A PROJECT ON VARIOUS

BROWSERS AND FREE TOOLS

BATCH-2
PGDBIF- 2012

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ANUSHA-6
MANISH-18
PRIYANKA-26
RAGHAVENDAR-27
SHARATH-42
 INDEX

1. Introduction………………………………………………3
2. Internet Explorer………………………………………...4
3. Avant……………………………………………………...6
4. Google Chrome…………………………………………...8
5. K-Meleon………………………………………………….8
6. Maxthon…………………………………………………...9
7. Mozilla Firefox…………………………………………..10
8. Opera……………………………………………………..11
9. Safari……………………………………………………..12
10. Netscape………………………………………………….13
11. Free Tools………………………………………………..14

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 INTRODUCTION

WEB BROWSER

A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing

information resources on the World Wide Web. The major web browsers are Windows
Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Google Chrome, and Opera. With a
Web browser, one can view Web pages that may contain text, images, videos and other
multimedia and navigate between them using hyperlinks. A web page is a document or
resource of information that is suitable for the World Wide Web and can be accessed
through a web browser and displayed on a computer screen.

A browser extension is a computer program that extends the functionality of a web

browser in some way. Depending on the browser, the term may be distinct from similar
terms such as plug-in or add-on. Mozilla Firefox was designed with the idea of being a
small and simple web browser, delegating more advanced functions to Mozilla
extensions. Microsoft Internet Explorer started supporting extensions from version 5.

BROWSER EXTENSIONS

Browser extensions, introduced in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, allow developers to add

functionality to the browser and enhance the user interface in a way that is not directly
related to the viewable content of Web pages. This class of extensibility includes add-on
functionality that users might install to enhance their browsing experience.

Shortcut menu extensions: It is possible to extend Windows Internet Explorer by adding

options to the shortcut menu. This is accomplished by adding registry keys that link the
menu command to the task to be performed.

Toolbars: Custom toolbars complement Internet Explorer's standard toolbars. An

example is the MSN Toolbar. For more information, see Creating Custom Explorer Bars,
Tool Bands, and Desk Bands.

Explorer Bars: Use Explorer Bars to reserve part of the browser window, either the side
or the bottom of the browser window. For more information, see Creating Custom
Explorer Bars, Tool Bands, and Desk Bands.

Browser Helper Objects: A Browser Helper Object (BHO) runs within Internet Explorer
and offers additional services, often without any obvious user interface. For example, a
BHO might highlight terms of interest to the user, such as addresses.

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Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer 8
Internet Explorer is a free web browser from Microsoft, and is one of the most popular
internet browsers today.

Internet Explorer 8 was released in March 2009.

New features:

 Accelerators - quick access to web services. E.g. On a restaurant web site, click
within the page to get maps, news, information, or share it on Facebook
 Web Slice - keep up with changes to the sites you care about most
 Compatibility View - shows the page as in IE7
 Search Suggestions - get suggested content as you type
 New Tab features - reopen accidentally closed tabs, and group related tabs
together with color codes
 Tab isolation - prevents a faulty web site from crashing the whole browser. Only
the tab with the error will close
 InPrivate Browsing - browse the web without saving any data (like passwords,
cookies, browsing history, etc.)
 SmartScreen Filter - protects you against installation of malware, or malicious
software which can compromise your data, privacy, and identity, and also
damaging your computer and valuable data

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Internet Explorer 7
Internet Explorer 7.0 was released in November 2006. IE7 was the standard browser in
Windows XP with Service Pack 2.

New features:

 Advanced printing - automatically scales a webpage for printing

 Instant Search box
 Favorites Center
 RSS feeds - automatically detects RSS feeds
 Tabbed browsing - view multiple sites in a single browser window
 Quick Tabs
 Tab Groups
 Page zoom

Internet Explorer for Macintosh

Microsoft ended support for Internet Explorer for Mac on December 31st, 2005.

Mac users where recommended to use other browsers, such as Apple's Safari.

Older Internet Explorer Versions

IE 6.0 (released in 2001). Was the standard browser in Windows XP.

