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By Fiza Ali · Posted
Samsung introduces new AI classroom tools and interactive displays at ISTELive 2026 by Fiza Ali Samsung has announced several new education-focused software features and interactive displays for schools during ISTELive 2026, taking place in Orlando, Florida, from 28 June to 1 July. The focus of these updates is on making shared classroom displays easier to use for teachers while giving IT administrators more control over managing devices. One of the key additions is the Samsung Account Management Solution (AMS). In many schools, multiple teachers share the same interactive display throughout the day, which means signing in and setting everything up can become repetitive. With AMS, teachers can log in by scanning a QR code or tapping an NFC-enabled ID card. Once signed in, their personalised workspace, including wallpapers, bookmarks, app shortcuts, and files, can be instantly accessed through Home Personalisation. Samsung has also included a screen lock feature, allowing teachers to lock the display if they need to step away briefly. Furthermore, the company is also updating its Education Portal with new tools designed for school IT administrators. The portal will allow IT administrators to register teachers, enrol devices, and manage user access from a central dashboard. Administrators can also link NFC cards to teacher accounts, making sign-ins quicker across shared displays. Another addition is a Tags feature that lets schools organise displays by building or classroom. Those tags can also be used to send emergency notifications to selected Samsung Interactive Displays through compatible platforms such as InformaCast and Raptor. Moreover, the tech giant's AI Assistant is gaining several new features aimed at supporting everyday classroom tasks such as lesson planning and classroom engagement. One of the features is Circle to Search, which lets teachers circle text or images on the display to quickly find related information, videos, or web results without interrupting the lesson. The content can then be brought into Samsung Whiteboard. Another feature, Live Transcript, converts spoken lessons into real-time captions, which could be useful for students with hearing impairments or those in multilingual classrooms. The AI Assistant also introduces AI Summary and AI Quiz. The summary tool creates summaries of recorded lessons, while AI Quiz generates questions based on lesson content so teachers can quickly check how well students are following along. Teachers signed in through Samsung AMS can also return to their previous AI-generated lesson materials without logging in again. Alongside the software updates, Samsung has expanded its Android-based Interactive Display range with three new models: the WAF-S, WAFX-PS, and WAHX-M. The WAF-S and WAFX-PS ship with Android 16, bringing updates to security, accessibility, and overall usability while maintaining compatibility with Google's education services including Google Classroom and Google Drive through EDLA certification. Meanwhile, the new WAHX-M is the biggest addition to the lineup, introducing a 98-inch display for larger spaces such as lecture halls and conference rooms. It will also be available in 65-inch, 75-inch and 86-inch sizes. Samsung says the WAHX-M further includes on-device AI features such as voice commands, text-to-speech, and an AI calculator, alongside support for Samsung AMS and AI Assistant. Samsung AI Assistant has been available since April, while Samsung AMS and the updated Education Portal will begin rolling out in July. -
By JayZJay · Posted
It's been $24 (single) or $89 (4-pack) for many days on both Amazon and Walmart as far as I know. That isn't a big discount. If these end up like the 1st gen, the 4-pack will routinely get down around $80, give or take a dollar. I think they have even hit $69 at times. -
By Karthik Mudaliar · Posted
Microsoft brings Claude to its own Azure infrastructure, powered by Nvidia GB300 Blackwell by Karthik Mudaliar Anthropic's Claude models are now generally available in Microsoft Foundry on Azure and are running on Nvidia's GB300 Blackwell Ultra systems. Nvidia wrote in its announcement that the models are hosted on Microsoft Azure and accelerated by GB300 Blackwell Ultra GPUs, with Quantum-X800 InfiniBand networking used to support larger agentic systems and specialized sub-agents that can operate across business domains. This is great for customers and enterprises that want to build autonomous and domain-specific AI agents using Claude without moving outside Microsoft’s cloud platform. Microsoft currently offers Claude models in Foundry in two