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CNet Fall 2009 top Five FREE Downloads

CNet.com has a new list of the top five freeware downloads from their Download.com site.

Catch their three minute video presentation <here>

To take away from the suspense while you click on the link above and wait for the video to load, the top five free (and legal) programs include:

Gimp - the serious advanced image editor with the power of the full version of Photoshop (but a quirky interface)
Handbrake - one of the best video converters to bring DVD's and other video to your handheld device or other video application.
FireFox - Well, I use Chrome as my regular browser but use 4 or 5 other browsers (including FireFox) for special tasks. But FireFox is the reason we have choices in Browsers. FirFox commands 24% of the browser market. (Chrome is about 3.6%, by the way)
Open Office - this is a free download that packages much of the power of Microsoft Office Suite into a very cost-efficient system. Open Office can read and save Microsoft compatible file formats. A definate choice for the budget conscious - and with many features of its own to love.
VLC Media Player - This is a no-brainer. Excellent performance as a video player with a broad set of Codec files. This is the Swiss Army Knife of video player utilities (and it is free).

All are available at www.download.com

Enjoy

Posted by Ted Baker - Real Estate in Central Florida on 11/03/2009 08:09 AM

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5 Comments on CNet Fall 2009 top Five FREE Downloads

NOV

Thanx for the list. I use OpenOffce. It makes transferring files between different firms much easier, because it will open anything and you can save it in a file type that anyone else can use.

Ted -

Great list. I agree completely. I must. I use 3 out 5 of them. :)

Thanks

I use Open Office, and highly recommend it. It can handle Word and PDF and I can juggle them back and forth.

NOV

I use the VLC and find that Real Player can not play some of the videos that the VLC player does.

DEC

Ted, Good list. So many new tools, so little time. Firefox is awesome. Our local MLS will add Firefox next fall.......otherwise, I do not use any other browser. We need a camp for Elements....no?

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