OLPC-$1000 released !


The XO-1, previously known as the $100 Laptop or Children's Machine, is an inexpensive laptop computer intended to be distributed to children in developing countries around the world,[1] to provide them with access to knowledge. The laptop is developed by the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) social welfare organization.


Intentionally omitted features


In keeping with its goals of robustness and low power consumption, the design of the laptop intentionally omits all motor-driven moving parts; it has no hard drive, no optical (CD/DVD) media, no floppy drives and no fans. An ATA interface is unnecessary due to the lack of hard drive. There is also no PC card slot, although an SD slot is available.

Printers, hard disks, CD drives, DVD drives, USB drives, and many other peripherals can be connected via the USB ports. Further expansion is available through an internal SD card slot.


A built-in hand-crank generator, making it self-powered equipment, was part of the original design, but Negroponte stated at a 2006 LinuxWorld talk that it was no longer integrated into the laptop itself, but optionally available as a hand- or foot-operated generator built into a separate power unit.[11 More Videos and related stuff here.. A brief view at the WIKIPEDIA page.. The Hardware Specificatiosns as of Nov2007 are: he hardware specifications as of November 2007 are:[9] Full resolution‎ (2,000 × 2,544 pixels, file size: 622 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

  • CPU: 433 MHz AMD Geode LX-700 at 0.8 Watts, with integrated graphics controller


  • 1200×900 7.5 inch diagonal LCD (200 dpi) that uses 0.1 to 1.0 Watts depending on mode. The two modes are:

    • Reflective (backlight off) monochrome mode for low-power use in sunlight. This mode provides very sharp images for high-quality text.

    • Backlit color mode, with an effective 800×600 resolution that is asymmetrically reduced in complicated ways. See below for details.



  • 256 MB of Dual (DDR266) 133 MHz DRAM (in 2006 the specification called for only 128 MB of RAM[10])

  • 1024 KB (1 MB) flash ROM with open-source Open Firmware

  • 1024 MB of SLC NAND flash memory (in 2006 the specifications called for only 512 MB of flash memory[11])

  • Internal SD card slot[12]

  • Wireless networking using an “Extended Range” 802.11b/g and 802.11s (mesh) Marvell 8388 wireless chip, chosen due to its ability to autonomously forward packets in the mesh even if the CPU is powered off. When connected in a mesh, it is run at a low bitrate (2 Mbit/s) to minimize power consumption. Despite the wireless chip's minimalism, it supports WPA.[13] An ARM processor is included.

  • Dual adjustable antennas for diversity reception.

  • Water-resistant membrane keyboard, customized to the locale in which it will be distributed.[14] The multiplication and division symbols are included.

  • Dual five-key cursor-control pads; four directional keys plus Enter

  • Touchpad for mouse control and handwriting input

  • Built-in color camera, to the right of the display, VGA resolution (640×480)

  • Built-in stereo speakers

  • Built-in microphone

  • Audio based on the AC97 codec, with jacks for external stereo speakers and microphones, Line-out, and Mic-in

  • 3 external USB 2.0 ports.


  • Power sources:

    • DC input, ±11–18 V, maximum 15W power draw

    • 5-cell rechargeable NiMH battery pack, 3000 mAh minimum 3050 mAh typical 80% usable, charge at 0…45°C

    • 2-cell rechargeable LiFePO4 battery pack, 2800 mAh minimum 2900 mAh typical 100% usable, charge at 0…60°C

    • 4-cell rechargeable LiFePO4 battery pack, 3100 mAh minimum 3150 mAh typical 100% usable, charge at -10…50°C

    • External manual power options include a pull-string generator designed by Potenco




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• Blog Polls.com

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• WP Polls


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• AudioBlogger – audio post to your blog via phone

• BlogRolling – a service to manage your blog roll

• Creative Commons – copyright protections service

• Feedburner – RSS tool that adds a variety of features to your blog’s RSS feed

• Picasa – find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC

• Flickr – Store and share your images - good way of hosting images if you don’t have a stand alone blog on your own domain.

• Flock – A browser that enables sharing and blogging from within it

• Copyscape – allows you to track down other sites that are stealing your content

• TalkDigger – ‘find, follow and join conversations evolving on the Internet.’

• Blog Flux – Stats, Pinging and Directory



• Backpack It – A place to organise your to do lists, notes, files, reminders and more - all online

• Basecamp – Like Backpack it (same people behind it) but great for collaboration on projects.

• Ice Rocket – Blog Search

• coComment – Keep track of the comments you leave on different blogs in a central place

• co.mments – Similar name to coComment but not to be confused with it - a way of bookmarking and following comment threads via RSS

• Gabbly – Add live chat to our blog posts (like real time comments combined with IRC)

• Del.icio.us – Social Bookmarking site - good for sourcing stories but also great if you get linked to on it to get traffic

• Digg – Another major Social Bookmarking site

• Only Wire – a bookmarklet that submits posts to multiple social bookmarking sites at once

• Odeo – a tool for recording and sharing audio/podcasting

• TagCloud – produces Tag Clouds for your blog from RSS feeds

• Indie Karma – a micropayment system for bloggers

• Tiny URL – Turns long URLs into tiny manageable ones

• Swicki – a new type of search engine that harnesses the power of a web community - sort of like a search engine and wiki combined

Filmloop – photo sharing

• Stock.xchng – Free Stock Photos

• Favicon Maker – allows you to make a favicon from a photo

• YouTube – a tool for putting video on your blog

• blip.tv – another video uploading tool


Do you know of other great blog tools? Feel free to share them in comments below.



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Maya To XAML Exporter

This plug-in allows designers to create compelling 3D user interfaces in Maya and export to XAML, the next generation application GUI markup language for windows and the web. Objects created in Maya can be used as hit targets, windows forms controls, and more. Because the objects are kept as vector data in the interface, the user can scale the entire application and keep the same look and feel. Look for future export features like animation, mesh optimization, xml formatting, and the ability to specify the WPF target type template for Maya objects.

Download here(FILE SIZE: 1087 KB)...


