BusinessIT Links

Laptop Stuff website stocks everything you can possibly think of to protect your laptop, make it run better, connect it to other devices and more. The site is cleanly and clearly laid out, so it's easy to find the accessories you are after. While the prices seem to match what you'll find elsewhere, it's the massive range of products available from one site that makes Laptop Stuff stand out.

LGL - LGL is a compendium of applications for making the visualization of large networks and trees tractable.

MySQL - Open source database software

Paketto Keiretsu - Dan Kaminsky's collection of tools that use new and unusual strategies for manipulating TCP/IP networks.

PHP - general-purpose scripting language

Programming Tutorials - You will find over 300 programming language tutorials, lessons, and how-to's. You can surf through our collection of free online tutorials or read postings in one of their forums. Includes a large collection of tutorials such as: Visual Basic - QBasic - C - C++ - CGI - JavaScript - Java - VRML - ADA - DELPHI - SQL - PERL.

TheShell.com - TheShell.com is an ISP providing bandwidth and hardware for this project.

SoftwareVault.com - Download FREE software for your PC directly from the software authors themselves.

DOWNLOADS & RESOURCES

A Few Scanning Tips

Digg is all about user powered content. Every article on digg is submitted and voted on by the digg community. Share, discover, bookmark, and promote the news that's important to you!

Download.com

DTP.COM

Dynamic Drive - excellent place on the net to obtain free, original DHTML & Javascripts to enhance your web site!

dzone - Tracking down websites that can help you design your own website can be tricky. This website is a link-sharing community where web developers submit sites they think may be of interest to others.

Macromedia

Microsoft Download Centre

QuickTime Gazette

SoftwareVault.com - Download FREE software for your PC directly from the software authors themselves.

LINUX RESOURCES

DATABASES

Adabas D database (link)

Flagship (Interface for xBase database files) (link)

Gaby (Gnome desktop personal database) (link)

IBM database (link)

Informix database (link)

Ingress II (link)

Katabase (KOffice desktop database) (link)

MySQL database (link)

Oracle database (link)

Sybase database (link)

The GNU SQL database (link)

The PostgreSQL database (link)

LINUX DESKTOPS & WINDOW MANAGERS

AfterStep window manager (link)

Blackbox window manager (link)

Desktop and Window manager (link)

Eazel Mac-like Gnome interface (link)

Enlightenment window manager (link)

FVWM window manager (link)

Gnome Web site (link)

Hungry Programmers OSF / Motif (link)

K Desktop Environment Web site (KDE) (link)

WindowMaker window manager (link)

XFree86, GNU version of the X Windows system provided for Linux (link)

X Windows system Web site, with links (link)

LINUX DISTRIBUTION & KERNEL SITES

Debian Linux (link)

Infomagic (link)

LinuxPPC (Mac PowerPC version) (link)

Linux Kernel release information (link)

OpenLinux (Caldera) (link)

Red Hat Linux (link)

Slackware Linux Project (link)

SuSe Linux (link)

Turbo Linux (Pacific Hi-Tech) (link)

The Linux Kernel (link)

LINUX INFORMATION & NEWS SITES

Latest news on the Linux kernel (link)

Linux.com (link)

Linux Focus (link)

Linux Forum (link)

Linux Gazette (link)

Linux International Web site (link)

Linux Journal (link)

Linux Mall (link)

Linux Online (link)

Linux Power (link)

Linux Today (link)

Linux Web site watcher (link)

Linux Weekly News (link)

Linux World (link)

LINUX PROGRAMMING

Developer's library for KDE (link)

Gnome developers Web site (link)

Linux programming resources (link)

Open Projects Network (link)

Perl Web site with Perl software (link)

Sun Java Web site (link)

Sun's Java Development Kit for Linux (link)

TK/TCL Products (link)

LINUX SOFTWARE ARCHIVES, REPOSITORIES & LINKS

GNU archive (link)

Linux applications and utilities page (link)

Linux archive (link)

Linux Commercial Vendors Index (link)

Linux FTP site watcher (link)

Linux Game Tome (link)

