With so many audio editors out there, finding the right tool for the job can be tricky. The multiplatform, open-source editor Audacity has leaped to the top of our list with its clean interface, excellent features, and support for 32-bit floating-point audio.

The Audacity editor can record and play sounds and import and export WAV, AIFF, MP3, and OGG files.  Edit your sounds using cut, copy, and paste features (with unlimited undo functionality), mix tracks, or apply effects to your recordings. The program also has a built-in amplitude-envelope editor, a customizable spectrogram mode, and a frequency-analysis window for audio-analysis applications. Built-in effects include bass boost, wah wah, and noise removal, and the program also supports VST plug-in effects.

Supports Windows, OSX and Linux

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TVersity is a completely free media server that offers many benefits over using Windows Media Connect or other servers. The Universal Media Server for Home and Internet Content. TVersity can handle almost any media format and streaming protocol whether it is coming from your home network or the Internet including live and on-demand Internet streams.

Stream everything directly to your networked TVs, DVDs, Stereo Receivers, Digital Media Adapaters/Receivers, Xbox 360, Mobile Phones, Satellite, Cable set-top-boxes, Mobile Phones, PDAs, Sony PSP, PS3, iTunes/iPod and more.

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FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive interface.



Main Features:

• Easy to use
• Supports FTP, FTP over SSL / TLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
• Cross-platform. Runs on Windows, Linux,
• BSD, OSX and more
• Available in many languages
• Supports resume and transfer of large files > 4GB
• Powerful Site Manager and transfer queue
• Drag & drop support
• Configurable Speed limits
• Filename filters
• Network configuration wizard

FileZilla for Windows

• FileZilla_3.1.5_win32-setup.exe
• FileZilla_3.0.9.1_win32.zip

Windows 2000, XP and Vista are supported.

FileZilla for Linux

• FileZilla_3.1.5_i586-linux-gnu.tar.bz2
It is recommended to use the package management system of your distribution or to manually compile FileZilla instead.

FileZilla for Mac OS X

• FileZilla_3.0.9.1_i686-apple-darwin9.app.tar.bz2 (Intel)
• FileZilla_3.1.5_powerpc-apple-darwin9.app.tar.bz2 (PowerPC G4)



Requires OS X 10.5 or newer

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Comodo Firewall is a personal firewall that filters ingoing and outgoing traffic on your computer. It alerts you of any applications that attempts to connect to the Internet and allows you to permanently or temporarily allow or block the connection. Advanced users can customize the application and TCP/IP rules based on IP address, protocol and destination port, however this is not required unless you have a reason to customize the rules. In addition to application behavior and network connections, Comodo Firewall also monitors components (dll files etc.) that initiate network connections, as well as parent processes and modifications to executables (checksum verification).

COMODO Description:

• Complete protection from Hackers, Spyware etc.
• Secures against internal and external attacks
  
• Host Intrusion Prevention System stops malware ever being installed
  Delivers total end-point security for Personal Computers and Networks

Other features include attack prevention (port scanning, flooding), adjustable security levels, trusted networks, activity log and more. Comodo Firewall is easy to use for novice users, but includes enough flexibility via custom rule settings that allow advanced users to tweak it for their needs.

Homepage: http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

Direct Download: 32 bit/64 bit

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WampServer is a service manager that installs Apache, PHP5, MySQL database, PHPmyadmin and SQLitemanager on your computer. It´s principal aim is to allow you to easily discover the new version of PHP: PHP5. WampServer comes with a service manager installed as a tray icon. It allows you to manage WampServer and access all services.

When you install WampServer, all the files are copied in the directory you choose. Conf files are then modified to point to that directory. It also installs a "www" directory which will be your Document Root.At the end of the installation, WampServer will automatically install Apache and MySQL as services:

• service´ wampapache´: apache service
  
• service ´wampmysql´: mysql service
  

WAMP5´s installation is compact. This means that all files are copied to WampServer's directory. Only the MySQL conf file (usually my.ini) is copied to the Windows directory but as "mywamp.ini" to avoid conflicts with other installs.
What's New in version 2.0c:

• now using PHP 5.2.6
  
• now using MySQL 5.0.51b
  
• now using phpMyAdmin 2.11.6
  
• corrected notice messages on index page
  
• corrected fancyindex in Apache

Homepage: http://www.wampserver.com

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PuTTY is a client for SSH, Telnet and Rlogin connections. SSH (Secure SHell) is a high-security protocol that uses strong cryptography to protect your connection against eavesdropping, hijacking and other attacks; Telnet and Rlogin are both older protocols offering minimal security. Putty supports SSH1, SSH2 and OpenSSH as well as port and X11 forwarding. You can also use PuTTY to make a raw TCP connection. Session configurations can be saved for later use. Since various existing SSH servers have bugs, PuTTY looks at the version number at the beginning of the SSH connection and will attempt to detect which bugs it can expect to see in the server and automatically enable workarounds.

PuTTY comes with various other tools: PSCP (PuTTY Secure Copy client), a tool for transferring files securely between computers using an SSH connection; PSFTP (PuTTY Secure FTP client), another secure file transfer tool, but using the SSH2's SFTP protocol; Plink (PuTTY Link), a command-line connection tool similar to UNIX ssh, mostly used for automated operations, such as CVS. PuTTYgen (PuTTY key generator), generates pairs of public and private keys, supports RSA and DSA keys; Pageant, an SSH authentication agent: it holds your private keys in memory, already decoded, so that you can use them often without needing to type a passphrase.

Homepage: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

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More than a mere rival to Microsoft Office, the open-source OpenOffice.org (for Windows and Mac) includes the powerful applications for creating text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, diagrams, and databases that make it a serious Office competitor. It lets you edit basic documents and save them in a variety of formats, it's robust enough to handle equations and complex multipart documents with bibliographies, reference tables, and indexes, and on top of all that, it's extensible and uses less RAM than MS Office. What's not to love?

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