Windows Software We Use Most Frequently

Internet

• Firefox web browser - the best open source browser
• FileZilla - open source FTP client the by Mozilla team
• Pidgin Instant Messenger - combines Yahoo Messenger, AOL AIM, Hotmail/Live, and Google Talk
• Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser
• Opera web browser - great for speed and compatibility testing
• Putty - terminal connections via telnet, SSH, SFTP, SCP
• http://www.apple.com Safari web browser by Apple
• Skype - make telephone calls on the computer, like Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP).

Programming

• Apache HTTP Server
• Cygwin - a free open source Unix that runs on Windows
• Java SDK, JDK, JRE
• Python
• MySQL Database Server
• Ruby, Ruby On Rails, Ruby Gems

Editors

• ActiveState Komodo Edit
• Emacs - the most flexible text editor ever - open source
• Notepad++ - a freeware improvement of the Notepad editor
• OpenOffice word processor, spreadsheet, charting, database
• PDFCreator
• SciTE - programming editor
• Synergy - excellent way to move one mouse across many computer screens

Multimedia

• Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premeire, ImageReady, Acrobat
• DivX - video codec and player
• GIMP - image pixel editor, much like Photoshop - open source
• iTunes
• Pantone Huey - color correction tool
• Picasa - Google's image manager
• Rhapsody - online music
• Songbird - music player like iTunes - open source
• Inkscape - image vector editor, much like Illustrator - open source
• Hulu - online video aggregator
• IrfanView - image viewer
• Joost - online video aggregator
• Miro - video sharing - open source
• VLC Media Player
• Vuze - BitTorrent client for fast file downloads
• WinAmp - AOL music player
• Windows Media Player
• Xvid - optimized video codec
• Zinf - simple music player

Security

• CCleaner
• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
• Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool
• PeerGuardian - firewall
• GPG - Gnu Privacy Guard - secure email
• Spybot Search & Destroy
• ZoneAlarm firewall

System

• Acronis True Image - excellent backup and recovery for hard drives
• AutoHotKey - great for making macros and automatic scripts
• Diskeeper Lite
• Google Desktop
• Launchy
• Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2007
• Palm Desktop - to sync contacts and calendars with the Palm Treo and Centro
• PdaNet Desktop - Palm utility for tethering a Treo to a laptop
• Power Defragmenter GUI
• PowerToys for Windows XP
• ProcMon
• Remote Assitance
• Registry Mechanic
• SyncToy
• Unlocker
• Verizon VZ Access Manager - for mobile wireless in the U.S.
• WinRAR - uncompresses ZIP and RAR files
• WinZip - uncompress ZIP files and create encrypted ZIP archives

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