The Best Computer Software websites
All Software websites (odp)...
General software information
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Bug Net
- http://www.bugnet.com/
In-depth analysis, up-to-the-minute bug alerts, commentary on bug fixes. |
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Software Tips and Tricks
- http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/
Software tips, downloads, news, and support forums. |
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WiredGuide.com - http://www.wiredguide.com/ A beginner's guide to computer help, internet help and general computing interest from chat to shareware. |
Free Downloads
Download Drivers
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DriverFiles.net - http://www.driverfiles.net/ Database of device drivers - e.g. Bios, Cameras, CD Recorders, CDrom Drives, DVD Drives, Game Devices, Hard Drives, IDE Controllers, Input Devices, ISDN, Modems, Monitors, Network Adapters, Not Specified, Notebooks, Plotters, Printers, Removable Drives, Scanners, SCSI Adapters, Sound Cards, Tape Backup, USB, Video Adapters. |
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DriverGuide.com - http://www.driverguide.com/ A massive database archive of drivers and resources that is by far the largest and most comprehensive on the Web. |
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Driver Headquarters - http://www.drivershq.com/ The latest drivers for all hardware at one site. Featuring Windows 95, 98, NT operating systems. |
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Driver Search - http://webhome.idirect.com/~cati/ A site dedicated to helping you find links to drivers, patches, upgrades and service packs for hardware and software. Including links to driver support sites and home sites for all major manufacturers. |
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Driverzone.com - http://www.driverzone.com/ Big driver database searchable by device type or maker. |
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Mister Driver - http://www.mrdriver.com/ Device driver search engine. |
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PcDrivers.com - http://www.pcdrivers.com/ The newest Device Drivers and BIOS Updates. Drivers for CD-ROM drives, fax-modems, input devices, image scanners, monitorsn network adapters, printers, removable devices, SCSI controllers, sound & multimedia, video adapters. |
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WinDrivers.com - http://www.windrivers.com Provides links and information for almost all companies that manufacture computer devices, as well as an archive of older drivers. |
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Windows Driver Guide - http://www.winguides.com/drivers/ Technical resources and support for locating and updating Windows device drivers for hardware peripherals. |
Download Software, Freeware & Shareware
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CNET Download.com - http://download.cnet.com/ Download.com offers quick and intuitive access to Windows, Macintosh, DOS, Linux, Palm OS, Windows CE, and BeOS software programs that are available for download over the Internet. The Download.com team evaluates and categorizes these programs, and gathers critical information about them to help you decide if a program is suitable for your system and needs. |
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CNET Shareware.com - http://shareware.cnet.com/ Shareware.com allows downloaders to search a variety of existing Internet software archives containing 250,000 freeware and shareware files. These files are organized by archive and are not categorized. File descriptions at Shareware.com are provided by third parties and may not include system requirements or other relevant details. |
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FontFiles.com - http://www.fontfiles.com/ Download thousands of free fonts, wingdings, and symbols in archive format, and learn to manage, and install your free fonts. |
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Freeware Files.com - http://www.freewarefiles.com/ Download the latest free sSoftware for Win 3x/9x/NT. Games, utilities, screen savers, themes, net tools, drivers and libraries. |
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NONAGS Freeware World Center - http://nonags.com/ Download free software for Windows 95, NT. Everything in the huge freeware section is really free. |
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Open Technology Portal, The - http://www.open-technology.com/ An extensive web resource for Open Source Software news, products, discussion, tools and licenses. Most freely available code from OpenSource projects is cataloged. |
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Simtel.Net - http://www.simtel.net/ A worldwide distribution network for Shareware, Freeware, and Public Domain software covering MS-DOS, Windows 3.x/Me/98/95, DJGPP Compiler, and GNUish Project. |
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RealPlayer Plus download RealPlayer Plus is the premium player (for Audio and Video media) of Real One (Real Networks). |
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Stroud's CWSApps - http://cws.internet.com/ The CWSApps List is a one-stop download site for the latest and greatest software on the Internet. Comprehensive file listings, free software downloads, expert ratings, and extensive software reviews for the best Windows XP, Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000 and Windows 3.x applications are just a few of the site's many features. |
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Tucows - http://www.tucows.com/ Download software from Tucows the largest online software download site. Specializing in shareware and freeware. Has mirror sites located throughout the world. |
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WinZip - http://www.winzip.com/ WinZip brings the convenience of Windows to the use of Zip files and other compression formats. |
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ZDNet Software Library - http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/ Download from the largest Internet collection of tested, rated and reviewed shareware, freeware and commercial demos for Windows, Macintosh, Palm OS, CE and Pocket PC. |
News & Media
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Byte Online
- http://www.byte.com/
IT eZine |
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Computer Weekly
- http://www.cw360.com/
IT news and information for the IT professional. From the journalists of Computer Weekly. |
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Computerworld
- http://www.computerworld.com/
News, features and resources. From IDG.net. |
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Creative Mac
- http://www.creativemac.com/
News and information for professionals that utilize the Mac platform. |
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Dr. Dobb's Journal (DDJ)
- http://www.ddj.com/
A classic programming magazine. |
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Information Week
- http://www.informationweek.com
News, features and events for tech professionals. Companion site to Informationweek magazine. |
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InfoWorld
- http://www.infoworld.com
Computer/technology business news and reviews. Companion site to Infoworld magazine. |
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Macworld.com
- http://www.macworld.com
