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Its another very useful application for Android based phone. its synchronizes contacts, SMS and call log with gmail account if you have one. Hence , any change in phone etc is easy without worry about carrying along your existing data. Available from andriod market.

Instant Heart Rate monitor is a nice little application for andriod phone which can determine your heart rate in roughly 10 seconds to sufficient accuracy for informational use. Works on a principle that I believe few of the non medical students are aware of, that the skin changes color slightly with every heart beat and as the application text says , a principle used in pulse oximeter. Whatever the technology behind it, this works.. :)

Very useful scanning tool for linux. Almost compares to HP scan center (in windows) for maximum used features for a general computer user. So, if you are on linux and usually scan documents and pictures then this is an application not to be missed.

Eclipse IDE is a development environment for programmers with plugins for various languages. I have basically used it for PHP development and find it very useful as an integrated environment. Its available for most operating systems.

Basically a framework for javascript, its very useful and cuts javascript code very short. It is easy to learn and the concepts once understood are implemented quickly. Its a developers dream as far as javascript coding is concerned. Some of the useful links for jquery are http://api.jquery.com , http://docs.jquery.com to begin with. More on it very soon ....

This is a windows vista/windows 7 bootloader modification tool to use windows bootloader to boot Linux , BSD etc partitions. Its a good tool for those who want to stick to the windows bootloader (and not linux options like grub or lilo ) or perhaps those who have been overpowered by a windows installation to use a windows bootloader over the other options :)

7 stacks is a win 7/win XP/ Vista aplication allowing you to have mac like stacks on the desktop. The programs you use frequently can be combined into a single icon for a faster access through the stack. Its a good productivity tool too.