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- 3D-FTP
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- 3D-FTP is an FTP client with a 3D, photo-realistic user interface. This
- interface is fully customizable through the use of skins, two of which are
- included with the application. More free skins can be downloaded, or you can
- create your own skins with the Skin Editor and select from more than 100
- ready-to-use building blocks. 3D-FTP also has a robust and fast FTP engine with
- many standard features, including the ability to resume file transfers.
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- Acrobat Reader 4.0
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- Acrobat Reader lets you read and print from any system any document created as
- an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file, with its original appearance
- preserved. PDF files are compact and can be shared, viewed, navigated, and
- printed exactly as the author intended by anyone with Adobe Acrobat Reader. This
- version contains plug-ins for both Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer,
- which will automatically install into your browser.
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- DirectX 7.0
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- DirectX is a set of system files that are required to run many of the newest
- Windows 95 and Windows 98 multimedia applications and games.
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- This latest version of DirectX includes DirectMusic, which addresses the
- historical limitations of MIDI-based music playback on Windows by delivering
- superior timing services, support for the MIDI Manufacturers Association's
- Downloadable Sounds (DLS) standard for wavetable synthesis, and an integrated
- software synthesizer, which guarantees users consistent and high-quality
- playback on virtually any hardware configuration.
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- DirectX also delivers support for the Direct3D API for Intel's Pentium III. This
- newest release offers performance improvements and provides enhanced
- three-dimensional graphics and sound effects.
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- Font FX Express 2.1
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- Font FX Express uses an enhanced Wizard interface to guide the user through all
- phases of creating, customizing, and publishing 3D text images and animation for
- use on the Web and many other multimedia applications. This program comes with
- over 70 professionally designed 3D templates as a standard feature. Choose a 3D
- template and replace the sample text with your own text. Click Customize to
- easily change or add colors, lighting, and animation settings. When your
- masterpiece is ready, click Publish to easily export or print your image. The
- full version is $24.95.
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- Gamespy 3D 2.8
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- GameSpy is a tool for Internet gaming that allows you to get server listings
- from anywhere on the Internet. Players of multiplayer Quake, QuakeWorld, Quake
- II, Shogo, Sin, Blood 2, Hexen II, Heretic II, Unreal, and Half-Life can use
- GameSpy to find lots of servers for multiplayer play. It provides detailed
- information for each server and can launch games and connect you to the server
- you want to join. GameSpy also can join the Internet game you specify and offers
- many other cool features. This release adds Starsiege: Tribes support.
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- ICQ 99b
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- The latest release of ICQ ("I seek you"), the popular messaging program that
- lets you communicate with friends and colleagues in real time over the internet.
- This update offers improved security features. You can seek out friends on the
- ICQ network by entering their ICQ number, name, nickname, or email address. Once
- your contact list is set up, you'll be notified when your friends are online so
- that you can chat; send instant messages, files, and URLs; play games; or just
- hang out.
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- Microsoft Windows Media Player
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- Microsoft Windows Media Player is based on the DirectShow architecture and
- designed to provide the most extensible, flexible, and convenient player for
- accessing multimedia content. You can play most file formats, including Windows
- Media, ASF, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, WAV, AVI, MIDI, VOD, AU, MP3, and QuickTime files-
- all from one easy-to-use application. A Favorites menu lets you save your
- favorite clips for quick and easy replay. The menu even contains pointers to
- cool content sites. Windows Media Player can play anything from low-bandwidth
- audio to full-screen video, and you can resize the video window, even up to full
- screen, for optimal placement.
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- mIRC 5.61
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- This highly configurable IRC client features a clean and intuitive user
- interface, an events handler, and full send and receive capabilities for DCC
- (direct client connection) file. The program offers colored text lines, aliases,
- remote commands, and support for sound. It even includes an option to load your
- own backgrounds for virtually all windows available in mIRC.
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- In this version, an option has been added that automatically opens Web sites as
- they are mentioned in a conversation. Your Away status is now shown in the
- Status window title bar, you can ignore any DCC Sends that match specified
- filenames or types, and the message highlight feature has been highly improved.
- A new lock feature has been added that allows you to password protect the
- program and disable various features. Several other improvements and fixes have
- also been included in this version.
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- Paint Shop Pro
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- Paint Shop Pro provides a rich and extensive set of tools for photo retouching,
- painting, image enhancement, and animation. Paint Shop Pro offers a large number
- of painting tools, image editing tools, special effects, selection tools,
- masking options, color enhancement tools, and image viewing options. You can
- capture screens or areas of the screen and browse thumbnail images. The program
- supports a large number of vector and bitmapped file formats. For converting
- image formats, you simply load an image and save it in a new format, or use the
- batch conversion tool.
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- Winamp 2.50e
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- Winamp plays MPEG Layer 2 (MP2) and Layer 3 (MP3) audio streams, and combines
- extensive functionality with an intuitive interface. It has a full-featured
- playlist editor and a 10-band graphic equalizer with user-definable presets that
- can automatically load specific files. It now features Windows Media Technology
- 4.0 input/output support and the industry-standard Fraunhofer MP3 decoder.
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- Winzip
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- WinZip is a straightforward zipping and unzipping utility that includes built-in
- support for popular Internet file formats such as TAR, ZIP, UUencode, XXencode,
- BinHex, MIME, and Unix-compressed files. ARJ, LZH, and ARC files are supported
- via external programs. An optional wizard simplifies unzipping and installing
- software in ZIP files. New features in WinZip 7.0 include the ability to create
- self-extracting files that span multiple disks, the ability to print a list of
- files in a ZIP, sizable and sortable columns in the main window, easier
- configuration using a tabbed dialog box, an improved install feature, optional
- support for IE 4.0-style "one-click open," and a configurable toolbar with 21
- new button graphics.