Browser & Internet Tools

AVG Link Scanner

2009-04-22T02:48:00.000-07:00

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There are millions of poisoned web pages out there. They can live on familiar, big-name sites – and they can come and go within hours. Just clicking on one can get you into trouble. You can end up losing your money, your identity and your most precious digital memories.

AVG LinkScanner checks each web page in real-time before it opens on your PC. If it sees trouble ahead, it stops you. It’s quick and easy to install, runs smoothly alongside other major brands of security software and it’s free, forever.

ExitReality

2008-12-15T06:39:00.000-08:00

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ExitReality is a free internet plug-in that allows anyone to view every web page in 3D.

ExitReality is a new technology that has made the entire Internet 3D. By creating an instant 3D world from any web page, ExitReality adds a new dimension to the Internet. And this new universe of inter-connected worlds expands even beyond 2D to include thousands of innovative 3D places and games created over the past decade, and now ready to be explored.

It's an opportunity for any Internet user to connect with friends, meet new people with the same interests, and create a virtual home. An easy decoration tool allows anyone to build a unique 3D version of their website or social network page for everyone to see and friends and others to visit - see them, wave to them and chat to them with 3D avatar multi-user chat. Open standards mean any business or 3D designer can create places and worlds that can be visited with ExitReality, and things, widgets, gadgets and other applications that can be used to decorate 3D web spaces.

Compatible with Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome Internet browsers, ExitReality includes a 3D search engine, which gives the user access to the biggest repository of 3D objects and worlds on the Internet. It's free and easy to get started. After a quick 3.7MB download, the ExitReality Internet browser plug-in is installed and a button with the ExitReality logo appears on the browser. Visit any web page and click on this button to convert the 2D webpage instantly into a 3D place.

Google Pack

2008-11-02T03:09:00.000-08:00

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Google Pack is a software package that allows users to discover, install, and maintain a number of application programs. It was announced at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show, on January 6. Google Pack is currently only available for Windows XP and Vista. Some industry observers claimed that the release was little more than a collection of software "that Google's wrapped a rubber band around".

The software applications available vary based on which language and locale is selected, and operating system. The U.S. Windows XP version of Google Pack offers all of the current applications listed below.

Google-branded
* Google Desktop
* Picasa, a photograph organizer and editor
* Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer
* Google Photos Screensaver, which displays pictures from the user's computers
* Google Earth, an electronic globe
* Google Talk, an instant messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) application
* Google Video Player, a multi-media player, now withdrawn

Third-party
* Mozilla Firefox with Google Toolbar
* Spyware Doctor Starter Edition
* Norton Security Scan
* Adobe Reader 8, a document viewer
* RealPlayer, a multi-media player
* GalleryPlayer
* Skype, a VoIP application
* StarOffice, a productivity suite that includes a word processor and spreadsheet

Firefox

2008-11-02T02:52:00.000-08:00

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The award-winning Web browser is better than ever. Browse the Web with confidence. Firefox protects you from viruses, spyware and pop-ups.

Enjoy improvements to performance, ease of use and privacy. It's easy to import your favorites and settings and get started.

The latest version delivers easier navigation for everyone, including those who are visually or motor-impaired. Firefox is the first browser to support DHTML accessibility, which, when enabled by Web authors, allows rich Web applications to be read aloud. Users may navigate with keystrokes rather than mouse clicks, reducing the tabbing required to navigate documents such as spreadsheets. Firefox is also the first browser to meet US federal government requirements that software be easily accessible to users with physical impairments.

Google Chrome

2008-11-02T02:51:00.000-08:00

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Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

One box for everything

Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages.

Thumbnails of your top sites

Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab.

Shortcuts for your apps

Get desktop shortcuts to launch your favorite web applications.

For information about alpha and developer builds, check out this link.

Flash Player

2008-11-02T02:50:00.001-08:00

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Adobe Flash Player is the high performance, lightweight, highly expressive client runtime that delivers powerful and consistent user experiences across major operating systems, browsers, mobile phones and devices. Installed on over 750 million Internet-connected desktops and mobile devices, Flash Player enables organizations and individuals to build and deliver great digital experiences to their end users.

