Directory of free software July 26, 2008
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If you are looking for some free software, then the self-explanatory Free Software Directory should be your first port of call. Never dismiss software just because it’s free, try it out and explore the creators website. I used a free virus checker when I had a PC and it was absolutely fine.
Free premium content December 6, 2006
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Download the Congoo toolbar and you can access web content that you normally have to pay for, such as FT.com. Anyone used it?
Via Peter Scott, been sitting in my Bloglines for several months…
Freeware! November 22, 2006
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Brilliant! Librarian In Black has linked to I want a Freeware Utility to…450+ common problems solved. Find spyware on your PC, chat, burn CDs, add widgets to your site, budget, ooh, all sorts! Great resource.
Free online storage October 29, 2006
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As a public librarian I had a lot of computer documents to keep track of. Disks didn’t allow much storage and we weren’t given pen drives (much cheaper now). I tried using Yahoo Briefcase for a while but something went very wrong and I lost some work. After that I took to just emailing myself stuff (not the greatest system when your network was prone to crashing, gosh I’m glad I got myself a new job!).
Online storage sites are becoming much more popular and if I was in the same position now I’d probably give one of the a go. Whilst tidying up my Bloglines saved posts, I found one about Orbitfiles (thanks to I want to) and it looks pretty good.
The free account gets you 1000MB of storage and you can use it for backing up and sharing files as well. There is also a tool you can download that will automatically upload and therefore back up your files for you.
New version of Koha October 18, 2006
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Peter Scott reports that the latest version of Koha has been released. What’s Koha? Koha is what I wish I had known about several years ago, it’s a free, open source library management system. I don’t know much about it but from what I’ve seen it’s pretty impressive and should definitely be looked at if you need an LMS and are on a tight budget – especially if you are seriously considering using Access! As I did…
Databases the lazy way August 12, 2006
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Why use Google Spreadsheets? June 14, 2006
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Something that I've seen various bloggers asking. I instantly found a use for Google Spreadsheets as I don't have Excel on my home PC and have to keep a personal budget spreadsheet at work. On a weekend I have to try and remember how much I've spent so I can enter it in on Monday to check I'm not spending too much (not always achieved if you're thinking this sounds too anal!).
Now I can keep my budget online and update it anywhere. It's something very simple but I'm impressed.
Find freeware easily April 19, 2006
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Often you hear that you can find a program to do just about anything on your computer for free, which is possibly true, but how good is the quality? Where do you go to find freeware? Is it really free? Lifehacker have posted about a great directory of freeware so now we know where our first port of call should be. Scroll right down to the bottom and there are some useful 'how to's as well.
