:: Useful Links Worth Bookmarking ::

[Diabolique]

Feel free to add your own favorites as well!

I'll start with a few of my own:


Free Online Banner Maker

Free Online Banner Maker II

Fire My Words

Test your ports to make sure your system is less vulnerable to attacks for FREE here:

Shields Up

Your image size is too big? Need to "crunch" it? Click on the link below:

Image Cruncher


Online Image Editors (Free):

My Imager

MagicStudio


Glitter Makers:

Glitter Maker 1

Glitter Maker 2

Glitter Maker 3


Smileys:

Smiley Generator


Free Image Editing Software (Similar to PSP and Photoshop but FREE):

The GIMP


Free Video Editing Software:

Jahshaka


Free Hosting:

File Den

File Lodge

File Cabin

Performance Tools:

Web Page Analyzer

Free Anti Virus:

AVG Anti Virus


TS Edit: Pinned to the top!

[Diofan]

Driverguide.com
Snapfiles.com/freewire

[TStodden]

Avast! Anti-Virus (Registration required, but that's free as well)
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

Open Office (MS Office Equivilence)
http://www.openoffice.org

DeepBurner (Free CD/DVD Burner)
http://www.deepburner.com/?r=download

7-Zip (Free Zip/Unzip program)
http://www.7-zip.org/

AxCrypt (Free Encryption/Decryption Program)
http://axcrypt.axantum.com/

Art Rage (Artwork Program, GREAT for Tablet PC's)
http://www.artrage.com/artragedown.html

Audacity (FREE Audio Editor)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

VLC Media Player (Free Media Player)
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

WordWeb (Free System-wide Spell Checker)
http://wordweb.info/free/

That's all I have for now...

[BlueMolly2006]

Winamp (great media player, the newer versions you can listen to 20 XM radio stations and you can add plug ins to play .wma and .ra files).
http://www.winamp.com/


PhotoPlus 6.0 (it's like PSP, but it's lower in memory and it's free)
http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/softwa ... efault.asp

Old Version (if you want to get an older version of a program go here)
http://www.oldversion.com/

[wavemeister]

online dictionary:

http://dict.leo.org/?lang=de&lp=ende (German - English)
http://dict.leo.org/?lang=de&lp=frde (German - French)
http://dict.leo.org/?lang=de&lp=esde (German - Spanish)

...for the eternal quest of content; or better said, if the site you are watching has none:

http://www.netdisaster.com/

[TStodden]

More Linkage...

GAIM (Open-Source multi-IM program, requires GTK+ package)
http://GAIM.sourceforge.net

Trillian (Free Commerical multi-IM program, Pro version extra)
http://www.trillian.cc

CoolPlayer (Free, "MICRO" Music Player)
http://coolplayer.sourceforge.net/

AbiWord (Free Word Processor)
http://www.abisource.com/

Celestia (Open-Source Space Simulator)
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/

CCleaner (System Cleaning Utility)
http://www.ccleaner.com/

LockNote (Free Encypting Notepad)
http://locknote.steganos.com/ -- Note: In German

NVU (Open-Source WYSIWYG Editor)
http://www.nvu.com/index.php

FoxIt Reader (Free, Quick PDF Viewer... Pro version extra)
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php#

Portable Apps -- Free Apps that can run on USB Thumb Drives
http://www.portableapps.com

[Diofan]

Web Browsers
Opera
Firefox
M$ Internet Explorer
ShenzBrowser
Netscape
Maxthon
Finebrowser
Avant Browser
Slim Browser
Phaseout

[Diabolique]

Free Printable Business Cards

Free Printable Recipe Cards

[Diofan]

Clickteam Install maker

[Diabolique]

Owens 4 Tools

[TStodden]

Yahoo! Widgets (formerly known as Konfabulator) -- http://widgets.yahoo.com

This is practically the engine of "Web 2.0", as it uses smaller programs (called "Widgets") to perform various things, like monitoring your battery power (for laptops), WiFi signal strength, even check weather & your emails without actually loading up your browser or other utilities.

Yahoo! Widgets require Windows XP OR Mac OS X to use, internet access (WiFi or Broadband) is highly suggested as a good amount of widgets go online to access information.

Yahoo! Widgets Engine is SPYWARE FREE. However, it's possible for a 3rd party widget (ones created by other users) may include some (although it's unlikely). Use caution when using unknown or untrusted widgets.

[TStodden]

The latest additions to "Cool Stuff" to try:

Taskbar Shuffle
Site: http://www.freewebs.com/nerdcave/taskbarshuffle.htm
Download size: 624 KB

This is a pretty cool utility program! It allows you to move items in your taskbar around for the organizational freaks out there. It works with all versions of Windows (down to Windows 98).

Sarbyx TrayClock
Site: http://www.sarbyxlabs.com/en/sarbyxtc.html
Download size: 430 KB

This is something that I was looking for use in XP... It allows you to expand the functionality of your system's clock by adding seconds & the date displayed as well as to skin your clock.

The program includes 50 skins for you to try out a clock that works with your set-up.

[TStodden]

Here's a few new additions to the list:

* Recuva -- http://www.recuva.com
From the makers of CCleaner is Recuva (pronounced like Recover, but more "Arnold"-like). Recuva allows you to recover deleted files on your hard drive, similar to Norton's Undelete. It lists all the files that may be recovered & tell you the likelihood of recovering the file.

* TrueCrypt -- http://www.truecrypt.com
TrueCrypt is a powerful, open-source encryption tool. It allows you to create encryption containers or even encrypt an entire hard-drive. Supports various encryption algorithms & whatnot. It also allows you to create Hidden containers (or a container within a container) to ensure that your more sensitive files stay protected!

[goldgame]