* Display pictures
* Custom emoticons
* Multi-language support (around 40 languages currently supported)
* Webcam support
* Sign in to more than one account at once
* Full-speed File transfers
* Group support
* Normal, and animated emoticons with sounds
* Chat logs
* Timestamping
* Event alarms
* Conferencing support
* Tabbed chat windows

*My personal opinion is that it's faster than MSN Messenger - download and install in 90 seconds max, regognises all your existing MSN contacts, NO pages and pages of nosey questions to fiil in - aMSN is a dream!

DivShare is a free service that allows you to upload any number of files of any size and kind and share them with any number of people.

All uploaded files are accessible via a unique download link that you can send to the intended recipient or publish publicly. Files are kept for a week for anonymous uploads but if you sign up for a free account they are kept permanently. DivShare can be integrated into Facebook and WordPress

Ashampoo ClipFinder - The search engine for the most important video portals

Find and immediately download videos from YouTube, VideU, MyVideo, ClipFish, Google Video, sevenload, Dailymotion and many more at the click of a mouse!

Finds online videos which fit a search word.
Supports the popular video portals YouTube, VideU, MyVideo, ClipFish, Google Video, sevenload, Dailymotion, MySpace, Metacafe and IFILM
Preview of all hit videos directly in the program window
Shows the length, assessment and name of the videos
Playing the videos directly in the Ashampoo ClipFinder
Download of the videos in the FLV format on your own hard drive
Your own favorite videos will be taken over in a separate favorites file
Skins change the looks of the Ashampoo ClipFinders

The Ashampoo ClipFinder is available to all video fans as a free full version. Through a one-time online registration, the program can immediately be released as an unlimited full version

Miro - The internet TV and video player - free and open-source, because open media matters!

Play any video file!

Free internet TV!

Download YouTube!

Bit Torrent power!

Higher Definition than anywhere!

AudioFutbol - Sync your radio with the action on TV

How many times have you wanted to sync your radio with your TV while you were watching that soccer, football or basketball match? It’s not only once that you listen to the goal before you watch it, and that’s because of the video signal delay.

AudioFutbol is the solution for your problem, because thanks to AudioFutbol you will be able to sync the radio audio to exactly match what you’re watching. That’s great!

You only have to connect your auxiliary audio device in to input line of your computer sound card and adjust the Virtual delay slider (from 0.1 to 160 Seconds) and AudioFutbol will adjust it. Enjoy the match.

You will not listen to the radio in advance anymore. It’s free, it’s great!

The Jing Project - The concept of Jing is the always-ready program that instantly captures and shares images and video - from your computer screen to anywhere.

Record video from your desktop

Capture Images - snap a picture of anything on your desktop.

Share Online - your images and videos instantly uploaded and hosted by us free!

Jing - for Mac OS X and Windows XP and Vista

Jing is a fluid and changing project - read the FAQs here!

Glubble - Parental control (Firefox only)

Glubble enhances Firefox so that your kids can see just the best of the web. As a family you can share and shape what your child sees. Glubble puts the web in the hands of your family.

Glubble altered search - When your child searches they will see trusted results from their Glubble World not the whole World Wild Web. Glubble enhances search results from companies like Google and Yahoo, including image results.

Child friendly look and feel - You can set the look and feel of Glubble to suit the reading ability of your child. When Glubble helpers use the browser they experience an unchanged Firefox interface.

Instant permissions - Kids can ask anyone in their family when they want to see something unfamiliar.

MediaPortal is an Open Source application ideal for turning your PC / TV into a very advanced Media Center.

MediaPortal allows you to listen to your favorite music & radio, watch and store your videos and DVDs, view, schedule and record live TV as a digital video recorder and much much more. You get MediaPortal as Open Source software. This means you can help in developing MediaPortal or tweak it for your own needs with lots of innovating plugins from our great community.
Get your free copy of this outstanding media center now!

Features include: My TV - My Video / MyDVD - My Pictures - My Music - My Radio - My Weather and more..

Gumshoo - The free online eBay search tool ... a simpler, safer, way to buy on eBay!

Gumshoo makes shopping on eBay easy! Filter out the junk, accessories, used items & more.

Zero in on the best deals - find typos and avoid common scams. Find misspelled auction bargains

Risk Alerts - Identify potential auction risks before bidding with the 'seller' 'location' 'details' and 'shipping' alerts

Alert Statistics The gumshoo listing analyzer provides free anti-fraud scanning on eBay auctions

YouTube Downloader - Software to download and convert YouTube video ( Version 2.0 )

YouTube Downloader allows you to download videos from You Tube (and similar sites) and convert them to other formats.

The program is very easy to use - to download a video just copy and paste the video URL and press the OK button!

You are able to convert the video to ipod, PSP, Cell phone,Windoes Media, XVID and mp3 Internet

Pageflakes is revolutionizing how we use the Internet!

Personalize your homepage with your favorite news, weather, sports, entertainment, photos, videos, music, email...and much more, all in one place!

