http://www.skype.com/
"Skype is software that enables the world's conversations. Millions of individuals and businesses use Skype to make free video and voice calls, send instant messages and share files with other Skype users. Everyday, people also use Skype to make low-cost calls to landlines and mobiles."
Short Takes Tutorial: Skype Basics
"Skype is software that enables the world's conversations. Millions of individuals and businesses use Skype to make free video and voice calls, send instant messages and share files with other Skype users. Everyday, people also use Skype to make low-cost calls to landlines and mobiles."Short Takes Tutorial: Skype Basics
"Refdesk aims to index, review, and publish quality, credible information-based Web sites and to assist readers in navigating and extracting needed data from these sites. On the Internet since 1995, Refdesk is free and family-friendly."
"Hushmail is the most secure web-based free email service in the world. Since 1999, millions of people and thousands of businesses have trusted Hushmail to safeguard their secrets. Hushmail looks and feels just like any other web-mail site, but adds strong encryption to your emails to protect your secrets from prying eyes."
"Once you have logged in, you can browse from directory to directory and see all the subdirectories and files. There are 3 different ways to upload files: the standard upload form, the upload-and-unzip functionality, and the Java Applet. Once you have logged in, you can browse from directory to directory and see all the subdirectories and files.Click on a filename to quickly download one file. Select multiple files and click on Download; the selected files will be downloaded in a zip archive."
"Freebase, created by Metaweb Technologies, is an open database of the world’s information. It’s built by the community and for the community – free for anyone to query, contribute to, build applications on top of, or integrate into their websites. Already, Freebase covers millions of topics in hundreds of categories. Drawing from large open data sets like Wikipedia, MusicBrainz, and the SEC archives, it contains structured information on many popular topics, including movies, music, people and locations – all reconciled and freely available via an open API. This information is supplemented by the efforts of a passionate global community of users who are working together to add structured information on everything from philosophy to European railway stations to the chemical properties of common food ingredients. By structuring the world’s data in this manner, the Freebase community is creating a global resource that will one day allow people and machines everywhere to access information far more easily and quickly than they can today."
"ColorBlender is developed by Kim Jensen and can best be described as a 'version 2.0' of my ColorMatch 5K tool developed for the Danish 5 KB webdesign competition in 2001. The tool is completely free to use, however, I highly appreciate even the smallest donation, as this help me finance website hosting and continous development of this tool and others."
"Access and back up your home or work computer from anywhere with an Internet connection. Even access your desktop from your iPhone or the dash of your Ford truck. It's fast, easy and secure."
"Meebo lets users gather their friends on a single buddy list where they can talk and share content in real-time across different IM platforms, communities, and traditional social networks. At meebo.com and with the Meebo Bar, users can keep in touch with friends across dozens of IM platforms, including AIM, Yahoo!, MSN, Google Talk, MySpace IM, Facebook Chat, and more. With over 100 million people sharing over 6 billion messages and 75 million links every month, Meebo is one of the Web's fastest growing social media companies."
"Free user-friendly webmail with advanced functions, spam protection and more... Store your photos online and share them with your friends & family. Calendar and tasks allow you to setup email reminders, import/export and more...5GB free online disk space for data and backups, accessible anytime, from anywhere! Turn your desktop into a virtual message board and organize your lists, meetings and more!"
"What's Joost? It's a way to watch videos – music, TV, movies and more – over the Internet. We could just call it a website ... with videos ... but that's not the whole story. We're giving you new ways to find what you'd like to watch. You can search in "traditional" ways – by title or category – or you can find suggestions from other people on Joost. They may be your friends, or they may just be people who have something in common with you – but either way, they can direct you to great things to watch."
"ClockLink.com provides the most widely used Web clock in the world with over 23 million views around the world. In addition, clocks can be set to display any time zone in the world, so they are not only decorative but very practical as well. Use it to show what time it is in your area. There is no charge to use any of the clocks on your website or blog."
"Unlike most online to-do lists, voo2do tracks priority, due date, and time estimates for each task. There is no notion of "lists" in voo2do— tasks can be grouped by project, but you can view and edit a bunch of projects together. Voo2do supports some basic sharing of tasks."
