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1. Privacy Defender 3.0 is a free adware and spyware removal tool. Unlike most free scans that simply provide you with a scan, Privacy Defender 3 scans your PC and gives you 1 week of free adware and spyware removal. So you actually get to remove adware and spyware from your computer for free.

2. MyFreePopupBlocker is just that, a free popup blocker. You do not need to complete any surveys or enter any credit card information, you simply enter your name and email address and they send BlockThePop to you in a few minutes.

3. WeatherBug is the most widely distributed, free, downloadable desktop weather programs. It really is absolutely free. Of course there is advertising associated with WeatherBug but relatively unobtrusive compared to other free programs.

4. FreeScreenSavers has tons of free screensavers and free wall paper for your PC under every category and every topic. The downloads are totally free and are immediate but they do contain some advertising. It is a good offer that delivers on it promise of Free.

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Here’s a list of the ten best Windows freebies you can download:

1. StripFile
This innovative new utility strips the redundant information often contained in GIF, JPEG, PNG and HTML files, reducing their size by sometimes as much as 40 or 50%. Smaller files means faster downloading, your visitors will stick around for longer, and you could save hard cash by reducing your bandwidth requirements.

2. Picasa
A free software download from Google. Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you will recognize. You can drag and drop to arrange your albums and make labels to create new groups. Picasa makes sure your pictures are always organized.

3. ExplorerXP
ExplorerXP is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non - commercial use) file manager for Windows 2000/XP. Unlike the regular Windows Explorer, it displays the total size of each folder and allows you to browse multiple folders from a tabbed interface.

4. CutePDF
Create professional quality PDF files from almost any printable document. FREE for personal and commercial use! No watermarks! No popup Web advertisements!

5. ObjectDock
ObjectDock is a program that lets you organize your short-cuts and running tasks onto an extremely customizable dock that sits on your desktop.

6. LastChance
LastChance is a desktop utility that provides the facility to run programs when the machine is shutting down. Once the user chooses Shutdown from the Start menu, LastChance will intercept the shutdown request and optionally run the configured programs, waiting for them to finish before continuing the shutdown procedure.

7. Icon Restore
Icon Restore gives you the ability to save the placement of your desktop icons and restore them to their saved placement any time they get moved. Simply place your icons wherever you want them on your desktop, right click My Computer (or any system icon) and left click on ’save icon layout’ from the pop up menu. If your icons ever get moved because your computer entered safe mode or you changed the screen resolution, right click My Computer and left click on ‘restore icon layout’ from the pop up menu. It is the perfect solution for anyone that needs to change the screen resolution frequently.

8. Task Arrange
TaskArrange is a simple utility that lets you rearrange the buttons of the Windows taskbar. Sometimes we open our programs in a specific sequence, to keep their taskbar buttons in a desired order. But what happens if a program crashes or we close it, and then we open it again? That’s right - its task button ends up last in the taskbar. Windows itself does not allow us to move the task buttons around, so we are stuck with two options: either accept the new order, or close everything and reopen them in the preferred order. TaskArrange brings an end to this annoyance, by letting us do exactly what we want: reorder the task buttons.

9. Tray Pilot Lite
Tray Pilot Lite allows you to hide the System Tray window. It might be useful if you have too many icons in your System Tray and there is not much place left for the buttons of your running applications on the taskbar.

10. ClocX
Let’s you set alarms to go off once or on a regular schedule, The alarms can play sounds, display messages, launch applications and more.

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IMPORTANT: PROTECTION FOR YOUR PC AND IDENTITY THEFT PREVENTION

–> Are you unsure about your computer’s safety?
–> Do you get popup ads when online?
–> Is your computer slow?

Answer yes to any of these and you probably have adware and spyware.

A study released by AOL and National Cyber Security Alliance found that over 80% of computers have adware and spyware.

Antivirus Software DOES NOT STOP adware and spyware! You need to run an adware and spyware program separately.

Get a Free Scan from Privacy Defender 3.0. Privacy Defender 3.0 will scan your PC for over 13,000 variations of adware and spyware. 13,000! This is an in depth scan into your PC and will produce surprising results.

