Best Free PC Internet Tools List
Thursday, April 17, 2008 |
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List of the most useful free PC and Internet tools -Functional, easy to use, free. Business and personal uses.
The great thing about the Internet is the vast amount of information, and great services that are out there. Sadly, the bad thing about the Internet is the vast amount of information, and great services that are out there. How are you supposed to sift through it all to know what's useful? How do you know what's available other than by accidentally finding it?
Here you will find not the most comprehensive list, but one of the most useful list.
The Essentials:
Google Toolbar:
Overview: One of the greatest widgets available to enhance the functionality of your Internet web browser.
Best feature: Google Suggest --auto completes from Google keywords as you type in the search box. Works as a great dictionary spell checker too!
Overall Coolness: 7
Functionality: 9
Easy if use: 7
Installation: 9
Platforms: All
Firefox:
Overview: Arguably the best Internet web browser.
Best feature: Endless add-on widgets; customizable.
Caveats: Memory Intensive, default settings are not optimal e.g., page does not begin to render until the entire HTML document has been received -gives the impression of being slow relative to Internet Explorer that updates the screen as it receives the HTML. This can be changed easily through Firefox advanced options.
Overall Coolness: 9
Functionality: 9
Easy if use: 7
Installation: 10
Platforms: All
Google Documents:
Overview: Edit, store and share Microsoft Office files online.
Best feature: Collaborate and share documents online.
Caveats: Does not support a wide range of file types
Overall Coolness: 7
Functionality: 7
Easy if use: 7
Installation: N/A
Platforms: All
Google Pages
Overview: Free web storage with online web page editing tools.
Best feature: Free web storage.
Caveats: Limited to 100MB file space
Overall Coolness: 8
Functionality: 7
Easy if use: 7
Installation: N/A
Platforms: All
Wikipedia:
Overview: Free online encyclopedia. Find anything or contribute.
Best feature: Find anything you ever wanted to know.
Caveats: Make sure you are aware of the source(s)
Overall Coolness: 8
Functionality: 10
Easy if use: 6
Installation: N/A
Platforms: N/A
The Free Online Dictionary:
Overview: Free online dictionary,.
Best feature: Free with audible pronunciations.
Caveats:
Overall Coolness: 7
Functionality: 7
Easy if use: 7
Installation: N/A
Platforms: N/A
OpenOffice:
Overview: Free MS Office Suite Replacement
Best feature: Saves documents as a PDF
Caveats: Saves files as OpenOffice type -be sure to set preferences to save as Microsoft Office compatible .doc ,ppt etc.
Overall Coolness: 7
Functionality: 8
Easy if use: 7
Installation: 8
Platforms: All
The Gimp:
Overview: Free Photoshop Replacement
Best feature: Full featured advanced photo editing equivalent to Adobe PhotoShop.
Caveats: Add-ons takes some research
Overall Coolness: 8
Functionality: 8
Easy if use: 6
Installation: 7
Platforms: All
Picasa:
Overview: Free photo management tool.
Best feature: Manage albums on PC, then share online with secret URL, or make public.
Caveats: Free online storage limited to 1GB.
Overall Coolness: 8
Functionality: 8
Easy if use: 8
Installation: 8
Platforms: All
More to come....
Blogger
Google Search Extensions
Specialized applications
Irfanview
Universal image viewer and converter. Most comprehensive file type support on the planet.
CamStudio
Screen Recorder - Capture screen video recordings in AVI/SWF formats. Open Source GPL.
MediaCoder
Universal Audio Video Transcoder - Convert and tweak any A/V file format. Open Source GPL
Specialized tools and services for the web
Blip.tv
Online video storage and syndication.
Zookoda E-Mail Marketing
Free professional email subscription list service.
Statcounter Invisible Web Tracker
Website Analyitics and visitor counter
Mambo/Joomla
OpenSource Content Management System (CMS) Build, customize and administer your own websites with. Bets with Linux, Apache, mySQL and PHP.
Business tools and services for the web
United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent and trademark search.
Google Base Upload products to database and advertise online free. Google Checkout Buy sell online. Free listings, low credit card rates Craigslist Free online classifieds -the best! Skype Free PC to PC calls. Low PC to phone calling rates. Get a phone number anywhere in the world for your virtual office.
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