Index

A complete list of all products that are featured on this month's CD.

 

General applications
Name Description
Account Express v. 1.0 Account Express manages all your personal finances; its clever hierarchical interface gives you a fast overview of both income and expenses
Account! v. 1.5 Account is an Microsoft Excel add-in for double-entry small business accounting.
Banana Business Cash-Book v. 4.0 Banana Cash-Book is GST-ready, free, fun to use, and gives you an instant overview of your finances.
Basic Bookkeeping (BBK) for Windows v. 5.02 Basic Bookkeeping provides no-fuss single-entry book-keeping for small and mini-businesses.
BDS Invoicing v. 2.3 BDS Invoicing is a Microsoft Access 2000 add-in, which will track your employees' hours, and invoice your clients.
Bill Central v. 3.0 Bill Central is a time-billing program which can be used by several people, and tracks billable time for an unlimited number of clients.
BlackBoard Budget v. 3.0 BlackBoard Budget lets you keep a close eye on your income and expenses: you'll know exactly how much money you have left each month.
BS/1 Small Business v.1.7 BS/1 Small Business is an accounting program for small business, with General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.
Cash Track v. 1.1 Cash Track is a home accounting system; keep a detailed record of your income and expenses.
Cashbook Complete v. 3.4 Cashbook Complete offers complete accounting for small business: it's GST ready, with a setup wizard to get you started.
CheckBook v. 3.0 CheckBook manages your cheque and other accounts simply: useful features include automatic entries and easy balancing.
Easy Money v. 3.0 Easy Money makes it easy to track your finances; items are assigned to user-defined categories, macros make entering recurring entries a breeze.
EasyBalance v. 5.0 EasyBalance is a Excel add-in monthly balance sheet with many automatic features; and you can customise it to suit your own needs.
Financial Freedom Billing Manager PRO DELUXE v. 2.5 Billing Manager Pro is a full-featured billing manager; with key codes, tax features, repeat billings, mailing lists and more.
General Ledger 3 v. 1.04 General Ledger 3 is a small, easy-to-use double-entry book-keeping program for small business.
Home Buyer's Calculator Suite v. 1.05 The program consists of ten integrated real estate calculators, and answers all the questions you have about home purchase finances.
Just Checking v. 1.9.3 Just Checking lets you track your cheque accounts simply; keeps running totals, lets you mark cleared cheques, and more.
LoanBlaster Lite v. 1.0 LoanBlaster Lite computes the payment, term or principal of a loan.
Merlin Invoicing v. 2.1.4 Merlin Invoicing creates professional invoices with your company logo; add new customers, service and products on the fly.
PandaMoney v.3.0 PandaMoney offers free daily financial management for all family members with support for up to five users.
Pennypincher v.2.2 Pennypincher simplifies tracking your money: just point and click to enter your income and expenses.
Personal Budgeting 2000 v.5.0 Personal Budgeting 2000 helps you to create a budget, then tracks your expenses to ensure that you keep to the budget.
Personal Finances 2000 v. 1.6 Personal Finances 2000 lets you keep up to five savings and five chequing accounts.
Simple Business Accounting v. 1.22 Simple Business Accounting uses the single entry book-keeping system; you can create up to 1,000 different income and expense categories.
Smart Accounts 2000 v. 1.04 Smart Accounts 2000 is a powerful personal accounting program with support for multiple accounts.
SOHO-123 v. 3.05d SOHO-123 is a complete customer management, order entry and invoicing system for small business.
Total Office Manager for Windows 95/NT v. 3.95 Total Office Manager is a small-business accounting solution which lets you efficiently create orders, invoices, reports and more.
WealthKeeper v.1.5 WealthKeeper tracks complete information about your assets and liabilities over time, and includes a handy Wealth Growth Over Time chart.

 

