software links & info

What they say:

"Symantec produces the security software that thousands of computer users trust - the world famous Norton Antivirus and security software, Products like Norton 360 and Norton Internet Security that are easy to download."

What they say:

"Now that Adobe and Macromedia are one company, Adobe is better positioned than ever to push the boundaries of the digital universe. Adobe is driving even greater innovation with powerful, compelling software solutions that meet the needs of customers and markets ranging from designers and filmmakers, to enterprises and governments, to developers and home users.

Discover world-class software products including:

# Adobe Creative Suite 2
# Adobe Acrobat 7.0
# Macromedia Studio 8
# Adobe Photoshop CS2
# Macromedia Contribute 3
# Macromedia Dreamweaver 8"

What they say:

"Symantec produces the security software that thousands of computer users trust - the world famous Norton Antivirus and security software, Products like Norton 360 and Norton Internet Security that are easy to download."

What they say:

"Adobe revolutionises how the world engages with ideas and information. The company’s award winning technologies and software have redefined business, entertainment, and personal communications by setting new standards for producing and delivering content anytime, anywhere."

What they say:

"Award wining antivirus software - Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security.

Top 5 Virus Information: Provides you with information on the latest virus threats - Virus Map: View infection reports in real time, as they occur in each geographic region. - FREE virus scanner: Detects new virus on your computer for FREE We also offer the following newsletters: - Weekly virus report and Virus Alert"

They also produce highly effective anti-spyware software as part of their sophisticated home PC security suite of tools.

What they say:

"WhiteSmoke is a world leading, All-in-One solution for improving English writing, with over 5 million registered users and 10,000 new users every day.

The software enriches your text with a relevant combination of adjectives and adverbs, checks spelling with our built-in comprehensive dictionaries (over 420,000 unique values), corrects your grammar (supports more than 65,000 errors), replaces and enhances your words with smart synonyms, and fixes punctuation throughout your text.

Choose from hundreds of professional templates, and take your writing to a new level!

WhiteSmoke works on all applications - Email, Word, HTML, Messenger, etc...

Innovative, patent-pending technology, suitable for native and non-native English speakers alike."

What they say:

"ZoneLabs produces the award-winning ZoneAlarm products, including ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite, ZoneAlarm Pro, ZoneAlarm AntiVirus and ZoneAlarm Anti-Spyware"

What they say:

"Protection against viruses, Spyware, hackers, spam, and other internet threats. Has your computer ever been infected with a virus or Spyware? According to the 2006 joint CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, viruses, unauthorized access, and theft of proprietary information topped the list of reported financial losses. Viruses led the list at $42,787,767, and unauthorized access losses reported at $31,233,100 with theft of proprietary info at $30,933,000

Everyday more and more viruses are released, and more spyware spreads. Our award winning allows people to avoid these losses and protect their valuable data."

What they say:

"Nuance is market-leading supplier of speech and imaging solutions that are used to automate a wide range of manual processes, including Dragon Naturally Speaking and PDF Converter."

What they say:

"Nuance Communications, Inc. is the market-leading supplier of speech and imaging solutions that are used to automate a wide range of manual processes - increasing productivity, reducing costs and improving customer service.

In the OCR category, we publish OmniPage Pro, the world's #1 Optical Character Recognition software. This powerful productivity software quickly turns PDF files and stacks of paper - letters, contracts, tables, manuals - into easily editable word processing and spreadsheet documents.

PDF Converter converts PDF files that look like the original - complete with all formatting and graphics. Your organization will reach new levels of productivity by leveraging the power of Microsoft Word to edit and collaborate with PDF files.

Other category leading software titles include PaperPort, which turns paper files and photos into organized digital files, and Dragon Naturally Speaking, which turns speech into text."

What they say:

"Kaspersky Lab is one of the world's top anti-virus companies, and well known all over the world as one of the leaders in the development of advanced anti-virus technologies. We produce anti-virus defense for home users, systems for workstations, file servers and application servers, e-mail gateways, firewalls, and Web servers. Kaspersky Labs also provides anti-spam solution for Small and Medium Businesses."

What they say:

"We have launched a full range of new PC security products. There are now four different packages, making it easier for the customer to choose the product most suited to their needs."

What they say:

"Nero's award winning products allow you to rip, burn, copy, share, and enjoy their digital media. From easy DVD burning or iPod viewing to collecting, organizing and transferring their photo, video and music files from device to device seamlessly. Nero provides you with robust software complete their digital media tasks anywhere, anytime.

