Computer Software

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Computer Software


About.Com: Antivirus Software
Learn about viruses (and hoaxes), current virus alerts, how to report viruses, and how to remove viruses from your computer.
http://antivirus.about.com/

Computer Hope
Computer Hope is a collection of services that allows users to access its database of free computer-related information. Good for end-users and includes, "computer support facilities for answering compter-related questions."
http://www.computerhope.com/

Download Shareware
This site compiles a list of free software downloads available on the Internet. Categories include financial, health, games, graphics, health, among others.
http://www.downloadshareware.com/

Download.com
Searchable, browsable directory for downloadable software on the Internet for both PC and Macintosh systems.
http://download.com.com/

ExcelTips Online
Stop here to check out easy-to use articles supplying tips and tricks for using Microsoft Excel. Information from over a thousand articles and tips covers all version of Excel, with tips clearly marked for the version where they will apply.
http://exceltips.vitalnews.com/

Helpanswers Educational Foundation
This website provides computer help and instruction to students, teachers, and the general public. Features of the site include an online support center with thousands of computer questions and answers; hundreds of computer tutorials; a computer dictionary; a computer address book and a person-to-person custom question answering service by the Helpanswers Knowledge Editors.
http://www.helpanswers.org/

Office 2000 Tutorials
Florida Gulf Coast University's free online tutorials for Windows 2000 includes Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, and Front Page.
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/

PC Show and Tell
Online software help. "PC Show and Tell is a FREE Internet library with more than 10,000 voice-enabled tutorials. These step-by-step shows help you maximize the use of your software. Now you can see and hear the answer to your 'how-to' questions! Our library includes 70 top software titles and websites including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, ICQ, AOL and many more."
http://www.pcshowandtell.com/

PHP/MySQL Tutorial
Three part tutorial on server-side scripting using PHP and MySQL, with links to other database tutorials.
http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/99/21/index2a.html

SearchTechTarget.com
One of the most comprehensive resources on the net devoted to the use and programming of database and database-to-web connectivity software, including ASP, CGI-PERL, SQL, ColdFusion, Oracle, and hundreds more. It includes links to tips, tutorials, reviews, mailing lists, consultants, FAQs, and news items.
http://searchtechtarget.techtarget.com/

Shareware Music Machine
Shareware Music Machine is the world's largest site devoted entirely to music software. We cater to all major operating systems and have over thirty categories devoted to everything from midi sequencing to MP3 software to the latest programs for remixing music in real-time. You'll find links to nearly 2000 software titles on the site as well as regular features on issues pertaining to musicians who want to use software as part of their music making. Site also features the latest music software news and links to music books.
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/

Software Patent Institute
A nonprofit corporation formed to provide courses and prior art about software technology to help improve the patent process. This site features the SPI Database of Software Technologies, which "consists of descriptions of software technologies. Each record in the database is all or a portion of a source document that is generally not readily available on-line or in electronic form elsewhere. In particular, we do not include patents and most current trade publications; we are interested in the 'folklore' of the computing industry... Our source documents include computer manuals, older textbooks and older journal articles, conference proceedings, and other such materials." Links to other patent-, computer software-, and computer science-related sites are also available.
http://www.spi.org/

Tech Maven: Business Week online
Tech Maven provides useful product reviews, rating and pricing information and advice on both Mac and PC platforms. The "news" section "takes you to the Business Week Online Computer Room, a browsable archive containing most of the computer coverage from Business Week magazine for the past several months." The site includes a search function for assisting in finding product information/reviews. This site is frame-based.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/wildstrom.htm

VersionTracker
VersionTracker.com is the most accurate and up-to-date source of Windows, Mac and Palm OS software updates on the Internet. The VersionTracker content team tracks over 30,000 applications with hundreds more added every week.
http://www.versiontracker.com/

WomenGamers.com
While this website aims to publish the voice of female gamers, all who game are welcome. The ultimate goal of this site is "to establish an environment where women gamers can be integrated with the rest of the gaming community."
http://www.womengamers.com/

WordTips Online
Having trouble with Microsoft Word? This site has 1600 free tips and tricks to help Word work better, faster, and more easily for you. Tips cover many different versions of Word for the PC with tips clearly marked for the versions to which they apply.
http://wordtips.vitalnews.com/