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Little Fighter 2 1.9c
Price: Free
Platform: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
Site: www.lf2.net/dn_4.html
Little Fighter is a fun, free retro fighter game which you can play with up to four people at a time – from the same keyboard. The game isn't complicated and the graphics are simple, but it's fun, addictive and simple to learn. You can move in four directions, and attack, defend and jump.

Jigsaw Mania 2.1
Licence: Trial of 120 minutes gameplay; full $US22
Platform: Windows (all)
Site: www.inertiasoftware.com/jigsaw
Not only does Jigsaw Mania include some 600 jigsaw puzzles; it also enables you to create a jigsaw puzzle from any image on your computer. This makes it ideal for teachers, as well as parents who want to keep their kids occupied. The game includes an auto-sort feature, as well as saving options, so you can resume a game later.

Amazing Adventures: The Lost Tomb 1.0.0.2
Licence: Trial, 60 minutes; full $US20
Platform: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
Site: tinyurl.com/2wrknh
Amazing Adventures: The Lost Tomb is a fun puzzle game, with 100 levels, and lots of mini-puzzles. Your aim is to recover the Lost Tomb of Ancient Egypt over the course of 20 missions. This game is great fun for all ages, with good graphics – it's addictive and great value.

Magic Whiteboard 1.9
Licence: Two-day trial, then $US15
Platform: Windows ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista
Site: www.binary-house.com/magicwhiteboard.html
Magic Whiteboard is a fun drawing game for kids which can be used on up to five networked computers simultaneously. The program's icons are large and easy to understand, so the program is suitable for pre-schoolers as well as older children. For older children, you can help them to improve their vocabulary, writing and spelling.

Wrecked 1.2
Licence: Three-play trial, then $US15
Platform: Windows (all)
Site: www.MDickie.com/gam_wrecked.htm
Wrecked is an exciting action-adventure game in which you're a modern-day Robinson Crusoe. You've got three meters: for energy, hunger and thirst, and you have to get more resources to stay alive. You're threatened by the island's other inhabitants, and by wild animals, and you need to build a boat to escape.

Pretty Good Solitaire
Licence: 30-day trial, then $US25
Platform: Windows (all)
Site: www.goodsol.com/pgs/index.html
With 700 games, you'll never get bored with Pretty Good Solitaire. The program includes all the classic solitaire games like Klondike and FreeCell, as well as many original games. The graphics are outstanding, with five different card sizes. You can even create your own solitaire games. The program's features include the ability to save games, and unlimited undo.

Dino and the Aliens 1
Licence: 60-minute trail, then $US20
Platform: Windows (all)
Site: www.oberongames.com/dino_and_aliens.asp
Dino and the Aliens is an addictive fantasy game for kids of all ages. When aliens land on Dino's world and are intent on destroying it, you can help him to fight them. The game has colourful 3D graphics, 40 levels, and a mix of puzzles and action.

Bid Whist for Windows 6D
Price: Trial, with printing and tutoring disabled; full $US25
Platform: Windows (all)
Site: www.rwmsoftware.com
Whist is a fascinating card game, and in Bid Whist for Windows 6D you play with a computer partner against two computer opponents in a realistic fashion. If you're learning whist, this game is your ideal tool. You can save and recall games, and the trial offers complete gameplay, with only the printing and tutoring features disabled.

WinPatrol 2007 Free and Plus
Licence: Free version; Plus version $US30
Platform: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista
Site: www.winpatrol.com
WinPatrol is a bundle of excellent tools to help you to keep your system safe. Essentially it knows what's on your system, and alerts you when any program tries to make changes to it, or when it becomes aware of a problem. In the Plus version, the program's online database tells you more about the alerts it gives you.

Ad-Aware Free 2007 7.0.2.3
Price: Free
Platform: Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista (32-bit)
Site: www.lavasoft.de/products/ad_aware_free.php
Ad-Aware is an essential spyware security tool and helps you to stay safe online. Although most spyware is just a nuisance because it slows your system and allows data mining companies to track your activities without your knowledge, it can also result in identity theft. Ad-Aware removes spyware quickly and safely.

