Wow.....such a nearly comprehensive list. Good job, abg Din!
And being a kaypoh, I'd like to add my personal recommendation (what I use) from penghulu's list :-
1.
ANTI-SPYWARE
Ad-Aware 2008 7.1.0.8
Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6
Windows Defender 1.1.1593
2.
AUDIO AND VIDEO
DivX Play 6.8.3.18
Media Player Classic 6.4.9.1
QuickTime Player 7.50.61.0
RealPlayer 11.0.0.453
Winamp 5.54 Full
Windows Media Player 11
3.
ANTI-VIRUS
AVG Free Edition 8.0.138
BitDefender 10 Free Edition
4.
FILE SHARING
eMule 0.49b Beta1
uTorrent 1.8 RC6
5.
FILE TRANSFER
Free Download Manager 2.5.758
GMail Drive 1.0.13
6.
BROWSERS AND PLUGINS
Firefox 3.0.1
Google Toolbar 3.1.2008.0605 (Firefox)
Safari 3.1.2 Anyone used this before? It's for Mac only, isn't it, abg din?
Shockwave Player 11.0.0.458
7.
MESSAGING AND CHAT
Eudora 8.0.0 Beta 3
Google Talk 1.0.0.104 Beta
ICQ 6.0.6043
8.
OFFICE AND NEWS
Adobe Reader 9.0
10.
FIREWALLS AND SECURITY
ZoneAlarm Free 7.0.483.0
11.
CLEANING AND TWEAKING
Defraggler 1.02.078 RC2
12.
COMPRESSION AND BACKUP
7-Zip 4.58 Beta
15.
CD AND DVD TOOLS
use Nero, sorry!
17.
IMAGING
http://www.filehippo.com/software/graphics/<----klik
Google Earth 4.3.7284 Beta
Picasa 2.7 Build 37.49