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Full Version Software Photo template for Photography feature
Download this template onto your computer and then open it in your graphic software. Any graphic software capable of handling a PNG format file should be fine to use. This template has a hole cut in it where the photo goes. This allows you to place your photograph in the template underneath the page and see the photograph through the gap created for it.
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FastStone Image Viewer 3.2
Download location www.faststone.org
File size 3.44M
Licence Free
Platform Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server
FastStone Image Viewer is a must-have to manage your photos. It's both a viewer and editor, with a full-screen viewer and thumbnail browser. You can access complete EXIF photo information from within the program, and quickly resize and compress images to post on the Web, with special effects like drop shadows to make your photos look great.
Saint Paint Studio 12.2.2
Download location www.saintpaint.com
File size 8.28M
Licence 30-day trial; then $US39.99
Platform Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista
Saint Paint Studio is the perfect tool for editing photos, as well as graphics for the Web, with complete support for layers and channel editing. If you're a keen photographer, you'll appreciate the fact that Saint Paint Studio doesn't change any of the colour palettes of your images: all the original information is retained.
IrfanView 4
Download location www.irfanview.com
File size 1.1M
Licence Free
Platform Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
IrfanView's been a popular free image viewing and editing program for years, because it's fast and does most everyday photo-handling tasks. You can view your photos, convert them to other formats, perform basic editing functions like cropping, send them via email, and much more. Visit the site and download the plug-ins to extend the program.
Photo Pos Pro 1.35
Download location www.photopos.com
File size 25.99M
Licence 30-day trial, then $US44.90
Platform Windows 98/Me/XP
Photo Pos Pro is a powerful, full-featured application for creative photographers with an amazing range of tools and effects. You can create layers on your photos for use in Web sites, greeting cards and in desktop publishing. It even includes functions to make precision repairs to old photos.
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BayGenie eBay Auction Sniper Pro 2.8.3
Download location www.baygenie.com
File size 1.94M
Licence 15-day trial, then $US14.95
Platform Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista, Internet Explorer 5.01
BayGenie eBay Auction Sniper Pro is a stealth auction tool that places your maximum bid for you at the very last minute before an auction closes. This ensures that no one knows of your interest in an item, and you avoid driving up the price. You won't always be successful in your bids — someone may outbid your sniper — but it's a useful tool if you frequently bid on auctions.
AuctionSleuth 2.6.6
Download location www.auction-sleuth.com
File size 6.84M
Licence 15-day trial, then $US19.95
Platform Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP, Internet Explorer 6
AuctionSleuth is both an auction sniper and an auction finder for Buy It Now items. It's a useful program because you'll grab items you're interested in before they're bought by some else — Buy It Now Items are often great deals. You can run up to 200 searches on AuctionSleuth simultaneously.
Auction Lizard 3.2
Download location www.auction-lizard.com
File size 1.83M
Licence Trial; then $US29.00
Platform Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Auction Lizard offers templates which help you to create superb, professional-looking auctions, so that your auctions stand out and attract attention. If you don't want to use the included templates, you can create your own listings, without needing to know anything about HTML. You can define your preferred currency, and PayPal support is built in. Each auction listing can have up to five images.
eBay Auction Watch Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget 1.31
Download location www.auctionwatchgd.com/vista
File size 130.62K
Licence Free
Platform Windows Vista
eBay Auction Watch Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget integrates with your My eBay page, keeping you up to date on all your auctions. Once you've downloaded the program you need to sync it with your eBay account, and then log in — this only needs to be done once. All auctions are updated frequently, with updates increasing as auctions near their end.
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McAfee SiteAdvisor for Firefox 2.0/1.5
Download location www.siteadvisor.com/download/ff_learnmore.html
File size 110K
Licence Free
Platform Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP, Mozilla Firefox 2.0/1.5
McAfee SiteAdvisor for Firefox is a very useful Firefox extension that alerts you to potential spyware and hijack attempts with sites you're visiting. If you're conducting a search, your search result sites have green, yellow and red icons beside them, just like traffic lights. If you click the icon, you'll get information about a site's estimated dangers, or trust.
Internet Download Manager 5.09 build 4
Download location www.internetdownloadmanager.com
File size 2.2M
Licence 30-day trial, then $US24.95
Platform Windows (all)
If you're on a slow connection, you'll love Internet Download Manager. The program speeds up your downloads by as much as five times, and lets you pause and resume downloads, as well as track what you've downloaded and where it is on your computer. You can even schedule downloads, and have the program shut down your computer when downloads are complete.
Skype 3.1.0.150
Download location http://skype.com
File size 19.96M
Licence Free
Platform Windows 2000/XP; Mac
Skype lets you make free Internet phone calls to other Skype users all over the world. It's the easiest way to keep in touch with friends, relatives and colleagues. With crystal-clear sound quality and an easy interface, Skype has become hugely popular. You can even conduct conference calls with up to nine people.