New Features in this Release
  • Designer support in VS.NET
  • Performance optimization

Existing Features

  • Polygon reduction and optimization specific to XAML.
  • Export support for lights, cameras, materials, instanced meshes, textures
  • Transparency maps (must use PNG with alpha)
  • Animation export. Basic animation is supported, see details below.
  • Fixed error loading XAMLExport.mel (Export options dialog now opens)
  • Memory leaks fixed
  • Major performance fix in very large mesh exports
  • Fixed memory consumption on large mesh exports

System Requirements
.NET Framework 3.0
Maya 6x, 7, or 8x


Download the latest .NET Framework 3.0 CTP

Future Features

  • Exact animation curve export.
  • XAML Formatting.
  • Baked Textures (export procedural textures as file textures).
  • Add animations, materials, and other resources as resources, instead of directly adding into the "visual tree".
  • Be able to specify if you want to copy files, for textures, to the output directory of the xaml file. This will also modify the path automatically and make the path relative.
  • The information specified in the Place2DTexture Nodes should be exported too. At least some of the settings of the Place2DTexture Node have a representation in xaml for example Tile, Viewport attributes.
  • Specify output template file for output formatted export
  • Export video textures as video on mesh
  • Export pattern brushes, for textures with fractals, gradients, etc.
  • Instance object materials
  • Mac OS X version

Known Issues

  • Texture files will throw a System.Security.SecurityException if the xaml file and texture files are run from the browser. Try running from a vs.net project instead.
  • Skinned meshes and nurbs are not supported.
  • Rotation animation only works when Maya is in Quaternion animation mode. This is a limitation of the .NET Framework 3.0.

Installing Maya To XAML

  • Extract the contents of the compressed file.
  • Copy the correct version of the [MayaVersion]/MayaToXAML.mll file to your bin/plug-ins directory.
  • Copy the scripts/ExportXAML.mel to your ( My Documents/maya//scripts ) directory.
  • Launch Maya > and go to the Window Menu > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Manager...
  • In the Plug-in Manager > Click loaded next to MayaToXAML.mll

Using Maya To XAML

  • Open or create a new mesh file: File > New Scene or Open Scene...

Note: If your mesh is NURBS, you will need to convert it to polygons. To convert to polygons, go to the Modeling view and select the mesh. In the Edit NURBS menu, click the Rebuild Surface Options button icon. Choose the Polygons option, in the Output Geometry section and click Rebuild.

To export the mesh data, go to the File menu and click the Export All Options icon. Choose the XAML file type.

Click the Export All button and enter the file name. Select xaml from the file type.

The following export options are functional:

  • Filter Export
    • Polygon meshes
    • Cameras
    • Animations
    • Lights
    • Normals
    • Texture Coordinates

Other options will be available in a future release

Animation
The newly added support for animation export is not feature complete. There are some fundamental differences in how Maya and WPF handle animation and how Maya allows the user to customize the rotation technique. A future release will provide full support for spline based animation curves. A couple key differences and constraints in WPF prevent a clean conversion of Maya keyframe animation to WPF. Both WPF and Maya use cubic bezier curves for animation.

Difference #1:

Maya has the ability to use different rotation spaces based on the user's selection. Maya's default rotation space is Euler rotation, which can be changed to Synchronized Quaternion via a simple user preference setting. All though WPF provides basic abstraction of its core Quaternion rotations via Euler rotations, it always uses Quaternion rotations at the core of the framework. If you're not using animation, this is a non-issue, but if you plan on animating rotation, you must change the setting in Maya to use Quaternion rotations. Otherwise, the Euler rotations in Maya will allow you to rotate your objects more than 180 degrees, and WPF will only understand the first part of the rotation and SLERP the rest.

Difference #2:

Maya's keyframes have the same concept of the KeySpline property, found in WPF DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames, known as animation curve tangent controls in Maya. However, Maya does not place an upper or lower bounds constraint on the p1 and p2 control points (KeySpline X1,Y1 and X2,Y2).


WPF constrains the KeySpline values by placing an upper bounds of 1 and a lower bounds of 0 on the KeySpline property. The constraint means that animated values can not be interoplated to a value less than the start keyframe or greater than the end keyframe value. The developer's rationale behind this was purely ease-of-use. Users understand the values as ease-in and ease-out, which is easier understood as values between 0 and 1. I tend to side more on enabling the user.

Maya assumes the user has a better grasp on animation curves, and it allows you to modify the tangents so that values are affected outside the values of the specified key segment. Unfortunetaley, the only viable solution to converting the Maya animation curves to XAML animation curves, is to subdivide the Maya animation splines when a curve affected value is less than 0 or greater than 1, using a technique called de Casteljau's algorithm. For now, when you encounter this issue, you can split your curves in Maya's Graph Editor.

I hope to have more time to detail these issues and provide some special attention in future releases.

A test scene in Maya..




Exported into WPF..




Click here for more details...




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Essential Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)





Download Links:


http://rapidshare.com/files/31451850/0321374479.zip

http://w13.easy-share.com/1092191.html

Editorial Reviews





Book Description

“Chris
Anderson was one of the chief architects of the next-generation GUI
stack, the Windows Presentation Framework (WPF), which is the subject
of this book. Chris’s insights shine a light from the internals of WPF
to those standing at the entrance, guiding you through the concepts
that form the foundation of his creation.”
–From the foreword by Chris Sells
“As
one of the architects behind WPF, Chris Anderson skillfully explains
not only the ‘how,’ but also the ‘why.’ This book is an excellent
resource for anyone wanting to understand the design principles and
best practices of WPF.”
–Anders Hejlsberg, technical fellow, Microsoft Corporation
“If
WPF stands as the user interface technology for the next generation of
Windows, then Chris Anderson stands as the Charles Petzold for the next
generation of Windows user interface developers.”
–Ted Neward, founding editor, TheServerSide.NET
“This
is an excellent book that does a really great job of introducing you to
WPF, and explaining how to unlock the tremendous potential it provides.”
–Scott Guthrie, general manager, Developer Division, Microsoft
“WPF
is a whole new animal when it comes to creating UI applications,
drawing on design principles originating from both Windows Forms and
the Web. Chris does a great job of not only explaining how to use the
new features and capabilities of WPF (with associated code and XAML
based syntax), but also explains why things work the way they do. As
one of the architects of WPF, Chris gives great insight into the
plumbing and design principles of WPF, as well as the mechanics of
writing code using it. This is truly essential if you plan to be a
serious WPF developer.”
–Brian Noyes, chief architect, IDesign Inc.; Microsoft Regional Director; Microsoft MVP
“I
was given the opportunity to take a look at Chris Anderson’s book and
found it to be an exceedingly valuable resource, one I can comfortably
recommend to others. I can only speak for myself, but when faced with a
new technology I like to have an understanding of how it relates to and
works in relation to the technology it is supplanting. Chris starts his
book by tying the WPF directly into the world of Windows 32-bit UI in
C++. Chris demonstrates both a keen understanding of the underlying
logic that drives the WPF and how it works and also a skill in helping
the reader build on their own knowledge through examples that mimic how
you would build your cutting edge applications.”
–Bill Sheldon, principal engineer, InterKnowlogy

Windows
Presentation Foundation (WPF) replaces Microsoft’s diverse presentation
technologies with a unified, state-of-the-art platform for building
rich applications. WPF combines the best of Windows and the Web; fully
integrates user interfaces, documents, and media; and leverages the
full power of XML-based declarative programming.