forms: “Hosted on Azure,” which runs end-to-end on Azure infrastructure and is generally available, and “Hosted on Anthropic infrastructure,” which remains in preview. This separation is quite important for organizations that have procurement, compliance, data processing, or internal governance requirements tied to Azure. Anthropic currently has 11 Claude models listed in Microsoft Foundry, including Opus 4.8, Sonnet 4.6, and even the unavailable Mythos and Fable models. Billing is handled through Claude Consumption Units (CCUs). Microsoft says CCU is an invoicing unit for Claude models in Foundry, with token usage converted using Anthropic’s published per-model token rates. The usage is billed through Azure Marketplace just like models from other distributors and appears on the customer's Azure invoice, while eligible spend can count against a Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment. For starters, GB300 NVL72 is a rack-scale, fully liquid-cooled system that combines 72 Blackwell Ultra GPUs and 36 Grace CPUs. Nvidia has listed 37TB of fast memory, 130TB/s of NVLink bandwidth, and FP4 Tensor Core performance of up to 1,440 petaflops with sparsity. The deal is also part of a three-way partnership between Microsoft, Nvidia, and Anthropic. Under the deal, Anthropic has committed to buying $30 billion in Azure compute capacity and contracting additional capacity up to one gigawatt. Nvidia and Microsoft also said they would invest up to $10 billion and $5 billion in Anthropic, respectively. -
By Fiza Ali · Posted
WhatsApp is getting usernames, and you can reserve your preferred one now by Fiza Ali Sharing your phone number isn't always something you want to do, especially with people you've just met. Whether it's someone from a class, a local community group, or a sports team chat, handing over your number can feel like giving away more personal information than necessary. That's exactly the problem WhatsApp is trying to solve with its upcoming usernames feature. The company has announced that users can now reserve a unique WhatsApp username ahead of the feature's wider rollout later this year. Once usernames become available, they'll let people connect without revealing their phone numbers. It's a change that makes a lot of sense for group chats. Right now, everyone in the group can see your phone number. With usernames enabled, that won't necessarily be the case when someone contacts you for the first time. WhatsApp says it's opening username reservations early because more than three billion people use the app, meaning plenty of people are likely to want the same usernames. Reserving one now gives users a better chance of securing the name they actually want before the feature launches more broadly. If your preferred username is already taken, WhatsApp will also offer a built-in username generator to suggest available alternatives. The feature isn't only aimed at individual users. Creators, businesses, and organisations will be able to claim the same username they already use on Instagram or Facebook, making it easier to keep a consistent identity across Meta's apps. Furthermore, privacy is a big part of how WhatsApp is introducing usernames. There won't be a public directory where people can browse or search for usernames. Instead, people will need to know your exact username before they can start a conversation with you. Additionally, users can also choose to enable a username key, which adds another layer of control by requiring people to enter that key before sending a message. Once the feature rolls out, people who choose to use a username will no longer have their phone number shown when messaging a person or business for the first time. If you want to reserve a username, make sure you're running the latest version of WhatsApp, then head to Settings > Account > Username. The tech giant says usernames will roll out gradually over the coming months, and users will receive an in-app notification when the feature becomes available in their country. -
By sphbecker · Posted
