Archive for August, 2007

StickyPad is an invaluable, easy-to-use tool that lets you place sticky notes on your desktop. You can type notes to yourself, set meeting and appointment reminders, keep track of a to-do list, and anything else you would do with paper notes. Your notes can be printed, pasted into other applications, or emailed to coworkers.

You can even make notes translucent and have them float above your other windows, so you can see both your note and what you are working on. When you log off, StickyPad remembers all of your notes, and when you log back on, your notes are still there. Once you try it, you won’t want to work without StickyPad again.

The new version of StickyPad adds some great new features, such as shortcut keys, so you can write sticky notes from any Windows application without using the mouse, a great time-saver for keyboard jockeys. The latest version also sports a help system in case you get lost, an updated appearance, and shadows, a great new visual effect.

Get it here: Stickypad

Creative has released their latest MP3 player that they hope will rival the iPod Shuffle. The Zen Stone is approximately the same size as the iPod Shuffle, and as the name states does look similar to a polished stone. Third party manufacturers are already creating add-on accessories for the Zen Stone, such as speakers, skins, and straps etc.

Small but impressively built, the new ZEN Stone is the answer to ready music on the move. Carry it on you as you dance to the beat of your workout music for this tiny dynamo pulsates with listening power.

Available in six attractive colors, the MP3 Player is set in a glossy finish, designed to suit the aesthetic needs of any user. Featuring user-friendly plug-and-play capabilities, transfer files smoothly from the computer to your ZEN Stone and take pleasure in a selection of up to 500 songs as you bask in 10 hours of continuous audio playback. You can even download the free integrated software Creative Media Lite to enhance your ZEN Stone’s performance.

Website: Zen Stone

Today’s freeware file comes to us from Edgemeal software. This handy little Windows utility is a tool to view and set CPU affinity on two single core or one dual core CPU systems.

Get and Set CPU Affinity allows you set the CPU affinity of executables to use one, or both CPUs. If you select one CPU, it’ll allow you choose between which CPU to use.

You can also save the settings in a favorites list so each time you launch that specific executable it will remember the settings made to it. The utility also displays the dual core CPU usage in the system tray.

Get it here: Get and Set CPU Affinity