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MediaMonkey 3.0.0.1105

Freeware

Music manager and media jukebox for serious music collectors and iPod users. It catalogues your CDs, OGG, WMA, MPC, FLAC, APE, WAV and MP3 audio files. MediaMonkey looks up missing album art and track information via Freedb and the web.

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

Pidgin for Windows 2.3

Freeware

Multi-platform instant messaging program. You can talk to your friends using AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger. Pidgin can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously.

Requires: Windows XP or Vista

Miro 1.0

Freeware

With the increasing popularity of broadband, video on the web has never been easier to enjoy. Websites like YouTube can be a little hit and miss so the Miro player offers a more specific way to enjoy the videos you want. Miro organises videos into feeds, much like an RSS player and there are lots of feeds that can be added to the list.

Requires: Windows 2000, XP or Vista

MediaPortal 0.3.2.0

Freeware

Turning your PC / TV into a very advanced Media Center. MediaPortal allows you to listen to your favourite music and radio, watch and store your videos and DVDs, view, schedule and record live TV as a digital video recorder.

Requires: Windows 98SE, 2000, Me or XP

Microsoft Windows Live Suite 1.0

Freeware

Suite of online/offline tools as part of their æLiveÆ experience. For instance, there is a Mail application thatÆs designed as a replacement for Outlook Express and, some would argue, even the email client shipped with Vista. Windows Live Messenger is a replacement for the old MSN Messenger.

Requires: Windows XP or Vista

Mozilla Firefox 3 beta 1

Freeware

The first public preview of the forthcoming Firefox 3. Improvements include the way it will render web pages through the browser. Note that further improvements and new features will be included within Firefox 3.0 as it is being developed. This 3.0 beta 1 (dubbed ôGran Paradisoö) is the first public preview and should for testing purposes only.

Requires: Windows 2000, XP or Vista