Monday, November 13, 2000		Downloads of the week

Finding a good job is a tough task these days. A combination of good job and the job of your choice is rare. Wanted Jobs 2000 is software that provides all information about the job listings that matches the criteria set by a job seeker. In fact, this is a kind of employment browser that provides access to over 30 job search sites and as many as 2.4 million job offers in North America. By submitting a search type, speciality, geographic location and set of keywords, WJ2K quickly retrieves tailor-made offers that are right for you. Click on the listings that interest you or refine the search to find more specific results. Here each listing, depending upon the source, gives all necessary details of the company, positions and salary. This software has a special feature that enables it to remember your personal profile; thus it keeps the listings related to the profile in its memory. It also helps in applying for the job as a person can create an Internet-optimised resume and submit for any job offer that may come across or even in a resume bank. This can be had from http://www.wantedtech.com/html/framesWT.asp

The biggest problem related to the Internet is of security. On the Net, one is exposed to several kinds of risks, including, hacking, virus attack and data threats. With firewall these threats can be countered effectively. In a majority of cases, solutions involving the use of firewalls are an expensive proposition and thus work out well in case of corporates. For individual PC users, there is good news in the form of Terminet as even they can have a personal firewall that can address many of their problems. Terminet is user-friendly personal firewall that can handle the individual Internet usage of employees and family members. This has three modes or user levels. Under the first Stealth mode, outgoing traffic could be enabled but incoming traffic can be blocked, whereas in case of open mode there are no initial blocking conditions. However, in case of closed mode all types of traffic are blocked. These modes lay the basic framework of firewall. A user can enable the Web, e-mail, FTP and Telnet only for a particular Internet user. However for others you can restrict the access of particular IP addresses and Web sites. This software can be downloaded from http://www.danu.ie

These days in big cities, millions of persons are suffering from asthma. Utility called Asthma Assistant may prove helpful for all those persons who are suffering from this disease as it keeps an updated record of symptoms that can be used for reference or for generating reports for diagnosis by doctors. Use this program to maintain a daily record of the symptoms and generate professional reports about the status of health that can also be shown to the doctor. The report could be customised for daily, weekly or monthly basis. In order to use this software you have to fill up a user-card that would include information on peak flows, asthma triggers and medication. Using this software, one can note activity restrictions that asthma is responsible for and also keep a track of all elements one is allergic to. You can also identify and record triggers and medications you took to fight them. Download this software from http://www.asthmaassistant.com

The use of keyboard and mouse for using computer is a thing of past as one can use the voice to give commands to the computer. There are several voice-enabled programs for the computer. Speaking calendar is a program that is an excellent personal information manager. This software uses Microsoft-agent technology to monitor and inform daily tasks, schedules and appointments. The announcements are being made by an animated character "Clocky", which rests in the system tray and swings into action whenever the scheduled time for any appointment comes. This software also speaks out the current time and date and can be used for the purpose of setting alarms. It also has a desktop calendar being used as a scheduler. One can add appointments and schedules in the appointment manager. All tasks and announcements that are to be made at a specific time and date can also be included. A good feature is that it can be configured to inform about the scheduled appointment or task on or before the scheduled time. If you wish to be informed about any task 15 minutes or a week in advance, it can be set accordingly. The reminders and appointments set under this software can be previewed and edited as per the need and can even be printed. It can be downloaded from http://www.uk-software.com