If you have a blog or want to start a blog, you will need to have some essential software tools to maintain the site. If you would like to make a few updates or changes to your blog without having to pay for the maintenance, you can use these FREE tools. If you are a [...]

The following are what I personally use and recommend for others to use to protect and clean up their computers. They both work on Windows XP & Vista. Please view their sites for more information and compatibility with your computer before downloading.

AVG
Anti-virus & anti-spyware ( http://free.avg.com )
AVG is a completely free program that offers real-time [...]

Wordpress
WordPress is a blog tool and publishing platform. Simple dashboard to add/edit/delete posts and pages.

Blogger
Blogger.com This is the best free blogging system available in my opinion. Blogs are hosted on blogspot.com or blogger.com free of charge.

Sweetcron
SweetCron is an automated lifestream blog software. Automatically posts feeds to your blog via external accounts such as Twitter.com, flickr.com, Hulu.com, Last.fm and many [...]

Microsoft Outlook Alternatives
Eudora and Mozilla Thunderbird are both great alternative software programs to Microsoft’s Outlook. Mozilla Thunderbird is my personal preference as users can increase Thunderbird’s functionality and appearance using hundreds of add-ons.

Digsby
Digsby is a multiprotocol IM client that lets you chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber with one simple to manage buddy list. Also features email notification tool and social networking tool that alerts you of events like new messages and gives you a live Newsfeed of what [...]