An OS designed for teaching operating systems courses. The Nachos distribution comes with: an overview paper, simple baseline code for a working operating system, a simulator for a generic personal computer/workstation, sample assignments, a C++ primer (Nachos is written in an easy-to-learn subset of C++, and the primer helps teach C programmers our subset).....(free).....

Search any term to see if a domain name contains it. Enables you to find every registered domain name that contains all of the search terms you enter, anywhere within the domain name itself.....(free).....

Freeware Hex Editor program can export as C, Pascal, VB and ASM structure and Hex and Raw format.....(free).....

NCHcart is a program that lets you easily select, cue and play audio on a Windows computer with a sound card. The software is designed for Radio Station broadcast studio use but can also be used for stage presentations, ground announcements or venue announcements. The concept and name for NCHcart comes from the traditional "carts" (cartridges) used in radio stations. NCHcart plays digital audio files located anywhere on the network. By using non-proprietory wav file formats, NCHcart can play files recorded, edited or created by most of the broad range of audio software available today. In a network system, the audio files can be played directly over the network without needing audio cabling between the recording computer and NCHcart.....(free).....

NeatSurf is a powerful and easy to use IE privacy security utility. It prevents IE from writing to your history, cache, cookies, user data, etc... Just download and run NeatSurf.exe. It will start an instance of Internet Explorer and continue to run until another IE browser is opened regularly.....(free).....

NeoMem allows you to store and organize all kinds of information in a cross between a word processor and database. The interface is similar to Windows Explorer, except that instead of dealing with files on a hard disk you deal with objects in a file. It can be used to store to do lists, books, website passwords, addresses, account information, and collections of all kinds. You can define your own classes for items that you want to store information about, and define properties for those objects. Each object can also store formatted text in a simple word processor view.....(free).....

Video interviews from Robert X. Cringely with luminaries of modern tech.....(free).....

Net Activity Diagram (NAD) is a Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP application that monitors your computer Internet activity. It monitors the main Internet protocols (TCP, UDP) and displays the amount of transferred data. NAD provides a simple and comfortable user interface, easy to understand setup and full control over the visualization process.....(free).....

Monitor your Internet connection! This Power Tool perodically tests the web servers and email servers of your choice, and attempts to download a specific page. It reports any errors that occur, so you can take corrective action.....(free).....

Obfuscation tool for .NET code protection. The Light Edition is the Free version of Skater .NET Obfuscator. You may use Skater .NET Obfuscator Light Edition, free of charge, to protect your .NET applications for both personal and commercial purposes .....(free).....

NetRadar is a tool for analyzing network topology for congestion problems. It is targeted mainly at networking experts, but can be used by anyone with a network connection. NetRadar produces graphs of your network connection, which can be analyzed for things like redudandant or missing topology, congestion problems, and similar related ideas. NetRadar is based on a research project called RouteTree theory, which makes traceroute and ping data reliable enough for medium-level network analysis .....(free).....

NetResView is a small utility that displays the list of all network resources (computers, disk shares, and printer shares) on your LAN. As opposed to "My Network Places" module of Windows, NetResView display all network resources from all domains/workgroups in one screen, and including admin/hidden shares .....(free).....

NetStumbler (also known as Network Stumbler) is a tool for Windows that facilitates detection of Wireless LANs using the 802.11b, 802.11a and 802.11g WLAN standards. It runs on Microsoft Windows 98 and above. A trimmed-down version called MiniStumbler is available for Windows CE. NetStumbler is commonly used for: Wardriving, Verifying network configurations, Finding locations with poor coverage in one?s WLAN, Detecting causes of wireless interference, Detecting unauthorized (?rogue?) access points, Aiming directional antennas for long-haul WLAN links .....(free).....

NetSurveyor is an 802.11 (WiFi) network discovery tool and, as such, its goal in life is to gather information about nearby wireless access points in real time and display it in a useful way. Similar in purpose to NetStumbler, it includes many more features. The data is displayed using a variety of different diagnostic views and charts. Data can be recorded for extended periods and played-back at a later date/time. Also, reports can be generated in Adobe PDF format.....(free).....

