Security Essentials 1.0.1961 Vista

Microsoft Corporation - 6.91MB (Freeware)


Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.

Microsoft Security Essentials is a free download from Microsoft that is simple to install, easy to use, and always kept up to date so you can be assured your PC is protected by the latest technology. It’s easy to tell if your PC is secure — when you’re green, you’re good. It’s that simple.

Microsoft Security Essentials runs quietly and efficiently in the background so that you are free to use your Windows-based PC the way you want—without interruptions or long computer wait times.

Opera 10.50 Beta 2 (Build 3273)

Opera Software - 11.88MB (Freeware) - BETA


A full-featured Internet browser, Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. And because we know that our users have different needs, you can customize the look and content of your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse.

*Speed Dial: Your favorite sites are just one click away at all times.
*Search Shortcuts: Faster search – type your queries directly into the address bar.
*Trash Can: Instantly reopen recently closed tabs.
*Speed Dial: Get your favorite Web page with just one click.
*Mouse Gestures: With Opera you can navigate the Web with your mouse.
Opera Link: Synchronize data of your choice online, or among different computers and devices.
*Quick Find: Opera remembers not only the titles and addresses, but also the actual content of the Web pages you visit.
*Feed Preview: Preview a Feed by clicking on the feed icon, and you will see it in clean and efficient multiple-column layout.
*Quick and customizable Web search: Get quick access to Google, eBay, Amazon and more with the search field in the upper right corner.


Flash Player 10.1.51.95 Beta 3 (IE)

Adobe Systems Inc - 2.44MB (Freeware) - BETA


Adobe Flash Player is the high performance, lightweight, highly expressive client runtime that delivers powerful and consistent user experiences across major operating systems, browsers, mobile phones and devices.
Installed on over 750 million Internet-connected desktops and mobile devices, Flash Player enables organizations and individuals to build and deliver great digital experiences to their end users.

*Immersive experiences with Flash video, content and applications with full-screen mode.
*Low-bandwidth, high-quality video with advanced compression technology.
*High-fidelity text using the advanced text rendering engine.
*Real-time dynamic effects with filters for Blur, DropShadow, Glow, Bevel, Gradient Glow, Gradient Bevel, Displacement Map, Convolution, and Color Matrix.
*Innovative media compositions with 8-bit video alpha channels.
*Blend modes, radial gradient, and stroke enhancements.
*Additional image formats: GIF, Progressive JPEG, and PNG.

GPU-Z 0.3.9

techPowerUp - 488KB (Freeware)


GPU-Z is a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU.


*Support NVIDIA and ATI cards
*Displays adapter, GPU and display information
*Displays overclock, default clocks and 3D clocks (if available)
*Validation of results
*No installation required
*Support for Windows 2000 / XP / Vista (both 32 and 64 bit versions are supported)
*.. and yes, the author of CPU-Z has granted us permission to use a name similar to his product.


Download: GPU-Z 0.3.9

VMware Player 3.0.1

VMware Inc - 89.96MB (Freeware)


A virtual machine is a computer defined in software. It's like running a PC on your PC.

This free desktop virtualization software application makes it easy to operate any virtual machine created by VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion, VMware Server or VMware ESX, as well as Microsoft Virtual Server virtual machines or Microsoft Virtual PC virtual machines.

*Run multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single PC
*Experience the benefits of preconfigured products without any installation or configuration hassles
*Share data between host computer and virtual machine
*Run 32- and 64-bit virtual machines
*Leverage 2-way Virtual SMP
*Use 3rd-party virtual machines and images
*Share data between host computer and virtual machine
*Broad host and guest operating system support
*Support for USB 2.0 devices
*Get appliance info at start-up
*Gain easy access to virtual machines via intuitive home page interface


Foobar2000 1.0.1 beta 1

foobar2000.org - 2.99MB (Freeware) - BETA


foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats.

Main features:
*Supported audio formats: MP3, MP4, AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Vorbis, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Speex, AU, SND... and more with additional components.
*Gapless playback.
*Full unicode support.
*Easily customizable user interface layout.
*Advanced tagging capabilities.
*Support for ripping Audio CDs as well as transcoding all supported audio formats using the Converter component.
*Full ReplayGain support.
*Customizable keyboard shortcuts.
*Open component architecture allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player.


