Saturday, June 11, 2011

Real Alternative (Real Player's Alternative Player)


Without having to install the full version of RealPlayer Real Alternative allows your system to play Real Media files (.ra .ram).

The latest version contains:
  • Media Player Classic - a freeware media player that supports both Real Alternative and QuickTime Alternative.
  • RealMedia Codecs
  • RealMedia plugin for Internet Explorer
  • RealMedia plugin for Opera/Mozilla/Netscape
  • RealMedia DirectShow splitter

Technical Details:

Filename:Real_Alternative_202.exe
File size:6.59MB (6,909,232 bytes)
Requirements:Windows (All Versions)
License:Freeware

Download Link:

Download Real Alternative

(The link above will take you to the Real Alternative download page from where you can download the Real Alternative latest & stable version)

QuickTime Alternative Player


QuickTime Alternative is a smaller version of QuickTime player that contains only the essential components needed for playing QuickTime audio, video content that is embedded in webpages.

Advantages of QuickTime Alternative are:
  • Quick and easy install
  • Ability to make an unattended installation
  • No background processes
  • No unwanted stuff and other nonsense
  • Smaller size than Apple QuickTime

Technical Details:

File size:18.35MB (19,236,168 bytes)
Requirements:Windows XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64
License:Freeware

It comes bundled with Media Player Classic (available here) - a freeware media player that supports both QuickTime Alternative and Real Alternative.

Direct Download Link:

Download QuickTime Alternative

(The link above will take you to the QuickTime Alternative download page from where you can download the QuickTime Alternative latest & stable version)

QuickTime Player (Latest Version)


QuickTime: The best place to play.

Watch Internet video, HD movie trailers, and personal media clips. Whether it’s on the web or on your desktop, QuickTime Player brings your digital media brilliantly to life.

QuickTime Player from Apple allows the playback of quicktime movies (.mov) and many other formats.

Best player for the videos recorded in your cell phone.

The new QuickTime Player not only delivers startling quality, but it's easier to use than ever. It requires no set up for content that streams over the network. Instead, QuickTime Player automatically determines your system's connection speed and chooses the highest quality stream for the amount of bandwidth you have available. And if you ever lose a connection while watching streaming video, QuickTime Player automatically reconnects. Now, thats convenience.


Features:
  • Playback of 3GPP and 3GPP2 files
  • Playback of MPEG-4 video, H.274, AAC audio & Instant-On media
  • Easy-to-use controls
  • Enhanced interface
  • Bass and treble controls
  • Balance control
  • Streaming media support
  • Ability to save movie favorites
  • Ability to view VR & interactive content
  • H.264 video
  • Multichannel audio playback
  • Live resize
  • New playback capabilities
  • Zero config streaming

Technical Details:

File size:32.86MB (34,452,784 bytes)
Requirements:Windows XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64
Languages:en-US
License:Freeware
Homepage:www.apple.com/quicktime/win.html

Download Link:


QuickTime Player From Official Website

Java Runtime Environment (JRE)


JRE is needed to run applications written in java for web, these are usually called "applets". Online games like like pool, poker or even cards need jre to get loaded and let you play. Many interactive cross platform application in webpages uses this applets which need jre to run on your home computer. These applets allow you to have a much richer experience online than simply interacting with static HTML pages.

Java Plug-in technology, included as part of the Java 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (JRE), establishes a connection between popular browsers and the Java platform. Java allows applications to be downloaded over a network and run within a guarded sandbox. Security restrictions are easily imposed on the sandbox.

JRE is available in for both windows 32bit (Windows 2000, xp, 2003 ) and windows 64bit (Windows XP64, Vista64, 7 64).

Technical Details:

File size:15.37MB (16,121,632 bytes)
Requirements:Windows XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64
Languages:en-US
License:Freeware
Homepage:www.sun.com/java

Download Link:

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) From Official Site

From Alternative Link

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for 32bit Windows 2000 / XP / 2003

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for 64bit Windows XP64 / Visata64 / Windows7 64

(The link above will take you to the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) download page from where you can download the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) latest & stable version)

Internet Explorer 8.0


Internet Explorer is the world's most popular (NO. 1) Web browser. This is microsoft windows default web browser. Security, ease of use, and improvements in RSS, CSS, and Ajax support are Microsoft's priorities for Internet Explorer. Runs on both Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Technical Details:

File size:13.30MB (13,944,160 bytes)
Requirements:Windows XP / Vista / Windows7
Languages:en-US
License:Freeware
Homepage:www.microsoft.com/wi...ly/ie/default.mspx

Download Link:

Download Internet Explorer 8.0 for Windows XP / Vista / 7 From Official Site (For Windows XP you may need to install the update pack prior to installing IE, the update pack can be found on Microsoft's site)
Download Internet Explorer 8.0 (Windows Vista / 7) From Alternative Link

Download Internet Explorer 8.0 (Windows XP) From Alternative Link


(The link above will take you to the Internet Explorer download page from where you can download the Internet Explorer latest & stable version)

Mozilla Firefox (Latest Edition)


Firefox the 2nd most popular open source internet browser now a days sets you the pace with dozens of new features to deliver a faster, more secure and customizable Web browsing experience for you.

