Web References and Computer Resources

References to help you in online work and with hardware and software problems.

Web References  Internet telephony and messaging
Web Tracking Tools Web Building Tools
Computer/Network Security
Internet Traffic Report Sites Hardware and Software Advice
Web Style Guides Shareware

 

Hardware and Software Advice

www.computerhope.com/
Computer Hope.  Help and links
www.dslreports.com
Reports on putting in Digital Subscriber Lines
http://freecode.com
Web's largest index of Unix and cross-platform software
www.ifixit.com/
Electronics repair manuals
www.oreilly.com
O'Reilly and Associates.  Computer books.  Some are online free.  Also, helpful links
www.tomshardware.com/
Tom's Hardware Guide
www.techadvice.com
Tech advice for professionals
www.pctechguide.com/
PC Tech Guide
www.techrepublic.com/
An IT advice site
http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/
WiFi Planet
www.projectmanagement.com
A project management advice site
www.driverguide.com/
Driver Guide
www.betanews.com
Reviews of new software
www.anandtech.com
Reviews of new hardware
www.virtualdr.com
PC tutorials
www.microsoft.com
Advice from the source for all Microsoft products
http://dotwhat.net/
File Extension resource
www.yougetsignal.com/
Simple diagnostic tools for the internet
www.filext.com
File Extension Source.  Answers to what file extensions are.
http://www.tldp.org/
Documentation for Linux code
www.belarc.com/free_download.html
Belarc Adviser.  Tells you what is in your PC
www.pchell.com
How to remove viruses and spyware
http://supportdetails.com/
Gives tech details of your computer
www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en
Microsoft download center
www.zamzar.com/
Free online file conversion
http://whatismyv6.com/
Tells whether you are using Ipv4 or IPv6
www.freshdevices.com/
Windows tweaks
www.filehippo.com/updatechecker/
Update checker
www.python.org/
Python
www.w3schools.com/
Software tutorials
www.cheat-sheets.org/
Cheat sheets of many kinds
www.computer.org/annals
IEEE Annals of the history of computing
    https://pcpartpicker.com/
For finding computer parts
www.computerhistory.org
Computer history

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Computer/Network Security

  http://isc.incidents.org/
Internet Storm Center
http://spamcop.net/
For reporting spam
www.sans.org/
SANS Institute.  Network security
 https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords
Tells whether passwords have been compromised
www.packetstormsecurity.org/
Network security news
www.gnupg.org/
  A data encryption suite for e-mail
http://nvd.nist.gov/
National vulnerability database
www.insecure.org/nmap
Security testing
   https://haveibeenpwned.com/
Tells whether computer has been compromised
   

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Shareware (These links take you to software that can help you serve your clients better, faster and less expensively.)

www.download.com
Download.com
http://docs.google.com
Word processor and spreadsheet
http://freecode.com
Shareware.
www.tucows.com
TUCOWS
www.real.com
Real Player
www.winappslist.com/
Allen's Winappslist shareware
www.driverfiles.net
Driver files
www.winzip.com
WinZip
https://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-cleaner/
Windows 10 registry cleaner
www.majorgeeks.com/
Freeware, shareware
www.completelyfreesoftware.com/index_all.html
Completely Free Software
http://drupal.org/
Open Source online content management
https://www.google.com/chrome/srt/
Chrome software removal tool
www.rememberthemilk.com/
To do list
www.appscout.com/
Scouts for applications
www.mediafire.com/
File sharing
www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec_Step_By_Step
Photo recovery from corrupt files
www.zoho.com/
Business applications
www.freewaregeeks.com/
Freeware Geeks
http://pinta-project.com/
Photo manipulation
www.cottonwoodsw.com/links.html
Shareware links
http://www.digikam.org/
Photo organization
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/
Open office package - freeware
http://ninite.com/
Fast software installation
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
Searches for and removes malware
http://www.lavasoft.com/
Removes virus and spyware
http://www.glaryutilities.com/
Utilities to fix regustry
http://asana.com/
Task management
http://www.gimpshop.com/
Photo manipulation
http://hugin.sourceforge.net/
Photo stitching

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Internet Telephony and Messaging

www.skype.com
Internet telephony
www.facebook.com/sitetour/chat.php
Facebook chat
https://hangouts.google.com/
Google Talk
www.trillian.im/
Multiple internet messaging
https://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?&.src=ym
Yahoo mail - free
www.gmail.com
E-mail - free
 https://www.whatsapp.com/
Whatsapp
 

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