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Whether you use your computer for business or fun, you depend on software to be there when you need it. From word processing and database management to marketing, billing and accounting, the software in your computer keeps your business working.

Programs for games, fixing your photos and making cards or other printables for home and family are the hidden helpers that go to work when you turn on your PC. Educational software for kids and for adults can turn your computer into an online tutor to help with algebra or learning a foreign language.

Where do you get computer software?

Many computers come "loaded" with what most people will need when you buy the PC. That's fine, but what if you need something that isn't included in your system when you bring it home? What if your business requires software to get work done? You can go shopping in you local computer store or you can shop online for programs designed to do what you need to get done.

What software programs are available online?

The software applications you can find online cover the full range of anything you could ask from your computer... and probably more than you will ever need. You can find fully developed, downloadable "boxed sets" of the same software that the stores stock or you can look at "open source" programs that geeks have been working on for years.

Prices vary and so does the ability of the software product to deliver on what it promises. You need to do a little research before you start to download any product just to find out if it will deliver the functions you need.

All computer software programs are not equal

There are plenty of sites online that offer software. The problem is finding out which are the programs you want... and which ones will have you swearing, crying and wishing you'd backed up everything before you started downloading your new tool.

Learn the difference between legal, licensed, freeware, shareware, trial and demo versions of software packages, OEM copies and counterfeit or illegal copies. Understand the benefits and liabilities of each of these forms of software.

Find the best matching software products for your business, educational and personal use, together with the latest news and reviews, plus the best sites for downloading freeware and shareware

...and always, always, always...backup before you start to install any new program!

Educational Software Directory - Search by keyword or category hundreds of listings for music, math, science, special needs software and more, plus links to publishers and educational software review sites.

KnowledgeStorm - Business technology software products and services searchable by keyword or industry, geography, and technical environment.

Capterra - The Enterprise Software Center - Search for enterprise software via a database of software categories, plus news and an extensive archive of related articles.

QuickerWit - Links to 2,000 U.K. software publishers and hardware manufacturers searchable by manufacturer, product name or category or in an A-Z list, along with a reviews index to the leading UK computer magazines all the way back to 1994.

CNET.com - Downloads - Software reviews and downloads of shareware, freeware and demo software for PC, Mac, Linux, and handhelds searchable by category. This is a good place to check for user commnets before you make a software buying decision.

Nerd's Heaven - The Software Directory Directory - EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know about where to find it, browseable by categories including general, Internet, operating system, scientific, Windows, Mac and other platform software.

Software Source - Comprehensive U.K. database of HR software suppliers and products together with news and features.

Economics LTSN -Software titles for economics, with emphasis on CAL or CBL teaching software, searchable by keyword, subject or A-Z list.

SoftwareArchives.com - Shareware, freeware, and demoware for Windows, Mac, Linux, handhelds, plus entertainment/leisure software and more.

FreeWR.com - Online or off downloadable system tools and more are all organized into business, education, multimedia, web design and other easy categories. We like that you can download there or go back to the home page of the software developer to get a bit more info and check that it's really available with no strings. Nice effort and good selection.