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Reminder Cube offers users an alternative to the traditional calendar system. With a basic display that performs simple functions, users may have an easier time keeping organized.

This freeware has a simple interface that is easy to understand. Users familiar with calendar systems such as Microsoft Outlook will be slightly confused by its layout, but after some experimenting, most will quickly become familiar with Reminder Cube. A monthly calendar sits at the top right and commands for creating new events, new tasks, making a note, and opening Gmail are below. To the right, taking up much of the screen are … Read more

Horas gives users an opportunity to keep an eye on the world's different times with a simple tool. This program may be just what people with international ties have been looking for.

This program comes to life as a moveable blue strip across your desktop featuring several different cities from around the globe with the local time for each. The cities are easy to decipher and the times move every second. Adding and removing cities is a simple process. The clock automatically calculates the city's time after selecting it from a drop down menu. In addition, users can … Read more

If you've been playing around with the Postbox e-mail client for Windows and Mac, beta 11 has been unleashed upon the world.

Unlike March's beta 10, though, this update includes more performance issue fixes than anything else. Still, it's probably a good idea to upgrade.

Most notably, memory and CPU usage have decreased. Postbox claims that indexing is three times faster in this version, compared to beta 10, and that indexing uses about 75 percent to 80 percent less memory than before. I don't have statistics to do my own comparison of beta 10 to beta … Read more

Most calendar software is designed to help you get organized. All-In-One Desktop Calendar aims to go a step further by organizing and replacing your computer's desktop. While this is certainly a unique approach, we were left wondering if it's really necessary.

This program's interface presents a bold default background image of a nature scene. This customizable background is a sign of things to come as All-In-One attempts to provide a service unlike other calendar programs. Still, users familiar with Microsoft Outlook will find this calendar and address book mimics the more popular program almost perfectly. One interesting … Read more

Whether for its natural beauty, astronomical significance, astrological power, or its tidal pull, the moon has always attracted a crowd of admirers. Now, predicting the moon's appearance on a given night is simplified with a handy application called the Desktop Lunar Calendar.

This freeware program couldn't be simpler to use and understand. A small desktop calendar of the month appears accompanied by silhouetted of the different phases of the moon. Below the calendar, a realistic graphic of that evening's moon appears. Clicking around to different days of the month will show how the moon will look on … Read more

This sleek and smart calendar is sure to you keep you on top of your appointments. It comes with a professionally designed, unobtrusive user interface that will appeal to all users.

Rainlendar Pro offers a small, skinnable interface that comes with three parts: calendar, events, and a to-do list. Each part of the interface can be positioned to any location on your desktop. The Options menu can be accessed via your Taskbar, and offers slide-bar settings for adjusting the calendar's transparency and position regarding what you're working on at the moment. You can also create hot-key combos for … Read more

The open-source and cross-platform e-mail client Postbox rolls out another beta and has been quickly adding muscle to its abilities.

Based on Mozilla Thunderbird and currently available for Windows and Mac, Postbox beta 10--the third update since I checked out the program for in the beginning of February--introduces several small changes worth noting.

Since then, Postbox has seen Hotmail support, Flickr integration in the Compose window, and a host of bug-fixes including two Firefox security updates. In the most recent version, users get the ability to create and edit HTML signatures from the Compose Sidebar's Signature panel and improved … Read more

Users looking for a way to get daily reminders without using a complicated calendar system may find Reminder Commander to be the answer. This program's limitations could be seen by some as its greatest asset, but may be a drawback to others.

This free 30-day trial is as basic as a reminder system can get. If users are seeking programs to send e-mails every Thursday, open up Web sites at noon, keep a list of contacts, or other complex features, they should look elsewhere. This basic program has a calendar, from which you can select a specific date and … Read more