Saturday, November 28, 2009

uTorrent 2.0.0 Beta 1742

µTorrent is a freeware, closed source BitTorrent client by BitTorrent, Inc. . Both versions are written in C++.  uTorrent program is designed to use minimal computer resources while offering functionality comparable to larger BitTorrent clients such as Vuze or BitComet.uTorrent program has received consistently good reviews for its feature set, performance, stability, and support for older hardware and versions of Windows. A report showed that...

Comodo Internet Security 3.13.121240 (Freeware)

Comodo Internet Security (CIS), developed by Comodo Group, is an all-in-one Internet security suite available for Microsoft Windows XP and Vista. Comodo Internet Security currently includes a firewall, a HIPS, antivirus software, and buffer overflow protection on all applications.All Comodo Internet Security components are optional when installing allowing the user to choose which components they wish to install. Comodo Internet Security components can be activated/deactivated by user preference.The standard version is available as a free download....

Foxit Reader 3.1.4.1125 (Freeware)

Foxit Reader is a multilingual PDF reader. The basic reader can be downloaded for free, while the full version is available for a fee. Foxit Reader is notable for its short load time and small filesize, which has been compared favorably to Adobe Reader. It is not able to read PDX files (searchable catalogs), which limits its utility for use with document collections, and it does not handle the text ligatures correctly during text search and copy....

Firefox 3.6 Beta 4 (Open Source)

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. A Net Applications survey put Firefox at 24.07% of the recorded usage share of web browsers as of October 2009, making it the second most popular browser in terms of current use worldwide after Microsoft's Internet Explorer.To display web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine, which implements most current...

Friday, November 27, 2009

LimeWire Basic 5.4.2 Beta (Freeware)

LimeWire is a free peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P) client for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and other operating systems supported by the Java software platform.LimeWire uses the Gnutella network and also the BitTorrent protocol. A free software version and a purchasable "enhanced" version are available. The software is developed by Lime Wire LLC, which is a subsidiary of Lime Group. BitTorrent support is provided by libtorrent. LimeWire Basic's HOMEPAGE:...

Avast! Home Edition 4.8.1367 (Non-Commercial Freeware)

Avast! antivirus is an antivirus program developed by ALWIL Software a.s., a company based in Prague, Czech Republic. It was first released in 1988. Avast! is based on a central scanning engine that is certified by ICSA Labs and West Coast Lab's Checkmark process and incorporates anti-spyware technology, also certified by West Coast Lab's Checkmark process, as well as anti-rootkit and self-protection capabilities. It is a multiple recipient of the...

QuickTime Player 7.65.17.80 (Freeware)

QuickTime is a proprietary multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc., capable of handling various formats of digital video, media clips, sound, text, animation, music, and interactive panoramic images. It is available for Mac OS classic (System 7 onwards), Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows operating systems. The latest version is QuickTime X (10.0) and is only available on Mac OS X v10.6. QuickTime Player's HOMEPAGE: www.apple.com/quicktime QuickTime...

CCleaner 2.26.1050 (Freeware)

CCleaner (formerly Crap Cleaner) is a freeware utility program used to optimize a user's computer performance and clean its registry. It was developed by Piriform and is designed for Microsoft Windows. CCleaner is freeware, though Piriform accepts donations through its website to develop the company's programs further. CCleaner is available in 37 different languages, with more to be added. Piriform claims on the homepage that as of 26th October 2009...

Thursday, November 26, 2009

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XnView v1.97 Beta 4 (Non-Commercial Freeware)

XnView is a cross-platform image viewer used for viewing, converting, organising and editing graphical & video files. It is free of charge for private non-commercial, educational use and non-profit organisations. It is popular with users as it provides many features normally found in commercial image viewers and it supports many image file formats that other powerful image organizers such as ACDSee do not. HOMEPAGE: www.xnview.com TYPE: (Non-Commercial...

