NetNews Tracker This handy,
easy-to-use free service helps you monitor Usenet newsgroups. You
can configure it to monitor thousands of newsgroups for postings
that mention your name, your company, your URL (or any other topic
that interests you).
Sheet
Music Web Looking for free sheet music?
The biggest resource of its kind, Sheet Music Web serves up a
large collection of links to sites that offer downloadable sheet
music that you can output on your printer.
Ringtones Galore Looking for
ringtones for your cell phone? This site serves up hundreds of
free ringtones, including many current popular chart hits. Most of
the ringtones are in Nokia Composer format, although there are
other formats available here, as well.
FreeForEssays.com This unique
directory offers thousands of free essays and term papers. Note:
you need to register at this site to access the full text of the
contents of each paper. Registering is free, but you're required
to submit a paper of your own.
FreeDentalPlans.com Complete
the enrollment form at this site to sign up for a free dental
savings program. With this program, you can save 50 percent off
your first oral exam at participating dentists (and a further 10
to 20 percent on your subsequent dental needs). (U.S. only).
Opportunity247.com At this
site, you can request free information about starting a home-based
business via the Web. You must be 18 or older to request this
item. (U.S. and Canada only).
WebClass.ru Do you want to
improve your computer skills? Here's a fine resource for tutorials
and other learning resources on many computer-related subjects.
The free online "learning club" here offers many topics, including
Adobe Photoshop, Perl, HTML, PHP, JavaScript, Macromedia
Fireworks, Flash and more.
TradePub.com This site offers a
directory of various trade magazine subscription offers that are
"free to professionals who qualify." Note: many of the offers have
international availability, but most are U.S. only.
National
Do Not Call Registry Fed up with unwanted
calls from telemarketers? This free service lets you easily remove
your name from telemarketers' lists. The National Do Not Call
Registry is managed by the Federal Trade Commission (the U.S.
government's consumer protection agency). The site is available in
English and Spanish. (U.S. only).
Unsustainable.org This isn't
really a "freebie" but it's a site that offers a lot of good
information on vital topics that don't get much attention in the
mainstream media. A non-profit, non-partisan site,
Unsustainable.org is regularly updated with thought-provoking
articles about the state of the world economy and the challenges
facing America.
Free-Nokia-Ringtones.tv At this
site, you'll find thousands of free ringtones for your Nokia cell
phone. Ringtones are available here in keypress, RTTL and MIDI
format. The site has other cell phone goodies too, including
screen savers, logos, wallpapers, Java games and more.
Free ITT brochure Access the
"Request an ITT brochure" link to get a free brochure from ITT
Technical Institutes, a private college system that is focused on
technology-oriented study programs. (U.S.
only).
PhoneImage.com This site offers
a free service that lets you upload any picture from your computer
to your cell phone. PhoneImage.com converts your image to the
wallpaper formats used by most mobile phones with color screens.
MyFreeCalendarMaker.com This
helpful free online service lets you generate monthly or yearly
calendar grids, based on the dates you select. You may then output
the calendars on your printer.
Operation Iraqi Freedom card
deck Here, you can request a free 55-card
deck of the type that was issued to coalition soldiers
participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom. This collector's item
features Iraq's "most wanted" leaders. Alternatively, you can
request a color glossy-stock poster that features the card
images. (U.S. only).
Free
Nokia ringtones This site offers almost
2,000 free ringtones for your Nokia phone. Categories here include
TV themes, movie themes, sports, classical, pop, dance, heavy
metal, punk, country, rap and more. They also accept requests, if
you can't find the ringtone you're looking for.
321mobile.com Are you looking
for new ringtones for your Nokia cell phone? This site serves up
over 1,200 free Nokia ringtones in keypress format. The site is
updated daily.
Free scholarship search Are you
looking for money for college? A free service, FastWeb, lets you
conduct personalized searches for over 500,000 scholarships
online. The site also offers other helpful resources for students,
including information about admissions, financial aid and job
placement.
HandPhones.info This site
offers a nice selection of free goodies for your cell phone. Here,
you'll find free ringtones, SMS service, and more. Ringtones are
available here for Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Panasonic, Siemens
and Samsung phones.
Ryze This free service lets you
easily build up a network of people who share your interests.
Here, you can sign up for a home page, where you can display your
photo and describe yourself and your interests. Ryze also includes
an events calendar, a message board, a contact manager and more.
Free-Polyphonic-Ringtones.tv Looking
for free polyphonic ringtones for your cell phone? This site
offers the best selection of polyphonic ringtones we've seen yet
for both Nokia and Samsung phones.
Fone-Tonez This site offers
lots of free goodies for your cell phone, including thousands of
ringtones. Here, you'll also find free Ericsson backgrounds and
animations, Samsung wallpapers, mobile phone freeware and more.
Atomic
Tones This site offers hundreds of free
ringtones in keypress format for your Nokia phone. Here, you'll
also find logos, SMS pictures, screen savers, voice mails and
more. The site is updated daily.
GasBuddy Which gas station
offers the cheapest fuel prices in your area? A free service,
GasBuddy lets you see at a glance what the lowest (and highest)
gas prices are at various stations in major cities in the U.S. and
Canada.