Net Workshop is a collection of TCP and UDP servers, clients and relays, all in one application. Very useful if you want to troubleshoot your network or learn how other applications work. Featuring AutoUpdate, you can download the latest version without leaving Net Workshop's IDE! NetWorkshop now features Web Browser, FTP Client, File Transfer and Connections windows (shows currently open connections, listening ports, etc)......(free).....

Protects you from Phishing attacks. See the hosting location of every site you visit. Like a giant neighbourhood watch scheme, empowering the most alert and most expert members to defend everyone within the community against phishing frauds. The Toolbar also Traps suspicious URLs containing characters which have no common purpose other than to deceive. Enforces display of browser navigational controls (toolbar & address bar) in all windows, to defend against pop up windows which attempt to hide the navigational controls. Clearly displays sites' hosting location, including country, helping you to evaluate fraudulent urls.....(free).....

NetiExpress helps newbies and lazy people to configure Outlook Express in order to not send emails in HTML format. NetiExpress is a small and convenient software written in C, ready to be forwarded by email to people who send HTML email only because it's the OE default configuration.....(free).....

Apache Server GUI and Tools .....(free).....

NetMeter is a small, customizable network bandwidth monitoring program for Windows 95/98/98SE/ME/NT4/2000/XP.....(free).....

A highly professional network boot disk for connecting to a network share on a Windows 9x/ME/NT4/2000/XP or Linux Samba machine. Also allows you to use network applications such as SSHDOS (secure shell) or Ghost Peer-to-peer/multicast, using Packet driver interface. Best features are: Modular design, PCI nic auto-detect, Supports TCP/IP, Nwlink and Netbeui protocol, Very easy driver plugin support (100 driver plug-ins currently available).....(free).....

Use network clipboard to instantly copy files, texts, images, internet adresses between different computers!Press Copy on one computer and go to different PC and press Paste. The contents go with you. Or press Copy and your colleague on different computer can press Paste and he immediatelly has the stuff you wanted to give him.....(free).....

Perfect tool for small companies. Each user on network can say on his PC whether he wants to be connected to internet. If no one wants the connection is hanged up. All users see the current connection status and time they had been connected.....(free).....

Network Info is a small tool which displays important data of all network adapters that are connected to the computer (e.g. modem, DSL, LAN). The handling of the program is easy and intuitive. Data that are displayed are for example the IP-address, MAC-address, subnet mask and the address of the DHCP-server. If you click the Tray-button on the caption, the program minimizes to the system tray. Now the tooltip of the icon in the system tray shows the IP- and gateway-address of the network adapter that was displayed at last (Go to Applications, then scroll down).....(free).....

Network Monitor displays all kind of information in real time (1-second update) about all network adapters (network cards, RAS connections, virtual cards, server monitoring for web hosting) in your system .....(free).....

Program for creating interactive network diagrams. User-definable Network Management. Simple Drag and Drop interface. Open, Text Based File Format. Printing. Linked Diagrams. Flow Charts.....(free).....

A multi-threaded IP, SNMP and NetBIOS scanner with a modern interface and several advanced features. It is intended for both system administrators and general users who are interested in computer security. The program pings computers, scans for listening TCP ports and displays which types of resources are shared on the network (including system and hidden). In addition, it allows you to mount shared resources as network drives, browse them using Windows Explorer, filter the results list and more .....(free).....

NetTaskExec schedules programs and commands to run on local or network computers.....(free).....

Uses standard network query utilities to work up a handy report on a given Internet address. It does so automatically and fairly quickly, in a simple format and in a logical sequence. It provides a report in plain text which it opens in Notepad when done. It gives some screen feedback while in process. A few uses for the Network Tracer: Identifying the owners and/or hosts of websites and domain names. Tracking down the source of unwanted email. Identifying and tracing the host in an obscured URL. Interpreting your website access logs. Tracing suspicious connections reported by your firewall or port monitor. Finding what others can learn from your IP address. Checking out chat partners.....(free).....

