FreeMind

Price: free (Open Source)

http://freemind.sourceforge.net

Freeplane

Redesigned version of FreeMind.

Price: free (Open Source)

http://freeplane.sourceforge.net

XMind

Price: free (Open Source)

http://www.xmind.net

vym - View Your Mind

Price: free (Open Source)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/vym/

Mindjet MindManager

Price: approx. €356

http://www.mindjet.com

iMindMap

Price: approx. €125 (Pro) and €189 (Ultimate)

http://www.imindmap.com

Visual Mind

Price: approx. $109 (Basic Edition) and $249 (Business Edition)

http://www.visual-mind.com

MindGenius Business

Price: approx. €169

http://www.mindgenius.com

ConceptDraw MINDMAP

Price: approx. €169

http://www.conceptdraw.com

DropMind

Price: approx. $99 for a perpetual license or $39 per year

http://www.dropmind.com

Inspiration

Price: approx. $69

http://www.inspiration.com

TaskArchitect

Price: approx. €325 (Standard) and €1015 (Pro)

http://www.taskarchitect.com

AXON Idea Processor

Price: approx. $135; also free version with limited features available

http://web.singnet.com.sg/~axon2000/index.htm

Visual Understanding Environment (VUE)

Price: free (Open Source)

https://vue.tufts.edu

textroom

Full-screen text editor, which provides a distraction-free environment.

Price: free (Open Source)

http://code.google.com/p/textroom/

Dark Room

Another full-screen text editor.

Price: free (Freeware)

http://they.misled.us/dark-room

JDarkRoom

Very similar to Dark Room. Also available for the Mac.

Price: free (Freeware)

http://www.codealchemists.com/jdarkroom/

Q10

Full-screen editor that edits plain text files.

Price: free (Freeware)

http://www.baara.com/q10/

OmmWriter

Works with different background colors and typing sounds.

Price: free (Freeware); extended version: up to you to decide (average offering approx. $8)

http://www.ommwriter.com

lexiCan

Helps to organize all types of information.

Price: approx. €40

http://www.lexican.net

Help authoring tools

You can also use a help authoring tool for organizing and storing information. If you don’t already use any other help authoring tool, HelpNDoc is an interesting free option for this purpose.

Price: free for personal use

http://www.helpndoc.com

Wysigot

Downloads and archives web pages. Monitors web pages for changes and highlights new sections on a page.

Price: free (Freeware); Plus version approx. €32

http://www.wysigot.com

HTTrack

Allows you to download a complete website for off-line browsing or archiving. Rearranges the original site’s relative link-structure so that all links within the downloaded site work locally.

Price: free (Open Source)

http://www.httrack.com

Linkman Pro

Advanced, browser-independent bookmark manager.

Price: approx. $29; free lite version available for non-commercial use

http://www.outertech.com

Web Forum Reader

Offline desktop web forum reader.

Price: approx. $30

http://www.chemtable.com/WebForumReader.htm

Timesheets Express

Flexible time tracking software.

Price: approx. €99

http://www.timesheetxpress.com

Subject Marker

Utility for Microsoft Outlook that assigns a predefined subject category to your emails with just two clicks. This helps you to identify the content of an email more quickly and makes finding and retrieving archived emails more efficient.

Price: approx. €10

http://www.leadership-services.com

A Note

Creates sticky notes on the Windows desktop. Also allows you to configure alarms and to sync notes via a server.

Price: free (Open Source)

http://a-note.sourceforge.net

Mozilla Sunbird

Cross-platform calendar application.

Price: free (Open Source)

www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/

project-open

Web-based ERP / project management software for organizations with 2-200 users. Integrates CRM, sales, project planning, project tracking, collaboration, timesheets, invoicing and payments.

Price: free (Open Source)

www.project-open.org

OpenProj

Project management software similar to MS Project. OpenProj has equivalent functionality, a similar user interface and can open existing MS Project files.

Price: free (Open Source)

http://openproj.org/openproj/

Open Workbench

Powerful desktop application for project scheduling and management.

Price: free (Open Source)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/openworkbench/

Ganttproject

Project management software for smaller projects that are run by only a few persons.

Price: free (Open Source)

http://ganttproject.sourceforge.net

KPlato

Project management application of the K Desktop Environment.

Price: free (Open Source)

http://www.koffice.org

Agilewords

Lets you review documents centrally via the web. All review comments can be made and discussed in an online version of the document, without exchanging multiple emails and files.

Price: approx. $49 to $154 per month for up to 10 authors

http://www.agilewords.com

7Zip

File compression and archiving tool.

Price: free (Open Source)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/

Cobian Backup

Automatable file backup utility (uses ZIP format).

Price: free (Open Source)

http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm

FileZilla

FTP and SFTP client and server.

Price: free (Open Source)

http://filezilla-project.org

WinDirStat

Disk usage statistics viewer and basic cleanup tool. Based on the Linux program KDirStat.

Price: free (Open Source)

http://windirstat.sourceforge.net

True Crypt

On-the-fly disk encryption software. Creates a virtual encrypted disk.

Price: free (Open Source)

http://www.truecrypt.org

KDiff3

Compares or merges two or three text files or directories.

Price: free (Open Source)

http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net

Compare It!

Text comparison utility for text files, Word files, Excel files, RFT files and PDF files.

Price: approx. $29

http://www.grigsoft.com

WinMerge

Visual text file comparison and merging tool.

Price: free (Open Source)

http://winmerge.org

DiffPDF

Compares PDF files page by page, either textually or visually.

Price: free (Open Source)

http://www.qtrac.eu

DOCU-PROOF

Even compare unlike files (graphic vs. word files). Finds changes in fonts, sizes, deletions, inserts, spelling, and location.

Price: upon request

http://www.globalvisioninc.com

ZoomIt

Screen zoom and basic annotation tool for presentations.

Price: free

http://www.sysinternals.com

Sizer

Resizes any window to a predefined size. Can be helpful when creating screen captures of windows that must have a given size.

Price: free (Freeware)

http://www.brianapps.net/sizer/

Ditto

Extension to the standard windows clipboard, which lets you use several clipboards at a time.

Price: free (Open Source)

http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net

DM2

Provides a number of Windows enhancements. Makes it possible to set a window to stay on top of all other windows. Adds an extra button to all default Windows Open/Save dialogs, which allows you to select user-defined favorite folders and files.

Price: free (Open Source)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/dm2/

Add-In-World

Various add ons for Microsoft Office, many of them for free. Web site available in German only.

http://www.add-in-world.com

wordmark

Help you to choose a suitable typeface by writing a small text in all typefaces that are available on your computer.

Price: free (Web Application)

http://www.wordmark.it