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Evernote
Let’s you save files in the cloud, including voice, photos and notes, and then lets you sync from multiple clients, including smartphones.
Jing
Snap a picture of your screen, annotate it, save it, share it. Record video on your screen, too.
LastPass
Free password manager
Inbox2
Combines all your inboxes. Send one message from all your addresses and read emails to all your addresses in one client.
Chandler The Note-to-Self Organizer 1.0
Stay organized and productive with this complete system that puts together calendar, tasks and emails.
OpenOffice
The open source alternative to Microsoft Office offers word processing, presentation, and spreadsheets.
Thunderbird
A client-based alternative to Microsoft Outlook.
Zoho
Productivity and collaboration apps, including CRM, invoice, writer, spreadsheets, projects, presentation, database, reports, wiki, and planner, among others.
Gmail
A Gmail address is the cool address to have, and even some businesses are embracing the cloud-based email system.
Google Calendar
Google’s cloud-based calendar program now also features synchronization with your Exchange calendar (with another download).
Acrobat.com
Adobe’s online productivity app suite which includes presentation software, spreadsheets and documents, available for sharing online.
Ad-Aware
A classic in the free anti-adware, anti malware category.
Advanced SystemCare Free (formerly known as WindowsCare Personal)
Protect, repair, clean, and optimize your PC with just one click. Boasts over 50 million downloads since 2006.
AVG Free AntiVirus
Another classic free antivirus program.
Glary Utilities 2.21
A secret favorite of IT pros, Glary offers cleaners for disk, registry, shortcuts and old programs, optimizers for memory and the registry. File shredder and undeleter, too.
PC Decrapifier
Deletes much of the preinstalled software that clogs up your shiny new machine.
Doodle
Event scheduling software. Described as Evite for business.
Dabbleboard
Online collaboration app and whiteboard.
Adobe ConnectNow online meetings
Web conferencing and screen sharing on the web.
Dimdim
Free web meetings in a browser.
Skype
Granddaddy of one-on-one free video conferencing as well as VOIP calls from your computer.
Doubletwist 2.7
iTunes-like mobile syncing for smartphones like Android and Blackberry.
Kindle for multiple clients
Amazon.com’s reader is available for the PC, Mac, iPhone, and is soon coming to an Android device near you.
Buxfer
Free online money management competing with Mint.com, another free one that was recently acquired by Intuit.
Free Tetris
Cloud-based version of the classic game Tetris. Relieve your stress. Fit shapes together. It’s all good.
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