Inkscape 0.47 (Open Source)

Inkscape is a vector graphics editor application. It is distributed under a free software license, the GNU GPL. Its stated goal is to become a powerful graphics tool while being fully compliant with the XML, SVG, and CSS standards.Inkscape is cross-platform and runs on Mac OS X (typically under X11, although the underlying GTK+ toolkit can be compiled to run natively under Quartz), Unix-like operating systems, and Microsoft Windows. Inkscape's...

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

SuperAntiSpyware 4.31.1000 (Freeware)

  SUPERAntiSpyware (SAS) is a software application distributed as shareware which can detect and remove spyware, adware, malware, trojans, rogue software, worms, rootkits, parasites and other potentially harmful software applications, as well as restore modified system settings. It can detect malware, however it is not designed to replace an antivirus software.SUPERAntiSpyware is updated several times a week, normally daily or every 2–3 days.SUPERAntiSpyware...

WinZip 14.0.8688 (Shareware)

WinZip is a proprietary file archiver and compressor for Microsoft Windows, developed by WinZip Computing (formerly Nico Mak Computing). It natively uses the PKZIP format but also has various levels of support for other archive formats.WinZip was created in the early 1990s as a shareware GUI front-end for PKZIP. Sometime around 1996 the creators of WinZip incorporated compression code from the Info-ZIP project, thus eliminating the need for the...

Google Chrome 4.0.249.11 Beta (Open Source)

Google Chrome is a web browser released by Google which uses the WebKit layout engine and application framework. Google Chrome was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11 2008. Google Chrome name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or "chrome", of web browsers. As of 1 November 2009 (2009 -11-01), Chrome was the fourth most widely used browser, with...

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Recuva 1.33.451 (Freeware)

Recuva  is a freeware data recovery program, developed by Piriform, and runs under Microsoft Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and 98. Windows 7 support is preliminary, with more developments coming soon. It is able to recover files that have been "permanently" deleted and marked by the operating system as free space. The program can also be used to recover files deleted from flash/USB drives, memory cards or MP3 players.Recuva was described by...

Nero Lite 9.4.12.708 (Freeware)

Nero is a popular software suite for Microsoft Windows by Nero AG, formerly Ahead Software.The principal component of the software bundle is Nero Burning ROM.Nero Free, is the easy-to-use yet powerful multimedia suite, gives you the freedom to create, rip, copy, burn, edit, share, and upload online. Whatever you want – music, video, photo, and data – share and enjoy with family and friends anytime, anywhere.Nero offers you the chance to enjoy Nero’s...

Opera 10.10

Opera is a Web browser and Internet suite developed by the Opera Software company. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying Web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, IRC online chatting, downloading files via BitTorrent, and reading Web feeds. Opera is offered free of charge for personal computers and mobile phones.Features of Opera include tabbed browsing, page zooming, mouse gestures, and...

Monday, November 23, 2009

MediaMonkey 3.2.0.1294 (Freeware)

MediaMonkey is a digital media player and media library application developed by Ventis Media Inc., for organizing and playing audio on Microsoft Windows operating systems. By using plugins, it can be extended to handle video and other media formats as well. MediaMonkey is available in a free version as well as a paid version ("Gold" license). In addition, skins, extension scripts, and plugins are supported. MediaMonkey uses SQLite to manage its...

AntiVir Personal 9.0.0.415 (Non-Commercial Freeware)

Avira AntiVir Personal - FREE Antivirus is a reliable free antivirus solution, that constantly and rapidly scans your computer for malicious programs such as viruses, Trojans, backdoor programs, hoaxes, worms, dialers etc.AntiVir  monitors every action executed by the user or the operating system and reacts promptly when a malicious program is detected. HOMEPAGE: www.free-av.com TYPE: (Non-Commercial Freeware) DOWNLOAD: AntiVir Personal...

