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Dmoz Lists of sites sorted into subjects. Directories are oten easier than Googling. See also Yahoo and the Virtual Library |
Dogpile Meta searches search the search engines. Sadly differences in syntax tend to hamper "meta searches", but see also Mamma |
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Complete
Planet Databases by subject. Content often missed by regular search engines. |
Search Engine
Colossus Finds search engines from other countries |
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Ask
an Expert Volunteer "experts" answer questions on anything from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to chemical engineering. |
BUBL Lists official sites of UK education, government, social & cultural bodies |
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Search
Engine Watch Lists alternative sites which may have more search functionality than Google. See also Clusty which groups results into subjects. |
Bing allows you to search a server's IP address for words on the sites it hosts. All The Web allows date range searches. |
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Make your own search
engine Google allows you to make your own custom designed search engine. Just give it a list of sites to search through. |
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Real Media
Search Find audio & video recorded in Real format. You'll need Real Player to play this. Skreemr finds mp3 files. |
Google Video Find videos on various sources including youtube, liveleak and aol. See also OVGuide for a keyword search within subjects. |
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Tineye A new development is search technology, Tineye analyses images and finds websites which have the same photo. |
Corbis
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Getty Images Both the above sites let you find commercial images. Photobucket Flickr & Google are also good sources. |
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World Newspapers
Online A directory that lets you find newspapers from across the world. See also thepaperboy. |
Vtuner A great way to link directly to online streaming radio broadcasts. Other radio directories |
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News Archives List of online newspapers with searchable archives. For early articles, try Google's news archive search. |
News
Now Plugs you directly into the latest breaking news. Good UK representation. See also Google News. |
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Lexis Nexis Fantastic news article archive, but paid subscription only. See also BBC News for breaking news related to UK stories |
Technorati and
Google's Blog Search Two of the best ways to search through millions of weblogs. Or try DIGG for the hottest stories at any moment. |
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192.com
Search the UK electoral roll, phonebook, company information, birth, marriage & death certificates. See also Cameo |
Phonebooks Infobel brings you a database of online telephone directories |
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Wink You can use this to search social networks. You can also use yoname. Both sites allow you to search other media. |
Search social networks A search macro developed by Paul Myers. Tailor it to meet your needs. |
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Google forum search allows you to search message boards and newsgroups. Also use this search macro to search Yahoo Groups using Google |
Google Groups
Searches Google message boards and also USENET posts dating back to 1980's USENET. Cyberfiber also tunes into newsgroups. |
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Amazon wish lists An novel way of tracing someone and profiling their tastes and interests. |
Know UK Search essential & exclusive sources e.g. Who's Who (subscription) also Biography - biogs of international figures |
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International Name Variations Provides spelling variations for names Romanised from other languages. e.g. the six ways to spell "Dimitri". |
Friends Reunited Can be a very useful research tool. The biographical notes can provide good search keywords. |
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Companies House Incl. the Disqualified Director list. The paid service is fantastic! |
Intl Business Registers See also, Forums like Silicon Investor and Raging Bull Also, specialist services like Edgar Online |
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UK Data Subscribe and get company reports, CCJ details and international company information |
Background
Check for personal details, addresses & criminal records of US citizens. Don't forget to search linkedin - a business-oriented network |
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Say No
to 0870!!! Search and reverse search UK companies that cold call or have 0780 contact numbers. |
Phonebooks Infobel brings you a database of online telephone directories |
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Secure Email Your IP address and ISP's name show up in emails you send. Hushmail & Gmail will hide this information from recipients. |
Online Virus Scan Free online check for the latest viruses - no need to install any software. |
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Privacy Test
Your IP address (displayed in the image above) traces back to your Internet connection and can allow sites you visit to identify you. |
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Anonymous Proxies Websites can read details about your computer. Same with emails. Proxies like Megaproxy & Anonymouse hide these. |
A
Secure Browser Torpark uses an anonymous connection to the Net. |
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PGP
Create a password "key" that lets you encrypt data files and text. Swap keys with friends to exchange encrypted emails. |
ReadNotify Send an email which reveals the ISP of the recipient. See also Sitemeter which tracks the IP address of web page readers. |
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Other useful links |
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Cryptome Cryptography, espionage & intrigue. See also Wikileaks for exclusive leaked documents from whistleblowers. |
Johhny's I HACK STUFF Clever but subversive Google searches. A real eye openr and inspiration. |
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Tiny URL Turns a long, ugly web address into neat, small practical one |
Wiki Scanner |
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Bug Me Not! Gives generic logins for "free registration" sites, Save so much time! |
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Total Recorder Captures any audio & video. Pauses during periods of silence. Great for recording streaming media, chatrooms, skype, videos. |
Camstudio |
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Currency Converter What it says on the tin |
Firefusk |
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Old Version Earlier versions of popular free software (e.g. winzip, zone alarm) |
Docscrubber A free program that reveals the "meta information" hidden in documents. |
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Restore
erased
files Turbo File Uneraser is a free tool that searches disks and flashcards for remnants of data files that have been erased. |
Process Explorer |
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Active
Ports A free program which lets you monitor which IP addresses your computer is connected to at any point. Not for Vista. |
Computer
Forensics Law enforcement agencies often use software like Encase and FRED to recover data files. |
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Mandy.com |
Journalismnet |
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