"Slashdoc is the place to put all the documents you have sitting on your computer that you think are useless. Those include old school papers, essays, and research projects. Or once which are valuable but are not getting enough exposure. Those may be your resume, poetry or creative writing. Anything goes! We will accept anything as long as it's not illegal, of adult nature, or blatant spam. We use the latest technology to make sure your documents are submitted to the major search engines giving you the most exposure possible. Everything is completely free, and you maintain copyright to your work. Next time somebody types in your name into Google, make sure they see your best work."
"Faces of Meth™ is a project of the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office. This project began when a deputy in the Corrections Division Classification Unit, Deputy Bret King, put together mug shots of persons booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center. Deputy King worked with his co-workers in the Classification Unit to identify people who had been in custody more than once. He then worked to verify criminal records and files to determine and assure a history of methamphetamine related use. Deputy King also started interviewing people in custody to learn of their drug use, experiences with methamphetamine, how or if methamphetamine contributed to their criminality, and asked what they would tell young people about methamphetamine."
"Livemocha is the world's largest language learning community with over 4 million members! Designed for all language goals and skill levels, Livemocha offers free and plus learning options that actually work – and make learning languages social and fun!Language learning is fun and effective when you practice with native speakers. Join our active community and learn to speak a foreign language today!"
"Google Wave is a new web-based collaboration tool that's notoriously difficult to understand. This guide will help. Here you'll learn the ins and outs of how to use Google Wave to get things done with your group. This entire book is available to read for free online, with an electronic and upcoming print version available for purchase. "
"FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Program. Our partner is the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. FreeRice has two goals: 1. Provide education to everyone for free. 2. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free. This is made possible by the generosity of the sponsors who advertise on this site. Whether you are CEO of a large corporation or a street child in a poor country, improving your education can improve your life. It is a great investment in yourself. Perhaps even greater is the investment your donated rice makes in hungry human beings, enabling them to function and be productive. Somewhere in the world, a person is eating rice that you helped provide. Thank you."
"Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media
"The mission of the International Children's Digital Library Foundation (ICDL Foundation) is to support the world's children in becoming effective members of the global community - who exhibit tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas -- by making the best in children's literature available online free of charge. The Foundation pursues its vision by building a digital library of outstanding children's books from around the world and supporting communities of children and adults in exploring and using this literature through innovative technology designed in close partnership with children for children. The ICDL Foundation is a non-profit corporation."
"Anki is a spaced repetition system (SRS). It helps you remember things by intelligently scheduling flashcards, so that you can learn a lot of information with a minimum amount of effort. Review anywhere. Anki lets you study on your own computer, online, on your
"In an emergency ? Need help backing up your financial services data on your computer hard drive ? Why not also upload via 01FTP.com? Your websites can serve as backup hosts. Our Web based FTP even works with free proxy websites. Once logged in, you can browse from directory to directory and see all the subdirectories and files."
"An easier way to share screenshots has finally arrived. Simply press the ScreenSnapr Hotkey (Ctrl + 1), and almost instantly have access to a URL to share on IM, Twitter, Email, or any other virtual medium. So go ahead, take a Screenshot. It's a Snap!"
"This is an atlas of maps and graphic representations of the geographies of the new electronic territories of the Internet, the World-Wide Web and other emerging Cyberspaces. These maps of Cyberspaces - cybermaps - help us visualise and comprehend the new digital landscapes beyond our computer screen, in the wires of the global communications networks and vast online information resources. The cybermaps, like maps of the real-world, help us navigate the new information landscapes, as well being objects of aesthetic interest. They have been created by 'cyber-explorers' of many different disciplines, and from all corners of the world. Some of the maps you will see in the Atlas of Cyberspaces will appear familiar, using the cartographic conventions of real-world maps, however, many of the maps are much more abstract representations of electronic spaces, using new metrics and grids. The atlas comprises separate pages, covering different types of cybermaps."
"Can you land the Lufthansa plane in the correct city? Once the jet takes off, the name of a European city will appear on screen. You'll start with 8 seconds to correctly identify the location of that city by clicking on the map. The closer you click to the correct destination, the higher your score. The game consists of 3 rounds, with each round containing 5 destinations. Each round is more challenging, which is reflected in the point value for each destination per round. Play Virtual Pilot II for a chance to win a pair of Economy Class tickets and other weekly prizes!"
"Recordr is a way you record yourself live just with a microphone and a web camera, and share it with your friends. By using our bookmarklet, you can also comment with video/audio to a web page you are viewing. 2009/07/20: Recordr started to support Twitter and Tumblr!"
