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[Free] Create a First Person Shooter Game: New Free 3D Game Engine

31 Aug 2010 02:16:49 GMT

Create your own first person shooter action game with the latest addition to the Free Games Programming Libraries and Source Code page. This 3D game engine features all the usual 3D graphical effects and 3D sound effects, and comes with a wide variety of tools (model editor, level editor, etc), and a scripting language. It also includes a set of customisable weapon types that you can use for your games, letting you get started quickly creating weapons like pistols, rocket launchers, laser blasters, machine guns, etc. A number of games showing off different features of the software are also included in the package. And it's free.

[Free] New Video Converter: Convert Video Between Different Formats

27 Aug 2010 03:28:52 GMT

Convert videos and music between different formats with the newest software to be added to the Free Video Converters or Transcoders page. This one supports a huge variety of formats, from the usual avi, mpg, mov, flv (Flash video), etc, to mobile phone formats like 3gp, 3g2. You can also use it to do simple editing (cut and join video clips) and to extract the audio from DVD or video files. (For more complex tasks, you should get a full video editor like one of those on the Free Video Editors page.)

[Free] Turbo C Compiler: Write programs in the C programming language

19 Aug 2010 03:27:51 GMT

Fancy writing a computer program in the C programming language? The Turbo C 2.01 compiler has been restored to the Free C/C++ Compilers and Interpreters page. I'm not sure when it got removed from my list, but I think it was around the time Borland sold its development tools, and the new owners started removing the free compiler suites that Borland used to provide. Anyway, it's back. For those not familiar with Turbo C, it was a famous C compiler known for its fast compilation, built-in graphics library and IDE (development environment).

On the other hand, if you prefer a more up-to-date tool so that you can write computer programs for a modern system like Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (etc), take a look at the other free C or C++ compilers on the page. There are now 38 of them listed, so chances are that you should be able to find something you like.

[New] Free COBOL Compiler for Windows: Write programs in the COBOL programming language

17 Aug 2010 03:05:33 GMT

A new COBOL compiler for Windows has been added to the Free COBOL Compilers and Interpreters page. This compiler implements ANSI-74 COBOL with some features from ANSI-85 and ISO 1989:2002. If you're learning the COBOL computer language or want to write programs in COBOL, check it out.

[Free] New Graphical Ping Software: Check if a Website or Host is Reachable

16 Aug 2010 04:13:42 GMT

A new ping software has been added to the Free Graphical Ping Utilities to Check Network Connections page. Ping is often used as a rough test to see if a particular host (such as a website) on the network is reachable or alive. While most operating systems, including Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, already come with command line ping software , these Ping tools have a graphical interface and often include additional facilities not present in the built-in programs. All the programs listed on the page are free.

[Free] New Screen Reader Software: Text to Speech Conversion

10 Aug 2010 05:32:08 GMT

A new screen reader has been added to the Free Screen Readers: Text to Speech Conversion page. Screen readers read whatever is displayed on your monitor aloud, so that the blind can use computers to read and write documents, surf the Internet, etc. If you are a webmaster, you can also use such readers to test your website to make sure it is accessible to the blind.

[Free] New PDF Conversion Software: Create a PDF Ebook or Convert Documents to the PDF Format

6 Aug 2010 03:12:36 GMT

Do you fancy creating your own PDF ebook? Or perhaps you simply want to convert a document into the PDF format? Check out the newest entry in the Free PDF Converters, Editors and Printer Drivers page. There are now 11 PDF conversion tools on that page, so even if you don't like the latest addition, there are many others to choose from. Besides, they are all free: you can get them all if you like.

[Free] How to Send Files Too Large for an Email Attachment: New Software to Split and Reassemble Files

3 Aug 2010 03:22:51 GMT

Do you have a huge file that you want to send someone but find that it is too large to attach in an email? The newest utility to be added to the Free File Splitters and Joiners page lets you split that file into smaller chunks so that it can be transmitted to someone else and provides an easy-to-use way for them to reassemble the file back together again. It even checks the integrity of the file after recombining it to make sure it's identical to the original.

