The KMPlayer

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What's new in this version: Version 2.9.4.1437 has added Open AlbumArt Button and now supports multithreading.

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The KMPlayer is all-in-one media player covering various formats such as VCD, DVD, AVI, MKV, Ogg, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, QuickTime etc. It has an extra feature to play Incomplete/Damaged AVI file, Locked Media Files while downloading or sharing, Compressed Audio Album (zip, rar) and so on. It handles a wide range of subtitles and allows you to capture audio, video, and screenshots in many ways. The player provides both internal and external filters with a fully controlled environment without grappling with DirectShow merit system. The player can set multifarious audio and video effects, control playback speed and octave, select parts of a video as favorites, do a powerful A-B repeat, remap the keys of remote interface for HTPC including overlay screen controls, change a skin dynamically depending on a media type playing, and many more. It is completely customizable thanks to a wide selection of skins and color schemes, and configuration options are extensive.

UltraISO 9.3.6 Build 2750

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UltraISO is an ISO CD/DVD image file creating/editing/converting tool and a bootable CD/DVD maker , it can directly edit the CD/DVD image file and extract files and folders from it, as well as directly make ISO files from your CD/DVD-ROM or hard disk. At the same time, you can maintain the ISO bootable information, thus creating your own bootable CD/DVDs. You now have the power to make and edit your own ISO files, and then burn them to CD/DVD for your own needs.

UltraISO is in sole possession of the intellectualized ISO document format analyzer, it can process at the present time almost all types of image files, including ISO and BIN, it may even support new image files which are yet to be created. UltraISO can open these image files, directly extract files and folders, edit it and convert other image files to the standard ISO format.

UltraISO uses the double window unification user contact interface, you have the choice to only use the quick buttons and/or the mouse Drag & Drops, you can handle any CD/DVD image file easily.

Main Features

* Can directly edit the ISO image file.
* Can directly extract files and folders from ISO image file
* Can add / delete /create new directory /rename ISO file image content.
* Can make ISO file from hard disk document.
* Can create CD/DVD image from CD/DVD-ROM, maintain bootable information.
* Can process the compact disc boot information, you can directly add/remove/extract boot image of the ISO image.
* Supports nearly all known CD/DVD image file formats (.ISO, .BIN, .IMG, .CIF, .NRG, .MDS, .CCD, .BWI, .ISZ, .DMG, .DAA, .UIF, .HFS and so on) , and can convert them to the industry standard and widely supported ISO image format.
* May directly set the file/folder to hidden attribute
* Supports ISO 9660 Level1/2/3 and Joliet extension
* Automatically optimizes the ISO image file structure, saves the disc space.
* Supports the shell document type integration, Open Image files through double clicking them or the Right Click menu of the mouse with the open dialog.
* The double window user interface is extremely convenient to use.
* There are rich add-on tools, you can create ALL in 1 bootable compact discs, CD/DVD image file management, even the virtual CD/DVD drive , those functions are really powerful.

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PowerISO 4.2

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This muscular disc-imaging utility is not kidding around (though we thought the demo might be). PowerISO lets you mount virtual drives, create bootable discs, and generate CD and floppy images. It supports a huge number of image formats, including standard ISO and IMG files as well as files created by almost all popular disc-burning programs such as Nero, CloneCD, and Alcohol120%.
Our one major caveat is that the trial version doesn't let you create images larger than 300MB (most CDs hold 700MB), making it much harder to fully test the product. On the other hand, the trial period is unlimited, so some users may actually prefer this arrangement. Trial restrictions aside, we think PowerISO makes a good pick for intermediate to advanced users.
PowerISO is a powerful CD/DVD image file processing tool, which allows you to open, extract, create, edit, burn, compress, encrypt, split and convert ISO files, and mount these files with internal virtual drive. It can process almost all CD-ROM image files including ISO and BIN. PowerISO can be used easily, which support shell integration, context menu, drag and drop, clipboard copy paste.
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Adobe Reader X 10.0.1

