Yahoo!

Messenger is an advertisement-
supported messaging client and associated Yahoo! Messenger
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
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offers PC-PC, PC-Phone and Phone-to-PC service, Developer(s) Yahoo!
file transfers, webcam hosting, text messaging Initial release Yahoo! Pager on March 9, 1998.[1]
service, and chat rooms in various categories. Stable release 10.0.0.1241 (Windows) /
2.5.3 (Mac) /
Yahoo! Messenger was originally launched under 1.0.6 (Unix/Linux)
the name Yahoo! Pager on March 9, 1998.[1] Preview release 3.0 build 178870 (Mac OS X) / August 25,
2009

In addition to instant messaging features similar to Operating system Windows, Mac OS X,iPhone, WUI, UNIX (no
longer supported)
those offered byICQ, it also offers (on Microsoft Type VoIP/Instant messagingclient
Windows) features such as: IMVironments License Proprietary adware
(customizing the look of Instant Message windows, Website messenger.yahoo.com
some of which include authorized themes of
famous cartoons such as Garfield or Dilbert),
address-book integration and Custom Status
Messages.[2] It was also the first major IM client to
feature Buzzing and music-status. Another
recently added feature is customized avatars.
Paint.NET is a freeware raster graphics editing program for Microsoft Windows, developed on
the .NET Framework. Originally created as a Washington State University student project,[3] Paint.NET
has evolved from a simple replacement for the Microsoft Paintprogram, which is included with Windows,
into a powerful editor with support for layers, blending, transparency, and plugins.

Overview
Paint.NET is primarily programmed in the C# programming language, with small
amounts ofC++ used for installation and shell-integration related functionality. Its
native image format,.PDN, is a compressed representation of the application's
internal object format, which preserves layering and other information.[4] Excluding
the installer, text, and graphics, Paint.NET is released under a modified version of
the MIT-like License.[5] It was initially released as completely open source, but due to
breaches of license, all resource files (such as interface text and icons) were
released under a Creative Commons license forbidding modification, and the
installer was made closed-source

Features

Internet Explorer has been designed to view a broad range of web pages and to
provide certain features within the operating system, includingMicrosoft Update. During the heyday of
the browser wars, Internet Explorer superseded Netscape only when it caught up technologically to
support the progressive features of the time

Usability and accessibility

The "quick tabs" feature available inInternet Explorer 8

Internet Explorer makes use of the accessibility framework provided in Windows. Internet Explorer is
also a user interface for FTP, with operations similar to that of Windows Explorer (although this feature
requires a shell window to be opened in recent versions of the browser, rather than natively within the
browser). Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is not supported, but available via extension (iMacros).
Recent versions feature pop-up blocking and tabbed browsing. Tabbed browsing can also be added to
older versions by installing Microsoft's MSN Search Toolbar or Yahoo's Yahoo Toolba

standards support

Internet Explorer, using the Trident layout engine:

supports HTML 4.01, CSS Level 1, XML 1.0 and DOM Level 1, with minor implementation gaps.

fully supports XSLT 1.0 as well as an obsolete Microsoft dialect of XSLT often referred to as WD-xsl,
which was loosely based on the December 1998 W3C Working Draft of XSL. Support for XSLT 2.0 lies in
the future: semi-official Microsoft bloggers have indicated that development is underway, but no dates
have been announced.

partially supports CSS Level 2 and DOM Level 2, with major implementation gaps and conformance
issues. Almost full conformance to CSS 2.1 has been added in the Internet Explorer 8 release.[48][49]

does not support XHTML, though it can render XHTML documents authored with HTML compatibility
principles and served with atext/html MIME-type.

does not support SVG, in any version but will in Version 9[50].

Internet Explorer uses DOCTYPE sniffing to choose between standards mode and a "quirks mode" in
which it deliberately mimicks nonstandard behaviors of old versions of MSIE for HTML and CSS
rendering on screen (Internet Explorer always uses standards mode for printing). It also provides its
own dialect of ECMAScript called JScript.

