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Useful things and widgets
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Here I have collected the most useless, but interesting
programs that do not provide much benefit.

[ Table of content ]:

1. Science, educations, electronics
2. Databases and units converters
3. Hacking, encryption, serials
4. Calendars, clocks, screensavers
5. Math, calculations and algebra
6. Notes, Reminders, Schedulers
7. ToolBars, HotKeys, Menu
8. Screen capturers utilites
9. Widgets for PC hardware tests
10. Decorations for Windows
11. Other categories

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Science, educations, electronics
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WorldTime 5.5 for Win32 [4 557 kb]
A World clock with unlimited configurable clocks, each with
it's own time zone, Daylight savings time rule, description,
City, Region, Country, and Location Code - all updated
in real time (well almost 1/second). Choose from a list
of many locations (check the web site for updates) and add
your own. Numerous Time and date formats, Universal Time,
Swatch Beats, Julian Date, Sidereal time, etc...

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DeepSky99 1.1.9 Fixed for Win32 [33 301 kb]
Deepsky 99 solves an important need for amateur and
professional observers. The software allows the user to
plan a productive observing session and record what was
observed quickly and easily. The logbook features in
Deepsky make it extremely easy to transfer your observing
plans to the logbook with minimal data entry.

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Star Calc 5.5 for Win32 [741 kb]
StarCalc is the fastest professional astronomy planetarium
& star mapping program. It illustrates star positions of any
instance of the day observed from any geographic locations
on the Earth. Star positions can be viewed and presented
as images of semispherical whole sky or any of the user
defined sub areas.

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Orbitron 3.71 [2 086 kb]
This software shows the orbits of satellites in space
around the earth. Updates are working today in 2024.
So you can install this program, update the database
online and admire the satellites even from Windows 98.

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Win stars for Win32 [3 154 kb]
WinStars is a complete planetarium, showing you the appearance
of the sky, as seen from anywhere on Earth, for any date. With
a click of the mouse, you will get more information about all
objects displayed by the program.

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Xearth for Windows 9x [135 kb]
Xearth for Win32 ( also know as wearth, wearth32 ) sets
your Windows wallpaper to an image of the Earth, as seen
from your favorite vantage point in space, correctly shaded
for the current position of the Sun.

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Win Globe 1.2 for Win32 [1 782 kb]
WinGlobe is  a tiny earth that sits on your desktop.
While it does so it can show countries and major cities
(2792 currently). It knows the population and the current
local time of  each city. It also shows whether it is day
or night.

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Moon Phase 3.3 for Win32 [1 389 kb]
Choose your time zone and monitor the moon phases in real
time. The program minimizes to the system tray. Moreover,
everything is done very high quality and beautifully.

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Moon Tool 2.0 for Win32 [61 kb]
A very simple program that shows the phase of the moon
based on your settings.

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Wall32 9.03.25 for Win32 [170 kb]
This is a self-contained, real-time wallpaper generator,
which simulates the earth's & moon's illumination by the
sun. The earth view includes twilight zones and the moon
view takes the earthshine into account.

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Resistor code color for Win32 [26 kb]
Selector of resistors by color for electronic scheme.

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TDSL Personal 1.1 for Win32 [1 486 kb]
The program is a reference and assistant in creating
electronic circuits based on vacuum tubes.

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LK Densitometer 0.4 for Win32 [1 346 kb]
The present program used to measure optical density
of digital photos along a line choosen by user. Its very
application is to get valuable data from snapshots
obained by DIY spectrometers made of common digital
photo and video cameras. However it is not the sole use
of the program. With equal success it can be used to
determine some laser beam profile by scanning photo
of a laser spot, or to estimate attenuation constant for
pumpin beam passing through some laser rod.

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Home Planet Full [13 893 kb]
Home Planet is a Microsoft Windows 9x/2000 application
which calculates the position of the Earth, Sun, Moon,
planets, asteroids, comets, and Earth satellites with
high accuracy.

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Edmart Education Widgets pack 8 in 1 for Win32 [33 356 kb]
I've collected all of these long-forgotten educational
programs into one archive because I bet your kids will
like them. IT will help your children learn to understand
how works different things and I bet they will begin
to understand physics and chemistry.

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Engineering Power Tools 2.02 Fixed for Win32 [2 671 kb]
Engineering Power Tools is a library of engineering
programs that can be used to quickly solve a wide range
of commonly encountered engineering problems. Instant
access to over 70 programs and data tables, programs
are neatly catagorized with drop-down menus, standard
graphic interface eliminates learning curve, solves
complex multi-step problems quickly with minimal input,
no wasted time hunting for formulas and performing manual