Do you use a FTP client, a mail client, a RSS reader, a GIF editor a virus scanner? Yes all of us do, we use Filezilla for FTP, Thunderbird for mailing, RSSReader for RSS feeds, Animation Softwares, and a nice powerful virus scanner. But think of it if you were able to do all this things online! great isn't it? Yes, thats possible Why? There are free alternatives always available, but then we prefer paid softwares over them also. There paid softwares sometimes burn a nice round hole in your pockets. Also you get accustomed to your PC and the moment you are away from it you feel the loss of those softwares. So why not try free alternatives which are available over the internet, which you can use from any computer around the world!
Web2FTP Use this as an alernative for all those file transfers, high speed, reliable data transfers. Simply enter the server, username, password and go! Of course you have all the advanced features, some much more advanced than our usual FTP clients for example consider this: Automatic server logon (Active/Passive), Zip files, Tarballs (.tar, .tar.gz, .gz) files automatic decompressing!. Yes usually our FTP do not support this, so a very good reason to switch. Click here to use Web2FTP
Mail2Web Simply astounding and generous of them to offer this awesome service for free, one of the unmatcheable sites ever. Simply enter your address, email and go! You an aditionally and freely have multiple logons in the "Personalised Homepage" section. Very usefule for those mailboxes offering only pop3 as thier mail delivery format and also bypasses some mail blocking softwares. Very fast and reliable website. Click here to use Mail2Web.
Google Reader Though this has been a trend nowaday, few people know about its power, and customization. Best of ll its a Google ware, ao another reason to die for it. Powered by AJAX it reads almost all syndication format, with the exception of HTTPS RSS feeds (Secure Feeds). Like most of the other Google Labs products, this one is also in beta. You can Import/Export your existing feed list (OPML format). Click here to use Google Reader.
ImageEditor.net Another one of th awsome web 2.0 sites powered by AJAX. This site is backed by WirePlanet.com and is one of the best image editors, crop, move, resize, add effects, text, change color etc. Very handy if you are on a university computer and are restricted from installing even a small image editing program when you want to jsut resize or add a simple text to your image. Click here to use ImageEditor. Tip: You can use GifWorks to edit those pesky GIF Files!
You can use most of the online antivirus scanners for free from most of the antivirus product sites, a few are given below:
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customization. Best of ll its a Google ware, ao another reason to die for it. Powered by AJAX it reads almost all syndication format, with the exception of HTTPS RSS feeds (Secure Feeds). Like most of the other Google Labs products, this one is also in beta. You can Import/Export your existing feed list (OPML format).
WirePlanet.com and is one of the best image editors, crop, move, resize, add effects, text, change color etc. Very handy if you are on a university computer and are restricted from installing even a small image editing program when you want to jsut resize or add a simple text to your image.
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