Looking for great Ajax scripts and demos? Or just awesome css and javascript already written? Make your web 2.0 site now!
Ajax Daddy
Submitted by: Jim Ford (41 Clicks)

Free photoshop actions. The site has a lot more, but I've only used the one page.
Art Store
Submitted by: Jim Ford (122 Clicks)

The latest iteration of the former Ask Jeeves, this search engine is quite a bit more user-friendly for the non-techies than google or yahoo.. Input search words, or simply enter a question. Great interface.
Ask.com Search Engine
Submitted by: Jim Ford (149 Clicks)

Free anti-virus program from Grisoft. Rated excellent, all the features of Norton or other popular brands... and it's FREE. Automatic updates, email scanning, pop-up detection, etc. My kind of software!
AVG Anti-Virus
Submitted by: Jim Ford (118 Clicks)

Microsoft's latest search engine that replaces MSN and Live searches. Brings back tops results, organizes related search categories, returns automatic price comparisons. I like it. Try it out.
Bing
Submitted by: Jim Ford (40 Clicks)

CPAN, Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, has all the current Perl modules, scripts, binary distributions, documentation, and lots of good stuff for you Perl programmers. Dig it.
CPAN.org
Submitted by: Jim Ford (136 Clicks)

Free site that tests and ranks all CPUs. You can even benchmark your own CPU. Nice charts and research info. Also linke to video card, hard drive, and system benchmarks.
CPU Benchmark
Submitted by: Jim Ford (5 Clicks)

Creative Commons provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. You can use CC to change your copyright terms from "All Rights Reserved" to "Some Rights Reserved."
Creative Commons
Submitted by: Jim Ford (53 Clicks)

Internet search that boasts 120 billion pages in its search index versus Google at 8 billion. Released in July 2008, it has a long way to go but is pretty neat. Try it for your next internet search.
Cuil
Submitted by: Jim Ford (52 Clicks)

Free job search tool for technology jobs. Post your resume, search jobs, etc.
Dice
Submitted by: Jim Ford (57 Clicks)

Next generation of really professional and cool looking free graphics, icons, and more. Want something custom? That you have to pay for but there’s so much for free.
Dry Icons
Submitted by: Jim Ford (47 Clicks)

Favicon FAQ
All the ins and outs of creating, storing, and using favicons on your website. The little image next to the address bar in the web browser next to your site and also stored in visitor bookmarks.
Submitted by: Jim Ford (32 Clicks)

Fast FTP and SFTP client for Windows with lots of features. It's free and you can use it as an FTP server. Use this to transfer all your files to and from your PC to server.
FileZilla
Submitted by: Jim Ford (108 Clicks)

The Mozilla-based web browser. I really like it. Much less freeze or crash prone than Internet Explorer. Seems to be faster than the other browsers. Give it a try... it's free.
Firefox
Submitted by: Jim Ford (91 Clicks)

Photo sharing site. It's free, super easy. Upload and share all your photos. You can even send them in for printing out real pictures, magnets, coffee mugs, etc.
Flickr
Submitted by: Jim Ford (105 Clicks)

Free CSS Templates
Want to design a cool website but don't know anything about design or layout? This place has a ton of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) free and ready to download.
Submitted by: Jim Ford (68 Clicks)

Ever Delete something from your harddrive and then have an "Oh Shit" moment? Windows-based systems don't actually delete the file or program. It just turns a bit off so that the memory space is available to be written over. FreeUnDelete is a great program that finds and restores all file types and sizes quickly and painlessly. And it's totally free!
FreeUnDelete
Submitted by: Jim Ford (92 Clicks)

Found this neat free little GIF editor (graphic image file). It's online, no installing or running on your PC. Very easy to use. Check it out.
GifWorks
Submitted by: Jim Ford (105 Clicks)

Reviews and blogs about all the shiny new toys on the market. Lots of reviews, research, comments, pictures of just about any new product or technology that's just hitting or almost on the market.
Gizmodo
Submitted by: Jim Ford (69 Clicks)

Free online email similiar to hotmail, yahoo, etc. Gives you online chat too.
Gmail
Submitted by: Jim Ford (5 Clicks)

Need a secure, fast, reliable host for your website? GoDaddy is the world's largest domain registrar with both dedicated and shared Unix and Windows based servers for your site. Whether you're a seasoned developer or an internet newbie, they can fix you up.
GoDaddy.com
Submitted by: Jim Ford (118 Clicks)

Once part of the web underground and used by people in the know, Google is now an internet standard used by the world to find anything about anything on the web.
Google
Submitted by: Jim Ford (143 Clicks)

New open source web browser from Google. It's free, very cool, very smooth, and open source means it'll only get better and better. Download and try it out today!
Google Chrome
Submitted by: Jim Ford (50 Clicks)

Search engine using new semantic search logic to better categorize your internet/web results based on meaning versus ranking. Really cool, I like it. Try it out.
Hakia
Submitted by: Jim Ford (38 Clicks)

Want to write a great website without coding from scratch? Check out a ton of pre-written scripts in lots of languages. Couple that with some great tutorials and rating system and you can't go wrong.
HotScripts.com
Submitted by: Jim Ford (168 Clicks)

Free icon editor. Create, edit, extract, and import icons for PC, Mac, and favicons for your website. I use it for this site!
IcoFX
Submitted by: Jim Ford (30 Clicks)

Neat javascript resource with lots of tutorials for beginners and experts. Lots of pre-written scripts you can use for your site. Sign up for their weekly newsletter for great scripts.
JavaScript
Submitted by: Jim Ford (130 Clicks)

