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Stay Updated (Free) 22 December 2009
  • Looking for a video editor to trim your holiday home movies (or any other type of video for that matter)? A new Windows video editor from Pinnacle has been added to the Free Video Editing Software page. This editor supports video (AVI, MPEG-1, FLV, etc), audio and image files. You can even extract the sound/music from a video easily and save it as an MP3 file.
18 December 2009
  • The free online (and searchable) Chambers Dictionary has been added to the Free Online English Dictionaries page. This dictionary not only gives the usual definitions and spelling (both US and UK variants) of words searched, it also supplies their etymology (history/origin). If you need the pronunciation, you can get it from one of the other dictionaries listed on the page. As always, only dictionaries from reputable dictionary publishers are listed here.
17 December 2009
  • New page: How to Move Your Dreamweaver Files to a New Computer. Have you upgraded to a new computer and are wondering how you can transfer your Dreamweaver website files and site definition from your old system to the new? This article shows you how you can do it in a quick and easy way, without losing any work and without having to redo anything.
16 December 2009
  • The AMD x86 Open64 Compiler Suite has been added to the Free C/C++ Compilers and Interpreters page. This optimizing compiler for C/C++ (and also Fortran) can generate both 32-bit and 64-bit code, and has numerous other features. For those who are thinking of writing C or C++ programs, there are now 36 C/C++ compilers listed on that page so even if this newest entry doesn't appeal to you, you'll probably be able to find something suitable. And for those who only go for well-known brands, note that major brands like Microsoft, Apple, Intel, AMD, Sun, etc, are also listed, since they too provide compilers for free.
14 December 2009
  • A new virtual machine from Microsoft has been added to the Free x86 / PC Emulators and Virtual Machines page. Virtual machines and emulators let you run another operating system (even the same one you're using if that's what you wish) within your current system, without having to reboot or use another computer. For example, run Windows on Mac OS X, or run XP on Vista at the same time, etc. They are useful if you want to test programs but don't want them affecting or harming your main system, run programs that don't work in your current system, etc.
9 December 2009
  • New page: How to Pop Up a Tool Tip Window for Your Images Using Dreamweaver. When you move your mouse over the images of some websites, you'll probably have noticed that a tool tip window pops up. This article shows you how you can create that effect for your site using Dreamweaver. It also addresses the question some visitors ask about why the ALT text does not show for their images. (The question rests on mistaken assumptions about the ALT text.)
3 December 2009
  • New page: Is There a WYSIWYG Editor for PHP? Should I Use PHP or HTML for My Website? This article answers a few questions that I have received from visitors about PHP and HTML, in particular, about whether to choose PHP or HTML for their site, and whether there is a visual editor for PHP. On the way, I try to clarify the meaning of those terms in order to sort out the confusion surrounding those words.
30 November 2009
  • New page: Free Alternative Operating Systems. Bored of Windows or Mac OS X and want to try something new just for fun? Or perhaps you want to try an operating system that your friends are talking about? Or maybe you just want to learn something new. The free alternative operating systems on this page give you a wide variety of systems that you can install in your own computer. They range from cutting edge (even bleeding edge) systems to the very old but popular platforms that you thought were long extinct. Check them out. They're all free.
25 November 2009
  • A new DVD and CD burning software (ie, a program that lets you create CDs and DVDs from files on your computer) has been added to the Free CD and DVD Burners and Copying Software page. This software, called AmoK, supports multisession CDs/DVDs, and can also create movie DVDs/CDs and audio CDs. The program is portable in the sense that you can place it on your USB thumb drive if you wish.
17 November 2009 12 November 2009
  • The new system programming language from the legendary Rob Pike, Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer, currently named "Go", has been added to the Free Compilers and Interpreters for Miscellaneous Programming Languages page. Unlike the other commonly used system languages today, this one has built-in support for concurrent programming, a must with today's multi-core processors, and communication between concurrent processes. It is designed to be lean and mean, and have very fast compile and link cycles. Lovers of C and other lean systems programming languages should really take a look at it.