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Adobe Reader is also known as pdf reader with the standard for online document sharing. It is also know pdf viewer which can open and interact all pdf files. PDF files are compact and can be shared, viewed, navigated, and printed exactly as the author intended by anyone with Adobe Reader.
Adobe Reader is mainly used to view, search, digitally sign, verify, print, and to collaborate.
Adobe Reader 10 Features:

• You can View, search, print, verify, including PDF Portfolios and PDF maps
• You can share files and documents online with a nicely customized format and design
• It is make content Rich Experience and grater in interactivity with the new version it also supports embedding flash swf files and all media files(MP3, QuickTime, Macromedia Flash, Real, and Windows Media formats).
• PDF files are support by all major Adobe softwares like Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator.
• Digitally sign PDF documents (When enabled by Acrobat Pro or Acrobat Pro Extended)
• Adobe Reader is used by millions for individuals and business to share  & view document.

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Foxit Reader Professional v4.0.0 Build 0619

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Foxit Reader Professional 4.0.0 Build 0619 | 6.61 MB
Foxit Reader is a small, fast, and feature rich PDF viewer for Microsoft Windows, which allows you to open, view, and print any PDF file. Foxit Reader is an application with a small footprint that is secure, offering a number of protection schemes to insure protection guard against malicious PDF files.
Foxit Reader is designed for a broad spectrum of users including enterprise and government organizations. Foxit Reader is fully customizable to meet any organization business objective and its small footprint makes it easy to deploy. It is also packed with features not available in competitor's products. Foxit Reader's small footprint makes easy to update and maintain. Finally, Foxit Reader adheres to all ISO 32000 standards.



Foxit Reader 4.0 has been redesigned to include many features not found in other free PDF readers such as: document collaboration, commenting tools, spell checking, multi-level security, form filling, and multimedia support.
Finally, Foxit Reader is used by tens of millions of users worldwide, making it one of the most popular PDF readers for Windows, second only to Adobe Reader. Foxit Readers award winning features and capabilities have led to increasing success as the alternative PDF reader for Windows.
The easy-to-use Foxit Reader 4.0 is uniquely feature rich, bloat free and fast. Unlike Adobe Reader, Foxit Reader 4.0 is secure, customizable and easy to deploy on all Windows based systems.
Features:
Easy-to-use review and commenting tools
* Add comments or suggestions using notes.
* Highlight, underline, or use one of many other tools to bring attention to specific text.
* Easily correct mistakes by cancelling the last action with Redo & Undo feature.
New editing tools include Typewriter, Callout, Textbox, and Measure tools
* Add your comments on your PDF document
* Use Typewriter Tool to fill forms.
* Create comments in a callout text box.
* Measure distances and areas of objects in PDF documents.
Free spell checker for comments
* Find any spelling errors and highlight them with squiggly lines.
Multimedia Support: Add Images, Movies, Links and file attachments to any PDF document
* Add /Edit /Play multimedia in PDF files
* Add an image to a PDF; adjust its size, and position, change the appearance, etc...
* Attach PDF files and other types of files to a PDF document.
Text Viewer & Text Converter
* View the whole text content of a PDF file.
* Convert a whole PDF document into a simple text file
Add/Edit/Modify Bookmarks
* Easily modify the bookmarks in a PDF file.
Safe Mode Settings in Installation
* Set Safe Mode settings during initial installation
* Streamline the workflow by setting the option of Safe Reading Mode
* Enhanced secure user experience.
* Enhance protection when receiving a PDF file.
What's New in Foxit Reader 4.0:
New features:
* Added a advanced set of professional features. The New Reader 4.0 now includes Comments tools, Text Viewer & Text Converter, Form Filler, Spell Checker and Advanced Editing Tools; and it is still free. No additional licensing is required for more features with PDFs.
* Enhanced Safe Mode Setting. Supports Safe Mode settings during installation, streamlining the workflow and offering better protection with PDF File.
* Bug Fixes: Fixed the crash issue when opening certain PDF documents.
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WinRAR 4.0

