My Fav Free Windows Apps

Here are some of my favorite free applications for Windows XP and Vista. Happy to receive your suggestions as well. FYI, click here to view my fav free Mac apps.

Firefox web browser
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox

Safari browser (really is fast and attractive interface)
http://www.apple.com/safari

Thunderbird email client
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/thunderbird

iTunes (of course, especially for podcasts, free single of the week, and iTunes U)
http://www.apple.com/itunes

Free RSS Reader
http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/FeedDemon/Default.aspx

Free alternative to MS Office
http://download.openoffice.org

Skype instant messaging and video conferencing
http://www.skype.com

Second Life virtual world
http://www.secondlife.com

Picnik (no software to download here, just a great web service for easy and capable image editing)
http://www.picnik.com

Free anti-virus security software
http://free.avg.com

Free theft recovery
http://iconico.com/locatepc

Free (& less annoying) alternative to Adobe Reader for viewing PDF files
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

Cute PDF (free app to print almost any document to a PDF file)
http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp

Real Alternative - Free (& less annoying) alternative to Real Player
http://codecguide.com/about_real.htm

Free alternative to Zip compression and uncompression
http://www.izarc.org

Core FTP Lite (free FTP and Secure-FTP or SFTP client)
http://www.coreftp.com/download.html

Kompozer (free HTML editor with capable CSS editor built-in)
http://kompozer.sourceforge.net

MPEG Streamclip (video converter, can download YouTube videos too)
http://www.squared5.com

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free and very functional Photoshop alternative
http://www.gimp.org