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Firefox

Company / developer:
  Mozilla Foundation

Firefox 3

The Web is all about innovation, and Firefox 3 sets the pace with dozens of new features, including the smart location bar, one-click bookmarking and blindingly fast performance.

Mozilla Firefox (abbreviated officially as Fx, but also commonly as FF) is a free web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite, managed by the Mozilla Corporation. Firefox had 19.03% of the recorded usage share of web browsers as of June 2008, making it the second-most popular browser in current use worldwide, after Internet Explorer.

Firefox uses the free Gecko layout engine, which implements some current web standards plus a few features which are intended to anticipate likely additions to the standards.

Firefox includes tabbed browsing, a spell checker, incremental find, live bookmarking, a download manager, and an integrated search system that uses the user's desired search engine. Functions can be added through around 2,000 add-ons created by third-party developers,the most popular of which include NoScript (script blocker), Tab Mix Plus (adds many customizable options to tabs), FoxyTunes (controls music players), Adblock Plus (ad blocker), StumbleUpon (website discovery), DownThemAll! (download functions) and Web Developer (web tools).

Firefox runs on various versions of Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and many other Unix-like operating systems. Its current stable release is version 3.0, released on June 17, 2008.Firefox's source code is free software, released under a tri-license GPL/LGPL/MPL.

Microsoft Office

Company / developer:
  Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Office

To make it easy to get the features and capabilities that will help your organization meet its challenges, Microsoft offers a variety of Office suites to address a diverse range of needs. Whether you are a home user or work for a multinational corporation, the 2007 Microsoft Office system has a suite to help you and your organization work more effectively.

Microsoft Office

Company / developer:
  Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Office

To make it easy to get the features and capabilities that will help your organization meet its challenges, Microsoft offers a variety of Office suites to address a diverse range of needs. Whether you are a home user or work for a multinational corporation, the 2007 Microsoft Office system has a suite to help you and your organization work more effectively.

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Company / developer:
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Audacity

Company / developer:
  Audacity

This editor can record and play sounds and import and export WAV, AIFF, MP3, and OGG files. Edit your sounds using cut, copy, and paste features (with unlimited undo functionality), mix tracks, or apply effects to your recordings. The program also has a built-in amplitude-envelope editor, a customizable spectrogram mode, and a frequency-analysis window for audio-analysis applications. Built-in effects include bass boost, wah wah, and noise removal, and the program also supports VST plug-in effects.

Version 1.2.6 enables FLAC support and contains some bug fixes.

Features

This is a list of features in Audacity, the free audio editor.

Recording

Audacity can record live audio through a microphone or mixer, or digitize recordings from cassette tapes, vinyl records, or minidiscs. With some sound cards, it can also capture streaming audio.

• Record from microphone, line input, or other sources.
• Dub over existing tracks to create multi-track recordings.
• Record up to 16 channels at once (requires multi-channel hardware).
• Level meters can monitor volume levels before, during, and after recording.

Import and Export

Import sound files, edit them, and combine them with other files or new recordings. Export your recordings in several common file formats.

• Import and export WAV, AIFF, AU, and Ogg Vorbis files.
• Import MPEG audio (including MP2 and MP3 files) with libmad.
• Export MP3s with the optional LAME encoder library.
• Create WAV or AIFF files suitable for burning to CD.
• Import and export all file formats supported by libsndfile.
• Open raw (headerless) audio files using the “Import Raw” command.
• Note: Audacity does not currently support WMA, AAC, or most other proprietary or restricted file formats.

Editing

• Easy editing with Cut, Copy, Paste, and Delete.
• Use unlimited Undo (and Redo) to go back any number of steps.
• Very fast editing of large files.
• Edit and mix an unlimited number of tracks.
• Use the Drawing tool to alter individual sample points.
• Fade the volume up or down smoothly with the Envelope tool.

