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ShellCity.Net
Daily discoveries of rare and cool new freeware utilities (forum).
The Great Software List
Fantastic site that reviews and recommends the best software in many categories.
Power Tools Forum
Yahoo-group based forum discussing the best software for any given task.
FreewareWiki
Reviews of freeware programs collected from various sources.
Pricelessware
Based on the usenet newsgroup alt.comp.freeware (who we don't always agree with).
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| Best Software Announcement Sites |
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BetaNews
Nice site that lists new programs and updates along with recent-changes list.
Freeware World Team
Freeware announcements and searchable archive.
Version Tracker
Brief daily listings of newly relased programs and updates.
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| Best Software Search Sites |
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SnapFiles
Frequently updated, organized, searchable site for shareware and freeware.
FreshMeat
Great site for open source and commercial Linux/Unix software.
NoNags Freeware
Comprehensive freeware archive.
OSSwin project
Large directory of Open Source software for Microsoft Windows.
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| Best Sites for Programmers |
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The Code Project
The best programming articles and code for Windows Programming (esp. C++).
codeguru
Similiar to CodeProject, and also excellent resource for Windows System Programming
DevX.com
Similar to CodeProject; code and articles, focusing on Windows.
Torry's Delphi
Great site for finding Delphi/C++Builder components.
SourceForge
Best resource for Open Source projects.
Developer Shed
Great resources for scripting (php,etc); forums here.
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| Best Game Magazine Sites |
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gamespy
Good free content for pcs and consoles.
gamespot
lots of ads but all the games sites have 'em.
Eurogamer
Nice reviews and no popups.
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| Software Used on This Site |
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Simple Machines Forum
Wonderful Open Source forum software.
phplist
Mailing list manager/sender (needed to send tens of thousands of emails).
db_backup
Open Source php script for backing up mysql databases.
JAlbum
Open Source (java/html) web photo album generator.
PeCompact
Executable Compressor (free student version available).
PJIRC
Java applet for online irc chat (we also use an smf forum mod to interface to it, see here).
PHPMailer
Very elegant and easy to use php mail script helper.
GeSHi
Generic Syntax Highlighter - formats code in forum posts.
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| Prodigious Freeware Developers |
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Sysinternals
Essential, unique system monitoring freeware (regmon, filemon).
AnalogX
Can one man really have written all this great freeware?
NirSoft
Some fantastic little system utilities.
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| Best Hardware Sites |
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Steve's DigiCams Reviews
The best reviews of digital cameras and printers on the planet.
HardOCP
Serious hardware site for people who know what they are talking about
Tom's Hardware Guide
Famous for a good reason; long reviews and news about cutting-edge hardware.
ExtremeTech
Lots of nice stories on new computer technology and gadgets.
NewEgg
Best online computer hardware store - terrific prices and superfast shipping.
TechBargains
Find current bargains and sales on computer/electronic equipment.
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| Best Computer News/Hub Sites |
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digg.com
The top interesting (tech) stories of the day
Slashdot.org
The famous news site for nerds.
ars technica
Computer and technology news and columns (annoying clickthroughs).
Lockergnome
Less of a news site than a frequently update hub.
Cnet News.com
News for pc enthusiasts.
Daily Rotation
Headlines from various computer news sites.
NewsForge
Daily updates on Linux and Open Source projects.
OS news
Daily updates on programming and operating system news.
The Register
Information Technology Daily News Articles.
engadget
technology and new gadget announcements
WinXPcentral
Windows related headlines and news
Read/Write Web
Opinions On NextGen Website
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| Best Technology Fun |
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boingboing
Daily posts of wonderful things found on the web
tipmonkies
daily little software/technology snippets
Make:
greate site for modern do-it-yourself projects
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| Best Cd / Dvd / Recording Sites |
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cdfreaks.com
World's largest cd/dvd community? seems so.
www.doom9.org
good cd/dvd burning and multimedia guides
VideoHelp.com
Great resources to help in choosing hardware.
AfterDawn
Very active forum, discusses audio recording a lot.
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| Online Entertainment and Humour |
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Pandora
nice online music jukebox
The Onion
Funniest satirical newspaper ever.
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| Efficiency and Time Management |
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43 folders
The original time management for geeks blog (software focus is on mac).
lifehacker
Software, web pages, and technology tricks to save you time.
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