Free PC Scan

–> You’ll get FREE updates and technical support via phone or email.

Only AFTER you see the results are you asked to pay for anything. If you order today you’ll receive a $20 instant rebate. So run a Free Scan Today from Privacy Defender 3.0.

Signs of being infected:

1. Your home page keeps changing
2. Slow running computer
3. Excessive popup advertisements
4. Toolbars appearing on your browser
5. Frequent system crashes.

If you, or someone using your PC, have downloaded Internet files such as music, games, screensavers, pictures or movies, then adware and spyware programs have been added to your computer’s hard drive without your direct knowledge. This “drive-by download” technique is rapidly growing - get your protection today.

Not protecting yourself against spyware/adware makes you easy prey for identity theft, computer corruption and pop-up ads. Spyware/adware can easily bypass your antivirus and firewall protection and install on your system without your knowledge. This is known as “stealth software”. Spyware/adware programs are nearly impossible for most PC users to detect and remove. Let Privacy Defender protect your PC around the clock.

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With the increased interest in Blogging (web Logging), many web hosting providers now provide an assortment of free usage, open source blogging software packages. Among the most popular of these blogging tools are B2evolution, WordPress and Nucleus. Each of these programs offer similar basic features, so the question arises as to which one is easiest to use and would be appropriate for the requirements of your particular website.

The answer lies in the true purpose of your blog website. If your primary goal is to share your opinions and ideas with the general public, you would want to utilize a different blogging tool than a user who was creating product blogs as a commercial sales effort. A blog for search engine promotion would have entirely different requirements. All of these uses are viable reasons to create a blog, however each requires different features to be successful.

WordPress Blogging Software
Available for free download at: http://wordpress.org/

It is hard to beat WordPress for general personal blogging. WordPress is an open source, state-of-the-art personal publishing platform with a focus on presentation and usability. Everything related to creating and updating your blog is available through an intuitive graphical interface. With WordPress there is no need to compile your work. You simply write your column. You then select the features you want and your blog is instantly created and published to your website.

If you are on vacation, you can schedule your uploads for some date in the future or even email your column to the server! The system allows multiple users with multiple blogs divided into categories and sub-categories. This allows multiple family members or friends to create their own blogs along with yours.

Easy customization and the availability of many “plug-ins” that provide more functionality (add new features as you learn) makes this software a very good choice for most individuals.

B2evolution
Available for free download at: http://b2evolution.net/

B2evolution is another advanced web log tool that features an integrated XHTML validator. It supports recursive subcategories, cross posting and has a really cool integrated “skinning” system.

The “skinning” system allows you to create multiple blogs in separate categories with different appearances for each blog. You simply “change the skin” for the blog to create a totally new look and feel.

The “skinning” feature, combined with the built in multi-user administration management tool, makes the system robust enough for more commercial endeavors, such as product promotion blogs. If you have much to publish with multiple themes, this is the software you are looking for.

Nucleus Blogging Software
Available for free download at: http://nucleuscms.org/

Though Nucleus is an extremely robust blogging tool in its own right, it also contains some powerful features that can provide benefits in promotion of your blog.

Nucleus offers the ability to optimize its URLS, creating simple page addresses that do not have and “&” or “=” characters. This makes the pages search engine (and user) friendly. Another great feature is the ability to show the contents of multiple weblogs on one page. This could allow a website owner to manipulate the optimum text / keyword balance on pages for better search engine rankings.

Nucleus also provides RSS and Atom feeds that can be extremely helpful when promoting a website. If part of your blog’s function is to work as a search engine marketing and promotion tool, Nucleus is an exceptional software package.

Each of these blogging software packages offer the basic tools that you would need to create a successful blog and all three are PHP - MySQL open source (free to use) packages. You should try to select the software that helps you achieve the long term goal that you have in mind for your website based on the unique extra features offered by each.

About the Author
Don Beavers lives in Bryan, Texas and is an enterprise level PHP-MySQL programmer at the Datavor Web Directory and at the Shopping Elf directory Shopping Guide

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