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The following sites are good gateways into the financial world allowing you to receive advice from successful financeers and even play with the market using fantasy money.

Wiki Invest

Social Picks

Stock Friend

Twitter Job Search

2009-05-09T14:22:00.000-07:00

Search for jobs through the vastly growing social networking site known as Twitter.

Twitter Job Search

Social Photography

2009-05-07T00:10:00.000-07:00

Share your photographs with other photo-enthusiasts

Photo.net

Shutterbugs

Photochart

Streaming Comedy

2009-05-07T00:05:00.000-07:00

If you love comedy then you're going to love these.

The Laugh Button

Go Potato

Brain Games

2009-05-06T17:16:00.001-07:00

These sites have games that make your brain stronger while having fun.

Brain Area

Braingle

Miniclip - Brain Training

Social Screen Writing

2009-05-05T00:27:00.001-07:00

If you're a screen writer or are interested in the business then you want to be in on this.

Story Link

Online Cooking Clubs

2009-05-05T00:25:00.000-07:00

Stay connected with culinary.

Cooking Club

Betty Crocker

Fabalous Foods

Find Wifi Hot Spots

2009-05-05T00:11:00.000-07:00

Find hot spots in your area using these databases.

Hot Spot Haven

JiWire

Wifi Hotspot List

Virtual Stock Market

2009-05-04T21:58:00.001-07:00

See how you match up against others and test your financial skills to see if you'd make it in the real world.

Fantasy Stock Market

Investopedia Simulator

Young Money

Wall Street Simulator

Online Auction Sites

2009-05-03T15:23:00.000-07:00

These are the most popular and interesting auction sites on the web.

Traditional Auction Sites

Alternative Bidding

Search for Jobs

2009-05-03T15:05:00.000-07:00

Utilize these sites to increase your chances of getting the job you want by searching across multiple job searching platforms.

Career Builder

Craig's List

Beyond

Anonymity on the Internet

2009-05-03T13:01:00.001-07:00

Utilizing these sites, software and good file management, users can keep their minimize their web presence and maintain some form of privacy.

Firefox - In the privacy tab, users can choose to delete cookies, history and stored data everytime they exit the application leaving practically no trace on their computers for where they've visited or the activities they have done online.

Tor - "Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location."

Samair.ru - A site that has a regularly updated list of anonymous proxy servers that can be used with virutally any program to mask your IP address online.

CGI Proxy Filters

Record Label Advertises on Isohunt

2009-05-03T12:56:00.000-07:00

For the first time a record label is truly embracing the p2p concept and advertising on a the popular torrent index site IsoHunt to promote their latest album.

Online Speed Test

2009-05-03T03:15:00.000-07:00

Test the speed of your Internet Connection and see if you're getting what you pay for

Speakeasy.net - By measuring the download and upload rate from the locations near you they are able to accurately measure your current line throughput or internet connection speed.

Speedtest - "Use Speedtest.net to test the speed of your Internet connection. See if you are getting what you pay for or share your results with others!"

Find Garage and Yard Sales

2009-05-03T03:03:00.001-07:00

Locate garage and yard sales anywhere across the country

Gsalr

Yard Sale Search

Online Alarm Clock

2009-05-03T02:39:00.001-07:00

Set the time you want them the alarm to go off and you're done.

Kukuklok

Online Clock

Naked Alarm Clock

Web's Coolest Gadgets

2009-05-03T02:33:00.000-07:00

This is a list of websites with some really cool gadgets to buy

Thinkgeek - Lots of really innovative and clever gadgets

Coolest Gadgets - A collection of the best gadgets on the Internet.

Gizmodo - A variety of gadgets.

Venture Capital

2009-05-03T02:29:00.000-07:00

Explore entrepeneurial and funding opportunies

Fundfindr

Go Big Network

Online Speed Dating

2009-05-03T02:21:00.000-07:00

Speed Dating in Web 2.0 Fashion

Skyecandy - Speed Dating Through Skype

Randomate

Speeddate

Free Faxing over the Internet

2009-05-03T02:08:00.001-07:00

These sites will allow you to fax a .doc or .pdf for free as long as advertising appears on the cover page usually.

Got Free Fax

Free Fax

Fax Zero

Manage Vehicle Information

2009-05-03T00:39:00.000-07:00

Manage your vehicle information online and get additional information on car repairs and avoid getting scammed.

Motor0 - Manage the most important data of your vehicles: motorcycles, cars, vans, trucks, heavy machinery, boats and aircrafts. Check the performance of your vehicle depending on fuel consumption. Perform the necessary maintenances on time. Keep informed about the stats of your vehicles.

Repair Pal - RepairPal gives you independent and unbiased repair estimates, user ratings and reviews, plus advice you can't get anywhere else.

2 Car Pros - 2CarPros.com is the ultimate, self-empowering, problem-solving expert, D-I-Y car ownership, maintenance and repair community. With honest, tried and tested, money and time-saving tools and resources for owners, enthusiasts and mechanics based on the collective intelligence of auto professionals and users alike.

