Relevant Links
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Beginners Central.
Another good web-based tutorial on the Internet for Windows users. Chapter
2 on Off-line Operations and File Downloading offers straight-forward and
and easy-to-follow directions. Other chapters are devoted to e-mail, newsgroups,
FTP, and telnet.
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CNET
Download.com. Organizes downloadable software for PC, Mac, Linux, Windows
CE, and Palm Pilot. Has special categories for most popular downloads,
new releases, and the editors' choices. Check out the downloads in Education
category. Use the search tool to find a specific ware.
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ZDNet Free
Downloads. Free games, utilities, screensavers, graphics and multimedia,
as well as business, home, and education software. Also lists popular downloads
by date of release, star rating, number of downloads, etc. Especially useful
are the system requirements, product description and reviews.
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Clip Art Warehouse this
archive of clip art compiled by Graham Coupe is one of the least uncluttered
ones among clip art collections. Contents are organized in categories,
i.e. animated gif, icons, buttons, lines, and textures (backgrounds), some
of these are designed by him.
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MIDI Mania 3000. Collection
of thousands of songs plus links to other MIDI sites.
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MP3.com. Over 250,000 songs in all genres,
from Alternative to Latin, Poetry to Celtic. Its best features is it encourages
new artists to submit their works. You can listen and sample their music,
and order the CD for as low as $5.99. The site also features reviews and
downloads of MP3-related software and hardware.
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NASA Multimedia Gallery.
Presents photos, videos, animation, audio, and art galleries on aerospace
exploration. There's a link to its NASA Television site. You'll need QuickTime
and RealPlayer software to view some of the multimedia files.
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QuickTime. Contains downloads,
movie trailers, as well as news, weather, and entertainment channels. Don't
miss HBO's Kid Flicks Online Film Festival showing QuickTime movies
created by children. If you don't have the latest version of QuickTime
movie player this is where you can download a free copy.
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Real.com. Get your free RealPlayer7
and RealJukebox here. RealPlayer allows you to listen and view hundreds
of radio and video channels on the Web, from CNN to Discovery, get the
latest reports from sports to weather stations as well. Compile your own
music library with RealJukebox which records CD music and downloads MP3.
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The Daily WAV. This online newsletter
offers both waveform and midi files. The main page offers a quirky menu
of famous and not so famous clips from movies and commercials.
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