When I think about a network, there are really two aspects, the hardware and the wiring. So here is what I would do for both. Wiring: Use Cat6A for the patch panel, outlets, and all structured cables (cables installed in walls). Run plenty of Wireless Access Point (WAP) cables, as a general rule, assume a signal can only pass through 2-3 walls and can't pass through a floor (that is conservative, but trust me on this if you want strong WiFi) Cat6 patch cables are fine for now if you don't plan to run 10gig, those are easy to replace later if needed. Run OS2 single-mode fiber to anywhere you think you may have a server or sub-switch. (yes, single-mode for everything on a small network, don't mess with multimode unless you are at a scale where that minor cost and power savings will matter). If you really want to future proof, also run fiber to any high density WAP locations, it is likely that WiFi 8 and beyond WAPs will push the limits of 10g. Run 6-12 pairs of single-mode fiber between your MDF and the building's MDF, even if you only need 1 or 2 pairs now, those extra pairs will pay off down the road. Hardware: (its easy to say "get all the features incase you need them", so instead of futureproofing, I am going to take approach of suggesting areas worth investing in, and areas you can save money). Don't overspend thinking you need every feature on every port. You don't need 10g on every port, you don't need PoE on every port. Don't overspend on redundancy either, unless you are ready to buy two of everything, don't waste money buying two of some things and not others. Dual power supplies are worthwhile, but probably not HA or multi-path redundancy. Get 1 "distribution layer" switch that your router/firewall will connect to as well as all your access layer switches below. This should be a fully managed 10g+ switch with a combination of copper and SPF ports, a few 25g uplink ports are nice for this switch. Given that you said it is a small network, I suggest also using that distribution layer switch for servers and WAPs, meaning it will need PoE. Speaking of wireless, get good professional tri-band WAPs, and either turn on the band stirring options, or limit 2.4 to an IoT only SSID. This will provide a solid WiFi capable nearly everything but the highest of bandwidth clients...you could even consider skipping wiring workstations depending on usage. Access layer switch for workstations and printers can be cheaper switches, 2.5g is a good sweet spot between price and future proofing, but even 1g is fine for most individual clients (the kind that could probably be fine on WiFi). You can consider saving a little on access layer switches by only getting 1 PoE switch for whatever needs it (remember your WAPs are connecting to the distribution switch, not here), and non-PoE for your workstations, because desk phones are falling out of favor. You can also save money here by not buying managed switches if you don't need them--but really do some soul searching there, if you go this route, then anything that isn't on your workstation VLAN would either need to be connected to the distribution switch, or its own access layer switch. Also, don't feel like you need a fancy fabric stacking switches for your access layer, that is the point of the higher-end distribution layer, to remove the need for things like that at this level. Home Hardware: I'm realizing the above assumed an office setting, if this if for your house and home lab then the above still applies, but you'll probably want everything managed and PoE, just because, but you probably also don't need multiple access layer switches. If your total port count is below 24, just skip separating distribution layer and access layer and just get one nice switch with the features you want. If you are at the point of considering a 48-port switch, I would instead get a nice high-end distribution switch for things that need it, and cheaper access layer switches with specs based on the needs of connected devices. For home use, don't worry about home running every device to the main switch, there is nothing wrong with running sub-switches for your media areas and office, those essentially become your access layer, just look for sub-switches with a 10g uplink so sharing bandwidth isn't an issue. Just make sure you always connect them to your distribution/main switch, don't daisy chain, the path should never have more steps than Client>Access>Distribution>Firewall>Internet or Client>Access>Distribution>Server if it is local.
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Updated by kinetix63, 15th December 2006
Originally compiled by sanctified, and updated by Simon thanks to Neowin members.
Note: If you are going to contribute to this list please ensure there is a line in your post in the following format:
Application - http://url/to/homepage
This makes updating the list so much easier :)
Items marked in bold are new additions, the previous revision of the list can be found here.
3D Graphics:
3Delight Free - http://www.3delight.com/index.htm
Anim8or - http://www.anim8or.com/
Art Of Illusion - http://www.artofillusion.org/
Blender - http://www.blender3d.org/
Freestyle - http://freestyle.sourceforge.net/
Gelato - http://www.nvidia.com/page/gz_home.html
Houdini (Free Edition) - http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com...3&Itemid=89
