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        <title><![CDATA[Nitro PDF]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Give Nitro PDF a try.Just google it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bart001fr]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 05:13:25 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Try this one]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I suggest you give Nitro PDF a serious try. It's very powerful.I've been using OO since it was Star Office and haven't looked back.But I leave it in native mode, even though I sometimes send stuff I have to send out in Word format.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 05:11:31 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Add to that]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[06 - 7zip ; free fast archiver07 - IrfanView image viewing software, also does some manipulation08 - PowerDesk Pro  (not free but replaces windows explorer handily)09 - Jarte  great text handler does rtf's and handles pictures in text easily10 - Nitro PDF handles pdf files works great with Jarte11 - VLC plays almost all movie files12 - Media Monkey great for handling all audio files including flacs13 - Firefox  works much better than IE especially with add-ons14 - Avast free antivirus15 - Calibre  great for reading ebooks16 - FreeArc ; another archiver17 - TeraCopy  great file copying tool that verifies before wiping the moved file18 - uTorrent  torrent client19 -]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 05:05:12 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Not free anymore]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, Hypersnap is not free anymore.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bart001fr]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 04:49:38 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[My automatic installs]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I always install the following.MagicDisc for mounting ISOsPDF Creator for creating PDFs from any app as long as you can select a printer.PDF Split and Merge. Great for removing blank pages from double side scans.Printscreen. Great screen grabber7-Zip. Excellent archive utilWinDirStat. Great for seeking out issues with full HDDs]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[seggsyuk]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:27:22 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Freebies for Senior Citz]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[MSSE I agree (no frills no fluff set and forget) but I would also think about Chrome, a gmail account with Google Docs access. It might be better to not only read PDF's but become accustomed to an online environment. When working offline the operating system is enough of a challenge for Seniors.  If you can successfully get them to negotiate WordPad, cut and paste, make and add simple shapes using Paint for a simple single fold Birthday Card for their Grand Kids they'll listen to every word coming out of your mouth.  Doing this with Open Office is I believe far too challenging for those who just want to stay in touch with what the younger members of the family are doing.  I start every course by asking what they expect to learn from a course called Computing For Seniors.  They are adults with set opinions and an Adult Educator needs to wok in with their choices.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[denzcam]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:54:31 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Prefer Oracle Virtual Box]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I prefer Virtual Box to VMWare. I find the snapshot tree very useful especially when using it for virtualizing software using App-V or Symantec Workspace Virtualization. I'm not sure if you pass the virtual extensions into it, but if you can't, I bet they will become available soon.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[chroswalt@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:38:09 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[my favs]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I always help friends by installing an antivirus (Microsoft Security Essentials), disk cleanup (Piriform CCleaner), defrag tool (recently switched from Defraggler to Smart Defrag), PDF viewer (adobe reader), office docs (OpenOffice), and better browser (Chrome).]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Normanium]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:25:37 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch out for Daemon Tools]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Daemon Tools seems to collect and share the ISOs you mount even if you opt out.http://www.withinwindows.com/2012/02/12/daemon-tools-is-cataloging-all-your-disc-images-without-permission/]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mattbrown@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:46:46 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[My.Firsts: Freebies!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I support Senior Citizens primarily. Their needs are a little different. While I agree with everyone and their choices, for the older frugal folks the top give are: MS Security Essentials, Firefox, FoxIt PDF Reader, Primrose CCleaner, Primrose Deflagger, and Open Office. Of course, screenings.to be configured for no fuss. OO set to Word and Excel defaults, MSE, CCleaner, and Deflagger set to run auto and all Win updates install auto.There's more, but that's a start.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[callyn]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:43:03 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[AbiWord]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[...when I'm in a hurry (slow machine...)]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[james.vandamme]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:26:26 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[#5....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I would say Notepad++   (for a great free development editor).     I agree especially with the OpenOffice/LibreOffice choice.  No ridiculous ribbon interface means productivity is increased and I can convert any document to MS-Docs, excel etc.  or even PDF at no cost.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:25:27 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[the real question....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Granted, it's no surprise that a ZD-Net publication is heralding the arrival of windows8. ZD-Net has been a Microsoft shill for as long as I can remember. The brutally honest truth is that real CIO, CTO etc. etc.  other technology managers are not going to be rushing to adopt it.  It simply too expensive to implement, retrain and attempt to convert existing applications and infrastructures to meet yet another Microsoft Hack on top of hack on top of hack.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:23:34 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Good programs, but obsolete]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Most of these programs are superseded by Windows 8 native tools. I cannot decide if it good or bad.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[gak@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:09:50 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Free software alternatives]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[For virtual drives I like Virtual Clone DriveFor working with ISO files the old ISO Recorder powertoy is hard to beatThe built-in Snipping Tool (Vista and above) works great for screen capture]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[vpv@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:06:57 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Chrome]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I like everything about Chrome , Speed ECT.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ralphdb@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:57:04 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[From Microsoft?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I did a search for &quot;Microsoft Virtual CD&quot;, which took me to a Microsoft page talking about Virtual CD from H+H Software. It's also not free.Maybe there is another one with the same name from Microsoft that is free?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[andy@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:10:57 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Chrome]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I like Chrome.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chadzo69]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:02:23 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Chrome]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nobody likes Chrome?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rayajordan]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:30:39 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Here's my top 5 all free list]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[1.  Firefox with AdBlock and several other favorite extensions (Firebug, etc.)2.  Open Office.  Free. No ribbon.  Compatible.3.  Acrobat Reader, Flash.4.  Antivirus/Malware.  Choose from Clamwin (nice light footprint), AVG, etc.  Also Ad-Aware, Spybot, and (my favorite) Malware Bytes.5.  Notepad2.  Free text editor with nice find/replace, indenting, and syntax highlighting for everything from HTML to SQL.Optionally:  Filezilla (or FireFTP extension for Firefox), Thunderbird, Chrome, Opera.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[blarman]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:10:44 -0800</pubDate>
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