A simple, yet powerful utility for measuring your bandwidth usage and the speed of all kinds of wired and wireless network connections (Dial-up, Ethernet, ISDN, DSL, 802.11b etc.). The program provides the ability to measure your network throughput, graphic and numeric representation of incoming and outgoing traffic, highly customizable alerts, statistics about dialup connection duration, weekly, daily and monthly Internet usage reports, etc.....(free).....

Neutron is a very simple and small time synchronizing program that retrieves the accurate time from one of several specialized time servers on the Internet. Once the network time has been retrieved the program can set your computer's clock to match it. Options in the program enable you to automatically obtain the time from the time server and set your clock appropriately at program startup. It is also possible to have the program automatically exit after the time has been set and so is ideal for placing a shortcut in your Startup folder to sync your clock when your computer is started.....(free).....

The results of Donation Coder's annual programming challenge. Some of the programs are rather specialized and whimsical, some are just a little silly, and substantial and serious. But you'll probably find something that you find useful.....(free).....

NewFolder adds a "New Folder" button to the toolbar of Windows Explorer. It also provides a hotkey (F12) to create a new folder within the Explorer quickly. Get it! Enjoy it! It's free for use at home .....(free).....

Have you ever used a program that generated logs or something similar into a single directory, and wished there was some way to move all the files except the last days worth? Or maybe you want to copy out only the newest three files, and just skip whatever else is in the directory... Sound handy? Well, it isn't to most people, but if you're someone who is pulling your hair out trying to figure out how to do this, NewMove is a little commandline miracle.....(free).....

NewOS is a free operating system with full source code available, along with periodic binary snapshots. Currently runs on Intel and AMD single and multiprocessor desktops, Sega Dreamcast. NewOS exists to explore some aspects of modern OS design, and to have fun in the process. According to the developer, "I seemed to have collected a bunch of old non-x86 machines that need something running on them. I figure, 'Hey, why dont I just port my OS over?' The rest is history" .....(free).....

NexusFile is a file manager for Windows. You can manage many files very fast and easily. NexusFile will increase your computing performance. If you still use Windows Explorer, you must try this one. Main features: Basic Functions: Copy/Move To, Copy/Cut/Past, Delete/Shred, Rename, Change Attributes/Time, advanced Rename: Rename multiple files at once with many powerful options, Navigate Folders: Favorite Folders, Working Folders, Tabs, Smart Address Bar, Dual Panels: Open two folders at once, Archives: manages ZIP, ARJ, RAR, ACE archive files, FTP: basic FTP functions, File Join/Split: Split large file into many small files or Join small files into a large file. Merge several text files into a file, Save File List: Save file/folder list with many formats, Shortcuts: Most functions has a Keyboard shortcut so you can do everything fast, Multi-language: Multi-language supports with language files, Skin: you can change the look of a program, Disk Cleanup: Empty RecycleBin, Delete temporary files, Compare Folders: compare two folders, Unicode: Unicode file name supported, And many other useful functions with easy interface.....(free).....

Have you ever wanted to remove some Windows components like Media Player, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, MSN Explorer, Messenger... How about not even to install them with Windows? nLite is a GUI for permanent Windows component removal by your choice. After removal there is an option to make bootable image ready for burning on cd or testing in virtual machines. With nLite you will be able to have Windows installation which on install doesn't include, or even contain on cd, unwanted components.....(free).....

nnCron LITE is a small, but full-featured scheduler that can start applications and open documents at a specified time or with specified frequency. nnCron LITE is a perfect freeware Windows clone of a well-known UNIX scheduler Cron (including all the useful Anacron features)......(free).....