FileZilla 3.3.2

FileZilla - 3.97MB (Open Source)


FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface.


Among others, the features of FileZilla include the following:
*Easy to use
*Supports FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
*IPv6 support
*Available in many languages
*Supports resume and transfer of large files greater than 4GB
*Powerful Site Manager and transfer queue
*Bookmarks
*Drag & drop support
*Configurable transfer speed limits
*Filename filters
*Network configuration wizard
*Remote file editing
*Keep-alive
*HTTP/1.1, SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy support
*Logging to file


Download: FileZilla 3.3.2

LimeWire Basic 5.4.8

Lime Wire LLC - 19.83MB (Freeware)


LimeWire is a fast, easy-to-use file sharing program that contains no spyware, adware or other bundled software. Compatible with all major platforms and running over the Gnutella network, LimeWire's open source code, is freely available to the public and developed in part by a devoted programmer community.

LimeWire is the fastest, easiest, most advanced file sharing program available and it's completely free of spyware, adware and any other bundled software.

Lime Wire is introducing a filtering system to encourage safer, more responsible file sharing.

*NO BUNDLED SOFTWARE OF ANY KIND!
*Firewall to Firewall Transfers.
*Faster network connections.
*Universal Plug 'N Play.
*iTunes Integration.
*Creative Commons Integration.
*"What's New?" feature.
*Search drill down results.
*Proxy support.
*Support for International searches and International groups.


Notepad++ 5.6.7

Notepad++ - 3.09MB (Open Source)


Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL Licence.

Based on a powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL which ensures a higher execution speed and smaller program size. By optimizing as many routines as possible without losing user friendliness, Notepad++ is trying to reduce the world carbon dioxide emissions. When using less CPU power, the PC can throttle down and reduce power consumption, resulting in a greener environment.

*Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding
*WYSIWYG
*User Defined Syntax Highlighting
*Auto-completion
*Multi-Document
*Multi-View
*Regular Expression Search/Replace supported
*Full Drag 'N' Drop supported
*Dynamic position of Views
*File Status Auto-detection
*Zoom in and zoom out
*Multi-Language environment supported
*Bookmark
*Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting
*Macro recording and playback


Download: Notepad++ 5.6.7

PeaZip 3.0.0

Giorgio Tani - 5.98MB (Open Source)


PeaZip is an open source file and archive manager. It's freeware and free of charge for any use.

PeaZip can extract most of archive formats both from Windows and Unix worlds, ranging from mainstream 7Z, RAR, TAR and ZIP to experimental ones like PAQ/LPAQ family, currently the most powerful compressor available.

For archive creation, PeaZip suppors a wide range of compression and encryption standard, from fastes to most powerful ones, and allows to export job definition as scripts to bridge the gap between GUI and console applications, and let the user pick the best of the two worlds.

PeaZip has secure deletion feature, can verify file checksum and hash, and supports multiple strong encryption standards, optionally using two factor authentication (password and keyfile) for increased security:

*7Z's AES256 encryption
*ZIP WinZip's AE encryption based on AES256 (and ZipCrypto for legacy compatibility); can decrypt PKZip's AES encryption
*FreeARC's ARC: AES256, Blowfish, Twofish256 and Serpent256 - this format is also capable to generate recovery records to protect data against corruption
*PEA: AES256 EAX authenticated encryption



Download: PeaZip 3.0.0

FrostWire 4.20.1

FrostWire - 13.39MB (Open Source)


FrostWire, a Gnutella Peer-to-Peer client, is a collaborative effort from many Open Source and freelance developers located from all around the world.

Using the most recent version of FrostWire allows users to enjoy the best program functionality. Bugs reported in older versions have been fixed for the latest version. Any users with FrostWire 2.5 or earlier MUST update.

Frostwire's features include:
*Completely Free & Open Source!
*Faster Download Speeds
*No Spyware. No Adware. Guaranteed.
*iTunes™ Compatible!
*Faster Torrent Speeds
*Friendly Online Chat Rooms
*Bittorrent Support!
*Even More Connections
*New & Improved Skins

MagicISO 5.5.281

MagicISO - 2.93MB (Shareware)


MagicISO is a powerful CD/DVD image file creating/editing/extracting tool. It can open, create, edit and extract CD/DVD image files, and it can convert BIN to ISO formats and back. You can use it to make ISO files from DVD/CD-ROM or hard disks, with bootable information included.

