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Rakion International Price: Free Platform: Windows (all. from Windows 98) Site: rakion.softnyx.net/download/client.asp The online strategy game Rakion is very popular, with its graphic sword battles and intense action. It's a role-playing game, so your aim is to gain experiences and upgrade your character's combat skills, and advance to new levels. You'll need to develop strategic skills as well as fighting skills.
Isanaki 2.1 Price: Free Platform: Windows 2000/XP Site: tinyurl.com/2yloys Create your own Sudoku and Wordoku boards and games with Isanaki. While the Sudoku games use numbers from 1 to 9, the Wordoku games use only letters. You can create boards of both 9*9, and 16*16 sizes, so you'll never run out of games to play. The game handles up to 256 levels of Undo/ Redo.
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey 1 Licence: Two-hour trial, then $US40 Platform: Windows XP Site: www.longestjourney.com/download/demo The Longest Journey is a fantasy adventure game. You control April Ryan as she explores two worlds and 160 locations. The game includes 50 speaking characters. In 30 hours of playing the game, you'll solve many puzzles and meet many people – and terrifying monsters. The graphics are exceptional; you'll feel as if you're in the game. Dead-Heat 1 Licence: Demo; full $US20 Platform: Windows (all, from Windows 98) Site: www.deadheat.downforcefx.com Dead-Heat is a supercar racing game featuring great graphics. You race 19 supercars on the world's top racing tracks; you'll feel as if you're there. Tracks include Forrest Park in Adelaide and Silverstone Raceway in England. The cars' performance data is based on real cars, such as the Dodge Viper Hennessey Venom 800TT and the Porsche 911 GT3RS.
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Microangelo Toolset 6.10.8 Licence: 21-day trial, then $US50 Platform: Windows (all) Site: tinyurl.com/35na3a  Become creative with your Windows system with Microangelo Toolset, by designing and creating your own icons and cursors which are totally unique. The program is made up of several modules – an icon editor, an icon manager, an icon explorer and an animated cursor editor. You'll have fun with this program, creating wonderful miniature graphics. FlowBubbles 2.3 Licence: 5-day trial, then $US10 Platform: Windows (all from Windows 98) Site: www.450mb.com/users/unisoft  FlowBubbles is a delightful little screensaver which covers your screen with transparent bubbles enclosing mini graphics. Customisation options include changing the number and shape of the bubbles, as well as changing the background image. The screensaver includes sound, as the bubbles bump into each other, but you can switch it off if you're in an office environment. 3D Autumn Wood 2 Licence: 3-day demo, then $US10 Platform: Windows (all) Site: tinyurl.com/2cen4m   This screensaver features a woodland scene with falling leaves, deer and rabbits. Birds fly through the trees and chirp happily. There are several customisation options: you can set the time of day – day, night, and sunset – as well as the speed of falling leaves, the size of the leaves, and more. Comic Book Creator Licence: Trial, then $US50 Platform: Windows 2000/XP Site: tinyurl.com/3dnbo3 Comic Book Creator is a self-publishing tool to create your own comics. You can use graphics from anywhere at all, including from your own scanned art, or from screenshots from your own videos, or from photos. Template page designs are included, so you just drag your images onto the page and you're done.
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ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite Licence: 15-day trial; full $US60 Platform: Windows 2000/XP Site: tinyurl.com/36x2ke A popular PC security solution for years, ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite protects against your computer common threats from viruses, spyware, phishing attacks and identity theft. It's an all-in-one solution that's ideal for new computer users because no configuration is necessary. During your first weeks of installation, the program's Auto-Learn feature learns your habits, and safeguards your system automatically. Eraser 5.84 Price: Free Platform: Windows (all) Site: www.heidi.ie/eraser/default.php Eraser completely erases sensitive data from your computer. The data you might want to remove permanently includes passwords, proprietary documents from your job, and financial information, because none of this material is removed when you simply hit the Delete key, it remains on your hard drive. Eraser destroys the data beyond hope of recovery by overwriting it in special patterns. Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.5 Licence: Trial, then $US30 Platform: Windows 2000/XP/Vista Site: www.webroot.com/consumer/downloads If your PC has slowed down, you may have a spyware infection. Webroot Spy Sweeper offers powerful PC security, blocking and removing spyware in real time, as well as finding and removing spyware already installed on your system. The program is very easy to use and offers regular automatic updates, so that you're always protected. Avast Professional Edition 4.7.1043 Licence: 60-day trial, then $US40 Platform: Windows (all) Site: tinyurl.com/yr2qbp   Avast Professional 4 Edition is a powerful anti-virus program, which protects your system in real time and offers frequent automatic updates of virus definition files. The program's Internet messaging and email scanning technology can identify new virus threats using heuristic analysis to protect against new, unknown viruses and worms. You're also protected from rogue scripts via the Script Blocker. Advanced WindowsCare Personal 2.5.5.823 Price: Free Platform: Windows 2000/XP/Vista Site: tinyurl.com/yrxd6n   Advanced WindowsCare Personal optimises your system and removes security threats. Scanning your computer is fast and easy; the program quickly removes spyware and malware. It also keeps itself up to date, so that you're always protected. The program is ideal for novice users, because system maintenance takes just two clicks: Scan and Repair. Glary Utilities 2.3.3 Price: Free Platform: Windows (all from Windows 98) Site: www.glaryutilities.com Glary Utilities gives you excellent PC security tools for free. The Tracks Eraser eliminates cookies and history, the File Shredders destroys files beyond hope of recovery, and the File Encrypter and Decrypter keeps your personal information private. Glary Utilities also includes utilities to optimise your system and manage your files. It's a must-have for any system. SpyCatcher Express 2007 4.5.2 build 51 Price: Free Platform: Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server Site: tinyurl.com/2x2ar4 SpyCatcher Express 2007 is completely free, and catches nuisance spyware programs which other programs miss, because it catches those dangerous programs which mutate as they're installed – this makes them hard to discover. Although the program is powerful, it's designed with novice users in mind, so it's easy to use. Trend Micro HijackThis 1.99.1 Price: Free Platform: Windows (all from Windows 98) Site: tinyurl.com/2zxz8v Trend Micro Hijack is a unique PC security utility. Rather than focusing on specific malware threats, the program analyses changes to your PC which could be the result of malware, and generates a log file. You can give this file to a technician, or visit the program's online forums, where advanced PC users will help you to interpret your scan, and will also help you to clean your infected PC.
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MediaMonkey Standard 2.5.5.998 Price: Free Platform: (Windows all, from Windows 98) Site: www.mediamonkey.com/download.htm No matter how huge your music collection is, MediaMonkey Standard can manage it, handling over 50,000 songs in style. The program synchronises with your iPod or other mp3 player and burns playlists to CD. Album art and other album information is automatically downloaded from Amazon.com. MediaMonkey Standard can also organise all the songs on your hard drive and network. CD Recovery Toolbox Free 1.1.7 Price: Free Platform: Windows (all) Site: www.oemailrecovery.com/cd_recovery.html CD Recovery Toolbox Free helps you to recover damaged files from optical discs in many formats, including CD, DVD, HD DVD and Blu-Ray. In addition to recovering information from physically damaged discs, the program can also recover data from incorrect recording. The program scans your discs and lists all the information it finds which it can recover. Switcher 1.1.0.1468 Price: Free Platform: Windows Vista Site: www.insentient.net Switcher improves your windows navigation in Windows Vista. You can set your windows to display as a grid, in a dock (like Mac OS X) or as tiles, switching between windows at the touch of a hotkey or a mouse gesture. Switcher works with multiple monitors, letting you access a window at a keystroke.
Easy Cash Manager 3.1 Price: Free Platform: Windows (all) Site: tinyurl.com/36lrpr Easy Cash Manager is an easy-to-use financial management program. The program tracks your income and expenses and creates simple charts so that you can see what you're spending your money on, and how much money you have coming in. Although it doesn't have the bells and whistles of commercial programs, the ease of use makes up for it. WorkTime 4.06 Licence: 30-day trial, then $US30 Platform: Windows (all) Site: www.nestersoft.com/worktime/index.shtml As the name suggest, WorkTime helps you to track the time you spend working. It's ideal if you bill time to clients for various projects, and even helps you to manage your time more effectively. You can create several different reports which can be exported to PDF, XLS and CSV. StudioLine Photo Basic 3.50 Price: Free Platform: Windows ME/2000/XP/Vista Site: tinyurl.com/2dfhhd StudioLine Photo Basic is the perfect companion for your digital camera. It helps you to organise your photos into albums and folders, as well as adding tags to them. With automatic Timeline view, your photos are organised by date. Edit your photos, share them, and print them – this program is a must-have, and it's free. PolderbitS Sound Recorder and Editor 6 Licence: 14-day trial, then $US35 Platform: Windows (all, from Windows 98) Site: www.polderbits.com/recorder_uk.htm With PolderbitS Sound Recorder and Editor you can transfer all your music cassette tapes and old vinyl LPs to digital format. You can also use the program as a straight PC audio recorder, recording seminars, lectures and streaming audio. The program includes a sound editor, so you get precisely the results you want.
