accounting/personal finances

Ace Money Lite
GnuCash (replaces MS Money, Quicken)
InvoTrak
Less Accounting
Mint
Quickbooks Free Invoice Generator
Shoeboxed.com
The Invoice Machine
Wave Accounting

anti-spam

ePrompter
JustHumans
Mailwasher
Sender Policy Framework (SPF)
Solve Media TYPE-IN (captcha service)
SuperAntiSpyware Free

anti-virus

Avast
AVG
Avira
ClamWin
Malwarebytes
Panda Cloud
PC Tools Anti-Virus
ThreatFire
Trend Micro Housecall (virus scan)
ZoneAlarm (firewall)

article & ezine tools

Format Text/Articles
Format It!
Free Spam Checker Tool
Mad Mimi
Spam Check
Tiny Letter (free ezine builder/distribution)

 

audio tools

Audacity HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Blaze Media Pro
Online Converter
MixPad Multitrak Recording
PolderBits
Rapid Rip
RecordPad Sound Recording
Slice Audio File Splitter
SoundTap Audio Recording
Stamp ID3 Mp3 Tag Editor
Switch Audio Converter
The Levelator
Wavepad Sound Editor

Stock Music & Sound Effects

ProductionTrax
Sound Snap

 

blogging

WordPress (self-hosted) HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Misc. Tools & Accessories

CMS Matrix
Fotor(free photos for bloggers & creatives)
Gravatar
Photo Bin (free photos for bloggers & creatives)
Pixabay (free photos for bloggers & creatives)
Solve Media TYPE-IN (captcha service)
Typealizer
Wordle

 

browsers

FireFox
Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Safari (for Macs)
Safari (for PCs)

business

UK Business Set-up

 

calendars (online & shared)

AirSet
Calendars.net
Google Calendar
SpongeCell
Yahoo Calendars
Zoho Calendar

 

charitable giving

DonationTracker
GoFundMe
GoodSearch
GoodShop
JustGiving
ModestNeeds

 

chatware/IM

AliveChat
Pidgin (replaces AIM, Windows Messenger)
Trillian

 

computer backup

ADrive
Backup995
Backupify
Mozy

 

computer cleaners

CC Cleaner HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Easy Cleaner

 

computer security

Ad-Aware
Spybot Search & Destroy
Spyware Doctor
Stopzilla Anti-Spyware

 

copyright protection

Article Checker
Copyright Spot
Copyscape
Creative Commons
Doc Cop
Plagiarism Checker
Plagium
TinEye Reverse Imaging Lookup
Viper Anti-Plagiarism Scanner
What To Do When Someone Steals Your Content
WhoIsHostingThis

 

copywriting

Emotional Marketing Headline Analyzer
Lulu Title Scorer

 

CMS (content management system)

DropPages
Moodle (learning management system)

 

CRM (customer relationship mgmt)

FreeCRM
Karma

 

electronic signature

MyLiveSignature

 

email

BlueTie
Bouncr (address disguiser to help protect against spam)
BrandMyMail (personalized email templatesl)
Breeze
ClearContext
DeeMail Templatizer
Email on Acid (email testing & preview)
Eudora
Fast Mail
Format-It
Gmail
Gmail Notifier
GTDInbox for Gmail
MailDrop
MailVU (video email)
Plaxo
SendInc (email encryption)
SquadMail NEW
Sunbird
Thunderbird
Zimbra

 

employee scheduling

Kappix

 

excel tools

ASAP Utilities

 

fax

Efax
Fax Free
HelloFax

 

file conversion

Google Swiffy (converts Flash to HTML5)
Zamzar

 

file sharing & transferring

AirDropper
Box
Cubby
CuteSendIt
DropBox HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
DropPages
DropSend
HelloFax
JustBeamIt
MailDrop
SendSpace
SendThisFile
SpiderOak
SugarSync NEW
Windows Live FolderShare/Windows Live Sync
YouSendIt

