WITHOUT A TRACE
ZDNET
5 Security & encryption
3 stars
http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/hotfiles/freeutilities.html
Heavy duty file deletion
Without a Trace is a very popular file deletion utility (over 100,000 downloads) Without a Trace is a free file-wipe utility designed to prevent recovery of deleted files. Very easy to use, it's a good first-line security option that should keep your deleted files safe from any attempted data recovery. Just select the files you want to delete, and they're sent to oblivion. Although the author doesn't claim foolproof data destruction, the utility seems to do an outstanding job. The filenames of wiped files are still available, but data wasn't recoverable during testing. Other features include folder and free-disk-space wipes is a free file-wipe utility designed to prevent recovery of deleted files. Very easy to use, it's a good first-line security option that should keep your deleted files safe from any attempted data recovery. Just select the files you want to delete, and they're sent to oblivion. Although the author doesn't claim foolproof data destruction, the utility seems to do an outstanding job. The filenames of wiped files are still available, but data wasn't recoverable during testing. Other features include folder and free-disk-space wipes
Did not load with Explorer 5.0 need to try higher version

GO!ZILLA
Go!zilla ZDNET
6 Web site capture
5 stars
http://www.gozilla.com/
Download with an attitude
Go!Zilla is a SERIOUS FTP download tool that more than manages an occasional download. This one is for serious heavy duty transfer of files. Includes the following components -a file searching utility that locates downloadable MP3, software, video or images anywhere in the universe and can be trained to look for upgrades. The Go!Zilla actually accomplishes the download to your exact specification (including the month, day, hour and minute). The ZipZilla component handles the unzipping of files.
This is truly an awesome tool -want to download the voter registration list for Mississippi? No problem! Go!zilla has one other thing going for it-it is absolutely fun!

SITE SNAGGER
ZDNET PC Magazine
6 Web site capture
4 stars
http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/pctech/content/17/04/ut1704.001.html
Web site capture
One of the best FREE Web site grabbers around, a highly developed product produced by PC Magazine -ZDNET. This is a very easy program to use-open a new project, tell it how many levels down you want to capture, point Site Snagger to the Web site you want to capture and the program does the rest. Great for viewing sites off line or capturing a huge number of links and images very quickly and easily.
Not many bells & whistles but the program is efficient. Be sure to capture the site deep enough to get the content you want.

WEBZEER
WebZeer
6 Web site capture
4 stars
http://www.uzee.com/WebZeer_features.htm
Web site capture
A fascinating piece of software. WebZeer doesn't so much capture Web sites as it dismembers them with a knife. Allows you to very selectively capture parts of Web sites -images, banners, and even portions of text. I can't think of an immediate use for such a tool but perhaps as a lightning fast way to scavenge Trademarks and logos.
WebZeer has one additional advantage-it's simply a lot of fun to play with!.

INTUIT QUICKBASE
Intuit Inc
7 Odd & ends
5 stars
http://www.quickbase.com/db/main?a=home
Groupware for the Masses!
Another try before you by product site. Simply registers and pick one a of dozen or so project templates for your own and create a project or plan an event. Groupware is very hot and this really interesting technology.
Terrific site, a great way to experiment filled with great examples. Part is you can see by example how the product works. You can invite colleagues into the site to plan projects together. Requirements timelines, create bibliographies or manage assets or people.

ARCEXPLORER
ESRI
7 Odds & ends
5 stars
http://www.esri.com
Create & read maps without GIS
ArcExplorer is to maps what Adobe Acrobat is to text files. Create and read maps readily available across the Internet using ArcExplorer without have (or learning to use) a GIS system on your computer. You can create and save projects and post useful map related data to your newsroom Intranets (after installing ArcExplorer on their PCs) ESRI is one of the giants in GIS, highly reputable and the FREE reader viewer comes with a large user manual.
Spatial data (maps) and the Internet are made for each other. This compelling application ought to be in your tool kit. It's also a terrific way to introduce GIS to your newsroom without the long and painful learning curve associated with GIS programs. Actually there better application here is going to be ArcExplorer 3 which will allow you to access the underlying data tables.

NOODLEBIB
NoodleBib
7 Odds & ends
4 stars
http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/index.html
Citation tool
Ever wonder how to correctly assemble a bibliography or correctly cite almost anything and especially Internet related sources? Now you know-just identify the source fill in the blanks and wham you have a letter perfect citation! NoodleBib is based entirely on the guidelines presented in the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 5th Edition, written by Joseph Gibaldi and Phyllis Franklin. Citations generated by the tool should match the syntax presented in this book exactly
Created by a librarian & software engineer Debbie Damon Abilock, this is a thorough and completely professional tool.

PERL
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
7 Odds & ends
5 stars
http://www.perl.com/pub
Perl 5 for your Intranet
Way beyond what I know but you need it to run the calendar (and lots of other cool things). Also comes in UNIX flavors. If you don't know how to use Perl -aspire to!
It's free, It's useful , It's widely distributed -Two Perls in every garage

SETI
UC Berkeley
7 Odds & ends
2 stars
http://wwwsetiathome.ssl.berkley.edu
Screensavers for Science
SETI@homeSeti is an example of distributed computing linking a bunch of client computers together and harnessing their idle processing cycles to work on a single, large number-crunching project. SETI@home “a scientific experiment that uses Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). You download and analyzes radio telescope data running as a kind of screensaver mode, where it crunches data only when your machine is completely idle. As of early December, SETI@home boasted more than 2.5 million individual users who had donated 500,000 years’ worth of processing time. The technique is spreading to other application –Other companies, including for-profits are getting into this technology Imagine if your computer found signs of extraterrestrial life or discovered a cure for cancer. While this program does nothing to get you through the day you can feel good knowing that your PC is working hard to improve society.
Great screen saver

SPAMBAIT
Unicom Systems Development
7 Odds & ends
1 star
http://www.unicom.com/spambait/
Spam fighters
Unicom is the home page of an Austin TX based network consulting group. While promoting their services the company also offers some spam bait pages designed to attract spam-spiders that crawl the net gathering email addresses. The "bait" generates dozens of bogus e-mail addresses for the spider to carry back -mailing junk addresses to junk dealers!
Not very useful to we information professionals but it's nice to know someone cares this much about spam and is willing to counter the junk

WHOIS
Geek Tools
7 Odds & ends
4 stars
http://www.geektools.com/cgi-bin/proxy.cgi
Who is this IP anyway
Type in the IP and Whois will tell you who owns the site

ZONEALARM
Zone Labs
7 Odds & ends
5 stars
http://www.zonelabs.com/
Home network lockdown
A very nifty and full-feature network security system (firewall) for a home or small office network. Free for personal or educational use. Professional versions available for for-profits. Operates on the theory that all access points to your internal machines (telnet ftp mail and browsers are turned off from Internet access until you enable them through the Zonealarm software.
Software easily installs and configures quickly and efficiently. There a lots of features here and will take a while to learn them all. Logging function is very useful especially revealing is the number of access attempts over weekends.

ABSOLUTELOCK
AbsoluteLock
yes
3 stars
http://www.absolutelock.de/
Keep your mitts off my PC
AbsoluteLock is a hard disk security tool, for your data. After you have installed AbsoluteLock to your system, you will be asked to enter a password every time you boot your computer. If the password is incorrect the access will be denied, if a user tries to boot from a floppy disk, the protected hard drive(s) will still not be accessible.
Seriously locks your PC against unauthorized use. Your may have trouble with your DP dept over this but hard core news researchers may consider this standard procedure.