Advanced WindowsCare Personal 2.5.5.823
Licence: Free for personal use.
Platform: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
Site: www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscareper.html
Advanced WindowsCare Personal is an all-in-one Windows optimising and security utility which makes your system more stable and boosts performance. It promises to end system slowdowns, program freezing and crashing, all with two clicks. Not only does it remove adware and spyware, it also fixes Windows Registry errors and general Windows errors.

Auslogics Disk Defrag 1.4.10.249
Price: Free
Platform: Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
Site: www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/index.php
Auslogics Disk Defrag optimises your hard drive, eliminating system slowdowns and crashes. The program defragments your disk quickly and gives you a complete report with a fragmentation map. Once the program has run, you'll find that your computer seems faster and files open much more quickly. Auslogics Disk Defrag is an essential tool in maintaining your PC.

CCleaner 2.01.507
Price: Free
Platform: Windows (all)
Site: www.ccleaner.com
CCleaner both optimises your computer system to speed it up and prevent crashes, and ensures your privacy. The program removes browser temporary files, URL history and cookies. It also cleans the Windows Registry, removing old and invalid entries, and providing a Registry backup utility. Since it's very fast, taking seconds to run, you can clean your system every day.

Asmw Eraser Pro 3.5.6
Licence: Trial, then $US20
Platform: Windows (all)
Site: tinyurl.com/2m6v9j
Asmw Eraser Pro is a secure Windows system cleaner that removes all traces of your usage, including URLs, caches, cookies and temporary files and folders. To ensure total security, the program not only removes traces, it makes the information unrecoverable. It includes a secure file shredder, as well as an automator to run cleanups on a schedule.

SuperRam - 5.11.5.2007
Licence: Trial, then $US13
Platform: Windows (all)
Site: pgware.com/products/superram
Many Windows programs use memory inefficiently. SuperRam helps to keep your system stable, and improves performance by optimising your Windows memory, freeing it as you close programs or change your activities. The program works automatically, in the background, and gives you a visual display of memory usage. You can see at once which programs are hogging memory.

Ashampoo WinOptimizer 4.41
Licence: 40-day trial, then $US50
Platform: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
Site: tinyurl.com/yqopjq
Ashampoo WinOptimizer is a powerful pack of utilities which helps you to maintain, secure and optimise your PC. It includes One Click Optimization: just click, and the program cleans and optimises your system. You can also fine-tune your system by configuring or removing startup programs, and speed up your Internet connection.

Opera 9.5 beta 1
Price: Free
Platform: Windows XP; Mac
Site: www.opera.com
Since it's so speedy and small, Opera has long been the favorite browser for people on older computers. With tabbed browsing, great security and lots of customisation options, Opera is great for both novice and experienced users. You'll like the Speed Dial option in Opera; it gives you instant access to the sites you use most often, and becomes available every time you open a new tab.

Flock 1.0 (beta)
Price: Free
Platform: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
Site: www.flock.com
The Flock "social networking" browser is out in its beta version, and if you're into networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, you'll love it. An integrated RSS reader makes it easy to read your friends' messages right in the browser, and you can blog from Flock too. Extensions make Flock even more customisable.

Snarfer 0.9.1
Price: Free
Platform: Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
Site: www.snarfware.com
Snarfer is a powerful full-featured RSS reader which is fast and intuitive. It comes with hundreds of popular feeds, and adding feeds is easy. You can create your own automatically-updated RSS feeds from searches of eBay and Craigslist via the search Wizard. You can even filter incoming feeds, so that they're sorted into custom folders automatically.

