Free Movies, Cartoons and More

There are a lot of sites with homemade video but more and more are adding public domain movies and cartoons. These are basically the same movies and cartoons that you can buy in the bargain bin for a buck.

Save a dollar, watch them online.

WatchFilms.com

Free 3d Design Software

DesignWorkshop Lite: A fast, fun and free tool for creating 3D models, images, and walkthroughs, from sketches to presentations.

I first found this software a couple of years ago. I used it to design some landscaping. Decent tool for the price.

The complete freeware DesignWorkshop Lite software package provides all you need to build your own 3D models for home design and visualization of architecture, landscapes, exhibits, or any kind of spatial design. With DesignWorkshop Lite you can view and walk-through ready-made models of any size, like the free 3D building models in the Great Buildings Online, in DXF, DesignWorkshop, or 3DMF format, with amazing live 3D speed.

You can get the software with documentation and tutorials for $9.95 but the download version is free.

Free Woodworking Plans

Hey woodworkers! This site has an extensive list of woodworking plans.

FreeWoodworkingPlan.com has thousands of free plans and projects in a searchable database.

I used plans from this site to build my first workbench. Some good stuff here.

Free 1st Person Shooters

OTS Software has released all of their games as freeware.

As a THANK YOU! to all our loyal fans, OTS Software has decided to make all of our retail and shareware games FREE! Over the next few weeks, we will be re-releasing all of these games as freeware.

Check out the OTS Games page. They have plenty of online and downloadable content.

None of these games are going to change your life. These are games you would normally find on the bargain rack at Best Buy or Circuit City. There's also not a lot of replay value here, at least not for me. However, they are neat little games. And there are plenty of them.

In this list of games you can fight dragons, undead, aliens, mad cows and even lawyers! How cool is that. There are a few games for the kids also.

AVG Anti-Rootkit Freeware

AVG has one of the best free anti-virus programs around. They now have an anti-rootkit tool:

AVG Anti-Rootkit is a powerful tool with state-of-the-art technology for detection and removal of rootkits. Rootkits are used to hide the presence of a malicious object like trojans or keyloggers on your computer. If a threat uses rootkit technology to hide itself it is very hard to find the malware on your PC. AVG Anti-Rootkit gives you the power to find and delete the rootkit and to uncover the threat the rootkit is hiding.

400 Free Dos Games

DOSGames.com lists classic DOS games available for download. Not all of these are truly free. There are a bunch of freeware games but there is also a lot of shareware and demo files.

Still, it's a good resource to keep on hand. I've played many of the games on this site and I occasionally go back to replay some of the "nostalgia" games.

If you have questions about licenses or how to play a specific games, be sure to check out the dosgames faq.

Free Gaming Magazines

GamerZines offers free EZines for gamers. The EZines are professional quality and are available for download in PDF format. You can download individual issues from the site or you can sign up for a free subscription.

This is a very professionally down set of EZines. I was surprised how good they are when I first downloaded one. Imagine PC Gamer in PDF format. That's pretty much what these look like.

The site is currently offering zines on Xbox 360, PS3, PC Games, and a Handheld Gamer zine.. A zine geared for MMOs will be released later this year.

Check it out!

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Gizmo Central - Free Desktop Extender

Gizmo Central is a collection of utilities designed to extend your desktop and make your daily computer use easier. There is something for everyone in the list of utilities.



Features:

• Gizmo Toolbar - Configurable quick launch bar for the Windows Shell


• Gizmo Drive - Mount ISOs, encrypted hard drive images to a virtual drive


• Gizmo Script - Automate your PC and execute functions using script


• Gizmo Database - Query Analyzer and stored procedure analyzer


• Gizmo Editor - Colorizing text editor and hex/binary editor


• Gizmo Hasher - Calculate hash values for files, folders, and drives


• Gizmo Synchronization - Synchronize files and deploy software between clients

Gizmo is 100% free. Check out the FAQ.

Why is Gizmo free? What's the catch?

Answer:
There is no catch! Gizmo is free, and always will be. We do encourage you to check out our other products while you are here.

Free Game - Urban Terror: 1st Person Shooter

Urban Terror is built using the quake 3 engine. Urban Terror calls itself, "Where Quake meets Reality." The graphics, as expected, are great.



This is not JUST a mod. You do NOT need to own quake to play this game. The team has created the ioUrbanTerror engine which lets you play this game for free.



As the tag line, Where Quake meets Reality, might imply, this is a reality based game with completely new gameplay.

Check out videos before you decide to download.

Free Web-Based SSH and Telnet

If you run your own web server, the software is free. For about USD20/year you can use a hosted solution.

Have you ever wanted SSH or telnet access to your system from an “internet desert” - from behind a strict firewall, from an internet cafe, or even from a mobile phone? Anyterm is a combination of a web page and a web server module that provides this access.

Anyterm can use almost any web browser and even works through firewalls. There is experimental support for mobile phones using WAP. If you join my.anyterm.org you can access your systems straight away via our server with no software to install anywhere. Alternatively, you can run the Anyterm software on your own system.

