Net Lingo defines hundreds of computing terms. Focused on the online and web communities, the site keeps track of the buzzwords that you'll run into most often in cyberspace. It also features sections on emoticons and smileys, as well as a special listing of newly added words. There's even a new pocket dictionary floating window so you can keep the netlingo list of terms handy as you surf the net.	AVG Antivirus A free virus program that boasts 100% detection rate. AVG anti-virus system is continuously certified by independent icsa laboratories. AVG virus alert network will bring you the latest information, the virus alerts, announcement of the latest AVG featuresthrough your email on regular basis and absolutely free of charge.
Ziff Davis site for top rated utilities of all kinds.	Driverguide Need a device driver? Try looking here.
Tweak 3D Lots of tweaking tips for hardware and software. A must visit for gamers!	Annoyances.org is the most complete collection of information assembled for and by actual users of Microsoft Windows.
VMyths.com Want to know what the facts are on viruses? Check out this site for the truth about them.	Barry MacDonnell's Toolbox for WordPerfect A great place for WordPerfect users to get information on macros, templates, links and more.
Mega Converter Have you ever needed to convert measurements? Just about everything you would ever want to convert is here!	Gibson Research Corp. Test your computer to see how vulnerable it is to attack on the internet! A must visit site for everyone!
Magellass Corp. Authors of Winboost and many other Windows tweaking utilities. Winboost offers more setting changes than any other program. Some great some not great. Not freeware.	LitePC.com This site offers 3 utilities for Win98. One to keep ie from melding with Win98 on a clean install, one to remove ie from an existing Win98 system, and one that installs the Win95 explorer shell on Win98. Don't buy the lie!
Do you create webpages? Want to make animated graphics for your site? This little program does it for you and does it well. Could be the best $20 bucks you ever spent!	Kish Designs Maker of CopyTo Synchronizer. And it's free to try. If you have a laptop and desktop and copy files back and forth, check it out.
PO Box Routes your e-mail so if you change service providers, you don't need to change your e-mail address	TruthorFiction.com Do you get email? Want to know whether what you are reading is true or not? Try here!
Spybot Search & Destroy can detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your computer. AND it's free.	Xteq Systems ZD net said ""it was no contest: X-setup beat Tweak UI hands down. It's a more powerful, more useful, and better-supported program-and easier to install and use, to boot. Anyone wanting to customize and tweak Windows should give it a try."
Download Accelerator Plus DAP is fully integrated into your browser. Users report up to 300% faster downloads. Simple installation procedure. The software is available free of charge. DAP will find the closest servers to you, and it supports: multi-server downloads, error recovery, proxy, and many other features.	Clippy - How often have you needed to extract text from your emails, only to find the simple, menial task to take more time than it should. You'll have many '>' characters appearing at the beginning of lines because your email has been replied to, back and forth, countless number of times. Often, you'll also need to painstakingly reformat the text to make it appear readable. With Clippy you'll be able to remove all that with a single click!
Winplanet For those who don't want to spend a lot of time looking for information, this site is beautifully designed which makes finding the right patch or driver a breeze. Part of the internet.com family of sites, Winplanet is a portal with links to resources for all the Windows operating systems. It points you to utilities, productivity tools, bug reports, and security tools. It also contains the latest news, so you can keep up with what's happening with the OS.	Active Network wants to be the only resource guide for Windows, no matter which flavor of Windows you may be running in fact, it's even a useful resource for the Microsoft Xbox and dvd players. The Windows sections provide bug fixes, service packs, critical and recommended patches, and system tools. We especially like that the site keeps users informed with up-to-the-minute bulletins on the home page, telling you when new downloads are available and what new bugs to watch out for.
Freeware Arena has lots of programs and utilities to make your computing life a little easier.	Tucows is a longstanding global leader in software libraries and wholesale Internet services
Bart PE gives you a complete Win32 environment with network support, a graphical user interface (800x600) and FAT/NTFS/CDFS filesystem support. Very handy for burn-in testing systems with no OS, rescuing files to a network share, virus scan and so on. This will replace any Dos bootdisk in no time!	WinZip Create compressed file archives and decompress zipped files, using the no-cost WinZip utility's drag and drop interface. This one is so good you should pop for the small purchase fee if you use it.
Windows guide network The network has three main parts: a registry guide, a scripting guide, and a security guide. The registry guide is certain to be useful for keeping PC's in fine form. And be sure to visit the security guide to find out about the esoteric ways in which your computer could be vulnerable to hackers.	Lavasoft Creator of Ad-Aware software which seeks out "spyware" on your computer. The basic version is free! If you want more features, we recommend purchasing the plus version. The small fees are one way for Lavasoft to recoup a small amount of the monthly expenses required to continue providing the free versions of their applications.
OpenOffice.org is an open source, community-developed office productivity suite. It includes key desktop applications such as word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, and drawing programs. An open source version of StarOffice, OpenOffice.org is a multi-platform suite and runs on the Solaris[tm] Operating Environment, Microsoft Windows, and the Linux platforms. It works with a variety of file formats, including Microsoft Office. Available at no cost, this open source productivity software is ideal for small businesses, schools, or any organization that runs mixed operating systems. That's right, FREE!!!
Windows Support Center Just about any Windows issue can be referenced here. James A. Eshelman has done a wonderful job providing so much information for everyone to access.	NoteTab is an awesome Notepad replacement. You can have multiple tabs, and dozens of other features. There is a free version also to check out.
PowerDesk is file management done right. There is a free, express version which is convenient, and packed with features. The full program offers everything you always wish Explorer could do but couldn't!	Zone Labs offers free firewall security. Want to know if someone is trying to get into your computer? Use this.
Pop-Up Stopper Do you hate those windows that constantly pop-up on some sites? Panicware is proud to offer three versions of Pop-Up Stopper software. The free Pop-Up Stopper is completely free for personal use! Want to use Pop-Up Stopper at the office? Try Pro or Companion!	Spy Checker Not sure if the free software you are about to download is in fact a so called Spyware, or adware or otherwise advertising enhanced product that installs additional third party components on your system? Go here first!
Whatis.com has definitions for thousands of the most current IT-related words.	EmailAbuse,org is dedicated to informing users of this potential abuse and providing them with the tools to avoid becoming a victim and to fight back at Email Abusers!
Bootdisk.com Need a boot disk for any reason? THIS is where you get it.	Answers That Work has this page for all programs that might be running in the Task List. Check out those programs or services running on your system here to see if you really need them or not.
Kanasta Corp is software with innovative and easy to use features. Private users are entitled to use all of the products for free. One of particular note is Tarylynn, the folder synchronization program. Great for data backup.	Mozilla Firefox is the better browser. Stop messing with Internet Explorer. But you'll still have to keep it around to use Windows Update (isn't it nice how MS does that?)
Memtest86 is a thorough, stand alone memory test for x86 architecture computers.	Kelly's Corner provides tweaks and tips for Windows. Bookmark this site!
Empty Temp Folders helps you manage folders that contain temporary files left over by other applications. It's easy to add any folder and you can empty a folder (or all folders) with one click or automate the task completely.

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