The 20 (Mostly Free) Downloads You Can't Do Without

You likely have plenty of software on your PC. But do you have the right software?
Any well-equipped system needs a basic software suite, a collection of tools that can keep your machine in working order and help it take care of everyday tasks--as well as some not-so-ordinary tasks. Since such software doesn't ship with your PC, for the most part, you'll have to accumulate it over time.

Which programs should you get? We've put together a suite of 20 must-have applications--the tools that will allow you to get the most out of your PC. We've included a wide variety of software, from security utilities to system cleaners to graphics tools. We've mixed some all-time favorites with some apps that you've probably never heard of. They all have one thing in common: You need them. Now. So read on and start downloading... [PC World suggests some very cool freeware that u cant resist to download]...click here for full article

Free Download Manager (FDM)

Free Download Manager (FDM) is a full-featured download accelerator and manager. Using this software product you can easily download a list of files and whole web sites from any remote server via HTTP, HTTPS and FTP. With FDM the downloading process will be as easy as never before. FDM is a light-weight, powerful and easy-to-use application. Also this software product is well-known for its intuitive and user-friendly interface. FDM can function as a site manager, accelerator, site explorer and scheduler. FDM can resume broken downloads. So you needn't start the downloading process from the very beginning after casual interruption. You can resume unfinished download from the moment when it was interrupted. Also this program warns you if resuming isn't supported by the servers. It allows you to make a decision about the downloading. So with FDM you save your time and money. FDM allows adjusting traffic usage. So it provides you with an opportunity to browse web pages much faster if you use a low connection speed.

Notes:FDM Lite version requires less size and lacks some functions (BitTorrent support, video conversion and upload manager) that can be downloaded and installed as plugins later.

* FDM is now released under GNU GPL! *

Download: Free Download Manager 2.5 build 721 FDM Lite 2.5 Build 721

Source : Neowin

Any Audio Converter

Any Audio Converter is designed for extracting audios from videos and converting audios between popular formats, such as WMV, MP4, WAV, WMA, OGG, AAC, MP3, M4A, MP2, etc. With Any Audio Converter, you can convert audio between MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC and OGG as well as video files including AVI, MPEG, MP4, WMV, ASF, etc to popular audio files, e.g. convert MP4 to MP3.The user-friendly interface of Any Audio Converter lets you add and convert any unprotected audios and videos to MP3, WMA, AAC and OGG easily. Most work can be done automatically with a few mouse clicks. All conversions are very easy to handle with super fast speed. You can convert many files in batches regardless of their source formats. Any Audio Converter also supports playback of all the audio files with its built-in player. If you want to convert wma to mp3, convert mp3 to AAC, convert MP4 to MP3 or if you need to save a sound segment from VIDEO for some reasons, Any Audio Converter is exactly what you are looking for.

Selected Features:

* Friendly user interface and easy to use
* Support all popular audio formats
* Extract audio from AVI, WMV, ASF, MPEG, MPG to MP3, WMA, OGG.
* Extract audio from videos in super fast speed* Lossless sound quality
* Offer multithreading and batch conversion
* Fast conversion speed is beyond your imagination.

System Requirements:
* Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista
* DirectX 8.0 Runtime or higher
* Pentium 300 MHz or better
* 128M or more RAM

Download Any Audio Converter 1.02 freeware

Links:
Any Audio Converter homepage
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Source:
Neowin