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Foxit Reader
Are you tired of Adobe Reader hogging almost 23MB of your disk space, always phoning home for updates, and not providing such swift performance? (Browse to "Before They Spoiled the Software" at find.pcworld.com/58949 for details.) Make the switch to Foxit Reader, a willowy, 2MB download that's fast, free, and more versatile than Adobe's bloatware. For instance, with Foxit you can annotate a PDF with text or graphics, and save the PDF forms you fill out.
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Elderhostel is
America’s first and the world’s largest educational travel organization for
adults 55 and over
The World is Our Classroom
From Paris to New Orleans, Delhi to Council Bluffs, Elderhostel offers unique
educational experiences infused with the spirit of camaraderie and adventure
that enrich, and enhance, the lives of its participants. Our expert instructors
share stimulating information through in-depth lectures, field trips, and
cultural excursions. Lively discussions with faculty and fellow participants
illuminate issues and broaden horizons.
http://www.elderhostel.org/welcome/home.asp
AVG Anti-Virus v7.1
Everyone knows you need antivirus software to combat known threats, but what about those viruses that sneak under the radar before code is written to counteract them? AVG Anti-Virus System spots programs that behave like viruses, locks them up, and puts them in isolation--even if no one has issued an all-points bulletin and corrective code. You can manually run a virus scan on your files and e-mail, or schedule scans at predetermined times and in predesignated folders. This program can run its quarantine operations in the background, so you don't have to be disturbed.
Version: 7.1
Price: Free
Download AVG Anti-Virus v7.1 now at:
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,15202,00.asp
Restoration
We've all done it: You accidentally delete a vital file a
few minutes before an urgent deadline--and then can't find it in the Recycle
Bin. Fortunately, you needn't panic yet. Restoration scans your hard drive,
floppy disk, or USB thumb drive and finds files that have been deleted (Windows
doesn't actually destroy files you delete--it just marks the space they occupy
as being available). You can then recover any recently deleted files it finds
with a single mouse click. You can filter the results if you know the name of
the file you are looking for, which is much easier than wading through the list
of the hundreds of deleted files it usually finds (including temporary files,
cached Web files, etc). Though the program has not been updated since 2004, it
still worked well in my informal tests and it recovered several files that I had
deleted without problems.
--Richard Baguley
Version: 3.2.13
Price: Free
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Spybot Search and Destroy
This venerable antispyware app has amassed a loyal following, due in part to the fact that it was one of the first antispyware offerings and it's free. Its protection is no longer state of the art compared with paid software products. But of the leading free products, it's still one of the most popular--and the only free one to provide real-time protection. In addition, Spybot 1.4 has on-demand scanning and detailed settings--all for free (donations accepted).
Version: 1.4
Price: Free
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Spybot Search and Destroy
Free Spider
It may look a lot like solitaire, and a passer-by, in fact, may ask if you're playing solitaire. It differs from solitaire in that it has five different versions, each with its own rules and card arrangements. Each layout has 9,999,999,999,999 possible variations, and so you shouldn't find yourself repeating the same game. If you do, it's time for professional help.
Version: 1.7
Price: Free
Operating Systems: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows
Vista
Go to the download page now:
Free Spider
I listen to my favorite kinds of music while on the computer working.
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Duplicate Music Files
Got a disk full of MP3s or other music files? If so, there's a good chance you've got duplicates, hogging up hard disk space, and junking up your media library. Finding duplicates can be an exceedingly time-consuming task, because you may have the same music file, but with different names, multiple times. That means in order to find duplicates you'll have to play every track, remember what you played, and then delete duplicates. This free simple program finds duplicates for you, fast, and lets you delete them. It doesn't just search for files names. It also compares file sizes, does CRC checks, and even looks at ID3 tags to help track down duplicates.
"Here's a beginner's guide to computer help, internet help and general computing interest from chat to shareware. If you're reading this, you don't need help getting onto the internet or surfing the web. But if you are new to computing and the internet and you find yourself confused and frustrated, rest assured, it isn't just you. Fortunately, there are many people and resources available on the internet to help you out with some of these questions."
http://www.wiredguide.com/index.html
Free education on the Internet
No books to buy, no hidden fees
Courses and tutorials for today's most important vocational and academic disciplines
http://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/
The LangaList
is a well-regarded, free, twice-weekly email newsletter that
aims to help its subscribers "get more from your hardware, software, and time
online." It offers tips and tricks, free downloads, answers to users' questions,
and recommendations and advice from
Fred Langa, the list's publisher, all of which serve to keep readers au
courant with the personal computing world.
There is also a paid version which provides more content with no advertisements;
a portion of the profits goes to support 12 underprivileged children around the
world plus other relief efforts. The two newsletters combined have 160,000
subscribers.
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A true community website:
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Top-100 essential downloads of free software & freeware
The weekly e-zine for everyone over 50 who feels way too young to be old.
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