 

fonts

FontBrowser
Font Converter
SymbolAssist
WhatFont Tool

 

forums

SimpleMachines
phpBB

 

FTP

Filezilla
FireFTP
Fling

 

graphic design

Adobe Free CS2 Downloads
Canva
ChocoFlop (Mac only)
CompressPNG
Cropp.me
Disketch Disc Label Software
Fotor
Gimp (replaces Photoshop)
Gimp Photo
GimpShop (replaces Photoshop)
GiniPic
Google Plus Banner Creator
IconFinder
Image Size Calculator
Inkscape (similar to Illustrator)
Make Business Cards
Method Draw
Online Converter
Paint
PaintStar
Photo Pos Lite
PhotoBucket
PhotoPad Image Editor
PhotoPlus
Photoscape
Photoshop Express
PicMonkey
Picnik
Pixels 2 Inches
Pixie Color Picker
Pixillion Image Converter
Pixlr
PIXResizer
psdGraphics
Seashore
Shrink Pictures
StylePix
ThingLink
TinyPNG
VCW VicMan’s Photo Editor
Visme
Vector Magic
Verticle Response Button Builder

 

image sharing/hosting

Flickr
Imgur
PhotoBucket
Picasa
SmugMug

 

infographics

amCharts
easel.ly
Google Chart Tools
Hohli Charts
iChart
Infogr.am
Piktochart
Visua.ly
Wordle

 

keyword tools

Google Keyword Tool
Wordtracker

 

legal case management

Legal Case Management System

 

marketing tools

Thumbtack
Tynt

Apps

Magmito (mobile phone app creator)

Publicity

HARO (Help a Reporter Out)

QR Codes

BeQRious (QR code generator)
GoQR (QR code generator)
Kaywa (simple QR code generator)
PaperLinks (QR code generator)
QRStuff (QR code generators)

 

media players

PlayPad
RealPlayer HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
QuickTime
SMPlayer
VLC (replaces Real Player, Quicktime, Windows Media Player)
WinAmp
Windows Media Player

 

meeting coordination

Acuity Online Appointment Scheduler
Bookfresh
ClickBook
Doodle
GenBook
Jiffle
Meeting Scheduler for Gmail (FireFox Add-On)
NeedToMeet
TimeBridge
When Is Good
YouCanBookMe

 

OCR

Simple OCR

 

office apps

AbiWord (word processing)
Copernic Desktop Search
Credenza
Diagram Designer
EverNote (note taking)
Gliffy
Google Docs & Spreadsheets
LibreOffice (replaces MS Office)
MS Office Web Apps (free MS Office Suite)
Notepad 2 (replaces MS Notes)
Open Office (replaces MS Office)
Portable Apps
Project Draw
Scribus (desktop publishing)
SoftMaker FreeOffice (replaces MS Office)
ThinkFree (replaces MS Office)
Ubuntu (operating system)
VUE
Zoho Docs (replaces MS Office & Google Docs)

 

online forms

123ContactForm
DropBox Forms (from your website to your DropBox)
EmailMeForm
FormToEmail
Icebrrg
JotForm
JustHumans
MyContactForm
Wufoo

 

PDF

Adobe Acrobat Reader
CutePDF
PDF to Word
PDF-Xchange Viewer
PDF995
PDFConverter
PDFCreator
PDFEscape
PDFtoHTML
PrimoPDF

 

podcasting

PodClass (directory)

 

powerpoint/presentation tools

Haiku Deck
My Brainshark
PowerPoint Thermometer
Preezo
PreZentit
Prezi
Slideshare
Slideshare ZipCast
Spresent
Viewbook
Visme