Windows tools
Name Description
Adobe Acrobat Reader (32-bit) The Adobe Acrobat Reader allows you to browse portable document format (PDF) files that have been created by Adobe Acrobat. 
Ashampoo 99 Deluxe Ashampoo is designed to be more than a system sweeper. 
AudioCD MP3 Studio 2000 AudioCD MP3 Studio 2000 is a tool for creating and managing your private music archives using a space-saving, high-compression format. 
AX-Icons AX-Icons is a powerful and easy-to-use program for editing and managing icons.
CuteFTP (32-bit) CuteFTP is a file transfer application that's easy for beginners to use and has enough features to be useful to power users as well. 
Download Accelerator Download Accelerator is a file download accelerator/manager that can increase download speeds by up to 300%. 
GetRight (32-bit) GetRight is designed to recover gracefully from the many errors that can occur while you're downloading files. 
GoZilla Free GoZilla Free is an Internet file management and retrieval system that lets you gather URL links for files you want to download simply by dragging them from your browser. 
IconScan IconScan is designed to scan specified drives and folders for files that contain embedded icon files. 
ICQ Plus ICQ Plus allows you to change the appearance of ICQ. 
iMesh Use iMesh to search and download audio, video and image files. 
Magic Folders Make any folders you choose (and all the files within those folders) invisible to others. 
myplay DropBox The myplay DropBox provides an easy way to copy MP3s and other digital music files to your myplay Locker -- a personal, private music Web page -- and access them anywhere you have a connection to the Internet. 
Napster Napster is a search engine that allows you to find and download MP3 audio files. 
NetSonic NetSonic accelerates your Internet browsing by loading previously visited Web pages quickly.
Netzip Classic Netzip Classic is designed to make zipping and unzipping files easy. 
Netzip Download Demon Netzip Download Demon is a full-featured download manager that integrates with your browser and allows you to pause and resume file transfers. 
Screen Saver Builder Screen Saver Builder is a Windows 95/98/NT tool that lets you make your own screensavers. 
SecurityManager 99 SecurityManager 99 is an application for encrypting individual files and the contents of entire folders using the DES (Data Encryption Standard) method.
Sonique Sonique is an audio player capable of handling MP3 files, Microsoft Windows Media files and audio CDs.
Speednet SpeedNet increases your download speeds by up to 600%. Dial-up connections will usually see speed increase of about 100-200%, while higher speed connections such as cable modems, ISDN, 56K, and DSL will usually see increases of 200-600%.
StayOn Pro StayOn Pro, formerly StayOn 98, keeps your PPP or SLIP connection active so that you won't be disconnected from the server until you disconnect from it yourself. 
Waterfalls Waterfalls 1.2 is a photo-realistic waterfall screensaver. 
Webshots Desktop Webshots Desktop includes more than 2,000 full-screen colour images in categories such as sports, scenics, wildlife, travel, 3D, and more. 
Winamp Winamp plays MPEG Layer 2 (MP2) and Layer 3 (MP3) audio streams, and combines extensive functionality with an intuitive interface. 
WindowBlinds A utility designed to change the way you look at Windows. It allows you to customise your desktop by changing the style of title bars, buttons, and toolbars. 
WinOptimizer 99 Deluxe This utility finds redundant files, cleans up your registry, recovers space on your hard disks, and optimises Windows performance. 
WinRAR WinRAR is a 32-bit Windows version of RAR Archiver, the powerful archiver and archive manager. 
WS_FTP LE (32-bit) WS_FTP LE (limited edition) is a standard FTP client for Winsock. 
X:drive client This program is an optional client-side application for use with X:drive, a free online file storage service. 
ZipMan 99 Deluxe ZipMan 99 Deluxe is a system extension for Windows 95/98 that gives you direct access to the files stored in compressed files, which are generally known as 'archives'. 

 

