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1Password Pro Is Now Free - Download Here

The people at Agile Web Solutions have announced that 1Password Pro for iPhone and iPod touch is now free, as a way to thank all their “wonderful users” out there and to celebrate the release of 1Password 3 for Mac. As fans of the password manager should know, the desktop version is fresh out of its lates...

26 November 2009
05:19 GMT

Microsoft Releases a Free DLC for Forza 3

Just three weeks have passed since Forza 3 was released, but it already seems like that was years ago. The racing sim was completely outshone by recent releases such as Borderlands, Dragon Age: Origins, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and Assassin's Creed 2. But Microsoft hasn't forgotten about its game just ...

18 November 2009
06:01 GMT

Google Offers Free Wi-Fi in 47 Airports

Google is getting in the holiday spirit and has announced it's offering free Wi-Fi to all travelers in some 47 airports in the US. Seeing that these hotspots usually don't come cheap and adding the fact that many people spend more time in the terminals than in the actual flights especially during the busy s...

10 November 2009
08:51 GMT

Battlefield Heroes Reaches 1 Million Players

There are a lot of trends these days in the video game industry, with one of the most interesting ones being free-to-play titles, which are endorsed by ads and/or microtransactions. Electronic Arts is the most recent company to try this model, in its latest Battlefield Heroes downloadable game. The title, which has ...

16 July 2009
02:25 GMT

Play Left 4 Dead for Free This Friday

Left 4 Dead is one of the most popular shooters released last year, despite being a brand new Intellectual Property. It won over a lot of fans thanks to its solid multiplayer features and the great matchmaking system guaranteed by Valve's Steam service. Even though it experienced a lot of big sales in the holid...

30 April 2009
16:01 GMT

Red Faction: Guerrilla Demo Now Free to Download

As technology in consoles and PCs has progressed, it has allowed developers to create brand new things, like destructible environments, in order to make the whole experience of playing a video game much more realistic. But while a lot of titles boast such things, no series has made it that much a part of its gamepl...

24 April 2009
02:20 GMT

Street Fighter IV Gets Free Championship Mode, PC Version Announcement Soon

Fighting games have been around for quite some time, dominating the early days of arcades, times when titles such as Mortal Kombat or Tekken gained the huge number of fans they have today. But no other fighting franchise can boast the worldwide appeal that Capcom's Street Fighter series has won.Not only has it r...

21 April 2009
03:25 GMT

GTA IV Players Get Free Multiplayer on Xbox 360

Microsoft is announcing that, in order to celebrate the release of the Lost and Damned downloadable content for Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV, it is planning to make the Xbox Live multiplayer services, which are usually tied to a paid Gold account, free for five days.The promotion is set to begin on February 17...

11 February 2009
06:12 GMT

Yazsoft Giveaway Includes MacBook, Display, iPhone

Yazsoft has announced its ultimate Yazsoft giveaway for the year, making it their biggest one yet, according to an official report. From Dec 01 to Dec 24, 2008, Yazsoft is giving you the chance to win 1 of the 4 Grand packages, with no purchase being required. In light of the holidays, Yazsoft is offering ShareTool a...

5 December 2008
09:16 GMT

Seven Free (Open Source) Alternatives for the OS X Pre-Installed Apps

What would you say if I were to tell that the default apps on your newly bought OS X system have free alternatives out there that, sometimes, are actually better? Yes, there are developers that can do a (slightly) better job than Apple when it comes to performing certain tasks on OS X, be it watching a movie, re...

24 November 2008
12:01 GMT

Crysis Wars Online Will Be Free This Weekend

Crysis Wars is the standalone multiplayer mode which came out with the launch of Crysis: Warhead. The sequel to one of the most anticipated FPS (First Person Shooter) games of last year, Crysis, it offered a pretty decent gaming experience. Now, CryTek, the developers behind these titles, have just announced that th...

6 October 2008
16:01 GMT

Michael Moore's Latest Movie Free for Download

Michael Moore, director of “Fahrenheit 9/11,” has decided to put up for download his latest documentary. “Slacker Uprising,” his most recent film, will be available as of September 23 for every US or Canadian resident. Moore explains that the two reasons that determined him to waive his copyri...

