Sunday, September 30, 2007

Completely Free Games

LibregamewikiThe 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.

Saturday, September 29, 2007

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.

Friday, September 28, 2007

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.