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What's new in this version: Version 4.0 beta 7 "Prediction order", "Memory to use" and "Channels" fields in "Advanced compression parameters" dialog, "Lowest allowed ratio" in archive conversion dialog, "recovery volumes" field in archiving dialog did not provide enough space to enter maximum values allowed for these parameters, now the width of these controls is increased.
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WinRAR is a Windows version of RAR Archiver, the powerful archiver and archive manager. WinRAR's main features are very strong general and multimedia compression, solid compression, archive protection from damage, processing of ZIP and other non-RAR archives, scanning archives for viruses, programmable self-extracting archives(SFX), authenticity verification, NTFS and Unicode support, strong AES encryption, support of multivolume archives, command line and graphical interface, drag-and-drop facility, wizard interface, theme support, folder tree panel, multithread support and Windows x64 shell integration. WinRAR provides complete support for RAR and ZIP archives and is able to unpack and convert CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, Z, 7-Zip archives. WinRAR is available in over 40 languages.

Magic Boss Key

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Magic Boss Key allow you to hide active program window immediatlly using a hot key! You can hide the browser windows, folder windows, applications windows, all your desktop icons and taskbar when your boss or anyone else you don't want to see your screens comes in. It's speed is brought to maximum to allow you react as quickly as possible to any threat that appears. You won't feel even a slight difference in the performance of your home or office computer after installing it. With a cool and user-friendly interface makes it easy for anyone to use Magic Boss Key. Everybody should have such program for personal privacy.

What's new in this version: Version 4.10 features new user interface; adds function to specialize which window left when other be hidden.
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Internet Explorer 8

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The Internet Explorer 8 provides a web browsing experience you will enjoy.
View any site with ease
Now you can quickly display websites that were designed for older browsers. Simply press the new Compatibility View button if you see display problems on a website like misaligned text, images, or text boxes. It’s located next to the Refresh button on the Address Bar.
Visualize your search
Search smarter with detailed suggestions from your favorite search providers and browsing history. Let the Instant Search Box do the thinking for you as instantaneous image and text suggestions appear as you type.
Keep up with what matters most with Web Slices
Add a Web Slice and you won’t have to go back to the same website again and again for updates on news, stock quotes, online auctions, weather, or even sports scores—now those updates will come to you. The new Web Slice feature provides up-to-the-minute information on the sites you care about most in one convenient place on the new Favorites bar.
Get things done faster with Accelerators
View driving directions, translate words, email your discoveries on the web to others, and more in just a few mouse clicks. Complete your everyday browsing activities more quickly with the new Accelerator feature.
Stay more secureThe new SmartScreen Filter lets you browse and email more safely by helping to protect against deceptive and malicious websites which can compromise your data, privacy, and identity.
Browse with more privacy
Surf the web without saving your history, shop for that special gift with confidence knowing your family won’t accidentally find out, or use a shared computer without leaving a trace. Help protect your privacy with new InPrivate Browsing and InPrivate Filtering features.
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Adobe® Flash® Player 10.2

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Flash Player 10.2 Beta Version

Flash Player 10.2 Latest Beta Version is Released.Adobe® Flash® Player 10.2 software for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris.Users can try the release of Flash Player 10.2 to preview hardware acceleration of video on supported Windows PCs.Flash Player are available from the Flash Player Download Center on Adobe.com
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RapidShare Downloader

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What's new in this version: Version 4.26.9 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes

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RapidShare Downloader is a download manager that downloads files from RapidShare.com automatically. RapidShare Downloader, downloads files one by one and waits RapidShare.com's Wait-Time period for next file. MajorShare - RapidShare Downloader; developed for downloading files from RapidShare easily. The best thing for Free Users. You can create your download list easily, just copy and pastle the link into the downloader. You don't need to check downloading files to start next file. Just create your download list and then play your games, movies, do your jobs. Windows Vista and Windows 7 users must be "Run as Administrator".

Google Chrome

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What's new in this version:

• Updated V8 - 3.1.4.0
• Fixed the crash when loading tabbed options in some cases.
• Fixed a crash triggered when canceling a download. (Issue 70592)
• Fixed a crash triggered by form resubmissions. (Issue 70315)
• FTP: fixed a compatibility issue. (Issue 70394)
• XSS Auditor re-designed and enabled by default. It's still experimental (and there are known bypasses), but we're looking for feedback about false positives.

