These are the program/site picks I listed on my website this month:

POV-Ray: http://www.povray.org/ POV (Persistence of Vision Raytracer) is a
high-quality, totally free tool for creating stunning three-dimensional
graphics. An excellent 3D ray tracer for people who are acquainted with
programming. It is a lot of fun writing a picture, instead of drawing it,
and seeing the results. It is great for those who would like to create
artwork. It has a great tutorial.

Cascade DTP: http://www.price-media.demon.co.uk/cascade.html Cascade DTP
is a new kind of web page composition tool that harnesses the powerful
features of cascading style sheet (CSS) layout and formatting commands.

SQLyog: http://webyog.com/en/ SQLyog MySQL GUI is the most powerful MySQL
Manager and MySQL Admin Tool, combining the features of MySQL Query
Browser, phpMyAdmin and various other MySQL Front Ends and MySQL Clients
in a single intuitive interface.

HomeServers: http://downstairs.dnsalias.net/homeserver.html Easily build
up your own servers running at home or office (local computer). Extremely
easy to use Web and FTP servers that works on standard Windows computers.

KeyScrambler: http://www.qfxsoftware.com/products.htm KeyScrambler
defeats keyloggers by encrypting your keystrokes at the keyboard driver
level, deep within the operating system. When the encrypted keystrokes
reach your browser, KeyScrambler then decrypts them so you see exactly the
keys you've typed. Keyloggers can only record the encrypted keys, which
are completely indecipherable.

WinRemote PC Lite: http://www.winsoftmagic.com/ WinRemotePC Lite enables
you to control a desktop remotely over the LAN or Internet. You can
control the remote PC with your mouse and desktop, just as if sitting in
front of it. The program comes with a client and a server module, and
includes its own video driver for fast display performance that provides
almost real-time control and offers an optional full-screen mode. A
version with more functionality is coming soon.

QuickMenuBuilder: http://www.quickmenubuilder.com/Menu.php?page=Intro
Quick Menu Builder enables you to create custom, executable menus. Your
custom menu is compiled into a stand-alone executable file and works on
all versions of Microsoft Windows®. Production of menus is easy, fast,
does not require programming knowledge, and the results are very
impressive!

Pawn: http://www.download.com/Pawn/3000-7562_4-10495650.html?tag=pub Pawn
is a small freeware chess program for Windows. Options include board and
piece color, computer difficulty level, and various gameplay choices.
Version 1.53 adds PGN file format support, selective search for stronger
play, and fixes stalemate detection. Very good chess program to improve
your skills.

CleverKeys: http://www.cleverkeys.com/ck.html?p=home Provides instant
access to definitions at Dictionary.com, synonyms at Thesaurus.com, facts
at Reference.com and more — from almost all Windows programs, including
word processors, Web browsers and most e-mail programs.

FuturePinball: http://www.futurepinball.com/ If you’ve ever wanted to
design your own pinball table then this is your chance. Future Pinball is
a sophisticated tool that allows you to place all the components that you
desire on a virtual pinball table, edit them, move them around, tweak
them, and see how they play out.

Vixy: http://vixy.net/flv_converter Online service that converts a FLV
file (Youtube's movie,etc) to another format (AVI/MOV/MP4/MP3/3GP). The
service is using a unique technologies (JP), and converts FLV to MPEG4
faster and losslessy than a typical transcoder. The quality of this
conversion is excellent.

Y!mLite Chat: http://www.ymlitechat.com/ Yahoo Skin-able Chat Client
written with Delphi and is completely free. It can be configured to be as
boot-proof as possible for the Yahoo network. Check out the exclusive
filters found at Yahoo-->Y!Options-->Flood Filters.

3DCanvas: http://www.amabilis.com/products.htm 3D Canvas is a real-time
3D modeling and animation tool that incorporates an intuitive
drag-and-drop approach to 3D modeling. Creating an animated scene is as
simple as positioning the objects within your scene for each point in time
in your animation. 3D Canvas will ensure that the resulting animation runs
smoothly. Your animation can be stepped through a frame at a time, viewed
in real-time, or recorded to a Video (AVI) file so that you can distribute
your creation.

eyeOS: http://eyeos.org/ eyeOS is an Open Source Web Desktop
Environment, commonly known as Web Operating System (Web OS) or Web
Office. eyeOS is Open Source Software, and can be downloaded or used
through the official eyeOS server. The basic System comes with some office
and PIM applications, and the complete eyeOS software database can be
found at eyeApps.org and in the public server.

MediaPlayerClassic:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Media_Player_Classic.htm Looks just
like Windows Media Player 6.4, but has many additional features. It has a
built in DVD player with real-time zoom, support for AVI subtitles,
QuickTime and RealVideo support (requires QuickTime and/or Real Player,
but you can use the Quicktime and Real alternatives); built-in
MPEG2/SVCD/DVD codec.

RealAlternative:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm Real Alternative
will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install
RealPlayer/RealOne Player and the hassles that come with it.

SolveigMM AVI Trimmer http://solveigmm.com/?Products&id=AVITrimmer
Useful tool to enable a very fast trimming or cutting any necessary part
of the source AVI file of any size without quality loss. The trimming
process is much faster than a real time playing since the core trimming
technology does not use any decoding/encoding process. Allows trimming
AVI files contained VBR audio without synchronization loss.

MailBigFile: http://www.mailbigfile.com/ A very simple way to send large
email attachments up to 512 megabytes.

pcBaseline: http://pcbaseline.home.comcast.net/ pcBaseline is a software
program created to consolidate the tracking of vital aspects of your
computer into one software solution. pcBaseline allows you to create
baselines (or snapshots) of vital aspects of your computer. A baseline
can be defined as a set of critical observations or data used for
comparison. The key to pcBaseline is that it allows you to compare
baselines of vital aspects of your computer to the current state. By
comparing a baseline to the current state you are able to track changes to
your computer.

VideoHelp.com: http://www.videohelp.com/ VideoHelp.com will help you to
make your own VideoCDs, SVCDs, DVDs, DivX, XviD, HD etc that can be played
on your standalone DVD Player from video sources like DVD, Video, TV, DV,
Cam or downloaded movie clips like AVI, DivX, XviD, WMV, Flash, etc.

WebReaper: http://www.webreaper.net/ A web crawler or spider, which can
work its way through a website, downloading pages, pictures and objects
that it finds so that they can be viewed locally, without needing to be
connected to the internet.

PHP Dynaform: http://www.webligo.com/products_dynaform.php Easy Form
Mailer. It is the easiest form mailer script available. It requires
virtually zero configuration, no knowledge of coding, and a quick setup.
The primary advantage of DynaForm is that it adapts to any HTML form.

WildVoiceStudio:
http://www.wildvoice.com/WildVoice/WildVoiceStudio/tabid/58/Default.aspx?pages=w...
Provides an interface that enables you to record your podcast with your
microphone, add background music and insert a variety of sound effects.
You can organize your recordings in in multiple segments, which are later
combined to create a single MP3 file. You can sign-up for a free account
with WildVoice, that allows you to automatically upload and publish your
podcast on their site.

Merry Christmas