Thanks for the source Louis but there are better sites for truly freeware. Also, as noted in the comments of other readers, Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/) is a superior recorder that can be run as a portable application which makes it even more useful for folks who don't have admin privileges. Audacity is both free and open source. Here's some of my favorite links to freeware collections: http://techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/ http://www.portablefreeware.com/ In this context, http://igoogle.com and http://docs.google.com should also be mentioned. IGoogle allows you to easily create a custom website that you can access from anywhere you have net access. I find the notepad, bookmarks/favorites (you can import your current ones), and the calendar particularly useful. Google docs are something like a Wiki except they also provide a spreadsheet and presentation. Changes made by any collaborator are instantly seen by all the other collaborators. My division recently used the spreadsheet to work out our Fall 2008 schedule. It was nice to see what others wanted. I plan to use the docs in a few of my classes next semester -- I'm going to have students collaboratively create fact and instruction sheets. I'm still not sure how I'm going to grade this but I'm excited to try. Note: I'm not affiliated with any of the above except as a user. I do pay for the excellent techsupportalert newsletter. Charles Balch Professor of Computer Information Systems Arizona Western College -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Lois Ann Scheidt Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 6:25 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Giveaway of the day - MP3 Recorder Studio Today's Giveaway of the Day software is called MP3 Recorder Studio and it allows you to record internet calls in MP3 format. Might be a very useful tool for research interviews. If you don't already monitor the Giveaway of the Day site I suggest you start doing so...they give away lots of software that could be useful for research purposes. Oh and when you install do read the txt file for activation information. Check out http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ Lois Ann Scheidt Doctoral Student - School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington IN USA Adjunct Instructor - School of Informatics, IUPUI, Indianapolis IN USA and IUPUC, Columbus IN USA Webpage: http://www.loisscheidt.com Blog: http://www.professional-lurker.com _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/