My favorite software list

My favorite software list:

PDF - PDF Creator

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

Anti Virus- Avast

http://www.avast.com/en-eu/free-antivirus-download

Spyware - Malwares Bytes Anti-Malware

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

Root kit(TSR) revealers- Hijack This

http://free.antivirus.com/hijackthis/

Firewall - comodo firewall

http://www.comodo.com/home/internet-security/firewall.php

Web Browser - google chrome

www.google.com/chrome

Ipod- iTunes

http://www.apple.com/itunes/

Media Player - winamp

http://www.winamp.com/

Graphics- Gimp

http://www.gimp.org/

Office - LibreOffice, fork of Oracle Open Office (fomerly sun open office)

http://www.libreoffice.org/

IM- Digsby

http://www.digsby.com/

Screen Capture - fast stone capture

www.faststone.org

Process Monitor-killer - Proc Explorer

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

Text Editor - total edit

http://www.codertools.com/totaledit.aspx

FTP- File Zilla

http://filezilla-project.org/

Email- eprompter

http://www.eprompter.com/

Telnet- Kevterm

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/1027/

System Cleaner - CCleaner

http://www.ccleaner.com/

Zip - 7zip

http://www.7-zip.org/

Disk Usage - Treesize

http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml

Program Launcher - executor

http://executor.dk/

System Dock - tclock

http://www.coolwintools.com/freeware.php3

Widgets - rainmeter

http://www.ipi.fi/%7Erainy/legacy.html

widgets clocks: samurize

www.samurize.com

Desktop Widgets

Stuff for the desktop:
podxp : pro: includes photo slide show, calendar, media player, rss , clock
con: can't add new widgets - project is closed

samurize: pro: includes calendar, media player, rss, webpage, clock
downloads available
con: requires lots of customization.

yahoo widgets: pro: newly added widgets daily , many to choose from
con: computer memory hog

google desktop: two thums down cons: memory hog, installs other software, automatically changes computer settings like indexing files...

Social Networks worth joining.

Social Networks worth joining:

myspace.com
pro: many users
con: no email alerts, when friend is added not notified
requires lots of customization to make it look nice.

facebook.com
pro: alerts of messages, friends etc
fun applications - send virtual gifts, greeting cards and games
con: ask to add friends when adding app.

bebo.com
pro: easy to use
con: not many people on yet

mashable.com
pro: easy to use
con: not many people still in beta, and need invites to join....

new stuff

To find new stuff or betas check out:
yahoo: next.yahoo.com

google: labs.google.com

msn: ideas.live.com

customized pages

I love these pages in this order . You can add gadgets/widgets and rss feeds:
igoogle


my.yahoo.com


pageflakes.com


netvibe.com


webwag.com


mymsn.com


myaol.com