Thumbs Up 1.01
Download location http://nichehq.com/thumbs%20up/index.htm
File size 4.42M
Licence Free
Platform Windows 98/2000/XP
With Thumbs Up, you can take instant thumbnail snapshots of entire Web pages, so you can return to Web pages by clicking the thumbnails. The program includes a mini-browser, so you can navigate your snapshots. Google search tools are built in. It's an ideal program for students or for anyone who works on the Web.
Snarfer 0.8.3
Download location http://www.snarfware.com
File size 385.07K
Licence Free
Platform Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
Snarfer is an easy-to-use RSS reader that includes hundreds of feeds to get you started. With a tabbed browser and wizards to create complex searches for eBay and Craigslist, Snarfer helps you to stay up to date with your interests in one simple program. If you use a computer at home as well as at work, Snarfer can synchronise with the Web-based RSS reader Bloglines.
PEN - Pennock's Email Notifier 2.5.1
Download location www.pennock.nl/pen
File size 3.66M
Licence 30-day trial, then $US5.00
Platform Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/VistaAs the name suggests, PEN is a system tray utility that notifies you when you have email. You can add any number of email accounts. PEN supports POP3 email (as well as POP3 over SSL), IMAP, Hotmail, MSN, Excite, GMail, Netscape.net, AOL, Yahoo, Lycos and Mail.com Web email services. When email arrives in any of your accounts, PEN lets you know.
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PrimoPDF 3.1
Download location www.primopdf.com/
File size 13.19M
Licence Free
Platform Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista
The free PrimoPDF program creates PDF files from just about any Windows application. The utility installs as a printer driver, so you ‘print’ any document to PDF, by selecting the PrimoPDF printer driver. You can choose whether to optimise the PDF document for the screen or for print, and you can also encrypt your documents if you wish.
Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1.46
Download location www.zabaware.com/download.asp
File size 20.24M
Licence 31-day trial, then $US29.95
Platform Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
As the name suggests, Ultra Hal Assistant is your personal digital assistant. If your computer has a microphone, you can give Hal instructions via voice — or just type them. Hal can manage your appointments and tasks and run programs for you. He'll even dial phone numbers and take dictation.
RoboForm 6.9
Download location www.roboform.com
File size 2.61M
Licence 30-day trial, then some features disabled; $US29.95 full version
Platform Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
RoboForm is a password manager that takes the hassle out of filling in Web forms. You only need to remember one master password, and RoboForm manages all your passwords, log-ins, purchases, and site subscriptions. Your passwords are encrypted, and the program provides security against phishing by filling in passwords only on sites where all the details match.
Switcher 1.2.0.1687
Download location www.insentient.net
File size 350K
Licence Free
Platform Windows Vista
If you don't like the angled multi-pane view in Windows Vista, Switcher gives you an alternative. You can arrange open windows side by side so you can see them all, and choose the one you want. You can even treat the desktop as a window, and the program supports multiple monitors.
SNV Timer 2.1
Download location www.snvtimer.com
File size 2.51M
Licence 15-day trial, then $US17.85
Platform Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
SNV Timer combines a clock and a countdown timer, and you can have up to six timers operating at once. You can customise the actions of the timer to suit your needs. The timer can display a message, launch an application or a sound file, or can control external devices attached to your computer.
Logosmartz 4
Download location www.logosmartz.com
File size 8.39M
Licence Trial with limited logos; full version $US39.95
Platform Windows 2000/XP
Need to create some business stationery? The full-featured drawing program Logosmartz gets it done for you, simply and easily. The program comes with a huge library of 4000 different symbols and fonts, as well as symbols for specific business categories. There are also many predefined logo styles so you can create a new logo in minutes.
WinUtilities 5.2
Download location www.ylcomputing.com/content/view/9/27
File size 3.05M
Licence 30-day trial, then $US39.99
Platform Windows (all)
WinUtilities is a huge collection of Windows system and privacy utilities, ranging from system optimisers and Windows Registry tools, to process managers and a file shredder. You won't use all of these utilities at once, but it's a great collection to use to optimise your system if it's running slowly, and the privacy tools are essential.
Launchy 1.25
Download location www.launchy.net
File size 1.03M
Licence Free
Platform Windows 2000/XP
Launchy is a free Windows utility that indexes all the programs in your Start menu, desktop and Windows Explorer so that you can launch programs, documents and URLs when you tap the Alt key and spacebar, and type a few letters of the item's name — then just hit the Enter key when the right item pops up.
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Insaniquarium Deluxe
Download location www.popcap.com/launchpage.php?theGame=insaniquarium
File size 9.5M
Licence Trial, then $US19.95
Platform Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
Insaniquarium is a fun game by the makers of Bejeweled. As you might expect, the graphics are gorgeous, and the gameplay is addictive. You feed fish and fight aliens in your aquarium. As coins drop into the aquarium, you can buy food, more exotic fish, and weapons. You can play the game on your PDA and smartphone too.