Sunday, November 22, 2009

PeaZip 2.8.0 (Open Source)

PeaZip is a file manager and file archiver for Microsoft Windows and Linux.It supports its native PEA archive format (featuring compression, multi volume split and flexible authenticated encryption and integrity check schemes) and other mainstream formats, with special focus on handling open formats.PeaZip is mainly written in Free Pascal, using Lazarus. It is free software, released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License. HOMEPAGE:...

Google Chrome 4.0.249.4 Beta (Open Source)

Google Chrome is a web browser released by Google which uses the WebKit layout engine and application framework. Google Chrome was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11 2008. Google Chrome name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or "chrome", of web browsers. As of 1 November 2009 (2009 -11-01), Chrome was the fourth most widely used browser, with...

O&O DiskImage Express 4.1.47 (Freeware)

O&O DiskImage Express is free software which enables you to image your entire computer and restore single drives. HOMEPAGE: www.oosoft.org TYPE: (Freeware) DOWNLOAD: O&O DiskImage Express 4.1.47 Direct download from FH SIZE: 11.94 MB GOOGLE HITS: 7 k +...

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Google Earth 5.1.3509 Beta (Freeware)

Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographic information program that was originally called EarthViewer 3D, and was created by Keyhole, Inc, a company acquired by Google in 2004. It maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS 3D globe. It is available under three different licenses: Google Earth, a free version with limited functionality; Google Earth Plus , which included additional...

Google SketchUp 7.1.6087 (Freeware)

SketchUp is a 3D modeling program designed for architects, civil engineers, filmmakers, game developers, and related professions. It also includes features to facilitate the placement of models in Google Earth. It was designed to be easier to use than other 3D CAD programs. A feature of SketchUp is the 3D Warehouse that lets SketchUp users search for models made by others and contribute models. HOMEPAGE: Google SketchUp TYPE:  (Freeware) DOWNLOAD:...

MySQL 5.1.41 (Open Source)

MySQL is a relational database management system (RDBMS) that has more than 6 million installations. MySQL stands for "My Structured Query Language". The program runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases.MySQL project has made its source code available under the terms of the GNU General Public License, as well as under a variety of proprietary agreements. MySQL is owned and sponsored by a single for-profit firm, the Swedish...

FastStone Image Viewer 4.0 (Freeware)

FastStone Image Viewer is an image viewer and image organizer for Microsoft Windows FastStone Image Viewer is a fast, stable, user-friendly image browser, converter and editor. It has a nice array of features that include image viewing, management, comparison, red-eye removal, emailing, resizing, cropping and color adjustments. Its innovative but intuitive full-screen mode provides quick access to EXIF information, thumbnail browser and major functionalities...

Friday, November 20, 2009

Firefox 3.6 beta 3 (Open Source)

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. A Net Applications survey put Firefox at 24.07% of the recorded usage share of web browsers as of October 2009, making it the second most popular browser in terms of current use worldwide after Microsoft's Internet Explorer.To display web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine, which implements most current...

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Comodo Internet Security 3.13.119746 (Freeware)

Comodo Internet Security (CIS), developed by Comodo Group, is an all-in-one Internet security suite available for Microsoft Windows XP and Vista. Comodo Internet Security currently includes a firewall, a HIPS, antivirus software, and buffer overflow protection on all applications.All Comodo Internet Security components are optional when installing allowing the user to choose which components they wish to install. Comodo Internet Security components can be activated/deactivated by user preference.The standard version is available as a free download....

Google Chrome 4.0.249.0 Beta

Google Chrome is a web browser released by Google which uses the WebKit layout engine and application framework. Google Chrome was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11 2008. Google Chrome name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or "chrome", of web browsers. As of 1 November 2009 (2009 -11-01), Chrome was the fourth most widely used browser, with...

Miranda 0.8.10 (Open Source)

Miranda IM is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows. Miranda is very light on system resources and extremely fast, Miranda IM requires no installation and can be made to fit on a single floppy disk or USB drive. Featuring a powerful plugin-based framework and boasting over 350 plugins, Miranda IM is one of the most flexible and customisable messaging clients on the planet. HOMEPAGE: www.miranda-im.org TYPE: (Open Source) DOWNLOAD: Miranda...