In Essential Windows Presentation Foundation,
former WPF architect Chris Anderson systematically introduces this
breakthrough platform, focusing on the concepts and techniques working
developers need in order to build robust applications for real users.
Drawing on his unique experience as an architect on the team, Anderson
thoroughly illuminates the crucial new concepts underlying WPF and
reveals how its APIs work together to offer developers unprecedented
value.

Through working sample code, you’ll
discover how WPF draws on the Web’s simple models for markup and
deployment, common frame for applications, and rich server
connectivity, and on Windows’ rich client model, simple programming
model, strong control over look-and-feel, and rich networking. Topics
explored in depth include

  • WPF components and architecture
  • Key WPF design decisions–and why they matter
  • XAML markup language
  • Controls
  • Layouts
  • Visuals and media, including 2D, 3D, video, and animation
  • Data integration
  • Actions
  • Styles
  • WPF Base Services

Essential Windows Presentation Foundation
is the definitive, authoritative, code-centric WPF reference:
everything Windows developers need to create a whole new generation of
rich, graphical applications.

Figures
Foreword by Don Box
Foreword by Chris Sells
Preface
About the Author

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Applications
Chapter 3: Controls
Chapter 4: Layout
Chapter 5: Visuals
Chapter 6: Data
Chapter 7: Actions
Chapter 8: Styles
Appendix: Base Services
Index






About the Author

Chris Anderson,
architect in Microsoft’s Connected Systems Division, specializes in
designing and architecting .NET technologies for the next generation of
applications and services. In ten years at Microsoft, he has worked on
technologies ranging from Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual J++ 6.0 to .NET
Framework 1.0 and 1.1. In 2002, he joined the Windows Client team as an
architect for Windows Presentation Foundation. Anderson has spoken at
numerous conferences, including PDC, TechEd, WinDev, and DevCon.







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Interview with Yahoo Messenger Team

Checkout this video on sopabox i found in wpfblog,which was refered by on of the members of the team that built tha yahoo messenger itself....
Its the interview with the yahoo messenger team!

Video Link:
http://soapbox.msn.com/video.aspx?showPlaylist=true&playlist=videoByUuids:uuids:ddae80aa-4638-4b8e-806a-0ce6a5192b4c


Download yahoo messenger for vista here....

http://messenger.yahoo.com/windowsvista.php


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ObjectRescue.com - AnyReader




Task selection dialog.




Selecting the files to be copied.





Effectively copies corrupt data from any type of disks or erroneous connections if standard copying methods fail. AnyReader supports resumed downloads from the remote PC if the connection was broken during the copy process (especially useful for unreliable Wi-Fi networks).

AnyReader is great for copying files from scratched CD/DVDs or defective floppy/hard disks. Normally when your computer is unable to copy files from a damaged disk it will abort and delete the part of the file it has copied. AnyReader will continue copying the file right to the end; any data that hasn't been recovered after several retries is replaced with blanks. This will allow you to effectively read every byte of information that can be read at all.

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* The standard copying method fails because of an error, such as "(Bad CRC) A cyclic redundancy check (CRC) checksum error occurred", "Cannot read from the source file or disk", an unknown error or a bad disk;
* You have 2 bad copies of a file that you would like to put right;
* You can't download a file across wireless LAN because of a bad connection;
* And many more of those...

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Reads data from the erroneous network connections. It supports resumed downloads from the remote PC if connection was broken during the copy process.
Support file sizes up to file system limits.
Easy to use, intuitive wizard-driven interface.
Supports all Windows versions, including Windows® 95/98/ME and Windows® NT/2000/XP/2003.
and many more!

http://rapidshare.com/files/60763965/ran_2.4.168.rar


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Softs:Nero Micro 8.1.1.3


Nero 8 - is a software solution that brings the digital world to your PC with features that make it fun and easy to create multimedia projects with high-quality, professional results. Create MP3 mixes and edit vacation videos in High Definition format. Share content around the world with simple Internet upload functions. Burn a disc with just one click, and then enjoy it in any room in your house with versatile streaming features. Rest easy knowing your data is safe in the event of a system crash or a damaged disc. Nero 8 lets you live the digital life with cutting-edge technology and world-class features.

Nero 8, the newest version of the world’s best-selling multimedia suite, brings the digital world to your PC. Now it’s easy to organize and manage all your multimedia files, as well as create and edit new digital content. Nero’s sleek design and user-friendly tools make completing projects fun and enjoyable.

Nero StartSmart 8 is the entry point for all functionality in Nero 8. With Nero StartSmart 8, all the powerful features of Nero8 are at your fingertips, making it easier than ever to complete your digital tasks.

Nero 8 comes loaded with a number of features that enhance Windows VistaTM. With the Nero DiscCopy Gadget, you can copy a disc of any format with just one click. With Rich Preview, you can view the contents of your files without having to open a separate application. With Nero MCE Plug-ins, you can burn and stream your content on a Windows Vista™ MCE powered machine.

New and Improved Features in Nero 8 :
* Direct access to all features from the project launcher
* High Definition format support
* Xbox 360™ and PlayStation® 3 streaming features
* Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD burning support
* SecurDisc data protection support
* Copy a disc with just one click
* Graphics optimized for Windows Vista™
* Continual free updates

Tested & Working 101%

Download
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FIREFOX+Addons=Rediscover the web!!

Hi netizens,

I am also a proud user of Firefox,with its addons it gave me incomparable functionality that any existing web-browser could even satisfy..

I want to tell you the way it enhanced my browsing experience and hope that my experience might help you in “Rediscovering the web;-)

If you already know about the addons i stated here then you may pass this to your friends who are unaware of the power firefox+addons gives which you have already experienced…

  1. Flashgot
  2. Del.ici.ous
  3. Tabmix plus
  4. Groowe Toolbar
  5. Foxy Tunes
  6. Cooliris Preview
  7. Scribefire
  8. Clipmarks
  9. VideoDownloader
  10. iMacros
  11. Zotero
  12. Stumbleupon
  13. Greasemonkey
  14. NoScript
  15. Firebug
  16. Adblock Plus
  17. IE Tab
  18. Google Notebook
  19. DownThemALL
  20. FasterFox
  21. FoxyProxy
  22. Datafox

(Order of above listing is just in random & not representing their Rank orPopularity,etc..)

