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[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 fonts 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.

[Free] New Searchable Online Dictionary: Chambers English Dictionary

18 Dec 2009 02:18:28 GMT

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.

[New] Free 32-bit and 64-bit C/C++ Compiler from AMD: Create Your Own Computer Programs in C or C++

16 Dec 2009 07:22:19 GMT

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.

[Free] New Virtual Machine from Microsoft

14 Dec 2009 04:55:20 GMT

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.

[New] Free Alternative Operating Systems: Try a New System On Your Existing Computer

30 Nov 2009 06:42:20 GMT

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.

[Free] New DVD and CD Burning Software: Create DVDs and CDs on Your Computer For Free

25 Nov 2009 05:31:41 GMT

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.

[Free] New System Programming Language: The Go Programming Language

13 Nov 2009 04:25:10 GMT

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.

[Free] Portable Encrypted Password and Text Note Storage

13 Nov 2009 04:23:43 GMT

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.

[New] Free PHP Web Based File Managers

11 Nov 2009 06:16:11 GMT

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. These PHP web-based 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.