Since the new data sets were introduced mid-summer 2007, Google Earth is probably the single most important software release in terms of aerial archaeology. If you don't already have it, you can get it here or by clicking the image on the left. There is also a rather spiffing guide here.

Firefox has very little competition. There's nothing to beat it in terms of sticking to standards and presenting code as it was intended. Internet Explorer 7 copied it shamelessly, yet still can't render CSS properly, and so annoyed users with its safety features that they turned them off. It also has an orange fox cuddling the world for a logo. How could you possibly go wrong?

Open Office has come on a long way since the 1.0 release. It's main selling point is not its cost (it's free) but that it works well and is stable. And, it opens Microsoft Office files reliably too. Find out more here or click on the image to the left.

Google Docs is the format of the future. Your work is stored in the cloud, and with the finalisation of Google Gears later in the year, copies of your work will be synchronised globally (in the cloud) and locally (on your hard-drive). This may not sound desirable, or even make much sense to you at the moment, but by next year you'll have forgotten there was another way of doing things. Yes you will.