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  Sound / video
  Netscape audio/video plugins
  MacromediaFlash- Pulsing musical tracks, sound effects
  Partners in Rhyme - free audio midi "loops"
  Quicktime (by Apple - for MAC and PC) - basic version FREE - streaming audio/video technology 
  RealPlayer -   hear real sound and play real video. 
  Shockwave player - experience interactive content on Web sites



MP3
  MP3.com  - software, hardware, music
  MusicMatch Jukebox - audio player, recorder, database software - basic version FREE 
  WINAMP -  MP3 player (shareware - small fee)
 


Web authoring
  Macromedia - HomeSite
  Macromedia DreamWeaver- download trial version. Web authorware - PC and MAC
  Macromedia Flash- Pulsing musical tracks, sound effects, animations,  interfaces - PC and MAC
  Microsoft Front Page
  Netscape Ccommunicator comes with a FREE Web composing program.
Latest version of Netscape Communicator
Archived 4.7 version of Netscape Composer
  Web Developers Virtual Library - software reviews,  Perl, JAVA, tutorials, etc.
  XML Spy - Web editing program for XML - advertised  as including all major aspects of XML "in one powerful and easy-to-use product"
 
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Web browsing
  Internet Explorer - Microsoft's Web browser
  Lynx (http://lynx.browser.org/) - non graphical Web browser. Great for people who use a non "windows"-type Internet interface. [You can access this program at a UNIX > prompt by typing lynx.  If you know the Web address you want, you can also do this, for ex.: lynx  http://home.cox.rr.com/edtech]

Mozilla - for web browsing, email, HTML editing, IRC chat, and more
  Netscape Communicator  |  Netscape archived 4.7x version [In my opinion, a better browser and Web composing program than later versions of Netscape]

The Netscape Unofficial FAQ

Opera  -  advertised as having "great speed, high security, flexible pop-up blocker, effective spam filter, available in 20 languages


  Computer-mediated Communication Courseware (CMC) 
  Computer-mediated communication software (primarily Web-based)
 

  Telnet / FTP

Absolute Telnet - Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP, vt100 emulation, secure shell
  Cuteftp - a file transfer program with a connection wizard to walk you through connecting to an FTP site. User-friendly interface to publish Web pages, download files
  EWAN - a telnet program that lets you print to your LOCAL PRINTER
  Fetch - Fetch Softworks -MAC ftp - (file transfer protocol program) 
  PuTTY - FREE Telnet and SSH for Win32 platforms, written and maintained primarily by Simon Tatham

SSH Secure Shell - FREE for non-commercial and university use, as defined in the license agreement. 
  WS_FTP - a File Transfer Protocol (ftp) for Windows with point and click capabilities(can transfer documents/graphics from your computer to your Web server account and vice versa.) 

Directions to set up WS-ftp  | non-graphics version of directions - Virginia Montecino

Download WS_FTP FREE for users in education settings.
 
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  MOOs / MUDs / IRC

MOO - resemble "chat rooms." Participants communicate in real time and can also building virtual rooms and other objects.
  MOO clients

IRC - Internet relay Chat - a method to broadcast live, synchronous, messages to everyone "listening." 
  Ircle  - MAC 
 
  Graphics
  Adobe Photoshop ® - Win, MAC
  GIMP - freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. 
  IDS (Image Display System)- "a CGI written in Perl that interactively generates a photo album website. All you need to provide are the images and (optionally) text descriptions. As you add new pictures, they will appear automatically."
  Lview- image editing shareware - much less expensive than Paint Shop Pro or Adobe Photoshop and has many more features that the image editing program that comes with Windows. Can try out the trial version for 21 days.
  Paintshop Pro - much less expensive than Adobe Photoshop.  Windows
 

  Software Sites
  CNet DOWNLOAD.COM - drivers, internet, utilities, and more... 
  Computer Products for Education - sells Academic Edition versions (exactly the same as the full-retail versions) of the most popular software for students, faculty, staff and schools. 
  INTERNET_HELP.net - software, drivers, hardware, HTML
  JourneyEd.com - deep discounts on software for qualified students or staff/faculty members
  MAC software
  Tucows - Internet Software Site (includes top 10 downloads of the week)
  ZDNet downloads -  downloads for freeware, shareware (not free, but cheap), and "buy ware." Many vendors will let you have a limited free trial period - often as long as 30 days.
 
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Security
  Dr. Solomon Anti-Virus - for PCs and MACs
  Firewalls - Shields UP! - Gibson Research Corporation -  reviews and links to software companies
  F-Prot AntiVirus
  Norton/Symantec - anti-virus and security programs
  PGP - Pretty Good Privacy Encryption for secure e-mail
  Zone Alarm firewall security software- easy to install firewall protection software. Lets you add  more  than just "local" and "Internet"  zones.You an set different levels of access to the Internet and engage an internet lockout. FREE non-Pro version for individual home use.


  miscellaneous
  Adobe Acrobat - converts any document into an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file, with its original appearance so you can distribute it for viewing and printing on any system.
  Adobe Acrobat Reader - Free for personal use - lets you view and print files on all major computer platforms.
  EndNote - software to search bibliographic databases on the Internet, organize references in a database, create bibliographies automatically in your word processor || 
Download a trial version.
  Free Agent (a windows-based newsreader - also has file transfer, etc.)
  Night Kitchen - "new format for multimedia electronic documents and a flexible, easy assembly tool for making them."  Downloadable reader and book excerpts created in TK3. Try before you buy.
  PowerPoint Animation Player for Active X- works with ppt 97
  SnagIt - captures anything you see (including video clips) to a graphic file or send to a printer (Caution: posting captured information on your Web site or distributing it without permission can be a violation of copyright law.)
  WINZIP- unzip executable files that are in compressed formats


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