Collaborate and communicate
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CiX Conferencing (*24 Aug 2009)
wide ranging communities knowledgeable about any topic under the sun (well almost)
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LinkedIn (29 Nov 2005)
create, maintain and exploit your personal network and those of your contacts
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Skype (4 Oct 2006)
phone, presence and instant messaging between members for free; break out to public networks for less. Read the terms and conditions carefully before signing up.
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TransferBigFiles (7 Jul 2010) send large files that someone's email won't handle. YouSendIt seems to have stopped the free account
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Tungle (21 Oct 2009)
effective calendaring for those not on corporate networks
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del.icio.us (22 Sep 2006)
tag to share what you've found (Google Reader can do this too, but you end up with the tags in your reader list)
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Biblet (22 Sep 2006)
get WMDecode to find out what's in those winmail.dat files you get from Microsoft mail users whose servers aren't configured properly
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Simpler Surfing
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BugMeNot (*10 Dec 2004)
Stores logins for a range of sites that request registration for access to trivial data. Pick up and use their stored login – keep your details private
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WatchthatPage (*10 Dec 2004)
To track this or any page on the Web (basic free service)
Steve Bell's Keeping Up Website has alternatives
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Internet Watch Foundation (23 Oct 2001)
report offensive web traffic
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Google Reader (21 Oct 2009)
in my view, the best RSS aggregator
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Technorati (14 Feb 2007)
search/watch/analyse the conversation on the web
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Symantec Security (20 Sep 2003)
Check your online vulnerability
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Traveller's Aid
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mail2web (*10 Dec 2004)
Interrogate your POP3, AOL or other mail from any browser
Use it to pre-delete spam to avoid downloading
Use when travelling - but keep continuity on your own system
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Time Zone Converter (11 Jan 2005)
Date and time anywhere to anywhere (cities by continent)
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Google Earth (7 Jan 2006)
Satellite images of anywhere on earth, at whatever scale data are available, and more! PC only for full version
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Designer and other tools
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