Summary

This is our first humble effort to disseminate much of the good info found on this website via screencast videos that make it easy to get a picture of learning languages online for free while kicking back, watching and soaking it up rather than reading through loads of material.

With this video we offer a 10-minute intro to useful sites for learning languages online for free. The web tour covers essential resources for vocabulary, grammar, dictionaries, translation, verb conjugation, language exchange and more.

We have started a channel on YouTube for these screencasts: http://www.youtube.com/user/freelanguageorg – you can help us a lot by rating and commenting on these videos on YouTube

Please let us know what you would like to see in future videos, too. We have a series planned and will be releasing them here frequently – your input will be valued and appreciated!

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Links in this Screencast

http://quizlet.com
http://www.transparent.com/wotd
http://lingro.com
http://www.gutenberg.org
http://wikibooks.org
http://www.busuu.com
http://www.babbel.com
http://www.myhappyplanet.com
http://palabea.net
http://www.reverso.com
http://www.wordreference.com
http://www.google.com/translate
http://www.verbix.com
http://freelanguage.org/the-big-list

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The Cleaner is a system of programs designed to keep your computer and data safe from Trojans / Worms / Keyloggers / Spyware and all manner of malware. By actively monitoring files and processes on your computer it can detect a virus in action and catch it before it has a chance to do any damage to your valuable data. If you cruise the internet or send and receive e-mail, you can’t afford to be without The Cleaner! Never again worry about e-mails you open, or programs you run – The Cleaner detection system will take care of business so you don’t have to!

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• Video formats supported: avi, divx, xvid, mov, mkv, flv, mpeg-1, mpeg2-, mpeg-4, nsv, dvr-ms, tivo, ts, ifo, vob, asf, wmv, realmedia, rm, rmvb, ogm, existing files from digital camcorders, TV/Sat, capture cards, etc. No external codecs needed like avi codec download

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Zend Studio is designed for new PHP programmers wishing to create PHP applications for the coolest Internet programs and Web pages. It is the perfect PHP development environment for delivering robust and bug-free applications in record time.

With a state-of-the-art PHP editor and an award-winning Internal Debugger, Zend Studio delivers all the basic features a PHP developer needs:

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• Deliver applications in record time with the productivity of 100+ reusable Code Snippets. Zend Snippets Explorer lets you organize, view, and add utility functions and code samples. Connect automatically to the Zend hosted code Gallery where you can select, download, rate or upload additional Code Snippets.
• Develop faster and smarter with Syntax Highlighting. Enhance code comprehension with color highlighting for PHP 4, PHP 5, HTML, javascript, XML and CSS.

Spy Emergency is the anti spyware, anti malware, anti spam solution that fast and secure removes spyware, malware, spam and other internet threats from your computer. Spy Emergency protects you against thousands of various infections and potencially unwanted software, including spyware, adware, spam, virus, trojans, worms, homepage hijackers, remote administration tools, activex components, dialers, scumware, keyloggers, data mining software, toolbars, tracking cookies, browser, hijackers/BHO’s.

Spy Emergency do not slow down your computer and still protects you while your are working not like others spyware removal software. Spy Emergency has more than 985,000 threat definitions in its signature database! Small and regular definition updates greatly reduce update downloading time. Spy Emergency is ready to fight malware on Windows Vista operating systems.

You might be running free Anti-Spyware to save money but these products may not catch really bad stuff and in the wild malware and spyware including worms and trojan horses. So you need something more powerful antispyware weapon like Spy Emergency really is. With built in malware detection heuristics Spy Emergency detects new and unknown in the wild malware threats even before they are detected by other vendors virus scan and signatures update.

Spy Emergency supports not only detection for adware malware and spyware but even detection for malware threats like trojans, worms and backdoors. It checks your e-mails not only for malware but for spam messages too with built-in spam filter. When trojan worm or computer virus is detected it is automatically blocked.

ApexDC++ (formerly PeerWeb DC++) is an innovative Direct Connect client based on StrongDC++ modification. ApexDC++ is actively developed and provides a user-friendly interface, unique features, unlimited customisation and a dedicated support team. It has numerous features such as the PeerGuardian blocklist manager, customisation, themes, super seeding, a friendly GUI and more.

ApexDC++ is, and always will be, free from all forms of malware. The project is managed and developed by veterans of the P2P scene and as such we feel we are in touch with the opinions, wishes and requirements of our users. ApexDC++ allows you to send graphical emoticons to users. You can install multiple emoticon packs at once from our customisation page!

Home Ftp Server is an easy to use FTP server, that allows you to share files directly from your PC with lots of setup possibilities. You can set up user accounts, specify directory permissions and monitor access to individual files. It supports implicit/explicit TLS, virtual directories, banned IP addresses and offers a web based administration interface that lets you add users and view current statistics… and much more. Even it has all the features that even some of the commercial ftp servers doesn’t, the main point is exactly the fact that this all is free without any limitations and it being very efficient/fast and extremely easy to setup compared to any of the products available makes this a perfect choice for you or your company. Latest Firefox has already FTP client part working, anyway in case you have any problems with this specific browser, I’d recommend to use Fire FTP extension for ftping. Internet Explorer seems to work fairly nicely for the ftp client purpose.

Skype is the next phenomenon from the people who brought you KaZaA. Just like KaZaA, Skype uses P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you to other users – not to share files this time, but to talk and chat with your friends. The technology is extremely advanced – but super simple to use… You’ll be making free phone calls to your friends in no time!

Skype was founded in 2003 by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. Skype created a little piece of software that makes communicating with people around the world easy and fun. With Skype you can say hello or share a laugh with anyone, anywhere. And it’s free. Skype is available in 28 languages and is used in almost every country around the world. Skype generates revenue through its premium offerings such as making and receiving calls to and from landline and mobile phones, as well as voicemail and call forwarding. Skype, based in Luxembourg, has relationships with a growing network of hardware and software providers and is an eBay company.

webcamXP is a powerful webcams and ip cameras management and streaming software for private and professional use. It offers unique features and unequaled ease of use to let you broadcast and manage multiple video sources on the same computer. It is the perfect tool to secure your goods and to easily manage users’ accesses.

This is our brand new webcamXP 5 project. It has a simpler interface, provides better performances, includes additional features and is now replacing webcamXP 2008 which was quite heavy for most systems. webcamXP 5 has been specially designed for Vista and it also works on Windows XP, 2003 and 2008 Server. webcamXP Free is the basic product for home-users. It lets you to stream via HTTP, Windows Media or to upload via FTP/FTPS or HTTP/HTTPS Post. It also lets you add overlays / watermarks over your video streams and the basic features such as capturing or recording at fixed interval.

This version is ideal for putting live webcam on your web page and is robust for 24/7 broadcasting. Supports a single video source.

webcamXP Private is already more advanced and beside the multiple video sources support is also offers the possibility to filter by IP and to manage who can access your video streams smartly. You can limit users in view time and don’t have to worry about your privacy. Supports up to 5 video sources.