Free Free Free Free FREE!
Why pay for anything when you can have it just as good or better for free? Here are some choices for free software, and some websites with really cool features to help you accomplish what you need.
Once you get through this list, there is another list.
Several websites chock-full of Free!
Browser Shots
Test your web design in different browsers. See how your website or blog looks to viewers that use Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, SeaMonkey, Mozilla and several others.
Cachepal
Clears your Internet history, deletes your temporary Internet files and removes cookies with the click of one button straight from your Internet Explorer browser.
Great for Web or Flash developers who frequently need to clear the browser environment to view changes. It also includes an uninstall.
The developer’s home page is here.
Runs on Windows 98, 2K, XP. No info on Vista. Requires Internet Explorer.
Colorpic
Features a versatile color mixer and the ability to create and save color palettes, a customizable magnification area and the ability to snap to the nearest websafe color.
Runs on Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, Me, XP, Vista
Drive Image XML
Data Recovery Software for imaging and backing up partitions and logical drives. The program allows you to backup logical drives and partitions to image files, browse these images, view and extract files, restore these images to the same or a different drive,
copy directly from drive to drive, and schedule automatic backups with your Task Scheduler.Image creation uses Microsoft’s Volume Shadow Services (VSS), allowing you to create safe “hot images” even from drives currently in use.
DriveImage XML runs under Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista only. The program will backup, image and restore drives formatted with FAT 12, 16, 32 and NTFS.
Feed Validator
Do you have a blog and are running a feed for it? Ensure it is valid using this free tool for for Atom, RSS and KML.
Feeds can go bad when they start hanging around with the wrong group of kids.
The most common cause of feed problems is the content that you post. A lot of folks like to use Microsoft Word or other word processors to write up their blog posts. When they do, sometimes these word processors can sneak in characters that are very difficult to render in XML. The most likely culprit is the dreaded Smart Quote, especially if you are putting quotations in your feed posts. Also, Word (we think) likes to put in special tags for formatting paragraphs, as well as address information. We don’t always know where these things come from, we just know that when they are introduced, they cause problems.
Full Episodes
of your favorite programs!
Watch your favorite television programs online, for free. This is a list I’ve been putting together for a while, the link will actually keep you here on this blog. The list has gotten rather ridiculous
Hijack This
does not target specific programs/URLs, but instead the methods used by hijackers to force you onto their sites.
Experienced users of Hijack This at the Process Library can help you to analyze the results and fix your system.
Language Translator
will translate text, pages, even an entire website for you.
Linerider
Warning: This game has high addictive potential! You create ramps, hills, jumps, a world that is as big as you want it to be, using simple pencil tools.
Simple and straightforward controls and gameplay and a huge fanbase community has created somewhat of an internet phenomenon.
People are creating and sharing courses on YouTube, showing off their Linerider creations.
LocatePC
Theft recovery for your PC. It runs unobtrusively on your computer with no icons or popups.
If your computer is stolen the dirtbag will not even know that LocatePC is running on your computer; as soon as Dirtbag connects to the internet a secret email is sent to you containing the details that you need to track your computer.
Runs on Windows Vista/XP/Me/98
Process Library
Comprehensive online resource for anyone who wants to know the nature and purpose of any process that is - or should not be - running on their PC.
Deep in the recesses of any computer, innumerable processes are running silently in the background. Some hog system resources, drastically slowing computers down; others are a haven for spyware and trojans, violating privacy and giving hackers free access to compromised systems.
Explanations are accompanied by advice on whether the processes are important for the stable and secure running of your system. The website also recommends if you should terminate processes or leave them untouched.
Screenshot Captor
Screen capture utility with features like smart autonaming of files, ability to embed textual comments in files, it’s many capture modes: Multimon (multiple monitors), Desktop, Active Window, Region, and Windows Object. Each mode has a hotkey for quick access, there is a Quick Screenshot Emailer Menu… features that are actually too many to list.
This is a fun program; if you ever have a need for Screen Captures this could be an ideal choice.
Speed Guide
Popular source for improving PC performance. The Website provides both the novice and the technically advanced with better understanding and tools for optimizing their system. A large portion of the site’s content is dedicated to Cable Modems and DSL technology, stressing on improving TCP/IP performance over high speed/latency networks.
Speed Test
Planning to move to a new city and want to know what the fastest ISP is there?
Spybot Search And Destroy
Protects from various threats such as key loggers, spyware, trojans, checks for system problems (faulty uninstall information, broken links, etc.) and history lists that record information you may not want stored.
Runs on Windows Vista/XP/2000/NT/Me/98/95/Linux/Unix
There is actually more Freeware out there than you can shake a stick at. Here are some places where you can find a bunch more:
If you have tips for sites to visit for more Free Free Free Free FREE! feel Free! to drop them in the Comments and share them with me and the rest of the world.
Much appreciated!
Where’s the “download jewelry” freeware?
I found some coupon sites - want those?
nothing on porn.
i was hoping for them.
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com
Free software. A new one everyday.