15 must-have downloads for school

July 16, 2011, 7:33 AM — Heading off to school? We've rounded up must-have downloads to take along. Included are security tools to keep your PC private and malware-free. You'll as well need an office suite for all those papers and spreadsheets, and perhaps a writing helper to organize your thoughts. You can decorate your desktop with a pick-me-up wallpaper, or give your Windows 7 system a complete sci-fi makeover. Better but, you can donate your PC's idle time to make the world a better place. Like you, your computer has important work to do.

Evernote This combination of software and Web-based service lets you capture information from multiple sources, including from the Web and email, as so then as through a digital camera, scanner, or microphone. It at that time lets you organize your notes, annotate them, tag them, and search them. You can make them available not just on your PC, however on the Web and on mobile devices, also.

The world who as well uses Skype on their PC

Skype Through Skype you can make VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phone calls for free to anyone in the world who as well uses Skype on their PC, and make inexpensive calls from your PC to landlines and cell phones worldwide. It's as well an instant messenger.

Doctor Who Windows 7 Theme The time-travel show Doctor Who debuted on the BBC in 1963, and since at that time 11 actors have played different incarnations of the Doctor. This Windows 7 theme starts with the very first Doctor and displays images of all the Doctors to the present, with glimpses of his time machine, the TARDIS, over the years.

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