Miscellaneous Freebies
In this category, you'll find a selection of miscellaneous freebies available on the Net. If you happen to stumble across an outdated link, we'd very much appreciate it if you could report it.
Free Presentation Helper PowerPoint Slides - Do you need to deliver a slide presentation to your colleagues? Visit this site for various resources to help spruce up your slides, including free PowerPoint templates, clipart and sounds. Be sure to view their free editable PowerPoint newspaper slides, which provide an exciting design twist on a traditional newspaper layout!
EasyMySpace.com - This site offers free tools to help you create your personal MySpace page. They offer free MySpace layouts, MySpace backgrounds, codes, graphics, profile editors, MySpace chat rooms, contact tables and more. They feature software dedicated to surfing and editing MySpace accounts. Everything is free at EasyMySpace.com, as long as you complete a free membership registration.
Free Microsoft Office Training Manuals - Would you like to be more "productive" with your productivity software? If Microsoft Word, Access, Excel and other office programs have you pulling your hair out, help is at hand. The Mouse Training Company is offering a number of training manuals that you can download free of charge. They cover both basic and advanced functions and offer tons of reading material.
CoolSavings - Visit CoolSavings for free grocery coupons and many other coupons that you can produce by using your printer. Here, you'll find free coupons to save money on food, baby goods, cereal, fashion accessories, gifts and lots more besides. To enroll with this completely free scheme, simply click the link above and complete the form at the coolsavings.com Web site. (U.S. Only)
Bplans.com - If you're keen on setting up your own business and would like some extra help with writing a business plan, then head on over to this Web site. Bplans.com, amongst various other commercial products, offers 60 completely free sample business plans for you to browse through. There are plans included here for numerous industries and potential business ventures.
Free Office Productivity Suite - At this site, you can download "OpenOffice.org" free of charge (an open source productivity suite of programs), available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. This suite contains various powerful programs and includes a word processor, spreadsheet, database, presentation tool, graphics program and more. It is also compatible with MS Office generated files.
My Coupons - A well-designed Web site, offering free coupons for a wide variety of products, stores and online sites. At MyCoupons.com, you can search for vouchers by browsing through their categories or if you prefer, search using their search feature. The estimated value of each coupon here is also stated, so it's easy to see approximately what each is worth. (U.S. Only)
My Points - The My Points program pays you for using the Internet. Users can get points for activities like visiting Web sites, clicking on ad banners, making a purchase, reading an email and much more. The points you earn are redeemable for merchandise and services from My Points partners such as The Sharper Image, Marriott, Hyatt, Barnes & Noble etc. (U.S. Only)
WhosOff - A free online holiday staff planning service that's unique on the Internet. WhosOff makes planning staff holidays relatively easy, and with a ton of useful features, you can plan for an entire year. This service handles holiday entitlements and quickly determines who can and cannot be absent on a particular day. Additionally, managers can approve or disapprove days off at the click of a button.
Free Recipes - Here you'll find hundreds of free "old fashioned" recipes from the good old days. With modern cook books in abundance and celebrity chefs, you could be forgiven for thinking that quality cooking from your Grandmother's day had gone by the way. This site proves that cooking of this nature is still possible and includes recipes for meat, soup, bread and more.
Catalogs.com - Provides hundreds of free catalogs covering various topics, such as gardening, health, vacations, etc. When you find a catalog that suits your interest, all that's required is your delivery details. Please note: the vast majority of catalogs here are only available to United States residents. You may search for catalogs by keyword or choose from the menu.
Free Norton Anti-Virus Software - Register here and follow the prompts to receive a free version of Norton SystemWorks 2008, a popular utilities suite, which includes an anti-virus program and various other utilities. Using this, you can optimize your PC's performance, fix and prevent problems, recover from system failures and also keep dial-up connections active. (U.S. Only)