Free Video Hosts : A Quick Roundup

http://www.megavideo.com
5GB/file – Registration Required

http://www.viddler.com/
50MB/file – Registration Required

http://www.veoh.com/
~1GB/file – Registration Required

http://tinypic.com/
(unknown)MB/file – (possibly) No Registration Required

http://www.hotshare.net/
300MB/file – No Registration Required

http://www.tubemogul.com/
300MB/file – Registration Required

http://www.hdshare.tv/
4096MB/file – Registration Required

http://www.vidoosh.tv/
(unknown)MB/file – Registration Required

http://filefront.com/
1GB/file – No Registration Required

Free Voice Line [Beta] : Call US/Canada for free

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Make Your Own Handwriting Fonts For Free

YourFonts.com is a FREE online font generator that allows you to create your own OpenType fonts within a couple of minutes. Go make your own handwriting as a font!
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* Optionally include your signature
* You’ll have your very own font within 15 minutes
* Make as many fonts as you like
* Use your fonts on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
* Personalize your digital scrapbook pages
* Make your own “family handwriting history”
* Use your fonts in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and every program that you own

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YourFonts allows you to upload large templates (up to 4000 x 5000 pixels) and it has the most advanced raster to vector conversion algorithm. Together this results in unbeatable high quality personal fonts.

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Free MySQL database hosts: A quick roundup

FreeMySQL.net
FreeMySQL.net are the leading provider for absolutely FREE MySQL Database Hosting. With their control panel you’ll the extra edge to managing your free databases. They provide an even higher level of support and service to their clients. Also being the absolute first free mysql database provider to have a control panel for their clients to manage the free databases, they give you the option to have multiple databases under one account. You are never limited to how many you can create, with a max of five at one time.
They also have the bragging right for being on the top of the search result for “free mysql” query on both Google and Yahoo.
Google: #1
Yahoo: #1

db4free.net
The db4free project provides a platform for database users and developers from all over the world to exchange experiences, give hints to each other or to discuss. This offer also gives you the chance to learn to deal with databases without having to rent a server for money.
New: now offering an additional MySQL 6.0 account (running on Port 3307 – check it out!)

FreeSQL.org
The creator of FreeSQL.org created this host so that users could easily create a database to practice writing SQL, and database applications without having to worry about administration. This site is currently a dramatic work-in-progress following a web server crash.

bluesql.net
Bluesql.net is free mysql server
*running MySql 5.1.30
*phpMyAdmin 2.11.5.1

CD Recovery Toolbox Free will recover files from scratched CD/DVDs

Overview:

Recovery Toolbox for CD Free has been developed for recovering data from corrupted media of all types that are most common nowadays: CD, DVD, HD-DVD, Blu-Ray, etc. The program allows you to recover files of any types. The tool completely scans disks and saves as much information as possible. During the recovery process, Recovery Toolbox for CD Free uses a lot of different algorithms, which considerably increases the amount and quality of recovered data.

Features:

• Recovering corrupted data from all most common types of media for today
• Working with data that became corrupted both after a physical damage of the media and due to program errors
• Allowing the user to completely control the recovery process
• Giving the user as detailed report about the data recovery process as possible

Review:

CD Recovery Toolbox Free is a file recovery tool made specifically for optical media. Unlike the previously reviewed Copy Cat 2.0 CD Recovery Toolbox Free can select more than one file for recovery making the recovery process for whole CDs a lot less painful than with Copy Cat 2.0. CD Recovery Toolbox Free is easy to use and was able to recover files from a scratched CD that i have making this a good utility for recovering important files that otherwise would be lost forever. Available for all versions of Windows.

Get it at http://www.recoverytoolbox.com/cd.html

FREESCO brings your tired old computer back to life

What do you do with a garage full of old computers? With the rapid addition of new features to user applications and operating systems, it generally doesn’t take too long for your hot new computer to become yesterday’s news. Whether it’s technological breakthroughs or planned obsolescence, your hardware just may not cut the mustard with today’s latest and greatest tools. It seems a shame to just throw this stuff out—in an ecologically-responsible way, of course—when there are still a lot of clock cycles left in them.

One way to recycle old computers is to use them as servers for various low-overhead Linux or other *NIX platforms. Whether it’s as a NAT router and firewall, a web- or mail server, an FTP platform, or any of dozens of other uses, your old system probably still has the horsepower to be used in ways that do enhance your productivity.

FREESCO is an open source solution that lets you bring your old box back to life. Computers with a little as a ‘486 processor and 12MB of RAM can be used to run a router for your broadband or dial-up connection, a nameserver, SSH server, print server, and more. It supports up to ten network cards, so you can build a pretty complex network here. You can run it from a floppy, a RAM disk, or install it to your hard drive.

FREESCO is a free download.

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35 Places To Download Free, Legal MP3s – Sorry, RIAA!

I love the RIAA. They make sure the hard working bands that record the music we love can still squeak out a living in the face of an ever-growing number of freeloading downloaders. Without them, how many talentless, lip-synching, manufactured performers would be able to afford homes in Orange County and multiple Bentleys?

In the interest of helping our readers stay out of jail and avoid massive fines, here are a bunch of places you can get tunes without fear of finding a summons in your mailbox. There’s plenty of good, free, and legal music on the net for you to download.

1. iLike is a social music site which allows you to discover new music with a little help from your friends. Free downloads and the buddy system, what could be better?
2. Altsounds has a lot of streaming content, but there are quite a few quality mp3 downloads mixed in, including bands like Anberlin, Panic at the Disco, 10 Years, and Underoath.
3. bt.etree.org tracks live recording torrents of “bootleg friendly” bands. You’ll be able to find all kinds of FLAC downloads from performers like Ben Harper, Jerry Garcia, Blues Traveler, Trey Anastasio (I smell a trend here, or at least some patchouli), Radiohead, Primus, and even Tenacious D.

