Applications that make my life easier
- Firefox
- Almost any Google thing: GMail, Reader, Scholar, Calendar, Talk, etc.
- Notepad++ (general editor)
- WinEdt (TeX editor, not free but there is no really good alternative)
- JabRef (reference manager)
- WordWeb (desktop dictionary)
- VirtuaWin (easy yet powerful multi-desktop feature for Windows)
- MediaMonkey (and still Winamp)