 

press release tools

Duct Tape Marketing Press Release Creator
Press Release Grader

 

project mgmt & online collaboration

1st Manager
Ace Project
ActiveCollab
Airset
Asana
Basecamp Free (1 project/10MB file storage)
Bubble.us (online mind mapping & collaboration)
CeBase (online database sharing)
Clocking IT
Collabtive
Cosketch
DotProject
Evernote
Exobrain
FreedCamp
Gant Project
GantPV
Gantter
GlassCubes
GoPlan
Google Groups
GQueues
Intervals
iTeamwork
KanbanFlow
MindMeister
OfficeZilla
OnStage
Project Pier
ProjectDesk
ProjectStat
Sandglaz
TeamLab
TeamWork Free (2 projects/10MB file storage)
Thinkfree Docs
Thinking Rock
Trello
WorkFlowy HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Zoho Projects Free (1 project, unlimited users, 10MB file storage)

 

publishing tools

Blurb
Knowledge Genie

 

reference tools

Dictionaries

Dictionary.com
Legal Dictionary
Merrium-Webster’s Online Dictionary
NetSpeak (phrase dictionary)
Thesaurus.com
TheFreeDictionary
Wordoid
WordWeb

Government

Do Not Call Registry (US)

Grammar & Form

Eggcorns
Roman Numeral Converter
Son of Citation

Law

Nolo

Mail

Zip Code Lookup (Canada)
Zip Code Lookup (US)

Maps

3D Views
Bing Maps
Google Maps
Mapquest
OpenStreetMap
Yahoo Maps

Math

InstaCalc (shareable online calculator)
Percent Calculator

Money

Payscale
Salary
XE Currency Converter

Telephony

Country Codes
Get Human 500 Database

Time

ClockLink
Online Countdown Timer
TimeAndDate (time zone converter)
WorldClock
World Clock Meeting Planner
World Time Buddy (time zone converter)

Translation

Babylon 8

 

remote access

MyIvo
TeamViewer HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
TightVNC

 

RSS

FeedDemon
Feedly (reader)
NetVibes (reader)
NewsBlur (reader)
RapidFeeds
RSS Graphic Tool
RSSOwl (reader)
RSSpect
Update Scanner (website monitor)

 

screen capture & editing

Clarify-it
PicPick

 

screen recording

Capture FireFox Add-On for Screen Recording
Debut
Screencast-O-Matic
Screenr

 

shareware sources

Download.com
Global Shareware

 

shoppingcarts

vStore

 

social networking tools

Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn
MySpace
Pinterest
Twitter

Private Networking

Yammer

Dashboards & Publishing

AddThis
Cyfe All-in-One Dashboard
Dlvr.it
Hootsuite
Online Ping Tool
OnlyWire
Ping-o-Matic
Seesmic
ShareThis
SocialPointer
Tumblr
Twhirl

Facebook Tools

PageModo

Google+

Google+

Pinterest

Pinstamatic

Twitter Tools

Buffer
FriendOrFollow
Power Twitter
Refollow
SocialBro (analytics)
SocialOomph
TweetBeep
TweetBurner
TweetButton
TweetChat
TweetGrid
TweetReach
TweetStats
Twellow
TwInbox
TwitBin
Twitoaster
TwitPic
TwittelatorPro
Twitter Widgets & Badges
Twittorati
TwitterCounter
TwitterFeed
TwitterGrader
TwitterSearch
TwitterSheep
Twitter Primer
TwitWall

 

survey tools

Easy Internet Survey
FreeOnlineSurveys
PollDaddy
Quipol
SurveyMonkey

 

task tracking

GQueues
HiTask
MemoToMe (reminder service)
OhDontForget (text reminder service)
Remember the Milk
reQall (reminder service)
Simpleology
SpringPad
Ta-Da List
Teux Deux
The Online CEO
ToDoist
ToodleDo
Voo2Do
Wakerupper (reminder service)

 

telephony

Axon (virtual VoIP PBS)
FreeConference
FreeConferenceCall
FreeConferenceCall HD HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
FreeConferenceCalling HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
FreeConferencePro
Google Voice
IVM Free Voicemail Software
NoCostConference
Oovoo Free 2-Way Videoconferencing
Phonebooth (Google Voice alternative)
Rondee
Skype