IE 5.5 (released in 2000) Support for XML/XSL, CSS, print preview and HTC behaviors.

IE 5.0 (released in 1999) The first major browser with XML support.

IE 4.0 (released in 1997). Support for CSS and DOM.

IE 3.0 (released in 1996) is now used by less than 0.1%.

IE 2.0 (released in 1995). It is too old. Nobody uses it.

IE 1.0 (released in 1995). Does anyone remember it?

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Avant Browser is a freeware web browser from a Chinese programmer named Anderson
Che, which unites the Trident layout engine built into Windows with an interface
intended to be more feature-rich, flexible and ergonomic than Microsoft's Internet
Explorer (IE). It runs on Windows 98 and above, including Windows Vista. Internet
Explorer version 6, 7 or 8 must be installed. As of November 2008, total downloads
surpassed 22.5 million. Avant Browser is currently available in 41 languages.

Avant Browser was largely inspired by Opera, the first major browser to have a multiple
document interface. The developer's objective was to wrap a comparable interface around
the layout engine used by Internet Explorer, thereby achieving Opera-like ergonomics
without suffering the frequent problems that browser had rendering pages tested only in
IE. In fact it was initially released under the name "IEopera", though this was soon
changed due to the obvious trademark issues.

Latterly, Avant's developer Anderson Che has concentrated on adding user-requested

features, and Avant was among the first browsers to have popup blocking, advertising
server blocking, and one-click disabling of potential security vulnerabilities such as
ActiveX, Java, and scripts.

The Avant Browser's default search engine is a version of the Yahoo! search engine
renamed Avantfind and given a custom look. Other search engines are available via the
address bar "Quick Search" facility, and instructions on how to change the default to an
engine of the user's choice have been posted by the very active Avant Browser user
community.

Alongside Avant, the developer has a sister project known as Orca Browser, an Avant-
like shell of Mozilla's Gecko layout engine as used in Firefox 3 and has similar
approaches as Flock. It is in the final testing stage and a public release candidate version
is available.

Avant was one of the twelve browsers offered to European Economic Area users of
Microsoft Windows in 2010.

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Features
Interface

Tabbing
 User-customizable tabbed interface
 Progress bar on each tab (optional)
 Tab locking, duplication, and drop-and-drag arrangement
 Automatically save and reopen any number of pages
 Can restore open pages after system crash
 Undo menu for last 25 closed tabs
 All pages open in single process, reducing resource demands
 Multiple home pages

Tools
 Compatible with many IE toolbars and add-ins, including Google toolbar
 Highlight marker to find keywords on any page (the words also used by the search
engine)
 Facility for user to add custom-made function buttons
 RSS feed reader built in
 URL alias facility to create keyboard shortcuts to favorite sites
 Page zoom slider - 25% to 500%
 Full desktop mode - hides toolbars
 Full screen mode - hides toolbars and taskbar
 Compact mode - saves interface space
 Boss button - quickly hides browser
 Tray icon - keeps Avant running in system tray for fast access (optional)
 Mouse gestures (customizable)
 Autoscroll facility for hands-free reading
 Context-activated floating toolbars to save and edit images, text and Flash
 Customizable right-click menu entries
 Quick translation menu
 15 interface languages available so far
 Automatic page refresh at custom intervals
 Sidebar access to:
o Advanced search
o Blocked URL record
o History
o Bookmarks
o Feeds

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Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout
engine and application framework. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft
Windows on 2 September 2008, and the public stable release was on 11 December 2008.
The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or "chrome", of web
browsers. As of September 2009, Chrome was the third most widely used browser, with
7.98% of worldwide usage share of web browsers, according to Net Applications.

In September 2008, Google released a large portion of Chrome's source code, including
its V8 JavaScript engine, as an open source project entitled Chromium. This move
enabled third-party developers to study the underlying source code and help port the
browser to Mac OS X and Linux. A Google spokesperson also expressed hope that other
browsers would adopt V8 to improve web application performance. The Google-authored
portion of Chromium is released under the permissive BSD license, which allows
portions to be incorporated into both open source and closed-source software
programs.Other portions of the source code are subject to a variety of open-source
licenses. Chromium implements the same feature set as Chrome, but lacks built in
automatic updates and Google branding, and most notably has a blue-colored logo in
place of the multicolored Google logo.

