This is a list of programs that I have found really really useful. KeyNote (http://keynote.prv.pl): To manage information in notes. WordWeb (http://wordweb.info): Good dictionary and thesaurus. Also plugs-in to KeyNote and other programs MSN Messenger (http://messenger.microsoft.com): To do audio/video chat. Share files and play games together Mozilla (http://www.mozilla.org): Tabbed open source browser Irfanview (http://www.irfanview.com/): ?? FileZilla (http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla): ?? GenePro (http://www.genopro.com/): ??