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Browsers
Firefox Download	Welcome to the Cutting Edge – 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.
Flock get Flock!	The award-winning Flock browser has all of the advantages of Firefox, with your favorite friends, photos and videos along for the ride,
Safari Download	Apple browser also for windows
Opera Download	Discover the new standard in Web browsing. Download Opera today to get the fastest and most powerful Web browser available and make the most of your time online.
Explorer 7.0 Download	Better then it was – but still not the greatest

Email
Thunderbird 2 Dowload the Free alternative to Windows Microsoft Outlook	Keep Your Vital Information Organized – features many new enhancements to help you better manage your unruly inbox, and stay informed. Thunderbird 2 scales to the most sophisticated organizational needs while making it easy to find what you need.

FTP
FileZilla Download Recommended	A free, fast, and reliable open source, cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client
WISE-FTP 3.0 Download	WISE-FTP is a powerful FTP client that allows you to establish a connection to any FTP server in order to upload and download files and directories.

Web Applications
PDF2Web Download	The PDF2Web tool can be used to convert PDF files into html format. It is extremely useful when you need to automatically generate new html pages for your website from an existing PDF file. The PDF file has to be uploaded into your own web space on the server, in order to be available for conversion.
Adobe Reader Download	Easily view, print, and collaborate on PDF files wwith free Adobe Reader 9 software
OpenOffice Download	OpenOffice.org is free software - you may download OpenOffice.org completely free of any license fees – install it on as many PCs as you like - use it for any purpose – private, educational, government and public administration, commercial… pass on copies free of charge to family, friends, students, employees, etc.
CyberKit 3.0 Download	This utility packs Internet tools like TraceRoute and Ping into a graphical interface.

Security Tools
PuTTY SSH Download	PuTTY is a client program for the SSH, Telnet and Rlogin network protocols. These protocols are all used to run a remote session on a computer, over a network. PuTTY implements the client end of that session: the end at which the session is displayed, rather than the end at which it runs.
WinSCP 3.3 Download	WinSWinSCP is an open source free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows. Legacy SCP protocol is also supported. Its main function is safe copying of files between a local and a remote computer.

Graphics / Photos
Audacity
Audacity Website	Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.
Audacity	Reference

HTML Editors
NVU	A complete Web Authoring System for Linux desktop users as well as Microsoft Windows and Macintosh users to rival programs like FrontPageDreamweaver.Download
HTML-Kit	- Full-featured free editor for HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and other text files .Downloadd
Flash Authoring Tools
KoolMoves Website	KoolMoves Home
kool Move Resources	Tutorials, Examples, and
FlaskKit	Forum for KoolMoves

Audio
The Levelator	Software that adjusts the audio levels within your audio file for variations from one speaker to the next. Download
Photo Software
BigStockPhoto	Download photos right now – or submit your own: Download or upload high quality royalty-free stock photos – instant stock photo download! Search and download high quality low cost stock photos and images.
iStockphoto	iStockphoto is the internet’s original member-generated image and design community. Find your inspiration on the world’s leading royalty-free stock destination. Search for over 3 million photographs, vector illustrations, video footage and Flash files. Buy stock or sell stock — or both.
Stock.XCHNG	Stock.XCHNG, the leading FREE stock photo site! Browse through the categories of over 350.000 quality stock photos! Need a wallpaper for your desktop or illustration for your blog? Need a pic for your commercial website design?

Color Adjusters
Ultimate HTML Color HEX Code List	HTML 3.2 specifications identified sixteen colors that can be used by name to define color in HTML and CSS. But don’t worry you can use more than sixteen colors in HTML… you’ll just need to know the six character HEX values and we’ve listed pretty much all of the ones you’ll need on one page.
ColorBlender	Welcome to ColorBlender – your free online tool for color matching and palette design!
pptXTREME Color Picker	The Color Picker add-in makes picking and setting your colors a breeze, allowing you to pick colors directly off the screen and automatically setting the Fill, Text, Outline, Shadow or Background colors of selected shapes or slides.

Video
Presentation Zen:	The power of the visual: Learning from Down Under promotion videos Visceral and memorable – Visuals that surprise people, touch them, delight them, and support your story are best because they affect people in an emotional way.

PowerPoint
PowerPoint Tip1	Insert outline text from another program into your PowerPoint presentation

PowerPoint Tip2 Solving the PowerPoint Predicament Book	Don’t Just Present: Inspire! Everyone uses PowerPoint, but how effective is your presentation at meeting the goals you’ve outlined?
PowerPoint Tip3 How to Send Word Outline to PowerPoint in Office 2007	A great little feature in Microsoft Word processing program that lets you export to Powerpoint an outline of any Word file formatted with headings …

Powerpoint On Steroids

Articulate Rapid E-Learning Blog	The key to success is to influence the learner’s motivation.
Articulate Engage Demos	View samples of the dazzling interactions you’ll be creating in just minutes with Articulate Engage. Try it for free
Dave Mozealous: Creating Custom Engage Color Schemes	one of the cool things you can do is create your own Engage color schemes so that you can customize the colors of your Engage Interactions to match your corporate color scheme.

For You Apple People
Presentation Zen Book	Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery
Presentation Zen From Golden Mean to “Rule of Thirds”	The rule of thirds is a basic technique that photographers learn to frame their shots. Subjects placed exactly in the middle can often make for an uninteresting photo

Misc Resources
Sizer Download	Sizer is a freeware utility that allows you to resize any window to an exact, predefined size. This is extremely useful when designing web pages, as it allows you to see how the page will look when viewed at a smaller size. The utility is also handy when compiling screen-shots for documentation, using Sizer allows you to easily maintain the same window size across screen grabs.
Resources at Sociable Media	Beyond Bullet Points describes several free online resources to help plan and design your presentations.