Software / Netstuff
Modified 2008/03/11 (updated links; "+" precedes new links; "*" precedes address changes)
Software
- 100-downloads.com
- 300 Images from 1800 Sites - icons for web sites
- *Adaptec : Support : Downloadable drivers and patches - Software products
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 'Text-Only' Download Page
- Quicker, no need to provide name/email before downloading.
- AI Roboform
- Netscape/Mozilla adapter is at http://www.roboform.net/dist/AiRoboform-Netscape-Adapter.exe
- *All 4 One MetaSearch
- *AltaVista
- +AnalogX
- Articles as well as software; big on audio, but also network and system stuff.
- Apache (HTTP [Web] Server, +)
- BeBits (BeOS software)
- BotSpot: "The Spot for all Bots on the Net"
- BSD: FreeBSD Project
- BSD: NetBSD Project
- BSD: OpenBSD
- CE Software - QuickKeys ($)
- *Club Dr-DOS -- Unofficial Dr-DOS page
- Clusty the Clustering Engine - search engine
- Clusty is a search engine that gathers information and organizes it for you. An added big benefit is that it does not track you.
- *CNET Downloads
Commodore
- C64.org)
- Arnold
- *TPau (WWW.GIGA.OR.AT)
- Triad
- World of FairLight
- +Creative Labs - Customer Support: Downloads (Drivers + Applications)
- CygWin
- Daily .WAV
- Device Driver Discussion Forum
- Has links to driver sites at bottom of page
- DNS Stuff
- DNS tools, DNS hosting tests, WHOIS, tracert, ping, and other network and domain name tools.
- Dogpile (search engine)
- DriverGuide.com
- Drivers' Planet
- DriverZone.com
- Dynamic Drive
- DHTML & JavaScript code library
- EasyTerm Home Page
- File Planet
- +Free PIMs (and task bar tools, and a lot more [including Launchy + Taskbar Shuffle])
- +FreeDbOffline (v1.6/2005 is the latest as of 2008/01)
- CDDB, offline
- *Freeware Publishing Site
- FreewareWeb -> Freeware Archive
- Windows DLLs are here too.
Games
- Abandonia - Home of abandonware DOS games (retro)
- *ClassicGaming.com
- Emulators and games (ROMs)
- DOS Games Archive (retro)
- Download Games - Freeware page (retro)
- Free DOS games: www.dosgames.com
- Game Genie: Cheats & Hints - Computer Index
- Game Hippo (used to be Free Games.org)
- *game-revolution
- Games: Kewlbox by Blockdot
- *Intellivision
- Emulator+games can be downloaded.
- Text Mode Games - Downloads
- +Graphics Filters
- Help Drivers
- HotBot (search engine)
- Hotscripts.com
- IBM VM Download Library
- IncrediMail
- InfoMine - (Invisible Web Resource) Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
- Produced by the University of California; features a search of databases with a query box. Database listings range from electronic journals to Internet enabling tools.
- JavaScript : Nic's JavaScript Page - containing free javascript examples
- Javascript-2
- 8,000+ Free JavaScript Codes
- [The] JavaScript Source
- Free JavaScripts, Tutorials, Example Code, Reference, Resources, and Help
- JavaScript Source @ javascriptsource.com
- *JG's Home Page - EditPad, HelpScribble, Delphi & C++Builder components
- Joust JavaScript Outliner (Ivan Peters)
- Jumbo! The Download Network
- Last Freeware Version
- Linux (FTP: nic.funet.fi)
- Linux Software & News (FreshMeat)
- Mamma (search engine)
- MetaCrawler (search engine)
Microsoft
- COM (Component Object Model)
- +Developer Centers
- Download Center
- Corporate "Update" site - can download _and save_ service packs (if you search from here, then download)
- Download Center - Security Patches
- Media Home
- MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network Online)
- MSN
- +Office - Downloads
- *Office 2003 Resource Kit
- Outlook - Calendar Updates
- Free Holiday, Sport Team Schedules, TV Guides, etc.
- *Scripting Technologies
- Windows Scripting Host (WSH) is here.
- *Support
- *TechNet
- *User Experience and UI Design Resources
- *Visual Studio
- *Windows Update Catalog
- +MPEGx (players + utilities)
- Netscape Browser Archive
- *NirSoft
- OldVersion.com
- +Open Source Alternative - Find Open Source Alternatives to commercial software
- +PC Hell
- PCMag.com Freeware and Shareware Library
- Perl
- *Programmers Heaven
- RealMedia (RealPlayer)
- Rexx
- Rhode Island Soft Systems (Risosoft) - Screen Savers, Games, and Multimedia Development Tools
- *Roxio: Software Updates
- Scientific Linux
- Scroogle (search engine)
- Scroogle basically anonymizes your search so you are not being tracked. It works on Google and Yahoo.