Mario Forever 4
Download location www.softlab.gda.pl/~buziol/english/viewpage.php?page_id=17
File size 20.54M
Licence Free
Platform Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server
Mario Forever is a free Mario remake. This platform game has 32 levels in eight worlds, so it will keep you playing for hours. The scoring system is similar to the original game, and the game saves automatically when you complete a world. There are also secret "hardcore" worlds within the game if you like extreme challenges.
Aqua Words
Download location http://en.realore.com/aquawords
File size 6.17M
Licence 60-minute trial, then $US19.95
Platform Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Aqua Words is a fun and educational word game for kids, in which you link letters to form words. In Time mode, you're aiming to beat the clock, while in Strategy mode, you can play at your own pace. There's also an Arcade mode, in which you aim to create words fast, because new letters keep dropping.
Snood 3.5W
Download location www.womgames.com/games/index.php?game=vista-snood
File size 5.44M
Licence 30-day trial, then $US19.99
Platform Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista
Snood is a puzzle game with simple rules, which appeals to both kids and adults. Join three or more identical Snoods to clear them from the board: when you've cleared all the Snoods you win. There are no time limits to the game and it has many levels, as well as a Tournament mode (in the registered version) in which you can play against others.
School Tycoon
Download location www.download.com/School-Tycoon/3000-10189_4-10335750.html?tag=gfd_feat_games
File size 300.68M
Licence 60-minute trial, full $US24.95
Platform Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
In School Tycoon, an economic simulation game for all ages, you're a school principal, and when the game starts you're above a field where the school is to be built. Your aim is to build and develop the school, getting students, building classrooms and other facilities, maintaining morale and increasing academic and sporting achievements.
Jardinains 2
Download location: http://jardinains2.com
File size 4.43M
Licence Free
Platform Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP
Jardinains is a fun Breakout clone. You destroy bricks, by hitting falling balls with your paddle, but your efforts are thwarted by little gnomes who throw plants to deflect your aim. If you hit a gnome, he screams and falls over. You'll be kept very busy with dropping balls, while dodging flowerpots and trying to get bonuses.
JetAudio Basic 7.0.3001
Download location www.cowonamerica.com/download
File size 21.83M
Licence Free
Platform Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
JetAudio Basic is a free, full-featured, integrated multimedia software program that not only plays music and video, but will also convert audio files and burn them to CD. You can play your music over Internet broadcast and become a DJ. The program mixes music and microphone input, and you can talk to listeners using JetChat.
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Alleycode 2.20
Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP
Licence: Free
Minimum system requirements:
Web: www.alleycode.com
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Alleycode is a fast, sleek and highly productive award winning HTML editor with unique features. If you are new to HTML, Alleycode's great tutorial will walk you through your first coding steps... If you are an established coder you will find a refreshing, non-bloated infrastructure with fast and accurate delivery.
AceHTML 6 Pro
Operating system: Windows
Licence: Trial Version
Minimum system requirements:
Web: software.visicommedia.com
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AceHTML 6 Pro is a very effective tool that allows you to build and manage professional Web sites with ease, control, and efficiency.
Microsoft Expression Studio
Operating system: Windows XP SP2/Vista
Licence: Trial Version (60-day trial)
Minimum system requirements: QuickTime 7.1.3
Web: www.microsoft.com
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Microsoft® Expression® Studio takes your creative possibilities to a new level. The professional design tools and innovative technologies in Expression Studio give you the flexibility and freedom to bring your vision to reality—whether you are designing standards-based Web sites, rich user experiences on the desktop, or managing digital assets and content.
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The Weather Channel Widget and Screensaver.
Operating system: Mac OS X
Licence: Free
Minimum system requirements:
Web: www.weather.com
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Get free weather alerts on your desktop. The application can be customised to shoe your local city's weather forecast and temperature measurements. Watch out for other offers and toolbars during installation.
Exaggeration Solar System Screensaver
Operating system: Mac OS X 10.4 or later; Universal
Licence: Trial Version
Minimum system requirements:
Web: caleb.poeticpublishing.com/ess
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A screen saver showing an exaggeration of the solar system; with the sun, planets, and moons in motion.
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Nanny Mania 1.0
Operating system: Mac OS X
Licence: Trial Version
Minimum system requirements:
Web: www.gogiigames.com
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Think you can manage a household? Think being a stay at home mom is easy? Nanny Mania puts you in the heart of what it takes to take care of a regular house. We start you off easy with only one child, and the mom and Dad to take care of in a small house, you slowly get better but the job does not get easier. Try cleaning, cooking, laundry, and taking care of the parents, 4 kids and a whole heap of trouble. Nanny Mania will challenge you to keep an eye on your duties and manage your time or you will not be the Perfect Nanny!
Exit Strategy
Operating system: Mac OS X 10.3.9 and up
Licence: Free
Minimum system requirements:
Web: www.batteryacid.org
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Finally, it happened, you have become God. Before you get a chance to wallow in your own greatness you realize people are quickly killing themselves upon hearing the news. These are your people, you have little choice now but to use your power to catch and save them, one at a time. Grab one of the joints (or red dots) on a person's body and press space bar to save them, save as many as you can!
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