[A List of "Freebies" sent to members of PLCC by Email in March 2008 following a Monday General Meeting Presentation]

SHAREWARE Shareware is a marketing method for computer software. Shareware is software that can be obtained by a user, often by downloading from the Internet free of charge to try out a program before buying the program. A request for payment accompanies the program, and the software's distribution license often requires such a payment TRIALWARE / LIMITED USE Trialware (also known as Demoware) is commercial software released for free in a version which is limited in one or more ways. Some of the most common limitations are: The Software remains functional only for a limited time, such as a set number of days after installation, days actually used, number of times the program is launched, or the length of each program session. Adds identifying marks or signatures to output files. Common with image and video editing demoware. Restricts or blocks access to an important function, such as saving the current document to a project file, or burning a CD. FREEWARE Freeware is copyrighted computer software which is made available for use free of charge, for an unlimited time. Authors of freeware often want to "give something to the community", but also want to retain control of any future development of the software.   Freeware is different from shareware, where the user is required to pay after some trial period or for additional functionality. “FREEBIES” EMAIL Email Security Test http://www.windowsecurity.com/emailsecuritytest/ Email Stationery http://thundercloud.net/ Email – Top 12 Free Services http://email.about.com/od/freeemailreviews/tp/free_email.htm Microsoft (Hotmail - Windows Live Mail) http://get.live.com/mail/options Yahoo (Yahoo Mail) http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/ Google (Gmail) http://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en/about.html MISC APPS Adobe Acrobat Reader – Read PDF documents http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html Avery Design Pro – Label Maker http://www.avery.com Download Accelerator – Speeds up downloads http://download-accelerator-plus.en.softonic.com/ie/29038 Free Greeting Cards that Benefit Charities http://www.care2.com/send/categories Instant Messaging and Chat http://www.filehippo.com/ Instant Messaging Services Directory http://web2econsultant.com/messaging-services.html AOL – Msn – Yahoo – Excite – ICQ – Windows Live Make Long URL Short http://tinyurl.com Reminder Messages to Email http://www.jott.com Save As PDF Add-In (Office 2007) http://tinyurl.com/y39ave PHOTO / GRAPHICS Formati 11 – Format, read, & control http://jansfreeware.com/ (click graphics) Freebyte - Freeware Website [did not open; April 5 2008] http://www.freebyte.com/graphicsprograms/ Gimp – Similar to Photoshop Elements http://gimpshopdotnet.blogspot.com Irfanview – Format, read, & control http://www.irfanfiew.com PhotoPlus 6 – Light Photo Editing Program http://freeserifsoftware.com/software/PhotoPlus Picasa – Photo Editing & Organizer http://picasa.google.com/ Sketchup – Drawing Program 3D http://sketchup.google.com Studio Line Photo Basic 3 – Image Management http://www.studioline.biz/en/products/overview-photo-basic Ultimate Paint – Paint Program http://www.utimatepaint.com CLIP-ART Barry’s Clipart Server http://barrysclipart.com Clipart Heaven http://www.clipartheaven.com/ Disney Clip Art http://clipart.disneysites.com Free Clipart Archive http://clipart-graphics.net/clipart Microsoft Office Clip Art http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx VOIP VOIP Providers - Communications Guide http://www.fecg.net/phone.asp VOIP http://www.myvoipprovider.com/Free_VoIP/ VOIP - Microsoft Communicator http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/communicator VOIP - Snap Files http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/comm/fwvoice.html SECURITY: Ad-Aware – Antispyware http://adaware.com AVG Free – Antivirus http://free.grisoft.com/doc/20/lng/us/tpl/v5 CNET Security Starter Kit http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-9835640-12.html?tag=nl.e415 Eulalyzer ( Analyzes EULA) http://www.download.com/EULAlyzer/3000-2086_4-10464852.html Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/895660 RoboForm – Password Manager http://www.roboform.com/download.html Secunia Software Inspector http://www.secunia.com Site Advisor (McAfee) http://siteadvisor.com Spoofstick http://www.spoofstick.com/ SpyBot Search & Destroy – Antispyware http://www.spybot.info/en/download/ Whisper http://www.ivory.org/oldwebsite/whisper.html AUDIO / VIDEO: Audacity – Music editing http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/ iTunes – Plays music files http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ Quick Time – Video Player http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ Real Player – Music Player and Organize http://www.real.com/ Windows Media Player http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/mediaplayer/default.mspx Yahoo Music Jukebox http://music.yahoo.com/jukebox/ TOOLBARS: Google http://toolbar.google.com Windows Live http://home.live.com/ Yahoo http://toolbar.yahoo.com/ DESKTOP: Google Desktop – (Search & Tools) http://desktop.google.com/ MSN Desktop Search – (Search & Tools) http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/desktopsearch VISTA: Windows Sidebar Gadgets – Desktop Utilities http://vista.gallery.microsoft.com/vista/SideBar.aspx?a=&mkt=en-us Vista Upgrade Advisor (Tests Vista compatibility) www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradeadvisor.mspx GENERAL DOWNLOAD SOURCE C-NET www.cnet.com PC Magazine Utility Library – Downloads Tab www.pcmag.com MAC – BEST APPLICATIONS ALSee v4.1 – Photo Processing http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/ NeoOffice – Word Processing http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/157977 Seashore – Photo Processing http://seashore.sourceforge.net/index.php AUDIO APPLICATIONS Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/mac Praat http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/ Raven (Birdsong analyzer) http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/raven/Raven.html WavePad http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/ Windows Media Player http://tinyurl.com/ovrug WEB BROWSERS Firefox http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ Netscape Navigator http://tinyurl.com/2gayt3 SECURITY Site Advisor http://www.siteadvisor.com/download/ff.html COMMUNICATIONS Adium (Instant Message) http://adiumx.com/ AOL Instant Message http://dashboard.aim.com/aim Communication Software http://www.freemacware.com/ Email Programs http://email.about.com/od/macemailclients/tp/free.htm Fugu (File Transfer App) http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/download.html Google Earth http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html Remote Say (text-to-voice) http://www.freemacware.com/remote-say/ Skype http://www.skype.com/download/skype/macosx/ GRAPHICS Adobe Reader http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html Macnifier http://www.subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/ Sweet Home 3D http://sweethome3d.sourceforge.net/ UTILITIES Apple Widgets http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/ Mulberry (Email) http://www.mulberrymail.com/download.shtml Opera (Email) http://www.opera.com/download/index.dml?platform=mac Stuffit Expander (Archive file decoder) http://www.stuffit.com/mac/index.html Thunderbird (Email) http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/ TinkerTool (Utility) http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html Zipeg (ZIP & TAR decoder) http://www.soft32.com/download_194005.html HOUSEHOLD Measuring Cup (Recipe Database) http://www.pure-mac.com/recipes.html GAMES MacChess 5.01 http://members.aol.com/Macchess/ Note: Many of the applications, add-ons, etc shown for PC are dual platform. Check the websites for OS & platform information (From the Web editor of this page: If you are missing your favorite, safe and proven "freebies" on this page and you are willing to share them, please send the URLs to krumme(at)telebyte.com with a few comments. Thank you!) Temporary PLCC Page Return to PLCC Home | Temp. Access Page (krummefamily.org/plcc/) 5 April 2008 (gk)