Technical Details:

File size:9.13MB (9,574,384 bytes)
Requirements:Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64
/ Windows7 64
Languages:en-US
License:Open Source
Date added:August 11, 2010
Homepage:www.mozilla.com/firefox/

Download Link:

Download Link:

Mozilla Firefox Latest Edition From Official Site

Mozilla Firefox Latest Edition From Alternative Link

(The link above will take you to the Mozilla Firefox download page from where you can download the Mozilla Firefox latest & stable version)

Opera 10.63


A full-featured Internet browser, Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. And you can customize the look and content of your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse.

Technical Details:

File size:12.70MB (13,317,624 bytes)
Requirements:Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 /
Vista64 / Windows7 64
Languages:en-US, es-ES, ja-JP, pl-PL
License:Freeware
Date added:August 12, 2010
Author:Opera Software

www.opera.com

Download Link:


Download Opera (Opera Official Site Link)


Download Opera (Alternative Link)

(The link above will take you to the Opera download page from where you can download the Opera latest & stable version)

Adobe Reader (Acrobat Reader)


Adobe Reader former Acrobat Reader a "must to have" soft in your pc to read docs, newspapers in .pdf . It would get integreted in your browser to enable you read the pdf files online directly in your web browser. Adobe Reader software is the global standard for electronic document sharing. It is the only PDF file viewer that can open and interact with all PDF documents. Use Adobe Reader to view, search, digitally sign, verify, print, and collaborate on Adobe PDF files and its a Freeware!!!

Features:

  • View, print, and search PDF files, including PDF Portfolios and PDF maps
  • Author, store, and share documents, and share your screen, using Acrobat.com services
  • Experience richer content and greater interactivity with native support for Adobe Flash technology
  • Review documents using familiar commenting tools such as sticky notes, highlighting, lines, shapes, and stamps (When enabled by Acrobat Pro or Acrobat Pro Extended)
  • Digitally sign PDF documents (When enabled by Acrobat Pro or Acrobat Pro Extended)

Supports Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64

Download link: http://www.adobe.com/go/getreader/

Foxit PDF Reader (Alternative of Adobe Reader)


Foxit PDF Reader is the popular pdf viewer for its compact size, easy to install and fastest loading time, supports many languages, maintains the files original state...Unlike the other pdf viewer like Adobe reader it take very little resources of your PC which made it very popular among the pros..

Foxit PDF Reader is a small, fast, and feature rich PDF viewer for Microsoft Windows, which allows you to open, view, and print any PDF file. Foxit PDF Reader is secure, offering 3-three levels of PDF viewing security to protect against malicious PDF files.



  • The most features of any other pdf reader.
  • Reliable viewing & printing - view and print any PDF file
  • Tiny Footprint - makes it easy to deploy
  • Rapid response security releases - for peace of mind

Download link: http://cdn01.foxitsoftware.com/pub/foxit/reader/desktop/win/4.x/4.3/enu/FoxitReader43_enu_Setup.exe (Foxit Reader 4.3 .exe )

Web: http://www.foxitsoftware.com

7-Zip Archiver (Open source & widely used)


7-Zip (a real alternative of Winzip and Winrar) is open source software which works in Windows 7 / Vista / XP / 2008 / 2003 / 2000 / NT / ME / 98. Use this free soft to compress or decompress your files in all the extentions (eg. .zip, .rar, .tar, .cab etc...).

There is a port of the command line version to Linux/Unix. Compression ratio results are very dependent upon the data in the file. Usually, 7-Zip compresses to 7z format 30-70% better than to zip format. And 7-Zip compresses to zip format 2-10% better than most of other zip compatible programs.


The main features of 7-Zip:
  • High compression ratio in 7z format with LZMA and LZMA2 compression
  • Supported formats: (Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM, Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DEB, DMG, FAT, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, VHD, WIM, XAR and Z.)
  • For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
  • Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
  • Self-extracting capability for 7z format
  • Integration with Windows Shell
  • Powerful File Manager
  • Powerful command line version
  • Plugin for FAR Manager
  • Localizations for 79 languages
Download link :

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sevenzip/7z920.exe (.exe, 32-bit x86)
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sevenzip/7z920-x64.msi (.msi, 64-bit x64)

Official Web: http://www.7-zip.org/

Google Talk


The Google Talk downloadable application for Windows offers many features for communicating with your friends and family.

Instant messaging : Chat with all of your Google Talk and Gmail contacts in real time.

Free PC-to-PC voice chat : You can talk to anyone else for free who's online and has the Google Talk client.

Send and receive voicemails : If the person you're calling isn't available, you can leave a voicemail.

Unlimited file transfers : Send files to your contacts. There are no file size or bandwidth restrictions.

Gmail notifications on your desktop : When you're signed into Google Talk, you'll be notified of new messages in your Gmail inbox.