5 September 2008
03:20 GMT

T-Mobile's Samsung Phones to Go Free in the US

Probably preparing for the arrival of Tocco and HTC Dream, T-Mobile USA has decided to offer all of its current Samsung mobile phones for free. According to Cell Phone Signal, this promotional offer starts on September 3 and will end on October 14, allowing users to get, for free, any of the 11 Samsung handsets that ...

25 August 2008
09:21 GMT

Softpedia Goes Freeware Only - Part IV

Any computer running Windows needs a bit of maintenance every now and then, so let's take a ride into the world of freeware system utilities: startup managers, system information and other useful file management utilities. Most computer newbies don't know that a lot of applications start when they innocentl...

6 June 2008
13:46 GMT

Softpedia Goes Freeware Only - Part III: Internet Utilities

In part III of our freeware saga, we'll take a ride straight into the Internet world and take a look at some of your free software alternatives. In part I, we've talked a bit about this subject, when reviewing our choices regarding browsers and antispyware programs. Now it's time to dig a little deeper...

4 June 2008
17:11 GMT

NASA Explains Free MMO Request

We have already told you about NASA's desire to create an educational MMO for youngsters who want to learn more about space - back then, NASA said it had $3 million for the project, but things have changed a little bit and the project seems further away from becoming reality. Let's see the whole story.Last ...

24 April 2008
12:06 GMT

Spore Creature Creator Coming this June, Free

The most anticipated PC game of the year, Spore, is going to finally hit the market early September as everybody knows already. However, most of us would simply like to fast forward time to September in order to just play the game and create hundreds of creatures. But, even though Spore will allow us to play God, we ...

22 April 2008
17:06 GMT

Download Free Full TrackMania Nation Forever Here

We would dare to name TrackMania Nations Forever the best online racing game available at the moment on the market. Yes, you've read it right - AVAILABLE! The completely free game, the sequel to the highly acclaimed TrackMania Nations, has been finally launched and you can start downloading it right now followin...

16 April 2008
19:31 GMT

123play, New Mobile Gaming Portal

For those (many of you) who like online mobile games, a new portal that plans to offer lots of fun moments is launched: 123play. Coming with a really attractive "don't pay, just play" offer, 123play hosts free, but ad-supported games from well-known publishers like THQ Wireless, Digital Chocolate, RealArcade, In...

15 April 2008
02:20 GMT

Battlefield: Bad Company Weapons Will Be Free after All

Electronic Arts' controversial decision to offer five Battlefield: Bad Company weapons as purchasable content (therefore, not free or part of the core game) was met with an angry reaction from the fans. Usually, this kind of behavior means absolutely nothing to game developers since, in the end, most of the prot...

10 April 2008
17:06 GMT

Free Mobile Games On Mippin. Hundreds of Them

The popular mobile portal Mippin offers, starting yesterday, a wide range of free mobile games to its users. In collaboration with Greystripe, a leading ad-supported games distributor, Refresh Mobile, the company that owns Mippin, will provide access to more than 800 mobile titles. For the moment there are 200 ga...

10 April 2008
09:12 GMT

Softpedia Goes Freeware Only - Part II: Multimedia

This article is a follow-up to a 'tutorial' I wrote a while back about freeware applications. So it's time again to leave your wallet aside and start browsing through our small collection of freeware programs. If in my last article I had mentioned some utilities that might have needed experienced-user ...

8 April 2008
03:06 GMT

GTA IV Is Taking a Shot at Selling Music

One of the most distinctive features of the GTA series of games, apart from the wide range of anti-social or downright psychopathic behavior it allows the player to engage in, is that the games featured a well developed soundtrack, complete with a variety of genres all accessible from the radios found inside each and...

1 April 2008
02:37 GMT

Sierra Offers World in Conflict Free for Two Weeks

The "Best Strategy Game of 2007" award winner World in Conflict is one step closer to your personal computer if you don't own the game already, since Sierra Entertainment in now offering a completely free of charge two-weeks trial for the game. Yes, it is no mistake: not 60 minutes, not 3 uses, but a full, 14 da...

14 March 2008
05:25 GMT

Free Palm Centro Smartphones For All of Us

Free phones combined with various data plans from mobile operators are being offered all the time, but generally these handsets only pack basic features. Now, we couldn't possibly say that Palm Centro is a highly evolved device, but it's neither a low-end handset, so the fact that it is now available for fr...