Maya Personal Learning Ed. - http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index...&id=7639525
Now3D - http://digilander.libero.it/giulios/Eng/homepage.htm
OpenFX - http://www.openfx.org
Pointshop 3D - http://graphics.ethz.ch/pointshop3d/downloadPS3D20.html
POV-Ray - http://www.povray.org/
SketchUp - http://sketchup.google.com/
Terragen - http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/
Toxic - http://www.toxicengine.org/
Wings 3D - http://www.wings3d.com/
Anti-Virus:
a-squared - http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
AntiVir - http://www.free-av.com/
Avast - http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
AVG - http://free.grisoft.com/
BitDefender - http://www.bitdefender.com
ClamWin - http://www.clamwin.com/
Anti Spyware:
Ad-aware SE Personal - http://www.lavasoft.de/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php
Arovax AntiSpyware - http://www.arovaxantispyware.com/
Arovax Shield - http://www.arovaxshield.com/download.php
Bazooka - http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html
Browser Hijack Retaliator http://www.zamaansoft.com/products/bhr/
Hijackthis - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
Microsoft Windows Defender - http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/s...re/default.mspx
Sentinel - http://www.runtimeware.com/sentinel.html
SpyBot Search & Destroy - http://spybot.safer-networking.de/
SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Spyware Terminator - http://www.spywareterminator.com/
Super AntiSpyware - http://www.superantispyware.com/index.html
ToolbarCop - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/toolbarcop.htm
Watcher - http://www.donationcoders.com/kubicle/watcher/index.html
WinPatrol - http://www.winpatrol.com/
Winpooch - http://winpooch.free.fr/page/home.php?lang=en&page=home
Audio Creation
Gungirl Sequencer - http://ggseq.sourceforge.net/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage
HammerHead - http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/introduction.shtml
Jesusonic - http://www.jesusonic.com/soft.php
Jungulator - http://www.iamthemightyjungulator.com/downloads
KRISTAL Audio Engine - http://www.kreatives.org/kristal/index.php
LoopBe1 - http://www.nerds.de/en/loopbe1.html
MIDI Pattern Generator 64 - http://www.gradywerks.com/mpg64/
orDrumbox - http://ordrumbox.sourceforge.net/
Reaper - http://www.cockos.com/reaper/index.php
Smart PC Record - http://www.voiceemotion.com/smartrecorder.htm
Tu2 - http://www.brambos.com/tu2.html
Audio Players:
1by1 - http://mpesch3.de1.cc/1by1.html
Apollo 37zx - http://koti.welho.com/hylinen/apollo/[/b]
Billy - http://www.sheepfriends.com/?page=billy
CoolPlayer - http://coolplayer.sourceforge.net/
DeejaySystem MK1 - http://www.deejaysystem.com/prod_mk1.asp
DeliPlayer. http://www.deliplayer.com/
Foobar 2000 - http://www.foobar2000.org/
iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Jet Audio Basic - http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/jetaudio/
Juke - http://www.wolosoft.com/en/juke/index.html
Mixere - http://mixere.sourceforge.net/
Mixxx - http://mixxx.sourceforge.net/
monoRAVEik - http://www.mono211.com/monoraveik/mr1200.html
MoreAmp - http://sourceforge.net/projects/moreamp/
MPXPlay - http://mpxplay.sourceforge.net/
Musik - http://musik.berlios.de/
musikCube - http://www.musikcube.com/
QCD Player - http://www.quinnware.com/
Screamer Radio - http://www.screamer-radio.com/
VUPlay - http://www.vuplayer.com/vuplayer.php
Winamp - http://www.winamp.com/
Xion - http://xion.r2.com.au/
XMPlay - http://www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html
Zinf - http://www.zinf.org/
Audio Tools:
Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Audiograbber - http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/
Audiograil - http://www.kcsoftwares.com/index.php?kmp3
AudioShell - http://www.softpointer.com/AudioShell.htm
Balthers Graphic Groove Box - http://www.balther.dk/gboxenter.html
beatharness - http://www.beatharness.com/
BeSweet - http://dspguru.doom9.net/
CDex - http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
CUE Splitter - http://www.shareup.com/CUE_Splitter-download-30218.html
dBpowerAMP Music Converter - http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
EAC - http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
EffecTV - http://pbx.mine.nu/effectv/
Encounter 2003 - http://www.waschbusch.com/software.htm
Gephex - http://www.gephex.org/index.php
GermaniXEncoder - http://www.germanixsoft.de/
iTunes Agent - http://ita.sourceforge.net/index.html
KraMixer - http://www.kramware.com/