* Immersive experiences with Flash video, content and applications with full-screen mode.
* Low-bandwidth, high-quality video with advanced compression technology.
* High-fidelity text using the advanced text rendering engine.
* Real-time dynamic effects with filters for Blur, DropShadow, Glow, Bevel, Gradient Glow, Gradient Bevel, Displacement Map, Convolution, and Color Matrix.
* Innovative media compositions with 8-bit video alpha channels.
* Blend modes, radial gradient, and stroke enhancements.
* Additional image formats: GIF, Progressive JPEG, and PNG.

Flash Player 10.0.12.36 (IE)
Flash Player 10.0.12.36 (Non-IE)

Thunderbird

2008-11-02T02:50:00.000-08:00

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Thunderbird is a great email client from the same people who brought you the Firefox browser.

Thunderbird gives you IMAP/POP support, a built-in RSS reader, support for HTML mail, powerful quick search, saved search folders, advanced message filtering, message grouping, labels, return receipts, smart address book LDAP address completion, import tools, and the ability to manage multiple e-mail and newsgroup accounts.

Full-Featured Email
Junk Mail Filters
Anti-Phishing Protection
Advanced Security
Automatic Updates

Spamihilator

2008-11-02T02:46:00.000-08:00

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Spamihilator works between your E-Mail client and the Internet and examines every incoming E-Mail. Useless spam mails (Junk) will be filtered out. This process runs completely in the background.

The new Learning Filter (Bayesian Filter) uses the rules of Thomas Bayes (English mathematician, 18th century) and calculates a certain Spam-Probability for every E-Mail. You can train this filter! So it will know your messages even better than you. Hence the recognition rate will continuously increase.

In addition Spamihilator uses a Word-Filter, that searches messages for known keywords.

Of course, Spamihilator supports Plugins. These useful additional filters protect your system against annoying spam mails.

The program works with almost every E-Mail client, such as Outlook 2000/XP/2003/Express, Eudora, Mozilla, Netscape, IncrediMail, Pegasus Mail, Phoenix Mail, Opera, etc...

Google Web Accelerator

2008-11-02T02:45:00.000-08:00

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Google Web Accelerator is an application that uses the power of Google's global computer network to make web pages load faster. Google Web Accelerator is easy to use; all you have to do is download and install it, and from then on many web pages will automatically load faster than before.

Google Web Accelerator uses various strategies to make your web pages load faster, including:

Sending your page requests through Google machines dedicated to handling Google Web Accelerator traffic.
Storing copies of frequently looked at pages to make them quickly accessible.
Downloading only the updates if a web page has changed slightly since you last viewed it.
Prefetching certain pages onto your computer in advance.
Managing your Internet connection to reduce delays.
Compressing data before sending it to your computer.

Internet Explorer

2008-11-02T02:44:00.000-08:00

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Internet Explorer includes advancements in security and browsing experience for end users, functionality and compatibility for developers, and manageability for corporate network administrators.

Internet Explorer provides improved navigation through tabbed browsing, web search right from the toolbar, advanced printing, easy discovery, reading and subscription to RSS feeds, and much more.

MailWasher

2008-11-02T02:43:00.000-08:00

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Introducing MailWasher, a leader in anti spam software, the easiest way to check and manage your e-mails before you download them.

MailWasher is free to use and won't ever expire.

Use this powerful anti spam software, a reliable spam blocker, that will effectively stop email spam. Discover the safe way to stop unwanted e-mails before they get to your computer.

No gimmicks here, it is so easy to set up and use that you'll be managing your email like a pro in seconds. It can even be used as an effective privacy tool.

Delete unwanted e-mails before you download the whole message.
Blacklist any e-mails you bounce back get their senders details put on the blacklist for easy removal if they come back.
Add your friends email addresses to MailWasher and they will always be recognised. You can even hide your friends from the screen so the spam is easy to recognise.
Easily preview the message in your email to see what the sender has to say before downloading it. Just double click on the message.
Bounce back unwanted e-mails so it looks as if your email address is not valid.

Eudora

2008-11-02T02:32:00.000-08:00

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Eudora is the best email program for people who get lots of email. If you're not one of those people now, you will be soon. So, take control of your email before it takes control of you. Eudora is more than a way to send and receive messages - it's a powerful email management tool with features to increase your productivity and enhance your communications.

ScamWatch combats "phishing" schemes that use disguised URL's to gather personal information. Eudora now detects if the URL in the link differs suspiciously from the host name and warns you to exercise caution before making the connection.