Effects

• Change the pitch without altering the tempo, or vice-versa.
• Remove static, hiss, hum, or other constant background noises.
• Alter frequencies with Equalization, FFT Filter, and Bass Boost effects.
• Adjust volumes with Compressor, Amplify, and Normalize effects.
• Other built-in effects include:
  • Echo
  • Phaser
  • Wahwah
  • Reverse

Sound Quality

• Record and edit 16-bit, 24-bi

Adobe Acrobat

Company / developer:
  Adobe Systems Incorporated

Adobe® Acrobat® Professional

Adobe® Acrobat® Professional software enables business professionals to reliably create, combine, and control Adobe PDF documents for easy, more secure distribution, collaboration, and forms data collection.

Why Acrobat Professional?

Reliably share professional documents
Prepare polished PDF files so that virtually anyone, anywhere can view them exactly as you intended.

Streamline forms and document reviews
Easily gather information and comments from colleagues, extended teams, and customers.

Protect documents to reduce risk
Control documents to help secure information from unintended access and use.

Maxthon

Company / developer:
  Maxthon International Limited.

Maxthon

Maxthon Combo (Formerly MyIE2) is a powerful multi-page browser based on the IE core (IE5.x or IE 6.0 required). It can open multiple web pages in just one window.

Maxthon Combo is a web browser that helps you to navigate over the internet.

And it only takes a little system resource when surfing with a greatly integrated user interface. It also supports special Plug-Ins & IE Extensions to let you have an enjoyable surfing experience.

MPQ is an archiving file format used in several of Blizzard Entertainment's games.

MPQs used in Blizzard's games generally contain a game's data files (including graphics, sounds, and level data). The format's capabilities include compression, encryption, file segmentation, extensible file metadata, cryptographic signature and the ability to store multiple versions of the same file for internationalization and platform-specific differences. MPQ archives can use a variety of compression algorithms which may also be combined.

Total Commander

Company / developer:
  C. Ghisler & Co., Switzerland

Total Commander is a file manager for Windows, a program like Windows Explorer to copy, move or delete files. However, Total Commander can do much more than Explorer, e.g. pack and unpack files, access ftp servers, compare files by content, etc!

General features:

• Both 32 bit and 16 bit versions available!
• Long filenames in Windows 95/98 and Windows NT (16 and 32-bit version)!
• Direct access to Network Neighbourhood
• Supports Drag & Drop with Explorer/the Desktop etc.
• Command line for starting of programs with parameters, simply by typing the program name or by pressing CTRL+ENTER or CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER.
• Configurable button bar and Start menu (User-defined commands) to place your frequently used DOS or Windows programs into a drop-down menu. The actual directory and/or the file under the cursor can be delivered to the application.
• Configurable main menu.
• Built in file viewer (Lister) to view files of ANY SIZE in hex, binary or text format, using either the ASCII- (DOS) or the ANSI- (Windows) character set. The line width and font size can now be changed. You can even view files inside archives! New: Support for Unicode UTF-8 format.
• Bitmap viewer in Lister, additional formats through Irfanview (see addons).
• HTML- and Unicode-Viewer in Lister.
• Parallel port transfer function (direct cable connection), works between Win95/98/NT/2000/3.1 and DOS!
• Thumnbails view shows preview images in file lists.
• Custom columns view allow to show additional file details.
• Multi-rename tool to rename many files with specific rules, or by editing the names in a text editor
• Total Commander comes in the following languages: English, German, French, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Spanish, Czech, Russian, Polish, Hungarian, and now also Hebrew, Greek, Afrikaans, Catalan, Turkish and Ukrainian!
• The help is available in English, German and French (separately).