Nero 9 - Simply Create

* Faster One-click Rip, Burn and Copy functions for CD/DVDs and Blu-ray
* Create professional-looking photo slideshows or DVD home movies with integrated 3D menus.
* Easy export and share to YouTube™, MySpace® and My Nero
* AVCHD and other Hi-Def format support up to (1080p)
* Stream Content to Xbox 360™ and PlayStation® 3
* Skip the commercials automatically from your recorded TV shows.

Nero Move-it - Share Your Digital Life

* Transfer your music, videos, and photos easily to enjoy online or on portable devices.
* Transfer content directly from device to device, choose the device that you want to use, Nero Move It transfers the file.
* Convert any file while maintaining the best quality for iPod®, iPhone™, PSP® and other portable and mobile devices.
* Convert files and quickly sync to your chosen device later
* Easy file sharing between compatible devices including, PCs*, digital cameras, mobile phones, and PDAs.
* Transfer numerous files to multiple devices simultaneously "

What they say:

"Serif is the world's leading independent publisher of desktop publishing, design and graphics, photo editing and web design software with an award-winning range and a reputation for making professional effects and publishing capabilities accessible to ordinary PC users."

What they say:

"Award-winning digital media software.

Products include downloadable and boxed versions of Easy Media Creator 7.5, Easy DVD Copy, Toast 7 Titanium, and Toast with Jam 6."

What they say:

"SpyZooka started in 2004 as the first and still the only antispyware software that guarantees 100% spyware removal."

What they say:

"Ipswitch produce the award-winning WS FTP Professional. With more than 40 million users worldwide, the world most popular file transfer. Find the file transfer products that are right for you. To find out more about WS_FTP you can look at www.wsftp.com

FTP software is a fast and simple way to exchange information over the Internet. But with so much data constantly on the move, managing and securing sensitive information can be a challenge. Ipswitch boasts the fastest transfer speeds and highest level of reliability and security of any file transfer client on the market."

What they say:

"Award-winning, high-quality video creation and distribution software for consumers and business alike.

Pinnacle Systems the maker of Studio family of software, the #1 selling consumer video editing solution in the United States for 3 years running*. Our customers are people with camcorders and PC’s who are looking to capture, enhance and share their videos.

Pinnacle is also the maker of Liquid Edition, a more advanced video editing software solution targeted toward serious hobbyists and professionals.

Now get the limited time Home Theater Edition of Studio software with these audio and video formats: DivX, Dolby Digital, MPEG-4 and MP3"

What they say:

"WhiteCanyon's software helps prevent identity theft and improves computer performance & security. WhiteCanyon is the industry leader in security software tools, for both personal and business use. Our company president was recently featured on Inside Edition as THE expert in the US. Check out our 3 minute video linked from the home page.

WipeDrive - Getting rid of your computer? Formatting your hard drive does NOT erase your data! Make sure all your confidential information is permanently deleted prior to getting rid of your computer. WipeDrive has been trusted and used by the US Department of Defense for more than six years. More than 5 MILLION HARD DRIVES have been permanently wiped with WipeDrive!

SecureClean - Need faster computer performance? Did you know EVERY image of EVERY Internet site you have EVER VISITED is on your computer? Did you know that when you delete a file and then empty the recycle bin, the file really isn't gone? This "Internet clutter" sacrifices computer performance. SecureClean reclaims wasted disk space, permanently erases past surfing history, and protects you and your family from Identity Theft.

MySecurityVault - MySecurityVault is not just a customizable, secure password manager. It also encrypts any file on your computer and has an auto-fill feature for IE.

Our other software titles are also loved by everyone who uses them."

vBulletin is a powerful, scalable and fully customizable forums package for your web site. It has been written using the Web's quickest-growing scripting language; PHP, and is complemented with a highly efficient and ultra fast back-end database engine built using MySQL.

vBulletin is the ideal community solution for all medium-to-large sites.
PHP MySQL

vBulletin's feature-rich content sets it apart from similar forum software.

Key features include:

* Fast and efficient database back end
* Template driven interface
* Powerful search engine
* Language system
* User profiles
* Extensive admin control panel
* Unlimited forums/posts
* Email notification
* Support for COPPA

What they say:

"An award winning service that is receiving rave reviews from publishers, including Financial Times, PC World and CNET. GoToMyPC lets you access and work on your computer from any Web browser."