Linux games (link)

Linux links (link1) (link2)

Linux Software Repository (link)

Mirror site for Linux software and distributions (link)

New Linux software (link)

Open sound system drivers (link)

Quake (link)

RPM package repository (link)

Web site for Linux Java (link)

Woven goods for Linux (link)

Microsoft Office - (link)

Network Servers

Apache Web server (link)

Gopher server (link)

Internet Software Consortium: BIND, INN, and DHCPD (link)

ProFTPD FTP server (link)

Qpopper pop3 mail server (link)

Samba SMB (Windows network) server (link)

Sendmail mail server (link)

Squid proxy server (link)

Office Software

Gnome Workshop Project (link)

Helix Code, Office Applications for Gnome (link)

KOffice (link)

Star Office - Sun Microsystems product (link)

WordPerfect (link)

Tech Info Base - (link)

What's New/MS Office Update - (link)

Windows Home Page - (link)

Windows Resource (link) If you are Windows user, you can check out the online source for users of Windows 95, 98 and NT.

Wine HQ (link) - Nothing to do with a wine (drink), but with computers. Wine allows you to run some Windows programs on a Linux PC, to avoid having both operating systems installed. It's a quite complex and requires a little work, but it's very handy tool. There's information on the site about how to make it work and what it can do.

ZDNet (link) Check out ZDNet where you can access any of the ZD magazines including PC Magazine, PC Computing, PC Week, Inter@ctive week, Computer Shopper, ComputerLife, and others, in addition to other useful information like news, product reviews, downloads, etc.

COMPUTER SECURITY

Virus Listings:

http://vil.mcafee.com

www.europe.f-secure.com/virus-info

http://helpdesk.us.fsu.edu/virus/links.html

www.nai.com/vinfo

www.symantec.com/avcenter/

www.virusbtn.com

www.sophos.com/virusinfo

www3.ca.com/virus

www.antivirus.com/vinfo

Other:

https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 - ShieldsUP The Internet's quickest, most popular, reliable and trusted, free Internet security checkup and information service. Easily check your system here, and begin learning about using the Internet safely.
www.freebyte.com/antivirus - free anti-virus software, firewall, scanner, virus listings

www.zonealarm.com - firewall

www.netnanny.com - control internet access from your computer (useful for children)

www.check-mark.com - testing of anti-virus software

www.driverfiles.net - hassle-free drivers access

www.lavasoftusa.com - Lavasoft

www.lavasoft.de/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.cgi - forums

www.spywareinfo.com - about spyware

www.cookiecentral.com - about cookies

www.idcide.com - download Privacy

www.tom-cat.com - discussion of privacy issues

www.windowsecurity.com - This huge site provides you with everything you need to know about protecting your PC.

Expert advice for everyone - Get Safe Online will help you protect yourself against internet threats. The site is sponsored by government and leading businesses working together to provide a free, public service.

SPAM - If you receive a number of emails that you shouldn't there are few things you can do to stop people sending them:

Looking at the header information contained within most of these emails (to find out how to view the headers in your email program check here) shows you which domain they came from - check the 'Received from' address.
go to WhoIs and input the domain name. Once you've found the details, send a report to the site's owner, along with a copy of the email.

You might want to investigate http://spamcop.net/ for more information and assistance tracking the sender of unwanted messages.

You might as well install this excellent FREE program called MailWasher. Once you've installed and configured it to recognize your friends' email addresses (very simple import from you default email client like Outlook or Outlook Express), it checks your emails before you download them into your email program and deletes or bounces back and spam so that it appears as if it hasn't reached a valid email address.

Some useful spam sites:

Sam Spade

Spamhaus

Spamjab has been designed specifically to protect your family from ALL spam. It is the first anti-spam service in the world to guarantee to stop 100% of all Spam getting through.

Spews.org

COMPUTERS & WEB

5 Star Shareware - The UK's top directory of shareware and freeware downloads, reviews and a free newsletter.

Blogger Beta provides a free hosting blog service.

