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January 20, 2005Amazon Web Services Team Has Its Own BlogThe Amazon Web Services team has its own blog at http://aws.typepad.com/. Very information rich -- absolutely one for my RSS reader....Read the rest of entry "Amazon Web Services Team Has Its Own Blog" here. January 14, 2005Chris Sherman's Groovy Search GizmosChris Sherman notes three cool search gizmos over at SearchDay. I really like the Whois plugin and the really nice "Printer Friendly" bookmarklet....Read the rest of entry "Chris Sherman's Groovy Search Gizmos" here. January 10, 2005Technorati Contest: More Developer WinnahsI was in CompUSA the other day reflecting that there were so many cool little apps circulating online that it seemed less and less necessary to buy boxes with disks...Read the rest of entry "Technorati Contest: More Developer Winnahs" here. January 05, 2005Net Snippets Offers a Fahree VersionNet Snippets is now offering a fahree edition of their post-search information organizing software, Net Snippets. I am assured that the fahree version doesn't have time limitations or anything like...Read the rest of entry "Net Snippets Offers a Fahree Version " here. January 03, 2005WikiBibliography Offers Information on WikisThere's a new Web bibliography available, devoted to significant reports, information, and publications about Wikis. It's called WikiBibliography and thank goodness for the paste key. It's available at http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/WikiBib.htm ....Read the rest of entry "WikiBibliography Offers Information on Wikis " here. December 28, 2004Durl Shows You Who's Linking in Del.icio.usHat tip to Steven for the pointer to Durl, at http://tools.waglo.com/durl. Durl shows you everyone who's linking in del.icio.us to a particular URL (a specific URL, not a domain). It...Read the rest of entry "Durl Shows You Who's Linking in Del.icio.us" here. November 26, 2004Getcher Random Password GeneratorSince you read ResearchBuzz and are one of the greatest readers on the planet, I know that you practice good password hygiene. I know you always use a random collection...Read the rest of entry "Getcher Random Password Generator " here. November 22, 2004Pluck Adds Product Monitoring to eBay and AmazonOh Pluck ( http://www.pluck.com ), why aren't you Firefox compatible? That way I could actually test instead of just announce the Pluck Perch feature that was announced last week....Read the rest of entry "Pluck Adds Product Monitoring to eBay and Amazon" here. November 05, 2004Onfolio Offering a New BetaInternet information organizing software Onfolio has announced that it's got a new beta coming up. This new version offers Firefox support (woot!) and an RSS reader; enter your e-mail address...October 26, 2004Wiki for News?You might have heard of wikis. Webopedia defines a wiki as "A collaborative Web site comprised of the perpetual collective work of many authors. Similar to a blog in structure...August 13, 2004It's Funny Where the 3GB E-Mail Accounts are Popping UpThe latest one I've seen is at a portal for motorcycle enthusiasts. "HellaciousRiders.com an iTrade Group, Inc. Company is giving away unlimited 3 Gigabyte HRiders.com email accounts to its members.......Read the rest of entry "It's Funny Where the 3GB E-Mail Accounts are Popping Up " here. August 05, 2004Nextaris, Web-Searching Information-Sharing News-Tracking Application ThingieIf you've read this newsletter for any length of time you've plumped to the idea that I don't like portals, and I didn't like them when they were all the...July 15, 2004Whee! THREE GB of E-Mail Storage!Spymac Rolls Out the Internet?s First 3 GB E-Mail -- "Spymac Network, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of the Internet?s first 3 GB e-mail service, Spymac Mail Pro. The...Read the rest of entry "Whee! THREE GB of E-Mail Storage!" here. June 15, 2004Quickbrowse Relaunches: Cheaper, SimplerIf you have a site you really want to keep up with on a regular basis, but it doesn't have an RSS feed or some other way to send out...Read the rest of entry "Quickbrowse Relaunches: Cheaper, Simpler" here. May 22, 2004WebSite-Watcher Enters 4.0 BetaThose of you who use WebSite-Watch to monitor page changes will be happy to know that it's gone into a version 4.0 beta. Get the details, a download link, and...Read the rest of entry "WebSite-Watcher Enters 4.0 Beta" here. May 18, 2004Quick Take: the YP ToolbarBrowser toolbars are extreme love-em-or-hate-em propositions. But if you're in the love 'em camp, let me point you toward the new YP.com toolbar at http://www.yp.com/toolbar.php . This Internet Explorer offers...May 06, 2004Quick Take: AntiPhishing Toolbar for IE and FirefoxIt sorta sounds like it ought to go on your armpits, but SpoofStick is instead a browser extension designed to minimize the impact of phishing. You can download it for...Read the rest of entry "Quick Take: AntiPhishing Toolbar for IE and Firefox " here. May 03, 2004Text Tool Analyzes Several Different Word FactorsI'm fascinated with those tools that allow you to enter a paragraph or other data and get a whole ton of information. Textalyser ( http://textalyser.net/ ) allows you to analyze...Read the rest of entry "Text Tool Analyzes Several Different Word Factors" here. April 07, 2004RealPlayer 10 ReleasedRealNetworks announced today the launch of RealPlayer 10, which they say will play content in RealAudio, RealVideo, AAC, Windows