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February 19, 2006Lots of Lists with Listable
This is a nifty idea. Have a place where people can make lists of various online resources, share the lists, comment on them, and vote on the Web resources included in the lists. Potentially quite useful! I just wish...
January 12, 2006Keep Up With Available Mashups
Want to know what mashed-up applications are coming down the pipe? Check out a very nice service: Mashup Feed (http://www.mashupfeed.com/.) There are actually six sets of information here. There's a list of the most recent mashups including the date they...
January 05, 2006Omgili Search Engine for Discussion Forums
Omgili, I am given to understand, is actually an acronym for "Oh My God I Love It". Unfortunately Omgili sounds to me like an underachieving dwarf who was cut from the final draft of The Hobbit. (Though I came up...
Continue reading "Omgili Search Engine for Discussion Forums" » November 27, 2005SuprGlu Pastes All Your Content Together
Thanks to Library Stuff for pointing me to SuprGlu, which pastes syndicated content from a bunch of different places into one bloglike, regularly-refreshed page. It's available at http://www.suprglu.com/. You'll have to register to use it, which requires just an e-mail...
Continue reading "SuprGlu Pastes All Your Content Together" » November 09, 2005Managing Bookmarklets, Not Bookmarks, With Blummy
Bookmarklets, as you may remember, are small snippets of JavaScript that you save like bookmarks and click like bookmarks, but they provide some function. For example they may prompt you for a keyword and then perform a search for you,...
Continue reading "Managing Bookmarklets, Not Bookmarks, With Blummy" » September 30, 2005Web 2.0: The Intersection of THIS Service and THAT Service
Oh, this is nice. The Web 2.0 Mashup Matrix, available at http://www.programmableweb.com/matrix# , shows you the intersections between different APIs in a grid. Go to an API listing on one axis, and follow it across the other axis to see...
Continue reading "Web 2.0: The Intersection of THIS Service and THAT Service" » September 12, 2005Shortening Google Maps Links
Yes, Google Maps are terrific, but unfortunately they got those nasty ol' giant URLs. Sid Steward knew about TinyURL but he wanted a shorter URL that at least gives you some idea of where the URL is going (unlike TinyURL...
July 11, 2005Old News Baby Update
Last April I covered OldNewsBaby, which allowed you to submit links and then get mad guru cred when the links got hot. One of my complaints about it before is that there were no descriptions. Now there are resource descriptions...
June 29, 2005BuddyBuzz for Reading on Your Phone
This is a little off-topic, but if you do a lot of reading on your phone like I do, and are looking for a solution to help you read a little faster, you might enjoy BuddyBuzz. BuddyBuzz is an experiment...
June 10, 2005NetMechanic Upgrades to Version 3.0
NetMechanic, which I feel like I've been using for about fifty years, recently announced an update to version 3.0, which now incorporates Firefox. NetMechanic, if you're not familiar with it, allows Webmasters and designers to check Web sites for a...
April 19, 2005Tracking Hot Links: Old News, Baby
Ever wonder who finds those cool links first that then flood all over the Internet? A site is attempting to point out the hot stuff and figure out who's finding it, and who's getting to it when it's old news,...
March 27, 2005Okapiland Combines Yahoo, Google, Technorati APIs
I haven't tried this yet but it looks intriguing enough that I'll tell you about it. Okapiland Explorer, available at http://www.okapiland.com/index.html , is a downloadable product that combines a Web search utility, RSS reader, and news aggregator. It does this...
Continue reading "Okapiland Combines Yahoo, Google, Technorati APIs" » March 07, 2005It's Like Google Suggest, Only for Amazon
I couldn't get this to work in my version of Opera (which I need to update) so if you're an Opera user, fire up Firefox. Francis Shanahan has launched Zuggest, which is like Google Suggest only it uses Amazon. It's...
Continue reading "It's Like Google Suggest, Only for Amazon" » February 15, 2005MemoText Text Message Reminder Service
Note to myself: check out MemoText at http://www.memotext.com/. It's an SMS reminder service. Not free, though fairly inexpensive. Wish it was all-you-could-eat instead of a message number limit (either 50 or 100 a month depending on the service you get.)...
January 20, 2005Amazon Web Services Team Has Its Own Blog
The Amazon Web Services team has its own blog at http://aws.typepad.com/. Very information rich -- absolutely one for my RSS reader....
Continue reading "Amazon Web Services Team Has Its Own Blog" » January 14, 2005Chris Sherman's Groovy Search Gizmos
Chris Sherman notes three cool search gizmos over at SearchDay. I really like the Whois plugin and the really nice "Printer Friendly" bookmarklet....
January 10, 2005Technorati Contest: More Developer Winnahs
I 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 in them. And then I come home and find out...
Continue reading "Technorati Contest: More Developer Winnahs" » January 05, 2005Net Snippets Offers a Fahree Version
Net 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 that. The free version is available from http://www.netsnippets.com/basic/index.htm . There's...
