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Best Blogs of 2009

1 February, 2009 (15:51) | Communication, Web

The Ninth Annual Weblog Awards is underway. You have until tomorrow to vote for your favorite blogs in some 30 categories ranging from best Asian blog, over best food and best entertainment blogs, to best technology blog and blog of the year. So, go vote for your favorite blogs. Or just visit the site to [...]

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UberNote — A Google Notebook Replacement

1 February, 2009 (15:35) | Communication, Web

Ever since Google announced that they will stop development of Google Notebook, I have been searching for an alternative. I have settled on UberNote. It offers an easy way to import notes from Google Notebook and it has a Firefox add-on for easy use. The layout of UberNote is very similar to Google Notebook, so [...]

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KidRex — Kid Safe Search

1 February, 2009 (13:17) | Web

KidRex is a kid safe search engine based on Google’s Custom Search and using Google’s SafeSearch technology. It works just like the regular Google search engine, but it filters out results that are not appropriate for kids, and it has a child-friendly interface. KidRex [via Lifehacker]

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Google Stops Active Development of Google Notebook

16 January, 2009 (21:48) | Web

Google has announced that they will stop active development of Google Notebook. We have long been fans of Google Notebook, and we are sad to see it go. According to Google, the Notebook website will still be available, but they won’t be adding features or signing up new users. This also means that their browser [...]

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Who Is Hosting This Website

14 January, 2009 (21:30) | Web

WhoIsHostingThis reveals who is hosting a website. Just enter the website, and WhoIsHostingThis will display the web host and provide a link to them. For some web hosts, they also have a profile available. They also have a list of coupons for web hosting companies. Visit WhoIsHostingThis [via Lifehacker]

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Run Linux Under Windows

4 January, 2009 (10:27) | Linux, Shell, Web, Windows

Now that computers have become so powerful, it is possible to simultaneously run multiple operating systems on a single computer. I like to use Windows as my main operation system, but sometimes I need access to a Linux system. Dual-booting Windows an Linux is possible, but often I want to juggle back and forth between [...]

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Microsoft’s Skydrive Gives You 25 GB of Online Storage for Free

3 January, 2009 (11:54) | Web, Windows

There are a many choices for online storage. However, many of them only give you a gigabyte or two for free. This is where Microsoft’s Skydrive is changing the game: They give you 25 GB of free online storage space with a 50 MB limit of individual files. You need a Windows Live ID to [...]

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Pastebin: Share Source Code Snippets Online

30 December, 2008 (21:06) | Communication, Web

Pastebin is an online collaborative debugging tool. It lets you store snippets of code for a day, a month, or forever. The snippets are syntax color coded. Each snippet is given a short URL so you can easily share it via IM, email, or post online. Someone may post a modification to your code snippet. [...]

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Ten Top-10 Lists for 2008

22 December, 2008 (21:37) | Web

The Read Write Web blog has posted ten top-10 lists of products for 2008. Individually they are all very interesting reads. Combined, they summarize the current state of the digital world. Top 10 Semantic Web Products of 2008 Top 10 International Products of 2008 Top 10 Consumer Web Apps of 2008 Top 10 RSS and [...]

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Cooliris — A Different Way of Browsing

10 December, 2008 (20:03) | Firefox, Mac, Web, Windows

Cooliris is a new and different way of browsing photos on the web. Instead of seeing the usual lattice of thumbnail photos, Cooliris gives you a 3D wall of photos that you move along to see more and more photos. You can zoom in on a photo to see a full screen version of it. [...]

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