From ITWorld Canada this article is called the good, bad and the ugly. It includes free downloads for lots of interesting things:
*System utilities — to help you tweak Windows XP & Vista
*Security software — free firewalls, spybots & cleaners
* Harware utilities — fan speed ajusters & audits
* Email for free
* IM & Phone — Skype, Jajah, Meebo & Trillian
* Peronal Web — Pageflakes, Netvibes, Google
* Online & Software RSS Readers — Bloglines, NewsGator, Sage, Tristana
* Blogging sites — Blogger, WordPress & new Yahoo 360
* File management — Google Desktop, Copernic, MS, Yahoo
* Backup & file syncronization — Mozy, MediaMax, XDrive
* Productivity & Office Apps — Zoho, Ajax 13, Num Sum
* Time management — Backpack, Google Notebook, Sticky Notes
* Notepad replacement & Business productiity
* Music, photos & videio — VLC media player, iTunes, Foobar 2000
* Image editing — Google Picasa, Snapfire, etc.
* Web Video — YouTube, Blinkx (search engine for videos), Google & Yahoo video
* Multimedia tools & toys
