Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

JRE is needed to run applications written in java for web, these are usually called "applets". Online games like like pool, poker or even cards need jre to get loaded and let you play. Many interactive cross platform application in webpages uses this applets which need jre to run on your home computer. These applets allow you to have a much richer experience online than simply interacting with static HTML pages.

Java Plug-in technology, included as part of the Java 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (JRE), establishes a connection between popular browsers and the Java platform. Java allows applications to be downloaded over a network and run within a guarded sandbox. Security restrictions are easily imposed on the sandbox.

JRE is available in for both windows 32bit (Windows 2000, xp, 2003 ) and windows 64bit (Windows XP64, Vista64, 7 64).

Adobe Flash Player

This is needed for the web browsers to play the animation , video, sound in a web page made of flash. These days most needed plugin for browsers as web developers and the companies are preferring to develop websites with FLASH.

Adobe® Flash® Player is a cross-platform browser-based application runtime that delivers uncompromised viewing of expressive applications, content, and videos across screens and browsers.

Flash Player 10.1 is optimized for high performance on mobile screens and designed to take advantage of native device capabilities, enabling richer and more immersive user experiences.

Internet Explorer 8.0

Internet Explorer is the world's most popular (NO. 1) Web browser. This is microsoft windows default web browser. Security, ease of use, and improvements in RSS, CSS, and Ajax support are Microsoft's priorities for Internet Explorer. Runs on both Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Mozilla Firefox (Latest Edition)

Firefox the 2nd most popular open source internet browser now a days sets you the pace with dozens of new features to deliver a faster, more secure and customizable Web browsing experience for you.

Technical Details:

File size: 9.13MB (9,574,384 bytes)
Requirements: Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64
/ Windows7 64
Languages: en-US
License: Open Source
Date added: August 11, 2010
Homepage: www.mozilla.com/firefox/

Opera 10.63

A full-featured Internet browser, Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. And you can customize the look and content of your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse.