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Get It On The Web At A Price Everyone Can Agree With: Free!


MANHASSAT, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 1997--

CMP's HomePC Online (http://www.homep.com) Features

Links to 250 Sites Offering No-Cost Products and Services

Who doesn't love a bargain? Web surfers are no different and in its October issue (available on newsstands September 16), HomePC features a round-up of the top 250 sites offering free products and services. The article, "250 Great Sites for Free Stuff on the Web," is also available on the publication's Web site, located at http://www.homepc.com, complete with live links to all 250 sites.

Following is the list of the 30 categories HomePC covers and the offerings available in each:

-- Astrology: Free readings -- Books: Novels and non-fiction for downloading or browsing -- Careers: Job banks, resume guides, ask-the-experts services -- Comics: Old favorites and hot new upstarts -- Coupons: New to the Web, these are HomePC's best of the bunch -- E-mail: E-mail services to help users manage their messaging -- Entertainment: Soaps, celebs, movies and TV guides and Web sites -- E-Zines: The best of what's available on the virtual newsstand -- Finance: Information and tools to increase a user's financial IQ -- Freeware Software that is distributed without charge and which may be redistributed without charge by its users. However, ownership is retained by the developer who may change future releases from freeware to a paid product (feeware). See shareware, free software and public domain software. : Programs, software, Web tools, info managers and more -- Games: Demos and games without the hefty price tags -- Government: Product, education, and financial information -- Graphics: Clip art A set of canned images used to illustrate word processing and desktop publishing documents. , fonts, backgrounds and tips on graphic design -- Greeting Card: Cyber-greetings for almost every occasion -- Home Office: Newsletters, how-to guides, and productivity tools -- How-To: How to play an instrument, fix the kitchen sink and more -- HTML Editors The following is a list of HTML editors with articles in Wikipedia. Text editors

Main article: List of text editors


Plain text editors may be used to produce webpages.
 and Web Tools: For newbies and experts alike -- Kids: Child-safe sites feature free games This article is about Free games. For other uses, see Free games (disambiguation).
Free games are video games which are free software and contain exclusively free content. Because of this they are freely distributable and often cross-platform compatible.
 and activities -- Multimedia: Audio, video and animation files for downloading -- News Services: User choose the news stories they want to see -- Newsletters: Topics covering personal success to surfing the Web -- Parenting: The best sites for child -- and parent -- related issues -- PC Personalizers: Screen savers Screen Savers may refer to:
  • Screensavers, computer programs intended to preserve CRT monitors from "burn-in".
  • The Screen Savers, a technology-oriented television program that aired on TechTV and later G4.
, desktop wallpaper and icons -- Personal Web Pages: Build a home (page) in cyberspace -- rent free -- Plug-Ins and Internet Tools: For audio, video and animation -- Recipes: Tasteful -- and tasty -- sites to satisfy -- Reference: Directories, dictionaries, and other info-finders -- Samples: From contact lenses contact lenses contact nplverres mpl de contact

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 to candy, try it on the Web -- Tech Support: Alternative sources for tech support -- Travel: Hotel and destination guides, magazines, language dictionaries and frequent-flyer mile managers

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(1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information
 Media Inc., HomePC provides easy-to- understand information about home computers, and each issue is packed with engaging features, trouble-shooting tips and first-hand product reviews. The magazine's editors and columnists are among the foremost experts in computer-related education, entertainment, and productivity, as well as Internet services and products for home computer users. HomePC's editors can be reached on HomePC's Web site or on America Online See AOL.  at Keyword: HomePC.

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:CMPX CMPX Complex ) is a leading publisher of newspapers and magazines about technology. With U.S. publications focusing on computers, electronics, information technology and the Internet, it serves the broad technology spectrum: those who build it, those who sell it, and those who use it. All publication titles, including WINDOWS Magazine, InformationWeek, Computer Reseller News and EE Times, along with the company's other Internet products and services, can be found on CMPnet at http://www.CMPnet.com . -0-

Note to Editors: All of CMP's press releases are available on the Web at http://techweb.cmp.com/corporate . Journalists and reporters may also set up interviews with CMP's high technology experts through the site by e-mail.

CONTACT: CMP Corporate Communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise.  

Leslie Dunbar, 516/562-7040

ldunbar@cmp.com

Catherine Jarrat Koatz, 516/562-7827

ckoatz@cmp.com
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