Broadband Speed Test test measures your current download/upload connection speed by timing actual data transfers, which may be negatively affected by other programs/users sharing your broadband connection during the time of the bandwidth test, or even Internet congestion.

Computer Hope is a comprehensive advice website covering most computer related problems. The vast array of potential problems they deal with can seem a bit daunting to start with: everything from modems and Windows to the internet itself. But if you take your time and don't panic you've got a good chance of finding the answer here. And if that fails you can always ask the site community your own question.

Cyber Tech Help is a vibrant helpful community providing free computer help to all. With a vast variety of downloads, tutorials, and news articles, Cyber Tech Help is the perfect online computer help companion. They provide support for all Windows, Linux & Macintosh Operating Systems, Computer Hardware, PC Networking, Computer Software, Web & Graphic Design, Internet Browser & E-mail, Spyware, Malware, Computer Viruses & Trojans, and Gaming issues.

Download.com - Possibly the most extensive website for downloading shareware and freeware.

External Hard Drive - Olixir can customize solutions using our removable hard drives for your specific requirements. Our external hard drive has a rugged, high capacity.

Free Skills - Unlimited access to over 525 online courses. This is the only free online training website offering a diverse database of computer courses for UK recognised qualifications.

Freebie List - Explore a treasure trove of free stuff on the Internet. FreebieList.com updates daily with the freshest offers.

Gimp FREE Photo Editing Software - is a popular alternative to Photoshop from the Open Source community.

Google - An uncluttered search page that's fast and easy to use.

Grid Cafe - What is the Grid? The short answer is that, whereas the Web is a service for sharing information over the Internet, the Grid is a service for sharing computer power and data storage capacity over the Internet. The Grid goes well beyond simple communication between computers, and aims ultimately to turn the global network of computers into one vast computational resource.

GridSure is a new high security ID authentication technology capable of boosting the security of any device or system (where a display can be shown). It ‘creates’ one-time PINs/passwords without the need for additional tokens or any other hardware - and is capable of identifying individuals rather than just devices like computers. This new authentication technology can add to the strength of virtually any device or system and provides several cost, security and versatility advantages over conventional password/PIN/combination systems.

Juvio - If you own a PC, you are bound to come across problems with PC functions and applications soon enough. Choose a cost-effective way to fix them. Juvio has found its way to the coveted pages of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal for its exceptional services in troubleshooting computer problems.

Microsoft Downloads - The download centre for Microsoft updates.

OfficeRecovery.com is excellent web source of data recovery software for corrupted files and media. Here you will find utilities to fix damaged Office documents, restore lost emails and mailboxes, repair databases and retrieve files from crashed hard disks and bad diskettes.

Photo.net FREE Photo Editing Software is another popular freebie from the Open Source.

PhotoPlus FREE Photo Editing Software comes from Serif. It's falling behind the current version, but the company gives old versions of its software away in exchange for your contact details. It will send you information about offers, but it is possible to unsubscribe once you've received one.

Picasa FREE Photo Editing Software is really just an image organiser, but does the job very well, with excellent cataloguing and search features.

Site Warnings - Go to this website, type in the name of the site and it will return a diagram of the sites that link in and out and will declare if they are safe or not using simple colour coding - green for safe, red for unsafe and so on.

SpeeDefrag FREE defrag software.

The History of Computing Project includes sections on people and companies that were instrumental in the development of computers, including a large section on Charles Babbage, the Victorian British inventor who came up with the design of what is generally recognised as the first computer, the Analytical Engine.

The Opte Project - This project was created to make a visual representation of a space that is very much one-dimensional, a metaphysical universe. The data represented and collected here serves a multitude of purposes: Modelling the Internet, analyzing wasted IP space, IP space distribution, detecting the result of natural disasters, weather, war, and aesthetics/art. This project is free and represents a lot of donated time.

Tom's Hardware Guide - A detailed hardware site aimed at the more technically competent PC user.

Webmonkey.com - Do you want to build your own website? To find out about basic HTML, visit this website, which have excellent resources to help you teach yourself web design.

What Is? - Encyclopedia of information technology-related terms.