File handling:

• Extended copying, moving, renaming and deleting of entire trees (Enables deleting "full" directories).
• Compare files by content, now with built-in text editor.
• Synchronize directories (with subdirs), or a directory with a ZIP file.
• Encode/Decode files in UUE, XXE and MIME format.
• Split/Combine big files.
• Search for duplicate files.
• Show/select files with specific search pattern, size, date or contents.
• Restore selection as it was before the last file operation (NUM /).
• Enhanced search function with full text search in any files across multiple drives, even inside archives.
• Multi-rename tool: Allows to rename multiple files in one step (Hotkey: Ctrl+M)
• Overwrite dialog allows to show preview images and custom fields
• Work with Windows Vista user rights model (user account protection)

FTP client:

• Built-in FTP client supports most public FTP servers, and some mainframes
• FTP and WWW proxies for FTP connections; new also SOCKS4+5.
• FXP: Send files directly from one remote server to another.
• Resume aborted downloads.
• Add files to download list (through context menu) and download later.
• Download in the background (separate thread).

Archive handling:

• Archives are handled like subdirectories. You can easily copy files to and from archives. The appropriate archiving program is automatically called. pkzip, arj, lha, rar, ace and uc2 are all supported.
• Built-in ZIP-compatible packer, supports long filenames! This packer is based on ZLIB by Info-Zip.
• Internal unpackers for ZIP, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ,CAB, RAR and ACE formats.
• Additional packers can be added as plugins.
• Pack large archives in the background (separate thread).
• Copy files directly from one archive to another.

Total Commander

Company / developer:
  C. Ghisler & Co., Switzerland

Total Commander is a file manager for Windows, a program like Windows Explorer to copy, move or delete files. However, Total Commander can do much more than Explorer, e.g. pack and unpack files, access ftp servers, compare files by content, etc!

General features:

• Both 32 bit and 16 bit versions available!
• Long filenames in Windows 95/98 and Windows NT (16 and 32-bit version)!
• Direct access to Network Neighbourhood
• Supports Drag & Drop with Explorer/the Desktop etc.
• Command line for starting of programs with parameters, simply by typing the program name or by pressing CTRL+ENTER or CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER.
• Configurable button bar and Start menu (User-defined commands) to place your frequently used DOS or Windows programs into a drop-down menu. The actual directory and/or the file under the cursor can be delivered to the application.
• Configurable main menu.
• Built in file viewer (Lister) to view files of ANY SIZE in hex, binary or text format, using either the ASCII- (DOS) or the ANSI- (Windows) character set. The line width and font size can now be changed. You can even view files inside archives! New: Support for Unicode UTF-8 format.
• Bitmap viewer in Lister, additional formats through Irfanview (see addons).
• HTML- and Unicode-Viewer in Lister.
• Parallel port transfer function (direct cable connection), works between Win95/98/NT/2000/3.1 and DOS!
• Thumnbails view shows preview images in file lists.
• Custom columns view allow to show additional file details.
• Multi-rename tool to rename many files with specific rules, or by editing the names in a text editor
• Total Commander comes in the following languages: English, German, French, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Spanish, Czech, Russian, Polish, Hungarian, and now also Hebrew, Greek, Afrikaans, Catalan, Turkish and Ukrainian!
• The help is available in English, German and French (separately).

File handling:

• Extended copying, moving, renaming and deleting of entire trees (Enables deleting "full" directories).
• Compare files by content, now with built-in text editor.
• Synchronize directories (with subdirs), or a directory with a ZIP file.
• Encode/Decode files in UUE, XXE and MIME format.
• Split/Combine big files.
• Search for duplicate files.
• Show/select files with specific search pattern, size, date or contents.
• Restore selection as it was before the last file operation (NUM /).
• Enhanced search function with full text search in any files across multiple drives, even inside archives.
• Multi-rename tool: Allows to rename multiple files in one step (Hotkey: Ctrl+M)
• Overwrite dialog allows to show preview images and custom fields
• Work with Windows Vista user rights model (user account protection)

FTP client:

• Built-in FTP client supports most public FTP servers, and some mainframes
• FTP and WWW proxies for FTP connections; new also SOCKS4+5.
• FXP: Send files directly from one remote server to another.
• Resume aborted downloads.
• Add files to download list (through context menu) and download later.
• Download in the background (separate thread).

