Freeware

GoNaomi is free computer dictionary that currently consists of about 30 different dictionaries containing, altogether, about 850,000 words.
[21.31M] [Win98/ME/NT/2k/XP/Vista] [FREE]

Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software. 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 plug-ins.
[1.51M] [Win95/98/ME/NT/2k/XP/Vista] [FREE]

Ever wonder if there is anything useful past page one of your search results? When your search returns thousands, sometimes millions, of results, there has to be something good out there. There is, and Surf Canyon will go and get it for you. It is a tiny browser extension that helps you find relevant information […]

Good Timing is an intuitive alarm clock program. It can sound an alarm at a particular time or in a specific amount of time. Alarms can even be configured to run like stopwatches. All sounds are customizable. Use Good Timing to manage your time at work, track classes and study-time, schedule sleep and exercise, arrange […]

TTSReader is a full-featured, text-to speech software package that allows reading text aloud as well as to wav or mp3 files.
Main Features: Intuitive user interface design; automatic highlighting of currently read text; reading to wav; reading to mp3 with adjustable settings; pronunciation corrections; support for both SAPI4 and SAPI5 voices; support for rich text […]

Gnomie John Connors writes:
Hello Chris,
I am a student and have been looking for an application with which to schedule my schoolwork. Just recently my friend Ian sent me a message about this Open Source app called Schoolhouse 2. I found it to be extremely helpful — especially with long term […]

With Peter’s Flexible Renaming Kit, you can easily organize your music, pictures, or other types of files. You can rename files using regular expressions, pre-defined commands, your own commands, or combinations thereof.
The pre-defined renaming commands allow letter case translation and insertion of counters and parent folder names. The commands also support insertion of basic […]

PC World’s editors suggest these 13 downloads, mostly free, to help you optimize your communications with others, improve security, and generally improve your online life. Here, we share five of ‘em:

Digsby
Communicate with multiple instant messengers and social networking sites.

SMTP Diagnostics
Troubleshoot problematic SMTP connections.

Ad-Aware 2008 Free
Remove spyware and protect your privacy with this popular free anti-spyware […]

Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4, and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.
The program was written from scratch by Mean, but code […]

TextBEAST is more than a clipboard — it’s a text manager that’s perfect for the busy professional or anyone who doesn’t want to waste time typing the same things over and over again. With TextBEAST, you can copy, store, organize, and paste text with ease. It features a clean, uncluttered interface and powerful organizational capabilities.
[4.24M] […]

Baku allows you to search for system registry errors and unneeded files that can be safely removed. Deletes empty folders, history folder contents, recent documents folder contents, temp folder contents, temporary Internet files, and cookies.
Searches Windows log files, shortcuts to missing files and folders, and user specified file types. Registry scan removes unused and […]

PC World proudly proclaims a dozen of its newest downloads, as reviewed its editors. Here are five of ‘em!

Microsoft WorldWide Telescope
Stroll through the sky with this celestial software.

Avira AntiVir Personal
Detect and eliminate viruses, get free protection for home users.

Firefox
Firefox 2 adds polish but no earth-shattering improvements over version 1.5.

DeepBurner Free
This CD/DVD burning program is effective, […]

Volumouse provides a quick and easy way to control the sound volume on your system — simply by rolling the wheel of your wheel mouse. It allows you to define a set of rules for determining when the wheel will be used for changing the sound volume.
[45K] [Win98/ME/NT/2k/XP/Vista] [FREE]

Use these tools selected by PC World’s editors to get the most out of your audio and video files.

Windows Movie Maker
Use your PC to create, edit, and share home movies.

MP3&WAV Converter
This collection of three utilities aims to help you manage your audio files.

Morpheus
Peer-to-peer software in transition means many unfinished downloads.

Nero 7 Ultra Edition
Burn your own […]

Ready for a pulse-pounding brain workout? Thrill to these arcade-style games selected by PC World’s editors. You never saw these fresh picks down at the arcade. And hey, you don’t worry about having a big stack of quarters handy.

Nanotron
Blast germs into oblivion in this arcade-style game.

Peggle
Knock out pegs and enjoy whimsical backgrounds […]

PC World’s editors selected these top utilities that’ll help you optimize, improve, and protect your PC.

Cygwin
Add some Linux features to your PC with this freebie.

RegClean
Clean your Windows Registry of corrupted or unused Registry keys.

Motherboard Monitor
Find out if your PC is overheating with this free utility.

WinPatrol 2007
Kill off unwanted background programs like worms, adware, […]

Process Lasso is a unique new technology intended to automatically adjust the allocation of CPU cycles so that system responsiveness is improved during high loads. It does this by temporarily lowering the priorities of processes that are consuming too many CPU cycles, thereby giving other processes a chance to run if they are in need. […]

MediaCoder is an Open Source universal audio/video batch converter that puts together lots of excellent audio/video codecs and tools from the Open Source community into an all-in-one solution, capable of coding among different audio/video formats.
With many extra features and expandable architecture, MediaCoder is more than a GUI of a bunch of command line tools.
[20.54M] […]

PC World’s editors have collected the newest versions of very popular products.

3S Accounting
Take care of your small-business finances with this tool.

AceMoney Lite
Track your spending habits, manage your budget, and monitor investment performance.

Paragon Partition Manager Personal
Create, delete, and manipulate hard drive partitions with this excellent software.

Outlook Express Attachment Extractor
Saving a bunch of attachments out of Outlook […]

ExamDiff is a freeware Windows tool for visual file comparison. Features: Toggles between the first and second files. Automatically detects file changes and prompts the user to re-compare files. One push re-compare function which attempts to leave the viewer’s focus in the same place as before the re-compare.
Saves the standard UNIX DIFF file.
[521K] [Win95/98/ME/2k/XP/Vista] […]