Internet Explorer has been subjected to criticism over its limited support for open web standards
Adobe Flash Player
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Adobe Flash Player

Developer(s Adobe Systems(formerly byMacromedia)

)
Initial 1996
release
Stable 10.0.45.2 (February 11, 2010; 24 day(s) ago) [+/
release −]
Preview 10.1.51.95 Beta 3 (February 24, 2010; 11 day(s)
release ago) [+/−]
Operating Microsoft Windows, Mac OS
system X, Linux, Solaris andPocket PC
Platform Web browsers
Available in Chinese Simplified,Chinese
Traditional,English, French, German,Italian, Japane
se, Polish,Spanish, Korean [1].
Type Interpreter, Media Player
License Proprietary freewareEULA
Website Adobe Flash Player Homepage
The Adobe Flash Player is software for viewing animations and movies using computer programs
such as a web browser. Flash player is a widely distributed proprietary multimedia and application
player created by Macromedia and now developed and distributed by Adobe after its acquisition. Flash
Player runs SWF files that can be created by the Adobe Flash authoring tool, by Adobe Flexor by a
number of other Macromedia and third party tools.

Adobe Flash, or simply Flash, refers to both a multimedia authoring program and the Adobe Flash
Player, written and distributed by Adobe, that uses vector and raster graphics, a native scripting
language called ActionScript and bidirectional streaming of video and audio. Strictly speaking, Adobe
Flash is the authoring environment and Flash Player is the virtual machine used to run the Flash files,
but in colloquial language these have become mixed: "Flash" can mean either the authoring
environment, the player, or the application files.

Flash Player has support for an embedded scripting language called ActionScript (AS), which is based
on ECMAScript. Since its inception, ActionScript has matured from a script syntax without variables to
one that supports object-oriented code, and may now be compared in capability toJavaScript (another
ECMAScript-based scripting language).

The Flash Player was originally designed to display 2-dimensional vector animation, but has since
become suitable for creating rich Internet applications and streaming video and audio. It uses vector
graphics to minimize file size and create files that save bandwidth and loading time. Flash is a
common format for games, animations, and GUIs embedded into web pages
Antivirus software
"Antivirus" redirects here. For antiviral medication, see Antiviral drug.

Endpoint antivirus software developed bySymantec

Antivirus (or anti-virus) software is used to prevent, detect, and remove malware, including
computer, worms, and Trojan horses. Such programs may also prevent and remove adware, spyware,
and other forms of malware.

A variety of strategies are typically employed. Signature-based detection involves searching for known
malicious patterns in executable code. However, it is possible for a user to be infected with new malware
for which no signature exists yet. To counter such so-called threats, heuristics can be used. One type of
heuristic approach, generic signatures, can identify new viruses or variants of existing viruses by looking
for known malicious code (or slight variations of such code) in files. Some antivirus software can also
predict what a file will do if opened/run by emulating it in asandbox and analyzing what it does to see if it
performs any malicious actions. If it does, this could mean the file is malicious.

However, no matter how useful antivirus software is, it can sometimes have drawbacks. Antivirus
software can degrade computer performance if it is not designed efficiently. Inexperienced users may
have trouble understanding the prompts and decisions that antivirus software presents them with. An
incorrect decision may lead to a security breach. If the antivirus software employs heuristic detection (of
any kind), success depends on achieving the right balance between false positives and false negatives.
False positives can be as destructive as false negatives. In one case, a faulty virus signature issued
by Symantec mistakenly removed essential operating system files, leaving thousands of PCs unable
to boot.[1] Finally, antivirus software generally runs at the highly trusted kernel level of the operating
system, creating a potential avenue of attack.
 Power DVD

CyberLink PowerDVD is a
commercial media player for Microsoft
Windows and Linux. Several editions of the
software are sold including "Ultra", "Deluxe" and
"Standard". All editions support the viewing
of DVD but only the Ultra edition supports Blu-
ray playback[1].

