Here's some Net Links you guys may need it.

General Network information

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/
http://www.networklab.co.uk/

Traffic Reports

http://www.internettrafficreport.com/


General ISP

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/
http://www.net4nowt.com/
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,,t293,00.html


Bandwidth -*test*-('")s

http://www.numion.com/YourSpeed/
http://www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ (for NTL and blueyonder)
http://bandwidthplace.com/speed-*test*-('")/
http://www.blockbuster.co.uk/common/speed.asp
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speed-*test*-('").asp
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/misc/band--*test*-('")/
http://www.dslreports.com/s-*test*-('")


Optimizing internet connection.

http://www.speedguide.net/index.shtml
http://www.optimizing.net


ADSL

http://www.broadband-help.com
http://www.world-of-adsl.com
http://www.adslguide.org
http://www.dslreports.com/
http://www.dsl.net
http://www.everythingdsl.com/


Cable modem

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin....tips/index.html
http://www.broadband-help.com
http://www.cw2000.org
http://www.broadbandnorfolk.co.uk
http://www.broadband-kb.co.uk


ICS - Internet Connection Sharing

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/ics/ics.htm
http://firingsquad.gamers.com/guides/ics/


IP and connectivity tracing
http://visualroute1.datametrics.co.uk/


Spyware

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
http://www.spyware.co.uk


Network Security

http://www.sans.org/
http://www.grc.com/
http://www.netcraft.com/security/

Wireless Networks/Networking

http://www.consume.net - Database for people to make a wireless network in their area to share stuff
http://www.kentwireless.net/
http://wirelessanarchy.com/
http://www.80211central.com/
http://www.wlan.org.uk/

Anonymous Tunnel to the Internet

http://www.steganos.com/?language=en&layout=default


http://library.rider.edu/scholarly/rlackie...le/Inv_Web.html

Audio or Video Free Codecs ?
http://www.free-codecs.com/

Very helpful. Thanks Clint!

Opera 9 released.

Sounds like a great improvement over previous versions if only for the fact it is tabbed.
And it is half the memory hog Firefox is.
It's free. Gonna give it a try.

if you want cheap legal music then have a look at http://www.allofmp3.com

Legal, but not really ethical. None of the artists receive royalties via sales from allofmp3.com. From what I've read, they're using a loophole in Russian copyright law to get away with providing music royalty free. It's not really cricket in my book.

[Off Topic]

You killed the thread KJG. HOW DARE YOU!!!

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Some Cool Utilities :

http://www.dma.org/~millersg/CoolSoftware.html

http://www.dumeter.com/

http://www.iespell.com./

http://www.iolo.com/

http://www.crazybrowser.com/

http://www.vim.org/

http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm

Because we need some protection...


Free Online Scans

http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/co...n_principal.htm
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx

Reports, Analysis

http://www.av--*test*-('").org/
http://agn-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/vtc/

Virus Help Team

Tools for -*test*-('")ing anti-virus programs
http://www.vht-dk.dk/vhtdk/pc/eicar.htm

Free Remote Backup.

I came across this pretty cool service called Mozy which offers 2GB of backup space free, or you can pay if you want more space. The files are encrypted before they are uploaded to their servers so it's totally secure. The backup software does differential backup which means only new data is uploaded and it's pretty easy to use though it is new so there are a couple of teething problems that will hopefully get sorted out. Anyway I thought most of you guys would find this useful so check it out!

For a guide on how PCM digital audio works check out this http://grahammitchell.com/writings/vorbis_intro.html

Thanks clint, have always got something playing that doesnt! cant ever get the right codec. I bookmarked it for later use.

elroy

Great dictionary/thesaurus gadget for IE7

This little free program it is totally cool and convenient to use. Here's the the page :

http://www.irondust.com/qdictionary/

Audio Tools: FOR FREE !

Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
CDex - http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
dBpowerAMP Music Converter - http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
Encounter 2003 - http://www.waschbusch.com/
GermaniXEncoder - http://www.germanixsoft.de/
K-MP3 - http://www.katarncorp.com/
KraMixer - http://www.kramware.com/
ModPlug Tracker http://www.modplug.com/
MP3 Book Helper - http://mp3bookhelper.sourceforge.net/
MP3 Tag - http://www.mp3tag.de/
mp3DirectCut - http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~pesch/
MP3Gain - http://www.geocities.com/mp3gain/
mp3Trim - http://www.logiccell.com/~mp3trim/
MusicBrainz - http://musicbrainz.org/
Rarewares - http://rarewares.hydrogenaudio.org/
SoundEngine Free - http://www.cycleof5th.com/en/index.htm
TagScanner - http://xdev.narod.ru/tagscan_e.htm
The GodFather - http://users.otenet.gr/~jtcliper/tgf/

CD/DVD/CD Burning:

Burn4Free - http://www.burn4free.com/
Burnatonce - http://www.burnatonce.com/
CDBurnerXP - http://hem.bredband.net/cdburnerxp/
CDRDAO - http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/
CDR Tools Frontend - http://demosten.com/cdrfe/
Deepburner - http://www.deepburner.com/
DVDShrink - http://www.dvdshrink.org/what.html
DVD Decrypter: http://www.dvddecrypter.com/
DVD Audio Extractor - http://www.castudio.org/dvdaudioextractor/
Easy Burning, DropCD & Audio CD - http://www.paehl.de/cdr
DVD Player - http://www.divx.com/

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