Google Pack

I am adding a new software recommendation to all my clients: the Google Pack. It is a package of free software and everything on it is on my list of recommended titles (this infamous list has never been published). Using the Google Pack, however, helps the user update the software as needed. The Google Pack includes:

• Adobe Reader
• GalleryPlayer HD Images
• Google Desktop
• Google Earth
• Google Toolbar for IE
• Mozilla Firefox
• Picasa
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE Personal
• Trillian
• RealPlayer
• Google Talk
• Norton AntiVirus 2005
• Google Pack Screensaver

Again, this is all free, and the Norton AV client comes with six months of virus definition updates. You can't beat that. This is a serious collection of useful software tools and applications.

Better yet, you can build your own pack. You can select from the list the software you want and the Google Updater will install what you have chosen. You can install or uninstall anything you want from the pack just by opening the Google Updater. You can't go wrong with these trusted titles. The software from Google is always awesome to use, especially Google Earth. I haven't really gotten into it, but the visual effects are astounding. Give it a try:
http://pack.google.com/pack

Update: It's only available for Windows XP.