Flakes are available for thousands of uses and interests, including news, sports, e-mail, local events, search, photos, music, videos - even interactive tools like a calendar and a to-do list - and just about anything else you do on the Web at school, work and at home.

The Pageflakes community of users create and help each other discover more new flakes and share more new Pageflakes pages every day. Try it now - it's free! 

CQPhone is an easy to use PC-to-PC phone, that allows voice chat, as well as video chat and text chat. In addition, you can easily exchange pictures and web links by simply dragging them onto the interface.

Once you install the software, you will be automatically assigned a phone number, no registration or sign up required. To connect to your friend)s), simply enter their CQPhone number, just like you would with an ordinary phone. CQPhone works with most firewalls and routers without additional configurations.

Flashget - The best download manager!

FlashGet is a leading download manager and has the highest amount of users on the internet. It uses MHT(Multi-server Hyper-threading Transportation) technique, supports various protocols and has excellent document management features. FlashGet is a freeware without any adware or spyware

Spamihilator

Spamihilator removes more than 98% of spam mails before they get into your inbox! In addition Spamihilator uses a Word-Filter, that searches messages for known keywords.

Of course, Spamihilator supports Plugins. These useful additional filters protect your system against annoying spam mails.

The program works with almost every E-Mail client, such as Outlook 2000/XP/2003/Express, Eudora, Mozilla, Netscape, IncrediMail, Pegasus Mail, Phoenix Mail, Opera, etc.

Spamihilator is available with several translations and has got a comprehensive Online Help. Furthermore the program lets you know when there is a new version available.

Podmailing - unlimited file sharing as easy as e-mail!

Podmailing is a simple service that enables your e-mail to handle large files without clogging your inbox.

Use it to send your full quality home videos to your family, receive the entire high-quality photo collection of your best friend's wedding, share slideshows and heavy pro documents, and even download torrents easily

BlogBridge rss - the ultimate info- junkie system!

BlogBridge is for true info-junkies who want a better way to wrangle all their RSS feeds from blogs and news into one pretty cool organizer.
BlogBridgeBut it’s also for people who need to learn things on the fly and want to stay current on select topics — from internet security to product innovation to wine. With BlogBridge you quickly get to enjoy the latest, best, and most relevant stuff without the distraction and blind alleys (fascinating though they may be) that characterize most Internet searches.

BlogBridge is designed for people who need to follow literally hundreds of feeds as part of their jobs. SomeI say it’s the aggregator for professionals.

Journalists, PR, Researchers - these are people who really have to follow a tremendous amount of information that is constantly percolating in feeds - they can’t afford to miss even a single mention of their client or other topic of interest. Clearly they can’t read all that information but they have to read some of it and monitor all of it.

So when we say BlogBridge handles hundreds of feeds, this refers not only to reading them, but also managing them, searching them, placing alerts on them, publishing reading lists based on them.

RSSOwl Feedreader - A newsreader for everyone!

Easy to use interface!
Save selected information in various formats for offline viewing and sharing, and much more!
It's easy to configure, available in many many languages and the best of all - It's platform-independent!

Superb Open Source software - Download it now and subscribe to Software cybersleuth's rss feed!

Feedreader
Feedreader is a free lightweight aggregator that supports RSS and ATOM formats. It works under Windows 98 and later versions.
What makes Feedreader stand out from the crowd?

Feedreader is powerful, yet simple. It's functionality is focused on the main task - reading and organizing RSS feeds and offering seamless user experience. Feedreader offers functions that you do not find in other RSS readers.

One of the main goals of Feedreader architecture is to keep its footprint small. Say goodbye to bloat: the installation file is under 4MB.
Feedreader is free - and we mean free, no catches here. There are no spyware or adware packages installed inside Feedreader. There is also an older version available as opensource package for those who like to get source code and tweak it.

Feedreader is completely customizable application. Feedreader OEM is perfect for media companies, corporations and other organizations who are interested in completely customized version of Feedreader.

Klipfolio - Track personalized RSS, weather, news, blogs, forums, downloads, auctions, and more.

New information flows in so you don't have to go looking for it - More than just news. KlipFolio displays weather, stocks, photos, lists and more. Easily add and remove content. Get more Klips to add new content and services.
Skinnable. Download skins, change colours, adjust fonts and tweak KlipFolio's size. Small interface. Klips are tiny, so they stay out of your way until you need them. Totally customizable. Set your Klips to get what you want--no more, no less.
Built-in alerts. Set alerts for keywords and new articles.

Klipfolio is a tiny and will fit neatly in a small corner of your desktop. However, it only supports three feeds at a time. 'Feedreader' (above) supports hundreds....

Download it now and subscribe to Software cybersleuth's rss feed!

Super Simple RSS - Free RSS syndication software!

SSRSS is really really easy to use!