Want to get all these installed in a zippi!!

Do as below:

  1. Download the zip archieve below..
  2. Extract it to any folder
  3. Select all extensions(.xpi)
  4. Drag-dop into firefox-addons window to install all extensions at once!

Download All-in-one zip archieve here:

http://www.esnips.com/doc/7156a639-0391-4690-b1f5-0436db661862/Firefox_addons_AIO

And if you dont know then reading this might change your online browisng experience totally and i’m confident about the change!Trust me!

Introduction:

Firefox(Fx of fx) is a web-browser designed,distributed and maintained by Mozilla,an open source based community that also has several famous products like Thunderbird(An E-mail client),Bugzilla(Bug-tracking system) and several other apps..

Features included with Firefox are tabbed browsing, spell checker, incremental find (via the Find toolbar), Live bookmarking, an integrated download manager,and a search system that includes Google. The developers of Firefox aimed to produce a browser that “just surfs the web”and delivers the “best possible browsing experience to the widest possible set of people.”

It is its unique open-architecture that allows enthusiasts to write their own unique addons to enhance the functionality of the default browser which has made it so feature-rich now!


“According to Market Share by Net Applications, 14.88% of the world’s Web browsers used Firefox in September 2007, with 14.42% using version 1.5 or higher”(1)

Get Firefox!

If you dont have Firefox installed,then goto firefox official site to get the latest version..
Click here to goto the official Mozilla Firefox site..

Addons:

Addons are downloadable extensions(.xpi format) which allow the user to customize Firefox and themes allow to change the UI. Mozilla maintains an add-on repository at addons.mozilla.org with nearly 2000 add-ons in it as of September 2007.

I wish to share with you some of the addons which i use and also some that might be needed for other optional functionality..

Most usefull..must have ones!

1)Flashgot:

  • It extends the download capabilities of Fx by allowing users to transfer the download to any download manager..
  • It also can transfer a selected link or group of selected links..
  • It has a unique “Build Gallery” feature that allows user to download images from online image galleries with sequential image-names in links..

Build gallery feature:

More details here…

Works with:Firefox: 1.0 – 3.0a9

Download from here..


2)del.ici.ous

Developed by Yahoo,Inc. provides access to your bookmarks universally posiible..you just need to creata login @ del.ici.ous and install this extension and there you go..access your bookmarks anywhere..

It does this by augmenting the bookmarking functionality in Firefox with an enhanced experience that offers the following advantages:

  • Search and browse your bookmarks
  • Access your bookmarks from any computer at any time
  • Keep your bookmarks organized with tags
  • Share your bookmarks with friends or anyone on the Web
  • Import your existing Firefox bookmarks

Click here for more details..

Works with:Firefox: 1.5 – 2.0.0.*

Download from here..

3)Tabmixplus(TMP)

Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox’s tab browsing capabilities.

  • It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more.

  • It also includes a full-featured session manager with crash recovery that can save and restore combinations of opened tabs and windows.

Official page..

Supports Firefox: 1.0 – 3.0a5

Download from here..

4)Groowe toolbar:


Groowe is an excellent all-in-one search toolbar that has stuffed inside with almost all search engiens and if you think anything is missing you can add your own by configuring a simple xml file!

Fig:Groowe Search Toolbar in Firefox with expanded list of search engines

Groowe Search Toolbar bundles toolbar functions for many search engines, shopping sites, download sites, including Google toolbar, Yahoo, Amazon, EBay, Ask, Msn, Download.com, Wikipedia, Digg, del.icio.us and others. The entire toolbar reconfigures when you select a different site and it includes many advanced features found in each engine or site. You can also easily repeat your search on all sites included in toolbar.

Fig:Some examples of toolbars included in the Groowe Search Toolbar

Groowe plugins can be downloaded for many other sites like YouTUBE, IMDb, Technorati, Exalead, Clusty, Torrent sites, dictionaries, etc. Groowe plugins are small XML files that define new Groowe toolbar so anyone can make Groowe addition.

Home page..

Supports Firefox: 1.0 – 2.0.0.*

Download here..

5)Foxytunes

Do you listen to Music while surfing the Web?

FoxyTunes lets you control almost any media player and find lyrics, covers, videos, bios and much more with a click right from your browser.

Fig:Foxytunes in its minimum and maximum mode


Supports WinAmp, iTunes, Yahoo Music Engine, Pandora, foobar2000, Windows Media Player, Xbox Media Center, Musicmatch, Quintessential, J. River, jetAudio, XMPlay, MediaMonkey, Media Player Classic, Sonique, wxMusik, Real Player, XMMS, Noatun, Juk, Amarok, Music Player Daemon, Rhythmbox and many other players.

Just click on the orange note and select your player.

CNET Editor’s Rating: 5/5 stars
PC Magazine: Top 15 Firefox Extensions
PC World: Top Download Picks

Home page..

Works with: Firefox: 1.5 – 2.0.0.*

Downlaod here..

6)Cooliris:

Cooliris Previews gives you the power to browse and share Web links and rich media faster. Just mouse over any link, and the Cooliris preview window immediately appears to show you the content. To email it, just click.

* Preview web links, images, and videos without even clicking.
* “Stack” previewed items into temporary bookmarks to quickly preview later.
* Instantly send links to friends and family with just a click.
* Automatically subsearch Google, Wikipedia, et. al. by right-clicking on any phrase
* Customize preferences to control preview window activation, time delay, and size & position.

Cooliris Previews is free to download and use, and does not contain any adware or spyware whatsoever.

More info and screens here..

Supports: Firefox: 1.0 – 3.0a1

Download here..

7)Sribefire:

ScribeFire (previously Performancing for Firefox) is a full-featured blog editor that integrates with your browser and lets you easily post to your blog. You can drag and drop formatted text from pages you are browsing, take notes, and post to your blog.

Home page..

Works with: Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a7

Download here..

Other highly useful addons..

These addons are also very useful ,I differentiated them from above category just to make it less cluttered and in any means that doesn’t mean that they are less functional than the former ones!Infact every addon has its own functionality and it is your need which decides the most required and the least required ones…

  • Clipmarks:With Clipmarks, you can clip the best parts of web pages. Whether it’s a paragraph, sentence, image or video, you can capture just the pieces you want without having to bookmark the entire page.


Download Clipmarks here..