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Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the Web faster, safer, and easier. Use one box for everything--type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and Web pages. Thumbnails of your top sites let you access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab. Desktop shortcuts allow you to launch your favorite Web apps straight from your desktop.
The developer's build tests new features before they're pushed to the beta build, and so it should only be used by those who are willing to risk browsing data loss.

Yahoo Messenger 10.0.0.1270

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Yahoo Messenger 10 adds some visual enhancements that call out VoIP and video chats on the conversation window. Tweaks in the buddy list showcase an updates tab that operates as a newsfeed for friends' status messages. Other visual refreshes to version 10 spruce up select icons.
Users should note that the download stub will finish installing the program online, and that the download bundles the Yahoo Toolbar. In the preinstallation window, click over to Custom Install to deselect add-ons you don't want. We could also live without the heavy-handed Yahoo branding, and it would be nice to see a link to hidden smileys in the emoticon drop-down, but these are minor niggles when weighed against the benefits of an easy-to-use, feature-rich chat client that only continues to improve
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Yahoo Messenger is a free service that allows you to see when friends come online and to send them instant messages. It also can alert you to new e-mail in your Yahoo Mail or Yahoo Personals accounts, or when you have upcoming events recorded in your Yahoo Calendar. Yahoo Messenger offers firewall support, a standby mode that minimizes the program until an Internet connection is made, the ability to save and print your conversations, and a tabbed interface that provides quick access to your favorite stocks, news, and sports scores.
Other features include the ability to create a chat room automatically, stock price alerts, the ability to send messages to friends (even if they're not online when you are), a Quick Compact mode that hides the Messenger tools to maximize your viewing area, Messenger Themes, and voice chat, which allows you to talk for free to anybody else on the Internet. It also includes Launchcast Radio, Yahoo Games, and Yahoo Audibles. Using a Webcam, you can see who you're chatting with or view the Webcam of any Yahoo member who has granted you access.

Mozilla Firefox

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No longer a fledgling upstart, Firefox is the gold standard of alternatives to the still-dominant Internet Explorer. Firefox 3.6 is full-featured, lightning fast, and secure. Its killer selection of add-ons remains strong, with built-in support for the next generation of themes, called Personas, plus the latest update makes version 3.6 about 20 percent faster than version 3.5. However, competition is strong and it can no longer be said that Firefox is the fastest browser available.
Several notable improvements in the latest revamp keep Firefox abreast of current browsing tech. In addition to the aforementioned improvements made to the TraceMonkey JavaScript engine so that it renders Web applications faster, there have also been other significant under-the-hood changes. These include: blocking third-party software from encroaching on Firefox's file system turf to increase stability; support for the Web Open Font Format, which means many non-English browser users should have a faster time loading Web pages with downloadable fonts; and support for the File interface, which can help with tasks such as uploading multiple photos and is part of the draft HTML5-standard effort. HTML5 support debuted in Firefox 3.5. Another deeper change to the browser is that it is now running scripts asynchronously, which can help to load a Web page faster by putting off some work until the high-priority chores are complete. Firefox 3.6 also isolates out-of-date plug-ins so they do not become a security risk.
Unlike Firefox 3.5, which was more about keeping the browser current rather than blazing new trails, Firefox 3.6 is once again on the warpath. Upgrading is highly recommended.
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OPERA 11

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What's new in this version: Opera 11.01 is a recommended upgrade offering security and stability enhancements, and reverts some changes made to mouse gestures.
The second-oldest browser currently in use, Opera debuted way back in 1995 and has recently undergone a major overhaul. No longer the quirky choice of enthusiasts, Opera has developed into a robust, full-featured suite of browsing tools.
Opera covers the basics with tabbed browsing, mouse-over previews, a customizable search bar, advanced bookmarking tools, and simple integration with e-mail and chat clients. Mouse-gesture support, keyboard shortcuts, and drag-and-drop functionality round out the essentials.
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Opera is a free and innovative web browser which allows you to experience the web on your terms. Discover what over 40 million people have already experienced by downloading Opera's fast and safe Internet browsers. Opera 11 combines elegant design, smart updates to some of our most popular features and new ways to customize Opera to your preferences.

