VLC Media Player Much better than Real Player or Windows Media Player, and will play a greater breadth of file types Click Here
Picasa Digital Photo Organizer Outstanding usefulness for any digital camera owner Click Here
Thunderbird Email Client A fine alternative to Outlook email Click Here
Audacity Audio Editor For recording radio songs, creating voicemail messages, ring tones Click Here
Fox It .PDF Reader Faster and more reliable than Adobe Click Here
Skype Communication Software Add a headset and you talk long distance through your computer.....free! Click Here
Firefox Web Browser Simply put, this is better that IE for daily web browsing Click Here
Google Earth The power of satellite photography, GPS tracking, and the Internet Click Here
Open Office Spreadsheet, word processing, and presentations software as good as Microsoft Office 2003, and absolutely free Click Here | 