11 March 2008
10:39 GMT

Valve Hopes Downloadable Content Will Remain Free

The most recent addition to the map load out for Team Fortress 2 on the PC is Badlands and more maps are on the way. Recently, Doug Lombardi, who is vice-president of marketing at Valve, has said that the map packs for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 versions of the game are not far away. But when questioned on wh...

4 March 2008
04:35 GMT

Free iPhone or iPod Touch For Every Freshman

Every once in a while, certain individuals tend to think about how much they would get paid if they were to do something worth paying for. If you ever thought about such things, I'm pretty sure you have never even imagined that one of those "worth paying for" things you could do is to attend an University. No it...

28 February 2008
02:05 GMT

Free iPhones For the Disciples of Christ

What would one do to get a free iPhone? A lot of things, I'm sure. Well, starting the fall of 2008, all you have to do is become a student of the Abilene Christian University (ACU), a private university from Texas, affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The university will provide free iPhones and free iPod Tou...

27 February 2008
03:16 GMT

Quake Zero Becomes Quake Live, Free

Following the "trend" of free to play, online high budget shooters like Battlefield Heroes, Quake Live (previously known as Quake Zero) promises to bring the ultimate Quake Arena experience to all the fans, for free, together with the company of IGA Worldwide. Having in mind that there are already two hit games optin...

20 February 2008
05:02 GMT

Jailbroken iPhone, iPod Touch Owners Get Unlimited Calls in France

Iliad, a French Internet provider, has just announced that users of jailbroken iPhones that are subscribers to its Free brand will be able to make unlimited calls to French land-line numbers. Those who wish to benefit from the offer will need to install a SIP-VoIP application developed by Touchmods, called Siphon, on...

8 February 2008
09:12 GMT

Blueface and Fring Offer Free Mobile Phone Service

Blueface, a leading VoIP phone service provider, just announced the launch of the first free mobile phone service for Ireland. The new service also offers consumers a mobile number that can be called at landline tariffs, reducing the cost of staying close to family, friends or colleagues via mobile conversations. Fo...

5 February 2008
03:21 GMT

Valve Offers Steamworks for Free

First of all, don't get too excited yet: it's not a free game, nor something that you should download right away and have fun with. But, in the long run, it is something that will most likely bring a lot of benefits to the game world: Steamworks is a complete suite of publishing and development tools rangin...

30 January 2008
03:44 GMT

Buy a Blackberry Smartphone and Get Other Four For Free

Bell Mobility, a leading Canadian mobile operator, launched a new offer that gives subscribers the chance to buy a Blackberry handset and get other 4 for free. Customers who buy a BlackBerry 8830 World Edition or a BlackBerry Pearl 8130 will also receive other four BlackBerry 8703e handsets. The offer is available ...

28 January 2008
04:59 GMT

Yahoo! to Give Free Music Online!

Talks have been held in the direction of allowing Yahoo! to offer DRM-free music for free or in exchange for a small fee, as a part of a service that's self-supporting. Although in the early stages, the discussions were pretty straightforward about what the Sunnyvale-based company wanted, a couple of record comp...

24 January 2008
18:31 GMT

Free Wi-Fi Internet Connectivity From AT&T

AT&T, the largest US mobile operator, announced yesterday that it will offer free and unlimited access to its nationwide Wi-Fi network for more than 10 million broadband subscribers. The offer will be available from the beginning of 2009, to both new and existing customers who subscribe to any of the carrier's ...

24 January 2008
04:06 GMT

Playyoo Launches Its Free Mobile Gaming Platform

Playyoo Limited, a UK-based company, officially announced the release of its public beta website, Playyoo, that works as a social networking platform, allowing users all over the world to create, share and download casual mobile games. The website offers mobile users free and quick access to Adobe Flash Lite games, b...

23 January 2008
11:47 GMT

Legend: Legacy of the Dragons Goes Live

We're living in a fully expanding MMO era, a free MMO era, to be more specific. Legend: Legacy of the Dragons is the latest title to join the family and it comes from Waygate Publishing, a London based company specializing in the operation of Eastern European online games for the Western market. If you think thi...

21 January 2008
06:00 GMT

Free MMORPG Mabinogi Getting Ready for an US Release

Nexon America has announced the release date of Mabinogi, a free massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG). The game will be available to play starting this summer, but those who can't wait that long can try their luck and subscribe to take part in the closed beta, scheduled to start on the 30th of...