K-Meleon
K-Meleon is a web browser for the Microsoft Windows platform. Based on the same
Gecko layout engine as Mozilla Firefox, K-Meleon uses native Windows application
programming interface (API) to create the user interface, instead of using Mozilla's cross-
platform XML User Interface Language (XUL) layer, and as a result, is tightly integrated
into the look and feel of the Windows desktop;[1] this approach is similar to that of Galeon
and Epiphany (for the GNOME desktop), and Camino (for Mac OS X). This also makes
K-Meleon less resource-intensive and more responsive to user input.

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Maxthon, formerly known as MyIE2) is a China-based freeware web browser for
Microsoft Windows. From its early MyIE2 roots, Maxthon has developed a growing user
base, especially in China, and in 2006 it received commercial backing for Maxthon 2.0,
Maxthon 3, currently on Release Candidate, supports both Trident and the WebKit
engine. Maxthon seeks to provide many rich features and a highly customizable user
interface without losing compatibility with Internet Explorer.

Maxthon was based on MyIE, originally created by Changyou, a Chinese programmer,

who wanted to customize his Internet Explorer browser. Changyou posted most of the
code onto his BBS, before leaving the project in 2000. Jeff Chen continued development
and released a new version, called MyIE2. MyIE2 grew quickly, with contributions from
users around the world in areas including plugins, skins and debugging.

MyIE2 was renamed to Maxthon in 2004. It received seed funding from the first Skype
investor Morten Lund, and WI Harper Group in 2005. In 2006 Maxthon received further
investment from the US-based venture capital firm Charles River Ventures.

Features
 Tabbed document interface
 Saves open tabs in case of program shutdown or system crash
 Undo for any tabs accidentally closed
 AD Hunter - an ad-blocking utility that blocks pop-ups, Web banner and floating
ads in webpages
 Adobe Flash, Java applet and ActiveX blocker
 Skinnable
 Customizable tabs and interface
 Programmable mouse gestures and mouse chording
 External utility bar - toolbar that allows you to open third-party programs
 RSS reader
 Supports many Internet Explorer plugins as well as plugins of its own
 Partial Gecko engine support with the use of a third-party program
 A search toolbar with 8 different search engines (user extensible)
 Automatic updating service
 Groups - the ability to bookmark & open multiple pages simultaneously
 URL aliases - open URLs by just typing a word in the address bar

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Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla
Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. As of September 2010, Firefox
was the second most widely used browser, with 22.96% of worldwide usage share of web
browsers, according to Net Applications. To display web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko
layout engine, which implements most current web standards in addition to several
features which are intended to anticipate likely additions to the standards.

The latest Firefox features include tabbed browsing, spell checking, incremental find, live
bookmarking, a download manager, private browsing, location-aware browsing (also
known as "geolocation") based exclusively on a Google service and an integrated search
system that uses Google by default in most localizations. Functions can be added through
extensions, created by third-party developers, of which there is a wide selection, a feature
that has attracted many of Firefox's users.

Firefox runs on various versions of Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and

many other Unix-like operating systems. Its current stable release is version 3.6.11,
released on October 19, 2010. Firefox's source code is free software, released under a tri-
license GNU GPL/GNU LGPL/MPL.

Top Features

Private Browsing

Surf the Web without leaving a single trace.

Password Manager

Remember site passwords without ever seeing a pop-up.

Awesome Bar

Find the sites you love in seconds (and without having to remember clunky URLs).

Super Speed

View Web pages way faster, using less of your computer’s memory.

Anti-Phishing & Anti-Malware

Enjoy the most advanced protection against online bad guys.

Session Restore

Unexpected shutdown? Go back to exactly where you left off.

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One-Click Bookmarking

Bookmark, search and organize Web sites quickly and easily.

Easy Customization

Thousands of add-ons give you the freedom to make your browser your own.

Tabs

Do more at once with tabs you can organize with the drag of a mouse.

