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WEB BROWSERS |
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microsoft internet explorer
Whether you are a home user browsing content or getting e-mail on the Web, an IT administrator deploying and maintaining a rich set of Windows Internet technologies, or a Web developer creating Web content, Internet Explorer 6 gives you the freedom to experience the best of the Internet.
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netscape navigator
Oops... did we forget to get the big promotional text telling you how great Netscape is? I think we did forget. Now you won't know how wonderful it is. Tremendous pity. Sorry about that. Maybe when we next update this page...
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opera
Opera is user-friendly, secure, and exceptionally fast. The browser is small, yet full-featured and functions well on systems with limited resources. Opera supports all common Web standards and implements them according to the official recommendations.
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apple safari (for Mac)
Safari, the Mac OS X default Web browser, offers you a superior Web experience with outstanding performance. Even the most complex of pages load at breakneck speed. In fact, Safari loads pages more quickly than any other Mac Web browser. But that's not all. Safari uses the advanced interface technologies underlying Mac OS X to offer you an all-new view of the Web, one that's much easier to use.
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mozilla firefox
Mozilla Firefox empowers you to accomplish your online activities faster, more safely and efficiently than any other browser, period. Built with Tab browsing, popup blocking, and a number of other seamless innovations.
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MULTIMEDIA PLAYERS |
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windows media player
Get more play, your way with Windows Media® Player 9 Series. Get fast and flexible playback with the best audio and video quality for Windows and the Web. Includes special new features optimized for Windows XP.
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real player
The free version of RealPlayer lets you play the latest media formats. Features: Integrated Music Store; Best video and audio quality ever; Plays every major media format; and Powerful search & personalized QuickLinks
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quicktime
Playback of 3GPP and 3GPP2 files; Playback of MPEG-4 video, AAC audio & Instant-On media; Easy-to-use controls; Enhanced interface; Bass and treble controls; Balance control; Streaming media support; Ability to save movie favorites; and Ability to view VR & interactive content.
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winamp
Winamp is more than just a player. It's your window to the multimedia world. From MP3s to streaming video, Winamp is the one place you go to feed your audio/video habit. Play a huge variety of audio and video formats; easy and organized access to your favorite media; access to hundreds of free audio and video channels in the Media Library; burn your music to CDs; alter the sound of your music through a built-in Equalizer.
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UTILITIES & PLUG INS |
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adobe acrobat reader
Adobe® Reader® is free software that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files on a variety of hardware and operating system platforms. Rich features enable you to: submit Adobe PDF forms that are created with fillable form fields; play back a variety of embedded multimedia content, such as QuickTime and MP3 files; read and organize high-fidelity eBooks; display slide shows and electronic cards; export images for online photo processing (online photo services vary regionally); and activate search and accessibility capabilities built into your PDF files.
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macromedia shockwave player
With Macromedia Shockwave Player, you can enjoy multimedia games, learning applications, and product demonstrations on the Web, using exciting new 3D technology.
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macromedia flash player
Macromedia Flash Player is the universal rich client for delivering effective Macromedia Flash experiences across desktops and devices. Flash lets designers and developers integrate video, text, audio, and graphics into effective experiences that deliver superior results for interactive marketing and presentations, e-learning, and rich Internet applications. Flash is the world's most pervasive software platform, reaching 97% of Internet-enabled desktops worldwide, as well as many popular devices.
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stuffit
StuffIt is the best compression format available today! And the StuffIt Family of products is designed to meet any level of compression needs; from basic expansion, to advanced archive manipulation, to automating routine compression tasks, and even building compression into a software application.
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winzip
Have you ever used the Internet, America Online, or CompuServe? If so, you've probably encountered Zip files. WinZip is the way to handle these archived files and other compression formats. WinZip features built-in support for CAB files and for popular Internet file formats such as TAR, gzip, UUencode, BinHex, and MIME. ARJ, LZH, and ARC files are supported via external programs.
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INSTANT MESSAGING & CHAT |
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msn messenger
Add friends, family members, and coworkers to a contact list. See who is online. Send an instant message. Call a phone almost anywhere in the world for a very low rate. Call a contact's computer and talk for free. Send pictures, music or documents. Send instant messages to a pager. Have an instant message conversation with a group of friends. Invite someone to play a game.
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yahoo! messenger
Yahoo! Messenger allows you to send instant messages. However, unlike email, you don't have to wait hours or days for an answer. Use Yahoo! Messenger to see when friends are online and chat back and forth with them, like having a real conversation.
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icq
ICQ Lite is a slim & simple version of ICQ. It offers ICQ essentials - instant messaging, file transfer, SMS, and features for meeting people. Now you can also add AIM, AOL users to your Contact List and chat with them!
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aol instant messenger
Darn... looks like we forgot to include everything that's wonderful about this one. Oh well, maybe we'll think of something that's wonderful about it later...
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FTP & FILE MANAGEMENT |
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cute ftp
Used by millions worldwide, CuteFTP® is the easiest way to transfer files between your PC and remote computers. Whether publishing a Web page, downloading the latest digital images, music and software or transferring large files between your home and office, CuteFTP will get the job done quickly and easily, even if you are a beginner.
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ipswitch ws_ftp pro
WS_FTP Pro is the leading FTP client program with millions of users worldwide. With an intuitive drag-and-drop interface, WS_FTP Pro lets you update a Web site and share pictures or other files with a single click. You can easily and securely transfer files between your home and office and to and from customers, clients or vendors.
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smart ftp
a multi-featured file transfer program useful for all website managers.
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EMAIL: CLIENTS, TOOLS, SERVICES |
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cloudmark spamnet
Don't let spam change the way you do email like other anti-spam products require. SpamNet just works instantly with no changes to your email and it gets better every second with the growth of the community.
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qualcomm eudora
The best email program just got even better. Email traffic is on the rise. Eudora® is the best email program for people who get lots of email. If you're not one of those people now, you will be soon. So, take control of your email before it takes control of you. Eudora 6.0 is more than a way to send and receive messages - it's a powerful email management tool with features to increase your productivity and enhance your communications.
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incredimail
IncrediMail lets you take full control over what your emails look like. Select from hundreds of email backgrounds that fit any mood or occasion. The people you send IncrediMail emails to don't need to download anything in order to see these backgrounds!
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koolpost email
A Vividign subsidiary, Koolpost™ provides you with a permanent email address (either @koolpost or @ your own customized domain name) for extremely affordable prices, with 70% more features than either Hotmail® or Yahoo!®, and more storage space than even Google's G-mail!
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microsoft outlook express
Maximize your online communications with Outlook Express. Learning how to customize your preview pane, organize your contacts and email messages, and access your web based e-mail while on the go, saves you time. You can even join a newsgroup to gather and share information with others on a variety of topics from sports, to music, to photography. Included with Internet Explorer web browser.
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pegasus
Pegasus Mail is a free, standards-based electronic mail client suitable for use by single or multiple users on single computers or on local area networks. A proven product, it has served millions of users since it was released in 1990. It is extremely feature-rich and powerful, yet remains small and fast.
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mozilla thunderbird
Thunderbird is one of those programs which can compete with MS Outlook Express, not only because it has similar functionality, but it's also user friendly, and it's freeware.
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