Version 8 of is now open source and based on Thunderbird. The Penelope project's intention is to join the Eudora® user experience with the Mozilla platform. We intend to produce a version of Eudora that is open source and based on Mozilla and Thunderbird. It's *not* our intention to compete with Thunderbird; rather, we want to complement it.

We are committed to both preserving the Eudora user experience and to maintaining maximum compatibility, for both developers and users, with Thunderbird. It is our goal to build a single development community around Thunderbird and Eudora, so that both mailers advance faster than they previously have.

Silverlight

2008-11-02T02:17:00.000-08:00

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Microsoft® Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web. Silverlight offers a flexible programming model that supports AJAX, VB, C#, Python, and Ruby, and integrates with existing Web applications.

Silverlight supports fast, cost-effective delivery of high-quality video to all major browsers running on the Mac OS or Windows.

Shockwave Player

2008-11-02T02:14:00.000-08:00

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The Shockwave player allows you to play dazzling 3D games and entertainment, interactive product demonstrations and online learning applications.

Shockwave Player displays Web content that has been created by Macromedia Director.

This version is suitable for both IE and Firefox.

SeaMonkey

2008-11-02T02:11:00.000-08:00

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SeaMonkey is a web-browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple -- all your Internet needs in one application.

The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to deliver production-quality releases of code derived from the application formerly known as "Mozilla Application Suite". Whereas the main focus of the Mozilla Foundation is on Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird, our group of dedicated volunteers works to ensure that you can have "everything but the kitchen sink" and have it stable enough for corporate use.

Safari

2008-11-02T02:09:00.000-08:00

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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, up to 2 times faster than Internet Explorer.

The fastest web browser on any platform, Safari loads pages up to 2 times faster than Internet Explorer 7 and up to 1.6 times faster than Firefox 2.

And it executes JavaScript up to 2.8 times faster than Internet Explorer 7 and up to 1.6 times faster than Firefox 2. What does all that mean for you? Less time loading pages and more time enjoying them.

Opera

2008-11-02T02:07:00.000-08:00

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A full-featured Internet browser, Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. And because we know that our users have different needs, you can customize the look and content of your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse.

Tabbed browsing and pop-up blocking
Opera integrated search
Integrated search
Improved security
Password manager
Opera skins
Customization
Integrated voice features
Full support for Gmail
Atom newsfeeds
First Web browser to natively support Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)

Netscape

2008-11-02T02:03:00.000-08:00

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Netscape began by trying to make an Internet that users found easy to use. Today we offer integrations of intuitive digital tools, innovative attractions and infinite media content. Netscape Browser provides more security options, streamlines more standard browsing tasks and arms internet users with more timesaving solutions to their browsing needs.

Security Center
Quickly view the status of security protection provided by the Netscape Browser. The browser will automatically let you know when there is a problem.

Spyware & Adware Protection
The Netscape Browser provides real time Spyware scanning when you download files from the web. You may also run memory and disk scans for Spyware protection and prevention.

Real-Time Feeds
The Netscape Browser takes the mystery out of Real Simple Syndication (RSS) and allows you to read and manage RSS feeds without the need of a separate news reader application.

Profiles
Create more than one profile to keep your bookmarks and passcards safe from other users. If you have a family, create a profile for your children and make use of the parental controls feature.

Tabbed Browsing
Tabbed browsing lets you have multiple web pages open in one window. This feature is great for organizing and freeing up desktop space because it files your web pages in a series of tabs.

Site Controls
The new Netscape Browser gives you more ways to make your browser secure.

MultiBar
MultiBars let you customize up to ten different browser toolbars you can access with a single click.

Form Fill/Passcard
The Netscape Browser makes remembering your site passwords and filling out information forms on site simple.

Live Content
With Live Content you have one-click access to information important to you.

Maxthon

2008-11-02T02:02:00.000-08:00

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Maxthon Internet Browser software is a powerful tabbed browser with a highly customizable interface. It is based on the Internet Explorer browser engine (your most likely current web browser) which means that what works in the IE browser will work the same in Maxthon tabbed browser but with many additional efficient features like...

Tabbed Browsing Interface
Mouse Gestures
Super Drag&Drop
Privacy Protection
AD Hunter
RSS Reader
IE Extensions Support
External Utility Bar
Skinning

K-Meleon

2008-11-02T01:59:00.000-07:00

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K-Meleon is an extremely fast, customizable, lightweight web browser for the win32 (Windows) platform based on the Gecko layout engine (the rendering engine of Mozilla). K-Meleon is free, open source software released under the GNU General Public License.

