Panicware's Pop-up Stopper
Recommended by PC Magazine and PC World Magazine.

Everyrule.com
Need to know a rule check this site.

CPSC press releases & recalls
Want to check the lastest Government Recalls go to:

Microsoft Office Tips
Find Tips & Tricks for Microsoft Products
ABC

CBS

E ! Online

ESPN

Internet Archive
A collection of text, audio, video, images, vintage software, you name it.

The Internet Movie Database
Want to know the name of that song from that movie with that guy in it, look here.

NBC

Rolling Stone

Yahoo! TV
Full TV listings for most areas.
Ebaum's World
A collection of videos, animations, and sounds.

Everyrule.com
Rules for Card Games, Board Games, Game shows, you name it.

The Onion
Hilarious Fake News.

College Humor
Humor, for the college student.

The Urban Dictionary
User submitted definitions of "Street Terms." Want to know what "Fo' Schizzle" means, check here.
About.com

Annoyances.org
User submitted answers to common computer problems.

Broadband Reports
Check here for information / status on your broadband service, be it DSL, Cable or other.

CPSC Recalls
Stay up to date on government recalls.

Dictionary.com
Find the definition of hullabuloo here.

Encyclopędia Britannica

FedStats
A collection of US Statistics.

FirstGov.gov
A starting point to get through many US websites.

Google
Our favorite search engine, similar to Yahoo! without all the bells and whistles.

Internet Traffic Report
Want to know why it's slow getting to that site in Kenya, check here.

The Library of Congress

Mapquest
Need to know how to get to kalamazoo, check here.

Microsoft Office Tricks
Tips and Tricks for Microsoft Office products.

MSN

PC Magazine

Tom's Hardware Guide
A great source for reviews of products and technology.

WebMD
The place to find out what the weird rash you have had since Tuesday is.

Yahoo!
The most popular search engine on the internet, with many other features as well.

Yahoo! Maps
We prefer it to Mapquest.  Yahoo! Maps seems to get us lost less frequently.
Symantec Tools
This folder includes updates for Norton Antivirus and some of the more common Virus Fix Tools.

Spybot Search and Destroy 1.3
Spyware sends information about you and your Internet habits to companies. Block it with Spybot Search & Destroy

AdAware
Run this monthly along with Spybot for full spyware protection.

CWShredder
Though less common these days, CoolWebSearch is still a nasty peice of spyware. Use this to get rid of it.

Google Toolbar
Adds many great functions to Internet Explorer, including a popup stopper and easy searching. Plus it's free and clean of spyware!!!

Kazaa Lite
A more powerful version of Kazaa, and 'lite' because it's free of spyware!
AdAware
A Spyware fighter.  One of the best.  We suggest you run it at least monthly.

Norton Antivirus
Our favorite antivirus program.  Make sure you update weekly.  And if you do get a virus, check them out for fixing tools.

SpyBot
Run this monthly with AdAware.  With these two programs you should be safe from Spyware.

Symantec Hoaxes
A list of virus hoaxes on the internet.  Check here before you forward any of those emails.

Zone Alarm
A popular free firewall program.
Adobe Acrobat Reader
For reading PDF files.

AOL Instant Messenger
Probably the most common Instant Messenger on the internet.

Download.com
A great source for many programs on the internet. Including many of those listed here.

Google Toolbar
Search Google, block Pop-Ups, and more...

Hotmail.com
Free e-mail provider .

MSN Messenger
The second most common Instant Messenger or the internet.

Quicktime
For playing Quicktime Movies, a common format on the internet.

Real Player
Another type movie, often from streaming content.

SmartDownloads.net
Similar to download.com with more / different downloads.

Sun Java
Some websites require Java for advanced content.

Windows Update
Stop here once a month for all the latest fixes to Microsoft Windows.
iTunes
Provided by Apple.  Play MP3s, organize your music collection and buy CDs or individual songs in a downloadable format.

WinAMP
Plays almost all type of media, and you can customize the look.

WinZip
The most popular program for compressing and uncompressing Zip and other files.

WinRAR
More powerful, and covering more types of files than WinZip, we prefer it.
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