Personas

Instantly change the look of your Firefox with thousands of easy-to-install themes.

Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software. The browser
handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and
receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via
BitTorrent, and reading web feeds. Opera is offered free of charge for personal computers
and mobile phones.

Features include tabbed browsing, page zooming, mouse gestures, and an integrated
download manager. Its security features include built-in phishing and malware protection,
strong encryption when browsing secure websites, and the ability to easily delete private
data such as HTTP cookies.

Opera runs on a variety of personal computer operating systems, including Microsoft

Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and FreeBSD. The Desktop Team dropped support for
Solaris in April 2010.

Opera is known for originating many features later adopted by other Web browsers.
Despite these factors, Opera has captured only a small fraction of the worldwide personal
computer browser market. It does, though, have a stronger market share on mobile
devices such as mobile phones, smartphones, and personal digital assistants. Editions of
Opera are available for devices using the Maemo, BlackBerry, Symbian, Windows
Mobile, Android, and iPhone operating systems, as well as Java ME-enabled devices.
Opera is the only commercial web browser available for the Nintendo DS and Wii
gaming systems. Some television set-top boxes use Opera. Adobe Systems has licensed
Opera technology for use in the Adobe Creative Suite.

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Safari is a graphical web browser developed by Apple and included as part of the Mac
OS X operating system. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the
company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning
with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the native browser for the iOS. A version
of Safari for the Microsoft Windows operating system, first released on June 11, 2007,
supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. The latest stable release of the
browser is 5.0.2, which is available as a free download for both Mac OS X and Microsoft
Windows. As of 2010, Safari is the fourth most widely used browser in the US, following
Google Chrome.

Safari offers numerous features, including:

 Ability to save webpage clips for viewing on the Apple Dashboard (Mac OS X
only)
 A resizable web-search box in the toolbar which uses Google, Yahoo! or Bing
 Automatic filling in of web forms ("autofill")
 Bookmark integration with Address Book
 Bookmark management
 Built-in password management via Keychain (Mac OS X only)
 History and bookmark search
 Expandable text boxes
 ICC color profile support
 Inline PDF viewing (Mac OS X only)
 iPhoto integration (Mac OS X only)
 Mail integration (Mac OS X only)
 Pop-up ad blocking
 Private browsing
 Quartz-style font smoothing
 Reader mode, for viewing an uncluttered version of Web articles
 Spell checking
 Subscribing to and reading web feeds
 Support for CSS 2.1 web fonts
 Support for CSS animation
 Support for HTML5
 Support for Transport Layer Security protocol (version unknown)
 Tabbed browsing
 Text search
 Web Inspector, a DOM Inspector-like utility that lets users and developers browse
the Document Object Model of a web page

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Netscape Communications (formerly known as Netscape Communications
Corporation and commonly known as Netscape) is a US computer services company,
best known for its web browser. The name Netscape was a trademark of Cisco Systems,
that was granted to the company.

Netscape's web browser was once dominant in terms of usage share, but lost most of that
share to Internet Explorer during the first browser war. By the end of 2006, the usage
share of Netscape browsers had fallen, from over 90% in the mid 1990s, to less than 1%.
Netscape developed the Secure Sockets Layer Protocol (SSL) for securing online
communication, which is still widely used, as well as JavaScript, the most widely-used
language for client-side scripting of web pages.

In December 2007, AOL announced it would no longer be updating the Netscape

browser. Tom Drapeau, director of AOL's Netscape Brand, announced that the company
would stop supporting Netscape software products as of March 1, 2008.

Netscape was the second company to attempt to capitalize on the (then) nascent World
Wide Web. It was originally founded under the name, Mosaic Communications
Corporation, on April 4, 1994, the brainchild of Jim Clark. The company's first product
was the web browser, called Mosaic Netscape 0.9, released on October 13, 1994. This
browser was subsequently renamed Netscape Navigator.

The Netscape web browser interface was identical on any computer. Netscape later
experimented with prototypes of a web-based system which would enable users to access
and edit their files anywhere across a network, no matter what computer or operating
system they happened to be using.

