, has awful graphics, awful sound, and is vaguely reminiscent of Super Mario Brothers 3? Why it's RunMan: Race Around The World of course! The website, you assume, is trying to be ironic. 'The game can't actually look like this, surely...' But... well... it does. The game's visuals look like they were created in MS Paint. In fact, they probably were. So it looks bad, and ...

TxtMan brings SMS threading to Smartphones

Smartphone users jealous of the slick SMS threading that Treos have can turn that frown upside down. TxtMan is a new donationware app that brings SMS threading to Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphones. It's a pretty customizable app, offering a plethora of message layout options and your choice in ringtones and vibration alerts. It can also be set to run at your phone's startup to make sure it catches ...

Google Translator Boomerang

Having fun with machine translation services is by no means a new pastime. Even back when it was at altavista.digital.com, people were feeding text into AltaVista's Babelfish and translating it from one language to another to another and back again to see what would come out. It's a fun way to kill some time, but why kill time when we can make the computer kill it for us? Google Translator ...