WebShot - 1.51
Price: Free
Platform: Windows (all from Windows 98)
Site: www.websitescreenshots.com
WebShot takes screenshots of entire Web pages, no matter how long the page happens to be. The images can be saved full size, and as thumbnails, in popular formats: JPG, GIF, PNG, and BMP. The program is available free with a graphical interface. There's a commercial version with a command-line interface.

SPAMfighter Standard - 6.0.8
Price: Free
Platform: Windows (all from Windows 98)
Site: www.spamfighter.com/Download_Download.asp
SPAMFighter Standard is a free spam/anti-phishing tool for Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express. The program uses its community of users to eliminate spam – once several users identify a message as spam, the message is filtered for all users. You can blacklist entire domains, and your whitelist is managed automatically.

Super Ad Blocker 4.4.1012
Licence: 15-day trial, then $US30
Platform: Windows (all from Windows 98)
Site: www.superadblocker.com
If you're frustrated with Internet advertising, Super Ad Blocker is your solution. It blocks all annoying advertising such as pop-ups, fly-ins and Flash ads, and detects and removes 100,000 adware components. The program gives you on-going, real-time protection from malware, securing your computer against identity theft; it even blocks sponsored search ads.

The GIMP 2.4
Price: Free
Platform: Windows NT/2000/XP; Mac
Site: gimp.org
The GIMP gives you a powerful image editing program for free. It compares favourably with commercial offerings. This latest release is worth downloading because improvements include scalable brushes, rewritten selection tools and a new foreground selection tool. Whether you're a keen digital photographer, or design Web sites, The GIMP is a professional creative tool that's easy and fun to use.

StarBurn 9
Price: Free
Platform: Windows XP/2003 Server/Vista
Site: www.rocketdivision.com/download_starburn.html
Starburn grabs and burns both CDs and DVDs, including Blu-ray and HD-DVD optical discs. You can burn data, audio and video, and perform advanced operations like DVD authoring and mastering. The program is powerful, but easy to use. It includes the DVD Splitting Wizard, so you can split DVD video discs into smaller files.

JaBack - 7.41
Price: Free
Platform: Windows (all)
Site: www.hiteksoftware.com/jaba/index.htm
JaBack is a powerful free automated backup utility, with many useful features. If you've been skipping backups because you're short of time, this program does it all for you. You can create backups to run on schedule, as well as when files and directories have changed. You can even FTP backups to a server.

MSD Organizer Freeware 8.2
Price: Free
Platform: Windows (all)
Site: www.msdsoft.com/eng/download.htm
MSD Organizer Freeware is a full-featured Personal Information Manager which helps you to manage your contacts and your calendar. The program's many modules include a diary, health manager, and a property manager, which manages all your assets, including bank accounts, cars and investments. A word processor is included too, so you can keep track of notes and correspondence within the program.

AceMoney Lite - 3.10.1
Price: Free
Platform: Windows (all)
Site: tinyurl.com/47h8m
AceMoney Lite helps you to manage your finances. The program helps you to budget and manage your investments, and you can import and export information from your online bank accounts in QIF and OFX formats. AceMoney Lite is packed with useful features, like password protection and loan calculators to estimate your mortgage.

EssentialPIM Free
Price: Free
Platform: Windows (all)
Site: www.essentialpim.com/?r=download
EssentialPIM is an easy to use Personal Information Manager. The program includes all the features you expect: a calendar, task manager and contact manager, with an outliner as well for all your miscellaneous information. You can store unlimited information in the outliner, in folders and notes, with images, tables and complete formatting.

CutePDF Writer 2.7
Price: Free
Platform: Windows (all from Windows 98)
Site: tinyurl.com/2mshk
With CutePDF Writer you can turn any Windows document into a PDF file. The program acts as a print driver, so you "print" your documents to PDF. Turn your school project, your calendar and your task list into a PDF document which you can share with others. The program requires a PS2PDF converter such like (free) Ghostscript; see the developer's page for the link.

