I'm passing along this listing of PC freeware that was first reported in Stephen Downes' OL Daily. I agree with Stephen that Sudeep Bansal's list contains many valuable tools. I've already tried two, ZoneAlarm and SpyBot Search and Destroy, and plan to try several more; I've also passed the list along to friends. Readers of Bansal's blog item from Brilliant Ignorance have added their own recommendations for additions and their critiques of some list items. The sharing of freeware and shareware is certainly one of the best features of the Internet for open learning. (Sudeep Bansal's other blog, Medicine and Man, is also worth a visit; Dr. Bansal practices medicine in Lucknow, India.) ____JH
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Essential Freeware for the PC User. Usually titles containing the word 'essential' are hyperbole, but thisw title is an accurate reflection of the contents. Many of the applications listed - Firefox, Audacity - will be familiar, but most everyone will find something new here. For me, it was Videolan's VLC Player, a multiformat and multiplatform audio and video player. Maybe I can rid my computer of the triple scourge (Real, Quicktime and Windows media player) at last. Clip this one and save it, and prepare to be downloading and trying out these applications for some time to come. Great stuff. By Sudeep Bansal, Brilliant Ignorance, August 17, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily]
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