I originally planned to release this second part of the Reader’s Choice Best Free Software survey results back in June, but held off because the summer slowdown kicked in and I realized it wouldn’t receive the attention it deserves. Part 1 of the reader survey covered 10 of the 20 application categories. Below you’ll find the list of top-rated apps in the second set of 10 software categories.
Backup Software
SnapBackup placed at the top of a crowded field of 174 backup applications with 13% of reader’s survey votes. Snap Backup might rate as the ugliest app in the survey, with it’s Windows 3.1 icon, but the important thing is that it works. You define what to backup and SnapBackup handles the heavy lifting.
See other popular free backup software
Instant Messaging
Windows Live Messenger came in tops in the instant messaging category with 22% of reader votes, despite only working with the MSN and Yahoo contact lists...
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Windows only (running Google Desktop): If you want access to your Gmail on your desktop (literally) without running a full-blown email client, now you can download the Gmail Google Desktop gadget. You’ll need the free Google Desktop software installed first, and then you can dock your Gmail gadget to the desktop to read, search, send, and star messages. The Gmail gadget offers the same keyboard shortcuts that web-based Gmail offers, too. You can even open multiple instances of the gadge... more
Utilizan Google Desktop para Windows? Entonces les gustará saber que ahora, Google ha sacado un nuevo Gadget, que por fin nos permite ver Gmail directamente en nuestro escritorio. Esto lo hace, definitivamente, una de las maneras más rápidas de acceder a nuestro Gmail, continuamente.
Todas las funciones básicas como leer los mails, buscarlos y, por supuesto, enviarlos, se mantienen intactas. Además, podemos marcar con estrella los mensajes, utilizar los mismos atajos de teclado.
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Windows only (running Google Desktop): If you want access to your Gmail on your desktop (literally) without running a full-blown email client, now you can download the Gmail Google Desktop gadget. You’ll need the free Google Desktop software installed first, and then you can dock your Gmail gadget to the desktop to read, search, send, and star messages. The Gmail gadget offers the same keyboard shortcuts that web-based Gmail offers, too. You can even open multiple instances of the gadge... more
Ran hijack this and below is the text file generated. Sorry if not posted properly.
Browser was hijacked a couple of weeks ago ... cleaned system with various free programs and hijacking seems to be gone but now google chrome won’t work, google installer error pops up every hour or so, and everything is much slower.
Appreciate any help.
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 1:11:25 PM, on 01/12/2008
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
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Stainless is a multi-purpose browser fand OS X inspired (accandding to its developers) by Google Chrome. The early beta version (0.4) available fand download wandks only with 10.5 (Leopard) and appears to be a fun side project fand the engineers at Mesa Dynamics , who developed Stainless to leverage multi-processing technologies they developed fand one of their other products, Hypercube .
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Google heeft officieel aangekondigd dat Chrome straks de mogelijkheid tot extensies zal krijgen. Het gebrek aan extensies is op dit moment het grootste minpunt van Chrome. Extensies zijn juist het grote voordeel van concurrent Firefox; vooral de AdBlock-extensie is voor veel mensen onmisbaar. ... more
The move gives Google’s Web browser the same level of third-
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