GWatchman is a tiny, portable freeware which sits in your taskbar and  periodically checks for new mail or feed in your Gmail and Google Reader. If Unread messages or feeds are found it notifies with a pop up on desktop with he number of items. GWatchman is open source, you can customize the alerts by changing the colors, opacity, background, position, text color or the way it alerts you. You can select the checking interval from 30 seconds to 3 hours.

Windows 7 has an option to change the wallpaper automatically, whereas in windows XP and vista you have to do this manually every time. Now with ScrollWall you can automatically rotate your wallpaper of your choice with a custom time interval.

Desktop Activity Recorder captures the activities that take place on your PC screen. It is a tool that makes a virtual camera recording  of all the movements on-screen. You can capture all the windows that are open on-screen, including the desktop, Windows menu and applications, cursors, etc, also videos and sounds. A very helpful tool to demonstrate features of a web site or program, for training, demo, or presentations that require screen activity. It lets you capture all the screen or just a ...

MouseFIGHTER is a simple piece of software that gives you control of the screen pointer, using the keyboard instead of a mouse. Try controlling Windows with the keyboard alone ! Its so much more ergonomically correct for the human body. Watch how the pointer accelerates and moves diagonally as well.

There are a number of regional themes with multiple unique background images hidden from Windows 7 users.  On a Windows 7 install with United States regional settings only the United States theme is shown but there are actually four more themes hidden from view.

The Tweaks.com Logon Changer for Windows 7 provides an easy way to customize the logon screen background with just a few clicks. Simply download the free application, run it and click Change Logon. The application will prompt for the location of the new background image and then install the new screen behind the scenes. Tweaks.com Logon Changer will even provide a preview of your new background on a logon screen.

Shutting down the machine at a specific time can be easily done using Scheduled tasks. Shutdown Timer can do a lot more than besides just shutting down your computer (such as log off, lock the screen, etc), and it’s not just timer-based but accepts several triggers.

F.lux fixes this: it makes the color of your computer’s display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day. It’s even possible that you’re staying up too late because of your computer. You could use f.lux because it makes you sleep better, or you could just use it just because it makes your computer look better. It makes your computer screen look like the room you’re in, all the time. When the sun sets, it makes your computer look like your indoor ...