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[New] Free / Open Source Non-SQL Database Servers and Engines

15 Mar 2010 02:41:10 GMT

Looking for a free database engine for your program or application, but don't want the overhead of an SQL-based database server? Check this new page out for a list of some free and/or open source non-SQL database servers and engines.

[Free] New Content Management System: Create/Manage Your Website From Your Web Browser

9 Mar 2010 04:02:31 GMT

Looking for a way to create and update your website simply from your web browser, without having to learn a web editor? Check out the Free Content Management Systems (CMS) PHP Scripts, where yet another web-based software has just been added. This one is fairly new on the scene and even allows you to do page level customisations ("customizations"), where different pages can have different layouts (if you need that sort of thing).

[Free] New Uninstaller: Cleanly Remove a Program from Your System

8 Mar 2010 04:37:39 GMT

A new uninstaller, Uberstaller, has been added to the Free Uninstallers page. Third party uninstallers like this are used by some people to completely get rid of a program from a computer, particularly when the program's own uninstaller leaves bits and pieces of itself (eg in the Registry or in the Windows system folders). There are now 8 uninstallers listed, so even if you don't like this one, there are others you may want to try, including one that actually monitors a new software installation so that it can track all the modifications a setup utility makes to your system.

[New] Free Royalty Free Music and Sounds

3 Mar 2010 01:23:22 GMT

The new Free Royalty-Free Music and Sounds page lists websites that provide free royalty-free music, songs, and sounds that you can use on your websites, videos, powerpoint presentations and so on. If you are a non-musician and want to spruce up your work with some music or sound, and don't want to run afoul of copyright law, check this out.

[Free] Is Your Website Accessible to the Blind? New Free Website Checker

2 Mar 2010 03:54:17 GMT

Is your website usable by the blind and the disabled? Find out with the newest free online accessibility validator that has been added to the Free HTML & CSS Validators, Broken Link Checkers, Browser Compatibility Checkers page. No installation required; all you need is your web browser.

[Free] New Font Editor for TrueType Fonts: DoubleType

1 Mar 2010 06:11:58 GMT

Not satisfied with the fonts you have? Design your own with the newest program to be added to the Free Font Editors and Font Creation Software page. This one, DoubleType, is open source and lets you create TrueType fonts. It works on any system with a Java runtime (eg, Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris).

[Free] Symbian Operating System for Mobile Devices

22 Feb 2010 04:23:34 GMT

Symbian, a popular operating system in mobile phones, has been added to the Free Alternative Operating Systems page. This OS is designed with mobile devices in mind, and features a real time kernel, pre-emptive multitasking, etc.

[Free] Anonymous Pro: Free Programmer's Font

17 Feb 2010 02:52:02 GMT

A new fixed-width font, Anonymous Pro, has been added to the Free Programmer's Fonts page. Like most (if not all) of the other fonts suitable for use in programmer's editors, the font visually distinguishes between characters that can be easily mixed up.

[Free] Adobe Photoshop Express

15 Feb 2010 03:56:39 GMT

Photoshop Express from Adobe has been added to the Free Online Photo Editors page. This is a rudimentary photo editing software that you can access from any computer using only a web browser. It allows you to do simple touch-ups of your photos (cropping, resizing, red-eye removal, sharpening, etc) as well as store your photos online.

[New] Free Programmer's Fonts

9 Feb 2010 05:04:54 GMT

This new page lists monospace (fixed width) fonts that have special features useful to programmers (as well as webmasters who hand code in HTML/CSS). The fonts listed here were moved to their own page from the Free Fonts page, which has a wider variety of fonts that is useful for both documents and visual design.

[Free] New Anonymous Proxy: Surf the Internet Anonymously

8 Feb 2010 02:43:24 GMT

A new free anonymous proxy service has been added to the Free Anonymous Surfing and Proxies page. This one gives you a German IP address and is able to remove cookies and scripts from the web pages you visit. There is also a HTTPS (secure) version available. Such services allow you to surf the internet without leaving a trail of information about yourself wherever you go.

[Free] New Email Software: Claws Mail

1 Feb 2010 03:27:16 GMT

Looking for an email program that you can run on your own computer? The newest addition to the Free Email Clients page works on Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris, and can handle multiple email accounts, email filtering, spell checking, all the usual email protocols, and even has built-in support for encrypted email (using GnuPG). Check it out.

[Free] Tornado Web Server

28 Jan 2010 09:43:27 GMT

A new web server has been added to the Free/Open Source Web (HTTP) Server Software page. Tornado is a scalable non-blocking web server designed for real-time web services. It is able to handle thousands of simultaneous standing connections. It is the open source version of the server developed for FriendFeed.

[New] Free Font Manager Software

27 Jan 2010 02:55:54 GMT

Looking for a program to manage your collection of fonts? These free font managers let you organize your fonts into categories, install and uninstall fonts, load them on-the-fly into your system so that you can use them with a particular program without permanently dumping them into your system font folder (thus potentially slowing your system down), see sample text of fonts (even if they're not installed), check out the font licensing, font metrics and other font information stored in a font, etc.