Spyware Terminator 2.6.4.165 (Freeware)

Spyware Terminator will effectively remove spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers, home page hijackers and other malware threats even dangerous threats like WebRebates, Look2Me, BetterInternet, VX2, and CWS. Spyware Terminator is easy to use, requires minimal PC resources and has ultra fast scanning speed. Spyware Terminator protect your computer with powerful real-time protection shield, advanced system scanning and safe quarantine for found spyware. Spyware Terminator can your computer manually or schedule full system sweeps. Spyware Terminator...

VirtualBox 3.0.12.54655 (Open Source)

VirtualBox is an x86 virtualization software package, originally created by German software company Innotek, now developed by Sun Microsystems as part of its Sun xVM virtualization platform. VirtualBox is installed on an existing host operating system; within this application, additional operating systems, each known as a Guest OS, can be loaded and run, each with its own virtual environment. VirtualBox supported host operating systems include Linux,...

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

WinRAR 3.91 Beta 1 (Share ware)

WinRAR is a shareware file archiver and data compression utility developed by Eugene Roshal, and first released around 1995.It is one of the few applications that is able to create RAR archives natively, because the encoding method is held to be proprietary. HOMEPAGE : www.rarlab.com TYPE :  (Shareware) DOWNLOAD : Winrar 3.91 beta (32 bit) Winrar 3.91 beta(64 bit) GOOGLE HITS :1 Million...

Digsby Beta (build 73) (Freeware)

Digsby is a proprietary multiprotocol instant messaging application developed by dotSyntax, LLC. Digsby is written in wxPython and uses WebKit for rendering. It supports most mainstream IM protocols such as AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Google Talk, ICQ, XMPP, and Facebook Chat. Digsby also supports e-mail notifications and alerts from MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. It is released free under a proprietary license. Development is funded through optional...

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

CCleaner 2.25.1025 (Freeware)

CCleaner (formerly Crap Cleaner) is a freeware utility program used to optimize a user's computer performance and clean its registry. It was developed by Piriform and is designed for Microsoft Windows. CCleaner is freeware, though Piriform accepts donations through its website to develop the company's programs further. CCleaner is available in 37 different languages, with more to be added. Piriform claims on the homepage that as of 26th October...

FlashGet 1.9.6.1073 (Freeware)

FlashGet (formerly JetCar, from the literal translation of the Chinese phrase 快车) is a freeware download manager for Microsoft Windows. It was originally available in either paid or advert-supported versions, the latter of which included an Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object.FlashGet can split downloaded files into sections, downloading each section simultaneously, for an increase in downloading speed from 100% to 500%. This, coupled with FlashGet's...

FileZilla 3.3.0.1 (Open Source)

FileZilla Client (also referred to as FileZilla) is a free, open source, cross-platform FTP client. Binaries are available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. It supports FTP, SFTP, and FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS). As of 5 March 2009, it was the 5th most popular download of all time from SourceForge.net.FileZilla Server is a sister product of FileZilla Client. It is an FTP server supported by the same project and features support for FTP and FTP over...

K-Meleon 1.5.3 (Open Source)

K-Meleon is a web browser for the Microsoft Windows platform. Based on the same Gecko layout engine as Mozilla Firefox, K-Meleon uses native Windows API to create the user interface (instead of using Mozilla's cross-platform XUL layer), and as a result, is tightly integrated into the look and feel of the Windows desktop; this approach is similar to that of Galeon and Epiphany (for the GNOME desktop), and Camino (for Mac OS X). This also makes K-Meleon...

