Greatest software of 2006

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	Best office suite OpenOffice 2.0 Sun Microsystem has blended its popular but free Office suite with more graphics to create what it now calls OpenOffice immation . So the burning question remains: Should you upgrade?
	Best all-purpose graphics suite Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium Photo and design specialists will appreciate the increased integration of files among this suite's various apps, which include Photoshop, Illustrator, GoLive, and Acrobat. The premium edition also includes Adobe Acrobat Professional 7. Read Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium review Check prices
	Best personal-finance software Intuit Quicken Premier 2006 Put your money on our personal-finance pick: Quicken 2006. Its ease of use and great design beat Microsoft Money's alluring online freebies. It's definitely the best money-management choice for first-timers, but those who already use Quicken 2005 probably don't need to upgrade. Check prices
	Best Internet Security suite ZoneAlarm Internet Security 6 A straightforward and effective all-in-one firewall/privacy/antivirus/antispam/antispyware product, ZoneAlarm Internet Security from Zone Labs is worthy of consideration in any home or SOHO situation. It offers the best software firewall, antivirus, and privacy protection available to PC users today. Its clean and simple tab-based interface is blissfully intuitive to navigate, making ZoneAlarm far less imposing than Norton Internet Security 2005 and easier to operate than McAfee Internet Security Suite 2005. Download free trial
	Best antispam software MailFrontier Desktop MailFrontier Desktop 4.2 serves up powerful spam-fighting tools that are so easy, you don't even have to think about them--exactly what you want from a junk-mail filter. The program's performance is outstanding, too. In our informal tests, it trapped more of the junk straight out of the chute than Norton AntiSpam 2005 or McAfee SpamKiller 6.0, while tagging fewer legitimate messages (false positives). After just a few days of training, MailFrontier Desktop trapped nearly all of our junk with almost no false positives--the best results we've seen from any desktop antispam filter. Download free trial
	Best antihacker software Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2006 PC-cillin Internet Security 2006 has a few shortcomings, but overall it's an affordable and feature-packed security suite. This package reliably defends against online threats. Check prices
	Best antispyware software Lavasoft Ad-aware SE 1.06 Ad-aware SE is simply the best option for keeping spyware and adware under control on your PC. Download now
	Best audio-editing software Adobe Audition 1.5 Adobe acquired Syntrillium Software in May 2003 and morphed its flagship Cool Edit Pro product into Adobe Audition. Version 1.5, which is fairly priced at $299, results in a dynamic yet accessible audio-editing powerhouse, now better integrated into the Adobe video-editing product suite. Although experienced audio editors will get the best use out of this program, several useful features are simple enough for beginners. Check prices
	Best remote-access software GoToMyPC 5 If you don't mind paying, GoToMyPC 5 makes an excellent choice for working remotely on a PC. It lacks a full free version, but a free 30-day trial is available for download. Download 30-day trial
	Best operating system Apple Mac Tiger OS Better than Windows? Apple's latest Mac OS X release might just be our new favorite operating system. With built-in desktop search, RSS, and 64-bit addressable memory, Mac Tiger OS delivers where Windows only promises. Check prices