Anti-Virus
It is very important to protect yourself from internet viruses and worms these days, an unprotected computer sitting on the internet will be infected in only 12 minutes!
Anti-Spyware
Spyware infects your computer and tracks what websites you visit in order to tailer the ads you see. Malware will usually use a keylogger to steal all your passwords!
Open Source Software
Why pay for something when there are free and open solutions Microsoft Office add's over $250 to the price of a computer, using OpenOffice.Org instead will save you hundreds!
- OpenOffice.org -- Free alternative to Microsoft Office
- Foxit PDF Reader -- Free alternative to Adobe Acrobat
- Google Picasa -- Free image organization manager
Web Search
Thanks to Google, searching the vast resources of the internet has never been easier! Overwhelmed by the 95,400,000 results? Narrow down your results using modifiers. Search "cats +breeds", the plus sign causes google to display results that MUST contain the word "breeds". An alternative filter would be the minus sign. "cats -musical" will return results that DO NOT contain the word "musical". There are many, many more tricks and tips to searching with Google, check the Google Web Search Help pages for more details.