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  • EverNote is a free note-taking application.
    • May 23, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows/Mac/Android
  • Scan for spyware, adware, hijackers and other malicious software.
    • May 21, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Chrome combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.
    • May 21, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Chrome combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.
    • May 21, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Mac OS X
  • Trillian is a multinetwork chat client that currently supports mIRC, AIM, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo Messenger.
    • May 20, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Unlock files that you can not delete.
    • May 20, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Dropbox allows you to sync your files online and across your computers automatically.
    • May 20, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows/Mac/Linux
  • Skype is free and simple software that will enable you to make free calls anywhere in the world in minutes.
    • May 16, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • phpMyAdmin is a free software tool written in PHP, intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the World Wide Web.
    • May 15, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Linux
  • Try Mozilla's next generation Thunderbird email client.
    • May 14, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Mac OS X
  • FileZilla is a fast FTP and SFTP client for Windows with a lot of features.
    • May 13, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Mac OS X
  • avast! Free Antivirus is perfect for people who send e-mails and surf popular websites.
    • May 10, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows/Mac/Android
  • FileZilla is a fast FTP and SFTP client for Windows with a lot of features.
    • May 9, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • WinZip is bar none, the most popular and useful file compression utility out there.
    • May 8, 2013
    • Shareware
    • Windows (all)
  • Free source code editor which supports several programming languages running under the MS Windows environment.
    • May 6, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform.
    • May 6, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • The private and individual use of the AntiVir Personal Edition is completely free of charge.
    • May 2, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • µTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint.
    • May 1, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs, DirectShow filters and tools.
    • April 29, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • All around tool, benchmarking, system diagnostic and analyser.
    • April 26, 2013
    • Shareware
    • Windows (all)
  • Small tool for editing mpeg audio directly.
    • April 26, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Freeware system optimization tool that removes unused and temporary files.
    • April 25, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows XP/Vista/7
  • TeamViewer is the fast, simple and friendly solution for remote access over the Internet.
    • April 24, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • With this free software you can burn CD-R, CD-RW DVD+R/RW DVD-R/RW discs.
    • April 23, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • BurnAware allows you to easily perform the most common disc burning operations.
    • April 23, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Google Earth puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop.
    • April 23, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows/Mac
  • Designed to measure your PC’s gaming performance 3DMark 11 makes extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11 including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading.
    • April 18, 2013
    • Adware
    • Windows 7/8
  • Easily creates PDFs from any Windows program.
    • April 16, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • The ideal text, HTML and HEX editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers.
    • April 15, 2013
    • Shareware
    • Windows (all)
  • Foxit Reader is a free reader for PDF documents. You can view and print PDF documents with it.
    • April 15, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Easy-to-use, simple, and effective anti-malware application.
    • April 9, 2013
    • Shareware
    • Windows XP/Vista/7
  • Highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats.
    • April 11, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Mac OS X
  • Designed to protect personal computers running Windows from malicious programs.
    • April 8, 2013
    • Shareware
    • Windows (all)
  • Download Opera today to get the fastest and most powerful Web browser available and make the most of your time online.
    • April 3, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Safeguard your online life with the best proactive solution that will not slow you down.
    • April 2, 2013
    • Trial
    • Windows (all)
  • Picasa is free photo editing software from Google that makes your pictures look great.
    • March 27, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows/Mac
  • Create PDF documents on the fly — for Free.
    • March 19, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • SpeedFan is a freeware program that monitors voltages, fan speeds and temperatures in computers with hardware monitor chips.
    • March 15, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Performance boost solution for Intel Graphics Media Accelerator series.
    • February 28, 2013
    • Donationware
    • Windows (all)
  • Provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.
    • February 27, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows XP/Vista/7
  • This tool gathers detailed information about your system.
    • February 25, 2013
    • Shareware
    • Windows (all)
  • Free BitTorrent client written from scratch in C that aims to be as efficient as possible.
