THE DIGITAL NDN

FREE VERSIONS of many types of software. Tried and true and the most acceptable to use according to the time schedule and lifestyle of The Digital NDN.

• C Cleaner www.ccleaner.com/ CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware!

• Advanced System Care www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscareper.html Advanced SystemCare Free provides a convenient way for non-technical users to perform routine maintenance and apply system optimization tweaks without the need to become a computer geek.

• Device Doctor www.devicedoctor.com/ Device Doctor is a freeware Windows application that scans your computer hardware and checks to see if there are new driver updates available for your devices. It also locates drivers for "unidentified devices" in the Windows Device Manager.

• System Information for Windows www.gtopala.com/ Free for home users & basically allows you to find out every detail you want to know about your computer. Professional licensing is also availabe for IT professionals.

• EASEUS Partition Master www.partition-tool.com/ EASEUS Partition Master is a comprehensive hard disk partition tool and system optimization software for Windows-based administration without data loss.

• Recuva www.recuva.com/ Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer.

• jZip - a free WinZip alternative www.jzip.com/ jZip is a powerful and reliable compression utility. jZip is based on proven and reliable 7-Zip archiving technology by Igor Pavlov.

• Adobe Flash Player 10 get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?promoid=BUIGP Flash Player is a cross-platform browser plug-in that delivers breakthrough Web experiences to over 99% of Internet users.

• Adobe Reader 9 get.adobe.com/reader/ Adobe Reader software is the global standard for electronic document sharing. It is the only PDF file viewer that can open and interact with all PDF documents. Use Adobe Reader to view, search, digitally sign, verify, print, and collaborate on Adobe PDF files.

• DJ Mix Pro www.djmixpro.com/djmixpro/djmixpro.html DJ Mix Pro is designed to let you choose the songs while it performs by itself quality cross fading, beat matching mixes between songs. DJ Mix Pro has built in Beatlock Technology, that makes it beat-aware. This technology does not alter your sound files, it just analyses them to find the BPM.

• Irfanview www.irfanview.ca/ Free image viewing and image editing software.

• The Weather Network widget www.theweathernetwork.com/desktop/ Put weather on your desktop and get access to the latest weather forecasts and warnings instantly! It

• Fahrenheit to Celcius Converter www.wbuf.noaa.gov/tempfc.htm Online farenheit to celcius converter

• Online Conversion www.onlineconversion.com/ Convert just about anything to anything else. This is a lot of info in one place, so its very useful. Just give it a few tries to locate different types of conversions so that you can find the type of conversion rapidly for future reference.

A few of the more reputable free anti-virus/anti-malware/anti-spyware software, cost effective alternatives without sacrificing search and destroy capabilities, however, these don't have as much extras as non-free versions.

• Super Anti-Spyware Free Edition www.superantispyware.com/superantispyware.html Will remove ALL of the spyware, not just the easy ones.

• Dr. Web Cureit www.webs.com Do you have anti-virus software installed on your computer, but still worry about its effectiveness? Run Dr.Web CureIt! Dr.Web CureIt! detects and neutralizes viruses, rootkits, Trojan horses, spyware, and other malicious objects that have gone undetected by your anti-virus software.

• Ad-Aware Free, Anti-Malware www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php Real-time protection against spyware, trojans, rootkits, hijackers, keyloggers, and more!

• Spy-bot, Search & Destroy www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html Application to scan for spyware, adware, hijackers and other malicious software.

Use one of these to scan your computer before taking your computer to a technician. One or a combination of these will allow you to find what is exactly infecting your computer. As well, if you can't load an on-line anti-virus scanner, thats a very good indicator that you have malicious software infecting your computer.

• Kaspersky Lab www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner Offers free scanning but doesn't automatically remove the malware from your system. Their anti-virus software offers a free trial, or can be purchased directly through them. This service is also helpful in letting you know if your computer is indeed infected so that you can get professional assistance, or assistance once their free trial is over. As well, they have free tools that remove SOME viruses that infect people's computers. They also have anti-virus sofware and complete internet security software available for a fee.

• HouseCall - Trend Micro USA housecall.trendmicro.com/ Trend Micro HouseCall

• Free ESET Online Antivirus Scanner www.eset.com/onlinescan/ ESET Online Scanner is a user friendly, free and powerful tool which you can use to remove malware from any PC utilizing only your web browser without having to install anti-virus software.

• McAfee - FreeScan home.mcafee.com/Downloads/FreeScan.aspx McAfee FreeScan helps you detect thousands of viruses on your computer.

• Panda ActiveScan 2.0 www.pandasecurity.com/activescan/index/ Disinfection of viruses, worms and Trojans.

Here are a couple of the most popular file sharing programs.

• Limewire www.limewire.com/

• BitTorrent www.bittorrent.com/

Cost effective alternatives. Saves you $ on the initial purchase, as well as saves you from having to re-register your product key every year, unlike some software solutions.

• Portable Apps - Your digital life, anywhere portableapps.com/ Free applications that are portable on digital devices such USB drives, & can used on any Windows computer. Doesn't leave user data behind either. Plus there is no advertisements or spyware. Very useful to mobile professionals, and can be used by residential/business/government/student users that are consistently on-the-go.

• Open Office - The free and open productivity suite download.openoffice.org/index.html A free popular alternative to using Microsoft Office, for all residential/business/government users.

• Ubuntu www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu A free alternative to using Windows operating systems, for all residential/business/government users.

Here is the INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY news that I choose to keep updated on.

• Search Security Channel searchsecuritychannel.techtarget.com/ The Web's best resource for security channel professionals.

• Search Storage Channel searchstoragechannel.techtarget.com/ The Web's best resource for storage channel professionals.

• IT World Canada itworldcanada.com/

• IT Business itbusiness.ca/ Business Advantage Through Technology

• PC World pcworld.ca/ Technology Advice You Can Trust

• E Week www.eweek.com/ Enterprise Technology News & Reviews

• B Mighty www.bmighty.com/it/index.jhtml Practical Technology Expertise For Growing Businesses