Netscape Navigator 9.0 goes to Beta 1

June 5th, 2007

Free Software

I cover a large variety of technology related topics on this site, but my favorite area has always been the web browser.   There are several mainstream browsers with Internet Explorer 7.0, Firefox 2.0, and Opera 9.0 leading the field.  The next level of web browsers includes Apple’s Safari browser (which comes with MAC OS X) [...]

Top 20 Free Applications to Improve Productivity

May 30th, 2007

Free Software, Web Based Apps

Lifehack.org has posted a list of their Top 20 Free Applications to Improve Productivity.  These types of lists are always great, if for no other reason than to compare your opinions to others with similar interests.   For example, the author of this post prefers AVG, while I recommend Avast to anyone needing anti-virus software (even [...]

How to Upgrade Windows Explorer

May 18th, 2007

Free Software

I found that I was using Windows Explorer regularly for everyday functions, so I did some searching and was pleased to see that some free upgrades were available.   Techie Buzz has offered up some alternatives to Windows Explorer for Windows users. 
So far, my early favorite is xplorer², which is really convenient and easy to use.  It looks [...]

Huge List of Open Source Software

April 7th, 2007

Free Software

While browsing the Internet today I ran across this huge list of free open source software.  It appears to be a virtually complete list, but lacks any real organization, making it difficult to find what your looking for on the list if you don’t know the name of the software.   Adding some categories would make [...]

101 Fantastic Freebies

March 31st, 2007

Free Software, Web Based Apps

I was excited to see that PC World has released the 2007 edition of their 101 Fantastic Freebies.  In the article, they cover ways to make your computer more productive, informative, secure, and entertaining with free software and services.  You can check them out by category or in alphabetical order.
For your reference, here is last [...]

Top 10 Free Windows Downloads

March 31st, 2007

Free Software

Lifehacker is at it again, providing an amazing Top 10 list of Free Windows Downloads.  As always, it looks like they’ve done their homework in creating a great list, giving readers an idea of which applications to download and what software they replace.  
For example, here is #10:
Top 10 Windows Downloads, #10: Replace WinZip and WinRAR [...]

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