HANOVER, MA -- NPSoft.org's free Internet service makes it easy for nonprofits and educational institutions to buy more than 500 innovative computer software applications at deeply discounted prices.

Nonprofit organizations and schools can visit http://www.npsoft.org and browse a large database of discounted software. Using a search engine that allows searches by keyword, category, or product name, you can perform real-time searches for business, communication, education, Internet, graphics, utility, network, programming, and other categories of software from scores of different independent software publishers.

Each software package has its own web page, describing the amount of the discount offered, as well as a program description, platform information, price, and system requirements. For most of the programs listed in the database, users can download a free 30-day, fully-functional trial version of the software with a single click. After the trial period, users can purchase the software, at the discounted price, directly from each software publisher.

Software developers and publishers who offer discounts to schools and nonprofits are encouraged to visit http://www.npsoft.org and add their information to the database. The listing is free for software makers, and the information is freely available to the nonprofits and educational institutions.

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About NPSoft.org NPSoft.org is a free service from NotePage, Inc., a Hanover, Massachusetts company specializing in wireless messaging software. You can reach NotePage, Inc. at 291 Rockland Street, Suite 13, Hanover, MA 02339. Phone: (781) 829-0500. TTY/TDD: (781) 829-5067. Fax: (781) 582- 1869. E-mail: products@notepager.net. Internet: http://www.notepager.net/.