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| "Computers are like Old Testament Gods:
lots of rules and no mercy." -- Joseph Campbell |
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During the past several years, I've been lucky enough
to come across a few noteworthy sites and downloadable utilities. Just as everyone sings
the praises of certain 'freebies,' I will recommend these sites for the wonderful free
(or low-cost) resources and utilities you can put to good use.
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Open Office Open Office is an open-source, free program suite, designed to run on all major platforms and provide access to all the functionality you expect from Microsoft's Office, but for hundreds of dollars less. Folks, this is not a joke. Check it out. Totally Free! Online Writing Workshop for SF & F "An online community of writers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror— brand-new and published— who help each other improve their work." First month free! 94 cents a day thereafter... Word Web A fantastic stand-alone dictionary and thesaurus, all in one... even integrates with MSWord Free or Paid version | |
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AVG Anti-Virus program by GriSoft Very nice for the price! Free The Belarc Advisor Ever wonder exactly what's in your PC? This free download builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware and is kept on your computer, not sent to a web server. Free for Individual Use The LangaList Newsletter This guy is great. Topics cover most OS'es, hardware, software, internet security, techie humor-- you name it. Free Standard or inexpensive Plus Edition Free CGI scripts "scripts for Educators has" been providing free Perl CGI scripts since 1996. Check out the great selection! Free, but could you send a postcard? The PC PitStop Super free site to run tests on your machine-- comprehensive, thorough... register today. The PanicWare Pop-Up Stopper This great little app stops both pop-up and pop-under ads while you browse. Free version, but check out their other products FileLibrary.com A large collection of shareware and freeware for almost any OS or platform as well. This site has an impressive library of those pesky files known as drivers. Need one? Go find it! ZoneAlarm Firewall Free Version One of the highest-rated firewalls around, and it's free! If you don't have this, you need this. Free version, also a full $$ version, all great. | |
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BrowserTune 2000 Make sure your browser is in top shape. Free Search Pathways - Click Here to Find Meaning... A nice search engine for spiritual and cultural sites. Paessler's IEBooster A freeware collection of tools that extend the context menu of the web browser MS Internet Explorer (version 5 and up) for Windows. Fabulous! And free... Lavasoft's AdAware Find and remove that insidious spyware that follows you around wherever you surf. Getting too much spam lately? Free, with addt'l $$ versions available Pico Search A free search engine to add to your site. Steve Gibson's "Shields Up!" Do you think you're invisible when you surf? try "Shields Up!" to find out the truth. Free Spam Weasel A free application to help save you from SPAM... Free Spy-Bot Search and Destroy Great program, easy to download and run; roots out adware, spyware, malware, and every other sneaky nasty thing you can think of. Consider making a donation... this is so worth it. I did. Free, donations accepted | |
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Hodder's Icon EDITor Edit or create multiple Icon files. Icon EDITor supports icon sizes up to 32x32. Free Iconico Screen Calipers Incredible floating calipers allow you to measure anything on your screen... a great tool for graphics. Free version, $$ version. Nice! No Nonsense Freeware Get a good ScreenGrab program, or an RGB-to-Hex program, lots more.. Free | |