MagicISO can also convert any image file format including BIN to the standard ISO format. It can handle images created by CD burning software (Nero Burning ROM, Easy CD Create, and so on) or virtual DVD/CD-ROM driver software (Daemon-tools).

MagicISO has the ability to create ISO image files as well. You can directly add, delete, and rename files or folders in CD image file(s). The program can handle images of up to 10G in size so that users can extract, edit, and open DVD image files with ease.

The free version is limited to creating images less than 300Mb in size.


Pidgin 2.6.6

Gaim - 14.10MB (Open Source)


Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time.

Pidgin runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems.

Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box: AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It can support many more with plugins.

Pidgin supports many features of these chat networks, such as file transfers, away messages, buddy icons, custom smilies, and typing notifications. Numerous plugins also extend Pidgin's functionality above and beyond the standard features.

Pidgin integrates with the system tray on Windows.


Download: Pidgin 2.6.6

Real Alternative 2.02

6.59MB (Freeware)


Real Alternative allows your system to play Real Media files (.ra .ram) without having to install the full version of RealPlayer


The latest version contains:
*Media Player Classic - a freeware media player that supports both Real Alternative and QuickTime Alternative.
*RealMedia Codecs
*RealMedia plugin for Internet Explorer
*RealMedia plugin for Opera/Mozilla/Netscape
*RealMedia DirectShow splitter


SuperAntiSpyware 4.34.1000

SUPERAntiSpyware - 7.40MB (Freeware)


SUPERAntiSpyware Professional features our highly advanced Real-Time Protection to ensure protection from installation or re-installation of potential threats as you surf the Internet. Used in conjunction with our First Chance Prevention and Registry Protection, your computer is protected from thousands of threats that attempt to infect and infiltrate your system at startup or while shutting down your system.

Advanced Detection and Removal
*Detect and Remove Spyware, Adware, Malware, Trojans, Dialers, Worms, KeyLoggers, HiJackers, Parasites, Rootkits, Rogue Security Products and many other types of threats.
*Light on System Resources and won't slow down your computer like many other anti-spyware products. Won't conflict with your existing anti-spyware or anti-virus solution!

Real-Time Protection
*Real-Time Blocking of threats! Prevent potentially harmful software from installing or re-installing!
*First Chance Prevention examines over 50 critical points of your system each time your system starts up and shuts down to eliminate threats before they have a chance to infect and infiltrate your system.
*Schedule either Quick, Complete or Custom Scans Daily or Weekly to ensure your computer is free from harmful software.

Security Essentials 1.0.1959 Vista

Microsoft Corporation - 6.98MB (Freeware)


Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.

Microsoft Security Essentials is a free download from Microsoft that is simple to install, easy to use, and always kept up to date so you can be assured your PC is protected by the latest technology. It’s easy to tell if your PC is secure — when you’re green, you’re good. It’s that simple.

Microsoft Security Essentials runs quietly and efficiently in the background so that you are free to use your Windows-based PC the way you want—without interruptions or long computer wait times.


RealPlayer SP 1.1

RealNetworks Inc - 19.81MB (Freeware)


RealPlayer has always enabled you to play RealAudio (*.ra) and RealMedia (*.ram) files.



Now, with RealPlayer, you can:
*Download videos from thousands of Web sites with just one click
*Build your own video library and playlists
*Play all major audio and video formats

RealPlayer for personal use includes audio CD burning capabilities, DVR-style playback buffering, multimedia search, Internet radio, a jukebox-style file library, an embedded web browser (using Microsoft Internet Explorer), and the ability to transfer media to a number of portable devices, including Apple's iPod, MP3 players, and Windows Media devices.

Since version 11, RealPlayer also includes Flash Video support, DVD, SVCD, VCD burning and video recording (DRM is supported).

Inno Setup 5.3.8

Jordan Russell - 1.42MB (Open Source)


Inno Setup is a free installer for Windows programs. First introduced in 1997, Inno Setup today rivals and even surpasses many commercial installers in feature set and stability.

