IrfanView features include:

• Many supported file formats
• Multi language support
• Thumbnail/preview option
• Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD)
• Show EXIF/IPTC/Comment text in Slideshow/Fullscreen etc.
• Support for Adobe Photoshop Filters
• Drag & drop support
• Fast directory view (moving through directory)
• Batch conversion (with image processing)
• Multipage TIF editing
• Multimedia player
• Print option
• Change color depth
• And much more…

The interval can be set to even fractions of seconds. It memorizes all the settings you have chosen, so that the next execution of the application launches with the saved settings.

Version 4.6 supports background image selection in full screen mode.

Its innovative but intuitive full-screen mode provides quick access to EXIF information, thumbnail browser and major functionalities via hidden toolbars that pop up when your mouse touches the four edges of the screen.

Other features include a high quality magnifier and a musical slideshow with 150+ transitional effects, as well as lossless JPEG transitions, drop shadow effects, image annotation, scanner support, histogram and much more.

It supports all major graphic formats:

• BMP
• JPEG
• JPEG 2000
• animated GIF
• PNG
• PCX
• TIFF
• WMF
• ICO
• TGA

It also supports popular digital camera RAW formats:

• CRW
• CR2
• NEF
• PEF
• RAF
• MRW
• ORF
• SRF
• DNG

The pictures can be rotated in order (sequentially) or randomly. Version 1.0.0.24 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

For many computer users, a single desktop image can be enough for a machine’s lifetime. For others, even constant change is never enough. This application is aimed at the latter group, offering a tool to change the desktop image on a regular basis. Users need only select the image folders. The program offers few options such as transition effects or a calendar feature, but makes up for the lack by using very few system resources when working in the background. The primary interface for managing images feels a bit awkward to us, but we like the ability to change wallpaper instantly using the program’s system-tray icon. Computer users who are in the market for a bare-bones way to keep their desktops fresh may want to give this a try, although those seeking more advanced features should look elsewhere.

Great software

OpenOffice.org 3 is the result of over twenty years’ software engineering. Designed from the start as a single piece of software, it has a consistency other products cannot match. A completely open development process means that anyone can report bugs, request new features, or enhance the software.

Easy to use

OpenOffice.org 3 is easy to learn, and if you’re already using another office software package, you’ll take to OpenOffice.org 3 straight away. Our world-wide native-language community means that OpenOffice.org 3 is probably available and supported in your own language.

… And it’s free

Best of all, OpenOffice.org 3 can be downloaded and used entirely free of any licence fees. OpenOffice.org 3 is released under the LGPL licence. This means you may use it for any purpose – domestic, commercial, educational, public administration.

Multi Platform

Enjoy your favorite Word Processor on the operating system you like to use – be it Windows, Linux, QNX, FreeBSD or Solaris.

Interoperability

AbiWord is able to read and write all industry standard document types, such as OpenOffice.org documents, Microsoft Word documents, WordPerfect documents, Rich Text Format documents, HTML web pages and many more.

Advanced Document Layout

Give your document that professional, scientific or fun-to-read look using AbiWord’s advanced document layout options. Use tables, bullets, lists, images, footnotes, endnotes and styles to enhance the way your document looks.

Internationalization

AbiWord comes in many different languages. AbiWord is available in most common and many not-so-common languages. Dictionaries exist for over 30 languages.

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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.

• 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.

• Voice Calls – Call anyone in the world for free from your computer, save big on calls from your mobile phone.
• Instant Message – Chat with friends on Gizmo5, MSN, AIM, Yahoo! and Jabber for free.
• File Sharing – Easy sharing of photos, videos and files from your mobile phone or computer.
• Video Calls – See friends and family when making calls anywhere in the world.
• Two-way Text Messaging – Send SMS messages directly from your Gizmo5 account.

• 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

Other features include:

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

• Favorites and groups – Put the people you chat with most at the top of your contacts, so you easily see when they’re online. Want to chat with several people in one window? Just set up a group.
• Share photos – Look at photos together, right in the conversation window. And Messenger tells you when people you know post new photos on Windows Live.
• Customize – Show off your personal style with custom scenes, animated display pictures, and signature sounds.
• Mobile and web – Using a public computer without Messenger? No problem! You can chat on the web from Windows Live Hotmail. Or, use Messenger on your mobile phone.

Get Messenger and stay in touch.