Father Time. NAME and DOWNLOAD LINK: NISTIME DESCRIPTION: Keeps your computer on time, every time. SIZE: 260KB, self-executing. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Win3.1+, MS/DOS, Unix. COMMENT: Even the most expensive machines with the most advanced operating systems can't seem to keep time as well as a cheap Casio. Why sweat the small stuff? As the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) so aptly puts it: "The time clock in the computer is used to keep track of when documents (files) are created and last changed, when electronic mail messages are sent and received, and when other time-sensitive events and transactions happen. "In order to accurately compare files, messages, and other records residing on different computers, their time clocks must be set from a common standard. In the best case, their clocks should be set from an accurate national standard." We used to recommend the much flashier AtomTime, but sadly it has gone shareware. NISTIME is a small, effective, bare-bones program which takes its readings from the NIST-F1 cesium fountain atomic clock, the primary time and frequency standard for the United States. Let's see you argue with that, Bucko. The site contains unnecessarily detailed setup .pdf files for Windows and Macs, though there doesn't appear to be a Mac version of the program. We suggest you put a NISTIME shortcut on your desktop and give it a click once in a while. In a matter of seconds your computer will be up to the minute.