WinHTTrack is a brilliant Free Website Copier for backing up your website.

Wordpress provides a free hosting blog service. It gained target="_blank"target="_blank"target="_blank"high reputation for features and reliability.

YourMinis is a widget-friendly, customisable homepage. YourMinis gives you access to a wide range of widgets that you can add, remove or move around the page. There are tabs at the top of the site which give you access to themed sections such as News, Entertainment, Sports and Fun. Each tabbed page has its own set of widgets but you can chop and change them as you see fit. You can also add tabs of your own. Although there are plenty of similar sites, YourMinis (from Goowy Media) is easily the most impressive and should find a lot of fans.

ZD Net UK Help - The computer help section of the huge ZD Net website.

Zoomify is a piece of software that lets you zoom in on panoramic photographs to an incredible resolution. City aerial photos, especially the one of Paris featured on the Zoomify site, let you zoom in so close you could almost touch the Eiffel Tower. Most extraordinary of all is a 2.5 gigapixel photo from a Dutch industrial estate that uses Zoomify to let you zoom so close you can read the number plates on the cars.

DATABASE SITE LINKS

A Gentle Introduction to SQL

A practical Linux Portal - links to the most useful and practical Linux sites

An excellent collection of Oracle Specific Resources - Includes Oracle tips, tutorials, add-ons, FAQs, Reviews, Books & Magazines, Discussion forums, and user groups - from SearchDatabase.com

dbaSupport.com - A complete guide for Oracle dbas, including study guides, Oracle news, and online discussions

Free Computer Training sites - Includes links to sites that offer courses such as: MCSE - Novell - A+ Certification - Linux - Delphi - Visual Basic - WebMaster Specialist - Java - Microsoft Office - Windows 95 - SQL

Free Education on the Internet Free Education on everything including subjects such as Accounting - Economics - Finance - Electronics - Construction - Engineering - Computer Science - Mathematics - Science - Social Science - etc

Gary Beene's VISUAL BASIC WORLD This site contains over 250 URLs of Visual Basic Information as well as a very nice on-line Visual Basic Tutorial

Java, C++, & other Tutorials including: Windows NT Administration - SQL - UNL Library

List of SQL Tutorials from Database Central - Includes a very large collection of SQL Tutorials plus specific Tutorials for a wide variety of DBMS's

SQL/Oracle Training - over 10 hours of FREE training and Study Guides for Oracle's Certified Professional exams, as well as articles, tips, utilities, etc.

SQL Tutorials from AllTheWeb.com

SQLCourse.com - This is the original SQL Tutorial site that allows you to practice what you learn on-line including: creating tables, inserting, updating, deleting, and dropping.

sqlwire.com - Excellent/Free Resources to the SQL Community

Technology & Programming Tutorials Includes: C/C++ - Pascal - Perl - Python - Ada - Fortran - Java - JavaScript - Game Programming - MUDs - Assembly Language - Linux - vi - GIMP - GTK+ - vi - HTML - Sound & Music - Electronics - Science

The Link Zone - Includes: Visual Basic - C - C++ - Java - JavaScript - SQL - CGI - Active Server Pages - Web Development - Unix - ISDN - HTML

UnixTools's list of Useful Free & Shareware Tutorials. Includes: Unix, Systems Administration, Perl, Java, SQL

www.CramSession.com is dedicated to the IT Professional interested in Certification - Microsoft Certification - Novell - A+ Certification - Unix Certification - Cisco Certification

www.findtutorials.com - tutorials search engine on the web, tutorials on any subject listed in a searchable directory... And all of them are for free

Programming Tutorials - You will find over 300 programming language tutorials, lessons, and how-to's. You can surf through our collection of free online tutorials or read postings in one of their forums. Includes a large collection of tutorials such as: Visual Basic - QBasic - C - C++ - CGI - JavaScript - Java - VRML - ADA - DELPHI - SQL - PERL.

www.trainingroup.com - you can find TONS of training resources at this site, including: Java, Conferences, Jobs, Books, Unix, Sun, Tutorials, etc.

Yahoo's Structured Query Language Club!

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