Really cool content management system to help even a beginner build a great looking website compatible across all browsers and multiple platforms. It's Free!
Joomla
Submitted by: Jim Ford (47 Clicks)

Limewire is the world's most popular free peer-to-peer file sharing program. Download or upload shared music, video, programs, and just about anything you can find out there. Make sure to follow all copyright laws ;-)
Limewire
Submitted by: Jim Ford (21 Clicks)

Link Checker
Ensure links on your site or others are valid. Check for broken or redirected links and anchors in web pages or full web sites. W3C validator and quality web tool.
Submitted by: Jim Ford (34 Clicks)

Want to have one program to access all your chat programs at once? Does your work block access to your chat programs? Use Meebo, it’s free! It’s a website so you connect to Yahoo, AOL, MSN, and Google Chat through the internet versus a specific port that can be blocked. Pretty cool!
Meebo
Submitted by: Jim Ford (46 Clicks)

Microsoft’s database solution, MS SQL is used by many businesses and websites. Oracle beats it like a 3-legged yard dog if you want a powerhouse and have plenty of money.
Microsoft SQL Server
Submitted by: Jim Ford (40 Clicks)

Another great free web tool. This is a free database you can use as the backend for your site. I use it on this site. For major sites though, stick with MS-SQL or Oracle.
MySQL
Submitted by: Jim Ford (136 Clicks)

NetBeans IDE is a free, open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers. You get all the tools you need to create professional desktop, enterprise, web and mobile applications, in Java, C/C++ and even Ruby. The IDE runs on many platforms including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris; it is easy to install and use straight out of the box.
NetBeans
Submitted by: Jim Ford (64 Clicks)

Sun Microsystem's free answer to MS Office. It's a suite application featuring spreadsheet, word processor, database, presentations, and more. It's all free and all open source. Dig it.
Open Office
Submitted by: Jim Ford (49 Clicks)

Pretty good web browser. Free of course. Much better than IE or Nutscrape.
Opera
Submitted by: Jim Ford (105 Clicks)

The industry standard for large databases. If you have lots of money and a huge amount of data, go with Oracle.
Oracle
Submitted by: Jim Ford (187 Clicks)

Get deals on computers, pda's, dvd's, and lots more. Great prices, huge selection, can't go wrong.
Outpost.com
Submitted by: Jim Ford (148 Clicks)

Stay in the know about virus and malware, DOS attacks, search engine optimization (SOE), adware, spoofing, phishing, and more. Updated by the minute and free world-class cloud computing anti-virus.
Panda Labs
Submitted by: Jim Ford (35 Clicks)

The open source (ie. free) web language I use on most of this site. Similiar to ASP and loosely based off Perl and C, it's easy to use for content management.
PHP.net
Submitted by: Jim Ford (194 Clicks)

Free online or desktop PDF tool. Converts from most any format into free universally accepted PDF format. Save to your desktop or have it emailed to you. Really cool, and free!
Primo PDF
Submitted by: Jim Ford (126 Clicks)

Search Engine Optimization techniques. Learn tips, how to control robot or spider indexing of your pages, keywords, and more.
SEO Consultants Directory
Submitted by: Jim Ford (5 Clicks)

Resize your gifs, jpgs, and more online. Very cool little tool, no programs to download. Try it out!
Shrink Pictures
Submitted by: Jim Ford (52 Clicks)

Site lists great deals on top manufacturers for computers, software, networking, and a lot more. Many places like Dell or Compaq don't list their best deals on their sites. But the deals ARE available. Check it out.
SlickDeals
Submitted by: Jim Ford (141 Clicks)

SQL Bible
Comprehensive source to learn about structured query language, SQL. Cross platforms between Oracle, MS SQL, etc.
Submitted by: Jim Ford (44 Clicks)

Free open source content management system (CRM) blogging site written and supported in asp.net C#.
SubText
Submitted by: Jim Ford (4 Clicks)

Tired of not knowing what your computer-geek friend is talking about? Wanting to brush up on your tech-speak? Cool little site.
Tech Dictionary
Submitted by: Jim Ford (186 Clicks)

All the cool and mindless geek gadgets and clothes. Spy sunglasses, Star Wars Lightsabers, t-shirts with tech lingo, you name it. Stuff for smart masses!
Think Geek
Submitted by: Jim Ford (36 Clicks)

Tell your friends, or "tweet" what you're up to, find out what they're doing, and lots more from Twitter. Send and receive from your cell phone, computer, or PDA. 140 character bursts!
Twitter
Submitted by: Jim Ford (32 Clicks)

Finally, free email accounts without the silly 20 Mb limit. Walla gives you a full 1 Gb of free space. I recently signed up when changing jobs and needed temp space for files/documents from my work PC. You'll love it. Right along there with Gmail.
Walla
Submitted by: Jim Ford (161 Clicks)

Cool file comparison / merge tool for Windows. Compare files of just about any file type or size. Neat graphical interface makes it easy to see differences in your versions and merge if you'd like.
WinMerge
Submitted by: Jim Ford (137 Clicks)

The most popular network protocol analyzer. Need to trace packets across the network or even from your computer to a website? This is it. Easy interface, lots of good info. Sniff 'em out baby.
Wireshark
Submitted by: Jim Ford (117 Clicks)

Great source of info and tutorials on html, xml, stylesheets, and lots more. Validate your html and stylesheets for various browsers with their automated tools!
World Wide Web Consortium
Submitted by: Jim Ford (121 Clicks)

Post and share all the video you want on the net. Search and view just about anything you could ever imagine. YouTube is THE site for free video sharing and you'll never run out of cool stuff to watch, embed on your website, or lots of other stuff.
YouTube
Submitted by: Jim Ford (176 Clicks)