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| 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 innocently enter the wonderful world of Microsoft Windows. Even fewer know the impact that these applications have on the performance of the ... [read more >>] | | 06 June 2008, 13:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 and see if we can also find some quality programs in the Internet’s less known areas of interest, such as FTP clients, downl ... [read more >>] | | 04 June 2008, 17:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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. L ... [read more >>] | | 24 April 2008, 12:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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, e ... [read more >>] | | 22 April 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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, h ... [read more >>] | | 16 April 2008, 19:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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, Indiaga ... [read more >>] | | 15 April 2008, 02:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 gam ... [read more >>] | | 10 April 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 ... [read more >>] | | 10 April 2008, 09:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 ... [read more >>] | | 08 April 2008, 03:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 a ... [read more >>] | | 01 April 2008, 02:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 days WiC experience, ... [read more >>] | | 14 March 2008, 05:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 ... [read more >>] | | 11 March 2008, 10:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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’s not a Big Brother-like TV show, "just for the fun of" like University. We’re talking about a real one, ... [read more >>] | | 28 February 2008, 02:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 ... [read more >>] | | 27 February 2008, 03:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 ... [read more >>] | | 20 February 2008, 05:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 their ... [read more >>] | | 08 February 2008, 09:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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, frien ... [read more >>] | | 05 February 2008, 03:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 comp ... [read more >>] | | 30 January 2008, 03:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 ... [read more >>] | | 28 January 2008, 04:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 company execs told the Associated Press.
The online service from Yahoo! has not been given a launch date but, by the look ... [read more >>] | | 24 January 2008, 18:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 ... [read more >>] | | 24 January 2008, 04:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 fre ... [read more >>] | | 23 January 2008, 11:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 gam ... [read more >>] | | 21 January 2008, 06:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 ... [read more >>] | | 20 December 2007, 08:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 ... [read more >>] | | 12 December 2007, 02:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 sen ... [read more >>] | | 30 November 2007, 10:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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, d ... [read more >>] | | 01 November 2007, 07:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 III demo right ... [read more >>] | | 19 October 2007, 03:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 ... [read more >>] | | 16 October 2007, 11:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 in restaurants, chewing on the French fries and salads. The initiative follows the precedent set by some coffee ... [read more >>] | | 08 October 2007, 13:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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. Sure, if you have security software properly deployed, then you should be out of trouble, but sometimes hackers are so skilled that t ... [read more >>] | | 08 October 2007, 04:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 &l ... [read more >>] | | 08 October 2007, 03:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 ... [read more >>] | | 25 September 2007, 04:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Free MMO Game on the PS3 Console - Angel Love Online |  | Before you start with the questions, keep in mind that this is no Final Fantasy XI or World or Warcraft, as it's one of those cute titles that usually appeal to a younger audience or the feminine public. We'll see Angel Love Online being released this Decembe ... [read more >>] | | 17 September 2007, 04:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Award-Winning Mobile Games for Free |  | Greystripe, the leading distributor of ad-supported mobile games and applications and the creator of the first mobile in-game advertising network, will contribute to delivering seven major titles for the first time, all free of any charge.
This will be possible as a result of the partnership that Greystripe has signed with Hands-On Mobile to bring exclusive ad-support to the seven ... [read more >>] | | 11 September 2007, 08:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Helio: That's Enough! No More Fees for YouTube! |  | The story so far: Helio, a mobile carrier that provides mobile access to several social websites, allowed its consumers to access Google's online video sharing service YouTube for a monthly fee of $5.99. The access was based on a special application that enabled the users to access the clips straight from their handheld device. However, the market evolved and the competition appeared very fast. For example, the Mountain View ... [read more >>] | | 04 July 2007, 04:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| How to Download ANYTHING for FREE Using Google and Rapidshare! |  | Rapidshare is one of the most useful Internet websites because it allows users to upload anything and share it with friends or anybody else. At this time, Rapidshare has a huge database of files as a considerable number of users connected to it to upload music, pictures, movies and even larger files such as games or important documents. Although the owners encourage you to register and become a paying member, Rapidshare is also a ... [read more >>] | | 03 June 2007, 08:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Free Will Found in Fruit Flies |  | It seems that even microscopical brains have free will. Or at least a behavior that may hint at it, as in the case of the minute fruit fly, new findings could explain the nature and evolution of free will in humans.
If researches could develop robots with free will, it "may lead to more realistic and probably even more efficient behavior, which could be decisive in truly autonomous robots needed for planetary exploration." sai ... [read more >>] | | 16 May 2007, 03:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Kino Review |  | If you thought there is no powerful video editor for Linux, think again. Kino hasn't ceased to impress a lot of people from its first release up until now. And reaching the 1.0 final version, Kino has shaped up to be a great free and open-source alternative to various (proprietary or not) programs such as Microsoft Movie Maker and so on. It offers easy and reliable digital video editing, for the GNU/Linux desktop and works well with I ... [read more >>] | | 13 March 2007, 06:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Saved 400 Million $ with iPhone's Early Release |  | According to Harvard's Business School professor David Yoffie “no other company has ever received that kind of attention for a product launch. It's unprecedented”. The attention Apple got from all the televisions, newspapers, websites and every other type of publicity source ... [read more >>] | | 12 March 2007, 12:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Freespire Released First Ubuntu-based Alpha |  | We've talked some time ago about a new partnership between Linspire and Canonical, and two days ago, Freespire (the free version of Linspire) development team has made the first steps in this partnership by ... [read more >>] | | 10 March 2007, 07:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| How to Get a Free Nokia N95 |  | If there is something that will give people a blood rush that thing surely has something to do with being porn or free. Our subject is about something that is completely free, about a Nokia N95 multimedia cellphone.
Wondering how come Nokia gives away free handsets? Because they need ... [read more >>] | | 08 March 2007, 11:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Unlimited Free SMS Service Available |  | SIPphone Inc., the makers of Gizmo Project and Gizmo Call, announced earlier this week the launch of its web-based SMS service Gizmo SMS, located here. Gizmo SMS lets people easi ... [read more >>] | | 08 March 2007, 10:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Buy a Pizza and Get a Free LG Chocolate |  | The places you can get a cellphone from have become more numerous each day but never in my whole life have I thought or even heard about getting a mobile phone from some shop selling pizzas. Although Pizza Hut isn't exactly your usual small grocery store, I'm sure no one would ever think they can get in, buy themselves a pizza and, afterwards, go home with a brand new free ... [read more >>] | | 01 March 2007, 11:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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