• FreeAdvice.com - Looking for free legal advice? There's plenty of consumer advice available at this comprehensive site. There's a vast number of topics to select from: tax law, intellectual property, labor law, estate planning, bankruptcy law and much more. The information appears to be up-to-date and, in many cases, reflects recent changes in the law. Here, you can browse for basic information (and if you want to pursue the matter further, there's a handy state-by-state categorized index to help you select a lawyer specializing in a given field).
  • Priceline - This helpful free service lets you "name your own price for leisure air travel." You name the price you want to pay and Priceline finds a major airline willing to release seats on flights where they have unsold space. Tickets can be requested up to six months in advance.
  • MessageX - This innovative new free service lets you turn your pager, or your PCS phone, into a wireless messaging center. Thus, anyone with Net access can reach you, 24 hours a day, no matter where you are. With MessageX, anyone can send you a message, using your regular E-mail address.
  • NetZero - NetZero offers you free Net access in exchange for displaying ad space in your browser. They support 56K FLEX and V90 modem standards. They provide local access numbers to most major and many medium-sized cities in the U.S. In order to participate, you must download their proprietary "zCast" software program, which requires at least a 486 system with 16 megs of RAM and 12 megs of hard drive space. U.S. only. (For Windows 98/95). A Mac version is promised eventually.
  • ZineZone - There are thousands of zines on the Web on every conceivable topic. But at this fascinating, cutting-edge site, you can create your own personal zine, for free. Here, you build "filters" that automatically scout the Web daily, according to your specific interests. From this process, a custom zine is created for you.
  • freetutorials.com - A very complete resource for learning how to do most anything with your computer. Anil Ramnanan's site offer free tutorial resources in a broad range of categories: programming, graphics, the Net, operating systems, Web design and more.
  • Clock radio offer - Normally, we don't list offers that cost anything. But this is a great deal: for only $1, you get a free portable clock radio, plus a 3-month membership to Netmarket, a Web retailer. There's no obligation to continue your membership after the trial period. (U.S. only).
  • Transloader - This free file transfer service is perfect for WebTV users who don't have a way to transfer content. It's also useful for the users of various free Web space providers (GeoCities, Angelfire, Tripod, etc.) who need a way to upload files. Also, those who haven't figured out how to use an FTP program will find Transloader helpful.
  • LBE Helpdesk - If you run a Web business, you'll find this free multi-user "helpdesk system" handy for a variety of uses, from customer service to order tracking to enquiry processing. It's compliant with MAPI mail.
  • Schedule Online - This recently launched site offers a free online calendar and scheduling service, aimed at small to mid-sized businesses and non-profit organizations. Here, you can schedule meetings and individual tasks, reserve resources, as well as create personal to do lists and notes, all in a secure environment. It's perfect for organizations that don't have the resources to create their own Intranet or to purchase and administer full-blown, client-server, groupware applications, such as Microsoft Exchange with Outlook.
  • Free long-distance calls - BroadPoint Communications is offering free long-distance phone calls. OK, there is a catch. You must listen to commercial messages first. For each commercial you listen to, you'll earn two free minutes of talk time.
  • RHL School's Free Worksheets - This site offers hundreds of free worksheets for teachers and parents to copy and distribute to their students. Subjects include reading comprehension, math problem solving, English basics and reference skills. The materials are aimed at students in the elementary through middle school levels.
  • Catch-UP - Wondering if you have the latest drivers and the newest versions of software on your Windows system? Manageable Software's Catch-UP is a free, ad-supported service that automates the process of finding the latest patches and updates for your software. Run Catch-UP via your browser and it'll generate a customized list of updates and upgrades for your software (and include the corresponding download sites). A helpful service.
  • FreeDrive - Here's a unique, pioneering free service that gives you your own personal Web hard drive, available anywhere. With FreeDrive, you can easily upload & download any files you choose from anywhere. File uploads can be done with almost all Netscape browsers and Internet Explorer 4.0. (If your copy of IE is before version 4.0, you'll need to upgrade to use FreeDrive.) FreeDrive recently increased the amount of space it offers to 20 megabytes. They've also upgraded their servers and service is much speedier than before.