Key features:
*Support for all versions of Windows in use today: Vista, XP, 2008, 2003, 2000, Me, 98, 95, and NT 4.0. (No service packs are required.)
*Extensive support for installation of 64-bit applications on the 64-bit editions of Windows. Both the x64 and Itanium architectures are supported. (On the Itanium architecture, Service Pack 1 or later is required on Windows Server 2003 to install in 64-bit mode.)
*Supports creation of a single EXE to install your program for easy online distribution. Disk spanning is also supported.
*Standard Windows 2000/XP-style wizard interface.
*Customizable setup types, e.g. Full, Minimal, Custom.
*Complete uninstall capabilities.
*Installation of files: Includes integrated support for "deflate", bzip2, and 7-Zip LZMA file compression. The installer has the ability to compare file version info, replace in-use files, use shared file counting, register DLL/OCX's and type libraries, and install fonts.
*Creation of shortcuts anywhere, including in the Start Menu and on the desktop.
*Creation of registry and .INI entries.
*Integrated Pascal scripting engine.
*Support for multilingual installs.
*Support for passworded and encrypted installs.
*Silent install and uninstall.
*Full source code is available (Borland Delphi 2.0-5.0).

Download: nno Setup 5.3.8

MySQL 5.1.44

MySQL AB - 39.05MB (Open Source)


MySQL Community Edition is a freely downloadable version of the world's most popular open source database that is supported by an active community of open source developers and enthusiasts.

MySQL delivers enterprise features, including:
*Partitioning to improve performance and management of very large database environments
*Row-based/Hybrid Replication for improved replication security
*Event Scheduler to create and schedule jobs that perform various database tasks
*XPath Support
*Dynamic General/Slow Query Log
*Performance/Load Testing Utility (mysqlslap)
*Improved! Full Text Search (faster, new dev templates)
*Improved! Archive engine (better compression, more features)
*Improved! User session and problem SQL identification
*Improved! MySQL embedded library (libmysqld)
*Additional INFORMATION_SCHEMA objects
*Faster data import operations (parallel file load)
*ACID Transactions to build reliable and secure business critical applications
*Stored Procedures to improve developer productivity
*Triggers to enforce complex business rules at the database level
*Views to ensure sensitive information is not compromised
*Information Schema to provide easy access to metadata
*Pluggable Storage Engine Architecture for maximum flexibility
*Archive Storage Engine for historical and audit data


Download: MySQL 5.1.44

Ad-Aware 8.2.0.0

Lavasoft - 92.85MB (Non-Commercial Freeware)


Ad-Aware gives you comprehensive malware protection. With real-time monitoring, threat alerts, and automatic updates you can rest easy knowing that you are protected.

*Shop, bank, and make travel arrangements online - We keep you safe from password stealers, keyloggers, spyware, trojans, online fraudsters, identity thieves and other potential cyber criminals.
*Control your privacy - Erase tracks left behind while surfing the Web - on browsers such as Internet Explorer, Opera, and Firefox - in one easy click.
*Get Peace of Mind - Know that your personal information is kept safe from dangerous intruders and prying eyes.


QuickTime Alternative 3.1.1

18.20MB (Freeware)


QuickTime Alternative is a trimmed-down version of QuickTime that contains only the essential components needed for playing QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages.

Advantages of QuickTime Alternative are:

Quick and easy install
Ability to make an unattended installation
No background processes
No unwanted stuff and other nonsense
Smaller size than Apple QuickTime
It comes bundled with Media Player Classic - a freeware media player that supports both QuickTime Alternative and Real Alternative.

AIMP 2.60.551

AIMP - 6.92MB (Freeware)

AIMP is a free audio player with support for large number of formats and playlists. It works with multiple playlists immediately, allows creation of bookmarks and also has a playback queue.
*Crystal-clear sound, technology of reproduction essentially differs from Winamp and WMP
*Sensitive equalizer
*A maximum of functionality from a minimum of resources
*The minimal consumption of system resources
*Multilingual support
*Support of set of formats of audio
*Adjustment of global and local hot keys (patterns from WinAmp and WMP)
*Flexible options of the program and various covers will allow you to make A.I.M.P. completely individual
*Support of plug-ins with which help it is possible to expand opportunities of the program
*The audioconverter codes music from the most different formats in wma, mp3, wav, ogg
*Plus many more !


