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Windows only: Freeware app Stick adds tabs for RSS, calendar, explorer, notes, and the calculator to the Windows desktop. Stick tabs are highly customizable and can be relocated to any part of the screen. Stick leaves a light (10MB) memory footprint and opens Explorer, Calculator, and the calendar much faster than Windows on its own. By setting your tabs to remain on top and to auto-hide, you can have one-click access to some of your most frequently used apps without disturbing your desktop or existing apps. Stick also acts as a keyword launcher (Windows Key + Space) and has hotkeys baked in so you can access your tabs without the mouse. Stick ain’t no Launchy, but its speed, light memory usage, and hotkeys make it well worth the college try. Stick is a free download for Windows only.

Stick

Windows only: Forgo the right-click, “Adjust Date and Time” routine and see the taskbar calendar immediately with the free QuickMonth Calendar. With QuickMonth Calendar installed, simply hover over the date and time in Windows’ taskbar to get a pop-up monthly calendar with easy controls to move between months and return to today. QuickMonth Calendar is a free download and works on Windows XP and 2000.

QuickMonth Calendar

The current apps include a word processor, spreadsheet and calculator, with a mapping app just around the corner. What separates Peepel from the likes of Google Docs and Zoho is that it replicates a desktop environment: You can open multiple apps in multiple windows, all of which can be rearranged and resized to your liking. The environment is dynamic, too: The “PeepelPanel” toolbar that sits atop the screen changes depending on which application is active. There’s also an icon-based task manager used to switch between apps (in case one is hidden behind another) and a file manager.

Peepel

Keep tabs on different time zones with FoxClocks, a plug-in that adds clocks for anywhere in the world.

FoxClocks