FREEBIE of the week-Backing Up Online

Don’t overlook or under estimate the benefit of backing up specific folders, especially when they contain critical documents and other important and vital information that are contained therein, especially when its FREE!. Use an online backup service such as Mozy Home (scroll down to the bottom of their Home Page) or IDrive Basic. Both services offer 2GB of free storage.

Another online backup service is called ADrive which offers 50GD of FREE online storage. NOTE! Unlike, IDrive and Mozy Home, ADrive doesn’t automatically synchronize (update-automatically any critically modified folder or alert you of redundant folder content, so in essence, you must be organized and aware of updating the contents of specific folders and their files when saving. In other words, simply keep youself organized and focused on what is contain in the folders that you want to upload to be kept safe. For a complete list of Websites for ADrive, IDrive and Mozy Home, log onto http://davebrooks.net and then click on the Free Stuff tab, and then scroll down to: Online Backup.

Published in: on November 16, 2008 at 10:27 PM  Leave a Comment  

Freebie of the Week-Orb the Audio Transmitter-Streamer

Orb is a free service that turns your PC into a media server, which allows you to transmit (stream) and receive music, pictures, Television and Video to almost any Web-connected device. However, there os one downside… Orb’s software requires no less than the Windows XP Operating System (OS), or Windows Vista OS, coupled with a broadband connection.

Once you’ve downloaded abd have installed Orb on your PC, set it up (configure the program) to monitor your media folders, e.g.: My Music, My Pictures, etc. or create your own folders for hashing things out. For Orbs Website, log onto http://davebrooks.net and then click on the Free Stuff tab. Scroll down the list of headings to: Audio and Editing. Also, under this category, you’ll find other free sites which includes JukeFly and VibeStreamer.

Published in: on November 16, 2008 at 10:04 PM  Leave a Comment  

More “Free Stuff” – June, 2007

  • Anti Virus Software – Avira AntiVir Personal Edition – www.free-av.com
  • Audio Editing – Audacity – http://audacity.sourceforge.net
  • Classified Advertising – Craiglist – www.craiglist.org
  • Community Site – Digg – http://digg.com – Ning – www.ning.com
  • Consumer Advocacy – Better Business Bureau – www.bbb.org
  • Digital Music Site – Pandora – www.pandora.com
  • Digital Music Software – Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 – www.windowsmediaplayer.com – iTunes – www.apple.com/itunes/
  • Encyclopedia – Webopedia (Technical) – www.webopedia.com
  • Home Page Customization – Netvibes – www.netvibes.com
  • Image Editing Software – Paint.Net – www.getpaint.net – Picasa – http://picasa.google.com
  • Instant Messaging – Meebo (Master Control Panel to ALL IM Programs) – www.meebo.com
  • Mobile Email – Flurry Mail – http://flurrymail.com
  • Office Suite – Open Office – www.openoffice.org – Zoho – http://zoho.com
  • Operating System (Linux) – Ubuntu 7.04 – www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
  • Photo Sharing – Flickr – www.flickr.com
  • Security – Virus Total – www.virustotal.com
  • Security Software – Site Advisor – www.mcafee.com/us/ click on “Free” SiteAdvisor (right hand corner in the middle of the page to download)
  • System Utility – WinPatrol – http://winpatrol.com – Microsoft’s Process Explorer – www.processexplorer.com
  • Travel – Trip Advisor – www.tripadvisor.com – Kayak – www.kayak.com
  • Video Conferencing Software – Sight Speed 6 – www.sightspeed6.com
  • Video Site – You Tube – www.youtube.com
  • Web Based Email – Gmail – www.gmail.com
  • Web Browser – Mozilla Firefox 2 – www.mozilla.org/download
  • Web Forum – AVS – www.avsforum.com
  • Web Information and News – Congoo – http://congoo.com

MORE…

For more information… drop me a line at dave@gyzmodave.com

Published in: on June 24, 2007 at 6:33 PM  Comments (1)  
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Text Messaging for Free

Should you ever have the need to text message someone on his or her cell phone, there’s a free service that’s available on the Internet called SMS Everywhere. Just log on to http://smseverywhere.com/

On their main page, under the heading ‘TEXT MESSAGING PRODUCTS,” click on the option 1 button; Send a Message to a Cell Phone. Free message to a USA cell phone. No registration required. FREE.

This will usher you to their second page where you type in the 10 digit number you want to send a message to. For example: 123-456-7890. In the Message section, you can type in up to 150 characters of text. When satisfied with your message, click the SEND NOW button at the bottom of your message.

MORE…

For more information… drop me a line at dave@gyzmodave.com

Published in: on February 25, 2007 at 5:17 PM  Comments (2)  
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Applications and Utilities

Open Office is a multiplatform, free office suite that includes a Wordprocessor, Presentation software, Vector drawing tool, Spreadsheet, Database and Mathematical function creator. http://openoffice.org

Empty Temp Folders http://www.danish-shareware.dk/soft/emptemp/

46 Best Ever Free Utilities http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm

XP Media Center Alternative http://www.team-mediaportal.com/

Outlook Express Alternative http://www.eudora.com/

Autoruns. Detects anything istalled on your computer that has the ability to run. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/autoruns.mspx

Drive Snap Shot 1.3 – Disk Image Backup and Restore Software. http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/

Free Home Inventory Software (for Insurance Purposes). http://knowyourstuff.org

RootKit Revealer http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/RootkitRevealer.mspx

Open VPN (Virtual Private Network). http://openvpn.se/

sslexplorer – http://www.sshtools.com/showSslExplorerCommunity.do

TrueCrypt. Keeps sensitive data in an encrypted safe. http://truecrypt.org

SpeedFan – http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

Hirens BootCD – http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hiren.thanki/bootcd.html

BaToo – Barcode Recognition Toolkit http://people.inf.ethz.ch/adelmanr/batoo/

PDF – OCR Conversion. http://www.x1.com/

PDF Applications: http://www.primopdf.com – http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator – http://cutepdf.com

MORE…

For more information… drop me a line at dave@gyzmodave.com

Published in: on February 25, 2007 at 3:50 PM  Comments (1)  
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Text Messaging for Free

Should you ever have the need to text message someone on his or her cell phone, there’s a free service that’s available via the Internet called SMS Everywhere. Just log on to

http://smseverywhere.com/

On their main page, under the heading “TEXT MESSAGING PRODUCTS,” click on the option 1 button; Send a Message to a Cell Phone. Free message to a USA cell phone. No registration required. FREE.

This will advance you to their second page where you type in the 10 digit cell phone number you want to send a message to. For example, 123-456-7890.

In the Message section, you can type in up to 150 characters of text. When satisfied with your message, click the SEND NOW button at the bottom of your message.

MORE…

For more information… drop me a line at dave@gyzmodave.com

Published in: on January 28, 2007 at 3:59 PM  Leave a Comment  
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