DVD to iPod Converter

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DVD to iPod Converter is the easiest-to-use and fastest DVD to iPod converter software for Apple iPod Movie and iPod Video. It can convert almost all kinds of DVD to iPod Movie / iPod Video format. It is also a powerful DVD to iPod converter due to the conversion speed is far faster than real-time. You will enjoy your favorite DVDs on your iPod as a portable DVD Player. Now you can get this DVD to iPod Converter at a very competitive price!

Key features and benefits

The latest version includes two running modes, one is "Direct Mode", the other is "Batch Mode".
--"Direct Mode" means that user can directly click the DVD Menu to select the movie they want to rip. This mode is very easy for ripping a movie DVD's.
--"Batch Mode" means that user can select the DVD titles/chapters they want to rip via checkbox list. This mode is very easy for batch ripping Music DVD's, MTV DVD's and Episodic DVD's.

Support almost all kinds of DVD to iPod format
Support for Subtitle Selection, eg. English Subtitle, French Subtitle ....
--Under "Direct Mode", through DVD menu.
--Under "Batch Mode", through DVD Title list.

Support for Audio Track Selection, eg. English audio track, French audio track.....
--Under "Direct Mode", through DVD menu.
--Under "Batch Mode", through DVD Title list.
Various kinds of video crop mode. eg. 16:9, 4:3, full screen and so on.
Various kinds of video resize mode, eg. "Keep aspect ratio" and "stretch to fix screen".

Support splitting output video by DVD chapters, and titles. Fully support MTV DVDs and Episodic DVDs.
Support customize output video file size and video quality.
Provide flexible output profiles, user can easily customize the video properties.
Support DVD to MP3 audio conversion.
Support Dolby, DTS Surround audio track.
Support Apple TV as well.
Support latest iPod touch and iPod video nano.
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Internet Download Manager 6.05 build 2

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Internet Download Manager strikes us as a natural choice for users in need of a trusty transfer tool. Version 5.11 build 5 added FLV grabber that can be used to download videos from YouTube, Google Video, MySpaceTV, and other popular sites.

What's new in this version: Version 6.05 build 2 improves recognition of audio and video streams in web players, improves download resuming when a download link has expired, improves processing of https protocol, and fixes all known bugs.
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Internet Download Manager is a tool for increasing download speeds by up to 5 times, and for resuming, scheduling, and organizing downloads. The program will resume unfinished downloads due to network problems, or unexpected power outages. The program features a full-fledged site grabber that downloads files that are specified with filters, for example, all pictures from a Web site, different parts of Web sites, or complete Web sites for offline browsing. The program supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and MMS protocols, and has an adaptive download accelerator for MP3 audio, FLV and MPEG video files. The program also features Download Video and Audio Panels for Internet Exporer, Chrome, Opera, Safari, Firefox and other Mozilla based browsers that appears on top of a web-player and can be used to download flash videos from sites like YouTube, MySpaceTV, Google Videos.

Microsoft Office 2010

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Microsoft Office 2010 gives you powerful new tools to express your ideas, solve problems, and connect with people. Office 2010 lets you work how, when, and where you want, letting you get things from a PC, the Web, and even a smartphone.
Use Office 2010 virtually anywhere: PC, phone, browserWith Microsoft Office 2010, you can review and do minor editing on Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote 2010 documents, virtually anywhere, by using Office Web Apps from more locations on more devices.

Keep your people productive on the go. Office 2010 lets you access and edit documents stored on a server while you’re offline with SharePoint Workspace 2010, and then automatically syncs these changes when you’re back online. So you stay productive while on the go.

Support your employees, regardless of location or device. Office 2010 saves you time and money by helping you deploy and manage Office on the PC, the smartphone, and the Web, all from within familiar Microsoft System Center tools.
Top 10 benefits of Office Professional Plus 2010
Save travel costs by enabling your people with better communication tools.
Office 2010 helps save time and money by providing one-click communication through unified communications technology, and document sharing from within Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, without the need to switch applications. This makes virtual meetings more effective so team members can get more done without being in the same room.

