Recommended by Chris – FolderSizes is a network-enabled disk space analysis tool. It can quickly isolate large, old, temporary, and duplicate files, or even show file distribution by type, attributes, or owner. Get it [here]

Here is a link to some holiday safety tips provided by the IBEW, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98. Go [here]

Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install the official RealPlayer. Get it [here]
QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime files without having to install the official QuickTime Player. Get it [here]

Like big businesses, many households now have several computers running on a single network. But the methods used by corporations to make files and programs accessible from computer to computer are probably not something most people want to try at home. [more]

Sent in from Petri of Finland –
g4u (“ghost for unix”) is a NetBSD-based bootfloppy/CD-ROM that allows easy cloning of PC harddisks. Get it [here].

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As we begin the holiday shopping season, I wanted to link this incredible story of a blogger who was threatened by the retailer if he posted negative feedback. Take a moment and read this article [here]. Make sure to do your homework before buying from an unknown online store. Don’t forget to check the store out with the Better Business Bureau online.

I like this Firefox extension. If you have certain sites that have to be opened with IE only, add this extension to Firefox and you can open specific sites in IE within a Firefox tab. (I have not tried it with the new Firefox 1.5.) Get this extension [here]

Publisher’s Description:
Locate saves names of all files in your hard drives to file database. After that you can locate files. This program works like updatedb and locate in Unix systems. Win32 based locating program also included. Get it [here]