The NoScript Firefox extension provides extra protection for Firefox, Flock, Samonkey and others mozilla-based browsers: this free, open source add-on allows JavaScript and Java execution only for trusted domains of your choice (e.g. your home-banking web site). NoScript's unique whitelist based pre-emptive script blocking approach prevents exploitation of security vulnerabilities (known and even not known yet!) with no loss of functionality... You can enable JavaScript/Java execution for sites you trust with a simple left-click on the NoScript status bar icon (look at the picture), or using the contextual menu, for easier operation in popup statusbar-less windows.....(free).....

Nockylock is a freeware program that locks the keyboard and locks the mouse.....(free).....

Do you miss the days of typewriters, when you heard a distinctive sound each time you pressed one of the keys? Those days are back when you use Noisy Keyboard. This system tray-based utility lets you hear seven different types of sounds as you hunt and peck your way through another computing session: one that plays when you hit the Spacebar, another that's heard when you touch the Enter key, and a third that's played when any other key is pressed. The setup program installs the sound events in the Windows Control Panel/Sounds module, which means it's easy to modify the sounds that are placed. Take advantage of the three crisp-sounding .wavs provided, or use your own. Need a quiet keyboard for a moment? Just click on the program's system tray icon to instantly mute the sound......(free).....

Top quality, unique and creative web site templates designed by professionals .....(free).....

Sample showing how to create a non-rectangular window (Go to WTL).....(free).....

No Opera ads. Covers up the built in ads in the free version of Opera. Also works as a launch bar in order to make it more useful. Noopads is only visible when the Opera browser is visible. If you minimize or close Opera (or hide it behind other windows), noopads hides itself too (but can be reached by right-clicking the traybar) .....(free).....

This one's really useful. Recursively sets file attributes in a specified folder to normal, very handy for fixing folders that were copied to a hard drive from read-only sources like a CD-ROM. Can also recursively delete directory trees. The normalizing feature makes it a more useful tool than deltree. It has also proven to be more effective, as deltree appears to have a bug that causes it to enter an infinite loop in some situations.....(free).....

Notebook Hardware Control with CPU Speed Control, CPU Voltage Control, Battery control, Hard Drive control and monitoring, ATI Clock Control. Helps you to control the hardware and system power management - customize the notebook (open source ACPI Control System) - prolong the battery lifetime - cool down the system and reduce power consumption - monitor the hardware to avoid system failure - make your notebook quiet .....(free).....

Notepad++ is a free source code editor (and Notepad replacement) which supports several programming languages running under the MS Windows environment. This project, based on Scintilla edit component (a very powerful editor component) are written in C++ with pure win32 api and STL (that ensures the higher execution speed and smaller size of the program), is under the GPL Licence.....(free).....

The original Notepad shipped with Windows is probably the handiest program of all times, small, fast, without frills! Notepad2 tries to follow this principle, it's a small, fast and free text editor with syntax highlighting for HTML and other common languages.....(free).....

Runs hidden in the background until it detects any kind of change in a directory it has been told to monitor. When a change occurs (e.g. create, delete, modify a file) it visually alerts the user. Can be used, for example, to detect incoming information over a network or to detect tampering of files. Uses very little memory and practically no CPU time (Go to Downloads).....(free).....

How does your system stack up? Measure your computer's speed. Free System Benchmark Software .....(free).....

NT File Recovery is a quick and effective solution to restore accidentally deleted files from NTFS file system. The software supports recovering all types of files like documents, applications, media files etc. NT File Recovery can be installed on and run from flash drive (USB), so that the risk of overwriting your data is minimized.....(free).....

Messaging for Windows NT 2K XP.....(free).....

NTFS is a high-performance and self-healing file system proprietary to Windows XP 2000 NT, which supports file-level security, compression and auditing. It also supports large volumes and powerful storage solution such as RAID. The most important new feature of NTFS is the ability to encrypt files and folders to protect your sensitive data. Also discusses how to recover lost data in NTFS.....(free).....

NTFS Links extends Microsoft Windows XP operating system shell by adding additional features related to soft and hard links supported by NTFS file system .....(free).....

