Top websites & Links to the best freeware software
Useful information and Links:
http://makeuseof.com
Best News Resource
www.digg.com
makeuseof.com
www.slashdot.org
www.tuxmachine.org
Social Networking
www.facebook.com
www.genealogywise.com
www.livemocha.com
Genealogy LINKS
All Round
Top sites to make your search public. Join a mailing list, ask and assist other people in there research
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
http://genforum.genealogy.com/
Ireland
http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/index.html
http://sources.nli.ie/
Netherlands
www.tresoar.nl
www.genlias.nl
www.graftombe.nl (Photo’s of Gravestones)
Genetics & DNA
http://www.genetree.com/
https://www.23andme.com/
http://www.genexdiagnostics.com/index.php
http://www.smgf.org
http://www.dnareunion.org
http://www.familytreedna.com
Learn about DNA
http://www.nature.com/scitable/search-scitable?criteria=dna
Multimedia Tools - FREEWARE (Free to use software)
Convert DVD to Portable
Handbrake http://handbrake.fr/
Note: Versions past 0.9.3 do not support AVI and other formats.
Video Editing - Freeware
Avidemux http://avidemux.berlios.de/ or http://avidemux.org/
VirtualDub http://www.virtualdub.org/
Convert AVI to DVD
DVD Flick http://www.dvdflick.net/
Security Tools - FREEWARE (Windows)
Best Security Protection
Protection against Viruses, Malware, Adware, Spyware, Rootkits
Microsoft Security Essentials http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/
Spybot http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html
SUPER Antispyware www.superantispyware.com
Lavasoft Adware http://www.lavasoft.com/
MalwareBytes www.malwarebytes.org
LANGUAGE TOOLS
LANGUAGE LEARNING
Byki www.byki.com
Livemocha www.livemocha.com
Linguata www.linguata.com
BBC www.bbc.co.uk/languages
LANGUAGE TRANSLATORS
Google Translator translate.google.com
BING Translator www.microsofttranslator.com
Tools to Detect Unknown Language Text
LangID http://langid.net/
Google Language Detection http://www.google.com/uds/samples/language/detect.html
Self Education
Cosmo Learning www.cosmolearning.com
Driver Update Tool (Windows)
Device Doctor http://www.devicedoctor.com/
Antique Camera Manuels
http://www.butkus.org/chinon/
Education (Coming Soon)
Online Video Lectures
Academic Earth http://www.academicearth.org/
FreeVideoLectures http://freevideolectures.com/
Open University LearningSpace http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/
Connexions http://cnx.org/
NPTEL http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/
ICT Resources
DIY Calculator http://www.diycalculator.com/index.shtml
History of Computers http://www.computernostalgia.net/articles/historyOfComputers.htm
History
Shoes http://www.shoeme.com/dates.htm
http://makeuseof.com
Best News Resource
www.digg.com
makeuseof.com
www.slashdot.org
www.tuxmachine.org
Social Networking
www.facebook.com
www.genealogywise.com
www.livemocha.com
Genealogy LINKS
All Round
Top sites to make your search public. Join a mailing list, ask and assist other people in there research
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
http://genforum.genealogy.com/
Ireland
http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/index.html
http://sources.nli.ie/
Netherlands
www.tresoar.nl
www.genlias.nl
www.graftombe.nl (Photo’s of Gravestones)
Genetics & DNA
http://www.genetree.com/
https://www.23andme.com/
http://www.genexdiagnostics.com/index.php
http://www.smgf.org
http://www.dnareunion.org
http://www.familytreedna.com
Learn about DNA
http://www.nature.com/scitable/search-scitable?criteria=dna
Multimedia Tools - FREEWARE (Free to use software)
Convert DVD to Portable
Handbrake http://handbrake.fr/
Note: Versions past 0.9.3 do not support AVI and other formats.
Video Editing - Freeware
Avidemux http://avidemux.berlios.de/ or http://avidemux.org/
VirtualDub http://www.virtualdub.org/
Convert AVI to DVD
DVD Flick http://www.dvdflick.net/
Security Tools - FREEWARE (Windows)
Best Security Protection
Protection against Viruses, Malware, Adware, Spyware, Rootkits
Microsoft Security Essentials http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/
Spybot http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html
SUPER Antispyware www.superantispyware.com
Lavasoft Adware http://www.lavasoft.com/
MalwareBytes www.malwarebytes.org
LANGUAGE TOOLS
LANGUAGE LEARNING
Byki www.byki.com
Livemocha www.livemocha.com
Linguata www.linguata.com
BBC www.bbc.co.uk/languages
LANGUAGE TRANSLATORS
Google Translator translate.google.com
BING Translator www.microsofttranslator.com
Tools to Detect Unknown Language Text
LangID http://langid.net/
Google Language Detection http://www.google.com/uds/samples/language/detect.html
Self Education
Cosmo Learning www.cosmolearning.com
Driver Update Tool (Windows)
Device Doctor http://www.devicedoctor.com/
Antique Camera Manuels
http://www.butkus.org/chinon/
Education (Coming Soon)
Online Video Lectures
Academic Earth http://www.academicearth.org/
FreeVideoLectures http://freevideolectures.com/
Open University LearningSpace http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/
Connexions http://cnx.org/
NPTEL http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/
ICT Resources
DIY Calculator http://www.diycalculator.com/index.shtml
History of Computers http://www.computernostalgia.net/articles/historyOfComputers.htm
History
Shoes http://www.shoeme.com/dates.htm