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MusicBridge 2

Freeware

Tool that you can use to migrate track information from iTunes to Windows Media Player (which will play AAC-encoded tracks with the correct codec), including your tune rating, artwork and other info. This means that when you use Windows Media Center to play your audio tracks, the tracks you manage through iTunes will be available to play through your living room TV.

Requires: Windows XP or Vista

Norton Removal Tool 2008.0.1.14

Freeware

Official application from Symantec, designed to remove Norton software from your computer. If it fails, canÆt be uninstalled or similar, you can use this tool to do the removal for you. It supports most recent editions of the Norton software, including AntiVirus, Security Suite, Ghost and more.

Requires: Windows 2000, XP or Vista

PFrank 2.03

Freeware

Bulk file renaming program which you could use to organise your music files, picture files, or any other types of files. You can easily build any renaming command sequence you like, preview all of the results, press the rename button, and you're done.

Requires: Windows 2000, XP or Vista

Netscape Navigator 9 Beta 3

Freeware

Netscape Navigator 9 may just give Netscape a fighting chance of some sort of comeback. Maybe. The new look is certainly an improvement, and it offers a richer browsing experience, with much faster page rendering. It's based around the existing Mozilla Firefox engine, so shares many of the latest enhancements of the Firefox browser.

Requires: Windows 2000, XP or Vista

Notepad++ 4.22

Freeware

Many people use Notepad for editing simple text documents and program/webpage code because it is small and fast. The disadvantage is that it lacks many features that would be very useful, especially when looking at programming code. Notepad++ is designed for this purpose.

Requires: Windows 98SE, 2000, Me, XP or Vista

Picasa 2.7.37

Freeware

You don't have to shell out for photo-editing software, or put up with the limited functions offered by the Paint program that comes with Windows. Picasa can transfer pictures from your digital camera, organise them on the hard disk and perform basic editing.

Requires: Windows 2000, XP or Vista