Archive handling:

• Archives are handled like subdirectories. You can easily copy files to and from archives. The appropriate archiving program is automatically called. pkzip, arj, lha, rar, ace and uc2 are all supported.
• Built-in ZIP-compatible packer, supports long filenames! This packer is based on ZLIB by Info-Zip.
• Internal unpackers for ZIP, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ,CAB, RAR and ACE formats.
• Additional packers can be added as plugins.
• Pack large archives in the background (separate thread).
• Copy files directly from one archive to another.

Microsoft Access

Company / developer:
  Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Access

Microsoft Access (current full name Microsoft Office Access) is a relational database management system from Microsoft, packaged with Microsoft Office Professional which combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface.

Microsoft Access can use data stored in Access/Jet, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, or any ODBC-compliant data container. Skilled software developers and data architects use it to develop powerful, complex application software. Relatively unskilled programmers and non-programmer "power users" can use it to build simple applications without having to deal with features they don't understand. It supports substantial object-oriented (OO) techniques but falls short of being a fully OO development tool.

Office Access 2007 introduces a few new file extensions:

• ACCDB The file extension for the new Office Access 2007 file format. This takes the place of the MDB file extension.
• ACCDE The file extension for Office Access 2007 files that are in "execute only" mode. ACCDE files have all Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) (Visual Basic for Applications (VBA): A macro-language version of Microsoft Visual Basic that is used to program Microsoft Windows-based applications and is included with several Microsoft programs.) source code removed. A user of an ACCDE file can only execute VBA code, not modify it. ACCDE takes the place of the MDE file extension.
• ACCDT The file extension for Access Database Templates.
• ACCDR ACCDR is a new file extension that enables you to open a database in runtime mode. By simply changing a database's file extension from .accdb to .accdr, you can create a "locked-down" version of your Office Access 2007 database. You can change the file extension back to .accdb to restore full functionality.

New features of the Office Access 2007 file format

Multivalued lookup fields Most database programs, including prior versions of Access, only allow you to store a single value in each field. In Office Access 2007, however, you can now create a lookup field that allows you to store more than one value in each field. In effect, it creates a many-to-many relationship within the field, and hides the details of the implementation using system tables.

For example, suppose you have a Task table with a lookup field that you used to assign the task to an employee. What if you have a task that you need to assign to several employees? In earlier versions of Access, you would need to set up a new cross-reference table to store each combination of task and employee, then revise your forms and reports to use the new data structure. In Office Access 2007, this is made much easier by implementing a multivalued lookup field. Instead of being able to select only one item from a drop-down list, now each item in the list has a check box next to it so that you can select as many as you like. The multiple selections are displayed in the field, separated by commas.

Find links to more information about multivalued lookup fields in the See Also section.

Attachment data type The new Attachment data type lets you easily store all types of documents and binary files in your database without unnecessary database bloat. Attachments are automatically compressed when appropriate to maximize space usage. You can attach a Microsoft Office Word 2007 document to a record, or save a series of digital pictures. You can even have multiple attachments attached to a single record.

For more information about attaching files to records, see the links in the See Also section.

Integration with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 In the past, Access files have been blocked from Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Office Outlook 2007 due to the fact that unsafe code could be included within an Access database. Office Access 2007 implements a new format that allows code to be either verified as safe or disabled. This makes it possible to integrate Access databases much more fully with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Office Outlook 2007, and it also allows anti-virus programs to inspect Access database files much more easily.

Work with your SharePoint data offline You can take your SharePoint lists offline with one click using Office Access 2007. Work on your data in Access and then synchronize your changes, or reconnect with the SharePoint site at a later time.

Memo field history tracking Memo fields are useful for storing large amounts of information. Starting with Office Access 2007, you can set a property (AppendOnly) that forces Access to retain a history of all changes to a Memo field. You can then view a history of those changes. This feature also supports the versioning feature in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 so that you can use Access to track changes in a multiple lines of text field stored in a SharePoint list (provided that the field has the Append Changes to Existing Text option set to Yes).