Computer software for selectively listing multimedia files, in whole or in part, for the sequential viewing of those files; computer software for use as personal planners through use of time and date generated text files; computer software to facilitate the acquisition and organization of multimedia from a global computer network; computer software to facilitate the decoding and viewing of news group articles; computer software to maintain system date and time synchronization with global computer network sites offering data provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); computer software to aid in the development of help files and manuals; computer software for selectively listing multimedia files, in whole or in part, for the sequential viewing of those files, that may be downloaded from a global computer network; computer software for use as personal planners through use of time and date generated text files, that may be downloaded from a global computer network; computer software to facilitate the acquisition and organization of multimedia from a global computer network, that may be downloaded from a global computer network; computer software to facilitate the decoding and viewing of news group articles, that may be downloaded from a global computer network; computer software to maintain system date and time synchronization with global computer network sites offering data provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), that may be downloaded from a global computer network; computer software to aid in the development of help files and manuals, that may be downloaded from a global computer network