Tag Archives: free

7-Zip – A Compression and Decompression Application.

Posted on August 22, 2010 by davemackey

Today the need for compression and decompression applications is not nearly as widespread as it once was at the consumer level. This is because we have increased our ability to store information – moving from floppy disks to DVD‘s and … Continue reading →

Posted in software | Tagged 7-zip, Data compression, DVD, Encryption, free, open source, USB flash drive, User interface, Utilities, WinZip | Leave a comment

ScrewTurn Wiki (ASP.NET Software).

Posted on October 13, 2009 by davemackey

For those who are interested in website design / management ScrewTurn Wiki will probably be of interest. Free, open source (GPLv2), and under constant development ScrewTurn Wiki is a ASP.NET wiki application. I use it on my freewargamer site. Why … Continue reading →

Posted in programming, technology, web | Tagged active directory, file system, free, GNU General Public License, hosting, Linux, Microsoft Windows, MySQL, opensource, Operating system, ScrewTurn Wiki, shared hosting, wiki, windows | Leave a comment

Microsoft’s Free Development Tools.

Posted on September 15, 2009 by davemackey

I remember as a teenager programming for years in QBASIC – a free, lite version of QuickBasic Microsoft bundled with DOS and early versions of Windows. It was great fun – but I yearned to get my hands on the … Continue reading →

Posted in learning, programming, software, technology, web | Tagged asp.net, ASP.NET Web Matrix, c#, free, ide, Microsoft, Microsoft SQL Server, programming, QBASIC, software, SQL, SQL Server Express, vb, Visual Basic | Leave a comment

Skype – A Better Telephone?

Posted on July 31, 2009 by davemackey

These days with the ubiquitous presence of cell phones the need for traditional landlines seems to be drastically decreasing and many individuals and families are choosing to abandon landlines altogether for only cellular service. Still, cell phones aren’t a perfect … Continue reading →

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OpenDNS – free and extremely useful.

Posted on July 25, 2009 by davemackey

OpenDNS is one of those great services that is simply a no-brainer. It is a bit technical and for the lay-person may take 30 minutes to 1 hr. to understand what exactly the service does, why it is important, and … Continue reading →

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