Create and Manage RSS 2.0 files
Simplify the process of RSS file creation
Easily manipulate RSS files created

Safari 3
Safari has always been the fastest browser on the Mac and now it’s the fastest browser on Windows, loading and drawing web pages up to twice as fast as Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and up to 1.6 times faster than Mozilla Firefox 2

Only Windows XP and Vista supported, Windows Requirements are:

At least 256MB of RAM and 500Mhz Pentium-class processor or better

Avant Browser with inbuilt RSS reader

Try Avant Browser, the top rated multi-window browser - Avant Browser is the fastest web browser on Earth. Its user-friendly interface brings a new level of clarity and efficiency to your browsing experience, and frequent upgrades have steadily improved its reliability. Now, Avant Browser is available in 41 languages.

Avant Browser is freeware. That's right. 100% Free! No cost to you ever. No limitations. No Adware. No Spyware. You can donate if you want, but it's certainly not required.

Note: 'Alternative' browsers - a word to the reticent - you do not have to uninstall internet explorer - they will co-exist together quite happily!

K-Meleon - The Browser You Control
K-Meleon is an extremely fast, customizable, lightweight web browser for the win32 (Windows) platform based on the Gecko layout engine (the rendering engine of Mozilla). K-Meleon is free, open source software released under the GNU General Public License

K-Meleon loads web pages faster

Opera Web Browser

It's a fast, fun and an easy way to browse the Web. Opera 9 comes loaded with the tools to keep you productive and safe. Try it today, it's absolutely free!

Flock is an amazing web browser built on fast and secure Mozilla technologies.

View and share photos with an innovative new photo bar in the browser. Subscribe to your favorite websites to get the freshest content automatically, in summaries that are easy to save and blog. Search more quickly, more effectively, and more richly with the innovative Flock Search Toolbar. Download the Flock beta and you'll be spreading the word that there's a new way to web.

Contains a very nice rss feedreader too.

Note: Supposed to be faster than K-Meleon, but I'm not so sure - certainly as fast though. Well worth a look.

Maxthon Internet Browser software is a powerful tabbed browser with a highly customizable interface. It is based on the Internet Explorer browser engine (your most likely current web browser) which means that what works in the IE browser will work the same in Maxthon tabbed browser but with many additional efficient features like.:

# Tabbed Browsing Interface
# Mouse Gestures
# Super Drag&Drop
# Privacy Protection
# AD Hunter
# RSS Reader
# IE Extensions Support
# External Utility Bar
# Skinning
# And Much More to Explore.

Abyss Web Server is a compact web server available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and FreeBSD operating systems.

Despite its small footprint, it supports HTTP/1.1, dynamic content generation through CGI/FastCGI scripts, ISAPI extensions, native ASP.NET support, Server Side Includes (SSI), custom error pages, password protection, IP address control, anti-leeching, and bandwidth throttling.
It also features an automatic antihacking system as well as a multilingual remote web management interface that makes its configuration as easy as browsing a web site

Major Features -

#Virtual hosting (support for many hosts on a single computer)
# Native ASP.NET support
# Support for PHP, Perl, Python, "Classic" ASP, and almost any Web scripting language including the ability to run database (MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server, MS Access, etc...) backed Web applications
# Support for the Ruby on Rails framework
# CGI, FastCGI, and ISAPI extensions support
# Custom directory listings
# URL Rewriting engine
# Multilingual remote web configuration interface (console)
# Unicode support
# Automatic anti-hacking system
# Anti-leeching system to control cross-site linking
# Server-wide, per file, and per directory bandwidth control
# Windows System Service, MacOS X Startup Item, and Linux/FreeBSD daemon support (Automatic)

Any PC with an internet connection can now be used to securely and easily web host content, with your own domain name pointing to it. There are no limits - your 'hosting plan' is defined by the capacity of your hard-disk and the applications you have.

* No network setup / configuration involved. Works seamlessly from any type of IP Address (static / dynamic / internal etc) and from behind Routers, NAT and Proxies.
* Installation is a 3-minute process and Hosting is as easy as a drag-n-drop.
* Secure by design. We Proxy your PC behind our servers, and protect your PC from various mal-ware attacks. Only the content you designate for hosting becomes available over the internet.
* Optimizes bandwidth and computing power usage. We intelligently cache your most popular content, so that your bandwidth and processing power requirement is minimum when serving content.
* Caching, Private Hosting, possible. You can cache your content on our servers if you need to shut your machine. You can even designate your content for private hosting, and have it delivered over HTTPS.

LogMeIn HamachI is a zero-configuration virtual private networking (VPN) application.

In other words Hamachi is a program that allows you to arrange multiple computers into their own secure network just as if they were connected by a physical network cable.

Hamachi is fast, secure and simple. Its core version is also free.

What's in it for me?
Hamachi gives you LAN over the Internet.

Virtually any application that works over local/home networks can also be used over Hamachi networks.

Think - Windows File Sharing, iTunes, Remote Desktop, Remote Assistance or even gaming - all fully encrypted, authenticated and peer-to-peer. Hamachi is a zero-configuration virtual private networking application with an open security architecture and NAT-to-NAT traversal capabilities.

Hamachi is the first application to mix seemingly unrelated networking technologies in one powerful package to deliver an unprecedented level of direct peer-to-peer connectivity.