17 January 2008
05:52 GMT

FlipMail Brings Free Email to Any Mobile Phone

TeleFlip, a US-based Internet and telecoms company, announced that this year's holidays bring email and cell phones closer than ever with the advanced service called flipMail. The service enables mobile users to send and receive emails from cell phones, by converting the emails from and into text messages. With ...

20 December 2007
08:49 GMT

Nokia Brings Hollywood to Your Mobile Phone

Nokia announced the availability of its new video streaming service - Medeo, the next episode of mobile entertainment. The service is especially designed for Nokia handsets and delivers video and media content directly from Hollywood, everyday. Wanna know what Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have been doing lately, or m...

12 December 2007
02:51 GMT

Free Christmas Mobile Content from AT&T

Good Christmas news for AT&T's subscribers: the largest mobile operator in the US announced a series of holiday promotions that allows its customers to receive free ring tones, answer tones and a free mobile game. To get the free content, any AT&T customer can send an SMS with the word "gift" to the 7230 number ...

30 November 2007
10:51 GMT

Thousands of Free Gamerpoints Now Available Through Easy As Pie Achievements

I guess that you've pretty much figured what's all the fuss about, since every major Xbox 360 fan knows by now that the Avatar: The Burning Earth title allows gamers to score 1000 gamerpoints in just one minute. As if it weren't enough, the points will be earned by pressing one single button. Now we s...

20 November 2007
16:58 GMT

Free Xbox Live Gold Membership Thanks to Xtival 07

Microsoft have just announced that we're all going to be invited to a major Xbox 360 event called Xtival '07. It's an online event that takes place between November 23 and November 26 and it will be available on your console for free bringing you tons of exclusive demos, downloads, competitions and al...

1 November 2007
07:28 GMT

Download the Free Guitar Hero 3 Xbox 360 Demo Here!

Big thumbs up for Neversoft and their original initiative! All of you rockin' gamers out there have been waiting for Guitar Hero III more than you've waited for a Metallica concert and finally here it is, in its demo version. We're pleased to let you know that you can download the Xbox 360 Guitar Hero...

19 October 2007
03:56 GMT

Free New Eurochocolate PS3 Consoles Surface in Italy

Finally "Go eat a PS3!" does not sound like an insult or an impossible task anymore thanks to the craftsmen at the Eurochocolate Festival in Perugia, Italy. They've created a full scale set of PS3 consoles made out of chocolate plus giant SIXAXIS controllers. We were surprised to find out that a couple of choco...

16 October 2007
11:08 GMT

Free Wi-Fi in McDonald's Restaurants in the UK

McDonald's has just decided to do a great favor to all those burger-loving customers that drive their profits sky high. They will provide from now on free wireless Internet access in its more than 1,000 restaurants across the UK.It looks like McDonald's would do just about anything to keep their customers i...

8 October 2007
13:58 GMT

Do You Have Penetration Problems?

A lot of people are facing penetration problems nowadays and even though many refuse to admit it, everyone who has a connection to the Internet has had this issue at least once. The problem is that normal users can't always tell if their security has been breached or if they are part of a vulnerable network. Sur...

8 October 2007
04:40 GMT

Free Toyota Yaris Game on the Xbox 360

We've seen in-game commercials, hot Halo 3 advertising campaigns, but this may be the first time that a great company advertises its product on the Xbox 360 with the aid of a specially designed game. You'll drive a new Toyota Yaris in the title that will be made available over the Xbox Live today. Keep in...

8 October 2007
03:41 GMT

Free Mobile Phone Calls for Young People, through Blyk

Remember all the things that you have received until now for free, but every time you were asked in return to support some advertisements? Mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) will rent airtime from France Telecom's Orange and provide subscribers with free calls in exchange for their agreeing to receive ads on...

25 September 2007
04:12 GMT

SEGA Rally Demo Released!

Log on to Xbox Live Marketplace right this instant 'cause the free demo of SEGA Rally is up for grabs as of now! The demo features two quick race tracks: the steep sided Canyon and the downright dirty Tropical track. Two great tracks should go nice with two great cars, right? Right. The two cars you'll be a...

17 September 2007
08:05 GMT


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