 

testing/training/tutorials

Bento Online Course for Web Development
Free Online College Courses
Khan Academy
Klava (typing test & practice)
Shaw Howe Beginner's Guide to HTML & CSS
Shaw Howe Advanced Guide to HTML & CSS
The Reader’s Edge
Typing Master

 

time tracking

ActiTime
Cashboard
ClockingIt
Colorhat
Emergent Task Timer
FlexiServer
FreshBooks
Hour Guard
LessTimeSpent
MakeSomeTime
ManicTime
myHours
Online Stopwatch
Project Hamster
SlimTimer
TimeStamp
Time Tracker
Toggl

 

transcription

Express Delegate Audio File Management
Express Scribe
MSRS Conference & Court Recording
Pocket Dictate Voice Recorder for Pocket PC
Tex Tally (word, character & line counter)
The FTW Transcriber
Transcribe
Verbose (text to speech converter)
Web Dictate (Internet dictation software)

 

utilities

Belarc PC Audit
CacheMyWork
Clonezilla
Defraggler
Express Burn Disc Burning
Inventoria Professional Inventory Management
LaterThis
Magical JellyBean Product Key Finder
MEO Free Data Encryption
Print Friendly
Scratchpad
Stickies
Synergy (mouse/keyboard sharing)
The Alphabetizer
TurboNote+
WinDirStat

AutoText

FastFox Typing Expander
Phrase Express
Shortkeys

Passwords

Browser Password Asterisk Revealer
KeePass Password Safe
LastPass
Norton Password Generator
Perfect Passwords
Strong Password Generator

Short URLs

Bit.ly
Shorty
SnipURL
TinyURL

Zip Filing

7-Zip (similar to Winzip)

 

video

Video Chat

AV by AIM
CamFrog
Google Chat
iChat (Mac)
Oovoo
Qik
TinyChat

Video Converters

Any Video Converter Ultimate
Evom
Freemake
Golden Videos (VHS to DVD converter)
Hamster
Handbrake
Image Grab
Online Converter
Prism
Rapid Rip
VideoLobster

Video Downloaders

FlashLynx
YTD Video Downloader

Video Hosting/Streaming

Broadcam
FlowPlayer
Jing Project
Livestream
UStream
Vimeo
Wetoku

Video Production

Animoto
GoAnimate
iMovie
Lightworks
Magisto
PhotoStage Slideshow
Photilla Photo Album
RenderForest
Stupeflix
Ustream Producer
VideoPad
VideoSpin
VidPresso
Viewbix (YouTube interactivity)
Windows Movie Maker
Xtranormal Movie Maker

 

web conferencing

AnyMeeting
Big Blue Button
CrossLoop
FreeScreenSharing.com HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Google+ Hangouts (up to 9 people)
Join.me
MeetingBurner (up to 15 people) HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Skype (group conference & Facebook video chat for up to 10 people)
TeamViewer (up to 25 people)
Twiddla
Yugma
ZipCast

 

web design

About.me (one page website)
Accessify
AnyBrowser
Blue Backlinks Checker
BrowserShots
CSS Generator
CSS Inliner Tool
Dead Link Checker
Domain Log Book
Domain Tools
Favicon From Pics
Find Broken Links
Fluid 960 Grid System
Google Analytics HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Google Website Optimizer
Google Fight
Grid Designer
Jetpack (WordPress tools)
Komodo Edit
Mobile Phone Emulator (see how your site looks on mobile phones)
Moonfruit (free website builder)
Pixels 2 Inches
Pixie Color Picker
Screenfly (browser testing)
SEO Browser
Stat Counter
Vischeck
Visual Website Optimiser
Website Grader
WebSTAT (basic version free)
Wibiya (free web toolbar)
XML Sitemaps

 

wireless internet

Wi-Fi Free Spot