"The average PC user has a dozen or so applications which they completely swear by and rightfully so. What gets the job done is what matters the most. There is, however, a treasure-trove of pint-sized utilities and fully blown applications just waiting to be discovered. We've scoured the Web to provide a list of 11 useful programs which you've probably never heard of.

All of the programs in this article are either absolutely free of charge or have a free alternative, so don't hesitate to give them a shot and see what you've been missing out on. We hope that by the end of this list, you'll have discovered at least one application that fills a void you didn't even knew existed."