What they say:

"Zend, the PHP Company. Zend is the creator and ongoing innovator of PHP, a server-side scripting language used by more than 23 million Web sites, which has quickly become the most popular language for building dynamic Web applications."

What they say:

"World-class Antivirus, Industrial Strength Personal Firewall, and more for Home and Small Office PC. We've been at this a while... CA, through its product line, has quietly become the industry's #1 supplier of eBusiness security solutions. The CA security solutions secure a vast range of platform types, ranging from hand held computing devices, through desktops and servers, all the way up to IBM mainframe systems. We have a long and distinguished history of providing award-winning, enterprise-class security solutions to our customers, who include the Global 2000, and major governments throughout the world."

Superb digital imaging & video software, e.g.

Ulead CD & DVD PictureShow 4
"The easy way to create photo slideshows for TV"

Ulead PhotoImpact 12
"Complete Image Editing suite"

Ulead DVD MovieFactory 5
"The Easy way to Create Video and SlideShow Discs"

Ulead VideoStudio 10
"Easy & Powerful Video Editing"

Free trials available for these and other products.

What they say:

"Computer users worldwide choose Kaspersky Lab because it offers the world's most immediate protection against viruses, spyware and internet threats. The world-renowned Kaspersky Lab disarms up to 200 viruses a day and provides unprecedented security with the industry's only hourly anti-virus updates. The Kaspersky Spam Lab evaluates 35 million messages each day and provides updates every 30 minutes. Kaspersky Lab truly sets the standard with a complete line of anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam and anti-hacker solutions. Kaspersky Anti-Virus provides exceptional detection rates of all kinds of viruses and rapid response to the newest threats. Kaspersky Personal Security Suite is full-scale defense against viruses, hackers and spam. It also provides exceptional and reliable protection against spyware."

What they say:

"Avanquest Software publishes award-winning iPod, mobility, utility and productivity software. Avanquest also publishes many exciting 3rd party software titles.

Communications and Mobility:

Ringtone Media Studio ? Create mobile ringtones, wallpapers, screensavers and videos.

Pocket PhoneTools ? 3G and GPRS Internet connections, SMS and fax, plus cell phone sync with your PDA.

Utility:

Web Easy Professional - Create custom web sites with advanced features with simple drag-and-drop.

SystemSuite - Improve system performance, protect your system against spyware, viruses and from hackers, diagnose computer problems, recover lost data, protect against email spam, and much, much more.

iPod:

WebPodStudio - Simply plug in a microphone and camera and WebPod Studio handles the rest. PodCasting has never been easier. "

What they say:

"e frontier develops and publishes cutting edge graphics software for creative professionals, artists, and hobbyists:

Poser - The Easiest Way to Design and Animate With 3D Human Figures

Manga Studio - The Best Selling Manga Illustration and Comic Art Software Worldwide

Anime Studio - Complete 2D Animation for Creating Cartoons, Anime and Cut Out

MotionArtist - The Easiest Way to Create Flash™ Animations"

What they say:

"Vertus is a market leading graphics and imaging software company that specialises in technology for image data interpretation. The groundbreaking technology uses complex algorithms to mimic the way the eye and brain perform visual processing so that complex shapes and colors can be recognized within images.

For the past 3 years Vertus have marketed the award winning Adobe Photoshop plugin Fluid Mask 3 and are now excited to launch Bling! It, a unique image editing software that transforms ordinary product shots to extraordinary ones.

Bling! It is designed for everyone from the novice user to businessperson and web designer, Bling! It sets the new standard for web product shots and can quickly replace everyday backgrounds with professional ones, sharpen and enhance a product's appearance, and optimize the shot for auction sites such as eBay and Amazon, or any eCommerce website."

What they say:

"System Mechanic - The Essential PC Utility Suite.

Use this set of powerful tools to:
OPTIMIZE: Speed up and optimize your hard disk, memory, the Internet, and more for top performance!
FIX: Clean and optimize your registry, repair broken shortcuts, and more!
CLEAN: Keep your PC clean and error-free by eliminating popups, junk files, and Internet clutter!
PROTECT: Wipe out spyware, and safeguard private data! MAINTAIN: Perform system tasks in a snap using the PC Maintenance Wizard!

Search and Recover - The Ultimate File Recovery Tool~

Instantly recover deleted data. Recover any file from any media. Recover pictures, videos, emails, documents, and more from hard drives, digital cameras, MP3 players, Zip drives, USB flash drives, and other portable media!

