Cool Stuff

• Microsoft is the leader when it comes to the Office Suites, but not everyone can fork out the big bucks to by it.  There is a free alternative and it works just as well.  Best of all, IT IS FREE....

  OpenOffice.org 1.1 gives you everything you'd expect in office software. You can create dynamic documents, analyze data, design eye-catching presentations, produce dramatic illustrations, and open up your databases. You can publish your work in Portable Document Format (.pdf), and release your graphics in Flash (.swf) format - without needing any additional software. OpenOffice.org 1.1 is now available for more users than ever, with support for complex text layout (CTL) languages (such as Thai, Hindi, Arabic, and Hebrew) and vertical writing languages.

ZipCentral

• ZipCentral is a free, easy to use zip file manager that let's you create new, open existing, add to and extract from zip files. It can also create Self-Extracting archives and archives spanned across multiple floppy disks. ZipCentral supports Drag & Drop to and from Windows Explorer or File Manager and includes a Shell Extension, and IT'S FREE.

These are items that very computer must have

• Winzip:  Have you ever used the Internet, America Online, or CompuServe? If so, you've probably encountered Zip files. Are you a Windows user? If so, WinZip is the way to handle these archived files.
  
• IrfanView:  IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP.
  
• iTones:  iTunes 4 is the best software jukebox in the world, with a great music store inside. With it, you can create your own personal digital music library to manage and listen to your music collection, all with drag-and-drop simplicity.  Best of all, this one is free.
  
• Tweak UI:  PowerToys are additional programs that developers work on after a product has been released to manufacturing. They add fun and functionality to the Windows experience.
  
• American Flag 3D Screen Saver:  I love this one, and it is free from Microsoft.