The 10 All-Time Greatest Free Downloads and Services

In our 15 years of choosing the best free stuff, we’ve spotlighted the superstars: Adobe Reader, Craigslist, Flickr, Gmail, Google, Mozilla Firefox, and Wikipedia. Here are ten other classics you might not use–but should. (For more of our favorite downloads, sites, and services–including a list of all 112 picks, arranged by category–look in the box to the right.) Ad-Aware Free : This utility is simple to use and does an excellent job of detecting and killing spyware
Make the Most of Your Browser Our five Web-savvy tools and services can help you recover the information you typed into forms, add narrations to presentations, turn PDFs into editable documents, and more. CeeVee : Register to build a polished-looking résumé with this Web service, and then share it online via Facebook, Twitter, or a custom Web address.
Want to correct Windows problems, make your PC or mobile phone more capable, and get things done faster online–all without opening your wallet? Check out these 112 incredibly useful, incredibly free downloads, sites, and services
Be More Productive With these 11 downloads and Web-based services, you can share large files, save ink, monitor action items, and accomplish even more.
Lock Down Your PC Protect your PC with the following four downloads and services, all free.
After working reliably for over a year, my Richard Solo Model 1200 backup battery for the iPhone unexpectedly caused some major grief. However, I believe that at least part of the blame for the trouble resided with me
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Apple’s Mighty Mouse (now also called an Apple Mouse) has a dirty little secret. While the scroll ball performs its duties as intended when the mouse is new, it can become clogged with dirt and grime over time.
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In December Google launched the Living Stories Google Labs project (in conjunction with The New York Times and The Washington Post) to experiment with the format of online news delivery. Today, Google is open-sourcing the technology and making it available to all publishers.
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