TV News & Information

2009-05-03T00:09:00.001-07:00

Stay up-to-date on your favorite TV shows and get all the information you want out of them.

TV.com - TV.com offers tv and entertainment news, and reviews on comedy tv shows, drama tv shows, reality TV shows and more.

Television Without Pity - Commentary, recaps of episodes, and forums related to a wide variety of shows.

Epguides.com - A vast archive of episode guides for television series past and present. Simple as this: If you want Chuck, type in without the quotation marks "epguides.com/chuck"

Startup Companies

2009-05-03T00:04:00.000-07:00

Keep updated on the newest startups and innovations for the 21st century.

Chubbybrain - Research thousands of venture & angel-backed startups on ChubbyBrain and share your reviews and insights on these startups with investors, entrepreneurs and fellow experts. Click here to begin reviewing startups.

Killerstartups - They review 15+ internet startups per working day. Stay on top of the web's new innovative startups.

Venture Itch - "We cover interesting websites, productivity tools and scripts, emerging technologies and interesting market research briefs. We are not talksy type - our premise is that the basic facts are gems. Our target audience are folks with a venture itch - web entrepreneurs and tech savvy people feeding ongoing innovation."

Rating and Reviewing Online Sites

2009-05-02T23:58:00.001-07:00

These sites review everything from movies, dvds, college professors, health care organizations and consumer products.

Healthgrades - Researching physicians and receiving their background education and what they are certified for. Some physicians may have ratings also.

Ratemyteachers.com - For K-12

Ratemyprofessors.com - For college and universities.

Eopinions - Consumer-generated reviews, buying tips and advice, ratings, price information, and searchable in a variety of ways from price to product type.

IMDB - The Internet Movie Database is the most comprehensive and greatest resource for information pertaining to TV shows, movies, and their corresponding actors/actresses.

DVD Talk - DVD Talk no-nonsense movie news and information about DVDs including - DVD reviews, columns, interviews, release calendar, coupons, and discussion areas.

Collaborative Documents Online

2009-05-02T23:52:00.000-07:00

Collaborate online with your peers to help write anything

Mixedlink

Etherpad

Collaborative Drawing

2009-05-02T23:29:00.001-07:00

Draw online with your friends and have some fun while creating interesting drawings.

Scriblink

Graffti - Facebook App

People Searching Tools

2009-05-02T21:25:00.000-07:00

These powerful sites reveal personal information about individuals when used in tandem including name, address, phone number, profession and even criminal information.

Zabasearch - A powerful people search website that allows you to search for people across the nation. Results may include past residences owned by the subject in question along with their birthday month and year.

Zoominfo - ZoomInfo gathers information across the internet using various cross-tracking methods. This website is good for searching for companies or individuals who have a web presence.

Criminal Searches - Learn if an individual has anything on their record from criminal to traffic.

Pipl - Powerful engine that cross references many public databases with the name you query including the birth database, us search, people data, myspace and more... pretty extensive and easy to use

US Search - If your subject does not have their entire first name listed on their public information such as their phone number and you want to reveal their entire first name for further investigation, this site can be very useful. I.E. search for "P hughes" in "Red Bank, NJ" and under the initial searches we find a match for Pamela Hughes of Red Bank of an approximate age of 47

US People Search - This website provides an easy way to search for individuals because it allows you to enter in either their married surname or maiden surname. This is useful for locating people who were married and divorced or locating individuals by their pre-marital names. The results of a search also indicate their pre-marital name or AKA if available. Their property search is also useful for establishing ownership of a given address or name.

National Sex Offender Registry

Social Security Death Index

People Finders - You can lookup ownership of a residency and find information about current and past owners if applicable through this fast and easy search. Data allows list their age and relatives if applicable.

People Search Now - Simple lookup site.

Unclaimed Money

2009-05-02T21:04:00.001-07:00

You mighe be eligible for unclaimed money that the government is holding for you. Check to find out.

Search Property Information

2009-05-02T20:51:00.000-07:00

These two sites will give you a lot of useful property, land and community information regarding a specific or general address.

Property Shark - Sign up for a free account and have access to in-depth information usually including current owners for the past 5-10 years and recent sale amounts.

Zillow - This is more general information and does not require the user to sign up.

Convert Youtube Videos to MP3

2009-05-01T14:50:00.000-07:00

Very useful to downloading your favorite songs. Simply go on Youtube, find the song you want, copy the URL, paste to this site, convert it and download it as an MP3.

Video 2 Mp3

TV Count Down

2009-04-30T12:48:00.000-07:00

This site will countdown the time to when the most popular television shows will air. This will help you in your downloading efforts.

TV Count Down

Torrent Search Engines

2009-04-30T12:46:00.000-07:00

These will allow you to search for torrents utilizing the best engines on the Internet.

