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).

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.

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.

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.

Coding Horror Blog

Frequently updated blog on .net and human factors.

Artima Blogs

Nice collection of blogs by serious programmers.

The Old New Thing

Very detailed discussions about Win32 coding issues.

Joe White's Blog

See his series on Diff. algorithms.

O'Reilly Blogs

A large collection of blogs hosted by the programmer-friendly O'Reilly Network.

codefez

Site by developers on coding technologies.

Nick's Delphi Blog

Delphi talk, rants against bad UI design, etc.

flow|state

Good blog on user interface issues.

downloadsquad

A bunch of great programs blogged every day.

Cybernetnews

One of our favorite daily reads -- always a great little article to read.

ghacks.net

Another of the handfull of daily must-read software blogs with great short entries.

Building Great Software Blog

Fun blog from the brains behind The Great Software List.

edbott.com

News, reviews, tips&tricks about Windows, Office, and other stuff.

infopackets windows newsletter

Tips, tricks, software and reviews; email newsletter and website.

The Elder Geek on WinXp

Friendly general talk on Windows Xp Issues.

MalekTips

Daily computer and technology tips.

Scot's Newsletter

Windows, broadband, do-it-yourself networking, Microsoft, and the Internet.

Windows Annoyances

Famous site discussing windows idiosyncrasies and fixes.

LangaList

Twice-a-week newsletter on computer issues.

Clif Notes

Cliff's reviews, tips, and freeware wiki.

Free Email Address Directory

Reviews of free email providers, and email usage guides (forum).

WebHosting Talk

Great site to find user opinions about hosting companies.

Epinions.com

User rating and reviews for anything you can buy.

ResellerRatings.com

User ratings and reviews for companies.

bizrate.com

Ratings for stores.

unitconversion.org

Convert just about anything to anything else

Encyclopedia Brittanica Online

Search the famous encyclopedia.

Wikipedia

The incredible free encyclopedia project.

Merriam-Webster Online

Search the dictionary and even hear pronunciations.

Dict.org

No-nonsense search of a bunch of free dictionaries.

mapquest.com

Find directions and maps.

Google Groups

Search newsgroup old and new.

US Govt. Weather Service

Get weather info plus (US only).

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.

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.

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.

Jotti's Malware Scanner

Uses several engines to scan uploaded files (donations requested).

Firewall Leak Tester

Online and downloadable firewall testing.

Tech Support Guy Forums

Excellent forums dedicated to helping people with all hardware/software problems.

Suggest A Fix

Free Online Tech Support Forum.

Practically Networked

Really nice how-to guides and reviews for setting up home and office networking.

HomeNetHelp.com

Nice guides and articles about home and office networking.

Windows Support Sites

Links to help sites for almost any Windows problem.

DSL/Broadband Reports

Large collection of forums on different topics (especially cable providers

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.

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

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

SecurityFocus

News and alerts on computer security.

infosec daily

Daily security updates and alerts (blogs too).

Wilders Security Forum

Forums where users discuss security programs.

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.

samorost2 (plus other games)

our favorite flash game ever made, very beautiful

jayisgames.com

Daily reviews and discoveries of great flash games.

Pandora

nice online music jukebox

The Onion

Funniest satirical newspaper ever.

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.