32bit Convert It c9.50.01 is a unit converter that lets you type in values for a unit of measurement while the other units dynamically change to become equal in measurement. $19 from www.electrasoft.com/32bc.htm.

Advanced Subnet Calculator 1.1.11 is a serious, serious calculator. Most of its functions I don't even understand. Free from www.solarwinds.net/Tools/Free_Tools/Subnet%20Calc/.

akPi 2.2.0 is a utility that will calculate the value of Pi for you up to 100,000 digits. Impress your friends. Free from www.aksoft.net/.

Brain Builder 3.0 is a $15 education goodie from www.sheppardsoftware.com that sharpens math skills through game-like exercises.

BTT Software Base Converter converts numbers between three different bases - hexadecimal, decimal and binary. Free from www.bttsoftware.co.uk/.

CalcAnt is a $12 utility that annotates calculations and saves the results. Available from its German home page at www.sfr-software.de/index.html#calcAnt, but you can figure out enough to download it.

CalcuWage 2.5 figures your wages per second as you work. Nice little motivator (or demotivator) for your work computer, and free from www.kwiqmad.com/.

Cash Register 6.21 is a DOS-based program that lets your PC operate as a fully-functional cash register. Even supports scanners. Free from pages.prodigy.net/daleharris/pos3.htm.

CoolRuler 1.5 adds a dockable measurement bar to take measurements -- inches, millimeters, pixels, whatever. Free from www.fabsoft.com/.

Date Calculator 2.1 tells you how many days until Der Tag, or whatever date you specify. Free from www.acutesoftware.com.au/datecalc.html.

Eldos AnyCalc 1.51 is a powerful, easy-to-use calculator for accountants, software developers, scientists, and students. $20 from www.eldos.org/elanycalc/elanycalc.html.

Equalizer 1.14 is a scientific calculator. Instead of the traditional look of many buttons, Equalizer has a simple text line on which you can write the expression in the same way you'd write it on paper (for example: typing "(6*5-12) / 2" will show the answer "9"). In addition, Equalizer is fully skinnable. Free from members.nbci.com/imkobi/.

ESB Unit Conversion 2.0.1 performs all kinds of unit conversions. Free from www.esbconsult.com.au/esbcalc/esbunitconv.html.

Excaliber 1.05 is another powerful scientific calculator. Free from www.wavemotion.bizland.com/excalibur.htm.

FractionCalc 1.22 is a free calculator from homepage.mac.com/teast/; also check out the Geometry program offered on the same page.

Freeware Currency Converter 2.2 is an easily-updateable goodie that converts most major, and a few minor, world currencies from one to another. Free from www.belgraver.demon.nl/currconv2/.

FormulaWizz 1.0 combines a computation utility for lots of the most-used mathematical and scientific formulae with a Web search utility. Free from ram.2000/tripod.com.

Graph 2.3 is a function-graphing program which allows you to set up the scale of your axes, add a function, and then produces a graph. Allows you to print the results as an image. Free from www.padowan.dk/graph/.

GraphCalc 3.1 is an impressively featured calculator; $20 to keep from www.graphcalc.com/index.shtml.

GraphTablet 4.04 generates graph paper of all kinds with no muss nor fuss. Free from www.graphtablet.com/.

High Precision Complex Calculator 1.0 does real or complex number calculations with 100-significant-figure precision. Many standard functions such as trigonometric, hyperbolic, and logarithmic are included. Loops are supported. Both expressions and results can be saved to a file. The calculator provides results in exponential and fractional form. Free from www.twopaths.com/calculator/.

Judy's Ten-Key is a muscular calculator program that will cost you $20 to keep; check out www.judysapps.com.

KB4Idiots 1.03 is a small, free utility that instantly converts bytes into KB and MB. I know, it's a simple mathematical process that the average chimp can do, but hey, why waste brain juice on such menial thought? The makers are pretty coy about being located online; better to download this one from www.filemine.com/filedownload?fileid=204451 or another shareware site.

KeepTrack 2.03 is a powerful personal financial program for both Windows desktops, CE, and PocketPCs. Free from www.iliumsoft.com/keeptrk.htm.

Master Converter 2.10 is one of those programs that does one thing and does it well; converts numbers from one unit of measurement to another. It has over 800 preconfigured units in 33 categories, and can be modified for more as needed. $15 to keep from www.savard.com.

MB-Ruler 0.93 measures angles and distances. More flexible and useful than it sounds, and free from www.markus-bader.de/MB-Ruler/.

Mex 1.0 is a free math utilities program, with lots more features than the simple Calculator program bundled with Windows. Free from www.freesoftware.org.

My Calculator 2.1 is a free, easy-to-use desktop calculator that has functions the Windows Calculator doesn't, including trigonomic and logarithmic functions. Check out the demo from ugrad.phys.unsw.edu.au/~xw/download.html, and make sure you know what's what with your Visual Basic files when you choose which version to download.

PG Calculator 1.1a is a fully functional, free calculator from www.pgcalc.x4.pl.

Phoenix Converter 3.0 is a free measurement conversion utility from www.danteproductions.com/. Convert units in pressure, volume, time, temperature, whatever.

Phoxel Unit Converter converts any unit to another unit using 16 conversion topics. Topics include angle, area, cooking, computer storage, energy, frequency, length, light, speed, temperature, time, torque, power, pressure, volume, and weight. Free from www.geocities.com/phoxel/.

PractiCal 1.0 is a powerful, flexible scientific and data calculator. A Wugnet recommendation, it's $20 from www.sadata.com/.

ProKon 9.9 is a conversion calculator that includes the usual metric/English conversions, and many more. Lots of additional goodies, such as a scientific calculator, a Periodic Table of Elements, info on geometry, material density, etc., and more. Quite a comprehensive utility. $22 from members.sockets.net/~schwartz/.

SmartSum 2.0 is a talking calculator that's powerful and configurable. Free from www.smartcode.com/smart.htm.

Strip Calculator 1.3 is a small calculator with memory, percentage, and ticker tape function. Rather minimalist, but free from www.vigis.it/serv02_software_eng.htm.

TapeCalc 2 is a free desktop calculator with a "smart tape" that records your calculations and lets you correct errors. Free from www.pcmag.com/utilities/.

TimeSheet Calculator 2.0 calculates hours worked, billable hours, etc. Free from home.nycap.rr.com/aotw/timecalc.htm.

World Exchange Calculator 2.0 uses the Internet to access daily currency exchange rates from a server. It allows simple math calculations on different currencies, and exchange calculations are available for over 240 countries. $10 from mxmtech.hypermart.net/.

XNote Stopwatch 1.37 is a neat, very small piece of software from www.xnotestopwatch.com/, a digital stopwatch/countdown timer that measures time intervals in decimal seconds, seconds, minutes and hours. A paltry $9 to keep.

YATS32 8.1 is a $15 Internet timekeeper from www.dillobits.com/. Keep that PC clock synched.

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