The product is distributed via physical media or

via download from the Cyberlink website.
PowerDVD is often bundled with a variety of PC
systems and peripherals (particularly optical
PowerDVD 9 drives).[2][3][4]
Developer(s) CyberLink
HD DVD support was included in some versions
Initial 1996
of PowerDVD 7 but was removed from
release
Stable release
PowerDVD 8 because there will be limited new
9.0.2528.51 (8 February 2010; 24 day(s)
ago) [+/−] releases in this format as it is no longer
Preview [+/−] supported by any major studio. It can be re-
release
enabled in the original retail version of Power
Operating Windows, Linux
system DVD 8 through a workaround.[5] Cyber link
Available in Multilingual
advises users who want to keep HD
Type Video Player
DVD playback to buy the Ultra editions of Power
License Proprietary
Website Official Website DVD 7 and 8 which can be installed together on
the same system
RealPlayer

License Proprietary
Website www.real.com

RealPlayer

Features

RealPlayer, beyond its function as an audio/video player,

also contains additional features such as:

RealPlayer 11 on Windows
 Media Browser based on Internet Explorer which
Developer(s) RealNetworks
allows web browsing while playing media.
Initial 4.0
release  Playlist editor similar to other media players,
Stable SP 1.1 (12.0.0.591) (Windows),
supporting "drag and drop" and playlist randomize.
release 11.1.0 (build 1116) (Mac OS X),
11.0.1.1056 (Linux/Unix),
1.6.1 (Palm)  Theater Mode (full screen mode) video playback. The
(November 11, 2009; 3 month(s) ago (Windows)
paid version offers a skinnable Toolbar Mode which
October 7, 2009; 4 month(s) ago (Mac OS X))
uses less desktop space.
−]

Preview none [+/−]  Visualizations -.

release
Operating Cross-platform  Continuous Play (Loop multiple songs) and Shuffle
system
Play (Play tracks randomly, however real player will
Available in English,Simplified & Traditional
Chinese, German, French, select the random tracks in sequence eg Track 1, Track
Korean, Italian, Japanese as well 5, Track 2, Track 6, Track 3 etc.).
as Portuguese.
Type Media player  Stay on top while playing option.
 Favorites menu to save and recall media locations for  CD ripping .

files or streams.
 SuperPass -

 Equalizer and Video

 Video Download .
controls. Crossfade and Gapless playback are
 Media Converter
included in RealPlayer Plus.

 Media library Audio Converter Recording audio, (.

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office Excel 2007

Microsoft Excel

 Support up to 1,048,576 rows and 16,384 columns (XFD) in a single worksheet, with 32,767
characters in a single cell (17,179,869,184 cells in a worksheet, 562,932,773,552,128 characters in a
worksheet)[43]

 Conditional Formatting introduces support for three new features — Color Scales, Icon Sets and Data
Bars

 Color Scales, which automatically color the background of a group of cells with different colors
according to the values.

 Icon sets, which precede the text in a cell with an icon that represent some aspect of the value of
the cell with respect to other values in a group of cells, can also be applied. Icons can be
conditionally applied to show up only when certain criteria are met, such as a cross showing up
on an invalid value, where the condition for invalidity can be specified by the user.

 Data Bars show as a gradient bar in the background of a cell the contribution of the cell value in
the group.

 Column titles can optionally show options to control the layout of the column.
 Multithreaded calculation of formulae, to speed up large calculations, especially on multi-core/multi-
processor systems.

 User Defined Functions (UDF), which are custom functions written to supplement Excel's set of built-
in functions, supports the increased number of cells and columns. UDFs now can also be
multithreaded. Server side UDFs are based on the .NET Managed code.

 Importing data from external sources, such as a database, has been upgraded. Data can also be
imported from formatted tables and reports, which do not have a regular grid structure.

 Formula Auto complete, automatically suggests function names, arguments and named ranges, and
automatically completing them if desired, based on the characters entered. Formulae can refer to a
table as well.

