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Notepad++ 5.1

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. This ships with lots of useful tools, including colour coding.

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

PNotes 4.0.112

Freeware

Managing your day-to-day life is not an easy job to do. There are so many things to concern for - housekeeping, shopping, children... And what about cousin's birthday you always forget? Or important phone numbers? Undoubtedly your working place is covered with dusty yellow sticky notes.

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

TeamDrive 1.4 Basic Edition

Freeware

Technology that enables you to share files between a group of users and to make sure each user has an updated version of the file, automatically. You wonÆt need a server, further technology or anything else to make sure your authorised users gain access to your files.

Requires: Windows XP only

Notepad2 3.0.20

Freeware

Notepad is great for quickly editing text documents but it is basic and this can make it harder to use. Notepad2 aims to keep the simplicity of Notepad as far as possible but adds a host of very useful extras. There are instructions available on how to replace Windows Notepad with this more capable version.

Requires: Windows 2000, XP or Vista

Spicebird 0.7

Freeware

Aims to be a central collaboration tool that brings together elements of Mozilla Thunderbird and the standalone calendar Mozilla Sunbird, with other functionality, such as the facility to track your instant messaging contacts and a store for your contacts. It has a long way to go and this is still an early version.

Requires: Windows 2000, XP or Vista

Virtual Box 2.0.6

Freeware

If you want to test software on your computer, there's nothing safer than within a virtual environment. This is a free virtual OS manager from Sun that enables you to run another copy of Windows, Linux and many other operating systes on top of your existing OS.

Requires: Windows 98SE, 2000, Me or XP