Note Wonder
If you are always writing notes and url's on odd bits of paper and then losing them, this is the software for you. This shareware program enables you to have the ease of sticky notes without the mess.

Printsville
You've got your printer now you want to do something with it? Look no further than Hewlett Packard's Printsville where you will find lots of printable goodies. Once you download the Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can print out cards, crafts, party goods, business extras and good ideas for holidays such as Halloween, Christmas, Mother's Day, Easter etc.

Themeworld
Monster selection of desktop themes to download for your own computer, or for your kids, mother-in-law, friends or boss. Everything from current movies, animals, beaches, cartoons, sport, tv shows etc.

Corkboard
A really useful screensaver, note taker, clock etc. that you can download free of charge from the homepage.

The Free Site
Links to all things free on the wonderful web. Graphics, banners, hit counters and guest books for your web site, plus games, screensavers and even free customized poems!

A-1 Icon Archive
300,000 free web graphics including icons, backgrounds, bars, animated gifs, clip art and pictures plus html helpers and editors. Now there's no excuse for not getting that homepage online.

Reallybig.com
Reallybig.com is aptly named as it is a massive resource for all types of web site builders at all levels of experience. You will find a wealth of CGI scripts and installation tips, PC and MAC fonts, counters, html editors, DHTML scripts, javascripts, free clipart, animations, backgrounds, icons, buttons, photographs and more.

WEBalley
Html tutorials, web design articles, web tool and web mistress resources, plus a good collection of clean fast loading web site templates to give you a helping hand when designing your web pages.

Country Clip Art
Lovely clip art collection by Lisa available for your personal and business web sites, desktop publishing and crafts. Some to buy on CD-Rom but lots of free stuff too, including shopping and to-do lists, gift tags, recipe cards, Christmas wish lists and country labels. Very pretty.

CNet Central
Large site from the CNet Central USA tv programme. Excellent downloads section with everything from games to virtual hairstyles plus special reports, gadgets, news, hardware, web building and the CNet glossary - your complete guide to geek-speak!

Filemine
A huge collection of shareware, demo and freeware. Many different categories. Dig in.

Hotwired
Internet junkie heaven. Continuously updated digital news, Webmonkey guides, tools, tutorials, e-business, design, html, javascript, graphics, fonts and many informative articles. What more do you need?

Size-O-Matic
Brilliant little free to download application that lets you see your web page designs as viewers with larger or smaller monitor screens than yours are seeing them. You may need to have a stiff drink on standby as this can come as something of a shock!

GIFCruncher Free GIF Optimizer
Netcitizens are an impatient lot and hate waiting for graphics to load. Optimizing your graphics mean that they load in the least possiible time i.e. before your visitors give up and go elsewhere. Scroll to the bottom of this page to crunch your gifs for free.

JPEGCruncher Free JPEG Optimizer
As above but for the Jpeg format. Free Jpeg crunching at the bottom of this page.

Project Cool
Project Cool says that anyone can build a great web site and with the help on offer here they probably can. The HTML lessons in Developer Zone are clear and easy to understand. Future Focus gets you thinking about the future of the web, discussing issues such as web copyright, what makes a successful e-store, web censorship, confessions of a computer mom, spam, html editors, cyberlaw, I hate frames, web scams and many more interesting topics. You can also have your say in the Peoplesphere forum.

Apple.com
Home base for Apple Mac users and enthusiasts. All the latest news, views and product information. A veritable cyber orchard.

PC Mechanic
If you're thinking of upgrading or even building a pc, here's the site you need to read. It covers mainboards, processors, memory, storage, peripherals and cases plus features, reviews and downloads. Good luck!

Introduction to the C Programming Language
A series of articles by Marshall Brain, this is part of the wonderful How Stuff Works site which won the Coolest Internet Site Of The Year a few years ago. This tutorial is an excellent introduction to one of the most popular programming languages.

DriverGuide.com
Helpful guide to locating and installing device drivers. Large searchable database of drivers, manufacturer information and links. Discussion boards to learn from others experiences, links to tutorials and other resources. Good collection of old, out of date and hard to find drivers too.

DriverFiles.net
Well organized collection of driver files to download for cameras, hard drives, monitors, scanners, printers, sound cards, dvd drives and more.

Free Web Templates
Get a great looking web page the easy way. At this site you will find ready made templates for great looking sites whatever style you are after. All the hard work has been done for you, just download, unzip and add your links and text to the basic design.

Free SiteTemplates
Another excellent selection of templates in many different styles, including an exotic Egyptian design, soft pastel baby designs, business designs and special Speed Demon extra fast loading designs for sites with impatient visitors! Good faq page and links to other sites offering free web tools.

Chanimal
Fantastic resource for software developers needing to market their work. You can access "sample marketing plans, budgets, organizational structures, tips on PR, advertising, channel sites and marketing, direct sales, trade shows, Internet marketing, collateral, recruiting, employment tips, venture capital and more.