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Featured Applications



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    Dropbox

    Free with limited functionality by Dropbox |  WindowsMacLinuxiPhoneAndroidWin mobileOnline

    A Dropbox is a special folder that syncs across multiple computers+smartphones. Put your files into your Dropbox on one computer, and the files will become instantly available on all of your other computers. You can also ...



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    JDownloader

    Open Source by AppWork UG |  WindowsMacLinux

    JDownloader simplifies and improves the process of downloading files from "free" file hosting sites like Rapidshare or Megaupload. JDownloader offers downloading in multiple parallel streams, CAPTCHA recognitio ...



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    Grooveshark

    Free with limited functionality by Escape Media Group |  WindowsMacLinuxiPhoneAndroidPalm PreBlackberryOnline

    Grooveshark is a free, internationally available music streaming service and music recommendation application. It allows users to stream, search for, and upload music that can be played immediately, free of charge.



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    TeamViewer

    Free for personal use by TeamViewer GmbH |  WindowsMacLinuxiPhoneOnline

    TeamViewer lets you establish a connection to any PC or server within just a few seconds. You can remote control the PC of your partner as if you were sitting right in front of it. New features such as VoIP, webcam an ...



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    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 ...



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    Rhythmbox

    Open Source by GNOME |  Linux

    Rhythmbox is an audio player for Linux that plays and organizes digital music. Inspired by Apples iTunes, it is free software that is designed to work well under the GNOME Desktop using the GStreamer media framework.



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    GIMP

    Open Source by GIMP |  WindowsMacLinux

    GIMP is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch proces ...



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    TweetDeck

    Free by TweetDeck |  WindowsMacLinuxiPhone

    TweetDeck is an Adobe Air desktop application that is currently in public beta. It aims to evolve the existing functionality of Twitter by taking an abundance of information i.e twitter feeds, and breaking it down into m ...



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    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 ...



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    XBMC (Xbox 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.



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    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 ...



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    Last.fm

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

    Last.fm is a music community website that offers personalized internet radio, using a recommendation system called "Audioscrobbler" to build a detailed profile of users based on their music tastes and interests ...



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    Handbrake

    Open Source by HandBrake Team |  WindowsMacLinux

    HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows. Supported Sources: * Any DVD-like source: VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD ...



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    SpiderOak

    Free with limited functionality by Spideroak |  WindowsMacLinuxOnline

    SpiderOak provides an easy, secure and consolidated free online backup, storage, access, sharing & sync* tool for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Ubuntu, Debian & Fedora). SpiderOak offers a different approach to o ...



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    Transmission

    Open Source by Transmission Project |  MacLinux

    Transmission has the features you expect in a BitTorrent client: encryption, a web-based interface, peer exchange, UPnP and NAT-PMP port forwarding, web seed support, watch directories, tracker editing, global and per-to ...



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    LastPass

    Free by LastPass Corp |  WindowsMacLinuxiPhoneAndroidWin mobileS60BlackberryOnline

    Lastpass is a secure browser based password manager. With LastPass you can: Create strong passwords, knowing you only have to remember one. Log into your favorite sites with a single click. Fill forms in a second. Access ...



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    Redmine

    Open Source by Redmine |  WindowsMacLinuxOnline

    Redmine is a flexible project management web application. Written using Ruby on Rails framework, it is cross-platform and cross-database. It integrates with a number of different SCM:s including Subversion and Git. It ...



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    Tomboy

    Open Source by Alex Graveley |  WindowsMacLinux

    Have you ever felt the frustration at not being able to locate a website you wanted to check out, or find an email you found interesting, or remember an idea about the direction of the political landscape in post-industr ...



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    Skype

    Free by Skype Limited |  WindowsMacLinuxiPhoneAndroidJavaS60

    Skype is a proprietary software application that offers free Skype-to-Skype calls and low-cost local, national and international calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones. Additional features includ ...



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    Pidgin

    Open Source by Pidgin |  WindowsLinux

    Pidgin is an easy to use, multi-protocol chat client client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, XMPP, and more chat networks all at once. It has built-in support for NSS, offering client-to-server message encry ...



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    Boxee

    Free for personal use by Boxee Team |  WindowsMacLinux

    Boxee is a media center for your home theater. It compiles media from your computer and on the internet into a simple, remote-control friendly user interface. Boxee includes built-in social media features, so you can see ...