Mass Mirroring Upload Sites

2009-04-30T12:31:00.001-07:00

If you would like to upload a video or music file and want it instantly to appear on several popular file-hosting sites then it's easier than you think. Simply go to these sites, upload the file and their servers will do the rest.

Mass Mirror

Quoy

P2P Banking

2009-04-29T21:57:00.000-07:00

This is a revoluntionary new way of making a return on your money while helping someone else out. The process is that people need money and are willing to pay you almost directly for that money with a certain amount of interest added on top to be paid back in a given amount of time. Some of these loans are for miscallaneous things which they share and others are to individuals living in poverty in third-world countries. The first four are mostly for a return while the ladded three are for aiding individuals literally for survival!

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Go here to stay updated on P2P Banking.

Free People Researching Databases

2009-04-29T21:38:00.000-07:00

These powerful research tools enable you to find specific information you may have regarding an individual or organization.

People Lookup - Seach for individuals using partial names or under a different alias such as a maiden name

Birth Database - Generated from public records, find the age of an individual and their home residence

WebMD Doctor Search - Search for any physician anywhere in the country

Searchbug - Type in a phone number and it'll tell you whether its a cell or landline and what area the number is in

A1Free Number Search - Sign up for free and get 5 unlisted lookups a day!

Manage Your Money Online

2009-04-29T21:36:00.000-07:00

If you're having trouble managing your money then these powerful online tools can simplify the task and help you be more conscience of your money and spending habits.

Cablevision's Offering of 101mbps in Long Island for $99

2009-04-29T17:04:00.000-07:00

Starting in May, Cablevision is going to launch the fastest and uncapped high speed network in the country for $99. They are among the first to offer this and other ISPS are definitely not happy.

Portable Appliactions

2009-04-28T17:55:00.000-07:00

Wouldn't it be awesome if you were able to carry with you all of your favorite applications and access them instantly on any computer? Portable Applications is the solution. Most of your favorite titles are here and best of all they are portable and 100% free!

Portable Apps
Pen Drive Apps
Portable Freeware

Best CD/Savings Rate from Banks Online

2009-04-28T17:26:00.000-07:00

Utilize this site to stay on top of the best rates offered by the top online banks.

Certificate of Deposit
High Yield Savings Account

Currently Patelco is offering a one-time 1-year CD of a minimum and maximum deposit for $1000 at an APY of %7.00 so jump one while it is still out there.

From now until April 30th, the US Treasury Department is selling minimum 5 year investments of any amount, multiples of $1000 at %5.64.

Find the Lowest Prices on the Web

2009-04-28T17:22:00.000-07:00

Here's a new idea. What if other web users competitively gave you access to the cheapest prices on the web and not a machine? These sites just do that. Some sites will even pay you to provide the cheapest prices on the web!

BeatMyPrice
BeatThat

Here are some other automated sites for discounts and coupons.

Slickdeals.net
DealSucker
MyRetailCodes
HiddenBargains

Free Downloadable Audiobooks

2009-04-28T17:18:00.000-07:00

The following are very popular sites that distribute audiobooks for free most of which are created by that organization. This is a great way to read your favorite novels or listen to self help guides while you work, drive or meditate.

LibriVox
Gutenberg
Podiobooks
Audiobooks.net

Learn Another Language for FREE

2009-04-27T22:52:00.000-07:00

It would be nice to learn another language and not pay a penny for it. Well, now's its possible using these powerful sites some created with a web 2.0 vibe.

LiveMocha.com - Probably the best site in this category by far. It has a nice web 2.0 interface and it allows collaborative learning with many different cultures.
Babbel.com - A competitor to LiveMocha.com slowly getting better every month.
ITalki.com - A good alternative to the above two sites.
Lingus.tv - Strictly spanish.

Social Network Search Engines

2009-04-27T22:46:00.000-07:00

With the ever-increasing popular demand of social networks its important and useful to be able to search for your friends and perhaps a special someone with ease.

YoName
Wink
Peekyou

Share Link Sites - Better and Safer way to Download

2009-04-27T22:33:00.000-07:00

Share Links are another way of keeping on top of your favorite television shows, movies, games, applications, etc. without the hassle or stress of the MPAA, RIAA or any other government agency. Simply go to the sites, find the content you want, and download it at ease for free at fast speeds!

These sites are relatively new and are growing at a tremendous rate. Here are the ones that are the most frequently updated and provide access to high speed locations:

SeriesGringas.org - An updated list of the most popular TV shows
IWillSearch4u.com - An updated list of TV and Movies released.
Goleech.org - Updated list of Games, Applications, Ebooks, Movies, TV Shows and other content in demand.
Sharetera - Similar to Goleech

MP3 Search Engines

2009-04-27T22:23:00.000-07:00

These sites allow you to search for both videos and mp3s of your favorite songs and allow you to play them online, create virtual play lists and if you possess the know-how with third-party applications, even with the ability to download the songs or videos to your computer!

The newest unveiling of web 2.0 applications has yielded these two amazing sites.

Seeqpod
Songza