After presenting you with the Top 5 Windows 7 Games list, here I bring you the Top 10 Windows 7 Software:

10. MS Office 2010

Microsoft has announced that the public beta of Office 2010 would be available from November. One of the most essential software in a PC, Microsoft has announced that Office will release in 2010, three years after Office 2007. Following the trend set by Google, Microsoft will walk new paths, with it offering a Web based version and a free ad-supported version called Office Starter Edition.

09. Mozilla Firefox

Firefox is still the most popular browser despite being challenged from all quarters (read: Chrome, Safari and Opera) due to its trust, stability, offering users the option to free themselves from the troubles of Internet Explorer. Despite other browsers offering the same, it is the word of mouth which is paying off for Firefox. Despite a poor default User Interface (UI) among the current crop of browsers, this grouse will also soon go with Mozilla upgrading the look in future versions.

08. Trillian

Despite not being officially released, Trillian is one software which is creating waves. Trillian is a chatting client offering users the freedom from multiple chatting clients which clog system resources and make the computer slow without the user being aware about it. It offers users a simple yet beautiful UI which is very essential for novice users and which will help users to not miss the UI of their previous chatting clients. Having a large number of IM networks on board is the cherry on the cake which helps this software win a spot on this list.

07. MS. Security Essentials

On the No. 7 spot we have Security Essentials from Microsoft which is currently the best free security software available to users. Microsoft had basically created Security Essentials to address the woes of users who were constantly targeted by hackers. With this, Microsoft has some reason to shut up its competition who constantly made mockery of Windows constantly being a security threat. Although not the best security software it certainly has managed to create a special spot for itself.

06. WinRar

WinRar developed by Eugene Roshal, is the most versatile and popular file compression software on the planet. Available since 1995, it is able to compress and extract a wide variety of files. It is able to create and extract about 10+ file formats which may well be the best any software could do.

05. VLC Media Player

VLC Media Player reached version 1 this year, though don’t get mistaken by its version number as it is one of the best media player supporting a wide variety of formats that you may never have even heard of. It has been in development for several years (from 1996 but was re-written from 1998) thus, making it one of the oldest players available. It is popular mainly as it is light-weight, has a basic UI, and apart from many other notable features, it also has the ability to play incomplete, or damaged video files.

04. CCleaner

Formerly know as Crap Cleaner, CCleaner is a freeware used to optimize the user’s computer performance and clean the registry. It is developed by Piriform and is available in 37 languages. It is light-weight, has a simple UI and has enough power and features to command a place in this list.

03. Foxit Reader

Foxit Reader is a PDF or Portable Document Format file opener. PDF is a document format and is very popular among the masses. Many people believe that as PDF is developed by Adobe there should be no other PDF file opener but they are wrong as this is not the case. Foxit Reader is a software which can open PDF files and is really light compared to Adobe Reader (its file size is less than 7 MB). It offers users a welcome relief from the slow load times and high setups (Adobe Reader has a file size above 20 MB).

02. Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop: the name itself speaks for itself. Photoshop is the most used graphics editing program in the world and is used by graphics professionals all over. The site on which you are reading may have its graphics developed by Photoshop it self. Ads, sites, they all are made of Photoshop. Photoshop also has a wide yet advanced variety of features some of which the average user may not be even aware of.

01. µTorrent

µTorrent is the lightest torrent client available having packed so many features in a very small size. It is less than 1 MB in file size and consumes extremely low system resources. It is true to its name with µTorrent meaning “Micro Torrent” and has been correctly described by its makers as a “Powerhouse with a tiny appetite”. It therefore should be no surprise that µTorrent has come up so high in this list.

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