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  • 48likes

    Hotspot Shield

    Free by AnchorFree |  WindowsMac

    Public networks (both wired and wireless) are great. After all, what would life be without connecting while at airports, hotels and coffee shops? However, the danger to your personal data exists even if you connect to a ...



  • 524likes

    Dropbox

    Free with limited functionality by Dropbox |  WindowsMacLinuxOnline

    Put your files into your Dropbox on one computer, and they will be instantly available on any of your other computers that you have installed Dropbox on. Because a copy of your files is stored on Dropboxs secure server ...



  • 96likes

    TeamViewer

    Free for personal use by TeamViewer GmbH |  WindowsMacOnline

    TeamViewer establishes connections to any PC or server all around the world within just a few seconds. You can remote control your partners PC as if you were sitting right in front of it. New features such as VoIP, we ...



  • 262likes

    Evernote

    Free by Evernote Corporation |  WindowsMacOnline

    Easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere. 3 version groups of Evernote: WebClipper (Online, ...



  • 88likes

    JDownloader

    Open Source |  WindowsMacLinux

    It simplifies downloading files from One-Click-Hosters like Rapidshare.com or Megaupload.com, not only for users with a premium account but also for users who dont pay. It offers downloading in multiple paralell streams, ...



  • 535likes

    VLC media player

    Open Source by VideoLAN |  WindowsMacLinux

    VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player supporting most audio and video formats (H.264, Ogg, DivX, MKV, TS, MPEG-2, mp3, MPEG-4, aac, ...) from files, physical media (DVDs, VCD, Audio-CD), TV capture card ...



  • 33likes

    OmniGraffle

    Commercial by The Omni Group |  Mac

    Need a diagram, process chart, quick page-layout, website mockup or graphic design? OmniGraffle 5 handles all of these in one award-winning application. We're not just a pretty interface, however. There's plenty of power ...



  • 137likes

    Spotify

    Free with limited functionality by Spotify |  WindowsMac

    Spotify is a new way to enjoy music. Simply download and install, before you know it you’ll be singing along to the genre, artist or song of your choice. With Spotify you are never far away from the song you want. The fr ...



  • 221likes

    Adobe Photoshop

    Commercial by Adobe |  WindowsMac

    Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems. It is the current and primary market leader for commercial bitmap and image manipulation, and is the flagship product of Adobe Syste ...



  • 47likes

    TOR

    Open Source by The Tor Project Inc. |  WindowsMacLinux

    Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security kn ...



  • 38likes

    Tweetie

    Free with limited functionality by atebits |  Mac

    A very polished application to manage multiple Twitter-accounts on your mac. This native OS X application is an offspring from the very popular iPhone version with the same name. There is a free verison that contain a fe ...



  • 60likes

    XBMC Media center

    Open Source by Team XBMC |  WindowsMacLinux

    XBMC is an award winning media center application for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and XBox. The ultimate hub for all your media, XBMC is easy to use, looks slick, and has a large helpful community.



  • 240likes

    Songbird

    Open Source by Pioneers of the Inevitable |  WindowsMacLinux

    Songbird is an open-source customizable music player thats under active development. It is based on the Mozilla platform and the ability to customize the program is huge. Loads of add-ons available!



  • 28likes

    SugarSync

    Free with limited functionality by SharpCast |  WindowsMacOnline

    Synchronize, backup and access remote files, photos, and music across PC and Mac, view only on Windows Mobile phones. Remotely access files and perform online data backup, but not from Windows Mobile device. Has mobile ...



  • 102likes

    LogMeIn

    Free for personal use by LogMeIn Inc. |  WindowsMacOnline

    LogMeIn Free gives you remote control of your PC or Mac from any other computer with an Internet connection: 2-minute set-up & 100% free, if you do not need file transfer, remote sound or printing. For these purposes ...



  • 34likes

    Google Sketchup

    Free by Google |  WindowsMac

    Google SketchUp is software that you can use to create 3D models of anything you like. Sketchup is available in both free and commercial versions.



  • 206likes

    Picasa

    Free by Google |  WindowsMacLinuxOnline

    Picasa is a software download from Google, that helps you organize, edit, and share your photos. The local application usage and the online storage up to 1 GB is free, and it is easy to use. The online version is called ...



  • 237likes

    Last.fm

    Free with limited functionality by Last.fm Ltd. |  WindowsMacLinuxOnline

    Last.fm is a music community website, founded in 2002, using a recommandation system called "Audioscrobbler" to build a detailed profile of each user by scrobbling which enables them to create radiostations jus ...