Beat deadlines by working more effectively as a team.
Co-authoring allows multiple people to work on the same document at the same time, such as an RFP, to respond faster and meet deadlines. With Office 2010, multiple team members can work on Word 2010 and PowerPoint 2010 documents and be able to see who else is working on what sections.

Use Office virtually anywhere and on virtually any device.
With Office Web Apps, you can review and make minor edits to documents in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote 2010 from any supported Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari browser. All of the changes are saved and appear exactly as you intended, so you can seamlessly move from a desktop to the Web, and vice versa.

Gain control over your e-mail and calendar.
Outlook 2010 can help you take control of your day with conversation management tools, mail tips, calendar preview, and more. Stay better organized and up-do-date with less effort and find information you need fast.

Make informed business decisions the second you need to
Excel 2010 provides tools for improved data visualization, so you can gain key insights quickly and easily turn the numbers into a story to share with others. You can convey whole trends in a single cell with Sparklines, choose from more styles and icons in conditional formatting, and highlight specific items such as “max/min” in a single click.

Create sophisticated marketing in-house to get your business noticed.
Office 2010 puts you in the director’s chair, enabling you to create dazzling digital content in PowerPoint 2010 that comes to life with cutting-edge audio/video capabilities and animation enhancements. Your business can cut costs by reducing the need for third-party multimedia tools and design agencies.

Enable employees to work offline and keep your business moving forward.SharePoint Workspace 2010 allows everyone to take content from SharePoint sites offline and work with that content from their desktop, without reliance on an Internet connection. This makes it easier for IT to drive a strategy with more consistent use of collaboration tools based on SharePoint technology throughout the organization.

Be more productive by finding what you need faster.
Office 2010 extends the toolbar throughout all applications, making it easier to find the commands you need. And the new Microsoft Office Backstage view (available in all applications except Communicator) gives your people quick access to important operations such as viewing document information, saving, printing, and sharing.

Protect inboxes from malicious attacks, so everyone in the business can rest easier.
Office 2010 provides a Protected View feature to help you guard against malware in your e-mail attachments and Internet files, as well as in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel documents.

Stay organized by keeping the right details in the right place.
OneNote is your essential “catch-all.” From daily sales figures to news articles clipped from the Web, you can make everything accessible and at the ready. You can even create side notes that stay on your screen as you move between different programs, so you can keep your thoughts organized as you multi-task.
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Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus

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Avira's AntiVir has been a player in the security world for some time; however, in 2008 its status boomed because of its remarkably strong detection rates. It still remains near the top of independent antivirus efficacy tests, but while the 2009 version more or less kept pace with the competition, the 2010 edition isn't quite as good as it could be.
Both longtime and new users alike will note the pop-up ad that appears whenever a program update is downloading; it has been the unaddressed focus of critical and user dislike for several years. While the occasional ad that interferes with a user's work flow used to be considered tolerable for effective free security, that's no longer the case. Avira's lack of a silent-running entertainment-gaming mode is also noticeable, since so many free and paid competitors now offer the mode.
AntiVir 10 doesn't require a special uninstallation tool, unlike many competitors do. In the end, Avira's free suite makes for an excellent backup suite, but its competitors have since caught up with or surpassed what it can do.
If you don't have virus protection, your PC will be infected with malware in a matter of minutes. Avira AntiVir Personal offers basic protection against viruses, worms, Trojans, rootkits, adware, and spyware that has been tried and tested over 100 million times worldwide. What's more, it is available free-of-charge. It not only protects against these types of malware, but offers as well, in case of an infection, the possibility of removing viruses very easily and repair the system automatically.
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Avast Free Antivirus

