Access Your Notes From Anywhere

Writing notes on your mobile device and then accessing them from a desktop or tablet has never been easier. Each of these cloud based services offers both a FREE and premium paid for version.

	Evernote lets you create and store notes, web clips, images and audio. Available for practically everything as an app or via their website, see: https://evernote.com
	WorkFlowy is an elegant and very easy to use note and list creator, with a daily summary email. Available as as an iOS app or via their website, see: https://workflowy.com/

FREE Shared Task List

Keep on top of multiple projects with this cloud based shared task tool. Asana is FREE for teams up to 15 members and available as an iPhone app or a HTML5 mobile site for Android devices or iPad, see: http://asana.com/

FREE Resources For Designers

BittBox offers free brushes, vectors, fonts and textures, all royalty free, and can be used in any of your projects both personal and commercial with no attribution required (though they won't say no to a donation). See: http://www.bittbox.com/gallery

FREE Online Checkout & Password Manager

Filling out online checkout forms can be a real pain, especially on a mobile. Speed up the whole experience with this secure password manager which holds your credit card details so you don't have to. Available on Windows, Mac, iPhone & Android, see: https://www.dashlane.com/

FREE Sophos Security Threat Report

Stay up to date with the latest trends and threats on the internet, with this easy to read FREE report. See: http://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-news-trends/reports/security-threat-report.aspx

Microsoft Security Update Bulletins

Every month Microsoft releases security updates to fix vulnerabilities and address issues. If you would like to know more information about what's been fixed, there is a monthly breakdown at: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletins.aspx

FREE Advanced Windows Program Uninstaller

Many older versions of Windows are a graveyard of leftover bits of supposedly uninstalled programs. Revo Uninstaller can find and remove these software remnants and also deal with stubborn programs that just won't uninstall. Also installing the FREE version often gives you a discount for the paid pro version, see: http://www.revouninstaller.com

FREE DVD Player

For years now VLC has been my FREE cross-platform multimedia player of choice as it plays just about every type of multimedia file, DVD, Audio CD, VCD and various streaming protocols like DLNA. Functionality can be increased via the 50+ addons, extensions and skins. Available for Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, Android and Linux, see: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

FREE Digital Organiser

LiveBinders is a FREE way to gather your knowledge, whether it is website links or files, all into one place for easy sharing. Also available as an app for iPad, Andriod and Chrome. See: http://www.livebinders.com

FREE Email Security Check

This FREE test lets you check how good your email antivirus is in a safe way, by sending you 7 emails with attachments each testing a way a virus could be sent. Many hosted email systems check attachments when you try to download it, so don't be surprised if you get all 7 emails. See: http://www.emailsecuritycheck.net/index.html

FREE Online Password Manager

Too many passwords is a symptom of modern life that can easily be managed by using a FREE online password manager. Rather than have the same password for all your online accounts and services, you only have to remember one really strong password.

See: https://lastpass.com/

Cloud Based Presentation Tool

With a FREE Prezi license you get 100MB of cloud storage to create public presentations. Create, edit and present, using the FREE iPad app or use Prezi Desktop, which also lets you keep your prezis on your own computer. See: http://prezi.com/

Independent Anti-Virus Comparision Website

AV-Comparatives is an Austrian Non-Profit-Organization, which provides independent Anti-Virus software tests free to the public. Every day, AV-Comparatives researchers collect a set of malicious URLs and run real world tests, file detection tests and performance tests for most major antivirus products. The results are posted monthly in clear easy to read charts and reports. See: http://av-comparatives.org/

Check When Gmail and Twitter Are Down

Not being able to access a web service you rely on is frustrating, so first check to see if you are not the only one affected. downrightnow is a FREE monitoring website displaying the status of web services, such as Facebook, Gmail, Twitter, Yahoo! Mail, LinkedIn and many more. It works by combining user Tweets and official announcements to tell you when there's service issues. See: http://downrightnow.com/

FREE PC Vulnerability Scanner

Keep all your PC software up to date with the FREE Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI). It scans your software for missing security updates and locates the necessary downloads for you. See: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/

If you don't to install anything there is even an online version covering 100 third-party programs/plugins at: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/online/

Discover The Best Android Apps

AppBrain is a FREE Android market search engine, which lets you easily install and manage your apps directly from the web browser and on the device with their free Android app. Filter by categories; 'Free', 'Price Reduced' and 'App2SD supported' to help find your perfect apps - see: http://www.appbrain.com

Scientific Calculator In Google

I always knew that Google could act as a basic calculator, but I didn't realise that there was a scientific calculator built into the Google search page. Either search for the word 'calculator' or bookmark the following link: http://www.google.com/search?q=calculator

FREE Android Security And Optimization App

Advanced Mobile Care by IObit is a FREE all-in-one Android security and performance optimization app for Android. In addition to real-time malware scans, features include a Game Speeder, Battery Saver, App Manager, Task Killer and Privacy Locker. See: http://www.iobit.com/advanced-mobile-care.php

Email Up To 2GB For FREE

This simple no fuss service lets you email files up to 2GB for FREE, to up to 20 people at a time, with no registration. Files are available for 2 weeks before they are deleted. See: www.wetransfer.com

FREE Online Task Management

Manage your tasks and to do lists with this easy to use FREE cloud based system. You are spoilt for choice on how to add tasks, ranging from email, twitter and Siri, and also syncs with Microsoft Outlook and BlackBerrys. Apps are available for iPad, iPhone, Android and Gmail. The system lets you set a wide range of task reminders via email, SMS and most instant messaging clients. See: www.rememberthemilk.com