Free Download Manager

Free Download Manager is a powerful, easy-to-use and absolutely free download accelerator and manager. Download files and convert videos (including flash) faster with open-source Free Download Manager. Its features include integration with all browsers, support of downloads from RapidShare, BitTorrent support, adjusting traffic usage, resuming broken downloads. Moreover, FDM is 100% safe, open-source software distributed under GPL license.

FDM offers these features: 

• GNU General Public License
• BitTorrent support
• Upload Manager
• Flash video downloading
• Remote Control 
• Portable (USB stick) mode
• Audio/video file preview and conversion
• Download acceleration
• Resume broken downloads
• Smart file management and powerful scheduler
• Adjust traffic usage
• Site Explorer 
• HTML Spider: Download whole web pages or even whole web sites with HTML Spider.
• Simultaneous downloading from several mirrors
• Zip files partial download
• Active spyware and adware protection through active communication among users
• Multi language support
• Plus many more features!

Homepage:

www.freedownloadmanager.org

Download:

www.freedownloadmanager.org/download.htm

Notepad++

Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL Licence.

Based on a powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL which ensures a higher execution speed and smaller program size. By optimizing as many routines as possible without losing user friendliness, Notepad++ is trying to reduce the world carbon dioxide emissions. When using less CPU power, the PC can throttle down and reduce power consumption, resulting in a greener environment.

Features:

• Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding
• WYSIWYG
• User Defined Syntax Highlighting
• Auto-completion
• Multi-Document
• Multi-View
• Regular Expression Search/Replace supported
• Full Drag 'N' Drop supported
• Dynamic position of Views
• File Status Auto-detection
• Zoom in and zoom out
• Multi-Language environment supported
• Bookmark
• Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting
• Macro recording and playback 

Homepage:

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net

Download:

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/​download.php

Google Talk

The Google Talk downloadable application for Windows offers many features for communicating with your friends and family.

Instant messaging - Chat with all of your Google Talk and Gmail contacts in real time.

Free PC-to-PC voice chat - You can talk to anyone else for free who's online and has the Google Talk client.

Send and receive voicemails - If the person you're calling isn't available, you can leave a voicemail.

Unlimited file transfers - Send files to your contacts. There are no file size or bandwidth restrictions.

Gmail notifications on your desktop - When you're signed into Google Talk, you'll be notified of new messages in your Gmail inbox.

Homepage:

www.google.com/talk/

Download:

http://dl.google.com/googletalk/googletalk-setup.exe

Skype

Skype is software that enables you to make free calls anywhere in the world. Skype uses innovative P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you with other users. It offers several features, including SkypeOut calling from Skype to regular and mobile phones worldwide, conference calling, and secure file transferring. Skype calls have better sound quality than your regular phone and are highly secure, with end-to-end encryption. Improves video quality for video calls.
Skype is quick and easy to install. Just download it, register, and within minutes you can plug in your PC headset and call your friends on Skype. Best of all, Skype does not require you to reconfigure your firewall or router it just works!

Homepage:

www.skype.com

Download:

www.skype.com/download/

Winamp Media Player

Winamp is a free, fast, flexible, high-fidelity multimedia player made by Nullsoft. It supports numerous audio  (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video (AVI, ASF, MPEG, NSV) formats. It also plays streamed video and audio content, both live and recorded, authored worldwide. It has an extremely customizable media library, and allows you to rip and burn your favorite music CDs. Winamp has thousands of skins (supporting both classic Winamp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins) and plug-ins(including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins) that allow you to change the look-and-feel of the player, as well as add new features (advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning). The player also has access to thousands of free songs, videos and online radio stations from SHOUTcast Radio and AOL Radio with XM. 