M4a/Flac/Ogg/Ape/Mpc Tag Support Plugin for Media Player & Media Center 2005 - http://www.softpointer.com/WMPTagSupport.htm
MediaInfo - http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en
MP3 Book Helper - http://mp3bookhelper.sourceforge.net/
MP3 Tag - http://www.mp3tag.de/
Mp3 Tag Tools - http://massid3lib.sourceforge.net/
mp3DirectCut - http://mpesch3.de1.cc/mp3dc.html
MP3Gain - http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/
mpTrim - http://www.mptrim.com/
MusicBrainz - http://musicbrainz.org/
opcode - http://www.opcode.co.uk/opd2d/default.asp
SC Free Audio Extractor - http://www.download-up.com/download-SC_Fre...tractor-60.html
SoundEngine Free - http://www.cycleof5th.com/en/index.htm
TagScanner - http://xdev.narod.ru/tagscan_e.htm
The GodFather - http://users.otenet.gr/~jtcliper/tgf/
TigoTago - http://www.tigotago.com/
Vibe Streamer - http://www.vibestreamer.com/
Whorld - <a href="http://whorld.org/"'>http://whorld.org/" target="_blank">http://whorld.org/
CD/DVD Burning/Cover creation:
Burn4Free - http://www.burn4free.com/
Burnatonce - http://www.burnatonce.com/
Burrrn - http://www.burrrn.net/
CDBurnerXP - http://www.cdburnerxp.se/
CDRDAO - http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/
CDR Tools Frontend - http://demosten.com/cdrfe/
Deepburner - http://www.deepburner.com/
DVDAuthor GUI - http://download.videohelp.com/liquid217/dvdauthorgui.pl
DVDStyler http://dvdstyler.sourceforge.net/
eCover - http://www.esoftware.it/eCover/index.html
GUI for dvdauthor - http://www.videohelp.com/~gfd/
ImgBurn - http://www.imgburn.com/
ISO Recorder - http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm
MediaCD - http://www.botproductions.com/mediacd/index.html
SilentNight Micro CD/DVD/ISO/AUDIO Burner - http://www.silentnight2004.com/NEW_Download.html
Smart CD-Menu Creator - http://www.cupidsystems.com/products/smart...eator/index.php
Ultimate CD/DVD Burner - http://www.mispbo.com/burner.htm
Compression / Decompression:
7-zip - http://www.7-zip.org/
Alzip - http://www.altools.net/Downloads/DownloadA...88/Default.aspx
bzip2 - http://www.bzip.org
Compress it - http://www.rg-software.de/
ExtractNow - http://www.extractnow.com/
FilZip - http://www.filzip.com/
Info-Zip - http://www.info-zip.org/
IZArc - http://www.izarc.org
KGB Archiver - http://kgbarchiver.sourceforge.net/
QuickZip - http://www.quickzip.org/
SimplyzIP - http://www.dpaehl.de/
TUGZip - http://www.tugzip.com/
UPX - http://upx.sourceforge.net/
Zip&Go - http://www.handybits.com/zipngo.htm
Defrag Software:
Auslogics Disk Defrag - http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/index.php
DIRMS & Buzzsaw - http://www.dirms.com/
JkDefrag - http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/
OpenVMS - http://www.execsoft.com/freeware/freeware.asp
Whitney Defrag - http://www.whitneyfamily.org/Hacks/?item=Defrag
Desktop Enhancements:
Autohotkey - http://www.autohotkey.com/
AutoSmall - http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~wingdog/soft1.html
AveDesk - http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=17372
Clocktrayskins - http://www.drive-software.com/windowsclock.html
CursorXP - http://www.stardock.com/products/cursorxp/download.html
Desktop Sidebar - http://www.desktopsidebar.com/
Filehand - http://www.filehand.com/
Glass2k - http://www.chime.tv/products/glass2k.shtml
Kapsules - http://kapsules.shellscape.org/
Launchy - http://www.launchy.net/#intro
Locate32 - http://locate32.webhop.org/
Lost Goggles - http://www.lostgoggles.com/
Menu Inventor - http://micron.ic.cz/menuinventor
MouseIMP - http://www.mouseimp.com/
Panorama - http://www.ivory.org/panorama.html
Qliner Hotkeys - http://www.qliner.com/hotkeys/default.htm
Rainlendar - http://www.rainlendar.net/cms/index.php
RKLauncher - http://home.cogeco.ca/~rklauncher/
Samurize - http://www.samurize.com/
SlickRun - http://www.bayden.com/SlickRun/
Snippy - http://www.bhelpuri.net/Snippy/
Taskix - http://taskix.robustit.com/
TaskSwitchXP Pro - http://www.ntwind.com/taskswitchxp/
Trip - http://trip.glenmurphy.com/
Weather Watcher - http://www.singerscreations.com/
WinRoll - http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/
Yahoo! Widget Engine (Formerly Konfabulator) - http://widgets.yahoo.com/
Download managers:
Flashget - http://www.amazesoft.com/index_en.htm
Free Download Manager - http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/
Fresh Download - http://www.freshdevices.com/freshdown.html
Gigaget - http://www.gigaget.com/
LeechGet - http://www.leechget.net/en/
Retriever - http://www.halogenware.com/software/retriever.html
Star Downloader - http://www.stardownloader.com/downloads.php
Sun Download Manager - http://www.sun.com/download/sdm/index.xml
wackget - http://millweed.com/projects/wackget/
