PC World Reveals List of "101 Fantastic Freebies".Award-Winning PC World Editors Deliver List of Top-Rated Free Programs and Tools With Designated Winners in 23 Categories SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Today, PC World released its "101 Fantastic Freebies" article http://find.pcworld.com/56879, which includes a wide range of free services (O.Eng. Law) such feudal services as were not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum of money, etc. See also: Free , downloads, Web sites, and more. Also included is the "People's Choice Awards The People's Choice Awards is an awards show recognizing the people and the work of popular culture. The show has been held annually since 1975 and is one of the few to be based on the opinions of the general public. " http://find.pcworld.com/56820 survey with input from PCWorld.com visitors. The story is featured in PC World's May 2007 issue, and will be on newsstands April 10. For anyone who's ever wondered which free email service See Internet e-mail service. is really the best, or what's the easiest way to back-up your system, this article delivers valuable information about where to find these freebies. PC World editors tested and evaluated hundreds of downloads and services before narrowing it down to the top 101, with a designated "winner" in each of 23 categories from desktop search tools to video sites. Each service or program had to meet certain criteria in terms of design, usefulness, functionality, and of course, they all had to be free. From standard services we are all familiar with like IM and e-mail, to freebies that have directly impacted peoples' lives, PC World editors covered it all. For example, Captain Ronnie Young of the United States Air Force United States Air Force (USAF) Major component of the U.S. military organization, with primary responsibility for air warfare, air defense, and military space research. It also provides air services in coordination with the other military branches. U.S. said that Craigslist and Google Earth A 3D mapping program from Google that covers the entire globe from satellite images. Requiring a download for Windows, Mac and Linux desktops, a street address can be searched, and the views can be zoomed down to the individual building all the way up to a satellite's view of the globe. actually helped save lives during Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. . He and his team used Craigslist to
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Here is the list of our 101 Fantastic Freebies, broken out into 23 categories: Desktop Search Google Desktop (winner) Copernic Desktop Search Windows Desktop Search Yahoo! Desktop Search Windows XP Tweaks Fresh UI (winner) Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP Tweak and Tune Windows Vista Tweaks TweakVI Basic (winner) VistaBootPRO Easy BCD Instant Messaging, Voice, and Video Meebo (winner) Jajah Skype Gizmo Yahoo! Messenger Trillian Windows GAIM Google Talk Security Avast (winner) ZoneAlarm AVG Anti-Virus Free SMAC Microsoft Windows Defender Spybot Search & Destroy Entertainment VLC Media Player (winner) iTunes Foobar2000 Image Editing Google Picasa (winner) Snapfire Irfanview StudioLine Photo Basic Microsoft Photo Info FastStone MaxView Media Purveyor GIMP-GNU Image Manipulation Program Paint.Net Email for Free Gmail (winner) Yahoo! Mail Microsoft Windows Live Mail Spamato Thunderbird Eudora IncrediMail File Sharing AllPeers (winner) Pando uTorrent Backup and File Synchronization Mozy (winner) MediaMax XDrive Microsoft SyncToy Everyday Auto Backup Microsoft Foldershare Office Productivity Software & Services Zoho (winner) Portable Apps Google Docs and Spreadsheets Num Sum Ajax 13 OpenOffice.org Time Management Backpack (winner) Google Notebook Sticky Notes Easy To-Do Registry Cleaner TweakNow RegCleaner Standard (winner) Clean My Registry Hardware Utility Belarc Advisor (winner) SpeedFan M2 Information Personal Web Pageflakes (winner) Netvibes Protopage Google Personalized Home Windows Live Blogging Google Blogger (winner) WordPress LiveJournal Microsoft Windows Live Spaces AOL People Connection Yahoo! 360 RSS Reader-Online Bloglines (winner) NewsGator Online Google Reader RSS Reader-Software Sage (winner) Active Web Reader Tristana RSS Reader MCE RSS Reader Web Video Site YouTube (winner) Blinkx Yahoo! Video Google Video Notepad Replacement NoteTab Light (winner) Crimson Editor EditPad Lite Multimedia Tools and Toys Audacity (winner) Free iPod Video Converter PSP Video 9 DVD Shrink Business Productivity Google Apps for Your Domain (winner) Microsoft Office Live FreeCRM.com Other Craigslist Google Earth Last.fm MySpace PureVolume To see a list of the freebies broken out alphabetically, go to: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130045-page,13-c,freeware/ article.html?tk=pr_3/28/07 (Due to its length, this URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) In addition to the "101 Fantastic Freebies", we heard from more than 1,800 PCWorld.com readers who rated their satisfaction with the most prominent free software or services in seven main categories for the "People's Choice Awards": Antispyware, Web e-mail, Image editing, Media playback, Instant messaging, Desktop search, and Video sharing. This allowed readers to share their opinions with fellow readers and site visitors. About PC World Communications PC World Communications, Inc. is the publisher of PC World, PCWorld.com (www.pcworld.com), and home of the PC World Test Center. 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