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Four free desktop timers

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The Sweet Stuff: Software

Thursday August 19, 2010

Whether you're timing a freelance project or counting down to your next coffee break, a desktop timer is a handy addition to any PC or laptop. You can use these

free timer apps

as an alarm clock, a clock radio or an egg timer come lunch time.

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Time Me

- Has a basic Web interface.

- Quick and easy-to-use.

- In Settings you can define the alarm sound.

- You can also change the look.

- Good Night Timer

- Opens up with setting you can adjust.

- Can shutdown you computer if you wish.

- You can create presets for different situtations.

- Great for playing music before sleep.

- Sound gradually diminishes.

Tiny Timer

- Really is tiny and comes up on the far right bottom of the screen.

- Allows for multiple instances which is a plus.

- Quick, easy-to-use, and out of the way.

Cool Timer

- Has a nice set of user configurable options.

- Allows you to have presets which is a plus.

- You can minimize it to the tray.

- Pick from built-in sounds or pick your own sound file.

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