1. Legaltorrents is still in its early stages, but there are still a number of music and audio books available from their site.
2. Stereogum has been offering free, legal mp3s since 2006. They’re all still available, along with zip and torrent file archives of previous months. The Gum Mix streams music to you while you browse, and all the tracks it plays can be downloaded.
3. SXSW is a good news/bad news situation. The bad news is, they only have one torrent file for download. The good news? It contains over 700 mp3s of bands that performed in 2007 for a whopping total of 3.1 gigs of audio. Change the year in the subdomain to get the 2006 and 2005 downloads.
4. Unsigned Band Web is a palce for, well, unsigned bands to share their music and get noticed. Just about every genre you can imagine is offered here, and they maintain charts to show you what’s hot. Apparently electronica is hot. Maybe I’ll stick to genre browsing. Bottom line: tons of free mp3s to download.
5. Soundclick’s music page will hook you up with a ton of downloads, including more unsigned acts – like my favorite new addiction: German hip hop. I blame my scarf-wearing co-worker.
6. Honc “if you love music. The site isn’t much to look at, but there’s still more undiscovered goodness to be found here.
7. Garage Band is also worth checking out for more diamonds in the rough. Rub it in your friends’ faces that you “heard them first.”
8. Indie Rock Cafe offers more up-ad-coming music, blog style. There’s no centralized download page, so you’ll find the tracks sprinkled around the blog post.
9. DMusic has been offering indie musicians a chance to be heard since 1998. Top 20 charts are maintained for each of the 20+ main genres (which are broken down into several sub-genres as well).
10. Fuzz offers – oh crap – a mixtape feature. The interface is cool as hell, and there’s a ton of great, free music to discover on the site.
11. iCompositions is dedicated to music created with Mac’s Garage Band software. You’ll need to register in order to download songs.
12. The Internet Archive has a massive audio section, including audio books as well as music. Be sure to check out the open source section, with over 150,000 Creative Commons licensed items.
13. Jamendo rocks for one big reason: they offer both direct downloads and a torrent tracker. 555 pages multiplied by 20 items per page equals a veritable crapload of music. You’ll find lots of international music too, from exotic places like Brazil and er…Canada.
14. Peoplesound is similar to Jamendo, but you’ll find some major label artist offerings. Registration is required to download, and you’ll have to browse the genres/artists to find the mp3 files, but they have plenty up for grabs.
15. Epitonic is “your source for cutting edge music.” You’ll find tracks by artists like The Strokes, Carl Cox, Pavement, Peaches, Guided by Voices, and Yo La Tengo.
16. I love me some punk music, and fortunately punk labels love to share their music. Fat Wreck Chords, Hellcat Records, Subpop, and Epitaph all have tons, and usually offer two or three fulls songs from a CD. Oi!
17. Stereokiller has even more punk/hardcore/metal goodness for you. According to the guy that runs the site, it’s “better than damn MySpace.” Well, no argument there.
18. Anti’s slogan is “real artists creating great recordings on their own terms.” Downloads galore from guys like Michael Franti and Spearhead, Greg Graffin, Nick Cave, and Billy Bragg.
19. 3hive‘s bloggers pass on links to some excellent free mp3s on their site. It’s got a nice, personal feel to it, though there’s not the tidal wave of music you’ll find at some other on this list.
20. itsfreedownloads is worth a bookmark for iTunes users. It’s a site that keeps tabs on the weekly freebies in the iTunes store. You may get sick of looking at all the ads, but the free music will help soften the annoyance.
21. mp3.com has a pretty huge collection of free tunes as well, with offerings from almost 1,400 artists. Most can be both streamed and downloaded.
22. Purevolume.com is loaded with streaming music, but there are plenty of downloads as well. Click the search link, then search or browse to “discover new music.” It’s the quickest way to the freebies.
23. Music.download.com. What can I say, they’ve got a ton of MP3s. I’m not much of a CNET fan, but free is free.
24. Last.FM has free downloads, too. It’s not just for streaming.
25. Stage.FM used to be Audiri, and still offers streaming and downloads for independent artists.
26. iSound offers another large catalog. Head to the mp3 page for free downloads, as some artists only offer streaming – including Our Lady Peace frontman Rayne Maida, who I was disappointed to see had no downloads.
27. we7 is offering all kinds of free tunes – if you’re ok with a brief advertisement being appended to the track. They’re legal, they’re free, and you’ll find bands that you’d normally have to pay for to get full mp3s.
28. SpiralFrog is doing the ad-supported thing, too (if you can get to it).
29. Blentwell is “an ongoing document of the evolution of blended music.” Tons and tons of DJ mixes, categorized by genre.
30. MTV offers a new group of about a dozen downloads on a somewhat regular basis. A drop in the bucket, but still free.
31. Anyone with a toddler or three at home will apprciate Free Children’s Music. You’ll find tons of great, kid friendly tunes there.
32. Classic Cat maintains a massive listing of free, classical mp3s available on the internet. Files aren’t hosted there, but it’s an easier way to find works by Bach and Beethoven than searching yourself.

Will more major artists give free music a shot? Radiohead’s In Rainbows is no longer available as a free download, but Trent Reznor is still in a giving mood. NIN fans can still grab The Slip for free from his web site.

Got another legal mp3 site to share? Comment it, so that we can all get in on the free goodness!

Free Windows Explorer Replacements

A43 File Management Utility
Ac Browser Plus – file manager for Windows
CubicExplorer
Explorer++
ExplorerXP
FileMatrix
XPlorer