Avant Browser 11.7 Build 41 (Freeware)

Avant Browser is a freeware web browser from a Chinese programmer named Anderson Che, which unites the Trident layout engine built into Windows (see Internet Explorer shell) with an interface intended to be more feature-rich, flexible and ergonomic than Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE). It runs on Windows 98 and above, including Windows Vista. Internet Explorer version 6, 7 or 8 must be installed.Avant Browser is currently available in 41 languages.Avant Browser 11 (build 25 released on October 23, 2006), introduces more new features than any...

Opera 10.01 (Freeware)

Opera is a Web browser and Internet suite developed by the Opera Software company. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying Web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, IRC online chatting, downloading files via BitTorrent, and reading Web feeds. Opera is offered free of charge for personal computers and mobile phones.Features of Opera include tabbed browsing, page zooming, mouse gestures, and an...

Monday, November 16, 2009

MyDefrag 4.2.6 (Freeware)

MyDefrag (formerly JKDefrag) is a disk defragmenter and optimizer for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/X64. Completely automatic and very easy to use, fast, low overhead, with several optimization strategies, and can handle floppies, USB disks, memory sticks, and anything else that looks like a disk to Windows. Included are a Windows version, a commandline version (for scheduling by the task scheduler or for use from administrator scripts), a screensaver...

Notepad++ 5.6 (Open Source)

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License.Based on a powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL which ensures a higher execution speed and smaller program size. By optimizing as many routines as possible without losing...

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Realtek AC'97 Driver A4.06

Realtek Drivers and codecs for Realteks series of audio chipsets for motherboards. The package includes: Driver/Application Setup Program RtlRack for Win98/Me/2000/XP and AvRack for Win95/NT4 Realtek Sound Effect Manager (DirectX 8 is required to enable advanced features.) HOMEPAGE : www.realtek.com.tw DOWNLOAD : Realtek Driv...

Songbird 1.2.0 (Open Source)

Songbird is a free and open source software audio player and web browser founded by Rob Lord and developed by Pioneers of the Inevitable (with members who previously developed for both Winamp and the Yahoo! Music Engine), with a stated mission "to incubate Songbird, the first Web player, to catalyze and champion a diverse, open Media Web."Songbird employs Mozilla's XULRunner platform, and is thus capable of running on Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac...

uTorrent 2.0.0 Beta 17273 (Freeware)

µTorrent is a freeware, closed source BitTorrent client by BitTorrent, Inc. . Both versions are written in C++.  uTorrent program is designed to use minimal computer resources while offering functionality comparable to larger BitTorrent clients such as Vuze or BitComet.uTorrent program has received consistently good reviews for its feature set, performance, stability, and support for older hardware and versions of Windows. A report showed that...

Google Chrome 4.0.245.0 Beta (Open Source)

Google Chrome is a web browser released by Google which uses the WebKit layout engine and application framework. Google Chrome was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11 2008. Google Chrome name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or "chrome", of web browsers. As of 1 November 2009 (2009 -11-01), Chrome was the fourth most widely used browser, with...

Vuze (formerly Azureus) 4.3.0.0 (Open Source)

Vuze (formerly Azureus) is a free BitTorrent client used to transfer files via the BitTorrent protocol. Vuze is written in Java, and uses the Azureus Engine. In addition to torrenting, Vuze (formerly Azureus) allows users to view, publish and share original DVD and HD quality video content. Vuze's  (formerly Azureus) content is presented through channels and categories containing TV shows, music videos, movies, video games and others.Vuze (formerly...

Media Player Classic 6.4.9.1 (FreeWare)

Media Player Classic (MPC) is a compact media player for Microsoft Windows. The application mimics the look and feel of the old, light-weight Windows Media Player 6.4 but integrates most options and features found in modern media players. It and its heirs are standard media players in the K-Lite Codec Pack and the Combined Community Codec Pack.Media Player Classic was originally created and maintained by a programmer named "Gabest". Media Player...