- +Secunia Software Inspector
- Scans your system for software for which there are security patches/updates.
- *Sim City Resources
- +Simtel
- Slipstick Systems Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center
- SnapFiles - Freeware
- *Softpedia
- SoftViewer
- +Software Inspector (Secunia)
- Scans to find software (including the operating system) with known security flaws for which patches exist.
- Software Patch - patches, upgrades, service packs and hardware drivers
- SourceForge
- Symantec Security Response - Virus Definitions Download Page
- +Symantec Security Response - Virus Definitions Download Page (Corp Edition)
- +TeraByte Unlimited - Freeware Utilities (mostly Hard Drive Management)
- The Free Site
- Time and Chaos PIM
- Best PIM you can get ;-)
- TinyApps.Org
- Totally Drivers
- TweakXP.com (IE only)
- TUCOWS
- Turbo10 Search Engine - Search the Deep Net
- *Ulead Systems [now a Corel company]
- *US Taxes - Free File
- IRS + Free File Alliance = fill out forms and e-file for free.
- Visio 3rd Party Download Sites
- Visio Cafe
- *Visual Basic Web Magazine
- Visual Basic - Beyond the Basics of Visual Basic
- WebCrawler (search engine)
- WebTaxi (search engine)
- +WikiMatrix - Compare them all
- Win32 Scripting
- Windows Task List Programs
- Which tasks are safe to stop...
- *Windows XP - Fixes, Tips and Tweaks
- Windows XP - Troubleshooting, Tweaks, and Fixes (Kelly's Korner)
- Windrivers.Com
- WinSite Archive
- WinZip
- WinZip Command Line Support Add-On
- WS_FTP (Ipswitch.com)
- *Xenu's Link Sleuth
Netstuff
- Amaya - W3C Browser/Editor
- Creates and updates documents directly on the Web, uses XML.
- +AnonySend (anonymous e-mail)
- Browser Archive (evolt.org)
- all versions (except US encryption) of all browsers
- *CGI Resource Index
- checkdomain.com
- Check to see if a domain name is available.
- ComFind
- Find a company's site, rather than mentions of the company in pages.
- *Currency Converter, Universal
- No download, convert online.
- DHTML Demos: Cross Browser Dynamic HTML by Jeff Rule
- Don't Click It (new web interface)
- *e-Mail Universe - the Email List Owner and Ezine Publisher Resource
- FindSounds - Search the web for sound effects (AIFF, AU, WAV)
- Freedrive: Free Internet Hard Drive
- +Geek Code
- Geek Code Decoder Page
- *Gibson Research Corp. (Shields Up! here)
- Google Gmail
- HushMail
- Web-based e-mail that uses DSS encryption among HushMail users. Local Java applets confirm pass-phrase+key authentication; public keys sent transparently. Access every 90 days to avoid deletion of account.
- ICQ - World's Largest Internet Online Communication Network
- *ICQ Site Guide
- ImageEvent
- Create online photo albums, storage, galleries, prints, gifts.
- Internet Speed Test - 2Wire.com
- +Internet Speed Test - Numion
- +Internet Speed Test - Speakeasy
- Java Tutorial (java.sun.com)
- You can view it online or download it (all or partials). They also have other downloadables: servlets, methods, ...
- KB Alertz
- Select categories for which you want to receive an email when MS issues a Knowledgebase Bulletin.
- Link Popularity.com
- The number of web sites that link to yours; you may have to play a bit -- Google wants the leading http://
- Mail2Web Gateway
- *Matt's Script Archive (web-authoring)
- Perl CGI scripts, well-documented
- *Microsoft Subscription Center
- Manage your newsletter+ subscriptions here.
- mySimon inc. - Comparison Shopping
- *NEWS2WEB Gateway
- NewzBot! Public USENET Resources for the Masses
- Perl Primer-The Beginner's Guide to Learning Perl
- It also has a link to learning PHP.
- RSS: NewsIsFree: NewsIsFree
- RSS: Radio Community Server
- Top 100 Most-Subscribed-To RSS Feeds
- RSS: Syndic8.com
- Source of syndicated RSS news feeds
- *Sizzling HTML
- Frames, CSS, DHTML, etc. It also calls out browser specific limitations.
- +SkreemR - Audio Search
- +Sputtr - Search via lots of search engines
- Slyck - File Sharing News and Info
- VeriSign Digital ID Center
- vTuner (online radio stations)
- W3Schools (free)
- Learn HTML, CSS, DHTML, XHTML, WML, DOM, WAP, SOAP, XShemema, Xforms, VBScript, JavaScript, Flash, ..., online.
- *Web Robots Pages
- *WWW Consortium (W3C.org)
- *XML Developer Center (MSDN Online)
- XML Working Draft
- +XML.com (O'Reilly)
- Yahoo
- +YouTube
- Zeropaid.com - The File Sharing Portal
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