Freeware ezine

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I believe one of the regulars here creates a monthly
ezine/catalog of freeware sites. I can't seem to find it in
groups.google search. Can someone post the site address for
that?

I'm presenting a freeware class in the local community education
offerings, and want to include it.

Thanks.
 
I believe one of the regulars here creates a monthly
ezine/catalog of freeware sites. I can't seem to find it in
groups.google search. Can someone post the site address for
that?

I'm presenting a freeware class in the local community education
offerings, and want to include it.

Thanks.
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I think you mean the Freeware Book. It's available at
http://www.freewarearena.com/.

With kind regards,
 
Klein said:
I believe one of the regulars here creates a monthly
ezine/catalog of freeware sites. I can't seem to find it in
groups.google search. Can someone post the site address for
that?
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What is The Freeware Book?
It is a project that originated in the summer of 2002 by Scott Williams,
the webmaster of FreewareArena (http://freewarearena.org/) to showcase
great freeware sites and resources in an electronic book format.

Available at a number of sites - here's one:

http://www.buzzys.net/freewarebook/freewarebook15.zip

Susan
 
Got it. Thanks.

The underlying URLs are hidden, which I don't like. Worse yet,
my firewall blocked it attempting to communicate outbound on
port 3249. I've used other ebooks without this behavior. Does
anyone know what ebook.exe is doing and why?
 
Klein said:
Got it. Thanks.

The underlying URLs are hidden, which I don't like. Worse yet,
my firewall blocked it attempting to communicate outbound on
port 3249. I've used other ebooks without this behavior. Does
anyone know what ebook.exe is doing and why?
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http://www.buzzys.net/freewarebook/freewarebook15.zip

From the FAQ in freewarebook15 - ebook.exe:

<quote>
Is this book/browser 'spyware'?
NO...now should you have any security or filtering/blocking type
software it may notify you that this application (the book) is trying to
make a connection, this is just that it is connecting to a linked
resource online in the same way that any other browser would. It is NOT
connecting to anything/resources other than the url(s) included in this
book.
And no this ebook/browser will NOT hijack your browser, change your
default search engine, display ads or such.
</quote>

The spyware question has come up before (and been answered in the
negative). A Google search of the ACF archives will give you more
information.

Susan
 
From the FAQ in freewarebook15 - ebook.exe:

Saw that, but to function "just like a browser" would have it
use port 80, not the range ports I'm seeing used when I run a
trace on it. Just seems sort of odd. A function of the ebook
application, and no reflection on the content.
 
Hi Henk.

I can't seem to find your great site anymore.
Can you tell me the right address?
Thanks.
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Hi Japie,

I have to disappoint you :-(

My site no longer excists.

With kind regards,
 
I have to disappoint you :-(

My site no longer excists.
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"Sjips" as we say in Holland.
Can you explain to me why you closed it down?
I guess I missed your post about that.
 
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