File size:1.53MB (1,606,064 bytes)
Requirements:Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64
/ Windows7 64
Languages:en-US
License:Freeware
Author:Google

www.google.com

Text chat

  • Instant messages: share quick thoughts in real time
  • Status updates: see if friends are around and what they are up to
  • File transfer: instantly send and receive files, pictures, and more

Voice chat

  • Free long distance: make PC-to-PC calls to people anywhere in the world
  • Audio conferencing: talk to multiple people at once
  • Gmail integration: chat with your friends on Gmail

Download Link:

Google Talk from official google site: http://www.google.com/talk/install.html

mIRC


mIRC is a popular Internet Relay Chat client used by millions of people, and thousands of organizations, to communicate, share, play and work with each other on IRC networks around the world. Serving the Internet community for over a decade, mIRC has evolved into a powerful, reliable and fun piece of technology.

mIRC is a full featured Internet Relay Chat client for Windows that can be used to communicate, share, play or work with others on IRC networks around the world, either in multi-user group conferences or in one-to-one private discussions.

It has a clean, practical interface that is highly configurable and supports features such as buddy lists, file transfers, multi-server connections, IPv6, SSL encryption, proxy support, UTF-8 display, UPnP, customizable sounds, spoken messages, tray notifications, message logging, and more.


Filename:mirc714.exe
File size:1.99MB (2,085,856 bytes)
Requirements:Windows (All Versions)
Languages:en-US
License:Shareware
Author:mIRC Co Ltd

www.mirc.com

mIRC also has a powerful scripting language that can be used both to automate mIRC and to create applications that perform a wide range of functions from network communications to playing games.

mIRC has been in development for over a decade and is constantly being improved and updated with new technologies.

Download Link:

Download mIRC : http://www.mirc.com/get.php

You can download mIRC by clicking on the Download mIRC link.

If you are already using mIRC this download will upgrade your current version of mIRC to the latest version and will keep your existing settings.

Once the download has finished, you can run the installer to install mIRC

Skype


Now calling to friends has become very easy, use skype in your pc, PDA, cellphone etc. Skype is software for calling other people on their computers or phones. Download Skype and start calling for free all over the world.

The calls have excellent sound quality and are highly secure with end-to-end encryption. You don't even need to configure your firewall or router or any other networking gear.

Additionally it doesn't just work on Windows. Skype is also for Mac OS X, Linux and PDAs using Pocket PC, with a native look and feel for each platform. Talking, sending instant messages or even file transfers work between different platforms like a charm.


File size:19.85MB (20,810,120 bytes)
Requirements:Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64
/ Windows7 64
Languages:Multiple languages
License:Freeware
Author:Skype Technologies

www.skype.com

  • Skype calling - Skype has all the features of an ordinary phone so it's even easier to manage your calls.
  • Video calling - see who you are talking to at the same time as speaking to them.
  • Add Skype and SkypeOut contacts - Add contacts who use Skype and those who use ordinary phones so you can call more people.
  • Organising groups - group contacts under certain names and share them with your contacts so they can talk to them too.
  • Basic chat and emoticons - when it's not convenient to call, chat or Instant Message (IM) your contacts.
  • Group chat - for when it's easier to chat or Instant Message (IM) all your friends at once.
  • Profile settings - change how you appear to the world and let people know a bit about you.
  • Conference calling - talk to more than one friend at a time.
  • Import contacts - search your address book to find friends and family that already have a Skype name and start calling them for free.
  • View Outlook contacts - view and call your Microsoft Outlook® contacts quickly and directly from your Skype contact list.
  • Quickfilter and Speed-Dial - find Skype contacts, recent chats and SkypeOut contacts quickly and easily, then enter their Skype name to call them back quickly.

Download Link:

Download Skype from the official website: http://www.skype.com/go/downloading

Yahoo! Messenger


Keep friends and famliy at your fingertips with the new Yahoo! Messenger: the most powerful and widely used instant messenger, chat and talk, play games, have fun with family and friends.

  • Easier ways to stay up to date - See more updates from your friends in the detailed Messenger list
  • Show off your status - Easily add links and emoticons to your status messages
  • Watch videos together - Share videos from popular sites and watch them with friends right in your IM window

File size:16.46MB (17,256,280 bytes)
Requirements:Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64
/ Windows7 64
License:Freeware
Author:Yahoo! Inc

www.yahoo.com



Other features include:

  • Instant message with one friend, or conference in a bunch
  • Send text messages (SMS) to friends' mobile phones
  • Join a chat room to meet new friends while you discuss your favorite topics
  • Make free PC-to-PC calls and PC-to-phone calls for as low as 1¢ a minute (plus free voicemail!)
  • Use the built-in media player to watch web videos and view photos with friends
  • Show your style with emoticons, Avatars, audibles and IMVironments
  • Share securely with automatic file scanning for users of Norton AntiVirus or Internet Security 2007/2008

Download Link:

Download from Yahoo! Messenger official website: http://messenger.yahoo.com/download/win/

Note: When prompted, save the .exe file to your desktop. Then double click the Yahoo! Messenger 10 file on your desktop to begin installation.