**AWARDS**
System Mechanic and Search and Recover have won awards from: PC Magazine, Consumers Digest, Cnet, PC World, PC Computing, and Home Office Computing.

iolo technologies, LLC is ranked in the top ten on the Deloitte & Touche LLP Technology Fast 50 list."

What they say:

"Rosetta Stone language software provides language instruction for 30 different languages and is used by Fortune 500 companies, NASA, the US State Department, over 10,000 schools, and more than 5 million people worldwide.

Our Dynamic Immersion method of instruction teaches language through thousands of real-life pictures and the voices of native speakers to instruct the user in the areas of language comprehension, reading, writing and speaking."

What they say:

"Avanquest Software is a global developer of award-winning consumer and small business software. We have over 200 software titles in our Affiliate program including products in PC Security and Diagnostics, Anti Virus/Anti Spyware, CAD Design, Small Business Productivity, Mobility, Web Authoring/Design, Education, Reference, Digital Media and more!"

What they say:

"Protect your privacy with Steganos, the specialist for data protection software - online, offline, static and on the go. With a 96% share of the market, Steganos is the leader for consumer encryption software in Germany (according to GfK, a German market research company). Steganos products have been used by millions of security-conscious users worldwide since 1997. Innovations such as the world's first commercial steganographic software (data is hidden in images or music) or the world's first encryption software with Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) make Steganos synonymous with the protection of confidential data. Today Steganos is a provider complete security software, which addresses all security-relevant Windows issues with suitable products: Whether encrypting hard drives, e-mails or mobile devices, traces and data destruction, anonymization on the Internet, protection against viruses, worms, hackers, trojan horses, dialers, spam and spyware - Steganos has the relevant solution."

What they say:

"PCSecurityShield offers top rated security software for today's Internet user.

Our top products include:

# The Shield Pro 2006 - AntiVirus & Firewall
# Privacy Defender 4.0 - Anti-Adware & Spyware
# MyRegistryCleaner - Registry Cleaner
# ...and other award winning software"

What they say:

"Tenebril, Inc. produces popular anti-spyware and privacy products. Let Tenebril protect your privacy on the Internet.

SpyCatcher (anti-spyware)
GhostSurf (online privacy)
GhostSurf Platinum (online privacy + anti-spyware)

Prices range from $29.95 to $49.95"

What they say:

"Come check out our great deals on Computer Software, Hardware, Video games and gaming consoles, and Electronics. Need something fast? Check out our Downloads section. We've got everything you need at prices you'll love, plus our friendly service can't be beat!

Atomic Park is a formidable force in the online software market, serving a diverse range of customers both nationally and internationally. We are a committed member of the Better Business Bureau, one of the leading technology companies in Wisconsin, and received the Future 50 award in both 2002 and 2003."

Google Pack contains the following essential free software to massively enhance the functionality of your PC, as well as improve the overall security and performance of your internet experience:

- Google Earth (zoom anywhere on the earth in 3D)
- Picasa (organise & share your photo albums like never before)
- Google Photos Screensaver (make stunning slideshows of your photos)
- Mozilla Firefox with Google Toolbar (faster, better web browsing)
- Norton Security Scan (free internet security suite)
- Google Desktop (organize & search your PCs files rapidly and securely)
- Google Toolbar For Internet Explorer

Other optional software includes: Google Talk, Google Video Player, Skype, Realplayer & Google Talk.

What they say:

"What is SpyWareNuker? It's only the hottest selling, and most effective, Anti-Spyware & Anti-Adware software on the Net today!

Why might you need SpyWareNuker? Because it is estimated that 9 out of 10 PCs are infected with some sort of Spyware or Adware!"

What they say:

"Turn your PowerPoint presentations into high-quality, interactive Flash presentations and online training in minutes-no Flash experience required!

PointeCast empowers companies to easily create, distribute and track online training and presentations with simple solutions that enable anyone to quickly share knowledge and turn information into a competitive advantage."

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 is an innovative free web browser with integrated pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, and enhanced privacy and security features. It is also the fastest and most flexible browser to date, with an extremely light download and fast startup time.

Free software doesn't come any better than this! I've used practically every browser ever made, and feature-wise this one leaves Internet Explorer so far behind that you will wonder how you ever used it.

This freeware download comes directly from Google, and is already integrated with enhanced Google features such as Google search, SpellCheck and Autofill. No spyware, no hidden charges, no popups or sneaky advertising, just fast smooth customisable surfing, completely free.