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- jeanmaxime, on 10/12/2007, -0/+48here is the cnet link : http://www.cnet.com/4520-11136_1-6257577-1.html
(kokoje, you made a great job copy-pasting !) - borninda818, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18Blogspam = bad, but you can't blame a guy for trying. Imagine taking the time every day to write your pathetic and useless blog just to come upon the realization that nobody is reading the damn thing. The poor guy just wants some attention.
The list was good, but I had no idea icq was so popular. I was thinking aim would be on top. Also, I was surprised that kazaa wasn't on there. At it's peak, everyone was using it. - kehvin, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13The Short Version:
1. ICQ
2. Winamp
3. Napster
4. Firefox
5. Winzip
6. iTunes
7. Ad-aware
8. Skype
9. RealPlayer
10. Adobe Acrobat Reader - rarkai, on 10/12/2007, -7/+17None of these are porn images. Marked as inaccurate.
- culbeda, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Too bad Real turned into such annoying bloatware. They would probably still be a major player if it hadn't been for their annoying business practices.
Apple was heading that direction for awhile, forcing you to download iTunes, but they were smart enough to change course. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Blog spam FTL
- Gregd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4oh come on....that was slightly funny..
- cardyology, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4With all the OS re-installs I've done I reckon I must have downloaded winamp & firefox about 30 times each.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Dugg down as C&P blogspam.
- primehifi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4ICQ..... ahhhhh the good ole' days.
I remember icq's old webpage being a house of horrors of internet html. I see they've cleaned their act up a bit. - Porsche944, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I agree Real player is a horrible thing I refuse to watch or listen to anything that requires that POS software. Winamp on the other hand is excellent I am not surprised to see it at #2 I was expecting it to be above ICQ however. I haven't used ICQ in years. I used to have a ID number that was under 10,000.
- WhackingDay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Now they need to do a Top 10 Most Uninstalled Applications and see if they line up.
1. Real Player
2. Napster
etc. etc. - wastern, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2What was wrong with Napster? Kazaa was the one everyone had a hell of a time getting rid of, resulting in many fresh XP installs
Hell, I went home to grab a couple files off my mom's old computer we had in high school, fired up Windows 95 and Napster was still sitting there on the desktop. I miss those days - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3the article works, you don't need to do that.
- Iffrat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1great list and i can see why all of these are on the list. i think i have had them all at one time or another and some i still use to this day
- nofrak1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Can I be the one to point out that web pages are files that can be downloaded, and so you're missing the indexes from google, yahoo, msn, etc?
- tymme, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1There's always the Real Alternative that uses the old Windows Media player.. hell, all of these have non-bloated alternatives.
- seandfeeney, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1To the people who submit articles check for misspellings and grammatical errors. It makes you and digg look bad.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1where's the recently suggested "alternative link" feature when you need it?
- dgritsko, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Thanks, but I'm pretty sure digg isn't going to bring down Cnet.
edit: superpotential beat me to it... - clinko, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Top 10 Now:
1. ICQ - Bloated & Adtastic
2. Winamp - Bloated
3. Napster - Sued to death
4. Firefox - Not Bloated Yet
5. Winzip - XP Killed it
6. iTunes - Bloated
7. Ad-aware - Bloated
8. Skype - Not Bloated Yet
9. RealPlayer - Bloated & Adtastic The MOTHER of Bloatware
10. Adobe Acrobat Reader - Bloated - wastern, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1No one downloads IE from Cnet, its already on their systems or comes from Windows update
Many people still have no idea what a .rar file is sadly
Nero I could see, but again, most people get whatever ***** burning software they use from Dell or whoever with their computer
and mirc......the average person has no idea what irc is - wastern, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1agreed. Pam and Tommy video should be on there, as well as Paris
- warchant, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i'd have to agree...at some point and time, I have used every single program on that list, and all of them have been great
- jpopesku, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Who doesn't remember this controversial file-sharing kingpin? Developed by Northeastern University student Shawn Fanning..."
It's a LIE! He stole the code from Lyle. http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Italian-Job,-The.html - gamesector, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2The only reason people use real player is because amazon and the bbc still support it.
- eddiemun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0There used to be a stripped down version of Real Player at the BBC website that I use if I can't use anything else.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/audiohelp_install.shtml
It now redirects to a special BBC version on the Real website, but if it is like the version I used before, it doesn't have anything except the player. You'll have to see if it is still bloat-free for yourself. - MrSpontaneous, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2WinZIP, meh. The only reason its still up there is because casual users don't know that Windows can unzip zip files.
I've told this to countless people and always get the same blank stare. Most of them just do what they know when it comes to computers - they used winzip in windows 98, so they'll use winzip in XP. - wulanshout, on 11/10/2008, -0/+0http://www.wulanshout.com/seo/busby-seo-test-seo-c ...
Busby SEO Test has been released! The next Busby Web Solutions Search Engine Optimisation Challenge, start on October 1st, and Finish on January 31st,2009. Get join and wind $ 5000 grand prize - wastern, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1stop typing
- jeanmaxime, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2surrprised too for kazaa. IE, winrar, nero, mirc arent there too and used to be quite popular downloads on those days..
