eXpress IP Locator (238 KB) is a small offline utility for determining country information from IP-address, viewing IP-address blocks allocated for specified countries and finding the country by code or code by country. Freeware. For Windows Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP.

FTPEdit is one of those handy little freeware programs that you can't do without once you've tried it. It allows you to edit your web pages in a Notepad-like environment and save them on your FTP server as if it was your hard drive. Simple macro language with support for multiple accounts & most UNIX variants. Get the free or shareware version, with additional features,

Stay Connected! (1.6 MB). This disconnection stopper dials your ISP automatically and simulates Internet activity so your connection does not drop due to inactivity. Also resumes broken connections automatically for all dial-up networking ISPs and AOL. Wide compatibility with major ISPs like AOL, NetZero, MSN, CompuServe2000, Prodigy and AT&T WorldNet. Shareware. 21 days fully functional trial. For Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000.

FTP Navigator (640 kb) lets you upload and download data or delete one or more files, including whole folders along with subdirectories. The transfer interface window shows what percentage of files has already been uploaded or downloaded. FTP Navigator has numerous useful features, including a context sensitive menu, drag-and-drop, auto resume for file transfers, directory synchronization, manualinput of FTP commands and is compatible with Proxy, Firewall, Sockets 4, 4.5 and 5. Thirty day trial version. Shareware.

WS-FTP Home (690 kb) is a great application that allows remote file edits, chmods on UNIX boxes and file moves. WS-FTP has been around a long time and is still a top-rated FTP app. Shareware $39.95. Free 30 day trial.

SmartFTP (300 KB) is an advanced, feature-packed, easy to use FTP client for Win 9x/ME/2K/NT. Too many features to list here. Free for personal use.

WebSite Extractor (640 KB) is one of the fastest known website downloaders available today. Gives you complete control over downloads from individual servers, folders, URLs, and files using keywords. Can download many websites at one time. Free trail. $29.95 registration fee.

WinVNC VNC (563 KB) is a remote display system which allows you to view a computing desktop environment not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures. Requires free registration. For all O/S.

Shuttle FTP Suite 3.3 (1.3 MB) is a nine-in-one utility that includes an FTP client and server, a TFTP client and server, Telnet, finger, whois, ping, traceroute, time and date-time utilities. It can also upload files to multiple FTP sites. Shareware ($25 and worth it) for Windows 95/ 98/ ME/ NT/ 2000/ 2003/ XP.

Thingamablog (3.6 MB) is a blogging app and RSS feed reader that allows you to publish your own weblog without the need of any html knowledge or the use of third party services. Publish your blog directly to a ftp server or specified network location. Includes professional template designs and allows you to track XML/RSS feeds with the integrated feed reader, as well as generate a RSS compatible version of your own blog and import entries from RSS/Atom feeds. Freeware for Windows 98/ Me/2000/ XP. Requires Java 1.4 or higher.