Winners of 2006 Shareware Industry Awards

Last week we had the People's Choice Awards. This week we have a sampling of files chosen by the developers themselves.

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License: Free

Spin the earth, tilt it, and zoom in to objects as tiny as a single building.

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License: Free

Edit and convert graphics files with this first-rate image viewer.

Full Review - Rated: June 29, 2011

Prices from $100 License: Shareware

Capture, organize, and take notes with this software.

Prices from $50.00 License: Trial

Become an audio/video wizard with this multimedia player, converter, and recorder.

License: Free

Keep track of your Internet pals to send them instant messages and free PC-to-PC calls.

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Downloads: Freeware, Shareware and Software to Buy

Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus 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. Monitoring every action executed by the user or by the operating system and being able to react promptly when a malicious program is detected. Actions include repair, delete, block, rename and quarantine programs or files.
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