wget - http://xoomer.virgilio.it/hherold/
WellGet - http://www.wellget.com/
WinBITS - http://www.darvin.de/english/
wxDownload Fast - http://dfast.sourceforge.net/index.html
Educational Utilities:
Kicad - http://www.lis.inpg.fr/realise_au_lis/kicad/
Molecular Workbench - http://mw.concord.org/modeler/
Periodic Table - http://paulalanfreshney.com/education/pt/
SciCraft - http://www.scicraft.org/
Scilab - http://www.scilab.org/
XCCalc - http://www.geocities.com/hjsmithh/Calc/XCCalc.html
Encryption and data security:
Axcrypt - http://axcrypt.sourceforge.net/
Blowfish Advanced CS- http://web.bsn.ch/lasse/bfacs.htm
ccrypt - http://ccrypt.sourceforge.net/
CRYPTAINER LE - http://www.cypherix.com/cryptainer_le_download_center.htm
Eraser - http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/default.php
File Shredder - http://www.sys-shield.com/fileshredder.htm
fseKrit - http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Other/fSekrit/
KeePass - http://keepass.sourceforge.net/
GnuPG - http://www.gnupg.org/
Lock Note - http://locknote.steganos.com/
PGP Freeware - http://www.pgp.com/products/freeware.html
PicoCrypt - http://picofactory.com/picocrypt.html
TrueCrypt - http://www.truecrypt.org/
File Managers:
2xExplorer - http://netez.com/2xExplorer/
A43 - http://http://www.primitus.us/a43/
BarracudaDrive - http://barracudaserver.com/examples/BarracudaDrive/
CubicExplorer - http://www.cubicreality.com/
ExplorerXP - http://www.explorerxp.com
freeCommander - http://www.freecommander.com/index_en.htm
Gyula's Navigator - http://www.wanari.com/
JExplorer - http://home.megapass.co.kr/~woosjung/
MeeSoft Commander - http://meesoft.logicnet.dk/
SequoiaView - http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/
File repair and recovery:
ADRC Data Recovery Software Tools - http://www.adrc.net/data_recovery_software/index.html
Avira UnErase Personal - http://www.free-av.com/antivirclassic/avira_unerase.html
FreeUndelete - http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/
PC Inspector File Recovery - http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm
VAIOSoft Recovery Manager - http://www.vaiosoft.com/products/recoverymanager.html
Firewalls:
Comodo Personal Firewall - http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com
Filseclab Personal Firewall - http://www.filseclab.com/eng/products/firewall.htm
Jetico Personal Firewall - http://www.jetico.com/index.htm#/jpfirewall.htm
NetVeda Safetynet - http://www.netveda.com/consumer/safetynet.htm
Outpost Firewall (version 1 is free) - http://www.agnitum.com/download/outpost1.html
SoftPerfect Personal Firewall - http://www.softperfect.com/products/firewall/
Zonealarm Basic firewall - http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/comp...reeDownload.jsp
FTP Clients:
CoreFTP - http://www.coreftp.com/
FFFTP - http://www2.biglobe.ne.jp/~sota/ffftp-e.html
Filezilla - http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla
Flash Wanderer - http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/html/ftp_wanderer.html
miFiles - http://www.simdata.com.au/products/miFiles/miFiles.htm
SmartFTP - http://www.smartftp.com/
FTP Servers:
Cerberus - http://www.cerberusftp.com/
FileZilla - http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
Golden FTP Server - http://www.goldenftpserver.com
GuildFTPD - http://www.guildftpd.com/
Quick 'n Easy FTP Server Lite - http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/html...ftp_server.html
SlimFTPd - http://www.whitsoftdev.com/slimftpd
TYPSoft FTP Server - http://en.typsoft.com/
WarFTPD - http://www.jgaa.com/
zFTP Server - http://www.zftpserver.com/
HTML Editors:
1st page 2000 - http://www.evrsoft.com/download.shtml
Aracnophilia - http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/
Blocknote - http://www.blocknote.net/index.shtml
Elfima Notepad - http://www.elfima.com/enotepad.php
FoxEditor - http://foxeditor.sourceforge.net/
FTP
HTML-Kit - http://www.chami.com/html-kit/
JoJoThumb - http://www.jojosoftware.de/jojothumb/english/default.htm
Notetab light - http://www.notetab.com/
NVU - http://www.nvu.com/index.html
PSPad - http://www.pspad.com/
Selida - http://selida.camelon.nl/
SuperEdi - http://www.wolosoft.com/en/superedi/
Trellian webPAGE - http://webpage.vendercom.com/
TSW WebCoder - http://www.tsware.net/
visualEdit - http://www.activecampaign.com/visualedit/
WeaverSlave - http://www.weaverslave.ws/weaverslave.31.html
WebDwarf - http://www.virtualmechanics.com/products/dwarf/
WYSIWYG Web Builder - http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/html...eb_builder.html
Image viewers:
Ahaview - http://www.aha-soft.com/ahaview/ahaviewfree.exe
ALSee Picture Viewer - http://www.altools.net/Default.aspx?tabid=54
