All platforms: The Mozilla developers want to get the next Firefox milestone just right, so they've issued another release candidate for your testing pleasure. Firefox 3 RC2

Windows only: One of our favorite PC cleansers CCleaner (which stands for "Crap Cleaner")

Windows only: Freeware utility Z-Cron replaces the Windows task scheduler with a more robust, cron-like alternative

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Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): If you're sick of clicking through to subsequent pages of online articles, Firefox extension Repagination adds an option to your context menu to pull

Sure we've all downloaded a free copy of Google Earth, the big G's eye-popping desktop map application, and flown around the planet with a heightened sense of awe at how cool the whole thing is