Tech Treat: 101 Fantastic Internet Freebies

While arguments have surfaced on AccountingWEB in recent weeks about the value or otherwise of computer magazines, the industry bible PC World has proved its worth by compiling a list of 101 fantastic internet freebies for its May edition.

The basic list includes 23 categories including e-mail sites, search engines, blogging and wiki tools, and many others drawn from the magazine’s review program. It also includes a set of People Choice Awards based on user feedback for anti-virus tools, web e-mail, media players, internet search, instant messaging and image editing tools.

If you have a bit of spare time on your hands and want to discover what’s available, try checking out some of the follow sites selected as winners in the respective categories:

Desktop Search
Google Desktop [1]

Windows XP Tweaks
Fresh UI [2]

Windows Vista Tweaks
TweakVI Basic [3]

Instant Messaging, Voice, and Video
Meebo [4]

Security
Avast [5]

Entertainment
VLC Media Player [6]

Image Editing
Google Picasa [7]

E-mail for Free
Gmail [8]

File Sharing
AllPeers [9]

Backup and File Synchronization
Mozy
mozy.com [10]

Office Productivity Software & Services
Zoho
www.zoho.com [11]

Time Management
Backpack [12]

Registry Cleaner
TweakNow RegCleaner Standard [13]

Hardware Utility
Belarc Advisor [14]

Personal Web
Pageflakes [15]

Blogging
Google Blogger [16]

RSS Reader-Online
Bloglines [17]

RSS Reader-Software
Sage [18]

Web Video Site
YouTube [19]

Notepad Replacement
NoteTab Light [20]

Multimedia Tools and Toys
Audacity [21]

Business Productivity
Google Apps for Your Domain [22]