Best internet apps & software

Mozilla Firefox 4

March 29th, 2011 - Firefox 4 is competitively fast, sports a new minimalist look and includes some excellently executed features. Unfortunately, that describes most of Firefox's competition, too. 2

Google Chrome 10

March 10th, 2011 - Google Chrome 10 comes with a full range of competitive features and is among the most standards-compliant and fastest browsers available. 14

Google Chrome 8

January 4th, 2011 - Google Chrome 8 is not only stable to use, but comes with a full range of competitive features. It lacks some of the fine-tuning customisations in Firefox, but overall, users browsing with Chrome will find it a pleasant, fast and standards-compliant experience. 4

Opera 11

December 23rd, 2010 - Extensions, highly competitive page-load times, cutting edge features and strong support for "future web" technologies make Opera 11 one of the best browsers available.

LastPass Password Manager

December 8th, 2010 - Effective, secure and easy to use, LastPass offers a broad base of password-management features for free that can be expanded when upgrading to the premium version. It's an essential add-on for modern web browsing. 2

Firefox 3

June 18th, 2008 - If only for the speed, lightness of being and security alone, Firefox remains our Editors' Choice for best internet browser. 7

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional

April 26th, 2007 - Adobe has improved the speed of Flash and its integration with other CS3 apps, although flashy new features are few. Plus, Flash now works natively on Intel-based Macs. 2

FeedDemon 2

October 13th, 2006 - FeedDemon is a terrific RSS reader that can handle hundreds of subscriptions faster and better than the many free Web-based readers available. 37

GoToMyPC 5

March 9th, 2006 - If you don't mind paying, GoToMyPC 5 makes an excellent choice for working remotely on a PC. 7

Macromedia Flash 8.0

September 19th, 2005 - Macromedia beefs up Flash to tackle videos and mobile content. 10