Music

Itunes- My favorite music player.

ItunesKeys- Allows global hotkeys for iTunes.

Rhapsody- Download unlimited music for <$15/mo.

Last.FM- Tracks your music.

OpenPandora- Allows Pandora to be used on the desktop with Last.FM.

Media Tools

Alcohol 52% Free - CD ROM emulator for running ISOs.

Virtual Dub - Jack of all trades for video and audio manipulation.

DivFix- This program fixes many Divx (AVI) files.

DVD Decrypter- Allows you to copy DVD's for backup purposes.

Burn4Free- A free CD/DVD burning program (I still prefer Nero).

Media Player Classic- The best media player. Plays most files.

Gspot- This program tells you what codec you need to play a file.

K-Lite Codec Pack- This is the codec pack.

AsfTools- Repairs ASF, WMV, and WMA files.

The Gimp - The best free painting program. Similiar to Paint Shop Pro.

Web Albulm Generator- Easily generate web photo albulms.

Mihov Image Resizer- Resizes images including batch (multiple images).

Picassa- Organizes your photos.


File & System Tools

File Splitter- Will split a file into several files of the size you choose.

Spybot Search & Destroy- A very good spyware cleaner.

AdAware- Another good spyware cleaner.

Avira AntiVirus - Decent free antivirus program.

EditPlus- My favorite text editor ($35 or shareware).

CamUnzip- A good free unzipper. Unzips zips, rars, etc.

Foxit PDF Viewer- Great PDF Viewer. Smaller and faster than Acrobat.

Copy Handler- Speeds up copying files within Windows.

MultiMon Taskbar- A must have for dual monitors - gives you a 2nd seperate task bar.


Internet and Communication Tools

µTorrent Bittorent Client- The best bittorent client. Clean and simple.

Grabbit- My favorite usenet client.

RealVNC- The best program for Virtual Network Connection.

Digsby - Instant Messanger plus Social Networks and Email.

Filezilla- One of the best FTP clients and servers.

Firefox- My favorite browser. Try it, you'll like it.

Thunderbird- One of the best e-mail programs.


Firefox Plugins

LastPass- Tracks passwords.

BugMeNot- Allows you to use sites like NYTimes w/o registering.

IETab- Use IE in Firefox.

Firebug- A must have for web developers.

ReadItLater- Mark a site to read later.

Delicious- Social organized bookmarks.


Programming Tools

Git- Like Subversion, but distributed and better.

Nunit- You do Unit Testing, right? This makes it easier for C#.

Visual Studio Express- Gimped Visual Studio free. Students get Pro free.