  • Videodownloader:Download videos from Youtube, Google, Metacafe, iFilm, Dailymotion, Pornotube… and other 60+ video sites ! And all embedded objects on a webpage (movies, mp3s, flash, quicktime, etc) ! Directly …


Download videodownloader here..

  • iMacros:


Automate your web browser. Record and replay repetitious work!

  • (1) Form Filler on Steroids and Password Manager
  • (2) Web Automation
  • (3) Data extraction/Web Scraping/Web mining/Enterprise Data Mash-ups
  • (4) Web Testing
  • (5) Social Scripting (Social Bookmarking)

Whatever you can do with Firefox, iMacros can automate it.

Download iMacros here..

  • Zotero:Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources..

Download Zotero here..

  • Stumbleupon:StumbleUpon lets you “channelsurf” the best-reviewed sites on the web. It is a collaborative surfing tool for finding and sharing great sites. This helps you find interesting webpages you wouldn’t think to search for!


Download Stumbleupon here..

  • Greasemonkey:Allows you to customize the way a web page displays using small bits of JavaScript.
    Hundreds of scripts, for a wide variety of popular sites, are already available at http://userscripts.org.


Download Greasemonkey here..

  • Noscript:It allows JavaScript, Java and other executable content to run only from trusted domains of your choice, e.g. your home-banking web site, and guards the “trust boundaries” against cross-site scripting attacks (XSS).
    Such a preemptive approach prevents exploitation of security vulnerabilities (known and even unknown!) with no loss of functionality…


Download Noscript from here..

  • Firebug:Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.


Download firebug here..

  • Adblock Plus:Ever been annoyed by all those ads and banners on the internet that often take longer to download than everything else on the page? Install Adblock Plus now and get rid of them!


Download Adblock PLus here..

  • IE Tab:This is a great tool for web developers,which allows users to easily see how a web page is displayed in IE with just one click and then switch back to Firefox.


Download IE Tab from here..

  • Google notebook:With Google Notebook, you can browse, clip, and organize information
    from across the web in a single online location that’s accessible from
    any computer. Planning a trip? Researching a product? Just add
    clippings to your notebook. You won’t ever have to leave your browser
    window.

Download Google notebook from Google/notebook site..

  • Downthem All:DownThemAll is fast, reliable and easy-to-use! It lets you download all
    the links or images contained in a webpage and much more: you can
    refine your downloads by fully customizable criteria to get only what
    you really want!
  • It features an advanced accelerator that increases speed up to 400% and it allows you to pause and resume downloads at any time!

Download Downthem All here..

As always one can have official toolbars from Yahoo and Google

Miscellaneous:

Simple yet usefull addons:

  • Fasterfox:

Performance and network tweaks for Firefox.

Fasterfox allows you to tweak many network and rendering settings such
as simultaneous connections, pipelining, cache, DNS cache, and initial
paint delay.

Download Fasterfox here…

  • FoxyProxy:

FoxyProxy is an advanced proxy management tool that completely replaces Firefox’s proxy configuration. It offers more features than SwitchProxy, ProxyButton, QuickProxy, xyzproxy, ProxyTex, TorButton, etc!

Click here for furthur details and donwload info..

  • Datafox:Prefarably usefull for Dataone-broadband users..Allows you to check your online-account usage from firefox in single click and notifies you when the download limit exceeds!

Fig:Datafox in Firefox tray!

Fig:Context Menu of Datafox

Download Datafox here..

The mozilla Addons site does have a lot of featured addons,so do browse them by “popularity” to view some other popular Fx addons..!!

I hope you it was quite usefull And i wish this has definitely helped you in “Rediscovering the web!”

brugu_baba!

ALL IN ONE FREEWARE LIST….

ALL IN ONE FREEWARE LIST….

The below a selection of freewares…

Alternatives to Internet Explorer:

Mozilla Firefox - http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
Crazy Browser - http://www.crazybrowser.com/
MyIE2 - http://www.myie2.com/
Opera - http://www.opera.com/
Avant Browser - http://www.avantbrowser.com/
Mozilla - http://www.mozilla.org/

Alternatives to Microsoft Office:

OpenOffice - http://www.openoffice.org/

Firewalls:

Sygate Personal Firewall - http://www.sygate.com/
Agnitum Outpost - http://www.agnitum.com/download/outpost1.html
Kerio Personal Firewall - http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html
Tiny Personal Firewall - http://www.tinysoftware.com

E-mail:

Mozilla Thunderbird - http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/
Pegasusmail - http://www.pmail.com/
Foxmail - http://fox.foxmail.com.cn/english2.htm
Eudora Light/Eudora Sponsored - http://www.eudora.com/

Anti-spyware/Adware:

Ad-Aware - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Spybot - Search & Destroy - http://spybot.safer-networking.de/
SpyWareGuard - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html

Maintenance:

CleanUp! - http://cleanup.stevengould.org/
Easycleaner - http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm

Backup:

Syncback - http://www.syncback.com/

Remote Control:

RealVNC - http://www.realvnc.com/
TightVNC - http://www.tightvnc.com/
UltraVNC - http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
TridiaVNC - http://www.tridiavnc.com/
DameWare Mini Remote Control - http://www.dameware.com/

Web Editing:

Topstyle Lite (CSS-Editor) - http://www.bradsoft.com/topstyle/index.asp/

Anti-Virus:

AVG Antivirus - http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
Antivir - http://www.free-av.com/
Avast! - http://www.avast.com/

Programming:

#develop - http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/Default.aspx (C# & VB.net)
dev-c++ - http://www.bloodshed.net/
PHPEdit - http://www.phpedit.com/
Eclipse - http://www.eclipse.org/
JCreator LE - http://www.jcreator.com/ (Java)
Mono - http://www.go-mono.org/ (.net, inkl *nix)

Codecs:

K-Lite Codec Pack - http://www.k-litecodecpack.com/
Ac3filter - http://sourceforge.net/projects/ac3filter/
FACC - http://faac.sourceforge.net/
Ogg Vorbis - http://www.vorbis.com/
ffdshow - http://free-codecs.com/download/FFDShow.htm
Real Alternative - http://www.free-codecs.com (Alternativ till Real Player)
Quicktime Alternative - www.free-codecs.com (Alternativ till Quicktime)

Alternative to Adobe Acrobat (.PDF):

PDFCreator - http://sector7g.wurzel6.de/pdfcreator/index_en.htm (Skapa PDF-filer)

Zipper/Unzipper:

IZArc - http://www.izsoft.dir.bg/
7-zip - http://www.7-zip.net/

CD/DVD:

