Speedlinks: freeware goodies, web services and stories for Christmas

Video downloaders will rejoice in Free Online FLV Converters. Download and convert your video from one format to another in a jiffy (AVI, MPEG/MPG, 3GP, MOV, FLV).

Windows IT Pro links to a review of 10 Anti-Phishing Toolbars (Cloudmark, Earthlink, eBay, GeoTrust, Google, McAfee, Microsoft, Netcraft, Netscape, and SpoofGuard.)

Download Google Earth Free (beta) and a Santa Tracker and Toy Hunt to go with it. [Digg.com]

Oops, hackers are selling a Vista Zero-Day Exploit [Addict3D.org] (“at $50,000 a pop”)

Funny job interview story: geek cheats death [Daily WTF]

Free Linux security suite for small business: Untangle “includes antivirus, anti-spyware, firewall, antispam and other components.

Make spammers pay up when they email you. (There’s only one hitch: everyone else, including your friends, will have to pay a set fee to email you as well.)

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