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150 cool Microsoft downloads
by Jason Clarke Aug 22nd 2006 at 10:15AM
Ex-Microsoftie Robert Scoble points us to this list of 150 "cool Microsoft downloads". While some people might take issue with a few (okay, more than a few) of the selections on this list, it's still a pretty impressive list. Consider that all of this software is generated from somewhere within the bowels of that huge company, often with very little fanfare or visibility. What's your favorite little-known application from this list? Which ones don't deserve to be on the list?
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Qwfwq said 8:32PM on 8-22-2006
The Powertoys from Microsoft are a very nice treat to any Windows user and I don't understand why the TweakUI, Alt-Tab Replacement, Power Calculator and Virtual Desktop Manager weren't added to the OS in the first place. Anyway, I'm glad they are freely available from Microsoft.
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