Exact Audio Copy - http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ (CD-rippare)
burnatonce - http://www.burnatonce.com/ (Brännare)
Cdex- http://www.cdex.n3.net/ (CD-rippare)

3D:

Blender - http://www.blender3d.org/

Picture Editing:

The Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/windows/

Styling of Windows:

Litestep - http://www.litestep.net/
BB4Win - http://www.bb4win.org/

Picture Viewing:

Slowview - http://www.slowview.at/
Irfan View - http://www.irfanview.com/
XnView - http://www.xnview.com/

Chat:

Miranda IM (Instant Messenger) - http://www.miranda-im.org/
Trillian (Instant Messenger) - http://www.trillian.cc/
gaim (Instant Messenger) - http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
Catax - http://www.catax.com/
irssi (IRC) - http://www.irssi.org/
XChat (IRC) - http://www.xchat.org/
amsn (MSN) - http://amsn.sourceforge.net/

Media:

VideoLAN - http://www.videolan.org/
Bsplayer - http://www.bsplayer.org/
Media Player Classic - http://sourceforge.net/project/show…ackage_id=84358
Zoom Player - http://www.inmatrix.com/
WinMplayer - http://www.christianroessler.net/mplayer/index.php

FTP:

UltraFXP - http://www.ultrafxp.com/
Filezilla - http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/ (Klient & Server)
LeechFTP - http://stud.fh-heilbronn.de/~jdebis/leechftp/
SmartFTP - http://www.smartftp.com/

Math:

Maxima - http://maxima.sourceforge.net/

Web Server:

Apache - http://httpd.apache.org/
SimpleServer:WWW - http://www.analogx.com/
Savant Web Server - http://savant.sourceforge.net/
OmniHTTPd - http://www.omnicron.ca/httpd/
24Link - http://www.softpile.com/Internet/Se…4698_index.html

Phone online:

Skype - http://www.skype.com/

Music:

Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ (Ljudredigering)
mp3tag - http://www.mp3tag.de/ (Tag och namn-redigerare för mp3’s)
LAME - http://lame.sourceforge.net/ (Koding)

Internetradio:

Shoutcast - http://www.shoutcast.com/
SimpleServer:Shoutcast - http://www.analogx.com/
IceCast - http://www.icecast.org/

Converting:

VirtualDubMod - http://virtualdubmod.sourceforge.net/
dBpowerAMP - http://www.dbpoweramp.com/

Music Players:

Foobar2000 - http://www.foobar2000.org/
WinAmp - http://www.winamp.com/
QCD Player - http://www.quinnware.com/
iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/
jetAudio - http://www.jetaudio.com/
XMPlay - http://www.un4seen.com/

Games:

BauAir - Intense Dogfight Action - http://www.fader.nu/bauair/
America’s Army - http://www.americasarmy.com/ - Fragzone
Wolfenstein: Enemy Terrority - http://games.activision.com/games/wolfenstein/ - Fragzone
Grand Theft Auto - http://63.236.94.8/rockstar/classics/index.php - Fragzone
Starsiege: Tribes - http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/tribes/
Tribes 2 - http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/tribes2/
Gunbound - http://www.gunbound.net/
Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe - http://www.gathering.com/hd2/hddeluxe.html
The Ur-Quan Masters - http://sc2.sourceforge.net/
Subspace/Continuum - http://www.subspacehq.com/
Soldat - http://www.soldat.pl/
NetKar - http://www.nkzone.com/
MU Online - http://www.muonline.com/
PristonTale - http://www.pristontale.com/
Tibia - http://www.tibia.com/
Blobby Volley - http://home.t-online.de/home/mummertathome/blobby.htm




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List of some freeware & usefull applications…

List of some freeware & usefull applications…

Audio/Video



Audacity
Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds.
Version: 1.2.6
Download: [content suppressed] (4,8 MB)
Homepage: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
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Audacity (beta)
Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds.
Version: 1.3 Beta
Download: [content suppressed] (4,9 MB)
Homepage: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
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CDex (beta)
CDex a CD-Ripper, thus
extracting digital audio data from an Audio CD. The application
supports many Audio encoders, like MPEG (MP2,MP3), VQF, AAC encoders.
Version: 1.70 beta 2
Download: [content suppressed] (2,3 MB)
Homepage: http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
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Media Player Classic
Media Player Classic is an extremely light-weight media player for Windows.
Version:
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Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/project …
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MediaCoder
MediaCoder is a free universal
audio/video batch transcoder, putting together lots of excellent
audio/video codecs and tools from the open source community.
Version:
Download: [content suppressed] (24,4 MB)
Homepage: http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/
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VirtualDub
A free video capture and AVI/MPEG-1 processing utility.
Version:
Download: [content suppressed] (1 MB)
Homepage: http://www.virtualdub.org/
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VLC media player
VLC media player is a highly
portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1,
MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, …) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various
streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in
unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

Package contributed by Daniel
Version: 0.8.4a
Download: [content suppressed] (15,8 MB)
Homepage: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
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Financial



Eclipse Trader
Eclipse Trader is an Eclipse
Rich Client Platform (RCP) application focused to the building of an
online stock trading system, featuring shares pricing watch, intraday
and history charts with technical analysis indicators, level II/market
depth view, news watching, and integrated trading. Requires Java
Runtime.
Version:
Download: [content suppressed] (14,4 MB)
Homepage: http://eclipsetrader.sourcefor …
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Games



FreeCol
FreeCol is an open version of Colonization. It is a Civilization-like game in which the player has to conquer the new world. Requires Java runtime
Version: 0.6.1
Download: [content suppressed] (10,4 MB)
Homepage: http://www.freecol.org
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Robocode
Robocode is a Java based
programming game, where the goal is to develop robot battle tank to
battle against competitor tanks. The moto of Robocode is: Build the
best, destroy the rest! Robocode requires a Java SE 5.0 Runtime
Environment (JRE) to run.
Version:
Download: [content suppressed] (3,6 MB)
Homepage: http://robocode.sourceforge.net/
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Graphics



Blender
Blender is the open source
software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production,
interactive creation and playback. Available for all major operating
systems under the GNU General Public License.