KMPlayer 2.9.4.1436 Beta (Freeware)

K-Multimedia Player is a video and audio player for Microsoft Windows which can play a large number of formats such as VCD, DVD, AVI, MKV, Ogg, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, FLV and QuickTime among others. KMPlayer handles a wide range of subtitles and allows one to capture audio, video, and screenshots.KMPlayer provides both internal and external filters with a fully controlled environment in terms of connections to other splitters, decoders, audio/video transform filters and renderers without grappling with the DirectShow merit system....

BSplayer 2.5.0 (Freeware)

BS.Player ™ is used by more than 70 million multi media users throughout the world and it has been translated into more than 90 languages worldwide. All downloaded versions of our FREE version exceed the sum of all downloads of competitive media players and payable DivX or DVD players. BSplayer does not use much of the CPU processing resources for multimedia playback it is suitable for all those who use slightly less capable computers. Now, you...

Saturday, November 14, 2009

SuperAntiSpyware 4.30.1004 (Freeware)

SUPERAntiSpyware (SAS) is a software application distributed as shareware which can detect and remove spyware, adware, malware, trojans, rogue software, worms, rootkits, parasites and other potentially harmful software applications, as well as restore modified system settings. It can detect malware, however it is not designed to replace an antivirus software.SUPERAntiSpyware is updated several times a week, normally daily or every 2–3 days.SUPERAntiSpyware generally receives a build update every 2–3 months.It is specifically designed to be compatible...

DAEMON Tools Lite 4.35.5 (Freeware)

Daemon Tools is a disk image emulator and optical disc authoring program for Microsoft Windows. Daemon Tools was originally a furtherance in the development of another program, Generic SafeDisc emulator, and incorporated all of its features. The program claims to be able to defeat most copy protection schemes such as SafeDisc and SecuROM.It is currently compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. HOMEPAGE: www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/home DOWNLOAD:...

Maxthon 2.5.10.2994 (Freeware)

Maxthon  is a China-based freeware (more specifically donateware) web browser for Windows. From its early MyIE2 roots, Maxthon has developed a growing user base, especially in China, and in 2006 it received commercial backing for Maxthon 2.0.Maxthon2 uses the Trident layout engine, like Microsoft's Internet Explorer, while Classic Maxthon (Maxthon 1.x) continues to support both Trident and the Gecko engine used in Firefox. Maxthon3, currently...

Yahoo! Messenger 10.0.0.1102 (Freeware)

Yahoo! Messenger is an advertisement-supported instant messaging client and associated protocol provided by Yahoo!. Yahoo! Messenger is provided free of charge and can be downloaded and used with a generic "Yahoo! ID" which also allows access to other Yahoo! services, such as Yahoo! Mail, where users can be automatically notified when they receive new email. Yahoo! also offers PC-PC, PC-Phone and Phone-to-PC service, file transfers, webcam hosting,...

LimeWire Basic 5.4.1 Beta (Freeware)

LimeWire is a free peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P) client for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and other operating systems supported by the Java software platform.LimeWire uses the Gnutella network and also the BitTorrent protocol. A free software version and a purchasable "enhanced" version are available. The software is developed by Lime Wire LLC, which is a subsidiary of Lime Group. BitTorrent support is provided by libtorrent. HOMEPAGE: www.limewire.com TYPE:...

PeaZip 2.7.1 (Open Source)

PeaZip is a file manager and file archiver for Microsoft Windows and Linux.It supports its native PEA archive format (featuring compression, multi volume split and flexible authenticated encryption and integrity check schemes) and other mainstream formats, with special focus on handling open formats.PeaZip is mainly written in Free Pascal, using Lazarus. It is free software, released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License. HOMEPAGE:...

WinZip 14.0.8652 (Shareware)

WinZip is a proprietary file archiver and compressor for Microsoft Windows, developed by WinZip Computing (formerly Nico Mak Computing). It natively uses the PKZIP format but also has various levels of support for other archive formats.WinZip was created in the early 1990s as a shareware GUI front-end for PKZIP. Sometime around 1996 the creators of WinZip incorporated compression code from the Info-ZIP project, thus eliminating the need for the...