 CUBE functions which allow importing data, including set aggregated data, from data analysis
services, such as SQL Server Analysis Services.

 Page Layout view, to author spreadsheets in a way that mirrors the formatting that will be applied
when printed.

 PivotTables, which are used to create analysis reports out of sets of data, can now support
hierarchical data by displaying a row in the table with a "+" icon, which, when clicked, shows more
rows regarding it, which can also be hierarchical. PivotTables can also be sorted and filtered
independently, and conditional formatting used to highlight trends in the data.

 Filters, now includes a Quick filter option allowing the selection of multiple items from a drop down list
of items in the column. The option to filter based on color has been added to the choices available.

 Excel features a new charting engine, which supports advanced formatting, including 3D rendering,
transparencies and shadows. Chart layouts can also be customized to highlight various trends in the
data.
Microsoft Office Outlook

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

Main article: Microsoft Outlook

 As a major change in Outlook 2007, Exchange 5.5 support has been dropped. Like Evolution,Outlook
Express and Entourage, Outlook now works only with Exchange 2000 and above.

 Outlook now indexes[42] (using the Windows Search APIs) the e-mails, contacts, tasks, calendar
entries, RSS feeds and other items, to speed up searches. As such, it features word-wheeled search,
which displays results as characters are being typed in.

 Search folders, which are saved searches, have been updated to include RSS feeds as well. Search
folders can be created with a specific search criteria, specifying the subject, type and other attributes
of the information being searched. When a search folder is opened, all matching items for the search
are automatically retrieved and grouped up.

 Outlook now supports text-messages and SMSs, when used in conjunction with Exchange Server
2007 Unified Messaging.

 Outlook includes a reader for RSS feeds, which used the Windows Common Feeds Store. RSS
subscription URLs can be shared via e-mails. RSS feed updates can also be pushed to a mobile
device.

 Outlook can now support multiple calendars being worked with, simultaneously. It also includes a
side-by-side view for calendars, where each calendar is displayed in a different tab, and allows easy
comparison of them. Outlook also supports web calendars. Calendars can be shared with other
users.

 Calendar view shows which tasks are due.

 Flagged e-mails and notes can also be converted to Task items.

 Outlook includes a To Do Bar, which integrates the calendar, appointments and tasks items, in a
concise view.

 Online or offline editing of all Microsoft Office 2007 documents via a SharePoint site. All edits are
automatically synchronized.

 Contacts can be shared among users, via e-mail, Exchange Server or a SharePoint site.

 Attachment preview allows users to view Office e-mail attachments in the reading pane rather than
having to open another program.

 HTML in e-mails is now rendered using the Microsoft Word rendering engine which disallows several
HTML tags like object, script, iframeetc along with several CSS properties.

Microsoft Office Outlook can also include an optional Business Contact Manager (included on a separate
installation disc in Office 2007 Small Business and above) which allows management of business
contacts and their sales and marketing activities. Phone calls, e-mails, appointments, notes and other
business metrics can be managed for each contact. It can also keep a track of billable time for each
contact on the Outlook Calendar. Based on these data, a consolidated report view can be generated by
Microsoft Office Outlook with Business Contact Manager. The data can be further analyzed using
Microsoft Office Excel. This data can also be shared using SharePoint Services.

Microsoft Office Word

Main article: Microsoft Word
Word 2007 introduced many new image editing abilities that change the shape, borders and colours of an image.

 New style sheets (quick styles) and ability to switch easily among them.

 Default Font now 'Calibri' not 'Times New Roman', as featured in previous Office editions.

 Word count listed by default in the status bar. The word count dynamically updates as you type.

 New contextual spell checker, signified by a wavy blue underline analogous to the traditional wavy
red underline for misspellings and wavy green underline for grammar errors, sometimes catches
incorrect usage of correctly spelled words, such as in "I think we will loose this battle".

 Translation tool tip option available for English (U.S.), French (France), and Spanish (International
Sort). When selected, hovering the mouse cursor over a word will display its translation in the
particular language. Non-English versions have different sets of languages. Other languages can be
added by using a separate multilingual pack.