CollegeLanguages.Net This site
offers a free 5-day trial membership to its extensive online
German language lessons and tutorials. There are over 250
high-quality audio files here that you can access to improve your
language skills.
Free AOL access offer America
Online is offering 1,045 free hours of Internet access with its
new AOL version 8.0 software. No credit card is required for this
offer. Note: you must be 18 or older to request this offer. (U.S. only).
FreeTideTables.com This site
offers a good roundup of free online tide tables. The tables here
include predictions of times and levels of the ocean tides for
more than 3,000 locations along U.S. coasts.
Gulf
War Viewer This freeware program helps you
keep track of new developments as they unfold in Iraq. Gulf War
Viewer rounds up over 1,000 live broadcast and print media feeds
from over 40 nations. (For Windows).
MC
MCSE This site offers a treasure trove of
free learning resources for Microsoft, Cisco, CompTIA and CIW
certifications. The content here includes study guides, online
practice exams, forums, news and more. MC MCSE also features a
good roundup of other free certification sites.
Mobile
Ringtones & Logos This fun site serves
up a good collection of free goodies for your cell phone. Content
here includes free Nokia ringtones, free SMS sending services,
free logos and more.
Complete surveys for
prizes How'd you like to get paid for your
opinions? Sign up with NPD Online Research and you'll have a shot
at winning prizes or cash for completing their periodic surveys.
NPD is a market research company. In their surveys, they ask your
opinions on products and services, including everything from
computer software to automobiles to vacation experiences. (International availability).
CoolSavings.com This is a
popular site that offers free coupons that you may output from
your printer. You can use these coupons to save money at various
stores, restaurants, and travel companies. Membership and
unlimited use of CoolSavings.com is free. (U.S. only).
Free phone card Follow the
instructions at this site to get a free phone long-distance
calling card. Also, when you sign up with PhoneHog.com (it's free)
you can earn free long distance minutes by reading ads or
referring your friends. (U.S. and Canada
only).
AllYouCanRead.com It's amazing
how many magazines and newspapers (such as The New York
Times) display their entire contents online these days for
free. This site, AllYouCanRead.com, rounds up thousands of
magazines and newspapers from around the world. There's also a
handy search engine, so you can quickly find the publications
you're looking for.
Vegetarian starter kit Complete
the short form to request a free copy of a vegetarian starter kit
from MeatStinks.com, a fascinating, informative site, which is run
by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The starter kit
includes recipes, tips, advice and more. (U.S.
and United Kingdom only).
Laser Printer Cleaning
Kit Refer a friend to this site and
complete the short survey to request a free laser printer cleaning
kit. (Note: this kit can't be used with inkjet printers).
LaserPage is a site that offers support, news and advice aimed at
printer users. (U.S. only).
No More Tickets If you spend a
lot of time on the road, you'll find this unique freeware E-book
helpful. No More Tickets serves up lots of advice and tips on how
you can avoid (and, if necessary, deal with) traffic citations.
(For Windows).
Project
Gutenberg A marvelous resource that rounds
up the world's free public domain books and makes them freely
available as e-texts that you can download. Although you won't
find the latest bestsellers here, (or any books still in
copyright), you will find a treasure trove of classic books, from
authors like Shakespeare, Poe, Dante, Lewis Carroll, and thousands
of others.
Free2Try Here's a bright,
colorful site with a wealth of freebie offers. You name it, and
it's here: free samples, contests, free catalogs, gift
certificates, free magazines, freeware, opportunities for earning
cash and much more.
Free home business
magazine Request a free copy of "Home
Business Connection," a publication that "offers 50 little known
money-makers that you can operate from home." (U.S. and Canada only).
Free travel book Complete the
short survey to request a free 92-page book, "151 Travel Tips for
Mature Travelers" from Vantage Deluxe World Travel. (U.S.
only). (Note: this site is occasionally
inaccessible).
Free stock video footage The
only place on the Web that we're aware of that offers free stock
video footage. All the clips here are in MPEG format. Each clip is
accompanied by a RealVideo
stream, so you can preview each file before you download it.
Topics here include: scenes from nature, outer space images and
African art. Note: the site's owner asks that
you give them credit if you use the footage in a video
production.
FreeAdvice.com Looking for free
legal advice? There's plenty of consumer advice available at this
comprehensive site. There's a vast number of topics to select
from: tax law, intellectual property, labor law, estate planning,
bankruptcy law and much more. The information appears to be
up-to-date and, in many cases, reflects recent changes in the law.
Here, you can browse for basic information (and if you want to
pursue the matter further, there's a handy state-by-state
categorized index to help you select a lawyer specializing in a
given field).
Free
computer books Many helpful titles, freely
available for download in PDF
format, are available at this Danish site. Titles include "Get
Going with Word," "Get Going with Excel," "Make Friends with Your
PC," "Get the Most out of Your PC," and "Start with Excel." Available in many languages including English,
Danish, German, Swedish and more.
Internet Traffic Report Why is
the Net so slow today, you may be wondering? Click over to this
free service and get the details. Find out if the bottleneck is
just in your area or global. An information-packed site, the
Internet Traffic Report measures the performance of major Internet
routers around the world hourly.
