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Software
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Stuff
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August 18, 2010
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Anti-Spyware/
Anti-Virus/ Anti Malware
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| Virus
Protection |
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AVG Free Edition is now available
for all single home users worldwide! |
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Protection |
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Trend Micro's HouseCall scans
your system for viruses, spyware, worms and other malware for
FREE! This is a On-Line scan. |
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| Malware
Remover |
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Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
is a high performance anti-malware application that thoroughly
removes even the most advanced malware and spyware. With one of
the fastest, most effective quick scans and malware removal capabilities
on the market, this program is the perfect addition to your PC's
defenses. The full version of the product includes a number of
key features, including the ability to schedule updates and scans
and most importantly, a real-time malware protection module that
blocks malicious processes before they even start. |
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| Malwares
- Trojans, Dialers, Worms & Spyware |
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a-square (a-squared) is a
complementary product to antivirus software and desktop firewalls
on MS Windows computers. Antivirus software specializes in detecting
classic viruses. Many available products have weaknesses in detecting
other malicious software (Malware) like Trojans, Dialers, Worms
and Spyware (Adware). a-squared fills the gap that malware writers
exploit. |
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| Spy
Ware Killer |
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Keep spyware from installing
in the first place!
Download the latest SpywareBlaster version and you'll be secured
by the most powerful anti-spyware protection solution anywhere!
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Spy
Ware Killer
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Ad-Aware 2007 Free remains
a popular anti-spyware product for computer users around the world,
with nearly one million downloads every week. This free anti-spyware
version provides you with advanced protection against spyware
that secretly attaches and takes control of your computer, resulting
in aggressive advertising pop-ups, sluggish computer activity,
even identity theft through stolen bank details, passwords, and
credit card account numbers. |
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| Audio |
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| Cross-Platform
Sound Editor |
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The Free, Cross-Platform Sound
Editor
Audacity is free, open source software
for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS
X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.
Learn more about Audacity...
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| MP3
TAG |
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Mp3tag is a powerful yet easy-to-use
tool to edit metadata of common audio formats it supports ID3v1,
ID3v2.3, ID3v2.4, iTunes MP4, WMA, Vorbis Comments and APE Tags..
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| SUPER
© |
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SUPER ©
If you need a simple, yet very efficient tool to convert (encode)
or play any Multimedia file, without reading manuals or spending
long hours training, then SUPER © is all you need. It is
a Multimedia Encoder and a Multimedia Player, easy-to-use with
1 simple click.
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Free
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| CD
DVD Burner |
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CDBurnerXP is a free
application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs.
It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well
as a multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use
it for free. It does not include adware or similar malicious components. |
Free
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| Backup
Software |
| Macrium
Reflect |
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GAbsolutely free! No strings!
The only free XP, Vista and Windows 7 compatible disk imaging
software with BartPE and Linux based recovery options. |
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| Cobian
Backup |
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Cobian Backup is a multi-threaded
program that can be used to schedule and backup your files and
directories from their original location to other directories/drives
in the same computer or other computer in your network. FTP backup
is also supported in both directions (download and upload). |
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| GFI
Backup |
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GFI Backup 2009 Home Edition
3.0 can help you overcome your Fear of Backups. It's easy to use;
it effectively backs up your system; and, best of all, it's free,
as in "no money," as in "no excuses." You
can bet that replacing lost software will cost a lot more than
that. |
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| BitTorrent
Clients |
| Vuze |
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Vuze Meta Search offers you
the most comprehensive entertainment search experience on the
web. By aggregating results from a variety of top sites, Vuze
delivers the best torrent search results on the web. |
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| Browser |
| Browser
with Pop-Up Blocker and more |
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Upgrade to a Better
Browser
Make the switch to Firefox the faster, safer, smarter way
to browse the Web.
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| Chrome |
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Google Chrome
runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.
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| CD-DVD
Tools |
| CD
DVD Burner |
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CDBurnerXP is a free
application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs.
It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well
as a multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use
it for free. It does not include adware or similar malicious components. |
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| Drive
Tool - Virtual CloneDrive |
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It's dead simple. Click
on the ISO and it mounts. You can have up to 8 virtual images
mounted at once and a simple right-click on the virtual drive
allows you to dismount it. No UIs or other ruckus to get in
the way. Works great on Vista as well.
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| Chat
IM |
| Chat
IM - Pidgin |
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Pidgin is an easy to use
and free chat client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN,
Yahoo, and more chat networks all at once.
Virtually supports all IM clients.