NTFS Reader for DOS provides read access to NTFS drives from the MS DOS environment. It supports long filenames as well as compressed and fragmented files. NTFS Reader for DOS allows you to preview the files on NTFS and copy them from NTFS to FAT volumes or network drives.....(free).....

NTRconnect allows you to access and work with your PC or Mac from anywhere as though you were sitting right in front of it. Free version of NTRconnect offers you basic access to your PC or Mac from any computer.....(free).....

Everyone should know at least the basics of networking. "A broad overview of computer networking and how the Internet works."

Great strategy and simulation game. "NASA has once again landed on the lunar surface with the goal of colonization, research, and further exploration. Shortly after the return to the Moon, NASA has established a small outpost on the south pole of the moon called Moonbase Alpha."

Hunts down the fastest DNS servers available for your computer to use. namebench runs a fair and thorough benchmark using your web browser history, tcpdump output, or standardized datasets in order to provide an individualized recommendation. namebench is completely free and does not modify your system in any way

NiceCopier replaces windows explorer file copy, it adds many feartures like pausing, resuming and it calculates the best copy speed. Its main goal is to improve the copy organisation and GUI. Thanks to Life Rocks

NetRouteView is a GUI alternative to the standard route utility (Route.exe) of Windows operating system. It displays the list of all routes on your current network, including the destination, mask, gateway, interface IP address, metric value, type, protocol, age (in seconds), interface name, and the MAC address. NetRouteView also allows you to easily add new routes, as well as to remove or modify existing static routes

Browse and do any internet activity comfortably even when your download manager or torrent client downloads huge files from internet - just lower their network priority with NetBalancer. NetBalancer is an internet traffic control and monitoring tool designed for Windows XP/2003/Vista/Win7 (except Vista/Win7 x64 - they will be supported in a next version). You can use NetBalancer to set download/upload transfer rate priority for any applications and monitor their internet traffic. Applications with a higher network priority will gain more traffic bandwidth than those with a lower one. The Free version is limited to 5 process priorities/limits at a time

Intranet shared files crawler and indexer. A self-contained index-based network search engine that indexes all files in your local area network and provides users with the ability to locate necessary files within a few seconds. It returns blazingly fast search results to your users, even when large numbers of shared files and folders are present

Windows Live MovieMaker is a good tool for creating videos in Windows 7, however, one problem is it doesn’t allow you to import videos directly from network locations. Here we’ll take a look at a quick registry hack that will enable network support

Secure and easy to use remote control software. Control your computer from afar Free for personal use

NoDrives Manager is a simple, free tool for hiding Windows drives. The hidden drives are still accessible but they are not visible in the Windows Explorer

Freeware version shows list of all applications communicating over network, connections, transfer rates and more

Windows notepad replacement. Notepad2 has a small footprint and is very fast, even when used on very old machines. Aside from rivaling Windows Notepad for startup speed and responsiveness, Notepad2 also sports a clean, unobtrusive interface free of the clutter that often overwhelms the users of other text editors. Yet, despite its speed and tidy interface, Notepad2 sports a lot of powerful features, such as syntax highlighting, brace matching, tag completion, encoding conversion, code folding (with my custom build; see below), and a variety of other useful tools. Put together, this mix of features, speed, and usability makes Notepad2 the ideal Notepad replacement

NoRedirect is a Firefox extension that lets the user take control of HTTP redirects. It can be used to interdict ISP DNS search redirection hijacks, preview shortened URLs, stop the annoying redirection of smart error pages, etc

NirCmd is a small command-line utility that allows you to do some useful tasks without displaying any user interface. By running NirCmd with simple command-line option, you can write and delete values and keys in the Registry, write values into INI file, dial to your internet account or connect to a VPN network, restart windows or shut down the computer, create shortcut to a file, change the created/modified date of a file, change your display settings, turn off your monitor, open the door of your CD-ROM drive, and more

Utility that allows you to parse through any NTFS partition on any media readable by your computer

Neatx is an Open Source NX server, similar to the commercial NX server from NoMachine

