2. Software downloads
One of the best sites to download software is
Download.cnet.com
http://download.cnet.com/windows/
Links to download the softwares are given to in
various categories
All these software are absolutely free !
Go and get them!
4. Windows and system care
Advanced SystemCare Free
One stop shop for maintaining your computer for better
performance.
Glary Utilities
Effective and easy to use utilities to keep up your system’s
performance.
File undelete is a great utility!
WinUtilities Free Edition
Utilities to improve system performance.
5. Anti Virus and protection
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2011
One of the best antivirus. Free, updates the definitions periodically
Microsoft Security Essentials
Free from Microsoft. Free updates for virus definitions
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
Great tool to clean computer from malware
Ad-Aware Free Internet Security
Removes adware
Spybot - Search & Destroy
Wonderful tool to remove spyware
7. Complete Office Suit
OpenOffice.org
Publisher's description from OpenOffice.org:
OpenOffice.org is both an open-source product and a project.
The product is a multiplatform office productivity suite.
It includes desktop applications such as
a word processor
a spreadsheet program
a presentation manager
and a drawing program
with a user interface and feature set similar to those of
other office suites.
OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of
file formats, including those of Microsoft Office.
8. MS Office add-ins
ASAP Utilities
An excellent Excel add in That can save lots and lots of your time.
Datapig Excel explosion
You must see to believe it!
A tool to create separate data from one sheet to various sheets
or files based on given criteria
Do not miss excel tutorials from Datapig
Powerpoint Timer
Add clock to presentations. Timer and also
Countdown timer. Wonderful tool to keep track
of time during presentations. By Tushar Mehta
9. Office Productivity
iDailyDiary Free
StickyNote
Stickies
Fences
A tool to clean up your desktop and organize desktop
10. Languages
WordWeb
English Dictionary
Dictionary English – Hindi
English – Hindi Dictonary
EclipseCrossword
A Cross word Creator
11. Pdf tools
PDF Readers
Foxit Reader
Adobe Reader X
PDF Creators
PDFill
Primo PDF
DoPDF
12. File compression and file split
7-Zip is free file compression utility
Win zip and Win RAR are not free but most popular
WinZip
WinRAR (32-bit)
HJ-Split
A simple file splitter that splits large files in to small bits to
send it over mails and can be rejoined at the destination!
13. Data Visualization
Tableau
Data in. Brilliance Out!
Tableau is a data visualization software
Publisher's description :
Within minutes, our free data visualization tool can help you create an
interactive viz and embed it in your website or share it. Anyone can
do it, it’s that easy—and it’s free.
Anyone can do it. You don’t need to be a programmer or hire one –
no language to learn, no Flash, no plug-ins, no API.
With Tableau Public you can create interactive graphs, dashboards,
maps and tables from virtually any data and embed them on your
website or blog in minutes.
14. World Data with Gapminder
Gapminder
Publisher's description :
Gapminder Desktop lets you explore the world from your own
computer, even when you have no Internet. Windows, PC and
Linux.
Gapminder is a tool that allows the user to present a huge amount of
world data visually, in moving, interactive graphs.
Read the review of Gapminder from M62.net
15. Screen Capture
Camtasia Studio
Publisher's description From TechSmith:
Camtasia studio-powerful screen recording and editing for high-
quality videos. delight audiences near or far.
Record screencast videos-like tutorials, presentations, and demos
that get results and look fantastic.
MW snap
Screen Image capture tool
16. Portable applications
Portable applications
Publisher's description :
Now you can carry your favorite computer programs along with all of your
bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. Use them on any Windows
computer. All without leaving any personal data behind.
The PortableApps.com Suite and Platform is free. It contains no spyware. There
are no advertisements. It isn't a limited or trial version. There is no additional
hardware or software to buy. You don't even have to give out your email
address. It's 100% free to use, free to copy and free to share.
The PortableApps.com Suite™ bundles a complete collection of software
including a web browser, email client, office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant
messaging client, antivirus, audio player, sudoku game, password manager,
PDF reader and minesweeper game, all preconfigured to work portably.
Just drop it on your portable device and you're ready to go.
18. System
SyncBack Freeware
Automated backup utility
File Shredder
Deletes file completely. ensures that file can not be
recovered
The Extractor
Extracts any zip or win RAR files
Nero BurnLite
Simple and easy to use CD burner
Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
19. Browsers and desktop search
Google Chrome
Fast, sleek browser
Opera
Comprehensive browser
Mozilla
Google Desktop
Google Desktop will offer full text search over your
email, computer files, chats, and the web pages you've
viewed
Desktop search tool searches your computer harddisk for files with given
search. Works just like google - search results from contents on your hard
disk. A Must have…
20. Photo editing
Picasa
A tool to transfer, find, organize, edit, print, and share images
from Google
PhotoScape
A simple , easy to use yet, powerful tool to edit your photos and images
21. Multimedia
RealPlayer
VLC Media Player
Apple QuickTime
FLV Player
Flash Movie Player
Adobe Flash Player
Windows Movie Maker (Windows XP)
22. Audio
Winamp
Audio Player for your computer
Audacity
A complete all in one audio editor
Mp3tag
Edit MP3 Tags with ease
26. Online tools..
Clean the computer Learn and Share
Windows Live OneCare
Scanner Slideshare
Scribd
To do
Remember the Milk Survey and Polls
Project Management Survey Gizmo
Zoho Vizu for online polls
Huddle
Office Online
Data Visualization Google Docs
Many eyes
Office 2010 Online
Free Storage Zoho
Windows live Skydrive
Networking
PDF tools Linkedin
Sci2ools