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Converticon from Punk Labs is a webapp for converting between ICO, PNG, JPEG, and GIF files. It is really simple, has a great “MAC” look to it, and works right in your browser with no software to download and install. Converticon imports ICO, PNG, GIF or JPEG files, and it exports to PNG or ICO [...]

ZingSale tracks the prices of things you want to buy, and notifies you via email when they are on sale. By default you will be notified when the price drops 10%, but you can change that. You can also use ZingSale to track prices of items you just bought as many stores offer a 30 [...]

Reliance Global Call offers cheap phone calls to everywhere in the world. It works like the phone calling cards you can buy at many shops, except the rates are better and there is no physical card. You sign up on their website, and pay by credit card. To make a call, dial either a toll [...]

Dial2Do lets you send email or text messages from your cell phone. You call the Dial2Do number, you say what you want done, and they do it for you. To begin with Dial2Do lets you send email and text messages, but you can add more commands. For example, you can let Dial2Do read your emails [...]

OpenDNS is a free DNS service. DNS stands for Domain Name System, and it is the hierarchical naming scheme for computers, services, and resources on the internet. Normally, your Internet Service Provider will provide you with a DNS service. However, you can switch to OpenDNS. It is free, it is fast, and it has lots [...]

Lorem Ipsum is a dummy text used in place of real content. It has been used since the 1500s as a way of showing how print or layout will look without drawing attention to the text. The Lorem Ipsum text looks like real text, and it is, in fact, derived from Cicero’s De Finibus Bonorum [...]

Google is now hosting millions of historic LIFE photos from the 1750s all the way till today. It provides an interesting view of historic events. Using Google’s search functionality, you can browse the photos any which way you want. Browsing by year, for example, shows the zeitgeist of the time. It is easy to get [...]

Browsershots is a free online service that tests websites for browser compatibility. It is very simple to use. You enter your website URL, select the browsers you want to test it on, and Browsershots presents you with screenshots of your website on each of the browsers. Browsershots supports lots of browsers in multiple versions on [...]

Pipl is a search engine for finding people. Enter a name, and Pipl searches the deep web for it. Pipl is a free service. There are other options for finding people online: 123people presents its results in a nice organized way. WhitePages will tell you where someone lives. Spock allows you to claim your own [...]

Amazon has a new shopping website called Amazon Windowshop. You browse through photos of products in various categories: Music, books, audiobooks, movies, TV shows, and video games. You browse using the arrow keys on your keyboard. Press the space bar to select an item. If you select a book, you will hear a review of [...]