Macworld features Macintosh product reviews and buying advice, instructional how-to articles, and news and opinion about Apple Computer and the Mac. |
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MSDN Magazine
- http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/
Microsoft's Magazine for Developer's. |
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PC Magazine - The Independent Guide to Technology
- http://www.pcmag.com/
Complete guide to PCs, peripherals and upgrades. Labs-based reviews of computer- and Internet-related products and services, technology news and trends, shopping advice, and price comparisons. |
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PC World
- http://www.pcworld.com/
Computer and Internet news and information resource. Reviews, how-tos, downloads, product and price information. |
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Register, The
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/index.html
Offers news, views, opinions and reviews on what's latest in the IT industry. Based in the UK. |
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SD Times
- http://www.sdtimes.com/
Software Development, a BZ Media LLC publication. |
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SlashDot - http://slashdot.org/
"News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters." News site dedicated to Linux, Hardware, and current trends. Updates every few minutes. |
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Software Development Online
- http://www.sdmagazine.com/
Covers the people, products, and practices of corporate software development. |
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Software Magazine Online
- http://www.softwaremag.com/
Online focuses on guiding IT professionals in how to creatively and sensibly evaluate software products and services in today's e-business world. |
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TidBITS Electronic Publishing
- http://www.tidbits.com/
Weekly free email and web publication that covers the Macintosh Internet community. |
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Wired Magazine
- http://www.wired.com/wired/
Current and back issues, plus the Wired Index, the Encyclopedia of the New Economy, more. |
Open Source Software
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AxKit - http://axkit.org
XML Application Server for Apache. Provides on-the-fly conversion from XML to any format, such as HTML, WAP or text using either W3C standard techniques, or custom code. AxKit also uses a built-in Perl interpreter to provide for XML transformation. |
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FreshMeat - http://freshmeat.net/
Freshmeat maintains the Web's largest index of Unix and cross-platform software, themes and related "eye-candy", and Palm OS software. Thousands of applications, which are preferably released under an "open source" license, are meticulously cataloged in the freshmeat database, and links to new applications are added daily. Each entry provides a description of the software, links to download it and to obtain more information, and a history of the project's releases, so readers can keep up-to-date on the latest developments. |
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GNOME Development Site, The
- http://developer.gnome.org/
Information about current GNOME projects, developer news, documentation, information on how to get involved, plus much more. |
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GNOME Project, The
- http://www.gnome.org/
GNU Object Model Environment: Building a full, user-friendly desktop for Unix operating systems, based entirely on free software. Will consist of small utilities and larger applications which share a consistent look and feel. GNOME is part of the GNU project. |
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GNU Project and Free Software Foundation
- http://www.gnu.org/
One of the founding organizations of free and Open Source software. Home of the GNU Public license and many open source projects including GNU Hurd. |
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JBoss - http://www.jboss.org
Open Source web application server, compliant with the EJB 1.1 specification. [Open Source, LGPL] |
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Open Channel Foundation
- http://www.openchannelsoftware.org
Hosting open source projects and software from academic and research institutions and providing commercial services. |
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Open Group Desktop Technologies (X.Org)
- http://www.x.org/
X.Org is the worldwide consortium empowered with the stewardship and collaborative development of the X Window System (X11) technology and standards. |
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Open Source Initiative (OSI)
- http://www.opensource.org/
Open Source Initiative is a non-profit corporation dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source Definition for the good of the community, specifically through the OSI Certified Open Source Software certification mark and program. |
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SourceForge - http://www.sourceforge.net/
Thousands of open source projects hosted. offering access to CVS, mailing lists, bug tracking and message boards/forums. |
Operating Systems
Linux
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FreeOS - http://www.freeos.com/
Provides articles, documentation, links to software, and news about Linux and other operating systems. |
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Linux.com - http://www.linux.com/
Linux portal by the Linux community for the Linux community. |
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LinuxCentral.com - http://www.linuxcentral.com
Linux Central was created and is maintained for Linux users by Linux users. They want to help promote the use of Linux and have gathered essential Linux documentation, making it available on their web pages. In addition, Linux products from all the major vendors are offered, e.g. Linux books, CDROM with Linux Install, |
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Linux Counter, The
- http://counter.li.org/
Get yourself and your computer counted among the Linux users. |
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Linux International
- http://li.org/
Linux International is a non-profit association of groups, corporations and others that work towards the promotion of and helping direct the growth of the Linux operating system and the Linux community. |
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Linux Kernel Archives, The
- http://www.kernel.org/
This is the primary site for the Linux kernel source. |
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Linuxnewbie.org - http://www.linuxnewbie.org/
Want to learn Linux? This site contains news and help that caters to Linux newbies. |
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Linux Security
- http://www.linuxsecurity.com/
Information collected from many sources: feature articles, advisories, news, documentation, forums, links. |
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"Linux was invented here"
- http://www.cs.Helsinki.FI/linux/
University of Helsinki - Department of Computer Science. Information about Linux and get the latest kernel versions and recent Linux kernel mailing list archives. |
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LinuxWorld - http://www.linuxworld.com/
News and editorial content for IS professionals. Updated often, as events dictate. |
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RedHat, Inc.