Package contributed by Daniel
Version: 2.42
Download: [content suppressed] (8,2 MB)
Homepage: http://blender.org/
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GIMP 2 (self-contained)
GIMP is the GNU Image
Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for
such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
It works on many operating systems, in many languages.
Version: 2.2.17
Download: [content suppressed] (65 MB)
Homepage: http://www.gimp.org/
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GLIPS Graffiti Editor
The GLIPS Graffiti editor is a
cross-platform SVG graphics editor developed by ITRIS. It enables to
create regular SVG files and SCADA HMI applications that can connect to
any data provider. Requires Java Runtime.
Version:
Download: [content suppressed] (8,8 MB)
Homepage: http://glipssvgeditor.sourcefo …
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Inkscape
Inkscape is an Open Source
vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator,
Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector
Graphics (SVG) file format.
Version:
Download: [content suppressed] (14 MB)
Homepage: http://www.inkscape.org/
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Paint.NET
Paint.NET is free image editing
and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that
run Windows. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a
wide variety of useful and powerful tools.

Requires .NET Framework 2.0.
Version: 3.08
Download: [content suppressed] (7,6 MB)
Homepage: http://www.getpaint.net/
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TuxPaint
Tux Paint is a free drawing
program designed for young children (kids ages 3 and up). It has a
simple, easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging
cartoon mascot who helps guide children as they use the program.
Version:
Download: [content suppressed] (22,2 MB)
Homepage: http://www.newbreedsoftware.co …
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Internet



Amaya
Amaya is a Web editor, i.e. a
tool used to create and update documents directly on the Web. Browsing
features are seamlessly integrated with the editing and remote access
features in a uniform environment. This follows the original vision of
the Web as a space for collaboration and not just a one-way publishing
medium.
Version: 9.51
Download: [content suppressed] (8,6 MB)
Homepage: http://www.w3.org/Amaya/
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Azureus
Azureus implements the
BitTorrent protocol using java language and comes bundled with many
invaluable features for both beginners and advanced users.
Version: 2.5
Download: [content suppressed] (8,5 MB)
Homepage: http://azureus.sourceforge.net/
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BitTorrent Client
BitTorrent is the global
standard for delivering high-quality files over the Internet. Harness a
community of over 150 million users to deliver files to your PC faster
than anything else. BitTorrent even enables you to publish your own
content.
Version: 5.0.8
Download: [content suppressed] (8 MB)
Homepage: http://www.bittorrent.com/
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FileZilla
FileZilla is a fast and reliable FTP client and server with lots of useful features and an intuitive interface.
Version: 2.2.32
Download: [content suppressed] (2,7 MB)
Homepage: http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
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KompoZer
KompoZer is a wysiwyg HTML
editor (Nvu/Composer fork) aimed towards advanced users. Can be
considered as an unofficial bug-fix release for Nvu.
Version:
Download: [content suppressed] (8,1 MB)
Homepage: http://www.kompozer.net/
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Mobility Email client
The Mobility Email client is a
powerful Free (as in Freedom) Software email client that supports IMAP,
POP and SMTP email. It features OpenPGP and S/MIME encryption, webmail
support, and integrates seemlessly with the MobilityEmail.net service.

Package contributed by Daniel
Version:
Download: [content suppressed] (16,9 MB)
Homepage: http://www.mobilityemail.net/
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Mozilla Firefox 1.5
The award-winning, free Web
browser is better than ever. Browse the Web with confidence - Firefox
protects you from viruses, spyware and pop-ups. Enjoy improvements to
performance, ease of use and privacy.
Version:
Download: [content suppressed] (6,3 MB)
Homepage: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
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Mozilla Firefox 2.0
The award-winning Web browser from Mozilla is now faster, even more secure, and totally customizable to your online life.
Version: 2.0.0.6
Download: [content suppressed] (7,5 MB)
Homepage: http://www.mozilla.com/
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Mozilla Suite
Web-browser, advanced e-mail and
newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple — all
your Internet needs in one application.
Version: 1.7.3
Download: [content suppressed] (15,5 MB)
Homepage: http://www.mozilla.org/product …
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Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5
Thunderbird is a free,
open-source and cross-platform mail client. It is based on the Mozilla
codebase. It is a robust and easy to use client, similar to competing
products like Outlook Express, but with some major advantages such as
junk mail classification.
Version:
Download: [content suppressed] (7,8 MB)
Homepage: http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/
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Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0
Enjoy safe, fast, and easy
email, with intelligent spam filters, quick message search, and
customizable views. Mozilla’s Thunderbird 2 email application is more
powerful than ever. It’s now even easier to organize, secure and
customize your mail.
Version: 2.0.0.5
Download: [content suppressed] (8,9 MB)
Homepage: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/t …
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Nvu
A complete Web Authoring System.
Nvu makes managing a web site a snap. Now anyone can create web pages
and manage a website with no technical expertise or knowledge of HTML.
Version: 1.0
Download: [content suppressed] (8,2 MB)
Homepage: http://www.nvu.com/
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RSSOwl
RSSOwl lets you gather,
organize, update, and store information from any compliant source in a
convenient, easy to use interface, save selected information in various
formats for offline viewing and sharing, and much more. Requires Java
Runtime.
Version: 1.2.3
Download: [content suppressed] (6,4 MB)
Homepage: http://www.rssowl.org/
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RSSOwl (with JRE)
RSSOwl lets you gather,
organize, update, and store information from any compliant source in a
convenient, easy to use interface, save selected information in various
formats for offline viewing and sharing, and much more. Package
contains Java Runtime.
Version: 1.2.3
Download: [content suppressed] (44,8 MB)
Homepage: http://www.rssowl.org/
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Messaging



Gaim
Gaim is a multi-protocol instant
messaging (IM) client. It is compatible with AIM and ICQ (Oscar
protocol), MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, Novell
GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, and Zephyr networks.
Version: 1.5
Download: [content suppressed] (15 MB)
Homepage: http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
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Miscellaneous



BOINC
BOINC is free, open-source software for volunteer computing and desktop grid computing.
Version: 5.8.15
Download: [content suppressed] (11,5 MB)
Homepage: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/
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Celestia
The free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions. Celestia runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
Version:
Download: [content suppressed] (16,3 MB)
Homepage: http://celestia.sourceforge.net/
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NASA World Wind
NASA World Wind is a graphically
rich 3D virtual globe for use on desktop computers running Windows. It
combines NASA imagery generated from satellites that have produced Blue
Marble, Landsat 7, SRTM, MODIS and more.