Winamp Player Features:  

• Plays Music and Video Files (aacPlus, MP3, AAC, WMA and more!)  
• Compatible with Winamp 2 Plug-ins  
• Full Support for Classic and Modern Skins  
• Plays Videos (NSV, WMV, and more!)  
• Powerful Media Library  
• Browse SHOUTcast Radio & TV Stations  
• Browse Winamp Music Videos & Songs  
• Integrated AOL Video Content (News, Sports, Movies & more)  
• AOL Radio Featuring XM  
• SHOUTcast Wire (podcast directory)  
• Predixis MusicMagic (dynamic playlisting)  
• Bundled Visualizations 
• Burn CDs (Limited to 2x - 48x in Pro!)  
• Rips CDs (Limited to 8x aacPlus, AAC, WMA - Unlimited aacPlus, AAC, WMA and MP3 in Pro!) 
• 50 free mp3s from eMusic  
• Includes Winner of the Internet
• Surround Music Project!
• Includes an MP3 of 'Mercy Me' by Alkaline Trio  
• Rip/Encode music into aacPlus, AAC, WMA, or MP3!
• Burn CDs up to 48x!

 Homepage:

http://www.winamp.com

Download:

http://www.winamp.com/player

SeaMonkey Web Browser

SeaMonkey web browser is free open-source suite that integrates Internet browser, e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat, and web development tools in a robust, easy-to-use package with other 3rd party addons.

SeaMonkey's Navigator has standard browser features such as tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking, and cookie controls, but it lacks many extensions available for Internet Explorer and Firefox. Some useful Mozilla extensions work with Navigator, such as the NoScript program for blocking JavaScripts and the Googlebar toolbar, which is similar to the Google Toolbar.

E-Mail, Chat, and HTML
The SeaMonkey Messenger e-mail and newsgroups program looks like its Mozilla and Netscape Messenger predecessors, but adds modern features such as a phishing-detection tool and the ability to view and access mail from several different accounts in a single inbox. To access Internet Relay Chat in either Messenger or Navigator, opens ChatZilla, an open-source IRC instant-messaging program. As for the SeaMonkey Composer HTML editor, think of it as a light version of Microsoft FrontPage. It looks much like a word processor with big buttons for such operations as Publish, Link, Table, and Image, and it lets you work with a page's HTML code.

Homepage:

www.seamonkey-project.org

Download:

 http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/

Maxthon Combo Web Browser

Maxthon Combo (Formerly MyIE2) is a powerful multi-page browser based on the IE core (IE5.x or IE 6.0 required). It can open multiple web pages in just one window. Maxthon Combo is a web browser that helps you to navigate over the internet. And it only takes a little system resource when surfing with a greatly integrated user interface. It also supports special Plug-Ins & IE Extensions to let you have an enjoyable surfing experience.

Some of the key features of "Maxthon Combo" are

• Easy Surfing by tabbed browsing, quick search, Super Drag & Drop, Mouse Gestures, Ad Hunter, Undo List, Maxthon Smart Acceleration, Feed Reader, etc.
• Fully Customizable with Plugins, Utilities, Skins, Multi-language Support.
• Secure Browsing options like Clean Private Data, Maxthon Security Update.
• & Many more features like Favorites Bar, Web Services On The Go, URL Alias, URL Auto-Completion, Simple Collector, Boss Key, Full IE compatibility, etc.

Homepage:

www.maxthon.com

Download:

www.maxthon.com/download.htm

Google Chrome Web Browser

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.
Chrome is Google's attempt to make the browser disappear and to focus on the applications and pages users are viewing, rather than on the border with its tools. Some of Chrome's basic underpinnings are quite novel, but people will recognize other features as they exist in other, open-source browsers on the market today.
Currently only for Windows, Chrome is blazingly fast and is easily the quickest browser available. Based on Webkit, the same open-source engine that powers Apple Safari and Google's Android mobile platform, Chrome's interface is a drastic departure from other browsers. Instead of the traditional toolbar, Chrome puts its tabs on top. Moreover, the tabs are detachable: "tabs" and "windows" are interchangeable here. Detached tabs can be dragged and dropped into the browser, and tabs can be rearranged at any time. By isolating each tab's processes, when one site crashes, the browser does not.
Within each tab are individual controls, such as forward and back buttons. The search box and the address bar have been fused into a hybrid "Omnibox." The Omnibox includes not only suggestions for URLs culled from your browser's history, it also includes search suggestions from your search engine, and remembers site-specific search engine results. There's also Application Shortcuts, a feature that allows you to create desktop icons for Web-only applications, such as Gmail or Calendar. The stealth mode, Incognito, lets you surf without the history recording cookies.
Chrome lacks plug-ins, and there's the potential for high memory usage given that each tab is its own process. If you're addicted to Web apps and a need for speed, though, Chrome just might be the shine your browsing experience has been looking for.