"JuriGlobe is a research group formed by professors from the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa, which focuses on the development of a multilingual information data bank, accessible to all on the internet, containing general information relating to the different legal systems in the world, to the different official languages and to some of the most important international commercial conventions, as well as other multilateral commercial tools. Consequently, a first objective is to provide lawyers and businessmen with a simple and modern device which enables them to have an initial overview of the applicable legal systems and the official languages which apply to the countries in which they are likely to operate, or where their endeavors may take them. A second objective of the project is to provide a visual educational tool aimed at illustrating and encouraging the teaching of comparative and international law, to train and prepare the students allowing them to perform in a globalized world. A third and final objective is to stimulate a discussion on the proper governance of globalization in order to develop dynamic multilateral international commercial tools which are both reliable and easily accessible and based on recognized principles and which take into account the diversity of the various legal systems, their languages and their economic and demographic importance."
"Reviewed and Categorized Free Portable Software, Portable Freeware, and Open Source Portable Applications that can be run directly from a USB device. By installing any of the listed portable apps to your USB flash drive, thumb drive, pen drive, iPod or other storage device, you can carry your applications, tools, software, personal settings and files with you (in your pocket) to use on any available Windows (or Mac in some cases) computer. Bring office applications, e-mail, web browser, instant messaging software, graphical editors, games, media player, antivirus software, recovery tools, encryption utilities, P2P file sharing utilities and much more with you. Most applications run entirely from the portable device, saving your personal settings and changes back to the same device."
"LiberKey includes a lot of free software. True "swiss army knife", it offers local and/or portable use. Local use (directly installed in a hard disk directory) Why install more than 250 applications if they are available in one step via LiberKey ? Best Open Source or Freeware have been selected in order to match most practical needs (OpenOffice, FireFox, Filezilla, Gimp, Videolan,...). They have been grouped under categories in order to facilitate the search and the execution of the desired software. Portable use (installed on USB key, external hard drive, music player such as iPod, ...) It is possible because these applications have been made portable. For example, LiberKey installed on your portable device can be plugged in any computer. Immediately you have under hand all your familiar tools."
"If you like the idea of free education software in schools, email a friend and ask them to explore this website! One of the ways that we know that our efforts are working is by tracking how many people are visiting the website. It's an easy way to support us! * This is a collection of various types of education software * Click a category on the left to refine your view * Clicking on a software title will provide you with detailed information. There are several kinds of software needed in a school environment: network security and monitoring to keep the school networked and safe, grade and timetable tracking software for teachers, educational software for classes, general network clients for email and web access."
"DoInk is a place to enjoy art and animation, and make your own. Have a great idea, but can't draw? No problem. Are you an amazing artist, and want to share your talent with the world? We love you. You can do both? There's an audience here for you! So if you want to be entertained, learn something new, or create something fun, do it on DoInk. How does it work? DoInk brings two things to the table: a community of talented people, and all the tools they need to share their ideas. Once, you've signed up you can begin animating, drawing, and sharing. And to speed things up, you can re-use the work of thousands of other users. Why? People are talented in different ways: Some are story tellers, some critics, some artists, and some are educators. We believe that animation is a great medium, and we want everyone to have access to it!"
"ALISON is the world's leading free online learning resource for basic and essential workplace skills. ALISON provides high-quality, engaging, interactive multimedia courseware for certification and standards-based learning. All courses on ALISON are accessible for free to individual learners. The mission of ALISON is to enable anyone, anywhere, to educate themselves for free via interactive self-paced multimedia. It is our belief that through ALISON, the cost of access to high-quality education can be removed. Through the ALISON learning platform we can assist people around the world in educating themselves, thereby creating a more equitable and sustainable global society. We believe that all certifiable or standards-based learning for every subject can be made available for free online. We also believe that article 26 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states 'Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free...'"
"Brizzly is a reader that works with Twitter and Facebook. It simplifies your browsing and updating experience, while adding a few nifty extras. We'll take some of the work out of keeping up to date with the people, trends and news you want to know about."
"This site will cater for all your translation needs. 
"What is Flowchart.com? Flowchart.com is an online multi-user, real-time collaboration flowchart software. It's Flowcharting made easy. You can collaborate with your colleagues in real-time. All collaborating parties can chat and design a flowchart at the same time. Flowchart.com does not require any software download, it works with your favorite browser such as: Fire Fox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, Konqueror, Google Chrome. Flowchart.com works on any Operating System."