- http://www.redhat.com/
Develops and provides open source software products and services. |
Windows
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Annoyances.org - http://www.annoyances.org/ Annoyances.org is the most complete collection of information assembled for and by actual users of Microsoft Windows. |
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ActiveWin.com - http://www.activewin.com The latest Microsoft company news, information, downloads, drivers, tips, support, software news, hardware news, and much more. |
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Bob Cerelli's Windows Tips
- http://www.onecomputerguy.com/
Information on installation, networking, along with tips and tricks, for Windows. |
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CyberTechHelp - http://www.cybertechhelp.com Computer help and technical support for Windows operating systems, hardware, software, web design, and Internet issues. |
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EasyWindows Internet Guide to Windows, The - http://www.easywindows.com A set of frequently asked questions about using Windows. Also provides a search option and a forum to post your own Windows questions. |
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Help Channel home page - http://www.zdnet.com/zdhelp/ Tips, tricks, downloads, and FAQs to help solve Windows problems, from the publisher of leading computer magazines. |
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InfiniSource
- http://www.infinisource.com/
Windows information, updates, technical how-to files, and tips and tricks, as well as a support BBS. |
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Lockergnome - http://www.lockergnome.com/ Windows 95/98/NT/2000 newsletter with 32-bit downloads of freeware and shareware, tips, and tricks. |
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Microsoft Help and Support
- http://support.microsoft.com/
A searchable knowledgebase of software and hardware FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions). |
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Virtual Dr
- http://www.virtualdr.com/
Using the Virtual Doctor, one can acquire help with a specific problem, download software, grab updates for their operating system or receive expert tutorials catering to their specific needs. |
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WinDrivers.com
- http://www.windrivers.com/
Acquire the latest drivers for Windows including printer drivers, CD-ROM drivers, modem drivers, sound drivers, mouse drivers, monitor drivers, and hardware support. |
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Windows Driver Guide
- http://www.winguides.com/drivers/
Technical resources and support for locating and updating Windows device driver software for Windows compatible hardware and peripherals. |
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Windows 9x Help and Tips (WinHelp.net) - http://www.windows-help.net/index.shtml Hundreds of Windows 95/98 tips and tricks. There is also a support BBS where you can ask Windows 95/98 and Internet Explorer questions. |
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Windows Guide Network
- http://www.winguides.com/
Provides technical resources and support for tweaking, managing and securing the Windows operating system using the registry, scripting and security. |
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Windows Registry Guide - http://www.regedit.com Regedit.com is a list of categorized tweaks you can perform on the Windows registry. The tweaks are for all Windows versions, both 9x and NT. |
PC Utilities
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Allume Systems Allume Systems, formerly known as Aladdin Systems, develops and publishes award-winning business and consumer products for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris platforms. Aladdin's software offers a range of solutions to increase user efficiency in the areas of information access, removal, recovery, security and Internet distribution. Some of the products are:
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GoToMyPC GoToMyPC is a fast, easy and secure way to access and control your computer remotely from any Web browser, anywhere. It is a perfect tool for teleworkers, travelers and after-hours access. You can download a free full-functioning trial. |
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PCTools.com - https://www.pctools.com/ The well known PCTools products and services are used by millions of people for greater privacy, safer Internet browsing and emailing and improved system performance.
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Security
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ACT! Adobe - http://www.adobe.com/ Allume Systems (Aladdin Systems) Autodesk - http://www.autodesk.com/ Baan - http://www.baan.com/ Computer Associates FileMaker - http://www.filemaker.com/ Informix - http://www.informix.com/ McAfee Security Microsoft - http://www.microsoft.com/ MySQL - http://www.mysql.com/ Ontrack - http://www.ontrack.com/ Opera Software - http://www.opera.com/ Oracle - http://www.oracle.com/ Panda Antivirus Solutions PCTools.com - http://www.pctools.com PeopleSoft - http://www.peoplesoft.com Pinnacle Systems! - Digital Video Solutions Red Hat - http://www.redhat.com/ SAP AG, Germany - http://www.sap.com Sybase - http://www.sybase.com/ Symantec - Norton products - http://www.symantec.com/ V Communications (VCOM)- http://www.v-com.com WinZip - http://www.winzip.com/ Zone Labs, Inc. - http://www.zonelabs.com |
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