Requires local .NET 2.0 + DirectX 9.0c
Version: 1.4
Download: [content suppressed] (17,4 MB)
Homepage: http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
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Stellarium
Stellarium is a free open source
planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just
like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.
Version:
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Homepage: http://www.stellarium.org/
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Networking



Ethereal
Ethereal is used by network
professionals around the world for troubleshooting, analysis, software
and protocol development, and education. It has all of the standard
features you would expect in a protocol analyzer, and several features
not seen in any other product.
Version:
Download: [content suppressed] (16,1 MB)
Homepage: http://www.ethereal.com/
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PuTTY
PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator.
Version: 0.85
Download: [content suppressed] (1,3 MB)
Homepage: http://www.chiark.greenend.org …
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WinSCP
WinSCP is an open source
freeware SFTP client for Windows using SSH. Legacy SCP protocol is also
supported. Its main function is safe copying of files between a local
and a remote computer.
Version: 3.8.1
Download: [content suppressed] (2,8 MB)
Homepage: http://www.winscp.com/
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Productivity



AbiWord
AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft Word. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks.
Version: 2.4
Download: [content suppressed] (12,9 MB)
Homepage: http://www.abisource.com/
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AbiWord (with extra dictionaries)
AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft Word. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks.
Version: 2.4
Download: [content suppressed] (30,3 MB)
Homepage: http://www.abisource.com/
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FreeMind (with JRE)
FreeMind is a premier free mind-mapping software written in Java.

Package contributed by Daniel
Version:
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Homepage: http://freemind.sourceforge.ne …
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GanttProject
GanttProject is a tool for creating a project schedule by means of Gantt chart and resource load chart. Requires Java Runtime.
Version:
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Homepage: http://ganttproject.sourceforg …
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Mozilla Sunbird
The Sunbird Project is a cross platform standalone calendar application based on Mozilla’s XUL user interface language.
Version: 0.3 alpha1
Download: [content suppressed] (6,2 MB)
Homepage: http://www.mozilla.org/project …
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Open Workbench
Open Workbench is an open source
desktop application that provides robust project scheduling and
management functionality. Already the scheduling standard for more than
100,000 project managers worldwide, Open Workbench is a free and
powerful alternative to Microsoft Project.

Package contributed by Daniel
Version:
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Homepage: http://www.openworkbench.org/
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OpenOffice.org 2
OpenOffice.org the product is a
multi-platform office productivity suite. It includes the key desktop
applications, such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation
manager, and drawing program, with a user interface and feature set
similar to other office suites.
Version:
Download: [content suppressed] (100,5 MB)
Homepage: http://www.openoffice.org/
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Scribus
Scribus is an open-source
program that brings award-winning professional page layout to
Linux/Unix, MacOS X and Windows desktops with a combination of
“press-ready” output and new approaches to page layout.

Underneath
the modern and user friendly interface, Scribus supports professional
publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color
management and versatile PDF creation.
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TeXnicCenter
TeXnicCenter is a feature rich
integrated development environment (IDE) for developing LaTeX-documents
on Microsoft Windows (Windows 9x/ME, NT/2000/XP) freely available under
GPL.
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XEmacs
XEmacs is a highly customizable open source text editor and application development system.
Version: 21.4.19
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Programming



Eclipse
Eclipse is an open-source Java IDE (Integrated Development Environment) and platform for rich client applications.
Version: 3.1.2
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Eclipse (with J2EE SDK)
Eclipse is an open-source Java IDE (Integrated Development Environment) and platform for rich client applications.
Version: 3.1.2
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Eclipse (with JRE)
Eclipse is an open-source Java IDE (Integrated Development Environment) and platform for rich client applications.
Version: 3.1.2
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NClass
NClass is a UML compliant class diagram editor specialized for C# and Java developers.
Version: 1.06
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SharpDevelop
#develop (short for SharpDevelop) is a free IDE for C# and VB.NET projects on Microsoft’s .NET platform.
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Utilities



7-Zip
7-Zip is a file archiver with high compression ratio.
Version: 4.42
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AutoIt v3
AutoIt v3 is a freeware
BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI
and general scripting. It uses a combination of simulated keystrokes,
mouse movement and window/control manipulation in order to automate
tasks in a way not possible or reliable with other languages (e.g.
VBScript and SendKeys).

Package contributed by Daniel
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DarkShot
Small screenshot creation tool.

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Extended Password Generator
Extended Password Generator is
the tool-at-hand of any system administrator to generate pronounceable
and random passwords, secured against brute-force dictionary attacks.

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IconsExtract
Extract icons and cursors from EXE, DLL, CPL, and OCX files and save them as ICO or CUR files.

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ImgBurn
ImgBurn can write most types of CD / DVD
images and it supports all the latest writers (including booktype /
bitsetting on many of the major ones - i.e. BenQ, LiteOn, NEC, Plextor,
Sony). You can even use ImgBurn to erase / format your rewritable media!
Version: 2.1
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Homepage: http://www.imgburn.com/
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KeePass
KeePass is a free/open-source
password manager or safe which helps you to manage your passwords in a
secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is
locked with one master key or a key-disk.

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Launchy
Launchy is a free windows
utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on
your desktop, and even your file manager.

Package contributed by Emmanuel
Version: 1.25
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Homepage: http://launchy.net/
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NirSoft Password Tools
A suite of Password recovery tools.
The
utilities provided are for password recovery and educational purposes
only. They are not intended to be used for illegal purposes.

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Notepad++
Notepad++ is a free source code
editor (and Notepad replacement), which supports several programming
languages, running under the MS Windows environment.
Version: 4.0.2
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PSPad
# PSPad editor is freeware programmer editor, useful for people who: work with various programming environments
# like highlighted syntax in code
# need a small tool with simple controls and the capabilities of a mighty code editor
# are looking for a tool to work with plain text
# want to save money and still have the functionality of professional products

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SFT Explorer
By using SFT Explorer you can
look into SoftGrid packages without using Sequencer; it will show all
that’s inside your SFT package. Files, folders, virtual registry,
virtual services … all! And you can optionally export selected
content out of the package, to examine files more closely or to migrate
virtual registry settings to another package by importing exported
reg-file.
Version: 1.0
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Taksi
Taksi is a utility that allows
you to take screenshots and record video clips of your favourite games
and other 3D-graphics applications. Inspired by Fraps (www.fraps.com),
Taksi aims to provide an open source alternative to that great tool.
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Virtual Magnifying Glass
Virtual Magnifying Glass is a
free, open source, screen magnification tool for Windows and Linux. It
is simple, customizable, and easy-to-use.
Version: 3.2
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XML Copy Editor
A fast, no-frills XML editor
with DTD/XML Schema/RELAX NG validation, XSLT, XPath, pretty-printing,
syntax highlighting, folding, tag completion/locking, lossless
import/export of Microsoft Word documents and a spelling and style
check.
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