Web References and Computer ResourcesWeb References and Computer Resources
 www.annoyances.orgMicrosoft Windows annoyances and tips |
www.onecomputerguy.com Bob Cerelli's Microsoft Windows Site |
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www.slipstick.com Slipstick Systems Exchange Center for Microsoft E-mail apps. |
www.dslreports.com Reports on putting in Digital Subscriber Lines |
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http://freshmeat.net/ Web's largest index of Unix and cross-platform software |
www.iptelephony.org/cgi-bin/Site/Pages.pl?Selection=HomePage IP Telephony |
| www.pdabuzz.com PDA Buzz. Reports on using Personal Digital Assistants |
www.tomshardware.com/ Tom's Hardware Guide |
| www.oreilly.com O'Reilly and Associates. Computer books. Some are online free. Also, helpful links |
www.pcguide.com Technical answers to PC problems |
| www.helponthe.net/ Tech Support Guy |
www.pctechguide.com/ PC Tech Guide |
| www.techadvice.com Tech advice for professionals |
www.botspot.com Explains bots. |
| http://www.megapixel.net/ Information on digital imaging |
www.wifinder.com/ WiFi finder |
| www.techrepublic.com/ An IT advice site |
www.5starsupport.com PC support |
| www.gantthead.com A project management advice site |
www.driverguide.com/ Driver Guide |
| www.betanews.com Reviews of new software |
www.anandtech.com Reviews of new hardware |
| www.virtualdr.com PC tutorials |
www.microsoft.com Advice from the source for all Microsoft products |
| www.answersthatwork.com/ Answers that Work |
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| www.filext.com File Extension Source. Answers to what file extensions are. |
http://www.tldp.org/ Documentation for Linux code |
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www.belarc.com/free_download.html Belarc Adviser. Tells you what is in your PC |
http://itpapers.zdnet.com/ White paper database |
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www.hotspotlist.com Directory of WiFi hotspots in the US |
www.kbalertz.com/ Tracks Microsoft's knowledge base |
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www.versiontracker.com/windows/ Version Tracker |
www.broadbandhomecentral.com/ Tracks broadband news for home networking |
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www.pchell.com How to remove viruses and spyware |
www.spywareguide.com/index.php Spyware guide |
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www.geektools.com/ Geek Tools |
www.philb.com/iwantto.htm A catalog of online tools |
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www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm Best freeware utilities |
www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en Microsoft download center |
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www.zamzar.com/ Free online file conversion |
www.media-convert.com/ Free online file conversion |
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www.freshdevices.com/ Windows tweaks |
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx Microsoft powertoys for Windows XP |
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www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,64563/description.html Tweaks for Microsoft Vista |
www.vistabootpro.org/ Tweaks to Vista booting |
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http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,64566/description.html TweakNow RegCleaner Standard - free |
www.newegg.com/CustomerService/KnowledgeBase.asp Technical resources reference page |
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www.python.org/ Python |
www.wakoopa.com/ Software registry |
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http://afreedll.com/ dll files |
www.w3schools.com/ Software tutorials |
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www.wigle.net/ Wireless networking maps |
www.speedtest.net/ Tests speed of the internet |
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www.cerias.purdue.edu/ Cerias. Network security |
http://spamcop.net/ For reporting spam |
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www.sans.org/ SANS Institute. Network security |
www.dmares.com/ Forensic software |
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www.insecure.org/nmap Security testing |
www.nessus.org Network security testing |
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www.packetstormsecurity.org/ Network security news |
www.wildlist.org/ A list of all known viruses on the Internet |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/ National vulnerability database |
www.attrition.org/ Cybersecurity. Logs attacks on Web pages. |
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www.nlectc.org/ Justnet. Justice Technology Information Network |
http://isc.incidents.org/ Internet Storm Center |
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www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,24761/description.html Windows defender - free |
www.dshield.org/ Distributed Intrusion Detection System |
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www.hacktivismo.com/ A hackers' collective |
www.gnupg.org/ A data encryption suite for e-mail |
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www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,22262-order,1-page,1-c,alldownloads/description.html?findid=51646 Spybot Search and Destroy |
www.cert.org Computer Emergency Response Team. The center that tracks web attacks and viruses |
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http://attrition.org/security/ An organization that tracks viruses and teaches security. |
Shareware (These links take you to software that can help you serve your clients better, faster and less expensively.)
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www.download.com Download.com |
http://hiveminder.com/splash/ To do list |
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www.shareware.com Shareware.com |
www.jumbo.com/ Jumbo |
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http://cws.internet.com Stroud's Consummate Winsock Applications |
www.tucows.com TUCOWS |
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www.nonags.com Lists of freeware and fully functional shareware |
www.winappslist.com/ Allen's Winappslist shareware |
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www.driverfiles.net Driver files |
www.winzip.com WinZip |
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www.real.com Real Player |
www.macromedia.com/shockwave Shockwave |
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www.adobe.com Adobe Acrobat Reader |
http://freshmeat.net/ Shareware. |
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www.drivershq.com Driver updates |
www.pcworld.com/downloads PC World downloads |
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www.completelyfreesoftware.com/index_all.html Completely Free Software |
http://drupal.org/ Open Source online content management |
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www.sketchup.com/ Google's modeling program |
http://writer.zoho.com/jsp/home.jsp Word processor |
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http://docs.google.com Word processor and spreadsheet |
www.meebo.com Instant messaging |
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www.koolim.com Instant messaging |
www.rememberthemilk.com/ To do list |
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www.emro.nl/freeware/ Defragger - free |
www.majorgeeks.com/ Freeware, shareware |
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www.appscout.com/ Scouts for applications |
www.mediafire.com/ File sharing |
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www.zamzar.com/ File conversion |
www.zoho.com/ Business applications |
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www.popfly.com/ For building mashups |
http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/ For building mashups |
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www.spamato.net/ Spam filter - free |
www.freewaregeeks.com/ Freeware Geeks |
Internet Telephony and Messaging
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http://wwwl.meebo.com/ Multiple internet messaging |
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www.skype.com Internet telephony |
www.gizmoproject.com Free calls to several online services |
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http://messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php Yahoo messenger - IM |
www.ceruleanstudios.com/ Multiple internet messaging |
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www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,64557/description.html Multiple internet messaging |
www.gmail.com E-mail - free |
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https://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?&.src=ym Yahoo mail - free |
