Security Software

Why spend lots of money on security software when you can have AVG Free and Comodo Personal Firewall for free

Foxit reader

A great piece of free software avalible for viewing pdfs is Foxit Reader, it’s avalible for Mac, Windows and Linux and is much better than Adobe’s bloated Reader.

Free Serief Software

http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/default.asp

Watch Server 2008 Info

http://www.cnettv.com/9742-1_53-32392.html

Windows Vista Retail Price Cuts

Microsoft cuts Windows Vista retail edition selling price by up to hefty 48% in order to persuade customers to upgrade to Vista n the US. The new cheaper price of Windows Vista retail box version is applicable to both full version and upgrade version of Vista, which used to upgrade install an old Windows operating system such as XP to Vista. Only retail Vista price is adjusted downward, with OEM version pricing stays the same, but who knows anyway, and price of OEM version when comparison with retail price has already considerably cheaper.

In US, the selling price in US for retail boxed version of top range full version Windows Vista Ultimate edition has been dropped from $399 to $319, $80 reduction or 20% off, while Vista Ultimate upgrade version drops to $219 from $259, $40 or 15% lower. Windows Vista Home Premium upgrade version also has it price cut from $159 to $129, $30 or 19% drop. The new pricing of Vista for other countries worldwide is expected to be announced by Microsoft soon.

It will be interesting to see if the cuts also happen in the UK.

Microsoft giving away free software for students

Microsoft are giving away free versions of Visual Studio 2008 Pro, MS Expression Studio, Windows Server 2003 Standard, and SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition to registered students at https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com/Default.aspx

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Powerbullet Presenter

Powerbullet is a free flash alternative. You can get it here

PocketDOS

PocketDOS Is a great DOS Emulator for pocket pc.-