10 Must-Have Free Downloads

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I have to admit that I haven't downloaded any of these programs mostly because my computer is so full now. But you may be interested in this list just to see if there are any free programs that you might be interested in.

ICQ

I was trying to sign on with my ICQ program and found that I would have to download their newest version in order to sign-in - so that's what I did!

ICQ is another networking piece of a software program that is available as a free download. Basically what the program does is allow for you to have "contacts" that you can communicate with. It is sort of like a networking piece of software. I think that a lot of people use it for finding friends and finding romance but you can use it for other networking purposes as well.


The program is available as a free download from the ICQ homepage. You can create contacts and message them or you can talk and/or chat with them in real time if they are online as well. I'm not entirely sure but I think that there is a webcam feature as well. (I'll have to check on that though)


Of course there are a lot of other features with this program. You can provide an avatar of yourself and there are also sound files that you can include as well.

I have had this program for a while but haven't used it lately until the last few days and when I found out that I had to download their latest version I became interested in the program again.

You can download the program by following the link below:

The ICQ Homepage

Just click on the top tab that says "Download"

Remembering 911 - Free Banner For Your Website!

I found a site where you can get free web banners to commemorate 911. All you have to do is to go to the website and copy and paste the code to one of your own websites. There are different banners that are provided and you can pick the one that you like the best and copy and paste the code for it.

I think that this is a highly commendable thing to do to help remember the events of September 11th so that we won't forget and that hopefully it doesn't happen ever again!

Are You Interested In A FREE Version Of Paint Shop Pro / PSP?

I see that there are many people interested in finding a free version of Paint Shop Pro and I have finally found a site that lets you download an older (4.1) version of PSP.

I have downloaded it myself and while this is indeed a free version of Paint Shop Pro, it is an older version! Meaning that it doesn't have the .gif animator program and there are no provisions for making layers - like I said it is an older version of PSP!

Basically I use Gimp for my 2d graphics program but I see that there are still a number of people interested in being able to download a free version of Paint Shop Pro - no matter what version it is!

So if you make a $5 donation via Paypal, I will send you the link to the site where you can download this older version! I will also provide a link to a site where you can download other versions of PSP but be forewarned that these will be evaluation versions only!

Itunes?

I have heard a lot about Itunes and Ipods but didn't really give it much thought. However today I was downloading a podcast and saw Itunes mentioned again and decided to give it a try.

As I understand it, Itunes is a program that lets you listen to audio and video files - sort of comparable to the Window's Media Player program. I already have a couple of related programs that let me listen to audio files and watch video-related files but I figured that since Itunes seems to be so popular that I would download it and give it a try. I should warn you that the downloadable Itune program is 67 MB in size! I thought it would take me all night to download the program but it only took half the night to download it - LOL!

Since I just completed my download I haven't had a chance to open the program yet but judging from the website it has a ton of features and options so I can't wait to give it a try. (Goodness knows that I'm going to need a bigger harddrive if I keep downloading so much stuff - LOL!)

So once I take it for a "spin", I'll see how much I like it and decide on whether or not that I want to keep it.

To find out more about Itunes (and to get the free download) just click here.

Feedreader

If you are a fan of blogs and have quite a few of them that you visit regularly then you might be interested in this free download called Feedreader. I currently have it but right now I am downloading the most recent current version of this program.

How this programs works is that if you find a blog that you like and want to know when new posts are added you can subscribe to the blog's feed (if they have one) by taking the url address of the blog's feed and pasting it to your Feedreader program. That way when you open the program it will automatically looked for updated content on the blogs that you have added.

Free Download A Day Site

Free Download A Day

I just found out out this site today. It was included in one of my emails. I have just glanced over the site and haven't had a chance to really look at it but it seems to have a nice number of freely downloaded programs.

I also notice that they have a lot of free download programs for linux users as well.