    • February 18, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Mac OS X
  • One of the most complete and popular digital distribution platforms for games.
    • February 18, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows XP/Vista/7
  • Pidgin is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows.
    • February 13, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows/Mac/Linux
  • Online password manager and form filler.
    • February 8, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Find out which program has a particular file or directory open.
    • February 6, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • The latest version of Notebook Hardware Control formerly Centrino Hardware Control.
    • January 22, 2013
    • Freeware
    • Windows XP/Vista/7
  • Edit and convert graphics files with this top-notch image viewer.
    • November 8, 2012
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Free Comodo Firewall with prevention-based protection.
    • November 8, 2012
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Format Factory is a multifunctional media converter.
    • October 22, 2012
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Experience cutting edge features but with more stability.
    • October 10, 2012
    • Freeware
    • Windows/Mac/Linux
  • Black Mesa is a Half-Life 2 total conversion, remaking Valve Software's award-winning PC game, Half-Life.
    • September 14, 2012
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • 7-Zip is a file archiver with high compression ratio.
    • August 23, 2012
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Powerful Windows file manager replacement.
    • August 3, 2012
    • Shareware
    • Windows (all)
  • Creates a virtual filesystem around your Google GMail account, allowing you to use GMail as a storage medium.
    • July 9, 2012
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • The legendary WinAMP media player can handle audio CDs, MP3 audio files, and streaming audio broadcasts.
    • June 29, 2012
    • Shareware
    • Windows (all)
  • WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce the size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files.
    • June 14, 2012
    • Shareware
    • Windows (all)
  • Daemon Tools is a virtual cd/dvd-rom emulator.
    • April 26, 2012
    • Shareware
    • Windows (all)
  • ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application.
    • March 30, 2012
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Thunderbird 3 is the next generation release of the award-winning Thunderbird email client from Mozilla.
    • March 16, 2012
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Free windows utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, your desktop icons, and even your file manager.
    • January 26, 2012
    • Freeware
    • Windows/Mac
  • Enjoy entertainment from the Internet and computer on your TV.
    • December 27, 2011
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Mozilla's free and open source web browser, bringing together all kinds of awesomeness to make browsing better for you.
    • December 22, 2011
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows.
    • October 10, 2011
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats.
    • July 18, 2011
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • XviD aims to develope a high quality open-source MPEG-4 codec.
    • May 31, 2011
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Allows you to play QuickTime files without having to install the official QuickTime Player.
    • December 16, 2010
    • Freeware
    • Windows XP/Vista/7
  • Content aware image resizing, aka image retargeting.
    • December 8, 2010
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Trend Micro HijackThis is a free utility that generates an in depth report of registry and file settings from your computer.
    • April 22, 2010
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Play QuickTime files (.mov, .qt and other extensions) without having to install QuickTime Player.
    • April 19, 2010
    • Freeware
    • Windows XP/Vista/7
  • Convert various PC video formats to a DVD that can be played on pretty much any standalone DVD player.
    • June 29, 2009
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Monitor your network bandwidth directly from Windows.
    • July 1, 2009
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Application that allows you to quickly position a window to fill exactly half the screen.
    • July 1, 2009
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • The Windows 7 RC1 is the last step before the final version of Windows 7 and you can use it for free until June 2010.
    • May 6, 2009
    • Trial
    • Windows (all)
  • The Windows 7 RC1 is the last step before the final version of Windows 7 and you can use it for free until June 2010.
    • May 6, 2009
    • Trial
    • Windows (all)
  • Feedreader is a free lightweight aggregator that supports RSS and ATOM formats.
    • April 21, 2009
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Xobni is the Outlook plug-in that saves you time finding email conversations, contacts and attachments.
    • March 26, 2009
    • Freeware
    • Windows XP/Vista
  • Rename multiple files with the click of a button. Batch renaming made easy.
    • March 1, 2009
    • Freeware
    • Windows (all)
  • Awesome remake of this game classic.
    • August 10, 2005
    • Freeware
    • Windows (98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003)
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