Mac tools
Name Description
Adobe Acrobat Reader The Adobe Acrobat Reader allows you to browse portable document format (PDF) files that have been created by Adobe Acrobat.
Aladdin DropStuff Aladdin DropStuff 5.5 provides an easy way to compress files and adds additional expansion filters to Aladdin Stuffit, a separate product from Aladdin Systems. 
Aladdin Stuffit Expander 5.5 This utility for Macintosh users will decompress just about any file (including StuffIt, Compact Pro, BinHex, and MacBinary files) that you come across while on the major commercial online services, surfing the Internet, or receiving email with compressed files attached.
Aliasmenu AliasMenu adds drop-down menus to your menu bar that remain accessible regardless of the application you have open. 
Amadeus II Amadeus II is designed to allow users to process sounds easily on a Macintosh.
Apple Sleep Memory Extension  Apple recommends that all iBook and new PowerBook (FireWire) owners download and install this Sleep Memory Extension software patch, which eliminates this bug.
AutoBoot AutoBoot is a control panel/system extension that reboots (restarts) your Macintosh after a system error or freeze-up has occurred. 
Biz-E Biz-E is a FileMaker Pro 5.0 database that helps small business keep track of invoices, estimates, contacts, and projects. 
Download-O-Mat Download-O-Mat is a program for automating downloads from Hotline(tm) servers. 
Eudora 4.3.1 QUALCOMM's new Eudora 4.3.1 provides users with an industrial-strength email program for free when they use it in Sponsored mode. 
Fetch With this FTP client for the Macintosh, commands that would normally be set by complex Unix commands can be set by Fetch, including the ability to set permissions to directories and files. 
File Clerk File Clerk makes deleting, renaming, moving, or copying Mac files easy. 
Finance Finance is a personal checking, savings, and credit card account management program featuring automatic calculations, account overviews, text searching of accounts, built-in, context-aware help, and pop-up menus to speed data entry. 
FoldersSynchronizer FoldersSynchronizer lets you synchronize the files in two or more folders or disks. 
Free PPP 2.6.2 This latest version of FreePPP has come out as a full release. 
GifBuilder GifBuilder is a scriptable utility for creating animated GIF files. 
GraphicConverter (PowerPC) GraphicConverter is an all-purpose image editing program that opens and saves images in just about any graphics format. 
HTML OptimizerPro HTML OptimizerPro's main function is to save space on your Web pages by removing unnecessary characters and tags, making parsing the page by a browser more efficient. 
IP Reporter IP Reporter shows your current IP number. It can mail it to you or post it to a Web site.
LabelWizard LabelWizard is an AppleScript that comes in handy after a clean install of a new Mac OS.
Macast Macast (formerly MacAMP) is an MP3 and audio CD player for the Macintosh. MP3 audio compression makes it possible to compress large audio files to just 10% of their original size, with no audible loss of quality. 
MPegger MPegger (formerly MPecker Encoder) is an MP3 audio encoder for the Macintosh. 
Package Tracker Package Tracker helps you track packages sent through some of the world's top carriers. 
Sleeper Sleeper is a control panel for desktop Macs that spins down the hard drive, dims the screen, and powers off monitors after periods of inactivity. 
Sound Studio Sound Studio is a powerful audio program that offers advanced recording options, a visual waveform interface for precise editing and numerous effects and filters.
SoundApp (PowerPC) SoundApp is a utility that can play and convert a wide range of sound files, including MP3, AIFF, WAV, MOD, MIDI, and many other formats. 
SoundJam MP Update SoundJam MP is a full-featured digital audio player/encoder for the Macintosh. 
SpeedMeter SpeedMeter is the follow-up to PowerLogix's SpeedControl software. 
Tickle-Me Pikachu Can you make Pikachu laugh? Just find out where he's ticklish, and this cute Pokémon will laugh in delight.
VSE Be Found This program will automatically submit your Web site to the most popular search engines, including Lycos, HotBot, and AltaVista. 
Yank (FAT) Yank uninstalls applications you no longer need. 
ZipIt Ever wonder what those .zip extensions on PC files mean? 

 

Linux tools
Name Description
Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 Adobe Acrobat Reader enables you to view, navigate, and browse PDF files.
aKtion! 0.4.1 aKtion! is a video player for the KDE based on xanim.
analog 4.04 Analog is a WWW logfile analysis program.
AxY FTP 0.5.1 AxY FTP is an easy-to-use FTP client for the X Window System. 
Blender 1.72 Blender is a 3D modelling and animation package for Linux. 
blink 0.5 blink is a Perl script that downloads random JPEGs from the Web and draws them on the background of your display.
BRU[tm] Backup & Restore Utility 16.0 BRU Backup & Restore Utility offers a complete backup solution for Linux that supports all Unix as well. 
Corewars 0.9.6 Corewars is a game which simulates a virtual machine with a number of programs. The aim of the game is to see which program will run
ctheme 0.8.4 ctheme is a tool for modifying the Linux terminal's palette (in a sense, theming it). 
Disc-Cover 1.0.0 Disc-Cover produces covers for audio CDs. 
Enlightenment 0.16.3 Enlightenment is a window manager that works with X Windows. 
envelope 0.60 This program supplies an inclusive envelope printer written in Perl. 
FavNuts 0.1 FavNuts converts your Internet Explorer favourites to a Netscape bookmark file and sorts the entries into alphabetical order.
gcombust 0.1.30 gcombust is a gtk+ frontend for mkisofs, mkhybrid, cdrecord and cdlabelgen. It uses a graphical interface, which makes the whole process of creating CDs easier.
Glilo 0.4 GLilo is a GTK+ based program that lets you configure lilo and all its options/parameters in a graphical window.
GNetConfig 0.1.5 GNetConfig is a graphical networking configuration utility for Linux. It allows full configuration of the local machine's networking settings.
GNOME 1.0.53 GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment) is an open source desktop environment built from components that meet the open source guidelines in full. 
gtkmail 0.9.1 gtkmail is a graphical email client for Linux. It features full MIME support and a multiwindow interface.
Half-life Admin MOD 0.76 Half-Life Admin MOD is a plugging module to any Half-life mod that adds admin commands and user levels.
id3tool 1.1e id3tool allows you to edit the ID3 tags of your MP3s from the command line.
Image_Pack 1.0 Image_Pack is 3 small bash script to create and optimise JPEG images. 
Jungle Monkey 0.1.0 Jungle Monkey (JM) is a distributed file-sharing program. 
Licq 0.75.3 This replica of ICQ is written fully in C++, and uses an extensive plug-in system to manage its many functions. 
NetPBM 8.2 The NetPBM utilities (formerly PBMplus) is a package of myriad programs that converts and changes graphics formats and simple editing and analysis of images.
NOCOL 4.3 This collection of system and network monitoring agents can be used to observe your LAN or WAN network devices as well as your Unix systems and services. 
Nucleus XFonts 0.70 Nucleus XFonts provides a greater selection of fonts to choose from above and beyond the standard available. 
Pan 0.8.0 beta 1 Pan is a multithreaded Usenet newsreader for GTK and GNOME -- a representation after the Windows program Agent. 
playlist 2.1 Playlist is a Perl script which creates xmms-compatible lists and HTML index files for any file format (mp3, mpg, etc). 
Powertweak-Linux 0.1.10 Powertweak-Linux aims to be a port of the Microsoft Windows tool of the same name, rewritten from the ground up. 
RearSite 1.5 This Web publishing tool lets you manage files from a WWW interface. 
Siag Office 3.2.0 Siag Office is a free office package which consists of a spreadsheet program, word processor, animation program, text editor and file manager.
Spruce 0.5.18 Spruce is an X11 email client written in GTK+. It is geared towards speed and usability and supports all the common features that users are accustomed to.
VMware Virtual Platform for Linux 2.0 VMware Virtual Platform lets you run multiple operating systems simultaneously. 
websh 3.0b1 This speedy development written in TCL is for building powerful and reliable Web applications.
Wine 991114 Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator) is an implementation of the Windows 3.x and Windows APIs on top of X and Unix. 
X11 tuXeyes 0.0.3 tuXeyes is a copy of Xeyes but instead displays one of the popular tux, bsd daemon, luxus or dustpuppy figures which follow your mouse.
X-Chat 1.4.1 X-Chat is a fully-featured IRC client using the GTK toolkit. Optionally it can be compiled to use GNOME and Perl scripting
XMMS 1.0.1 XMMS (X MultiMedia System), previously known as X11amp, is a multiformat audio player featuring a user interface familiar to Winamp users. 
xplanets 0.4.4 Xplanets is a simulator that shows a spaceship moving through the solar system. 

