PC Magazine评出最佳免费软件共173款，其中获“年度荣誉奖”的免费软件共13款，分别是：Audacity、iTunes、Winamp、Firefox、IE 8 Beta、Opera、Thunderbird、Adobe Reader、GIMP、AIM、Notepad++、OpenOffice、Ubuntu。
全部173款名单如下：
程序启动
1. Circle Dock
2. ObjectDock
3. Launchy
4. Quicksilver
音频
5. Audacity [年度荣誉奖]
6. Banshee
7. EphPod
8. foobar2000
9. imeem (formerly Anywhere.FM)
10. iTunes [年度荣誉奖]
11. Mojo
12. Songbird
13. Screamer Radio
14. WavePad Sound Editor
15. Winamp [年度荣誉奖]
备份
16. DriveImage XML
17. MozBackup
18. MozyHome Free
19. SpiderOak
20. SyncToy v2.0
21. SyncBack Freeware
博客
22. ScribeFire
23. TweetDeck
24. Twitteriffic
25. Zoundry Raven
26. twhirl
27. Ustream.tv
28. WordPress.com
29. Windows Live Writer
浏览器
30. Camino
31. Flock 2
32. Firefox [年度荣誉奖]
33. FoxReplace
34. Google Chrome
35. Internet Explorer 8 Beta [年度荣誉奖]
36. Opera [年度荣誉奖]
37. OperaTor
38. Safari
39. 30 Boxes
日历/PIM
40. Calgoo Calendar
41. Doomi
42. Google Calendar
43. Lightning
44. Chandler
45. Remember The Milk
46. Remember The Task
47. TaskFive
48. Yahoo Calendar
Email/交流
49. eM Client
50. Gmail
51. gAttach
52. Google Contacts
53. iContact
54. Simple Mail
55. Thunderbird [年度荣誉奖]
56. Windows Live Mail
57. Yahoo Mail
58. Zenbe
会议
59. Dabbleboard
60. SightSpeed
61. Skype
62. Tokbox
文件传输/下载
63. CrossFTP
64. DownThemAll
65. Filezilla
66. FireFTP
67. Halite
68. net2ftp
69. Rightload
70. uTorrent
文件查看/转换
71. Adobe Reader [年度荣誉奖]
72. Foxit Reader
73. PeaZip
74. Sumatra PDF
75. Quick Media Converter (QMC)
76. WinRAR
77. YemuZip
78. Zamzar
财务管理
79. Billeo
80. Buxfer
81. Mint
82. Wesabe
有趣/家用
83. eBay Desktop
84. Geni.com
85. Google Earth
86. Home Inventory
87. Penzu
88. Springpad
89. Timetoast
图形图像
90. Artweaver
91. DestroyFlickr
92. flauntR
93. FastStone Image Viewer
94. GIMP [年度荣誉奖]
95. Google SketchUp
96. IrfanView
97. Paint.NET
98. Pencil
99. Picasa
100. MobaPhoto
101. Photoshop Express
102. Photosynth
103. Picnik
104. Pictomio
105. Splashup
106. SUMO Paint
即时通讯
107. AIM [年度荣誉奖]
108. Dexrex
109. Digsby
110. Meebo
界面强化
111. AccelMan File Manager
112. Desktops
113. DExposE2
114. Emerge Desktop
115. GreenPrint
116. muCommander
117. PlacesBar Tweaker
118. RBTray
119. StandaloneStack
120. Start++
121. TrayEverything
122. UltraExplorer
123. Yahoo Widgets
本地搜索
124. Google Desktop
125. Everything
126. Locate32
127. Adobe Buzzword
办公
128. blist
129. EtherPad
130. Evernote
131. GMDesk
132. Google Docs
133. Incollector
134. Jarte
135. KompoZer
136. Lotus Symphony
137. LucidChart
138. NeoOffice
139. Notepad++ [年度荣誉奖]
140. OpenOffice [年度荣誉奖]
141. SlideRocket
142. SoftMaker Office 2006
143. Springnote
144. Widgenie
145. Zoho
操作系统
146. gOS 3.0 Gadgets
147. pure:dyne
148. Ubuntu [年度荣誉奖]
网络
149. AirSnare
150. AirRadar
151. Axence NetTools
152. GBridge
153. InSSIDer
154. LogMeIn Hamachi
155. NetSetMan
156. Network Notepad
157. PrinterAnywhere
RSS阅读
158. Google Reader
159. Netvibes
160. FeedDemon
161. NetNewsWire
162. RSS Bandit
163. Snarfer
同步
164. Dropbox
165. Windows Live Sync
166. Windows Live Mesh
167. Syncplicity
168. Mozilla Weave
视频
169. CamStudio
170. HandBrake
171. Miro
172. TipCam
173. VLC media player
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