Software you cant live without (free or paid)
 

Snagit

http://www.techsmith.com/snagit.html

post yours

Putty , Thunderbird !

Cinema
http://www.maxon.net/

putty
filezilla
notepad++
photoshop
video charge studio
firefox

Navicat Premium

Windows:
Sony Vegas
putty
filezilla ftp (server and client)
notepad++
cygwin

Mac:
coda
apache/php/mysql
1password
versions

Linux:
too many to list :)

FCPX

Once I got used to it, I fell in love.

Chrome and imgur plugin

Photoshop
Photostyler
Photoscape
PhotoImpact

Firehand Ember Pro

Textpad
Total Commander
Photoshop
Putty
Palemoon

putty
dreamwaver
photoshop
firefox

I use some others have mentioned here, but something I use all day every day is Evernote.

Some of mine are:

Photoshop
Premiere Pro
UltraEdit
SecureCRT
MailWasher Pro
QuickBooks
Snappy Fax
Android-Sync
GoodSync

Lotus 1–2–3
Google Wave

MWSnap http://mwsnap.en.softonic.com/
Filezilla http://filezilla-project.org/
NiftyStats http://www.niftystats.com/
Easy Thumbnails http://easy-thumbnails.en.softonic.com/

http://stereopsis.com/flux/
filezilla
pspad (but i'm tryintto switch to notepad++ because it is constantly updated)
ccleaner

directory Opus
notepad++
sony vegas

Paintshop Pro
WordPerfect

Easy thumbnails as mentioned above and
Fastsone Capture http://www.faststone.org/FSCaptureDetail.htm

Photoshop

Logic Pro
Twittelator Neue
Pro Tools HD
Photoshop
Filezilla
FL Studio
Audition

LOL haven't heard that name in a while. I used to work for a company that used it many years ago. I remember it came on about 12 floppy discs.

photo shop
splash page
EBT

ps,
ultimaprime
putty
easyphp
sublime 2
notepad++
aimp
filezila
http://prntscr.com
evernote
mightytext
that's about i can remember

Mine:
Photoshop
http://www.ultraedit.com/
Illustrator
ACDSee

Acdsee, xilisoft, photoshop :)

Winrar
Password Corral
Multiple Image Resizer
Any Video Converter
Filla Zilla
Putty
Fire Fox

Chrome
filezilla
notepad
photoshop
dreamweaver

:2 cents::2 cents::2 cents:

Photoshop
Premiere Pro
Dreamweaver
Fireworks

Chrome, Vim/TextMate, Terminal/PuTTY are my primary apps available on all 3 major operating systems.

CKrename
Sadman Software Search
Photoshop
Vegas Pro
Handbrake
MP4 Faststart
Notepad
FileZilla
Search For Everything
Color Cop
Sorenson Squeeze
Thunderbird
VLC Player

Notepad, Firefox, Outlook, Word, Excel, SecureCRT, WinSCP, dos prompt, VLC, Photoshop, Adobe PDF, Skype, WinRAR, etc

DWB
It's A Trap!
:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

I like turtles.

firefox, gedit, thunderbird, filezilla, gimp, inkscape, tor browser bundle :1orglaugh

phped
ipswitch
stylizer
wamp
eclipse
chrome

BBEdit -

Start -> Shutdown

Adobe Photoshop or GIMP
Notepad++
Mozilla Firefox
Filezilla
Putty
Virtual Clonedrive
uTorrent or Deluge
Nifty Stats
Microsoft Security Essentials
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
Libre Office
Oracle VM Virtualbox
Media Player Classic & VLC Media Player
UNetBootin
Foxit Reader
Steam
GameSave Manager
GNU Privacy Assistant

Way toooo many to list here lol

For anyone here that loves PC Gaming...this is such an invaluable tool:

Gamesave Manager

It has a lot of cool features and can keep all your game saves organized, backed up to dropbox/google drive, and is really convenient. It can also spread your Steam games to a different harddrive if you have an SSD and want your Steam games on different drives.