TeamViewer – Free Remote Access

TeamViewer allows Free Remote Access and Remote Desktop Sharing over the Internet.

Free for personal use, it “lets you access your partner’s PC or transmits your screen to your partner to present the easy way, without having to configure your firewall.”

Requires someone at both ends.

Dimdim is a Free Web Conferencing Solution

MakeUseOf has a post on Dimdim for free web conferencing.

Dimdim was created as “a simple, free service that lets everyone everywhere to communicate using rich media in real time. And not only would Dimdim be easy to use, it would also be free so web meetings could be democratized and made available to everyone.”

It is designed to allow PowerPoints, PDF files, and videos, with no desktop client.  It’s free for regular use.  (Companies and institutions can purchase and customize it.)

MyWebDesktop collaboration site

MyWebDesktop is a ” collaboration and communication tool, designed to be as”generic” and easy to use as a telephone and email.  Connect your desktop to any other desktop (call) and collaborate with a person or a group of people by sharing files, bookmarks and notes and communicate via messaging and messageboard. Disconnect (hang up) when you have finished collaborating with that person or group of people. Of course this works two-way i.e. you call and you receive incoming calls.”

MyWebDesktop offers the following tools:

• File storage
• Bookmark manager
• Notebook application
• Web agent
• Messageboard
• Instant Messaging

Key features:

• Get a private space for files, bookmarks and notes
• Tag everything for easy searching
• Create as many collaboration groups as you want
• All participants you invite get their own personal webdesktop
• Notebook application allowing collaborative writing

Accounts are free at the time of this posting.