Here is a list of useful freebies I've found. These range from fun to functional, with a few pointless wastes of time in there if you need to put your brain in neutral for a while.

Audio, Video, and Conferencing

Acrobat Live

Available at http://www.acrobat.com as a fully-hosted online service. Acrobat.com is a beta (ie, they're experimenting and letting us try it out), so expect some quirks. But in general Acrobat.com is a great toolset. The following features are available (quoting from their site):

• Store up to 5 GB of files in your online organizer, accessible from anywhere with a web browser.
• Share large files with others, without sending the files by e-mail. You can limit access to just people you invite, or make your documents accessible to everyone by embedding a link on a web page or blog.
• Convert five documents to PDF.
• Create documents with Adobe® Buzzword®, an online word processor.
• Hold web meetings with Adobe ConnectNow web conferencing software.

UStream.TV

At present, UStream.TV is being financed by... um... someone with a lot of money. But this means you can broadcast a live video stream for free. There are no limits on bandwidth or even show length. This has lots of potential for live church service streaming. See http://ustream.tv for more.

VideoLAN Player

Plays anything--and I do mean anything. http://www.videolan.org/vlc to download. This is a very simplified video player that handles a vast number of file types and in a pinch can even convert from one type to another.

Applications

GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)

GIMP is a freeware PhotoShop wannabe. Since I've never used PhotoShop, I have nothing to compare it to. Still very featureful. http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/

Google Pack

The folks at Google have a number of applications which run in a browser: email, basic word processing, a spreadsheet, and a calendar application. The Google Pack is a bundle of goodies which frankly I'm suprised they're giving away.

• Google Earth
• Norton Security Scan
• Google Desktop
• Firefox
• Adobe Reader
• Skype
• StarOffice (similar to OpenOffice)
• Spyware Doctor
• Picasa
• Google Talk

Visit http://pack.google.com to download the parts you want.

OpenOffice.org

Now at version 3.0, OpenOffice.org is a completely free suite similar to Microsoft Office. http://www.openoffice.org to download.