BlueMarine - http://bluemarine.tidalwave.it/
FastStone Image Viewer - http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
Futurix Imager - http://www.futurix.co.uk/imager/
Irfanview - http://www.irfanview.com/
Picasa - http://picasa.google.com
Shell Extension - http://www.firmtools.com/products/shellextension/
XNView - http://www.xnview.com/
Instant Messengers:
AMSN - http://amsn.sourceforge.net/index.php
Fomine LAN Chat - http://www.fomine.com/lan-chat.html
Gaim - http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
Google Talk - http://www.google.com/talk/
Mercury Messenger - http://www.mercury.to/
MiniAIM - http://miniaim.net/
Miranda IM - http://www.miranda-im.org/
Pandion - http://www.pandion.be/
PSI - http://psi.affinix.com/
qip - http://www.qip.ru/
Skype - http://www.skype.com/
SIM - http://http://sim-im.org/wiki/Main_Page
TerraIM - http://terraim.sourceforge.net/
Trillian Basic - http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/downloads/
Internet Explorer Front-Ends:
AM Browser - http://www.ambrowser.com/
Avantbrowser - http://www.avantbrowser.com/
Green Browser - http://www.morequick.com/indexen.htm
Maxthon - http://www.maxthon.com/
SlimBrowser - http://www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser/sbrowser.htm
IRC Clients:
BersIRC - http://www.bersirc.com/
BitchX - http://bitchx.org/
HydraIRC - http://www.hydrairc.com/
NodeIRC - http://node.sourceforge.net/
TinyIRC - http://www.tinyirc.net/
XChat - http://www.silverex.org/news/
Mail programs:
Cobian Herald - http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobherald.htm
Evolution for Windows - http://shellter.sourceforge.net/evolution/
Foxmail - http://fox.foxmail.com.cn/
i.Scribe - http://www.memecode.com/
Koma-Mail - http://www.koma-code.de/index.php?option=c...=5&Itemid=6
Mahogany Mail - http://mahogany.sourceforge.net/
NMZ Labs Mail Chekcer - http://www.nmzlabs.com/mail_checker
Pegasus Mail - http://www.pmail.com/
PopTray - http://www.poptray.org/
Revolver Mail - http://www.revolversoft.com/en/products/mail/index.php
Thunderbird - http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/
Anti-spam programs:
K9 - http://www.keir.net/k9.html
MailWasher- http://www.mailwasher.net/
POPFile - http://popfile.sourceforge.net/
SpamBayes - http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/
Spam Experts Home - http://www.spamexperts.com/products-servic...perts-home.html
SpamPal - http://www.spampal.org/
Network Tools:
ACMP - http://www.aagon.com/English/default.asp?A...em=JR40c089fpo9
BeyondCopy - http://beyondcopy.sourceforge.net/
CMDTime NTP Utility - http://www.softshape.com/download/
Ethereal Protocol Analyzer - http://www.ethereal.com/
Fomine NetSend GUI - http://www.fomine.com/net-send-gui.html
FreeNAS - http://www.freenas.org/
Gencontrol - http://www.gensortium.com/products/gencontrol.html
hamachi - http://www.hamachi.cc/
NetMeter - http://readerror.gmxhome.de/
NetProfiles - http://netprofiles.danielmilner.com/
NMap - http://www.insecure.org/nmap/
Ntop - http://www.ntop.org
PingPlotter - http://www.pingplotter.com
PRTG Traffic Grapher - http://www.paessler.com/prtg
PuTTY - http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty
RAS Graph & Stats - http://forum.flashfxp.com/showthread.php?s...p;threadid=2400
RealVNC - http://www.realvnc.com/
Remote Reboot - http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/05/r...ur-network.html
Tango Dropbox - http://tangoftp.com/
TightVNC - http://www.tightvnc.org/
Ultr@VNC - http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
WinIPConfig - http://www.pkostov.com/wipcfg.html
WinNG - http://montaro.bur.st/winng/
WinSCP - http://www.winscp.com/
Office Application:
AbiWord - http://www.abiword.com/
OpenOffice.org - http://www.openoffice.org/
qjot - http://www.xtort.net/xtort/qjot.php
Scribus - http://www.scribus.net/index.php?name=Sect...id=2&page=1
TextMaker Viewer - http://www.officeviewers.com/
TreeDBNotes - http://www.softviewer.com/treedbnotes/free_index.htm
Partition Managers:
Dubaron - DiskImage http://www.dubaron.com/diskimage/
g4u - http://freshmeat.net/projects/g4u/
GParted LiveCD http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
Partition Logic - http://partitionlogic.org.uk/
Partition Resizer - http://www.zeleps.com/
Ranish Partition Manager - http://www.ranish.com/part/
SwissKnife - http://www.compuapps.com/Download/swissknife/swissknife.htm
TestDisk - http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html
PDF Utilities:
Brava! Reader - http://www.bravaviewer.com/reader.htm
Cool PDF Reader - http://www.pdf2exe.com/reader.html
CutePDF - http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
