360 Desktop is a virtual desktop application that creates a "panoramic workspace" extending across multiple screens. It behaves as a scrollable desktop where you could travel from one side and into the other. It also introduces the ability to embed widgets on the new desktop that clip content off the web such as RSS feeds and videos.

Imagine a desktop environment that is spread across multiple screens consisting of a single, panoramic wallpaper image, and where you can scroll smoothly across the new desktop and place both icons and applications anywhere you like.

360 Desktop tries to deliver exactly this with some success. It provides a never-ending desktop that scrolls smoothly and creates the feeling of an expansive workspace with a lot of space for your windows, apps, and icons. However, the pre-release beta tested here still has some major kinks that need to be ironed out, high on the list of which is it?s support for embedded internet widgets that still feels rudimentary and left me wishing that I could simply switch it off.

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If you want to keep your PC in good condition and running as smoothly as the very first day you switched it on, you've got two options: either you download a dozen different system optimization apps or you just use TuneUp Utilities 2009, a nice piece of software that has turned into an essential maintenance toolkit for your PC.

The new version of TuneUp Utilities brings many exciting new features that make the program even better. It has not only improved many of the tools included in previous editions, but has also added new ones such as a Start page that provides you with quick and easy access to the program's main functions and the TuneUp Speed Optimizer, with which you can optimize and tweak different elements on your system for a better overall performance.

The first thing you see when launching TuneUp Utilities 2009 is a nagging window, a short message reminding you that this is not free software and that you have a 30-day trial period. It's a bit of a nuisance because it appears every time you it, but no big deal.

TuneUp Utilities 2009 features a nicely-designed interface that makes it easier to use, with tools classified into several categories and direct links to the most frequently used actions. Featured tools in TuneUp Utilities range from customizing the appearance of Windows to editing the Registry and covering many important aspects of your system. You'll be able to optimize general performance, gain disk space by erasing junk files and even recover those documents you've deleted by accident. TuneUp Utilities 2009 can also generate a highly detailed report on the state of your PC. The good thing is that, no matter how many changes you make, you can always go back to your PC's previous state thanks to TuneUp Rescue Center.

TuneUp Utilities 2009 adds a new shortcut to the Desktop named "1-Click Maintenance", which enables you to perform a quick maintenance check-up and which has also been optimized in TuneUp Utilities 2009. This is certainly a very handy tool that should probably be run every week as a periodic maintenance task.

TuneUp Utilities gathers pretty much all the maintenance and optimization tools you need into one efficient, easy-to-use application. You couldn't ask for more.

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Proxy Switcher Pro v3.9.0 b4059 - change proxy settings on the fly. Different internet connections do often require completely different proxy server settings and it?s a real pain to change them manually. Proxy Switcher offers full featured connection management solution. This includes flexible proxy server list management, proxy server tester and anonymous surfing capabilities.
Opportunities of the program:
Change of a proxy "hurriedly"
Loading of the list of addresses of a proxy of servers from the Internet
Export, import of the list of a proxy files
Automatic switching of a proxy for anonymous navigation
Works with IE, Firefox, Opera, etc.
Check of availability (testing of a proxy-server for working capacity)
Loading of the list of anonymous proxies

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