  • For those who like to store their passwords, telephone numbers, serial numbers, etc, in a text file, the newest entry in the Free Secure Password Managers and Password Savers page lets you do so in a portable yet secure way. Your passwords are encrypted, and the entire file can be placed anywhere (a USB flash drive, your main hard disk, a floppy disk, whatever). No installation is needed and the whole program is extremely small. And free.
11 November 2009
  • New page: Free PHP Web Based File Managers. Install a web-based file manager on your website so that you can manage the files on your site simply by using a web browser. File managers let you do things like upload/download files, create directories, rename, delete, move, copy files, change file permissions, etc. Some of them even let you do things that you can't do with a normal FTP client, like extract files from archives (eg zip files, tar files) directly on your web server.
6 November 2009
  • Exciting news: Unreal Engine 3, the game engine used by lots of games, has now been added to the Free Game Engines, Game Programming Libraries and Source Code page. Both the engine and its associated tools are available in the free development kit, although you can use them only for non-commercial and educational purposes. Now you can take advantage of the game engine used by professional game developers to create your own games, complete with a realistic game environment, artificial intelligence (AI) for the computer controlled characters, 3D location-based sound effects, and so on.
     
    It's all very exciting. And I almost fell off my chair when I found out it's available. If you've not heard of the Unreal Engine, chances are that you don't play many FPS (first person shooter) games.
5 November 2009
  • New page: How to Install PrestaShop Shopping Cart on Your Website. Are you selling goods or services on your website? Or perhaps you want to sell digital goods like ebooks, software, music MP3 files, etc, and don't know how to get your website to automatically deliver the goods sold to your customers after they pay for it. The PrestaShop software is a free (and open source) shopping cart program that you can install on your website to run your own online shop. This tutorial shows you how you can set it up.
2 November 2009
  • Looking for a way to sell goods, services or even virtual goods (like ebooks or software) on your website? The newest entry on the Free And Open Source PHP Shopping Carts page is PrestaShop, an open source shopping cart that has lots of features (a very long list; too long to mention here) that probably has the facility you want for your online shop. Check it out.
27 October 2009
  • A web host has been added to the Free Web Hosts with Free Domain Hosting. This one provides 110 MB of disk space, 10 GB of traffic, PHP (with limitations), the ability to host your own domain name, etc.
     
    Sorry, I know that the list of free web hosts on that web page is getting a bit short nowadays, what with the frequent abrupt closure of free web hosts. I'll try to add more as time permits. As the maintainer of that list, I can tell you that free web hosts close very frequently, sometimes within a month or two of adding a new entry, so keeping that list up-to-date and populated is a big hassle. If you can afford it, it's really better to just go with a commercial web host. Just saying.
21 October 2009 20 October 2009
  • Are you thinking of creating a community for your website where users can interact in a forum? A new PHP message board software has been added to the Free PHP Forum Scripts page that may be just what you're looking for. Like all forums, your visitors can sign up and post messages and interact with each other (and you). The software supports customizable themes, setting up of sub-forums belonging to different categories, assigning users to different groups with different rights, setting up of polls and calendars, and so on (too many features to list here). Check it out. It's free.
13 October 2009 8 October 2009
  • Do you want to write a web-based program for your website but hate the JavaScript programming language? The newest addition to the Free Python Compilers, Interpreters and Implementations page lets you use the Python programming language to write programs that run in your visitor's web browser. Now you can harness the power and readability of Python to create a dynamic website.
4 October 2009
  • A new painting program for Windows and Linux has been added to the Free Drawing and Painting Software, Image and Photo Editing Programs page. This program, mtPaint, supports layers, undo, pressure-sensitive graphics tablets, a variety of effects, brush patterns, user-defined gradients, as well as the usual assortment of features such programs have. Check it out, or any of the other (numerous) free image editors listed on that page.
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