FREE SOFTWARE
GoodSync – http://www.goodsync.com/
I often want to copy a lot of files from one drive to another. Windows has proven to be almost useless to do this simple task. The second an error occurs, there is no way to find out what file was skipped, or even worse and usually the case.. the entire task was aborted by Windows and you must start over again to attempt to get everything. GoodSync is free for personal use and is great to move a large amount of files from one place to another.
WorldCast – http://www.fairlogic.com/worldcast/
So you want to SPAM the world? Go away and stop reading my blog. For the rest of you, who may have a good use for a mass email program, such as a non-profit organization, try out the cool free program.
KeePass – http://keepass.info/
In a world of a million usernames and passwords for every single website that we vist, shop from and subscribe to, it becomes impossible to keep track of it all. It is not practical to keep the same password for all of them. In fact in some cases certain password criteria is required that is different that the password you are use to making it impossible to remember it. Fear no more, KeePass is a simple, program that will help you easily enter, search for and keep all of your passwords secure. This program is perfect for USB Drives and uses a high level encryption so you can rest if you lose your USB Drive.
GIMP – http://www.gimp.org/
I love Photoshop. A lot. Adobe makes great products. I however, do have a lot of respect for this free program. If you want to get Photoshop, but don’t have the hundreds of dollars it costs, GIMP is for you.
AVG Free Edition – http://free.grisoft.com/
Anti-Virus is important. Many of us cheap folks, dont want to spend the money on McAffee or Norton… not to mention that they are both memory hogs and are annoying. AVG Free Edition is only slightly less annoying BUT atleast you didn’t have to pay for it.
Before You Know It – http://www.byki.com/
Learning another language is a great thing to do. Maybe you have eyed Rosetta Stone (also great program) but you don’t want to spend the big bucks that they want. Before You Know It allows you to learn some of a language for free. You can choose from 41 different languages. Like Rosetta Stone, it is a very visual program showing you pictures, text and playing audio of the words it is teaching you.
FileZilla – http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
This is a great FTP Client. Prior to using this I had CuteFTP, but I can not find anything that FileZilla lacks that I need from an FTP Client. This is my FTP Client of choice.
Try them all, you can’t beat the price. I should note to you, that some of the above do have pay versions of the software as well.
Happy Software Downloading,
UPDATE – more great software
Taskbar Shuffle 2.0 – http://www.freewebs.com/nerdcave/taskbarshuffle.htm
Ever want to keep your taskbar organized? Do you open programs in a certain order so that they are in a certain order in your taskbar? Do you have a bad day when you have to close a program and it is out of order? Not me so much… but in any case this program would be for you.
Jared