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| Cleaners |
| Windows
Cleaner - CCleaner |
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CCleaner is a freeware system optimization
and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system -
allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard
disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities
such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it's
fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains
NO Spyware or Adware!
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Free
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| Compression
Tools |
| ZIP
Program - file compression |
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7-Zip is a file archiver with high compression
ratio.
Supported formats: 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, LZH, GZIP, BZIP2,
Z, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB.
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| File
Splitting |
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This application is a free
original file splitter that lets you split your large files (like
Self-Extracting archives, Zip archives, multimedia, song, music,
movie, backup, picture, archive, log, large text, document files...)
into a set of smaller files called pieces. |
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| Computer-aided
Design - CAD |
| DoubleCAD
XT |
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IMSI/Design's DoubleCAD XT
is a compact CAD utility for Google SketchUp. Based on the developer's
professional CAD product, DoubleCAD XT is similar to other slimmed-down
CAD packages, but it offers more than most of them, for less:
it's free. |
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| Google
SketchUp |
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Google SketchUp - Create 3D models and
share them with the world.
Google SketchUp is software that you
can use to create 3D models of anything you like. Build models
and add them to Google Earth.
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| eDrawings
Viewer |
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eDrawings Viewer allows convenient viewing
of supported AutoCAD® DWG and DXF files and native SolidWorks®
parts, assemblies, and drawings. The eDrawings Viewer is intended
primarily for people who do not use CAD software and thus do
not need to publish eDrawings files themselves. Innovative built-in
interpretation tools include 3D Pointer, Virtual Folding, Point-and-click
Animation, and Hyperlinking.
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| Defrag |
| Auslogics
Disk Defrag |
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* Optimizes fle system
* Consolidates free space
* Can defrag automatically
* Provides flexible scheduler
* Can defrag a single file or folder
* Supports multi-terabyte volumes |
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| Drawing |
| Gimp |
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GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation
Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such
tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
It works on many operating systems, in many languages. (more...). |
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| Paint.net |
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A free image and photo editing
software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive
and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited
undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful
tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly
help, tutorials, and plugins. |
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| Drive
Tools |
| SwissKnife |
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Formats faster than the OS (click on
chart for details)
Allows change of cluster size during Full format or Quick Format
Divides a single hard drive into one or more partitions
Supports Hi-Speed USB, PCMCIA, SATA, SCSI, USB 1.1, and FireWire®
external drives Supports Fixed and Removable disk formats Supports
FAT, FAT32 & NTFS systems
Allows creation of a single partition of up to 2048GB of FAT32
or NTFS file systems. Full format or Quick Format of existing
partitions Selective partitions can be modified for optimum
flexibility
I used SwissKnife to format a LaCie 650
GB USB drive to a fat 32 format so that I could connect it to
my Philips dvp5990 DVD player via its USB port.
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| DriveSort |
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DriveSort sorts the directory tables
of a volume formatted in FAT12/FAT16/FAT32. This sort orders
the files in each folder according to their short or long names
alphabetic order. This works very well for sorting files on
MP3 players or drives that do not have a sorting function.
I used DriveSort to sort a 650 GB fat
32 format drive that I connect to my Philips dvp5990 DVD player
via USB.
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| DVD |
| DVD
Flick |
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DVD Flick aims to be a simple
but at the same time powerful DVD Authoring tool. It can take
a number of video files stored on your computer and turn them
into a DVD that will play back on your DVD player, Media Center
or Home Cinema Set. You can add additional custom audio tracks,
subtitles as well as a menu for easier navigation. |
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| Educational |
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| Educational
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Grey Olltwit's Educational.
This site is no longer free, but it still has great software. |
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| Office
Suite |
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Are you tired
of Microsoft (M$)?
OpenOffice is both an open-source application and project. It
is free. The product is a multi-platform office productivity suite
compatible with all major file formats. |
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| Picture
Organizer and more |
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Picasa is a free software download from
Google that helps you:
Locate and organize all the photos on your computer.
Edit and add effects to your photos with a few simple
clicks.
Share your photos with others through email, prints,
and on the web: its fast, easy and free.
Take your photos further with Picasa from Google
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| Create
PDF Documents |
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Create PDF documents
easily for free. This program installs a print driver that creates
PDFs. Just select the
PDFCreator printer from your favorite application and print.
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| E-mail
Client and more |
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Thunderbird
is Mozilla's next generation e-mail client. Thunderbird makes
emailing safer, faster, and easier than ever before with the industry's
best implementations of features such as intelligent spam filters,
a built-in spell checker, extension support, and much more.
