General
Ad-Aware®: Software program for ridding your PC of unwanted cookies, registry entries, etc.
Barcode-Superstore: Site for various information on bar codes.
Borland's Museum: Site for historical Borland software like Turbo Pascal.
Bootdisk.com: Site for creating boot disks to reinstall legal copies of various operating systems.
CNET: Product reviews, consumer reviews, hardware reviews, etc.
DNS Servers
- Free Fast DNS Servers: Contains a list of free DNS servers.
- OpenDNS: OpenDNS offers free public DNS servers.
Groklaw: Journalistic site, with interviews, research, and reporting of legal events relating the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) community.
Linksys Router Security: An article on how to secure your network.
Linksys Static IPs: A good article on assigning static local IP address to one of your computers.
ProcessID Home Page: Site for identifying processes running on the PC.
Public Patent Foundation: Foundation that focuses on the public's interests against wrongly issued patents and unsound patent policy.
SpeedGuide.net: Technical editorials and information on Internet connections and supercharging the PC.
Speakeasy Speed Test: A visual test of your Internet connection's speed.
Time Warner Cable RDC Bandwidth Speed Test (Texas): Site for testing your line speed.
Toast.net Performance Test: Site for testing Internet connection speed.
Troubleshooting Windows XP: Site for diagnosing and finding tweaks and fixes for Windows XP.
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Site that verifies or debunks all of those Internet rumors.
ZDNet: Computer news and reviews.