Homepage:

www.google.com/chrome

Download:

http://www.google.com/chrome/?hl=en

Safari Web Browser

With a simple, elegant interface, the Safari browser gets out of your way and lets you enjoy the Web. Features include: fast performance; an elegant user interface, easy bookmarks, pop-up Blocking, inline find, tabbed browsing, SnapBack, automatic form filling, built-in RSS, resizable text fields, private browsing, and security.
Apple brings its signature browser to your PC and gives IE and Firefox a run for their money. Users are sure to love the sleek, minimalist design and overall good performance.
Safari keeps its user interface simple and to the point. Gray and black navigational buttons can be dragged and dropped to your desired location. You can choose to hide or display the menu and bookmark toolbars. The Preferences menu makes it easy to set your homepage, manage your browsing history, and check for RSS feeds. The Top Sites feature displays all of your favorite Web sites in an attractive, gallery-style display. You can edit the sites, and clicking on them introduces the full page to your browser window. We were able to use the zoom feature and its hot-key combos to zoom in and out of pages. And we especially liked the bookmark feature, which displayed our favorites in the same gallery style as the Top Sites feature.Safari includes a built-in Help file, and it has a feature for reporting any bugs. We found that it performed very well, and let us browse quickly without any hiccups. If you're a Mac fan, or are just looking for a simple and solid-performing browser, Safari is for you.

Here are some key features of "Safari Web Browser":

• Tabbed browsing
• Bookmark Management
• A resizable web-search box in the toolbar which uses Google on the Mac and either Google or Yahoo! on Windows
• Pop-up ad blocking
• History and bookmark search
• Text search
• Spell-checking
• Expandable text boxes
• Automatic filling in of web forms
• Built-in password management via Keychain
• Subscribing to and reading web feeds
• Quartz-style font-smoothing
• The Web Inspector, a DOM Inspector-like utility that lets users and developers browse the Document Object Model of a web page
• Support for CSS 3 web fonts
• Support for CSS animation
• Bookmark integration with Address Book
• ICC colour profile support
• Inline PDF viewing
• Integration with iPhoto photo management
• Mail integration
• Ability to save parts of web pages as web clips for viewing on the Apple Dashboard. 

Homepage:

www.apple.com/safari

Download:

www.apple.com/safari/download

Opera Web Browser

The most full-featured Internet power tool on the market, Opera includes tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking, integrated searches and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking e-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. And because we know that our users have different needs, you can customize the look and content of your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse.

The Opera Web browser offers several new features for functionality, security, usability, customization, searching, saving, taking shortcuts and accessing Web content.

Whether you're going to work, working from home, developing Web sites, or just looking for a quick, solid browser that can help you quickly access the Internet, Opera delivers a superior Web experience for every aspect of your online life, with lots of tech tools for power users.

