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strawberrylongcat

1 posts since
Mar 25, 2008

15. Mar 25, 2008 11:20 PM

in response to: PCWorld

101 Fantastic Freebies

There is no Sharaza V4. The current release of Shareaza is 2.3.1.0 and can be obtained from: http://shareaza.sourceforge.net/

stimm

1 posts since
May 1, 2007

16. Mar 26, 2008 9:44 AM

in response to: CJLee89

Re: The Web's Best Free Stuff

Yes, Open Office is indeed free. Star Office, based on Open Office, is not.

vMATTLEEv

41 posts since
Mar 21, 2008

17. Mar 26, 2008 9:54 AM

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Re: The Web's Best Free Stuff

my pt in all this is all products need to be hand tested and all products on these lists need to have the consumers best interest in mind. also there should be no download with caution on a site like this, if someone gets a virus/adware/malware/ worm/trojan/etc, pcworld and the editor who suggested the products should be held accountable because either 1) they knew the product wasnt safe and suggested anyways cause they were paid by that company to suggest it or 2) they never actually tested the product. both cases means pcworld should be held accountable for their downloads. this isnt a huge download site like softpedia.com or download.com that has millions to test. those places its understandable to miss some products due to the number they have to test. this site has no excuse to have adware products.

also there shouldnt be ads anywhere on sites that have subscriptions available, if youre making money off the customer its wrong to load up the website with ads. the only places who should be allowed to do that are the ones who's only income is through donations and ads. your sister company saying adblock plus is wrong and that ppl who use it are stealing info is total bs, thats only true if ads and donations are the only way their making money. if people didnt come to these sites most wouldnt subscribe to the magazine. your sister company computerworld is lucky their mouthes didnt cost pcworld loyal subscribers. you guys should be thanking us not trying to force us to deal with ads too.i mean who's interest do you have in mind? yourselves or the consumers?

bajadan

1 posts since
Mar 27, 2008

18. Mar 27, 2008 5:13 PM

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101 Fantastic Freebies

...what about Dynamic Security Agent?? great personal firewall and anti-malware and totally free for the peoples!

CombiVerde

32 posts since
Aug 18, 2006

19. Mar 28, 2008 8:57 AM

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101 Fantastic Freebies

¿What do you have against GoogleEarth & GoogleMaps???
Not a very good list, obviously biased!!!

DonYan

we have to believe in something: I believe I'll have another beer...

GimmeABreak

2 posts since
Mar 31, 2008

20. Mar 31, 2008 1:39 AM

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101 Fantastic Freebies

I don't know how you consider Windowblinds a freebie. It is SHAREWARE - Look up the definitions. A "free download" doesn't constitute a "freebie", freeware, or anything of the likes. Is gas a freebie since you aren't being charged upfront to pump it?
I have to wonder how much Stardock paid for this little scratch on the back. It doesn't do much for your credibility.
Gimmeabreak

MJJones60

1 posts since
Feb 11, 2008

21. Mar 31, 2008 9:59 AM

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101 Fantastic Freebies

It would be nice if there more user ratings. "FREE" software apps too often make a mess of things rather than being good tools...

nantucketbob

2 posts since
Sep 2, 2006

22. Mar 31, 2008 11:49 AM

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Re: The Web's Best Free Stuff

We have to click through 100 items to find out what each does? A concise and accurate description of each site would have been immensely helpful. If 100 is too large a number, split the article.

NeverQuiteThere

17 posts since
Mar 12, 2007

23. Mar 31, 2008 1:45 PM

in response to: vMATTLEEv

Re: The Web's Best Free Stuff

I had to respond to this spectacular comment above:

'utorrent was bought out by bittorrent thus is worthless now'...

WHAT ARE YOU GOING ON ABOUT?

What exactly does this silly statement mean??!!

Utorrent was bought by another company and so erm..it no longer works?

Utorrent is being monitored by the FBI and anyone who uses it for nefarious purposes will find themselves arrested??

Both of the above are completely silly and unfounded in any reality.

I just wanted to reaffirm that UTORRENT is most certainly THE torrent client to use.

So light on resources an old P1 pc can use it..try that with some of the other clients out there!

Nice List PCW but I don't agree with more than half of your suggestions.

I know, I know a list like this is always going to guarantee only ONE THING: People will disagree with it!

Cheers!

Oh and vMATTLEEv: reactOS = hehehe

darklightning

10 posts since
Feb 11, 2008

24. Mar 31, 2008 3:42 PM

in response to: CJLee89

Re: The Web's Best Free Stuff

OpenOffice is Free, www.openoffice.org, get it today

mlibrescu

6 posts since
Mar 1, 2008

25. Mar 31, 2008 5:43 PM

in response to: PCWorld

101 Fantastic Freebies

It seems to me that most of these are either useless, really old, or things that I alreay have paid software that will do it better.

darklightning

10 posts since
Feb 11, 2008

26. Mar 31, 2008 6:04 PM

in response to: vMATTLEEv

Re: The Web's Best Free Stuff

I think some of you are either very uneducated or simply being spiteful. First, concerning reactOS, read this, taken from their homepage

"Please bear in mind that React OS is still in Alpha stage, meaning it is not feature complete and is not recommended for everyday use."

Bear that in mind. Next AVG is actually a good antivirus, and bad antivirus is better than no antivirus when you cannot afford any.

OpenOffice is actually on of the best office solutions out there, espically considering it's price.

Just because Utorrent was "bought out" does not mean that it is "worthless".

Why don't you think PC World should test drive all the different free OS' out there as well. Fedora is great, and there are a ton of different apps out ther. PC World chose those that would have great funtionality and be useful. Sure, there are thousands of free downloads out there. But look at them, many have not been updated for 10 years, or have critical flaws, or worse, have spyware. When analyzing software, you need to do only those that will have a great potentail of use, otherwiseyou waste your time. Please research your complaints fully before speaking.

GimmeABreak

2 posts since
Mar 31, 2008

27. Mar 31, 2008 7:04 PM

in response to: darklightning

Re: The Web's Best Free Stuff

WindowBlinds is still Shareware. I think that the editors on this site should do THEIR research before making posts like this.

Ronh56

10 posts since
Jul 14, 2007

28. Apr 1, 2008 4:00 AM

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101 Fantastic Freebies

Open office is great!! I use it all the time. Many people send me microsoft office docs, and before open office, I couldn't open them. The only thing that would make it better would be if they included desktop publisher. Now I have need of a program that can open desktop publisher files.

darklightning

10 posts since
Feb 11, 2008

29. Apr 1, 2008 6:39 PM

in response to: GimmeABreak

Re: The Web's Best Free Stuff

I give you that. WindowBlinds is Shareware. But, the article was on

Freebies!

not FreeWARE. Shareware is free, it is a limited edition of a commercial program. Not only are you confusing your terms, you are misleading others by saying that sharware is different. Is is a Freebie. I do understand that theyleft some out, like the GIMP, www.gimp.org. But, you can't test everything! So please, stop being all mad over shareware or freeware, when they are both freebies!

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