  • Secret Admirer - Here's an interesting free service that can help you find romance on the Net. By sending an anonymous message at this site, you can find out whether someone you like feels the same way about you. Your anonymous message invites your secret love to the site to send a message of their own. If all goes well, the person who they send a message in response to will be you.
  • Themez - A comprehensive resource for desktop "themes" (which you can use to give your Windows desktop a customized look). This site has over 3,700 free themes. Categories include animals, anime, art, cartoons, computers, games, holidays, horror, movies, music, nature, people, places, sci-fi, sports, TV, vehicles and more.
  • FreeRealTime.com - Tired of stale, delayed stock quotes? This free, advertising-supported service gives you real-time quotes that you can retrieve as fast as your connection will allow. All you need to do is register (which is free, too) and abide by the rules. This popular service can be difficult to access during times of peak stock trading. The service may encounter some problems behind firewalls (read their FAQ for solutions). (Information available on U.S. markets only.) Options quotes not available now, but are promised soon.
  • Dine 4 Less - Like to eat out? Click over to this site to access free, money-saving coupons for restaurants. They also offer a free mailing list to keep you posted on the newest offers.
  • CarPrices.com - A respected major site that offers a number of helpful free services for car owners and buyers. Here, you'll find free auto insurance quotes, free finance quotes, free brochures, free instant new & used car price quotes and more.
  • Easy Diary - Web calendars are emerging as a hot new trend on the Web. One of the best we've seen is Easy Diary. This free service offers a helpful, Web-based interactive calendar that lets you conveniently make and confirm appointments, send and receive reminders, create a "to-do" list and more.
  • Central Scanning Zone - Need a scan of an image? This site offers one free photo scan per visitor. Your scan will be E-mailed to you in either JPG or BMP format.
  • Barbara's Outlook Express Stationary Page - Liven up your Microsoft Outlook Express correspondence with the many neat, free stationary sets that Barbara offers. There's all kinds of great designs here (some with MIDI sound files included) for all occasions.
  • Family Point - This cool free service lets you set up a "meeting place" for your family in cyberspace. Just sign up and set up your own space on Family Point and then you can take advantage of features like a calendar for keeping everyone up to date. There's also a place to post your photos, an address book, chat, discussion groups and E-mail.
  • Tritium: free Net access - (Service has been temporarily suspended). This new ad-supported service offers free Net access. You use their free software to access the Net. There's no start-up fee, no setup fee and no monthly access fees. The only catch: part of your display (12 percent, to be exact) is taken up by ad space. Note: in order to participate, you must fill out their surveys twice a month. U.S. only; Tritium offers local access numbers in 25 areas.
  • The itList - The Web's first online bookmark manager. Are you tired of having one set of bookmarks at the office and another at home? Or maybe you're at a friend's house and want to show him or her a killer site you saw, but you can't remember the site's address. itList puts your bookmarks where you can always access them.
  • Lost & Found - Here's a free, non-profit public service that aims to match owners with their missing property. Lost & Found is community/ZIP code based service, sponsored by the Association of Lost & Found Officials.
  • HipBONE: Surf with a friend - HipBONE is an interesting, free service that allows two or more people to connect their browsers and surf the Web together. Using HipBONE, you and your colleagues can do surfing, shopping and searching online together. You can also collaborate or watch each other fill out Web-based forms together. Among other uses, it's handy as a teaching tool.
  • Free Net access - (U.K. only) Residents of Britain can now get full free Internet access through Freeserve. (You will need to pick up a free CD-ROM with the software to get you started at any PC World, Dixons, Currys or The Link outlets.) Besides Net access, Freeserve offers free unlimited E-mail addresses and five megabytes of free Web space.
  • Personalized skin analysis - Click on the "Free Skin Analysis" button and fill in the form to receive a free personalized skin analysis from Eroma Skin Care Spa.