ICQ was the first IM software and has millions of user in his community.
And download.com is less popular than it was a few years ago, so newer downloads arent on the list. - wastern, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3what a poor pathetic outlook you have on everything. you must be an emo nerd
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1as if i couldn't guess this list.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1the only reason why people use itunes is ipods.
as soon as a newer, better mp3 player comes along (forseeable in the next 10 years) itunes is gone.
itunes is real crap though. there should be no reason why you can't just [Linux:] mount your ipod, or [Windows:] have it show up as a drive letter, and drag files into it and be done with it. itunes is total crap.
realplayer will be replaced by flash video (youtube, etc.) and i don't see streaming flash video impossible in the near future. - tomvendetta, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1Blog Spam, Copy and Pasting, and Hot-Linking
I DEFINTLY DIG THIS!!11 - piesforyou, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1It may be blogspam, but to be honest i'd rather read it there than go to cnet.
- Wogna, on 10/12/2007, -17/+3Top 10 downloads of the past 10 years
By Kelly Green Morrison and Karen Whitehouse, Download.com
When CNET Download.com opened its doors in 1996, it was home to 3,000 small shareware and freeware applications. Online software distribution was still in its infancy. What a difference a near-decade makes! Since 1996, we've watched the rise of instant messaging, digital audio and the MP3 format, file sharing, spyware and antispyware, and the open-source movement, just to name a few. And we've watched as online software distribution has gone from pipe dream to reality. These 10 applications best represent the top trends in downloading over the past decade.
ICQ
Today instant messengers are ubiquitous, but when ICQ ("I Seek You") was first released in 1997, it was truly the first of its kind. Though competitors such as Yahoo Instant Messenger and AIM have since encroached on ICQ's territory, this chat client remains enormously popular with international users, and it has remained one of Download.com's most popular applications since its launch.
Winamp
Arriving fast on the heels of the emerging MP3 digital format, Nullsoft's Winamp was one of the darlings of the burgeoning digital audio scene in the late '90s. This free audio player quickly gained popularity, becoming one of the most popular files on Download.com, and Nullsoft was eventually acquired by AOL in 1999.
CNET community's
Top 10 downloads
"WinRAR is far better than WinZIP"
Napster
Who doesn't remember this controversial file-sharing kingpin? Developed by Northeastern University student Shawn Fanning, Napster was a groundbreaking application that enabled users to share MP3s painlessly for the first time through a peer-to-peer network. Napster has since been sued, shuttered, and reborn as a subscription music service, but its legacy remains.
Firefox
Developed by the open-source Mozilla project in 2003, Firefox was the first browser to show the promise of breaking Microsoft's stranglehold on the browser market. Lightweight, secure, and packed with useful features, Firefox exemplifies the promise of the strengthening open-source movement.
WinZip
When CNET Download.com launched in 1996, WinZip was among the first programs in our library, and in the past nine years, it has remained near the top of our Most Popular list. The reason is simple: For many years, WinZip was an essential utility. You couldn't download or send large files without it. Even the fact that Windows XP now has built-in ZIP support hasn't diminished its popularity. The keys to WinZip's success are its simplicity and its singularity of purpose: it does one thing--compressing and decompressing files--and it does it very well.
iTunes
Apple's music player and organizer makes our top 10 list for the sheer beauty of its product design. iTunes is not only a full-featured media player and library in its own right, it's also the gateway for Apple's iPod and popular music store, creating an elegant and simple interface for buying and organizing music. If only all software were this easy to use.
Ad-aware
Almost as soon as there was software to download, there was adware coming along for the ride. Lavasoft did its part to hold the line with Ad-aware, a spyware scanner and remover. Its simple interface and excellent results have gained the program acclaim over the past five years, including a recent monopoly on the No. 1 slot in Download.com's Most Popular list. We wouldn't download files without it, and apparently, neither would most of you.
Skype
If Internet signals can travel over a phone line, then voice calls can travel over the Internet, right? With a Voice-over-IP (VOIP) program such as Skype, they certainly can. The prospect of making free calls to folks all over the globe has persuaded millions of people to install the software; the ease of use and surprising voice quality have earned Skype a loyal user base and accolades that include a CNET Editors' Choice and a Webby.
RealPlayer
Ten years ago, the Web was full of static content. The 1995 debut of RealPlayer changed all that. Streaming audio and video in a free media player was a bold step forward into making the Internet a viable entertainment platform, and RealNetworks was there. Today the software plays almost every media format, and the online music store sells tunes compatible with most MP3 players--even the iPod. RealPlayer hasn't always been at the head of the class, but it was there first, and it keeps adapting to the developing world of online media.
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Bridging the gap between print and Internet publishing, Adobe's portable document format (PDF) lets publishers distribute their articles, newsletters, and documentation online without worrying about formatting problems or unauthorized alterations. By giving away the Acrobat Reader early on, Adobe helped create a nearly unassailable market position. If you want to read magazine archives or software manuals online, you need Acrobat Reader--as its nearly seven-year occupation of the Most Popular list can attest. - brogers810, on 10/12/2007, -16/+1Firefox ftw.
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