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Mozilla Firefox is a web browser. It is immune to most spyware and blocks viruses from downloading automatically. I haven't had a single piece of spyware since I switched from Internet Explorer. It has built-in filtering for cookies, scripts, and popups. If you need even more privacy, you can go into a "private browsing" mode that allows you to browse the web without leaving any traces on your computer. It has a built-in download manager, an automatic updater, supports tabbed browsing, supports program extensions, and many more features. It even has a Google Toolbar. I definitely recommend that you try it out and spend some time learning how to configure it to keep out unwanted internet junk. Most spyware is written in a technology created by Microsoft called ActiveX. Firefox does not support ActiveX, and so it is automatically immune to most spyware. This lack of support will cause some incompatibility with some rare websites like Windows Update, but it was not included because ActiveX is a bad technology that allows programs to install themselves without your knowledge and change settings on your computer without your permission. |
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Google Earth takes satellite imagery and combines it with the ability to tilt, zoom, search, create driving directions, measure distances, and show some buildings in 3D with textures to create a realistic 3D model of the earth. They also allow you to load in sophisticated overlays like terrain, roads, borders, airports, etc. Google Earth also allows you to insert content from other sources, allowing other people like Wikimapia to insert their data into Google Earth. |
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FileZilla is an open source FTP and SFTP client with loads of features and yet easy to use. It supports speed limiting, download resuming, and has a transfer queue. |
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Mozilla Firefox is a web browser. It is immune to most spyware and blocks viruses from downloading automatically. It has build in filtering for cookies, scripts, and popups. It has a built in download manager, an automatic updater, supports tabbed browsing, supports program extensions, and many more features. It even has a Google Toolbar. I definitely recommend that you try it out. |
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StreamTuner is a streaming audio browser that pulls station information from Shoutcast.com, Xiph.org, Live365.com, Google, and other sites. When you find a station that you want to listen to, just click on it and it will pop up in XMMS. It has a clean and intuitive interface and allows you to bookmark your favorite stations. You are able to sort by genre, bitrate, and more. |
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Azureus is a BitTorrent client written in Java. It is perhaps the most advanced BitTorrent client in the world and is an excellent example of how open source can be extremely powerful and configurable and yet remain usable by novice computer users. It allows multiple downloads at once, uses only one port, has an internal tracker, and supports transport encryption to avoid ISP bandwidth throttling. |
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Google Earth takes satellite imagery and combines it with the ability to tilt, zoom, search, create driving directions, measure distances, and show some buildings in 3D with textures to create a realistic 3D model of the earth. They also allow you to load in sophisticated overlays like terrain, roads, borders, airports, etc. Google Earth also allows you to insert content from other sources, allowing other people like Wikimapia to insert their data into Google Earth. |
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