  • ACN Internet Access - U.S. residents can get free non-commercial Internet access accounts with this service. But there's a catch: you must refer three other customers to them each month to obtain and continue free Net access.
  • JointPlanning.com - Here's a free service that offers personal and group scheduling, "to do" lists, file-sharing, and discussion groups that are accessible only by you and your organization. Offers many nice features, such as letting you import your Palm Pilot and Microsoft Outlook addresses. Useful for small businesses, students, investment clubs and individuals.
  • Involv: free Web teaming - Here's an interesting new free service that lets you instantly create a dedicated interactive site on the Web for your team or group. Your site here is like a virtual room on the Web that grants access to only those you include. Once logged in, your invited participants can: customize a personal page, use a discussion board, post files for others to download, create memos and vote on issues. There's also a customizable team or group home page that greets each user when they enter.
  • Epage Classifieds - There are many free classified ads sites on the Web but this is one of the few worth bookmarking. All private party ads are free here and they're cross-posted to the newsgroups, as well. All ads may have one picture uploaded. There's also an account management page where you can see info on your ads, bids you have made (on auctions), etc.
  • FreeAccess - (Netherlands only) This one's for our Dutch visitors. This service offers Dutch users free Net access, with speedy 56K and ISDN connections. You only need to pay for the cost of the phone call (and local call rate access is available in almost half of the Netherlands).
  • Linux - OK, this one is pretty obvious to any seasoned computer user. But if you're not familiar with it, Linux is one of the Web's classic freebies. Linux is a free Unix-type operating system that includes features that any computer geek will love. These include: true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries, demand loading, proper memory management, TCP/IP networking, and other features consistent with Unix-type systems. (In short, it kicks Windows' butt). The source code for Linux is freely available to everyone.
  • CoolSavings.com - This is a popular site that offers coupons that you may output from your printer. You can use these free coupons to save money at various stores, restaurants, and travel companies. Membership and unlimited use of CoolSavings.com is free. (U.S. only).
  • Hundreds of free catalogs - This site is offering hundreds of free catalogs on many topics, including computers, videos, music CDs, software, sports, garden & home products and more. Perhaps the Web's top free catalogs site.
  • Free Net access - (U.K. only). X-Stream offers British users unlimited free Net access, with speedy 56 Kps connections. You only need to pay for the cost of the phone call (local call rate access is available in Greater London). Note: X-Stream displays small ads on your screen while you're online.
  • Free custom poems - Now we've seen everything! At this site, poet Allen Jesson will write a free custom poem for you, for special occasions, etc. Just send him the requested information and your poem "will be completed within a week or so."
  • Free2Try - Here's a bright, colorful site with a wealth of freebie offers. You name it, and it's here: free samples, contests, free catalogs, gift certificates, free magazines, freeware, opportunities for earning cash and much more.
  • Free computer books - Many helpful titles, freely available for download in PDF form, are available at this Danish site. Titles include "Get Going with Word," "Get Going with Excel," "Make friends with your PC," "Get the Most out of Your PC," and "Start with Excel 5." Available in many languages including English, Danish, German, Swedish and more.
  • Babies Online - Have you got a newborn in the family? Then check out this free birth announcement service for new parents. They offer free Web pages announcing births, so that faraway families can share in the bragging. They also feature a monthly baby-related contest for prizes such as blankets, etc.
  • Free online personalized calendars - This unique free service lets you publish your private or public calendar on the Web. Using it, you can schedule meetings with others. Groups, organizations and even families can publish group calendars that others can subscribe to and combine into their own personalized calendars.
  • Free MCSE Test Preparation - This site offer free MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) practice exams, a test that provides a measure of competency for Windows NT administrators. There are other sites that are charging $20 to $100 for this same type of material.
  • Trial issue of Fast Company - Get a free sample issue of "Fast Company," magazine, a publication that offers "the tools for success." (U.S. residents only).
