You see it everywhere these days, “Earn Money Online”, “Earn an Online Income”, “Want to earn $$$ from your PC?”  But how many of these schemes are actually legitimate offers?  It is impossible to know.  I know I like earning money online, but I have two simple rules that I follow:

If I have to pay [...]

If you want to play video or music files in any format, download VLC Media Player.  It’s free and is a great alternative to Windows Media Player, iTunes and RealPlayer, to name but a few.  No more converting files or searching for programs to handle the format. Just play and enjoy.
VLC Media Player

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For quick, easy and free FTP, FileZilla might be what you are looking for.   Both a client and server are available and you can find them at the link below:
FileZilla – The Free FTP Solution

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Here at Chestnut Design we’re on the hunt for good (and free) antispyware, antivirus, malware sites.  So far we’ve come across:

AVG
Avast
Avira
Panda Cloud
PC Tools Antivirus Free

If you know of any more, please, please let us know in order that we can build a comprehensive list of free, quality antivirus software.  Thanks you guys!

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Easy Thumbnails allows  you create accurate thumbnail images and scaled-down/up copies from a wide range of popular picture formats.  Its interface makes it easy to find your images and select them for processing individually, in groups, or in whole folders, using a simple file selector and built-in image viewer. You can use slider controls to rotate images [...]

A comprehensive selection of free tools for webmasters is available from Bravenet.  These tools include hit counters, email forms, password protection, calendars, chat rooms, mailing lists, site search and many more.
Bravenet Web Tools

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If you need to convert .rar files but don’t want to download or buy software in order to do this, visit zamzar.com.  Quick and easy!
Convert .rar files online

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With Jing you can:

Take a picture or make a short video of what you see on your computer monitor.
Share it instantly via web, email, IM, Twitter or your blog.
Simple and free, Jing is the perfect way to enhance your fast-paced online conversations.

Visit their website to download:
Jing

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Audacity is a free, easy-to-use and sound editor and recorder. You can use Audacity to:

Record live audio.
Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
Edit sound files.
Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
And much more.

To download Audacity and get a full list of features visit:
Audacity

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Did you ever need to access your work files out of hours and have to make the trip into the office?  LogMeIn enables remote control of your desktop.  You can transfer files between computers, print remote files to your local printer, share large files, share your desktop with another person, amongst other things.
LogMeIn

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