FeedDemon is a news aggregator for RSS and Atom feeds.

The easy-to-use interface makes it a snap to stay informed with the latest news and information. You can completely customize the way feeds are organized and displayed. Set up custom news watches based on keywords or use the powerful search to find articles. You can even download podcasts and audio files and have them show up on your portable audio device. In addition, FeedDemon synchronizes with NewsGator Online and the rest of the NewsGator RSS Suite. The software is pre-configured with dozens of feeds, so you can unleash the power of RSS right away.

Features:

• Reading Feeds
  • Newspaper Format: When you select a channel, FeedDemon’s tabbed browser displays the channel’s news items in a newspaper for easy reading. You can display a newspaper of news items for an entire folder or view one feed at a time.
  • News Bins: Store news items in a central location and provide a handy way to collect items from different channels. If you find an interesting item that you might want to read again, just store it in a news bin for future reference. News Bins are synchronized through the NewsGator Online platform, so you can read these items from FeedDemon on other computers as well as other NewsGator readers.
  • Synchronization: Read a post in FeedDemon and it is marked as read in other NewsGator readers.
  • Shared Experience: See what news is popular with other NewsGator users and find out who is linking to the news you’re reading.
  • Video: Watch embedded video right within the newspaper view.
  • Panic Button: Ever gone on vacation and gotten a little behind on your reading? The Panic Button solves this and many other problems by quickly marking all older items read.
• Finding Feeds
  • Watches: Look for keywords in news items as they’re downloaded. After you create a watch, it examines every incoming news item whenever any channel is updated.
  • News Comes To You: Subscribe to feeds from all over the web or choose some of the dozens of default feeds.
  • Search: Search outside of FeedDemon’s subscriptions by selecting a feed search engine, then enter your keyword, and FeedDemon will subscribe to a dynamic channel containing the search results for that keyword.
• Other
  • Podcasts: Powerful podcasting tools enable you to download audio files and automatically copy them to your iPod or other media player. The bundled FeedStation utility enables you to schedule your downloads so they happen overnight while you’re asleep. When you wake up, you’ll find new audio waiting on your media player of choice.

Latest version: 2.6

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Feedreader is the most robust, highly-functional personal aggregation solution on the market today. It dynamically reads, collects, and organizes syndicated Web content, and seamlessly delivers it directly to user desktops. With Feedreader, you have instant, convenient access to the up-to-the-minute news you need, without information overload.

Feedreader automatically downloads updates from your favorite Web sites. So, it eliminates the need for you to constantly monitor multiple Web pages, while allowing you to immediately identify and retrieve new articles – no matter how long you’ve been away from your desk.

Feedreader provides cutting-edge features in an intuitive, user-friendly environment. Even non-technical users can view comprehensive, consolidated information from across the Internet – faster and easier than ever before.

Latest version: 3.12

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Firefox is a web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite, managed by the Mozilla Corporation. Firefox had about 15% of the recorded usage share of Web browsers as of January 2008 making Firefox the second-most popular browser in current use worldwide after Internet Explorer. Firefox has been considered a “rival” to Internet Explorer.Firefox uses the open-source Gecko layout engine, which implements some current Web standards plus a few features which are intended to anticipate likely additions to the standards.

Firefox includes tabbed browsing, a spell checker, incremental find, live bookmarking, a download manager, and a search system that uses Google. Functions can be added through more than 2,000 add-ons created by third party developers; the most popular include NoScript (script blocker), FoxyTunes (controls music players), Adblock Plus (ad blocker), StumbleUpon (website discovery), DownThemAll! (download functions) and Web Developer (web tools).

Latest version: 2.0.0.13

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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.