Browser wars, in which Netscape Communicator and Internet Explorer added many new
features (not always working correctly), went through many version numbers (not always
in a logical fashion) in attempts to outdo each other. But Internet Explorer had the upper
hand, as the amount of manpower and capital dedicated to it eventually surpassed the
resources available in Netscape's entire business. By version 3.0, IE was roughly a
feature-for-feature equivalent of Netscape Communicator, and by version 4.0, it was
generally considered to be more stable on Windows than on the Macintosh platform.

Netscape could not compete with this strategy. In fact, it didn't attempt to. Netscape
Navigator was not free to the general public until January 1998, while Internet Explorer
and IIS have always been free or came bundled with an operating system and/or other
applications. Meanwhile, Netscape faced increasing criticism for the bugs in its products;
critics claimed that the company suffered from 'featuritis' – putting a higher priority on
adding new features than on making them work properly.

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 FREE TOOLS

Free tools or Freeware is a software offered free of charge, downloadable off of the
Internet. If the software requires the user to view ads while using the program, it is
technically not freeware but adware. Freeware is also different from shareware in that
shareware requires a payment if the software is to be used past a trial date.

Though freeware does not require financial compensation, it does have a user license or
EULA (End User License Agreement). Each license is specific to the freeware it is
bundled with, but some restrictions are common to most programs. For example, most
freeware forbids the user to alter the program, repackage it, or sell it. It might allow
redistribution, however, as long as the program is unchanged and the license agreement
intact.

Understandably, freeware does not often come with technical support, and some
programs do not have an extensive Help menu. Many freeware operators write programs
in their spare time and do not have the resources to offer tech support. That said, other
freeware programs not only have an extensive built-in manual, but they also have their
own websites with FAQs and USENET newsgroups dedicated to users helping users.
Some authors of freeware personally answer email from end users, though this can't be
counted upon.

Often, a program is only available as freeware if it is for personal use, while commercial
or business use requires a paid license. It is important to read any license that comes with
the freeware program. The license will appear during the initial stages of the installation
process. As with most software, freeware is offered "as is" and the user assumes all
responsibility for its use.

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 Free PC Tools

1. Best Free Popup Blocker – Google Toolbar

Google toolbar does have its limitations in terms of popup blocking but
because of its combination of ease and effectiveness it is the best free
popup blocker for novice users, in particular. Once you have installed the
Google toolbar you will barely even notice that it is there doing its job. As
well as blocking all popups, the toolbar enables you to use the control
button for opening popups from a single page as well as the option to
allow popups from any trusted domains. To remove popup programs
entirely you will need a good free antispyware utility.

2. Best Free Anti-Spyware – Spybot Search & Destroy

Free anti-spyware programs rarely, if ever, offer the same complete

protection and security that their paid counterparts offer. Spybot Search &
Destroy comes as close as possible though. The immunization feature is
among the most powerful available on any free package and the
TeaTimer function enables real time scanning and protection. Spybot,
unfortunately, does not offer the same level of protection as other paid
offerings do.

3. Best Free Anti-Virus – AVG Free Edition

Spyware may be the latest in thing when it comes to malicious software but viruses are
still rife and still potentially lethal for your computer. AVG offer a free anti-virus
application that is surprisingly powerful considering its price. The user interface is
intuitive and scanning is relatively quick. AVG Free is best suited to performing real time
protection and this is the one area
where it almost competes with commercial anti-virus software.

4. Best Free File Zip Utility – 7-Zip

There are a surprisingly large number of file archiving utilities available

but 7-Zip gains our recommendation for a number of reasons. 7-Zip is
one of very few free utilities that can admirably handle RAR archives.
RAR archives offer the greatest level of compression but they are also
notoriously difficult to cope with. The program is simple to download,
simple to install and equally simple to use.

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5. Best Free Registry Cleaner – EasyCleaner

EasyCleaner is a free registry cleaner that only cleans files that have
definite problems and will not cause problems in the process. This is
achieved through the use of a regularly updated blacklist. This blacklist
contains all of the registry entries and values that should not be deleted
from your system. EasyCleaner also features a registry backup function,
invaluable for programs of this type, but does not enable automated
scanning or cleaning.

