project managment (2 products)

LanTalk XP 2.9 (Shareware, $14.95)

Effective communications for the office and home environment. If you work in a busy environment and need to communicate with others in the office, or maybe even colleagues in another building, make life easy for yourself and install LanTalk. LanTalk enables you to talk in real time to anybody on the same computer network, as long as they too have the application. LanTalk has been specifically designed for the office. You can contact any of your colleagues through their user name or computer name, or even send a message to everybody in the office simultaneously in a one-click process. When LanTalk is first set up it automatically scans the network and lists all the communicable PCs for you, so you can immediately send a message without having to worry about setting up the software. There are facilities for creating automatic replies for occasions when you are not available (in a meeting or at lunch, for example),

WorkCentrics for Microsoft Office 3.2.1287 (Shareware, $150.00)

WorkCentrics for Microsoft Office is a powerful time tracking and activity management system that not only takes advantage of, but enhances, existing data and functionality on your desktop. WorkCentrics supercharges the Microsoft Outlook personal information manager to create an all-in-one solution to your time tracking needs. Integration with Outlook is delivered in real-time, and the program’s simple TimeCard interface lets you effortlessly manage the links between your time and the other elements of your work product, including your documents and Outlook tasks, appointments, notes and messages. Flexible installation and setup options provide customizable solutions for any professional service provider, from those with simple time tracking needs in government, education, and sales, to those with more complex billing or job costing needs, such as attorneys, accountants and architects. When optionally used with the Microsoft Exchange Server collaboration platform, these benefits are extended across t