[Free] New 2D Game Engine: Free Games Programming Library

30 Jul 2010 05:43:30 GMT

A new C library that lets you easily write 2D graphical games (complete with sound) on Linux has been added to the Free 2D and 3D Game Engines, Games Programming Libraries and Source Code page. There are also other free libraries on that page that let you write games for other systems, like Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, etc.

[Free] New C Cross-Compiler for the AVR

28 Jul 2010 04:35:53 GMT

A new C cross-compiler for the AVR series of microprocessors has been added to the Free C/C++ Compilers and Cross-Compilers for Microcontrollers, PDA, Calculators, Embedded Systems and Other Devices page. This one is hosted on Windows. Note: if you're just looking for an ordinary C or C++ compiler for your computer, please see the Free C/C++ Compilers and Interpreters page instead.

[Free] New Duplicate Files Finder: Locate Duplicate Files on Your System to Free Up Space

26 Jul 2010 02:09:51 GMT

Do you have this nagging feeling that you have multiple copies of the same file on your computer, possibly under different filenames? Now you can find out, and get rid of the duplicates if you wish, with the latest software to be added to the Free Find / Delete Duplicate Files Utilities. This program checks the file on your system for duplicates, even if those files are in diverse locations, with different filenames and dates. It allows you to clean up your system and free your disk space.

[Free] New Open Source Clipboard Manager for Windows

23 Jul 2010 05:52:53 GMT

A new clipboard manager has been added to the Free Clipboard History Managers and Extenders page. This is a minimalistic and lightweight clipboard extender that stores multiple cut-and-paste text snippets. If you've never used a clipboard manager before, check this page out. You'll be surprised how handy such utilities are, and how much it can improve your productivity.

[Free] New Open Source Operating System: Qube OS

11 Jul 2010 04:00:31 GMT

A new open source operating system, designed with security in mind, has been added to the Free Alternative Operating Systems page. Qube OS operates by using security by isolation with the help of virtualisation ("virtualization") technology. Not only are programs isolated from each other, even some system components (eg networking and storage) are also sandboxed.

[Free] New Font Construction Software: Design Your Own Font

6 Jul 2010 03:51:51 GMT

Thinking of creating your own font? Check out the newest font construction tool that has been added to the Free Font Editors, Font Creation Software and Sites page. This latest one is a Mac program, but there are other font creation programs listed on the page for Windows and Linux too.

[Free] New Painting Software with Large Selection of Brushes

17 Jun 2010 04:28:20 GMT

A free painting program with a wide selection of brushes (including pencil, charcoal, smudge, ink, etc) has been added to the Free Drawing and Painting Software page. The program, MyPaint, is open source, and works on Windows and Linux systems. There are also numerous other free programs listed on that page if you prefer something else, including Mac OS X programs and free photo editors.

[Free] New Free Anonymous Surfing and Proxy

16 Jun 2010 01:21:36 GMT

Another anonymous surfing service has been added to the Free Anonymous Surfing and Proxies page. Such services aim to let you surf the Internet without leaving a trail of particulars about yourself at the sites you visit.

[Free] New Free, Open Source, Royalty-Free Font

1 Jun 2010 03:03:05 GMT

The STIX fonts, a set of free, open source, royalty-free fonts for engineering, mathematical and scientific documents, has been added to the Free Fonts page. Besides the usual characters found in most fonts, these additionally contain the symbols needed in engineering and scientific documents but are not usually found in the standard fonts. Incidentally, if you don't need a font with such an extensive support for scientific symbols, there are also numerous other free fonts found on that page, including fancy ones (eg, if you want something to adorn your images on your website).