Media, QuickTime MPEG-4 and MP3. This version is available for North...March 24, 2004Tucows Launches Library of Online ServicesTucows, that software download library that I've been using since I don't even know when, now has an Online Services Library available at http://onlineservices.tucows.com/ . Online Services just means programs...Read the rest of entry "Tucows Launches Library of Online Services " here. March 03, 2004Marc Fest Introduces Trackle Web ServiceMarc Fest, the guy behind Quickbrowse and OnlineHomeBase, has rolled out a new Web service. This one is called Trackle, and it's available at http://www.trackle.com/ . Here's how it works....Read the rest of entry "Marc Fest Introduces Trackle Web Service" here. January 27, 2004MSN Releases a ToolbarMicrosoft announced on Monday ( http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040126/sfm069_1.html ) that it was releasing a toolbar. The toolbar is available at http://toolbar.msn.com/ . The toolbar has a popup blocker and search term highlighter...November 04, 2003Fun Tools at ToolbotOkay, this is a little off the ResearchBuzz path, but I thought it was interesting. If you've ever done layout or design you've probably used loren ipsum -- that's the...October 22, 2003URL Shorteners, The Resource ListThe Weblog Compendium has a new resource list of URL shorteners at http://www.lights.com/weblogs/shorterurls.html . Each listing has a link and a description. Some listings here I'd never heard of (BabyURL?)...Read the rest of entry "URL Shorteners, The Resource List " here. September 14, 2002URL-Shortening Service With A TwistI like those URL-shortening services. Actually, as really long URLs become more prevalent they're almost a necessity to pass around. But one big disadvantage of URL-shortening services is that you...Read the rest of entry "URL-Shortening Service With A Twist" here. August 20, 2002Tools for WebmastersI know that ResearchBuzz covers a lot of tools for searchers, but tools for Webmasters are important too. Check out the page o' tools at http://www.searchengineworld.com/misc/tools.htm . There are several...June 25, 2002Make A Shorter URL -- And More!First I found makeashorterlink.com , which was nice but had a huge domain name. Then I found http://tinyurl.com/ , which makes really tiny urls. Now I've learned about Shorl.com (...Read the rest of entry "Make A Shorter URL -- And More!" here. December 19, 2001Backflip is Alive And WellOnline bookmark utility Backflip ( http://www.backflip.com/) has plenty of fans among ResearchBuzz readers. Last week I got a couple of e-mails from concerned readers when they couldn't reach Backflip. Backflip...April 17, 2000Web2Mail Sends Web Pages by E-MailIf you've got a better e-mail connection than a Web connection, or your surfing is limited mostly to a few regularly-visited sites, you might find Web2Mail ( http://www.web2mail.com/ ) interesting....Read the rest of entry "Web2Mail Sends Web Pages by E-Mail" here. February 16, 2000February 14, 2000MetabrowsingAn article from Traffick.com discusses "metabrowsing," covering services including Octopus and QuickBrowse: http://www.traffick.com/story.asp?StoryID=54...February 11, 2000KenjinPC World reviews Kenjin: "It reads and analyzes the text on your screen, picks out the major themes, and then combs the Internet for links related to those subjects. Kenjin...February 09, 2000Plethora of new searching toolsA few? A couple? A bunch? A stack? No! A PLETHORA! TechWeb takes a look at the "plethora" of new searching tools, including SimpliFind and ULinkIt. http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000208S0004....Read the rest of entry "Plethora of new searching tools" here. February 06, 2000Workgroup FunctionalityThose cool folks at the Xerox PARC have put together an online bookmark manager that focuses on workgroup functionality. Read about it at Network World Fusion ( http://www.nwfusion.com/archive/2000/85952_01-31-2000.html ) or...February 02, 2000Backflip network launchesOnline bookmark site Backflip (http://www.backflip.com ) today announced the launch of the Backflip Network, which includes sites like Red Herring and the SF Gate. These sites are going to incorporate...December 06, 1999Annotate.net in BetaFrom today's BusinessWire: Annotate.net has announced beta testing for its new software/browser companion. Drop by the site ( http://www.annotate.net/ ) and check out the companion. (It currently only works for...December 05, 1999LLRX Reviews FlyswatFrom LLRX, a review of the search tool Flyswat: http://www.llrx.com/columns/flyswat.htm...November 30, 1999Backflip ... Cool!Go thou, and check out Backflip, because if it can do everything it says it is going to be REALLY cool. http://www.backflip.com/ . Backflip is another online bookmark manager BUT...November 05, 1999Webspector Releases New VersionA new version of Webspector has been released that allows the user to monitor an apparently unlimited number of Web pages for changes. There's a free version and a Professional...Read the rest of entry "Webspector Releases New Version" here. November 04, 1999Philips Announces FreeSpeech BrowserPhilips has announced the Philips FreeSpeech Browser, an add-on to Internet Explorer that allows one to surf the Web via voice commands. The software will be available the week of...Read the rest of entry "Philips Announces FreeSpeech Browser" here. |
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