January 03, 2005WikiBibliography Offers Information on Wikis
There'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 . At the moment it contains about 30 entries, from "Using...
Continue reading "WikiBibliography Offers Information on Wikis" » December 28, 2004Durl Shows You Who's Linking in Del.icio.us
Hat 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 then gives you those results plain and as an RSS...
Continue reading "Durl Shows You Who's Linking in Del.icio.us" » November 26, 2004Getcher Random Password Generator
Since 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 of numbers and letters and you never use something silly...
November 22, 2004Pluck Adds Product Monitoring to eBay and Amazon
Oh 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. The new feature, as Pluck's release describes it, "allows individuals...
Continue reading "Pluck Adds Product Monitoring to eBay and Amazon" » November 05, 2004Onfolio Offering a New Beta
Internet 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 and you'll get a heads-up when the beta is available....
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 and logic, a wiki allows anyone to edit, delete or...
August 13, 2004It's Funny Where the 3GB E-Mail Accounts are Popping Up
The 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.... HRiders.com's service includes an anti-virus application & spam blockers fully...
Continue reading "It's Funny Where the 3GB E-Mail Accounts are Popping Up" » August 05, 2004Nextaris, Web-Searching Information-Sharing News-Tracking Application Thingie
If 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 rage back in the late 90s. I found them annoying....
Continue reading "Nextaris, Web-Searching Information-Sharing News-Tracking Application Thingie" » 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 premium account includes 3 GB of storage (accessible via POP,...
June 15, 2004Quickbrowse Relaunches: Cheaper, Simpler
If 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 its content, you may want to try Quickbrowse ( http://www.quickbrowse.com...
Continue reading "Quickbrowse Relaunches: Cheaper, Simpler" » May 22, 2004WebSite-Watcher Enters 4.0 Beta
Those 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 a changelog at http://www.aignes.com/beta.htm. This entry will not appear in...
May 18, 2004Quick Take: the YP Toolbar
Browser 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 the Web search you've come to expect from toolbars as...
May 06, 2004Quick Take: AntiPhishing Toolbar for IE and Firefox
It 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 free at http://www.corestreet.com/spoofstick/ . (Dear CoreStreet, your press release URL...
Continue reading "Quick Take: AntiPhishing Toolbar for IE and Firefox" » May 03, 2004Text Tool Analyzes Several Different Word Factors
I'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 either blocks of text or entire Web pages. Either specify...
Continue reading "Text Tool Analyzes Several Different Word Factors" » April 07, 2004RealPlayer 10 Released
RealNetworks 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 America, Europe, and Japan; additional international versions will be launched...
March 24, 2004Tucows Launches Library of Online Services
Tucows, 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 and services that you access through the Web (though the...
Continue reading "Tucows Launches Library of Online Services" » March 03, 2004Marc Fest Introduces Trackle Web Service
Marc 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. If you have a page that doesn't have an RSS...
Continue reading "Marc Fest Introduces Trackle Web Service" » January 27, 2004MSN Releases a Toolbar
Microsoft 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 ala the Google toolbar, but also offers access to Hotmail,...
November 04, 2003Fun Tools at Toolbot
Okay, 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 dummy text used to fill in layouts, etc. If you're...
October 22, 2003URL Shorteners, The Resource List
The 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?) but I seem to remember other services not listed here...
September 14, 2002URL-Shortening Service With A Twist
I 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 can't tell what the URL is for -- nothing gives...
August 20, 2002Tools for Webmasters
I 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 tools here. One shows how large your page is (HTML...
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 ( http://shorl.com/ ). Shorl.com is ALSO an url-shortening service. But the...
December 19, 2001Backflip is Alive And Well
Online 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 is fine and they're still in business. They had a...
April 17, 2000Web2Mail Sends Web Pages by E-Mail
If 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. The site's been in development since November 1999 and is...
February 16, 2000Flyswat 2.0
Tom Spring likes Flyswat 2.0: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,15294,00.asp...
February 14, 2000Metabrowsing
An article from Traffick.com discusses "metabrowsing," covering services including Octopus and QuickBrowse: http://www.traffick.com/story.asp?StoryID=54...
February 11, 2000Kenjin
PC 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 works with almost any sort of document, whether you're working...
February 09, 2000Plethora of new searching tools
A 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....
February 06, 2000Workgroup Functionality
Those 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 check it out for free -- it's currently in beta...
February 02, 2000Backflip network launches
Online 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 Backflip into their sites, allowing users to create their own...
December 06, 1999Annotate.net in Beta
From 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 IE 5.0, though; see http://www.annotate.net/cs/whatis/faq.html for other system requirements.) Future...
December 05, 1999LLRX Reviews Flyswat
From 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 integrates a save mechanism into one browser AND can automatically...
November 05, 1999Webspector Releases New Version
A 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 version that costs $49.95. Webspector's page is at http://www.webspector.com/webspector.htm....
November 04, 1999Philips Announces FreeSpeech Browser
Philips 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 November 8 from http://www.speech.philips.com/ ....
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