3000+ Free Games

It looks like the people who run this site are car dealers. Whatever. They have a huge selection of neat little games. You won't find an Oblivion clone here but there are some good RPG, Adventure and Platform games.

Caiman Free Games

10 Free Ebooks For Bloggers

From Mashable comes the Top 10 Free E-books For Bloggers. These completely free, downloadable ebooks include:

Authority Black Book - Jack Humphrey
Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization - SEOMoz.org
BlogBash: Deep Secrets of Successful Blogging - learn from 30 experts
Blog Profits Blueprint - Yaro Starak
Dive Into Web 2.0 - Deitel
Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber Dissidents - Reporters without Borders
Make Money Online with John Chow dot Com - John Chow
Unleashing the Idea Virus - Seth Godin
Web Style Guide - WebStyleGuide.com
Who’s There - Seth Godin

Voice Recognition Software

For developers, Sphinx is "a set of reasonably mature, world-class speech components that provide a basic level of technology to anyone interested in creating speech-using applications without the once-prohibitive initial investment cost in research and development; the same components are open to peer review by all researchers in the field, and are used for linguistic research as well".

Not for end users but I am sure some enterprising developers are wrapping front ends around this.

Recipe Manager Software

Recipe Manager - Your Cooking Companion. A free and easy-to-use Recipe Database Management System to assist you in organizing your recipes and help you in analyzing the nutritional values of your meals. It contains a large database of ingredients and their nutrient values (over 100 nutrients, micro nutrients, minerals and vitamins).

This Software is ideal for any person concerned about their health or involved in fitness, diet and Nutrition.

Completely Free Games

The Libre Game Wiki is an encyclopedia of free games. Launched in August 2007, it is quickly growing.

You can get a list of all the free games in games index.

Free in the case of this wiki is pure open source free, not freeware. That means most of the games are available on source forge and all of the come with source code.

Free Software Magazine

Free Software Magazine is the free online magazine about free software. It is free to subscribe and free to read online. Please, feel free to read all of our issues, book reviews, newsletters, and blog entries and participate in our forums. We now have hundreds of articles online, so you are sure to find what you are looking for in our archives.



For more information about the magazine, check out the Free Software Magazine About page.

If you like to write, Free Software Magazine is also looking for contributors.

Grand Theft Auto, Free!

The game that started the urban car/fire fight. Grand Theft Auto, GTA, is available for free from Rockstar Games. Get GTA, Wild Metal and GTA2 for free.

Free Writing Software

Not all of this software is free. Some of it is free but some is trialware. It's also a very ugly site but looks don't count when it comes to free stuff.

The site is The Write Stuff.

Some of the stuff you can get are an EBook compiler, several different novel writing packages, and some utilities like help files, grammar checkers, editing tools, etc.

Build A Website That Sells

A free eBook from Microsoft and Entrepreneur Magazine, Build A Website that Sells. According to the site, "Microsoft Office Live and Entrepreneur magazine are committed to helping entrepreneurs start and nurture their businesses by providing solutions that can be put into action immediately".

Get your copy of the free downloadable e-book from Entrepreneur magazine, "Build A Website That Sells: 10 Easy Ways to Grow Your Website." This 52-page e-book in PDF format includes tips, techniques, and tools to help you design an effective and engaging Web site, generate more Web site traffic, maximize search engine results, provide a more secure online experience, and much more.

Ref Desk

The ultimate reference, Ref Desk is brought to you by Bob Drudge, the father of Matt Drudge. RefDesk aims to be: "The single best source for facts on the Net."

VISION STATEMENT: Since 1995, Refdesk is a free and family-friendly web site that indexes and reviews quality, credible, and current web-based resources.

Refdesk is free and family friendly. The site is the single best source for facts on the Net; a one-stop site for all things Internet: news, weather, sports, reference, encyclopedia, facts on file, dictionaries and encyclopedias, tutorials, search engines, Windows Operating Systems Resources, free stuff, games and much more.

The site has 20,000+ quality links. Named by Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine, 'Best Reference Directory for 2001 and 2002.' Named by PC Magazine, '2003: Top 100 Web Sites.' Selected by PC World Magazine, '2003: Best Research and Advice on the Web.' Forbes Magazine names Refdesk '2003: Best Reference Sites.' PC World Magazine names Refdesk '2004: Best Reference and News Resource.'

Gen. Colin Powell picked refdesk as his 'favorite web site.'

Smithsonian Magazine Online

History, Art, Science and Technology, Travel, Nature and Wildlife, Peoples and Culture; it's all there at Smithsonian Magazine.

Smithsonian magazine is a monthly magazine created for modern, well-rounded individuals with diverse interests. It chronicles the arts, history, sciences and popular culture of the times. Each subscription includes a complimentary membership to the Smithsonian Institution.

You can subscribe to the print version or read the online version for free. If you do subscribe, you'll be helping a truly useful organization. All profits from the magazine support the institution. Ninety-nine percent of membership dues are allocated for Smithsonian magazine. Smithsonian is usually published monthly, but may occasionally publish special issues.