Download: AIMP 2.60.551

Speccy 1.00.108 Beta

Piriform - 1008KB (Freeware) - BETA


Speccy will give you detailed statistics on every piece of hardware in your computer. Including CPU, Motherboard, RAM, Graphics Cards, Hard Disks, Optical Drives, Audio support. Additionally Speccy adds the temperatures of your different components, so you can easily see if there's a problem!

*Processor brand and model
*Hard drive size and speed
*Amount of memory (RAM)
*Graphics card
*Operating system

At first glance, Speccy may seem like an application for system administrators and power users. It certainly is, but Speccy can also help normal users, in everyday computing life.



If you need to add more memory to your system, for example, you can check how many memory slots your computer has and what memory's already installed. Then you can go out and buy the right type of memory to add on or replace what you've already got.

FileZilla 3.3.2 RC2

FileZilla - 3.96MB (Open Source) - BETA


FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface.


Among others, the features of FileZilla include the following:
*Easy to use
*Supports FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
*IPv6 support
*Available in many languages
*Supports resume and transfer of large files greater than 4GB
*Powerful Site Manager and transfer queue
*Bookmarks
*Drag & drop support
*Configurable transfer speed limits
*Filename filters
*Network configuration wizard
*Remote file editing
*Keep-alive
*HTTP/1.1, SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy support
*Logging to file



WinRAR 3.92 (32-bit)

RARLab - 1.30MB (Shareware)


WinRAR is an archiving utility that completely supports RAR and ZIP archives and is able to unpack CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z, Z archives. It consistently makes smaller archives than the competition, saving disk space and transmission costs.

WinRAR offers a graphic interactive interface utilizing mouse and menus as well as the command line interface. WinRAR is easier to use than many other archivers with the inclusion of a special "Wizard" mode which allows instant access to the basic archiving functions through a simple question and answer procedure.

WinRAR offers you the benefit of industry strength archive encryption using AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) with a key of 128 bits. It supports files and archives up to 8,589 billion gigabytes in size. It also offers the ability to create selfextracting and multivolume archives. With recovery record and recovery volumes, you can reconstruct even physically damaged archives.


Defraggler 1.17.172

Piriform - 3.95MB (Freeware)



From Piriform, the company that brought you CCleaner and Recuva... they now bring you a file defragmentation tool... Defraggler!

It differs from other defrag tools on the market, by enabling you to quickly and simply defrag the files you want to, without having to process the whole drive. Simply run it, select the file and defragment in seconds. No more struggling with the Windows defragmentation tool!






*Defrag Individual Files
*Defrag Free Space
*Compact and Portable
*Vista Support
*Locate Files on the Drive
*Freeware

And remember like all Piriform products, Defraggler is completely free for both corporate and individual use.


Password Safe 3.21

Rony Shapiro - 4.79MB (Open Source)


Password Safe allows you to manage your old passwords and to easily and quickly generate, store, organize, retrieve, and use complex new passwords, using password policies that you control. Once stored, your user names and passwords are just a few clicks away.

Using Password Safe you can organize your passwords using your own customizable references—for example, by user ID, category, web site, or location. You can choose to store all your passwords in a single encrypted master password list (an encrypted password database), or use multiple databases to further organize your passwords (work and home, for example). And with its intuitive interface you will be up and running in minutes.


MyDefrag 4.2.8

J C Kessels - 1.97MB (Freeware)



MyDefrag (formerly JKDefrag) is a disk defragmenter and optimizer for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/X64. Completely automatic and very easy to use, fast, low overhead, with several optimization strategies, and can handle floppies, USB disks, memory sticks, and anything else that looks like a disk to Windows.

Included are a Windows version, a commandline version (for scheduling by the task scheduler or for use from administrator scripts), a screensaver version, a DLL library (for use from programming languages), versions for Windows X64, and the complete sources.

Why use this defragger instead of the standard Windows defragger?

