CNET Download Dispatch: Social cyber-fly

View online | Manage newsletters | Unsubscribe | Send us feedback July 11, 2008 Social networking tools My mom SuperPoked me this week. The fact that my mom has a Facebook account makes it official: Social networking has gone mainstream. Now I'm just waiting for my grandmother to post something to my FunWall... Whether you dig Facebook apps , MySpace music , or any other social online fun, this week's collection of popular social-networking apps will help you stay on top of your ever-increasing Internet connections. In this week's top downloads, popular chat client Camfrog Video Chat leaps 53 spot to land in the Top 10 at No. 7. The recent Adobe Reader 9 has the PDF view rising as well, jumping 11 spots to lead this week's Top Movers. In music, we have tracks from '80s rocker Pat Benatar's Ultimate Collection, a new greatest hits collection. Our Game of the Week lets you blast countless hordes of undead in a top-down shooter splatterfest. Happy downloading! Mark Sikes Associate producer, CNET Download.com New releases FrostWire 4.17 Download and share files on Gnutella and Bittorrent network. Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.6 Search your hard disk and Registry for threats to your security and privacy. PowerISO 4.2 Create, edit, extract, convert, compress, encrypt, split, and mount CD and DVD image files. Paint.NET 3.35 Create and alter photos using layers, effects, and other tools. Top 5 movers These hot titles are rising up the Windows Most Popular list.   1. Camfrog Video Chat - Up 53 spots to No. 7   2. Adobe Reader - Up 11 spots to No. 15   3. RealPlayer - Up 3 spots to No. 21   4. VLC Media Player: - Up 3 spots to No. 27   5. DivX for Windows with DivX Player - Up 3 spots to No. 28 Top 10 products These programs are the Top 10 most downloaded Windows apps on CNET Download.com for the week ending July 7, 2008. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2,263,427 downloads LimeWire 932,973 downloads Ad-Aware 2007 Free 731,395 downloads ICQ 514,391 downloads Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic 432,381 downloads Avast Home Edition 388,527 downloads Camfrog Video Chat 282,933 downloads WinRAR 275,006 downloads WinZip 251,520 downloads BitComet 248,835 downloads Social networking tools Behold, the most popular social networking tools for the week ending July 11.   1. Facebook Desktop - Keep track of all your customized Facebook happenings directly from your Windows desktop.   2. Facebook Toolbar - Skip the Web site and integrate Facebook into your Web browser.   3. MYLT Pro (MySpace Layout Tool) - Create, edit, and publish personalized profiles for your MySpace page.   4. Myspace Toolbar - Use a browser toolbar with various features.   5. MySpace Image Resizer - Resize, optimize, and upload your pictures for use on your MySpace page. New from CNET TV Boost the power of Internet Explorer Despite all the hype about Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Opera, Internet Explorer has more users than all of those browsers combined. Make the most of IE7 with a free download that features mouse gestures, an ad blocker, a download manager, and other cool features. Seth Rosenblatt walks you through the free add-on IE7Pro. Watch the video on CNET TV Detect and correct out-of-date drivers and software automatically. VersionTracker Pro alerts you immediately when updates are available. Game of the Week: Larva Mortus Once again, the end of the world is upon, and shrieking skeletons, poisonous spiders, and ravenous zombies are descending from all sides. You better hope you find that shotgun soon! The demo for this top-down splatterfest of a shooter gives you unlimited playtime but caps your character's progress at level 5. Music: Pat Benatar Now here's an artist who knows how to do a greatest-hits record the right way. Ultimate Collection is outsized in every facet, from its epic length to the sheer scale of its synth-soaked melodies. Yes it's grandiose, yes it's unsubtle--and yes it should be owning your stereo at your next party.

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