 Automated generation of citations and bibliographies according to defined style rules, including APA,
Chicago, and MLA. Changing style updates all references automatically. Connect to web services to
access online reference databases.

 Rearchitected native mathematical equation support with TeX-like linear input/edit language or GUI
interface. Also supports the Unicode Plain Text Encoding of Mathematics.[38]

 Preset gallery of cover pages with fields for Author, Title, Date, Abstract, etc. Cover pages follow the
theme of the document (found under the Page Layout tab).

 Document comparison engine updated to support moves, differences in tables, and also easy to
follow tri-pane view of original document, new document, and differences.

 Full screen reading layout that shows two pages at a time with maximal screen usage, plus a few
critical tools for reviewing.

 Building Blocks, which lets one save frequently used content, so that they are easily accessible for
further use. Building blocks can have data mapped controls in them to allow for form building or
structured document authoring.

 The ability to save multiple versions of a document (which had existed since Word 97) has been
removed.[39]

 Blog entries[40] can be authored in Word itself and uploaded directly to a blog. Supported blogging
sites include Windows Live Spaces,WordPress, SharePoint, Blogger, Telligent Community etc.

 Drops function for Insert/Picture/From Scanner or Camera. Can be added manually.

Microsoft Office PowerPoint

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

Main article: Microsoft PowerPoint

 Improvements to text rendering to support text based graphics.

 Rendering of 3D graphics.

 Support for many more sound file formats such as .mp3 and .wma.

 Support for tables and enhanced support for table pasting from Excel.[44]

 Slide Library, which lets you reuse any slide or presentation as a template. Any presentation or slide
can be published to the Slide Library.

 Any custom-designed slide library can be saved.

 Presentations can be digitally signed.

 Improved Presenter View.[45]

 Added support for widescreen slides.[46]

 Allows addition of custo

Microsoft Office Access

Microsoft Office Access 2007

Main article: Microsoft Access

 Access now includes support for a broader range of data types, including documents and images.

 Whenever any table is updated, all reports referencing the table are also updated.

 Dropdown lists for a table can be modified in place.

 Lookup Fields, which get their values by "looking up" some value in a table, have been updated to
support multi valued lookups.

 Many new preset schemata are included.

 Access can synchronize with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server 2007.
This feature enables a user to use Access reports while using a server-based, backed-up, IT
managed version of the data.
Microsoft Office OneNote

Microsoft Office OneNote 2007

Main article: Microsoft OneNote

 OneNote now supports multiple notebooks.

 Notebooks can be shared across multiple computers. Anyone can edit even while not connected and
changes are merged automatically across machines when a connection is made. Changes are
labeled with author and change time/date.

 Notebook templates.

 Word-wheeled search is also present in OneNote, which also indexes notes.

 Synchronization of Tasks with Outlook 2007. Also Outlook can send mails to OneNote, or open pages
in OneNote that are linked to tasks, contacts, appointments/meetings.

 Support for tables. Using tabs to create tabular structure automatically converts it to a table.

 OCR is performed on images (screen clips, photos, scans) so that any text in them is searchable.

 Audio and video recordings are also tagged and indexed, so that they can be searched.

 Notes can have hyperlinks among themselves, or from outside OneNote to a specific point on a page.

 Embedding documents in notes.

 Extensibility support for add-ins.

 Drawing tools for creating diagrams in OneNote.

 Typing any arithmetic expression, followed by "=" results in the result of the calculation being
displayed.
 Send to Microsoft OneNote, via which any application can print to a virtual printer for OneNote and
the "printed" document is imported to the notebook, and any text is indexed for searching.

