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Cool Websites and Software:
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If you click on one of the links below, you will
leave our website. We, therefore, are not
responsible for, nor do we have control, over
the content of those websites. The use of
any of those websites is at your own risk.
T he
following sites are those that I found useful or
ones that were recommended by other members.
Enjoy!!
Note:
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will include them for everyone's benefit. If you
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as: "recommended by John Doe").
The sites are broken down into the following
categories.
Auto
Information
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Edmunds
Car Guide-
My Personal Favorite -a must
visit site for anyone in the market for a
car - new or used. Contains a wealth of
great information. Includes both "Dealership
Pricing" and "Private Seller Pricing" (there
is a big difference in pricing between the
two).
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NADAguides.com
- Perhaps the best known source of new and
used car pricing information. Most widely
used by auto dealers.
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Kelly Blue Book-
The third major pricing guide.
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Cartalk.com-
A wealth of car information. PLUS,
Click on Car Talk Car Survey (in the Actual
Car Information section) and find our how
other car owners rate a particular vehicle.
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Buying Tips,
pricing, etc.
- variety of information and tips
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Car Buying Tips-
Great
source of car buying tips
Software: (Free or
shareware)
Note- many of these programs require a "zip"
program-- if you don't already have a "zip
program installed on your computer, you may
download the "Winzip" trial version (below).
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Avast Anti-Virus Home
Edition:
Popular free anti-virus program.
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AVG Anti-Virus:
AVG Free Edition is available free-of-charge
to home users
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Zone Alarm Firewall:
This is my favorite firewall. Made by Zone
Labs, it will render your computer invisible
to hackers.
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SpyBot:
Popular
free spyware (adware finder). Cleans
your computer and prevents many known
spyware programs from being installed.
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Ad-Aware:
Another popular free spyware cleaner.
I like to use both on my system.
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OpenOffice.org:
What if you could get an equivalent to the
Microsoft Office Suite-
For Free.
Now you can. OpenOffice.org is the new
update to terrific free Office Suite from
Sun Microsystems.
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Writer: a Word-compatible
Word processor, which allows you to
create Word compatible documents, and
includes a handy wysiwyg HTML
editor;
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Calc: an Excel-compatible,
feature-packed spreadsheet
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Impress: a PowerPoint-compatible
presentation builder
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Draw: an advanced graphics
editor;
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Database User Tools, and more!
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You can even publish your work in
Portable Document Format (.pdf), and
release your graphics in Flash (.swf)
format - without needing any additional
software!!!
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Read the
downloaded PDF Setup Guide before
you install the program. Specifically:
unless you plan on using Open Office as
your primary office suite - leave the
boxes unchecked when it
asks you to choose the file type for
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and HTML.
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ATNotes:
We all have come to adore and depend on
Post-It notes, now you can download a free
alternative for your computer. ATnotes is a
FREE program which creates Post-it like
notes on the Windows desktop. It lives in
the system tray, take very few resources.
With ATnotes, you will never miss important
events or lose information. You can organize
your notes by using folders, set alarm,
change color or font and send your note to
your colleagues. Try it -- You'll love it.
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Winzip-
The most popular zip program on the web.
Allows you to easily unzip any zipped files
that you download. When setting up the
program--use the "Wizard" option (rather
than "Classic")
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RoboForm:
Roboform is the top-rated Password Manager
and Web Form Filler that completely
automates password entering and form
filling.
Miscellaneous
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