[Free] New Free Web Host with Online Site Builder: Create a Website Directly from Your Browser

7 May 2010 04:06:34 GMT

A new free web host featuring an online website builder has been added to the Free Web Hosts with Site Builders or Free Web Templates page. Online website builders let you create websites from your web browser, without having to get a web editor (although they are not without disadvantages).

[Free] New Open Source C++ Library with Parallel Processing, Networking, Database Support, etc

6 May 2010 04:34:37 GMT

UpTools, an open source C++ library from the University of Palermo, has been added to the Free C / C++ Libraries, Source Code and Frameworks page. This library has support for parallel processing, multi-threading, databases, timers, memory management, regular expressions, networking and sockets, etc. Check it out if you're writing C++ programs.

[Free] New Resource Editor: Create Icons (etc) for Your Website, Desktop, Computer Programs

3 May 2010 03:37:40 GMT

A new Windows resource editor has been added to the Free Resource Editors, Compilers and Icon Editors page. Resource editors are used by 3 groups of people for different purposes. Ordinary computer users sometimes use these editors to create customized icons for their desktop (to make their desktop interesting or different from others). Programmers use them to create things like icons, menus and dialog boxes for their programs. Webmasters use them to create a favicon for their websites. (A favicon is an icon that is placed next to your website's address in a browser's location bar and bookmark.)

[Free] New Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Express

13 Apr 2010 03:21:20 GMT

The newly released Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Express has been added to the Free C/C++ Compilers and Interpreters page. This latest version of the compiler adds language features from the upcoming C++0x standard, among other things. It's free, so get it if you want to write computer programs in C++ on Windows.

Note: if you don't like Visual C++, there are now 37 free C/C++ compilers on that page, so you should (hopefully) be to find one that you can use. (Yes, there are that many. And I haven't even counted the C/C++ cross-compilers for handheld devices and embedded systems!)

[Free] New Microsoft Visual C# 2010 Express

13 Apr 2010 03:21:18 GMT

If you are a C# programmer, check out the newest addition to the Free C# Compilers and Interpreters: the new Microsoft Visual C# 2010 Express. The compiler now supports the .NET Framework 4 and adds new language features.

[Free] New Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express

13 Apr 2010 03:21:16 GMT

The free Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express has now been added to the Free BASIC Compilers and Interpreters page. If you're looking for an easy way to get started on writing computer programs, check it out. Alternatively, you can also get one of the 28 other free BASIC compilers on that page.

[Free] New Screen Capture Utility: Take Screenshots of Your Running Programs

8 Apr 2010 03:31:47 GMT

A new screen capture utility for Windows has been added to the Free Screen Video Recorders and Screen Capture Software page. This one can not only capture a screenshot of a window, the entire desktop or the current monitor (in a multi-monitor setup), it also handles the rounded corners of windows and the Vista/Windows 7 transparent window title bars and borders intelligently.

If you're looking for a program to take screenshots, for example for an online tutorial or to post in a forum, check this out. The page also list programs to create a video recording of things you do on your desktop, something that is useful if you want to make a screencast for video tutorials and the like.

[Free] New Anonymous Surfing Proxy (with German IP address)

6 Apr 2010 02:23:42 GMT

A new anonymous proxy has been added to the Free Anonymous Surfing and Proxies page. Such proxies allow you to surf the Internet without leaving tracks about which country you come from, the type of system you are using, the browser you're using, the fonts installed on your computer, etc. This particular proxy is situated in Germany, so websites you visit will register you as arriving with a German IP address.

[Free] New Free Antivirus Rescue Disk: Recover from a Malware Infection

30 Mar 2010 03:12:05 GMT

A new bootable rescue disk has been added to the Free Antivirus Rescue CDs and DVDs page. If your computer system is compromised by viruses or some other type of malware, booting from a rescue disk may be the only way to clean the infection, since some malware protect their files while Windows is running. The AVG Rescue CD can be burned onto a CD or, in spite of its name, even set up on a USB thumb drive to scan and disinfect your computer.