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FavBackup archives your settings, bookmarks, passwords, and more from any of the major browsers. The software handles backing up Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Opera. FavBackup is only available for windows at this time but it’s worth checking out.

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One of the best standalone video players has reached 1.0. VLC 1.0 is a free download for Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. Some of the new features include new HD codecs such as (AES3, Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD, Blu-Ray Linear PCM, Real Video 3.0 and 4.0).  Check out the new version at the Videolan.org

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The best way to recover from unexpected data loss is to be properly prepared. Check out the couple options below that can help you out of pickle. Of course backing up your data in the first place is the best option.

1. Recuva is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses!

2. TestDisk is a powerful free data recovery software! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally deleting a Partition Table). Partition table recovery using TestDisk is really easy.

3. PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost files including video, documents and archives from Hard Disks and CDRom and lost pictures (thus, its ‘Photo Recovery’ name) from digital camera memory. PhotoRec ignores the filesystem and goes after the underlying data, so it will still work even if your media’s filesystem has been severely damaged or re-formatted.

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When you are designing a website or any content really you mostly always want to add some stock images to it, to give a good looking feel, Here I’ve listed 3 best websites where you can download stock and royalty free images for free. That’s right i said free as in ZERO.

1. StockVault

2. PhotoCase

3. Stock.xchng

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Recently Acrobat.com launched a new site and it has some useful tools that are free of charge. Of course they want you to upgrade to the premium access but you still get some great features for the free basic access. Some features include uploading large files to share and send to friends and family that would normally be blocked by your email. They also have a feature to create pdf’s online.

You will need a adobe userid and password but this is free.

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Don’t know how to code web pages and don’t want to spend a fortune on expensive programs like Go Live. Don’t sweat it there are always free alternatives to those expensive programs. Here are a couple examples to get you started.

Amaya – Amaya is unique in several ways, one of which is the ability to edit multiple documents simultaneously on the web. This is a great feature for webmasters; Amaya allows the user to browse and make web pages
from scratch or copy and paste content from existing sources. Editing and browsing are combined in a single tool. It has a collaborative annotation application that lets you add comments or remarks to any web document or add them to a part of the document that you select.

KompoZer – One of the most important features is still that editing take place in WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) mode allowing you full control of layout as you work with your web design.

These two programs should get you started. Good luck and happy web designing.

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Let’s face it, the theme that comes with wordpress as the default is not very flashy. There are plenty of places to spice up your blog and of course it’s all free so don’t bother paying for a theme. For instructions on how to upload a new theme, click here.

The WordPress official site – Check out the official site has they have a ton of themes for free.

WordPress Themes Base

We will have more free templates later so check back often.

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Everyone loves software but people love it more when it’s free and we totally agree with that statement. That’s why we are recommending to you,  give openoffice a try. It’s a great open-source office suite that features word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It’s a great alternative to the Microsoft Office. Also there is a great community of people or are developing some useful extension for this software so it’s worth checking out. Go to OpenOffice.Org to get your free copy.

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Alright that was a cheesy title. Anyways we have a great site here where you can get a ton of great fonts for free of course. Check out fontex now for all your font needs.

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Why buy something when you can get it for free. Here are our top 3 free ftp programs.
1. FileZilla – This is the most popular free ftp program.
2. FireFTP – It’s a plugin for firefox but it’s still free and awesome.
3. CoffeeCup Free FTP – It doesn’t get anymore simple then this program but that’s a good thing.

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