Foxit PDF Reader - http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
Free Image Converter - http://www.downloadhotfile.com/download-do...rter-33715.html
Free PDF - http://www.webxd.com/zipguy/frpdfdl.htm
Ghostscript/GSView - http://www.ghostscript.com/awki
PDF 995 - http://www.pdf995.com/
pdf24-creator - http://www.pdf24.org/en/pdf24-creator.htm
PDF/Textbox - http://www.pdftextbox.com/default.aspx
PDFCreator - http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
PDFTK Builder - http://www.angusj.com/pdftkb/
PDFRedirect - http://www.exp-systems.com/
PrimoPDF - http://www.primopdf.com/
Photo manipulation and image design:
3D Box Shot Maker - http://www.bosseye.com/boxshot/index.htm
ArtRage - http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html
Artweaver - http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?en_version
Beneton Movie GIF - http://software.benetonfilms.com/Beneton_Movie_GIF.php
ColorPic - http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/
Deep Paint - http://www.download.com/Deep-Paint/3000-21...tml?tag=lst-2-7
Delineate - http://delineate.sourceforge.net/
Faststone Photo Resizer - http://www.faststone.org/FSResizerDetail.htm
IcoFX - http://icofx.xhost.ro/
Imagicon - http://www.download3000.com/download_9302.html
iIco - http://www.mintrasystems.com/world/product...duct.php?p=iico
Inkscape - http://www.inkscape.org/
JPEGCrops - http://ekot.dk/programmer/JPEGCrops/
Movie to Animated GIF Converter - http://www.evanolds.com/movtogif.html
Paint .NET - http://www.getpaint.net
Pixia - http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/
Pixie - http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.html
Pixrev - http://pylab.altervista.org/pixrev.html
PhotoFiltre - http://www.photofiltre.com/
PhotoMerge - http://www.kiwiczech.net
Sodipodi - http://www.sodipodi.com/index.php3
Synfig - http://www.synfig.com/overview/
The Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/
Tuxpaint - http://www.tuxpaint.org
Watermark Creation - http://www.leolasoft-herter.de/Download.html
Wax - http://www.debugmode.com/wax/
Wink - http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
WinMorph - http://www.debugmode.com/winmorph/
Programming:
ActivePerl - http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl
BlueJ - http://www.bluej.org/download/download.html
Crimson Editor - http://www.crimsoneditor.com/
Code::Blocks - http://www.codeblocks.org/
Context - http://www.context.cx/
Dev C++ - http://www.bloodshed.net/
Dev Pascal - http://www.bloodshed.net/
Digital Mars C++ - http://www.digitalmars.com/download/freecompiler.html
Eclipse - http://www.eclipse.org/
Enigma - http://www.enigma-uk.freeserve.co.uk/Enigma.htm
ExamDiff - http://www.prestosoft.com/ps.asp?page=edp_examdiff
Freepascal - http://www.freepascal.org/
JCreator LE - http://www.jcreator.com/download.htm
jEdit - http://www.jedit.org/
Metapad - http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/
Notepad++ - http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
Notepad2 - http://www.flos-freeware.ch/
Open Watcom - http://www.openwatcom.org/
PaseoExpress - http://www.paseosoft.com/
Pelles C - http://www.smorgasbordet.com/pellesc/index.htm
PHP Designer 2007 Personal - http://www.mpsoftware.dk/products.php
PHP Hypertext Parser - http://www.php.net/
Programmer's Notepad - http://www.pnotepad.org/
PSPad - http://www.pspad.com/
Python - http://www.python.org/
Ruby - http://www.ruby-lang.org/
Screenweaver - http://screenweaver.com/download
SE|PY ActionScript Editor - http://www.sephiroth.it/python/sepy.php
SharpDevelop - http://www.icsharpcode.net/opensource/sd/
WebMatrix - http://www.asp.net/webmatrix/
WinMerge - http://winmerge.org/
XML Copy Editor - http://xml-copy-editor.sourceforge.net/
Pop-up Blockers:
Google Toolbar for Firefox - http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/toolbar/index.html
Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer - http://toolbar.google.com/T4/?rd=f
NoAds - http://www.southbaypc.com/NoAds/
PopUp Stopper - http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html
Privoxy - http://www.privoxy.org/
Proxomitron - http://www.proxomitron.info/
RSS Readers:
Ablion - http://www.fileheaven.com/Abilon/download/14059.htm
BlogExpress - http://www.usablelabs.com/productBlogExpress.html
Feedreader - http://www.feedreader.com/
FireANT - http://www.antisnottv.net/
GreatNews - http://www.curiostudio.com/
klipfolio - http://www.serence.com/site.php
RssBandit - http://www.rssbandit.org/
RSSOwl - http://www.rssowl.org/
RssReader - http://www.rssreader.com/
RSS Xpress - http://rssxpress.free.fr/en/?page=&idNews=
SharpReader - http://www.sharpreader.net/
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