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Mozilla Firefox 18

With a new compiler that promises 25 percent faster performance on JavaScript-powered Web sites, Firefox 18 also speeds startup time, scales images better, and improves tab switching. Read more

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Microsoft Office Basic 2007

Create and edit documents and manage e-mail.

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5 stars

Hotspot Shield

Maintain your anonymity and protect your privacy while accessing free Wi-Fi hotspots.

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4h stars

Auslogics Disk Defrag Pro

Defrag and optimize your hard drive for enhanced performance.

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4 stars

Wise Care 365 Free

Wise Care 365 is a combination of Wise Disk Cleaner and Wise Registry Cleaner.

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4 stars

Adblock Plus for Chrome

Browse the Web without ads using Google Chrome.

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3h stars

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Firefox 19 betas: Built-in PDF viewing, broader Android reach

The desktop version of Mozilla's browser beta is shunting Adobe's PDF plug-in aside, and the Android version works on 15 million more smartphones. Read more

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Chrome 24 brings math formatting, better offline abilities

Alongside the perpetual effort to speed up JavaScript, Google's newest browser gets MathML support, offline data storage with IndexedDB, and security fixes. Read more

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OpenCandy brings the bucks to desktop software

Software installation wrapper OpenCandy argues that it's still lucrative to make desktop apps and points to one billion installs as the proof. Read more

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IonMonkey delivers a faster Firefox

Search suggestions and better malware protections hit Firefox on Android, while the desktop browser gets a faster JavaScript engine and some under-the-hood tweaks. Read more

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Adobe releases Creative Suite 2 for free

If you have an older Mac or Windows system and wish to do some image editing, you'll be glad to hear Adobe's CS2 software is now available for free. Read more

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