Audio Notes Recorder 6.3
Licence: Trial, then $US19.90
Platform: Windows (all from Windows 98)
Site: www.xemico.com/anr/index.html
Audio Notes Recorder offers great recording features and playback for transcription as well as standard playback, making it excellent for business use as well as for students and teachers. The program records from a microphone or from any other sound sources on your PC. The microphone recording feature offers three modes: normal, spy and voice operated, and there's even an audio editor.

Chessic
Licence: Free
Platform: Mac OS X 10.5 and Mac OS X 10.4.10
Site: www.softedge.se/Softedge/Chessic.html
Although most Macs ship with a free 3D chess game (Chess.app) in the Applications folder, Chessic lets you play against an opponent online.

Armegatron Advanced
Licence: Free
Platform:
Site: tinyurl.com/3bshy9
Reader Lewis Gregory recommends Armegatron Advanced, a Mac/BSD/Linus/Windows game based on the old Disney sc-fi movie Tron. Armegatron is a multiplayer 3D game with a customisable playing arena, HUD and AI bots.

Big Bang Brain Games
Licence: Demo
Platform: Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher
Site: freeverse.com/games/game/?id=6003  
If you’re fond of brain teasers, check out Freeverse’s Big Bang Brain Games. Try the demos for free.

Pac the Mac X
Licence: Free
Site: www.mcsebi.com
Pac the Mac X is a clone of the arcade classic PacMan. It has improved graphics, game-play and sound effects. This major upgrade boasts 50 unique levels and works for Tiger and Leopard.

Chopper
Licence: Free
Site: http://majicjungle.com/chopper.html
Chopper is a side-scrolling helicopter game. Complete your mission and return to base, avoiding enemy fire from tanks, bazooka-wielding mad men. Oh, and jets.

EarthDesk 4.1
Licence: Shareware
Platform: Mac OS X 10.4 or later
Site: www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/icons_screensavers/earthdesk.html
Replaces your static desktop picture with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon, and city illumination. The software operates silently, in the background, keeping your desktop updated while you work.

YouTube Widget
Licence: Freeware
Platform: Mac OS X 10.4 or later
Site: www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/movie_tv/youtube.html
This widget allows you to search, browse, and play videos from YouTube. Simply type in what you’re looking for, and click on the video to view it within the widget. The video opens in a new widget window, which is resizeable.

Twitterrific 3.0.1
Licence: Freeware
Platform: Mac OS X 10.4 or later
Site: www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/email_chat/twitterrific.html
A fun little application that lets you both read and publish posts or “tweets” to the Twitter community website. The application’s user interface is clean, concise and designed to take up a minimum of real estate on your Mac’s desktop.

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.9
Licence: Freeware
Platform: Mac OS X 10.2 or later
667MHz PowerPC G4 or higher recommended
Site: www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/email_chat/mozillathunderbird.html
Makes emailing safer, faster, and easier than ever before with the industry’s best implementations of features such as intelligent spam filters, built-in RSS reader, quick search, and much more.

gMailContacts 1.3
Licence: Shareware
Platform: Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later
Site: www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/email_chat/gmailcontacts.html
Uploads your E-Mail addresses from Mac OS X Address Book to any gMail account.

Fetch 5.3
Licence: Demo
Platform: Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later
Site: www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/internet_utilities/
Supports FTP, SFTP and FTP with TLS/SSL (FTPS) for compatibility with thousands of Internet service providers, web hosting companies, publishers, pre-press companies, and more.

FileChute 3.0
Licence: Shareware
Platform: Mac OS X 10.4 or later
Site: www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/internet_utilities/filechute.html
An application that makes sending files extremely easy. Simply drop the file in FileChute and paste the automatically generated link into the email you’re composing. Send the email. That’s it.

Xippee for Safari 2.2
Licence: Freeware
Platform: Freeware
Site: www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/internet_utilities/xippeeforsafari.html
The Xippee for Safari Plug-in allows you to search visually in all of your favorite search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN, and countless others). Simply double-click on any word (or highlight any phrase), then plus and minus buttons will be displayed.