 

Education programs
Name Description
1 FunTeach Math FunTeach Math teaches the four basic maths operations. 
CyberSky Colourful, easy-to-use program that presents the night sky, duplicating the features of a traditional planetarium on your computer screen. 
Gus and Gertie's Graphin' Gadget A graphing calculator for your Windows-based computer, with a flexible interface and high-quality graphics. 
FasType Typing skill builder that provides drills and exercises for people who want to improve their typing skills.
Roxie's Math Fish Roxie's Math Fish offers an enjoyable game in which children can easily learn number recognition, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. 
Roxie's Reading Fish Roxie's Reading Fish is designed to help children aged between seven and nine to read. 

 

Online tools
Name Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 The Latest release of this popular browser.
Netscape Communicator 4.7 This program combines Netscape Navigator with a suite of Internet tools.
Eudora Mail 4.3 QUALCOMM's new Eudora 4.3 provides users with an industrial-strength email program for free when they use it in Sponsored mode. By using the 4.3 updater, registered Eudora Pro 4.x users can get a free upgrade to Paid mode
CyberKit v.2.5 CyberKit is a free set of handy Internet utilities: Ping, TraceRoute, WhoIs, Finger, Quote of the Day, Name Server LookUp, and more.

 

Palm
Name Description
URL Track v.1.2 URL Track keeps a record of your favourite Web site addresses, with usernames and passwords.
Life Balance v. 2.0.2 Life Balance helps you to achieve your goals; it's a unique combination of an outliner and a task manager.
PalmWord++ v.1.7 PalmWord++ is a crossword puzzle helper which searches its dictionary, generating lists of anagrams and words.
CryptInfo v. 2.5 CryptInfo is a password-keeper: use it to store passwords, ATM numbers, credit card numbers and bank account numbers.

 

Utilities
Name Description
PowerDesk Utilities 98 v. 3.03 PowerDesk Utilities 98 is a Windows Explorer replacement with a powerful set of utilities, including a toolbar and folder synchroniser.
FastOpen v. 2.1 FastOpen is a system tray utility which gives you instant access to any program, folder, or file on your system.
Temporary Files Controller v. 2.0.66 Temporary Files Controller removes all temporary files on your hard drives from the Windows Temp folder, Start menu etc.
PowerZip Lite 2000 Build 2173 PowerZip Lite 2000 has all the compression tools you need to archive your files.
BatchMaker v. 1.0 BatchMaker lets you create lists of filenames, format them, and save them to a file.
CleanDrive v. 1.2.1 CleanDrive wipes disks securely. The demo only cleans FAT12 disks; however, the full version wipes FAT16, and FAT32 formatted drives without removing the format.

 

 

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