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 StarOffice 5.1 Personal Edition - This fully-featured office productivity suite is a good alternative to Microsoft Office----and it's free! StarOffice handles loads of Office-like functions: word processing, messaging, spreadsheets and presentation and drawing tools, etc. And it is Microsoft Office compatible (it has the look and feel of Office, as well). Available in English, German, French, Swedish, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian. (For Windows, OS/2, Linux and Solaris). 62 megabytes.
- iRover - Fed up with trying to get meaningful results from the search engines? This highly useful free search utility is the answer. The best program of its kind, iRober can deliver 300 formatted hits, with descriptions returned to your browser in 20 seconds. No matter what you're hunting, from Web sites to newsgroup searches to MP3 files, iRover will help you find it, quickly. 1.1 megabytes. (For Windows 98/95 and NT). Works with AOL, too.
- Naviscope - A must-have freeware browsing tool, Naviscope speeds up your surfing and blocks advertisements. Naviscope can also block cookies, backgrounds, JavaScript, and sounds. It accelerates your surfing via "prefetching" of Web pages, as well as other techniques, such as DNS resolution caching. Naviscope offers many other features as well, including synchronizing your computer's clock to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Atomic Clock. Works with Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer and Opera. (475 kilobytes). For Windows 98/95 and NT.
- Free Windows 98 updates - A while back, Microsoft upset many users by offering various updates to Windows 98 in the form of a $5 "Service Pack" CD-ROM. Now, bowing to public pressure, the company is making these updates available free at their site. These components include various patches, Y2K updates and bug fixes for Win 98, Outlook Express and Internet Explorer. (If you feel guilty about getting these updates for free, then send Bill Gates a check!)
 Jotter - Fed up with filling out forms for freebies on the Web? Here's a handy free browser plug-in that's a must for freebie hunters. Jotter automatically fills out forms for you. It'll also remember your passwords and IDs and will remind you about birthdays, appointments and other important dates. 1.2 megabytes. (For Windows 98/95). New version takes up less room and offers improved form-filling capabilities.
- MediaRing Talk 99 - Make free long distance and international calls from your computer with this "next generation" PC-to-PC voice communications software. There's no time-based charges or monthly subscription fees (it's all supported by advertisements). Requires a Pentium system, seven megabytes of hard disk space, a half-duplex sound card, a microphone and speakers. (For Windows 98/95). Besides English, it's also available in Japanese, Chinese, German, French and Italian versions.
- KillTimer (for AOL users) - As an AOL member, you know the drill: all these windows keep popping up, asking if you want to stay online. This handy freeware utility will answer those "You have been online for 46 minutes" and "You have been idle" messages for you automatically, keeping you online. 45 kilobytes. (For Windows 98/95 and NT).
- Medved QuoteTracker - Want a helpful way to receive and use real-time stock quotes? Medved QuoteTracker is a free, ad-supported program that uses Web real-time data sources that you can use to track your portfolio. You may also plot real-time, self-updating intraday charts and much more. (For Windows 98/95 and NT).
- Driver Detective - Do you ever wonder if your computer's hardware
drivers are up-to-date? Hardware drivers are hidden from you by Windows95,
making them hard to find and even harder to get
information on. To solve this problem, check out this cool free utility, which will not only show you ALL the hardware drivers used by Windows on your system,
but it will also make getting all the vital information
on them as easy as clicking on that driver.
- Hide It
- Here's a cool freeware Windows program that allows you to hide any application window and its button in the taskbar. The application is also removed from the Alt-Tab chain, so it won't disturb your task switching, it is just as if it wasn't there. Useful!
- PCPLite - Test your computer for Y2K compatibility with this free utility. PCPLite tests a number of aspects of your computer, include CMOS battery status, BIOS, 2000 date retention and leap years from 1996 to 2036. It also will determine whether your machine can be readied for Y2K with a hardware fix or a software fix (or whether it can be repaired at all). From PCProfile, itself a handy resource for all things Y2K related. (For Windows 98/95/NT and 3.1).
- CallCenter - Need an answering machine? This wonderful free program gives your computer answering machine functionality and much more, as well. A voice telephony application, CallCenter provides support for, voice record and playback from a local telephone handset. It'll also allow you to send and receive faxes from any application. This version is free; a commercial version is available that offers advanced features. (For Windows 98/95 and NT).
- PC Temp Clean - Have you got a lot of junk files clogging up your Windows "tempory" directory? Then install this little free gem. It'll automatically clean old files from the temp directory (such as old E-mail attachments) and can enhance your computer's performance, as a result. (For Windows 95/98 and NT.)
- StockQuest - Here's a powerful, free stock screening program for Windows 95/98 that's a must for investors. Using it, you can screen and do research on over 10,000 publicly traded companies. Features over 50 ratios, statistics, growth rates, and data items already pre-defined as screening variables and is highly customizable. Once you've downloaded this program, you can check return to this site each Monday to download updated data.
- NetStock - Get mutual fund and time-delayed stock quotes delivered to your desktop with this handy freeware stock ticker. Features export functionality for Quicken users. 61 kilobytes. (For Windows 98/95/3.1 and NT).
- WebFerret
- A great search utility. It's easy to use: You can find Web pages by
simply entering a keyword, and clicking "Find Now." It's also unbelievably fast and finds results almost
immediately. The whole process from launching WebFerret to receiving results takes just a few seconds.
- Webcelerator - Get a free beta copy of Webcelerator, software that is designed to speed up your Web surfing. Webcelerator optimizes your Internet connection for maximum speed.
- Formatta Filler - A helpful free tool for filling out forms. Formatta Filler allows you to download and fill out forms electronically as well as receive and send forms using E-mail. (3 meg download). Another freeware program here is the helpful Formatta Web Filler, which allows you to fill out forms on Web pages, using your browser. (2.6 megs).
- ePress - This handy free tool for Mac users lets you create quick standalone electronic business cards that provide information and images about you and/or your business. You can send eCards as an Email attachment to provide more information than your standard signature would provide. For Macs.
- WorldFlash News Ticker - This useful free program delivers lots of information to your desktop, including news headlines, stock quotes, and weather data. It can also check for your incoming E-mail (POP3 compatible only) and display E-mail headers in a scrolling window. (The install program is 1.2 megs in size and is for Win 95 and NT only).
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