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Top 10 downloads of the past 10 years
When CNET Download.com opened its doors in 1996, it was home to 3,000 small shareware and freeware applications. Online software distribution was still in its infancy. What a difference a near-decade makes! Since 1996, we've watched the rise of instant messaging, digital audio and the MP3 format, file sharing, spyware and antispyware, and the open-source movement, just to name a few. And we've watched as online software distribution has gone from pipe dream to reality. These 10 applications best represent the top trends in downloading over the past decade.
01. ICQ
02. Winamp
03. Napster
04. Firefox
05. WinZip
06. iTunes
07. Ad-aware
08. Skype
09. RealPlayer
10. Adobe Acrobat Reader
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When CNET Download.com opened its doors in 1996, it was home to 3,000 small shareware and freeware applications. Online software distribution was still in its infancy. What a difference a near-decade makes! Since 1996, we've watched the rise of instant messaging, digital audio and the MP3 format, file sharing, spyware and antispyware, and the open-source movement, just to name a few. And we've watched as online software distribution has gone from pipe dream to reality. These 10 applications best represent the top trends in downloading over the past decade.
01. ICQ
02. Winamp
03. Napster
04. Firefox
05. WinZip
06. iTunes
07. Ad-aware
08. Skype
09. RealPlayer
10. Adobe Acrobat Reader
Read more @ SOURCE