Here are some key features of "Opera for Windows without Java":

• Speed Dial
  Now you have a new way to access your favorite Web sites. Just open a new tab to get your Speed Dial. It's easy to populate and addictive to use. Find out what other people are putting on their Speed Dial.
• BitTorrent
  You don't need a separate BitTorrent application to download large files. Simply click a torrent link and start the download.
• Site preferences
  Want to view a site in a different way or deny certain cookies? Want to block pop-ups on certain sites only? Right click and select "Edit site preferences".
• Thumbnail preview
  It is easy to have many tabs open at once in Opera. But exactly which tab had that video you wanted? Hover your mouse on any tab to see a thumbnail preview.
• Fraud protection
  Opera's advanced fraud protection protects you against web sites that try to steal your personal information.
• Add your favorite search engines
  Right-click on the site's search field and select "Create search" from the menu.
• Widgets
  Small Web applications (multimedia, newsfeeds, games and more) that make your desktop experience more fun. Use the Widgets menu to discover new widgets and access your favorites.
• Transfer manager
  View download progress and access all your downloads from one simple transfer manager window.
• Password manager
  The password manager remembers your usernames and passwords so you will not have to.
• Mouse gestures
  Opera supports mouse gestures, allowing you to perform certain movements with the mouse to access commonly used features.
• Notes
  Notes can be kept in conjunction with a Web site you want to refer to later, or remind you of any particular information you may like to review again.
• Keyboard Shortcuts
  Keyboard shortcuts - like mouse gestures - make your browsing faster and more efficient. Read more about all the keyboard shortcuts in Opera.
• Tabbed browsing
  Surf the Web easier and faster by opening multiple Web pages within the same application window.
• Integrated search
  Search Google, eBay, Amazon and more with our integrated search field. You can also search directly in the address field using keywords.
• Fast Forward
  Fast Forward will detect the most likely "next page" link and greatly simplify navigation in multi-page documents such as search results and image galleries.
• Voice
  The voice feature allows you to control Opera's interface by talking and to have documents read aloud. Voice is currently offered in English.
• Full-screen mode
  The F11 key toggles Opera's projection mode, using the whole screen for browsing and, if a projection style sheet is present, displays 'slides' suitable for presentation.
• Kiosk mode
  Opera supports kiosk mode - a lock-down mode in which the browser can be used for unattended computers in public places.
• Opera mail
  Our built-in POP/IMAP E-mail client is a combined e-mail program, news reader, mailing list organizer and RSS/Atom newsfeed reader.
• Standards support
  We take pride in supporting all major Web standards currently in use, including CSS 2.1, XHTML 1.1, HTML 4.01, WML 2.0, ECMAScript, DOM 2 and SVG 1.1 basic.

Homepage:

www.opera.com

Download:

www.opera.com/download

Mozilla Firefox Web Browser

Mozilla Firefox is a Web Browser like Internet Explorer, Opera, or Google Chrome. Its advantage is that is fast, faster than Internet Explorer, its security is very good, flagging lots of dangerous sites and blocking those sites from accessing your computer, the real good thing about it however, is that there are LOTS of add-ons for it, allowing you to completely customise Firefox, there are more add-ons for firefox than any other web browser, from ad-blockers to javascript-blockers, from toolbars to password rememberers, security add-ons, blogging add-ons, and much more! My favourite ones are No-Script, a way to stop javascript from operating, and therefore lots of viruses, ads and spyware on dangerous, or annoying sites, though you can allow the ones that are good such as videos and games, Ad-Blocker Plus, a less extreme way to block Ads from showing up, WOT (Web of Trust), a site rater, that rates a site according to how good it is, Sxipper, a more elegant way of remembering passwords and fill-out forms, Colorful Tabs, making your tabs different colours and more colorful, Fasterfox Lite, basically increasing the speed of Firefox overall, IE-Tab, for any sites that you need internet explorer to see, IE-Tab can change Firefox's rendering engine to IE's one, thereby allowing you to see those sites, DownloadHelper, something that helps you to download videos easily, such as Youtube videos, DownThemAll, a download-accelerator, Speed Dial, turning new blank tabs, into a useful page of your favourite sites. Overall, its a really good browser that is much superior to Internet Explorer.

The best Internet Browser in the world is what it is. It's got pretty much everything you need in an internet browser.

Homepage: 

www.mozilla.com/firefox/

Download: 

 http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html