OpenOffice.org 2.3.1 Price: Free Platform: Windows (all); Mac, Linux Site: www.openoffice.org The OpenOffice office productivity suite contains all essential office tools, including a word processor, presentation program, spreadsheet and database. The suite works transparently with documents created in Microsoft Office. If you're already an OpenOffice user, download this latest version because it fixes several bugs, as well as a critical security flaw in the-third party default database engine module HSQLDB.
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LinkStash 2.0.6 Licence: 30-day trial, then $US25 Platform: Windows (all, from Windows 98) Site: www.RoseCitySoftware.com/LinkStash LinkStash combines bookmark management with password management, both as an installed utility and in a portable version so you can take your bookmarks and passwords with you on a USB drive to use on any computer. All your passwords are encrypted, and accessed with a master password. Once installed, the program opens and closes with your browser.
Aw2 Explorer 13 1.3 Price: Free Platform: Windows 2000/XP/Vista Site: www.aw2networks.com/Security   Aw2 Explorer 13 is much more than a fast browser. It includes its own firewall to protect you while you're surfing, and provides free one-click backup of your files to the Aw2 Explorer site. You can take the program with you on a USB drive, so you can use it anywhere. Not only does it boast download speeds 50 times faster than Internet Explorer; it also has an integrated pop-up blocker. Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10 Price: Free Platform: Windows (all from Windows 98) Site: www.mozilla.com/en-US Firefox aims to keep you safe on the Web from spyware, hackers and scammers. This latest version of Firefox is a security update. The program offers everything you expect from a modern browser, including tabbed browsing, Web feeds and integrated search. If you're an online auction enthusiast, Firefox is available in an eBay Edition, which gives you instant updates on auctions. Gspace 0.5.92 Price: Free Platform: Windows (all) Site: www.getgspace.com Gspace is a Firefox extension which enables you to use the five gigabytes of storage you get with your Gmail account as your own personal repository for files and music. Once installed, you can start Gspace from a toolbar button or the menu bar. Click Gspace, and you can upload files via an FTP interface – the files are sent as email attachments to your Gmail account. Surfulater 2.2 Licence: 21-day trial, then $US35 Platform: Windows (all from Windows 98) Site: www.surfulater.com Surfulater is a Web clipping application. You can save text, images and complete Web pages, and then organise and annotate them as your own personal information store. Ideal for researchers and students, the program lets you save information from all popular browsers, as well as applications like Microsoft Word and PDF files. Orbit 2.4.2 Price: Free Platform: Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista Site: www.orbitdownloader.com Orbit is a free, powerful, fast downloading application which has support for streaming media. You can download files, including audio and video files, from sites like YouTube. The program integrates with popular browsers, so you can download by right-clicking on a file. If you're a heavy downloader, this application is a must-have.
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File Defense Licence: Demo Platform: Mac OS X 10.4 or later Site: tinyurl.com/3ysl5j A good application to help protect your system and data from malware nasties. File Defense ensures unwanted access is not given to viruses, trojans and other malicious scripts.
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Safari 3.0.4 Licence: Freeware Platform: Mac OS X Tiger Site: www.apple.com/safari/download The very latest update of the popular Safari browser. This version is the fastest yet, with improved security features and the ability to resize windows from any side.
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QuickTime 7.3 Licence: Freeware Platform: Mac OS X Site: www.apple.com/downloads The latest version of one of the world’s most popular media players. Audio is now clearer than ever and support for the H.264 video codec has also been included.
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iParrot Phrase 3 Licence: Demo Platform: Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later Site: tinyurl.com/2nfw32 On-the-go language translation software designed for the iPod and iPhone. Virtual fluency available in Chinese, English, Japanese, Russian, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Arabic, Thai and Vietnamese
Pixelmator 1.1 Licence: Shareware Platform: Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later Site: tinyurl.com/ytr28a This beautifully designed, easy-to-use, fast and powerful image editor for Mac OS X has everything you need to create, edit and enhance your images. Features more than 20m tools and is a layers-based photo editor. Scribbles 1.1 Licence: Shareware Platform: Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later Site: tinyurl.com/3x9mya A drawing tool designed for everyone. Whether you want to sketch a cartoon, draw a birthday card or jot down some design ideas, Scribbles can help bring your imagination to life.
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AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix 1.0.1 Licence: Demo, then $US250 Platform: Mac OS X 10.4 or later Site: tinyurl.com/2yjqr2 Powered by the award-winning AmpliTube 2 engine, for achieving the most accurate emulation of guitar amps and effects for computer music creation, this demo contains a set of tools to help create the same sounds as achieved by the legendary Hendrix.
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