In these times, it is difficult to browse through a favorite website without being pestered by a variety of unwanted advertisements. Fortunately, a number of free applications are available to the general public such as this version of Pop Up Blocker. With this application, visitors can block advertisements that appear in such forms as Flash movies, flashing banner ads, and other such noxious...

The RealPlayer free software player allows users with audio capability the ability to listen to audio files "on demand." The files are played-back instantaneously while they are downloading, rather than waiting for the entire file to be downloaded before the user can begin listening. As audio files are usually large, there is a user-friendly advantage in this technology. RealPlayer allows for...

Roboform, offered by Tucows, Inc., is a free one-click web form filler and password manager. Version 4.2.0 is available for Internet Explorer 4 or 5 and Netscape 6 for PC and Mac. The utility adds task bar buttons to automatically fill in stored personal information to those frequently used web based forms as well as a handy web page password manager.

Created by Bryan Strome, this metasite offers links to a large number of country- or region-specific search engines. The search engines are organized by country, with a link to the service, the language(s) it uses, its point of origin, and a short description when available. The number of search engines available under each heading can vary considerably, as would be expected. Search engines in...

With more and more websites offering RSS feeds, curious users may be looking for a program that can effectively handle all of this desired information. The SharpReader application will allow users to corral these various feeds, and also to view connected items in a threaded fashion. The program can show these connections if they have the same link or if both items link to the same external...

While there are many tabbed browsers floating around the Internet for general consumption, Slim Browser is definitely one of the better ones out there. They have recently released a new version of this browser, and it has a number of new features that are worth noting. For starters, users now have the ability to display local weather conditions in their status bar and they can also save memorized...

It can be difficult at times to find some shared communion on the web, particularly when it comes to shared interests and so on. This process is made a bit easier by the presence of StumbleUpon, which allows users to rate websites in order to form some type of shared consensus on the value of various sites. Visitors can join up and then select from over 500 topics that may be of interest to them,...

This application will prove to be quite advantageous to those who may be interested in developing an effective way for persons dispersed across a number of locations to perform a variety of tasks. At its essence Team Elements 2.1 is a project management web-based application featuring project plans, assignments, shared discussions, lists, issue tracking, and document storage. The application...

C|net's TechRepublic is a convenient, one stop compendium of its web developer information. Articles from various c|net locations are compiled in the topics of web authoring, graphics and design, servers, hosting & hardware, and marketing and management. Latest articles appear at the top of the page in a section called Top of the Stack. Builder News compiles relevant articles from News.com (...

Well known for its utility and ease of use, this OS 9-savvy program can scan your system resources, zap your machine's PRAM, and optimize your Mac for improved CPU performance. TechTool also provides information on hours of use and date of manufacture. TechTool is offered in two versions: a freeware TechTool and TechTool Pro. The Pro version ($97) boasts many of the same software and hardware...