There is a well known Internet marketer by the name of Eben Pagan and one of his best known ideas is the concept of “moving the free line”. In short, it means giving more stuff away to your potential customers as a means to make a sale down the road. It means giving really good stuff away – stuff your customers might expect to have to pay...

This is the mentality of many on the Internet. Or so it seems. People want everything for free, almost to the point where they’re willing to steal what isn’t already free. This attitude leads to people searching out pirated software and otherwise trying to find ways to get something for nothing. Is it wrong or is it justified?This is completely an...

This is part 1 of 21 of a series of available apps for Windows. Check back often for the rest of the series! The first app I’m going to talk about is ImgBurn. This is a CD/DVD-burning program for burning ISO disc images. It’s free and very easy to use. Why have ImgBurn? Did you want to try out a Linux distribution like Ubuntu or Mint but...

This tip is for students who might be interested in download a free full copy of any of the following pieces of Microsoft software:Visual Studio 2008 Professional Windows Server 2003 Expression Studio XNA Game Studio 2.0Simply go to this web site for the details and to get started. Basically, the only requirement is that you have a Windows Live Account...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 1, 2008 Apple and Microsoft have finally buried the hatchet, hung up their greedy nature for the bottom line and released a 100% free open source operating system, S.U.C.K.S. This is an abbreviation for Standard Universal Computer Kakistocracy System. S.U.C.K.S. will employ all the best features of both the Microsoft Windows and the...

For the most part, all graphics you deal with are traditional 2D raster (bitmap style) graphics. While many programs such as GIMP, Photoshop, Paint.NET, etc. are able to combine layers to produce a single image, the result is always a “flat” object. If you want to deal with 3D-esque graphics and manipulation power you get from them, vector graphics...

Are you looking to give your web site, graphics, papers, etc. a unique flair? If so a simple and effective way do this is with a non-standard font. While you could make your own, a better option is usually to use an existing one. If you are looking for a font to use, then take a look at Search Free Fonts. The appropriately named site, Search Free Fonts, has over...

For Windows Vista users wanting to make modifications to some of the user interface and security settings, check out WinBubble. You can think of WinBubble as a TweakUI for Vista which allows you to:Customize OEM information. Customize screensavers. Tweak security settings (disable task manager, control panel, etc.). Activate a hidden Aurora boot screen.This...

Tired of the same ol’ games you’ve been playing for months? Can’t find anything new to play? You’re in luck–Wikipedia has two lists of free games that you can download and play.  And no, most of them don’t fall under the category of cheesy flash-based games on the web.  Many of them are similar to what you would find on...

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