Multimedia Software:

• Irfanview - Outstanding graphic viewer and manipulator.
• Pixie - Color picker program.
• PhotoPlus 6 - Free image and photo editing software.
• Winamp - MP3 player.
• CDex - Free CD ripper and converter.
• Audacity - Multi-platform sound recorder and editor.

• Programmer's File Editor - Roger's favorite text editor.
• Page Plus - Free desktop publishing software. Used by Del Severy, our very own newsletter editor.
• Font Glancer - Font previewer.
• PDF Creator - Creates PDF documents from output of most Windows programs. Works like virtual printer.
• OpenOffice - Full-featured MS-Office-like software suite. Spreadsheet, word processor, database manager, drawing, presentations, brews coffee, removes unsightly dandruff. Open source.

• PuTTY - Free Telnet and SSH client.
• WS_FTP LE - File transfer software.
• Trillian - Instant messaging client.
• Firefox - Popular free Web browser. MS Internet Explorer's nemesis.
• Eudora - E-mail program. Available in free and pay versions.

• Agent Ransack - Free enhanced file searching utility for Windows.
• Microsoft Power Toys - Unsupported Windows enhancements. For example, Tweak UI - a GUI 'tweaker'.
• Spybot Search & Destroy - Free anti-spyware tool.
• AVG Anti-Virus - Free anti-virus software. Also available in paid versions.
• MaxLister - File lister software.

• RXTest - Free regular expression checker.
• DbVisualizer - Multi-platform data base tools.
• Eclipse - Open source integrated development environment.
• ExamDiff - Finds differences between two files.
• Folder View - Folder browser. Works with Windows Explorer.

• SourceForge - Large repository of open source applications.
• New Egg - On-line source for memory cards for digital cameras.
• Badger Badger Badger - Badgers. Lots of badgers. From the folks at Weebl's Stuff.

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