Crocodile Serum Kills HIV (old article)

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&summit=&storyid=2005-08-16T050539Z_0
Ok, so the link doesn’t actually work. I just wanted it listed since it went to the original article. If you search online for the title’s string you’ll see a bunch of other sites that linked to the original article or quoted from it as well.
Once again, proof that cures and breakthroughs are all around [...]

Parkinson’s fix? (old article)

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7619
From the site:
A drug that relieves the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease – but was controversially withdrawn over toxicity fears – has now been shown to stimulate growth of the nerve fibres damaged by the disease.
When delivered directly to the brain, glial cell-line derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) had been shown to stimulate regrowth of cells in [...]

MemoWare

http://www.memoware.com/
Free eBook files for your PDA.

Super Water (old article)

http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2005/05/67472
From the site:
A California company has figured out how to use two simple materials — water and salt — to create a solution that wipes out single-celled organisms, and which appears to speed healing of burns, wounds and diabetic ulcers.
It is potable too!

HousingMaps.com

http://www.housingmaps.com/
Combination of Craigslist and Google Maps for housing/apartment searching in the US.
Coded by Paul Rademacher. Good stuff.

Game Trailers

http://www.gametrailers.com/
Game Trailers for use in animated sigs. If you’ve ever dug around on gaming sites (or other forums) you’ve probably seen animated signatures, some of which contain bits from game trailers. This site has a bunch of those trailers. Mix that with some of the tutorials on sites referenced here, and you have the ability [...]

Darik’s Boot and Nuke (“DBAN”)

http://dban.sourceforge.net/
From the site:
Darik’s Boot and Nuke (“DBAN”) is a self-contained boot disk that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.
DBAN is a means of ensuring due [...]

GoodTutorials.com – 24,145 tutorials at this time

http://www.good-tutorials.com/
This place was another jittery upstart when it first opened, but has calmed down significantly over the years. Its so funny how, when they first come online, the site owners scramble around ripping other sites’ tutorials, or beg for donated articles, or whatever. Not saying this one did, just that it was a very common [...]

USB Applications

Thumb drive application lists are all over the place. Here’s another (short) list:

PortableApps
PenDriveApps

And for the Mac crowd…

FreeSMUG

Note – these are application suites or compilation listings.

Foundstone’s free security downloads

http://www.foundstone.com/us/resources-free-tools.asp
Free tools for security concerns from a division of McAfee. From the site:
As the premier provider of security risk management, vulnerability assessments and protection, Foundstone has created a series of tools that are used in the field by its consultants. The company offers this software free of charge to the public. Download them today to [...]