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The Pudding (www.thepudding.com)
While Skype makes money by charging for added features, like calls to cell phones, a new VoIP service called the Pudding
serves contextual ads to users based on what they are talking about.
VistaPrint (www.vistaprint.com)
Having a business card is a must, but if they aren't provided by an employer they can put a dent in your wallet before you
land a job. At Vistaprint, you can order 250 customized color business cards with graphics, for free. The only catches: a
small ad on the back, and a $6 charge for shipping.
DVD Flick (www.dvdflick.net)
If you have a number of video files of various formats clogging up your hard drive, use DVD Flick to turn them into a fun
home movie. With the open-source software, any video you can view on your PC can be burned onto disc, and personalized audio
and subtitles can be added.
Motionbox (www.motionbox.com)
Motionbox might be the simplest-to-use video editing tool on the Web—and most of its features are free. After you upload
videos, you get a frame-by-frame view that makes cutting and reordering scenes a breeze.
GIMP (www.gimp.org)
Adobe Photoshop is a powerful graphics program, but with a $999 price tag, few can afford it. Open-source download GNU Image
Manipulation Program (GIMP) performs many of the same image editing and retouching tasks for free.
Hugin (www.hugin.sourceforge.net)
Can't quite capture that majestic panoramic view with a tiny 3.5" by 5" photo? Take several photos and stitch them together
with a free downloadable software program called Hugin.
The Channel Channel (thechannelchannel.tv)
The closest thing to TV Guide for Internet TV is the Channel Channel, a site that plays one-minute previews of online video
channels, which you can subscribe to and watch on certain media players.
WWITV (wwitv.com/portal.htm)
Ever wanted to watch news reports from Fiji? Or sports broadcasts from Latvia? WWITV streams more than 2,600 TV channels from
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When the copyright expires on a popular book, it frequently goes into Project Gutenberg—an online collection of more than
20,000 free e-books. Recent additions include works by Charles Dickens and Joseph Conrad.
UPenn Online Books Page (onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu)
The University of Pennsylvania also hosts a large database of public domain e-books. Its page of New Listings is available as
an RSS feed.
LibriVox (www.librivox.org)
LibriVox solicits volunteers to record readings of books in the public domain, then offers the recordings for free on their
site. It currently has over 1,000 titles available for download as MP3 files.
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Sam's Club is offering a free sample of its new Snug & Dry Diapers, best for newborns weighing 8 lbs. to 15 lbs. Supplies may
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Parent's Choice (www.parentschoiceformula.com/free-infant-formula-samples.aspx)
Parent's Choice enriches its baby formulas with DHA and ARA lipids, fatty acids that are good for brain and eye development.
A free sample is now available. Supplies may be limited.
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WebMD (www.webmd.com)
Can't tell if that bump is a bug bite or an allergic reaction? Before you make a doctor's appointment or run to the emergency
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Merck Manuals Online (www.merck.com/mmpe)
The world's best-selling medical textbook is now available free online, with photographs, audio, and video content, and other
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MIT OpenCourseWare (ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm)
If you want a degree from an Ivy League school, it's going to cost you. But if you want the next best thing—for free—go
online. Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers access to 1,700 courses spanning sciences, humanities, and management.
Stanford CS Education Library (cslibrary.stanford.edu)
Stanford offers computer science tutorials, starting with C++ and working towards programming a complete game of Tetris.
UC Berkeley on Google Video (www.video.google.com/ucberkeley.html)
The search site hosts UC Berkeley lecture videos on science, humanities, and public policy.
OpenUW (www.extension.washington.edu/openuw)
University of Washington course materials in selected areas. Current courses include Heroic Fantasy: Tolkien and History of
Jazz: New Orleans.
Open Learning Initiative (www.cmu.edu/oli)
Carnegie Mellon University offers online courses in 10 areas, including statistics and causal reasoning.
Tufts Open Courseware (ocw.tufts.edu)
The school offers a variety of online courses. The Tufts School of Medicine, for one, has 12 online classes ranging from
Genetics to Pathophysiology of Infectious Diseases.
BBC Languages (www.bbc.co.uk/languages)
Want to brush up on your French? Interested in learning a more exotic language, like Urdu? The BBC offers audio lessons in 13
different languages, downloadable in MP3 format.
American Sign Language Browser (commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm)
A print dictionary is unhelpful for learning sign language, so Michigan State University created an online video dictionary
of hundreds of standard signs.
American Consumer Opinion (www.acop.com)
Businesses pay American Consumer Opinion and other online survey companies for the opinions of potential customers. If you
have some extra time and enjoy filling out surveys, they will pass the buck on to you.
E-Poll (www.epoll.com)
Like American Consumer Opinion, E-Poll gives you the option of taking longer surveys for cold hard cash, or filling out short
questionnaires for a chance to win money in a drawing.
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