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Utility |
Foxit Reader |
A much better PDF viewer than
Acrobat. Foxit lets you add comments, highlight portions of text and
many other features that Acrobat Reader doesn't have. Plus it's faster
to start and less annoying to use. |
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Browser |
Firefox |
Great browser with lots of add-ons and themes |
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Safari |
Apple's browser for Mac and PC |
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Chrome |
The new browser from Google |
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Opera |
Another browser - perfect if you don't like
the others |
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Media |
iTunes |
Media player - you either love it or hate it |
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VLC Player |
A small player that will play just about any
file type |
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MP3 Joiner |
Lets you join MP3 files together to make a
single album or audio book |
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MP3 Tag |
Lets you edit the MP3 tag information that
iTunes doesn't |
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WinX DVD ripper |
Lets you copy DVDs to AVI (and other) format |
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WinX video converter |
Converts just about any type of video into any
other type of video |
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WinX DVD to iPhone ripper |
Copies DVDs into iPhone friendly format |
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WinX iPhone video converter |
Converts any other sort of video to iPhone
friendly format |
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Spotify |
Free streaming music service (invitation may
be required) |
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DVD Flick |
Converts almost any type of video into a DVD
that can be played on a DVD player |
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DVD43 |
Removes region coding from DVDs so you can
play them on your PC |
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Audacity |
Audio editor |
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Office |
Open Office |
Free word processor, spreadsheet and
presentation software for Mac, PC and Linux |
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Symphony |
The free office suite from Lotus |
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Celtx |
Script planning, writing and formatting suite |
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Q10 |
A word processor with a difference - it cuts
you off so you can concentrate |
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Security |
SpyBot |
Searches for spyware |
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Ad Aware |
Searches for adware |
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Zone Alarm |
A free firewall (paid-for version also
available) |
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AVG Anti Virus |
A free anti-virus program |
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Avast Anti Virus |
Another free anti-virus program |
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Win Patrol |
Gives you control over which programs start
when your PC starts and also lets you prevent various other unauthorised
changes |
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Microsoft Security Essentials |
Microsoft's new anti-malware kit |
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Graphics |
The GIMP |
Fully featured image editor |
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Serif Web Plus SE |
Free website design application |
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Free Serif Software |
The rest of Serif's free software offerings |
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Paint.net |
Fully featured freeware image editor |
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Utilities |
JDisk Report |
Gives you your disk or folder usage as a pie
chart - good for finding space hogs |
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Evernote |
Lets you save bits of web pages, documents
etc. Also syncs with iPhones |
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BIMP |
Batch image manipulator - resize dozens of
images with one click |
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Windows Live |
Not just Messenger these days - it has Windows
Live Photo Gallery too which is a great digital photo manager |
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SyncToy |
Free backup tool from Microsoft |
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Core FTP |
Simple FTP client |
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Crap Cleaner |
Cleans out temp files, cache files etc to keep
your computer lean |
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Radio Downloader |
Search for the BBC programme you want and this
will download it as an MP3 from the iPlayer so you can keep it forever |
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Google iPhone Sync |
Sync your Google calendar with your iPhone and
get PUSH Googlemail email |
Link |
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Tree Size |
A quick way to see which folders are taking up
all your disk space |
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Comodo Backup |
A brilliant and silent backup tool which keeps
a synchronised copy of your files without you having to do anything |
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Genie Time Line |
The free version of Genie Time
Line lets you go back in time and use snapshots of your files and folders
from days or weeks ago (the closest Windows application to Apple's OSX
Time Machine but not as pretty) |
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Dexpot Virtual Desktop Manager |
If you fancy having multiple
desktops then this is for you - it lets you have up to 20 work spaces on
the go at the same time |
Link |
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Foxit Reader |
A much better PDF viewer than
Acrobat. Foxit lets you add comments, highlight portions of text and
many other features that Acrobat Reader doesn't have. Plus it's faster
to start and less annoying to use. |
Link |
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iPhone |
coming soon... |
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Freeware
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