Fun Stuff, Free Stuff, Cool Stuff, New Stuff

Enjoy a new cartoon daily at Alex's Restaurant. If you haven't been there before, be sure to Meet the Characters.

Dr. Webster's Web Site of the Day is the only place on the Net offering a complete review of a hot, cool, new Web site daily. You'll also find tons of fun, informative, and useful links here.

Freebyte! - the site for free stuff. - Free Software, Free Screensavers, Free Homepages, Free E-mail Addresses, Free Web Services, Free Graphics! What more could a poor nerd ask for?

HOT Windows Site of the Week features and describes a new selection each Wednesday, and maintains a list of links to previous picks.

PCWatch - All the latest Computing News Everyday!
You won't wait around for large banners or applets to load—this page is =fast= and effective. You'll want to bookmark and check it daily to see what's new in the PC/Internet world. Previous articles are on-line in the PCWatch Archives.

High-Tech Shower presents news from "High-Tech Shower International", a TV program in Japan. High-Tech News uses RealAudio synchronized with pages describing various topics including space science, communications, multimedia, medical, mechatronics, physics, optics, biotechnology, the environment, and energy. This is a bilingual (English/Japanese) site.

Jazz Soft Sitemaps - Enter the URL of a Web site, and SiteMap will produce a "map"of the site, listing its page contents in outline form. You can use SiteMap to subscribe to Web pages in combination with MailCast, a FREE service which will notify you when pages are updated. Check out these sites that I've "mapped". [ microsoft.com - sitemap ] and [ hotfiles.com - sitemap ]

The Web Wanderer - Looking for more good links to explore? This site features Web picks suggested by San Francisco's Bob O'Donnell on Computers radio show listeners. All links are verified and carefully described by Michael Solinas, The Web Wanderer. You'll always find fresh sites selected by real surfers like you.

Software, Freeware, Shareware, Windows Drivers

FREEWARE PUBLISHING SITE offers a large, well-organized collection of the best freeware for Windows 95. The software presented is not shareware or commercial demoware, it is real FREEWARE! - Updated daily! (This page loads slowly… but it's worth the wait.)

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Freeware Home   "Looking for FREE software? Look no further…"
This is a well-organized site for finding FREE 32-Bit Software including DESKTOP, EDUCATION, GAMES, GRAPHICS, HOME & HOBBY, INTERNET, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRAMMING, WINDOWS UTILITIES, MICROSOFT GOODIES, and FREE SERVICES. These categories are subdivided so that it is a snap to browse areas that interest you. The site includes a simple search engine. Program listings include a brief description with date, size, version, and operating system.  Programs are not rated.  Download, Web page, and email links are provided.

Freeware32.com has the most comprehensive collection of 32-bit freeware and shareware available on the World Wide Web. If you love freebies and you're using Windows 95, this may become one of your favorite places!

Freeware Favorites reviews Windows 95 freeware. Thoughtful reviews include screenshots and download links. This page is not frequently updated—the author favors quality over quantity. The reviews are very well written, and his recommendations are rock-solid. You can browse back issues, and sign up to be notified of future ones.

Completely Free Software - Australia / USA  provides reviews and download links for Windows 95, Windows 3.x and DOS freeware, plus Webmaster's freebies. Be sure to sign up for the FREE 'Completely Free Software' newsletter.

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SoftSeek - "The Source for Shareware, Freeware and Evaluation Software."
This site provides extensive listings of Windows 95/NT, Windows 3.x, and DOS programs with reviews and screenshots. Top downloads and 'picks' are spotlighted. Categories include; Business & Productivity, Desktop Enhancements, Education, Games, Graphics, Home & Hobby, Internet, Programming, and Utilities.

N O N A G S does the work of finding Windows 95/NT Internet and general FREEWARE applications that are really free, really work, and really worth your time. They also list a few exceptional shareware programs. Use their Mirror Finder to locate the fastest, most-recently updated mirror for your location. —Updated daily!

Frank Condron's World O'Windows is an up-to-date collection of useful news, resources, and tips about current and future versions of Windows, including Windows 95/NT. This is positively the best place to look for drivers and related information. Windows users should make it a habit to visit Frank's at least once a week.

WinDrivers.Com features itself as "The World Wide Web's #1 Resource for Windows 3.1, 95, & NT Drivers."  Drivers for all your Windows needs… all in one place? Yes, and there's more—you'll find hard drive parameters and jumper settings, and memory upgrade information here.

Yves Bellefeuille's Home Page offers the Best Freeware for DOS and Windows 3.1. You'll also find information on formulating a basic anti-virus strategy, removing master boot record viruses, making boot and rescue risks, increasing free conventional memory, and CPU benchmarks, plus sample CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files.

RighTime™ - The RighTime Company - Tom Becker offers tips, FREE software, and links to help ease your PC into the next century. "Many PCs will not enter year 2000… without help. So, from the author of Year2000.Com, here's TEST2000.EXE - a simple, complete and free PC hardware year 2000 diagnostic."

PC Hardware Sites

Anand's Hardware Tech Page informs the end user of the hardware and software aspects of computers in today's constantly changing world. Topics include reviews, news, games, and programming.

HwB: The Hardware Book provides the Internet's largest free collection of connector pinouts and cable descriptions. You can download The Hardware Book in various formats for ready reference. Tip: select and bookmark a nearby mirror site.

MODEM misery? These two sites may be just what you need. The Navas 28800-56K Modem FAQ™ is the most comprehensive. Curt's High Speed Modem Page seems to be more timely.

Motherboard HomeWorld - This popular, unbiased site features motherboard buying secrets, a searchable index of motherboard model numbers, and links to motherboard vendors and manufacturers. There is a wealth of other information at this site—even a laundry soap replacement.  ;~)

System Optimization - PC Hardware and Performance Guide! - Performance Related Information, Product Evaluation, System Component Information, benchmarking, hardware ratings, tons more!

Tom's Hardware Guide is Thomas Pabst's well-known guide to PC hardware. This is a must-see site for the hardware-minded PC enthusiast!

Tweakit Hardware Reference Site provides up-to-date information on computer hardware plus reviews of items ranging from from motherboards to cases. You'll find information and thoughtful commentary on the most-current hardware topics including CPUs, Hard Drives, Video Cards, CD-ROMs, and RAM.