*Much faster.
*Totally automatic, extremely easy to use.
*Optimized for daily use.
*Disk optimization, several strategies.
*Directories are moved to the beginning of the disk.
*Reclaims MFT reserved space after disk-full.
*Maintains free spaces for temporary files.
*Can defragment very full harddisks.
*Can defragment very large files.
*Can defragment individual directories and files.
*Can be run automatically with the Windows Scheduler.
*Can be used from the commandline.
*Can be used as a screen saver.
*Can be run from cdrom or memory stick.
*Sources available, can be customized.

JKDefrag was open source, but from version 4, when it changed its name to MyDefrag, it is closed source.

Download: MyDefrag 4.2.8

AbiWord 2.8.2

AbiSource Community - 7.93MB (Open Source)


AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft® Word. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks.

Multi Platform
Enjoy your favorite Word Processor on the operating system you like to use - be it Windows, Linux, QNX, FreeBSD or Solaris.

Interoperability
AbiWord is able to read and write all industry standard document types, such as OpenOffice.org documents, Microsoft Word documents, WordPerfect documents, Rich Text Format documents, HTML web pages and many more.

Advanced Document Layout
Give your document that professional, scientific or fun-to-read look using AbiWord's advanced document layout options. Use tables, bullets, lists, images, footnotes, endnotes and styles to enhance the way your document looks.

Internationalization
AbiWord comes in many different languages. AbiWord is available in most common and many not-so-common languages. Dictionaries exist for over 30 languages.

Download: AbiWord 2.8.2

VirtualBox 3.1.4.57640

Sun Microsystems - 70.82MB (Open Source)


VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software.

Some of the features of VirtualBox are:

*Modularity. VirtualBox has an extremely modular design with well-defined internal programming interfaces and a client/server design. This makes it easy to control it from several interfaces at once: for example, you can start a virtual machine in a typical virtual machine GUI and then control that machine from the command line, or possibly remotely. VirtualBox also comes with a full Software Development Kit: even though it is Open Source Software, you don't have to hack the source to write a new interface for VirtualBox.
*Virtual machine descriptions in XML. The configuration settings of virtual machines are stored entirely in XML and are independent of the local machines. Virtual machine definitions can therefore easily be ported to other computers.



Google Chrome 5.0.322.2 Beta

Google - 12.58MB (Open Source) - BETA


Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

One box for everything
Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages.

Thumbnails of your top sites
Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab.

Incognito mode
Don't want pages you visit to show up in your web history? Choose incognito mode for private browsing.

Safe browsing
Google Chrome warns you if you're about to visit a suspected phishing, malware or otherwise unsafe website.

For information about alpha and developer builds, check out the Chrome dev channel here.


3DMark Vantage 1.0.2

Futuremark - 414.38MB (Commercial Trial)



3DMark Vantage is the new industry standard PC gaming performance benchmark from Futuremark, newly designed for Windows Vista and DirectX10. It includes two new graphics tests, two new CPU tests, several new feature tests, and support for the latest hardware. 3DMark Vantage is based on a completely new rendering engine, developed specifically to take full advantage of DirectX10, the new graphics API from Microsoft.
Note: 3DMark Vantage requires Windows Vista and DirectX10 Compliant graphics card, and does not work in any other operating systems or with sub-DX10 graphics cards.

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Miranda 0.8.14

Miranda IM - 1.65MB (Open Source)


Miranda IM is a multi-protocol instant messenger client for Windows. Miranda IM uses very little memory and is extremely fast. It requires no installation and can be fitted on a single floppy disc. Its powerful plugin system makes Miranda IM very flexible. Only the most basic features are built in, but there are currently more than 350 free plugins available for download that allows users to extend the functionality of Miranda IM.

Available Protocols are:
*AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)
*Gadu-Gadu
*IAX (Inter-Asterisk Exchange)
*ICQ
*IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
*Jabber
*MSN
*Netsend
*Tlen
*Yahoo
*And more...
Download: Miranda 0.8.14

Opera Software - 11.91MB (Freeware) - BETA


A full-featured Internet browser, Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. And because we know that our users have different needs, you can customize the look and content of your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse.