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| Remote
Control and File Transfer |
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Ultr@VNC is a
client/server software that allows you to remotely control a computer
over any TCP/IP connection as if you were in front of it. It is
Free and distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
License
* useful in remote administration, remote
customer support, education, and for many other purposes;
* cross-platform, available for Windows and Unix, compatible
with other VNC software;
* well maintained and being actively developed.
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| Image
Viewer & more |
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IrfanView is
a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial
use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003.
It's simple for beginners and powerful
for professionals.
Try it, you won't believe what it
can do.
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| Encyclopedia |
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Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia. |
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| P2P
Peer-toPeer |
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Shareaza is now available with massively
improved performance, including improvements to Gnutella2, Edonkey
2000 and BitTorrent. With over 200 updates, Shareaza hugely
improves your file-sharing experience.
* Supports Windows XP Service Pack 2
(SP2)
* Improves EDonkey2000 and BitTorrent support.
* Updated with more Languages and Skins!
* Over 220 application improvements.
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| Speed
Test - Test your connection speed |
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Take the Speakeasy Speed Test and test
your connection speed! By measuring the download and upload
rate from the following locations you are able to accurately
judge your current line throughput or internet connection speed.
To take the speed test, choose the server nearest you.
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| System
Information - find out what's on your PC |
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The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed
profile of your installed software and hardware, including Microsoft
Hotfixes, and displays the results in your Web browser. All
of your PC profile information is kept private on your
PC and is NOT sent to any web server.
Runs on Windows 95/98/Me, NT 4, Windows
2000, XP and Windows Server 2003.
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Panoramic
Photos
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AutoStitch is the world's first fully
automatic 2D image stitcher. Capable of stitching full view
panoramas without any user input whatsoever, AutoStitch is a
breakthrough technology for panoramic photography, VR and visualization
applications.
.This is too cool to miss, check out what this small program
can do...
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| Web
Page Design - Evrsoft First Page 2006 |
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Five years and 3,000,000+ downloads since
the first release, Evrsoft brings you First Page 2006, the highly
anticipated HTML editing software. Evrsoft First Page 2006 gives
you unsurpassed freedom to create and edit web documents with
absolute code control.
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| File
Recovery - PC INSPECTOR File Recovery |
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PC INSPECTOR File Recovery is a
data recovery program that supports the FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS
file systems.
» Finds partitions automatically,
even if the boot sector or FAT has been erased or damaged
» Recovers files with the original
time and date stamp
» Supports the saving of recovered
files on network drives
» Recovers files, even when a header
entry is no longer available. Competition products cannot recover
such files. The "Special Recovery Function" supports
the following disk formats:
ARJ AVI BMP CDR DOC DXF DBF XLS
EXE GIF HLP HTML HTM JPG LZH MID
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| Firewall
Protection - Sygate
Personal Firewall 5.6 |
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This Firewall program was so good that
Symantec bought them, but you can still get the FREE version.
This firewall automatically protects
your PC from hackers and other malicious attacks. It includes
full-ICS support, protocol driver-level protection and enhanced
logging.
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| Firewall
Protection - works
well with XP & 98 2nd Ed. |
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The free version
of Outpost Firewall offers a basic protection solution for casual
web surfers and low budget systems. There is also a "Pro"
version with more robust features.
Cost: Free for personal use |
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| Browser
Plug-in - Finjan
SecureBrowsing. |
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Finjan SecureBrowsing
provides you with safety ratings of URLs showing in your browser.
Utilizing innovative security technologies, proven in large enterprise
environments, it helps keep you safe from online scams as you
search and browse the web. |
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| Web
Protection - Finjan
SecureBrowsing. |
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K9 Web Protection
is our free Internet filtering and control solution for the home.
K9 puts YOU in control of the Internet so you can protect your
kids.. |
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| Tutorial
& Presentation creation - Wink |
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Wink is a Tutorial
and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating
tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel
etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations
boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial
for your users. |
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| Drive
Tool - SwissKnife |
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| Online
Faxing - FaxZero |
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The free service is limited
to two faxes a day. Each fax can only be three pages. An ad
will be placed on the cover page. Paying $1.99 per fax removes
these restrictions.
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| Media
Player - VLC media player |
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* Free and Open Source
cross-platform media player
* Supports a large number of multimedia formats, without the
need for additional codecs
* Features a complete streaming server, with extended features
(video on demand, on the fly transcoding, ...)
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