Tool to allow capturing and protocol analysis of network traffic. Network Monitor 3 is a protocol analyzer. It enables you to capture, to view, and to analyze network data. You can use it to help troubleshoot problems with applications on the network

The program allows you to monitor all your network connections or a specific network connection (such as Ethernet or PPP) only. The software also features a system of highly customizable visual and sound alerts. You can set it up to alert you when the network connection is down or when some suspicious activity, such as unusually heavy data flow, occurs. It can also automatically disconnect all dialup connections and shut down the system

Many have come to love this Firefox extension. It allows JavaScript, Java and Flash and other plugins to be executed only by trusted web sites of your choice (e.g. your online bank), and provides the most powerful Anti-XSS protection available in a browser. You can enable JavaScript, Java and plugin execution for sites you trust with a simple left-click on the NoScript status bar icon (look at the picture), or using the contextual menu, for easier operation in popup statusbar-less windows

Nexuiz is a fast paced 3d deathmatch game project created online by a team of developers called Alientrap. It is available for download for Windows, Mac, and Linux (all the same archive). The first version was released May 31st 2005, released entirely GPL and free over the net, a first for a project of its kind. Since then it has been downloaded over 1.5 million times, and the game is still being updated and developed, currently at version 2.5 and new releases being developed. For screens of the project and a video see the media page on the navbar, and for questions or infomation see info or faq

Disable the Close button (X) of selected windows

Join the beta to download NBC programs in hd directly. Thanks to Mystic Geek's Realm

Free Hex Editor Neo is award-winning large files optimized freeware editor for everyone who works with ASCII, hex, decimal, float, double and binary data. Free Hex Editor Neo allows you to view, modify, analyze your hexadecimal data and binary files, edit, exchange data with other applications through the clipboard, insert new data and delete existing data, as well as perform other editing actions. Make patches with just two mouse clicks; manipulate your EXE, DLL, DAT, AVI, MP3, JPG files with unlimited undo/redo. Taste the visual operation history with branching. This hex and binary code data editing software utility for Windows includes the following basic functionality: Unlimited Undo/Redo; Find; Replace; Visual History Save and Load; Patch Creation; Clipboard Operations; Bytes, Words, Double Words, Quad Words, Floats and Doubles Edit Mode.

Browse and do any internet activity comfortably even when your download manager or torrent client downloads huge files from internet - just lower their network priority with NetBalancer. NetBalancer is an internet traffic control and monitoring tool designed for Windows XP/2003/Vista/Win7, both x86 and native x64.....(free).....

Quickly and easily develop desktop, mobile and web applications with Java, HTML5, PHP, C/C++ and more. NetBeans IDE is FREE, open source, and has a worldwide community of users and developers

NetToolset is a free program that takes the well-known network administration tools to the next level. The toolset includes Ping, Traceroute, DNS Lookup, Reverse DNS Lookup, IP Whois, Domain Whois and Port Scan. Most of the tools support querying of multiple hosts at once, which saves time and provides at-a-glance overview of per-host results.

Nero BackItUp 2014. The Nero BackItUp 2014 backup combo offers 4x local automatic backup (to hard disks, external storage, CD/DVD/Blu-ray and NAS) and your very own personal online hard disk for that extra bit of data security! ( Free with paid Add ons )

Install and Update All Your Programs at Once. No toolbars. No clicking next. Just pick your apps and click Get Installer.

NewOCR.com is a free online OCR (Optical Character Recognition) service, can analyze the text in any image file that you upload, and then convert the text from the image into text that you can easily edit on your computer

Various Network tools in one simple app including ping, traceroute, DNS, SNMP and WhoIs

A great android emulator to play Android games on PC. One of the fastest available, with great play store compatibility. Free, but loading screen adds that do not get in the way. Also has an app store link to a sponsored app when loading that is not annoying.

The NVIDIA Broadcast app transforms your gaming space into a home broadcast studio—taking your livestreams, video chats and even video conference calls, to the next level with AI-powered audio and video effects like noise removal, virtual background, and auto frame.