Picks of the Week for Business 1.21.2009

Active Desktop Calendar 7.69
License - Shareware
Publisher - XemiComputers Ltd

This application is a software calendar with appointments notes, tasks, alarms and contacts that provides seamless integration and interactivity with the desktop background. You can organize your data in layers and share them with other people on a local area network. The program can integrate with Outlook to show its appointments and tasks on the desktop. There are options for changing calendar icons, fonts and colors, marking weekdays of choice and marking dates with notes and/or alarms. You can have a text only version of the calendar and choose between displaying one, two or three months on the desktop.

Key Features
1 - Blends data with desktop wallpaper
2 - Calendar, notes, tasks, alarms, contacts
3 - Many recurrence patterns for notes/alarms
4 - Interactive desktop interface
5 - Fully customizable (icons, fonts, colors)
6 - Data export/import/print (CSV, iCal)
7 - Included preset calendars with holidays
8 - Detects Tablet PC desktop orientation



Features-★★★★★
Operation-★★★★
Security-★★★★
User Interface-★★★★
CPU/Mem usage-★★★★

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Sicyon Lite calculator 4.5
License - Freeware
Publisher - Teodor Krastev

Sicyon is an all-in-one scientific calculator for every student and professor, researcher and developer - everybody using physical or chemical formulas and tables of constants. It is easy-to-use and has everything you need to calculate or analyze expressions or program functions (VBScript / JScript). Sicyon combines an intuitive interface and an object oriented approach to provide a fast learning curve while staying at a high level of efficiency.

Key Features
1 - Calculate the value of a math expression using variables and user-defined functions.
2 - Easy access to user-defined functions (VBScript or JScript languages  ) by buttons organized in function boards.
3 - 'Program mode' allows you to execute pieces of VBScript code in the main window. 
4 - A board browser for easier access to the boards and their content.
5 - Plot / tabulate a function in Explicit or Parametric mode.



Features-★★★★
Operation-★★★★
Security-★★★★★
User Interface-★★★
CPU/Mem usage-★★★★★

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