[Free] New PHP CAPTCHA Script: Block Spam from Your Contact Forms

25 Jan 2010 01:05:07 GMT

A new CAPTCHA script has been added to the Free PHP CAPTCHA Scripts page. The script allows you to add a test to your contact forms to make sure that the person submitting the form is a human and not a spam program.

Note: for those who would rather not modify your own PHP scripts by hand, you may prefer to use my step-by-step tutorial on How to Add a CAPTCHA Test to Your Feedback Form which uses a different set of (free) programs to do the job.

[Free] Microsoft Singularity Project

19 Jan 2010 03:02:20 GMT

Microsoft's research operating system, Singularity, complete with source code, build tools and documentation, is now listed on the Free Alternative Operating Systems page. If you're thinking of creating your own OS, check this out to see how it implements advances in software engineering to make a more reliable system.

[Free] Create Your Own Fonts: New Free Font Editor Software

15 Jan 2010 02:33:11 GMT

Thinking of creating your own fonts that will have the exact design you're looking for? Check out the newest addition to the Free Font Editors and Font Creation Software page. This one, Type Light, handles both OpenType TrueType fonts (.ttf) and OpenType PostScript fonts (.otf). And there are a number of other free font editors listed on that page too, if you prefer something else.

[Free] Sell Ebooks / Software / etc on Your Website: Open Source PHP Shopping Cart

14 Jan 2010 04:20:54 GMT

A new shopping cart software has been added to the Free And Open Source PHP Shopping Carts page. Besides the usual features that most shopping carts have, this program (OpenCart), supports product reviews and ratings, the display of related products, downloadable products (for those who are selling ebooks and software), multiple currencies, multiple tax rates, shipping weight calculation, unlimited categories, and so on. If you're thinking of selling anything from your website, check it out.

[New] Free Text User Interface Programming Libraries and Source Code

12 Jan 2010 00:30:00 GMT

Create fancy user interfaces for your text-based programs in a device independent way with these Free Text User Interface (TUI) Programming Libraries. Now you don't have to worry about supporting the wide variety of video adapters, terminals and whatnot while still adding things like windows, dialog boxes and other widgets to your programs.

[Free] Unity: Create Your Own Game With This Professional Game Development Tool

11 Jan 2010 03:19:37 GMT

Are you thinking of creating your own computer game? Shorten your development time with the newest game engine to be added to the Free Games Programming Libraries and Source Code. The Unity games development tool not only comes with support for graphics, animation, sound, multiplayer networking and scripting, it also ships with an integrated editor that lets you create and edit things like animation clips directly. Or if you prefer another game engine, check out the other 30 or so packages listed on the page.

[Free] New Video Converter: Convert Videos/Movies Between Different Formats (DVD, iPod, PSP, Playstation 3, etc)

8 Jan 2010 03:00:01 GMT

A new program that converts video files between different formats has been added to the Free Video Converters or Transcoders page. It can rip (ie, copy) directly from various media (like DVD) and devices and convert it so that it is suitable for playing on other devices (eg, iPod, DVD, PSP, Playstation 3, etc). This particular program is for Linux, but if you use Windows or Mac OS X, there are numerous other software listed on that page that can do the job for your system, so if you want something handy for converting videos or movies, check it out.

[Free] Google's New Operating System: Chrome OS / Chromium OS

7 Jan 2010 04:06:20 GMT

Google's new operating system has been added to the Free Alternative Operating Systems page. This is a minimalist operating system designed for netbooks where the main user interface is probably the web browser. Source code for the system is available, and you can already build it and modify it if you wish.

[Free] New Antivirus to Clean a Badly Infected Computer

5 Jan 2010 03:54:11 GMT

Have you ever encountered a virus infested computer system that was so badly riddled with malware that you couldn't get programs (including antivirus programs) to run properly? If so, the newest addition to the Free Antivirus Software and Free Online Virus Scans page may prove useful. VIPRE is a command line antivirus program that is specifically designed to clean an already infected system. The entire program is self-contained, containing the latest virus definitions and everything needed for the disinfecting work, and is intended to work under such adverse conditions (or so we're told). It's free.

[Free] New Help Desk Software: Add a Support Ticket Application to Your Website

4 Jan 2010 03:55:36 GMT

Looking for a Help Desk software so that you can provide technical support for your users via a simple-to-use web interface? The latest software to be added to the Free Help Desk Software, Customer Service Management (CSM) and Support Ticket Applications (PHP Versions) lets you to do just that. Your users can send support tickets either online, or if you enable the facility, via email. You can then track, escalate, respond (even with canned replies) to them using the online interface.

[Free] New Video Editor from Pinnacle: Edit Your Videos and Home Movies

22 Dec 2009 02:59:53 GMT

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.