*Speed Dial: Your favorite sites are just one click away at all times.
*Search Shortcuts: Faster search – type your queries directly into the address bar.
*Trash Can: Instantly reopen recently closed tabs.
*Speed Dial: Get your favorite Web page with just one click.
*Mouse Gestures: With Opera you can navigate the Web with your mouse.
*Opera Link: Synchronize data of your choice online, or among different computers and devices.
*Quick Find: Opera remembers not only the titles and addresses, but also the actual content of the Web pages you visit.
*Feed Preview: Preview a Feed by clicking on the feed icon, and you will see it in clean and efficient multiple-column layout.
*Quick and customizable Web search: Get quick access to Google, eBay, Amazon and more with the search field in the upper right corner.


Orbit Downloader 3.0.2

Innoshock - 2.46MB (Freeware)


Orbit Downloader, is a download manager specifically designed for the new generation Web (Web 2.0). You can use Orbit to download video/music/files from Myspace, YouTube, Imeem, Pandora, and Rapidshare, or on any site to make general downloading easier and faster.

Main Orbit Downloader Features:

*Download social music, social video and streaming media
*Extreme download acceleration.
*Super Light: micro-sized and resource-friendly
*Supports RapidShare download.
*Supports IE, Firefox, Maxthon, and Opera.
*Supports Metalink download.
*Supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, MMS, RTSP and RTMP protocols.
*Supports Proxy server configuration.
*Supports download, pause and resume.
*Provides general download management.


Ares 2.1.5

Ares - 2.33MB (Open Source)


Ares is a free open source file sharing program that enables users to share any digital file including images, audio, video, software, documents, etc.

You may now easily publish your files through the Ares peer to peer network. As a member of the virtual community, you can search and download just about any file shared by other users. Latest versions support BitTorrent protocol and Shoutcast radio stations.

With Ares you can also join chat rooms or host your channel and meet new friends.

*Fast multisource downloads
*Powerful library organizer
*Built-in audio/video player
*Filesharing chat rooms

Download: Ares 2.1.5

Cabos 0.8.2

Cabos - 8.15MB (Open Source)


Cabos is a free Gnutella file sharing program. It is based on LimeWire's source code, and has a similar feel in terms of interface. Main features include:

*Mojito Distributed Hash Table (Mojito DHT) support.
*IP2Country support for locale detection.
*Firewall to firewall transfers.
*Proxy transfers.
*Universal Plug and Play support.
*Adware and Spyware free.
*Clean interface.
*iTunes Integration.
*Under 7000k of memory usage.
Download: Cabos 0.8.2

Evernote 3.5.1.1410

Evernote Corporation - 35.95MB (Freeware)


Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere.

Stop forgetting things. Capture everything now so you will be able to find it all later.

*Tasks and to-dos
*Notes and research
*Web pages
*Whiteboards
*Business cards
*Scribbles
*Snapshots
*Wine labels
And then find them all any time across all the computers and devices you use. How does Evernote do it?


Vista Codec Package 5.5.7 Freeware

Shark007 - 20.12MB (Freeware)


All the codecs you need for Vista to play AVIs, DVDs and more!

It does not contain a media player and it doesn't associates filetypes. With this package installed you will be able to use any media player, limited only by the players' capabilities, to play DVD's, movies and video clips of almost any filetype. Streaming video is supported in all popular web browsers. By default you won't need to make any adjustments to enjoy a variety of media content immediately. Users have the ability to choose what is installed using the public redistributable or after an unattended install, you can select to remove specific portions without removing the entire package. Future releases will recognize previous releases and are capable of performing upgrade installations.

The Vista Codec Package is also compatible with all versions of Windows XP.


Recuva 1.35.472

Piriform - 3.60MB (Freeware)


Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been deleted from your iPod, or by bugs, crashes and viruses!

*Simple to use interface - just click 'Scan' and choose the files you want to recover
*Easy to use filter for results based on file name/type
*Simple Windows like interface with List and Tree view
*Can be run from a USB thumb drive
*Restores all types of files, office documents, images, video, music, email, anything.
*Supports FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, NTFS5 , NTFS + EFS file systems
*Restores files from removable media (SmartMedia, Secure Digital, MemoryStick, Digital cameras, Floppy disks, Jaz Disks, Sony Memory Sticks, Compact Flash cards, Smart Media Cards, Secure Digital Cards, etc.)
*Restores files from external ZIP drives , Firewire and USB Hard drives
*It's fast, tiny and takes seconds to run!

Download: Recuva 1.35.472

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