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50 of the best free online sites as per the UK:

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=10297
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20 Open Source programs (most are cross-platform):

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/21980 ... -wikipedia

ClamWin antivirus software sounds interesting.


.........and the extra 40.

http://www.teknobites.com/2007/09/08/40 ... s-for-you/
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Driver Sweeper. Like Driver Cleaner, only completely free:

http://www.guru3d.com/newsitem.php?id=5936
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Imgburn:

http://www.imgburn.com/

Excellent burning prog that works on Windows and Linux with Wine.
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Dia (alternative to M$ Visio)
http://live.gnome.org/Dia

QCAD (alt. to AutoCAD)
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad.html

BRL-CAD (US Army alt. to AutoCAD)
http://brlcad.org/

Gimpshop (Gimp with Photoshop skins)
http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294
http://gimpshopdotnet.blogspot.com/

Infrarecorder (alt. to Nero)
http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/

Avidemux (alt. to Premiere)
http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/
-has a DVDAuthor plugin:
http://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net/

Scilab (alt. to Matlab)
http://www.osalt.com/scilab

Freevo (alt. to MCE)
http://freevo.sourceforge.net/

Clamwin (alt. to Norton)
http://www.clamwin.com/

Bacula (alt. to Norton Ghost and other backup progs)
http://www.bacula.org/
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Program that lets you figure out what the Task Manager is trying to tell you:

http://overclockers.com/articles1507/

Uniblue Library.
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Free version of Photoshop:

https://www.photoshop.com/express/index.html

Like, legally free.............and from Adobe.
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apt-get for Windows when it comes to drivers:

http://www.overclockers.com/index.php?o ... temid=4264

Checks all of your drivers and finds the newest releases
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Free OCR:

http://www.overclockers.com/index.php?o ... temid=4264

Basically, take any scan or photo or any image with text, use the software, and it will convert the digital picture of the text into actual words you can use in a document. Very handy for students who "borrow" books from the library.
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Free OCR

http://www.overclockers.com/index.php?o ... temid=4264

Take a pic of some text or paper, use the software, and it turns it into a word file.
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I just found a great program! I forget where I heard about it, but it sure is great!

Free OCR

http://www.overclockers.com/index.php?o ... temid=4264

Take a pic of some text or paper, use the software, and it turns it into a word file.
Basically, take any scan or photo or any image with text, use the software, and it will convert the digital picture of the text into actual words you can use in a document. Very handy for students who "borrow" books from the library.
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Lol. I guess the lack of sleep is becoming a *bit* more evident.




Or do I love OCR that much? Hmmmmmmmmmm
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