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Avast made great strides in its previous update. Version 5 set the stage for the modern, massively popular, and free security suite with a new interface that ditched a quirky, late-'90s jukebox style for a more polished look. Easier to navigate, it also became easier to add new features.
Make no mistake, Avast 6 adds features both big and small. Some that had previously only been available to paid upgrade users are now free for all versions, and newer features have been seamlessly added to the interface experience. If you're familiar with Avast 5, upgrading to Avast 6 won't be that big of a leap.
Avast 6's interface is virtually identical to the previous version's. Perhaps the most major change, aside from a slight lightening of the gray in the color scheme, is the removal of the Windows Explorer-style forward and backward buttons. We actually liked those, since they made it easy to return to a previous pane, no matter how deeply into the settings you had explored.
The only other change is the addition of the Additional Protection tab to the left nav area, which hosts the new AutoSandbox and WebRep feature controls.
For users new to Avast, the sleek user interface is a change that came at the end of 2009. The gray and orange color scheme stands out well on the screen, and the tab-based navigation on the left makes it easy to navigate between features. Highlighted with the familiar security colors of green for safe and red for dangerous, the Summary tab gives up-to-date info on shield status, auto-updates, virus definitions, the program version, and whether the silent/gaming mode is on. There's also an unobtrusive ad urging you to upgrade to Avast Internet Security 6.
The Summary tab contains a second submenu, Statistics. If you're curious to see how Avast's shields have been performing against threats, here's where you can get your math geek on. For each shield, it tells you how many files were scanned and when, and presents the data in a concise graph.
Avast Free Antivirus is a full-featured product, with the same antivirus and anti-spyware scanning engine used in our premium products. Leaner and meaner version 6.0 provides even faster protection than its predecessor and offers a web-reputation browser extension as well as virtualization technology. Accurate threat updates via avast! CommunityIQ technology ensure worry-free downloading, surfing, social networking, and gaming--for over 140 million registered users (and over 120 million active users).
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AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2011

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Although AVG has flagged a little in the past few years, AVG Anti-Virus Free 2011 breathes some new life into one of the most popular security programs around with a shorter install, better usability, and faster scans.
The never-ending mantra chanted by security suite vendors sounds a lot like "faster scans, easier to use, better performance," and AVG has released a new version that it says accomplishes all three. Certainly, the scans are faster, it does install more quickly, and some tweaks to the interface have made it easier to use. However, changes to the engine that powers the detection and removal of threats has made it hard to come to a conclusion until independent labs return their efficacy results later this year.
The new AVG Free has sped up its installation process, although it's not as zippy as the minute-long installations that some of AVG's paid competitors offer. We found that the program can go from completed download to ready to use in about 5 minutes. Gains might have been made elsewhere, but a big contributing factor to that is that AVG has cut down the number of install screens users see, from 13 in the previous version to 5 in the 2011 version.
AVG's toolbar is still an opt-out feature. It also will commandeer your default search engine for Yahoo, so if you don't want it to do that, you'll want to uncheck the box that changes your search engine, too. Also unchanged is registration, which is a free process and can be completed from within the AVG interface.
Users who opt out of installing the toolbar but want it later will need to rerun the installer to get that component.
The changes to AVG's interface in the 2011 version are minor but actually improve usability quite a bit. The top and left navigation sections have been redecorated with light text on a dark background, although the main controls in the center of the window retain their standard black text on a white background. The safety status icon at the top of the interface has been simplified and made larger.
A new one-click Fix button for automatically repairing security breaches appears at the top along with the old red X when your system safety has been compromised. It disappears when your system gets a clean bill of health.
Joining the one-click Update button on the side nav this year is a one-click Scan Now button. There's a cleaner look to the nav, as well, with bigger fonts and timestamps for the most recent scan and most recent update.
For those not familiar with the interface, AVG has placed icons for its security components in a central pane. Double-click on one to access more information and basic configuration settings for each specific tool. Advanced settings are available under Tools on the menu bar at the top of the window.
The new interface changes are small, no doubt, but they do make AVG easier to use.
AVG Free has some new protective features this year, too. The software offers what it calls "smart scanning," which leverages AVG's behavioral detection network to scan known safe files once, and only rescan them if it detects changes. As with its competitors, AVG's network is made up of its user base anonymously contributing data up to the cloud. You can choose to opt out of contributing your data when you install, or from the options menu. AVG says opting out won't negatively affect your security.
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