Winamp has always prided itself on being free and it has a steady, loyal following as a result. Version 5 is sure to please its current users, and to win it some converts.
It looks good with a completely new interface, and comes with fairly comprehensive file support. Audio support includes CDA, MIDI, MP1/2/3/4, AAC, OGG, WAV, AIF, WMA and more.
Support for video is added in version 5.52, and currently this stretches to MPG, M2V, AVI and ASF formats.

Many digital music listeners settle on Windows’ very own Media Player for the simple reason that it offers playback, can burn CDs, slots neatly into Windows and is free. It’s very capable all round, but how does it square up when it comes to MP3 tagging?
Well, in terms of automatic tagging, it is extremely competent. When you burn a CD, Windows Media Player will access the Windows Media website, which in turn sources its music info from other music databases, and automatically tags the music.

MusicMatch is an impressive all-in-one audio player that offers a lot more than most. Whether you want to play, encode, rip or record, you can do it all from within this one player.
It supports a variety of file formats including MP3, WMA, WAV, internet streams and CD audio. Its MP3 radio service provides access to numerous stations and even lets you create your own. Enter an artist and MusicMatch will create a station based on similar sounds.

Previously known as Microsoft AntiSpyware, this anti-spyware software gets a new name and an official release (it’s been in beta through most of 2006).
It works like any other spyware detector, offering you the choice of either a Quick Scan or a slower Deep Scan. Choose the Deep Scan and you can select specific folders to be scanned, and/or your PC’s memory.

With MSN Messenger you can chat online instantly in real time with friends, family and colleagues. It’s faster than e-mail, more discreet than a phone call. Chat using a webcam, send text messages to mobile phones, and express yourself instantly online in real time with new, cool emoticons.
MSN Messenger looks like you! Sign in with your own picture, create your own emoticons, and represent yourself with new, cool backgrounds!

Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) is a download manager that also claims to increase download speeds by up to 300 per cent.
DAP performs this trick by locating the most responsive server using a proximity test, and by splitting the file(s) into several segments and accessing them from multiple sources if necessary.
In our tests with an ADSL connection, DAP was only faster in a handful of occasions, but always saved you the trouble of manually selecting the fastest or closest server.

Adobe’s Flash Player 9 is the next-generation Flash Player client runtime environment.
Flash Player provides a more secure, lightweight, robust runtime environment for rich media and enterprise-ready rich internet applications.
Flash Player 9 achieves up to 10 times faster performance through ActionScript 3.0 and a new ActionScript Virtual Machine, which features a Just In Time compiler that translates ActionScript bytecode to native machine code for maximum execution speed.

SiSoftware’s Sandra (System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting assistant) is a popular troubleshooting tool. It won’t actually fix your PC for you, but it can analyse the various components within your PC and help you figure out where your problems lie.
It can also run a number of benchmark tests to see if your PC is performing properly. This is the free, basic version of the program, but there are three other versions to choose from – Pro Home, Pro Business, Engineer.

Download PspWxp stands for PlayStation Portable Windows XP (based off of winpsportal) and allows you to use Windows XP on your Playstation Portable. Well, really it is just a set of Webpages that look similar to Windows XP, but they are offline. It has some useful features lots of games and applications. You do not need to access the Internet for most of pspWxp, only to access the links and use the Web browser.
As it is only 1.5 Megabytes in size, it will fit on any memory card. pspWxp will …

Orbit Downloader, leader of download manager revolution, is devoted to new generation Web application downloading to make downloads more easier and faster. It is a free all-in-one downloader which can download any social media.
Orbit Downloader release Grab Pro to support video download from sites which use anti-leeching technology like YouTube, Pandora, imeem. It is also famous for super light, great speed, and rapidshare supported.