  • TigerLilies - This is a "introduction service" for men who'd like to meet Asian woman for pen-pals, correspondence and marriage. Although the main service is commercial and requires a fee, they also offer a free, regularly-updated, no obligation sampling of their address listings.
  • Log-Me-On.com - (Currently unavailable. Our visitors report problems logging on to this service). This free service lets you store your favorite sites and access them from any computer. You can also store your friends' E-mail addresses and send them message from any computer. The "Auto-Log-On" feature will automatically enter your username and password for you whenever you log onto a site that requires it.
  • Free currency converter - This site offers a free currency converter tool that offers current and historical exchange rates for 164 currencies from 1990 to the present. Also, Webmasters can use the customizable currency converters for free on their own site.
  • Tune up your computer online - Get a free computer on-line check-up with this nifty service (Note: only Microsoft Internet Explorer users can use use it). WinTune 98 lets you test your PC's performance by simply clicking through a series of Web pages. If WinTune detects serious configuration or performance problems, it will describe the problem right on the Web page. Once you have completed the tests, you can compare your results to those of similar systems in the site's database.
  • Free TV show tickets - Have you ever wanted to attend a live taping of a TV show like "Jeopardy" or "Wheel of Fortune"? This site is offering free reserved TV tickets. You can make your reservations online and then order and print your free tickets.
  • Free Bible Study Course - Word of Life Cyberchurch is offering an "accredited College Level Bible Study Course." As a student completes each segment of the program, he or she is given credits toward a certificate given at the end of the course.
  • Free genealogy materials - This genealogy site is offering free forms and charts in PDF format, that you can download and print out.You'll need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view, navigate, and print PDF files. (It's free).
  • Alta Vista's Translation Assistant - Have you ever seen a Web site in another language and wondered what the heck it was saying? This free service provides you with a tool to translate a grammatically correct Web page or other document into something comprehensible (well, some of the time, at least. This service is still far from perfect).
  • Internet Traffic Report - Why is the Net so slow today, you may be wondering? Click over to this free service and get the details. Find out if the bottleneck is just in your area or global. An information-packed site, the Internet Traffic Report measures the performance of major Internet routers around the world hourly.
  • Make your own greeting cards - This Swedish service offers a way for you to easily create your own greeting cards and other personal/business greeting cards. There are 22 different designs for business cards You may also create a type chart or a calendar. Just type in your input and within a few seconds you'll get back a PDF file, ready to output on your printer.
  • 3-D photos for free - Have you ever wondered what your favorite photos would look like in 3-D? With this service, you can find out! Just send them your picture files and they'll render them in 3-D. Now all you gotta do is find some of those cheesey blue & red 3-D glasses!
  • Free horoscopes - This site is offering a free weekly horoscope which is composed by Odina, a professional psychic.
  • Free Scanning Service - CyberScans is offering a free scanning service. Just fill in their order form and your photo will be scanned and posted within two working days and the location of your scanned photo will be E-mailed to you.
  • Zodiac Forecasts - This site is offering free horoscopes. By Jonathon Cainer, in association with Britain's "Daily Mail" newspaper.
  • HeadHunter.NET - Useful employment site that offers free service. Claims to be bigger than Monster Board. Posting and searching jobs and resumes is free. HeadHunter.NET will even cross-post listings to Usenet, all for no charge.
  • Southern Exposure Vacation Rentals - Vacation season is coming up and this site offers a helpful free service. Southern Exposure lists vacation rental listings for free. Just fill out the form with all of your details (location, rates, etc.) and they'll list it, along with photos of your property.
  • AdOne Classified Ad Searcher - Tell "Ad Hound" what you're looking for and this free service will search for your request in the classified ads of over 400 newspapers, across the U.S. Results are then mailed to you.
  • Free Fax service. - Not sure how much longer this service will be around---it allows you to send a free fax within a certain covered area. You may either send a fax through your Web browser or through your E-mail client.
  • Faxaway - Give these people your E-mail address and you'll be able to take a "test drive" of their service (i.e., send a free fax).

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