6. Best Free File Cleaner – CCleaner

CCleaner, short for Crap Cleaner, enables you to potentially free up

masses of disk space by removing unnecessary and unwanted files from
your hard drive. It is much more effective at removing temporary files,
cookies, and history than doing the job manually and is almost as
powerful as some of the commercial tracks eraser entries in this class.
CCleaner also comes packaged with its own registry cleaner, but as yet
this doesn’t come up to the same level as EasyCleaner or commercial
products.

7. Best Free File Shredder – Eraser

There are many reasons why you might want to securely erase files and
other documents from your computer. The most basic but essential of
these is personal security and privacy. Eraser offers several settings for
the number of times to cross a file while deleting making deleted files
impermeable to software that will undelete files.

8. Best Free File Recovery Application – Smart FAT Recovery

We’ve all lost files and programs that we desperately needed to keep.
Data loss can happen for any number of reasons but it is equally
damaging whatever the reason. Smart FAT Recovery will not
only recover files from your hard drive but from Flash drives and many
other drives.

9. Hijackthis

Although for advanced users- this application will scan all your PCs
running and registry processes and then enable the user to easily fix items that are known
as malicious or potentially harmful.

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10. Avast Free Antivirus

Avast Free, an A-list freeware antivirus app, provides the same steadfast protection of
well-known, pricier antivirus programs. Avast is remarkable for both its effectiveness and
arguably providing the most complete free antivirus on the market.

11. PC Tools Antivirus Free

PC Tools AntiVirus Free is a full antivirus and antispyware package designed to protect
from known viruses, worms, Trojans and other threats while defending against spyware,
adware, bots, keyloggers and other malware. Monitors for and blocks known malware in
real-time.

12. Avira Antivir Personal

The program offers a wide selection of scan customization, letting users fully scan both
internal and external hard drives, run a preloaded scan--for rootkits, for example--or
customize a scan. Avira includes antispyware protections, scanning tech that can crack
open "locked" files and improved internal security to prevent AntiVir's files from being
maliciously altered.

13. VLC Media Player

VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various
audio and video formats, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MP3, and OGG,
as well as for DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

14. Real Player

This program has incorporated one-click buttons that let you share with a variety of social
sites, such as Facebook and YouTube. In addition, you have the option to strip the audio
out of the videos and save those as separate files.

15. YouTube Downloader

This application has two main features: to download FLV files from YouTube, and to
convert them to most major formats. If there's a YouTube URL in your clipboard, it will
automatically paste it for you when you click on the dialog box. From there, just hit OK
and the downloading will commence. One more left-click is all it takes to load the file in
the converter, which supports iPhone, iPod, PSP, cell phone, AVI, MP3, WMV, and
Xvid. There is also a basic video editor for cropping videos by time stamp.

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16. Virtual DJ

Virtual DJ not only can create audio collages, but it now also can make montages of
video clips. The stylish interface and high number of features allows the user to mix,
compile and create music.

17. TeamViewer

It is an excellent screen-sharing and file-transfer app that can be used to facilitate

business collaborations, remotely access a second computer, or help distraught relatives
diagnose and cure computer problems. It gives users precisely the tools needed to share
screens securely, send files with a minimum of hassle, control access rights, and even flip
which user has control.

18. PhotoScape

It supports RAW, as well as all other major image formats from JPEG and PNG to
animated GIFs. It comes with prebuilt templates for users to create photo collages,
fumetti, and Web comics, and has a standard set of red-eye removal, light/shadow, and
contrast-editing features.

19. Adobe Reader

Adobe Reader software is the global standard for electronic document sharing. It is the
only PDF file viewer that can open and interact with all PDF documents. Use Adobe
Reader to view, search, digitally sign, verify, print, and collaborate on Adobe PDF files.

20. Adobe Flash Player

Adobe Flash Player is the standard for delivering high-impact, rich Web content.
Designs, animation, and application user interfaces are deployed immediately across all
browsers and platforms, attracting and engaging users with a rich Web experience.

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