 OneNote Mobile is included for Smartphones and some PocketPC devices. Syncs notes two-way with
OneNote. Takes text, voice, and photo n

Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Acrobat

Developer(s) Adobe Systems

Stable release 9.3.1 / February 16, 2010; 21 day(s) ago

Written in C++

Operating Cross-platform
system

Type PDF viewer and writer

License Adobe EULA

Website http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/

Adobe Acrobat is a family of computer programs developed by Adobe Systems, designed to view,
create, manipulate and manage files in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF).[1] Some software in
the family, particularly the creating software, are commercial, and some are freeware. Adobe
Reader (formerly Acrobat Reader) is available as a no-charge download from Adobe's web site, and
allows the viewing and printing of PDF files.[2] Acrobat and Reader are widely used as a way to present
information with a fixed layout similar to a paper publication.

Skype

Screenshot [show]

Developer(s) Skype Limited

Initial release August 2003

Stable 4.2.0.152 (Windows)

release 2.8.0.851 (Mac OS X)
2.1.0.81 beta 2 (Linux)[1]
(February 25, 2010; 13 day(s)
ago (Windows)
February 10, 2010; 28 day(s) ago (Mac
OS X)
January 21, 2010; 48 day(s) ago (Linux)
others by platform) [+/−]

Preview [+/−]
release

Written in CodeGear Delphi[citation

needed]
/Objective-C (Mac OS X/iPhone)
/ C++ with Qt4(Linux)

Operating Cross-platform
system

Available in Multilingual

Type Voice over Internet Protocol / instant

messaging /videoconferencing

License Freeware (with some paid features)

Website www.skype.com

Skype allows users to communicate by both voice and more traditional IM-instant messaging. Voice chat
allows both calling a single user and conference calling. It uses a proprietary audio codec. Skype's text
chat client allows group chats, emoticons, storing chat history, offline messaging and (in recent versions)
editing of previous messages. The usual gamut of features familiar to instant messaging users - such as
user profiles, online status indicators, and so on - is also included.

SkypeIn allows Skype users to receive calls on their computers dialed by regular phone subscribers to a
local Skype phone number; local numbers are available for Australia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Denmark,
the Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong
Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, South Africa, South
Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, theNetherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.[12][13] A Skype
user can have local numbers in any of these countries, with calls to the number charged at the same rate
as calls to fixed lines in the country. Some jurisdictions, including France, Germany and South Africa,
forbid the registration of their telephone numbers to anyone without a physical presence or residency in
the country.[citation needed].

Video conferencing between two users was introduced in January 2006 for the Windows and Mac OS
X platform clients. Skype 2.0 for Linux, released on March 13, 2008, also features support for video
conferencing.[14]

Skype for Windows, starting with version 3.6.0.216, supports "High Quality Video" with quality and
features, e.g., full-screen and screen-in-screen modes, similar to those of mid-range videoconferencing
systems.[15] Skype audio conferences currently support up to 25 people at a time, including the host.

A discontinued feature called "Skypecasting" allowed recordings of Skype voice over IP voice calls
and teleconferences to be used aspodcasts, which allow audio or video content to be syndicated over the
Internet. Skype launched its "Skypecasts Beta" service in 2006. It remained in beta until its end.
Skypecasts hosted public conference calls, up to 100 people at a time. Unlike ordinary Skype p2p
conference calls, Skypecasts supported moderation features suitable for panel discussions, lectures, and
town hall forums. Skype operated a directory of public Skypecasts. On August 26, 2008, Skype
announced that Skypecasts would be discontinued beginning September 1, 2008.[16]Skypecasts were
shut down without any concrete explanation on 1 September 2008 at 12:00 UTC. In late 2009 the
company, Skype for Power Gamers (S4PG), announced that in Q2 2010 it would be releasing both a
client and server Skype Add-on that will enable Skype end-users to host their own "Skypecast-like" auto-
conference rooms.

Skype does not provide the ability to call emergency numbers such as 911 in the United States and
Canada, 000 in Australia, 112 in Europe, or 999 in the UK.[17] The FCC has ruled that, for the purposes of
section 255 of the Telecommunications Act, Skype is not an "interconnected VoIP provider".[18] As a
result, the U.S. National Emergency Number Association recommends that all VoIP users have an analog
line available as a backu