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	One of the most versatile IM chat clients available Interfaces with Yahoo messenger, AIM, MSN Messenger, GoogleTalk and many more Available as a portable app You can log into all chatting platforms at the same time Supports  file transfers, away messages, buddy icons, custom smilies, and typing notifications

Pidgin is an internet chatting client just like Yahoo messenger, AIM, MSN Messenger, GoogleTalk. Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box: AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MXit, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It can support many more with additional plugins . So what this really means is that you can be chatting with your buddy on MSN Messenger as well as your friend on Google Chat at the same time. Pidgin is open source and free so it is constantly being developed and free. Pidgin supports over 20 major languages.

The Portable Version is brilliant, run it off your USB key and all your IM settings and buddy lists are self-contained, so it leaves no personal information behind on the machine you run it on. Pidgin also has built in encryption to ensure your chats are kept private.

Free PC Soft Rating – 5 out of 5 stars

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This is a new category for tools that you can run off your USB key or CD.

These tools don’t install on your computer and leave no trace on any computer they are used on.

Stay tuned to this category as there is more to come.

	*Excellent graphic image viewer support mutiple file formats*Able to convert multiple file formats *Support editing of images and adding of addtional text to image *Very mature tool *Plugins available for different functions Very easy and light install, adds no entries to registry

IrfanView is a super excellent graphic image viewer/editor that supports too many file formats to list but a few are jpg/jpeg, png, bmp, tiff, psd, gif, img…. It is a well developed software with novices in mind but also versatile enough for professionals. Install is very simple and adds no annoying addons to your computer or bother you with those popups asking you to register – it makes no entries in the computer registry making it easy to remove  (?why) It is available in over 10 languages and support is available (for a small donation)

Free PC Soft Rating – 5 out of 5 stars

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	* One of the most downloaded free antivirus on the internet*Proven engine that has been around for over 7 years *Built email scanner *Regular updates *Available in major languages *Interface easy to use and understand

AVG AntiVirus is an oldie but goodie! It has been around for more than 7 years and is currently on its 9th version. It comes in 2 flavors Free and Paid versions. Paid version obviously has more feature, free version has enough features to be effective in todays computing.  Free version has AntiVirus and AntiSppyware (to protect from viruses, worms and trojans) and LinkScanner which checks webpages being visited for malicious content. If you have a computer or server with antivirus,  AVG will get the job done as a first line of defensive -  its free and better than nothing

Free PC Soft Rating – 4 out of 5 stars

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