Features:

• New features
  • 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.
  • Fraud protection
    Opera’s advanced fraud protection protects you against web sites that try to steal your personal information. Watch the demo to learn how to enable this feature.
  • BitTorrent
    You don’t need a separate BitTorrent application to download large files. Simply click a torrent link and start the download.
  • Add your favorite search engines
    Right-click on the site’s search field and select “Create search” from the menu.
  • 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”.
  • 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.
  • 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.
• Efficient surfing
  • Transfer manager
    View download progress and access all your downloads from one simple transfer manager window.
  • Tabbed browsing
    Surf the Web easier and faster by opening multiple Web pages within the same application window.
  • Password manager
    The password manager remembers your usernames and passwords so you will not have to.
  • Integrated search
    Search Google, eBay, Amazon and more with our integrated search field. You can also search directly in the address field using keywords (for example “g” for Google).
  • Mouse gestures
    Opera supports mouse gestures, allowing you to perform certain movements with the mouse to access commonly used features.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 and runs on Windows 2000 and XP.
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
    Keyboard shortcuts - like mouse gestures - make your browsing faster and more efficient.
• Customization
  • Skins
    Skins can give your browser the look you want. Make the browser your own by giving it the icons, colors and style of your choice.
  • Language
    Opera is translated into a multitude of languages, and the language can be changed on the fly.
• Special features
  • 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.
• Mail and Chat
  • 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.
• Web development
  • 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.

Latest version: 9.26

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Experience the web, Apple style, with Safari: the fastest, easiest-to-use web browser in the world. With its simple, elegant interface, Safari gets out of your way and lets you enjoy the web
faster than any browser.

Features:

• Blazing Performance
  Safari is the fastest web browser on any platform.
• Elegant User Interface
  Safari’s clean look lets you focus on the web — not your browser.
• Easy Bookmarks
  Organize your bookmarks just like you organize music in iTunes.
• Pop-up Blocking
  Say goodbye to annoying pop-up ads and pop-under windows.
• Find
  Search any text on any website with the integrated Find banner.
• Tabbed Browsing
  Open and switch between multiple web pages in a single window.
• SnapBack
  Instantly snap back to search results or the top level of a website.
• Forms AutoFill
  Let Safari complete online forms for you, automatically and securely.
• Built-in RSS
  RSS tells you when new content is added to your favorite sites.
• Resizable Text Fields
  Resize text fields on any website: Just grab the corner and drag.
• Private Browsing
  Keep your online activities private with a single click.
• Security
  Apple engineers designed Safari to be secure from day one.

Latest version: 3.1

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OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite. It’s compatible with other major office suites. The looks and feels familiar and is instantly usable by anyone who has used a competitive product.

OpenOffice.org 2 Components:

• Writer – a word processor you can use for anything from writing a quick letter to producing an entire book.
• Calc – a powerful spreadsheet with all the tools you need to calculate, analyse, and present your data in numerical reports or sizzling graphics.
• Impress – the fastest, most powerful way to create effective multimedia presentations.
• Draw – lets you produce everything from simple diagrams to dynamic 3D illustrations.
• Base – lets you manipulate databases seamlessly. Create and modify tables, forms, queries, and reports, all from within OpenOffice.org
• Math – lets you create mathematical equations with a graphic user interface or by directly typing your formulas into the equation editor.

Latest version: 2.3.1 ^updated

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Yahoo! Messenger is a free service that allows you to see when friends come online and send them instant messages. It can also alert you to new email in your Yahoo! Mail account.

Features:

• Entertainment:
  • Photo Sharing
  • LAUNCHcast Radio
  • Yahoo! Games
  • IMVironments
• Productivity
  • IM Windows Live™ Messenger friends
  • Yahoo! Calendar
  • Contact Search Bar
  • Find, Add, Share Friends
  • Yahoo! Search
  • File Transfer
  • Address Book
  • Stealth Settings
• Personalization
  • Plug-ins
  • Sound effects
  • Audibles
  • Emoticons
  • Yahoo! Avatars
  • Display Images
  • Skins
• Communication
  • Chat Rooms
  • Make Calls From Your PC
  • PC-to-Phone Calls
  • Phone-to-PC Calls
  • Connect on Yahoo! 360°
  • Send and receive IMs on your mobile phone.
  • Webcam
  • Conference

Latest version: 8.1

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