Choose Your Desired Bookmarking System
"Tabbed" Browsing
Mouse Gestures
Complete Toolbar, Menu, Context Menu, & Keyboard Shortcut Customization
Block Popup Windows
Fast Load Time
Easy Web Searching
Themes & Skins
Macros

Google Toolbar For Firefox

2008-11-02T01:51:00.000-07:00

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Keep the power of Google search close at hand. Google Toolbar puts a search box in your browser, making it easier than ever to find anything you want on the Web.

The version available here is for Firefox only. An Internet Explorer version is also available from Browsers and Plugins.

Main Features

Google Safe Browsing
Subscribe to Feed
Send with Gmail
Custom Layouts
AutoLink
AutoFill
WordTranslator
SpellCheck
PageRank Display
Highlight Search Terms
Word Find Buttons
Auto Update

Google Toolbar For IE Beta

2008-11-02T01:46:00.000-07:00

The version available here is for Internet Explorer only. A Firefox version is also available from Browsers and Plugins.

Main Features

Popup Blocker: Make surfing the web easier by stopping annoying popups.
AutoFill: Automatically fill in a form with the click of a button.
BlogThis: Create a weblog post pointing to the page you are visiting.
Country Search: Restrict your search to pages located in a specific country.
Google Search: Access Google's search technology from any web page.
Search Site: Search only the pages of the site you're visiting.
PageRank: See Google's ranking of the current page.
Page Info: Access more information about a page including similar pages, pages that link back to that page, as well as a cached snapshot.
Highlight: Highlight your search terms as they appear on the page; each word in its own color.
Word Find: Find your search terms wherever they appear on the page.
SpellCheck - Check your spelling whenever you type in web forms.
WordTranslator - Translate English words into other languages.
AutoLink (US only) - Turn street addresses into links to online maps.

Google Desktop

2008-11-02T01:43:00.000-07:00

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Google Desktop gives you easy access to information on your computer and from the web. It's a desktop search application that provides full text search over your email, computer files, music, photos, chats and web pages that you've viewed. By making your computer searchable, Google Desktop puts your information easily within your reach and frees you from having to manually organize your files, emails and bookmarks. It makes searching your computer as easy as searching the web with Google.

Google Desktop doesn't just help you search your computer; it also helps you gather new information from the web with Sidebar, a new desktop feature that shows you your new email, weather and stock information, personalized news and RSS/Atom feeds, and more. Sidebar is personalized automatically, without any manual configuration required (though you can certainly make your own customizations if you want to).

Flock

2008-11-02T01:37:00.000-07:00

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Flock is a free web browser that makes it easier than ever to share photos, stay up-to-date with news from your favorite sites, and search the Web.

Flock is built on fast and secure Mozilla technologies. Share photos, get your news, blog freely, and search your world with Flock. Flock makes it easier than ever for you to connect with your friends. Download the first beta and let us know what you think.

When you use Flock to do something cool, you're a Flockstar. It could be anything you want to share with your friends or the world: a photo of your new ride or a song your band just recorded.

Avant Browser

2008-11-02T01:18:00.000-07:00

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Avant Browser is a standalone application designed to expand features provided by Internet Explorer.

It adds a bunch of features and functionalities to IE and its user-friendly interface brings a new level of clarity and efficiency to your browsing experience, and frequent upgrades have steadily improved its reliability.

Avant Browser is freeware. That's right. 100% Free! No cost to you ever. No limitations. No Adware. No Spyware. You can donate if you want, but it's certainly not required.

Flash Animation Filter
Built-in AD/Pop-up Blocker
Built-in RSS/ATOM Reader.
Additional Mouse Functions
Multi-Window Browsing
Real Full Screen Mode and Alternative Full Desktop mode
Built-in Search Engine
Full IE Compatibility
Control Your Privacy
No security holes
Safe Recovery
Skins
Available in 41 languages

Adobe Air

2008-11-02T01:15:00.000-07:00

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The Adobe AIR runtime lets developers use proven web technologies to build rich Internet applications that deploy to the desktop and run across operating systems.

Adobe AIR offers an exciting new way to engage customers with innovative, branded desktop applications, without requiring changes to existing technology, people, or processes.

From shopping on eBay to managing music, Adobe AIR means applications that are easier, more powerful, and more fun to use.