Protect Yourself From Price Drops

Ever buy stuff from stores that offer a 30 day price protection guarantee? If they lower their price within 30 days of when you purchased it, they'll refund you the difference. Sounds great... except how often do you remember to the check price again? Now you don't have to. Let Price Protectr do it for you! It's free. It's easy.

Farewell to the Floppy Disk

The time has come to bid farewell to one of the PC's more stalwart friends - the floppy disk. Industry giant PC World announces it will no longer carry floppy disks.

White Man's Guide to Getting Minority Scholarships

Are white males a growing minority on college and university campuses across America? And if so, are they or should they be privy to “minority” scholarships? Here’s a clue: you’ll likely be surprised to learn where the best scholarships for white males may be found.

Google U.S. Government Search

Formerly known as "Uncle Sam", Google's U.S. Government Search allows citizens to search across U.S. government agencies. The site is also designed to help navigate convoluted pages of government-speak and tailors news feeds to individual interests. Users can customize the layout of their page to remain updated on government-related news from official and commercial sources, including the White House, Department of Defense, The Washington Post and CNN.

Google University Search

Google's University Search enables you to narrow your search to a specific school website. Try it for things like admissions information, course schedules, or alumni news.

Google Code Search

Google Code Search allows you to search publicly accessible source code on the internet.

Google News Archive Search

News archive search provides an easy way to search and explore historical archives. Users can search for events, people, ideas and see how they have been described over time. In addition to searching for the most relevant articles for their query, users can get an historical overview of the results by browsing an automatically created timeline. Search results include both content that is accessible to all users and content that requires a fee. Articles related to a single story within a given time period are grouped together to allow users to see a broad perspective on the events.

A Portrait of "Generation Next"


A new generation has come of age, shaped by an unprecedented revolution in technology and dramatic events both at home and abroad. They are Generation Next, the cohort of young adults who have grown up with personal computers, cell phones and the internet and are now taking their place in a world where the only constant is rapid change. Read the Pew Research Center report on how young people view their lives, futures, and politics.

Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs website provides information that will help you open a conversation with your doctor about prescription medicines–and particularly about which medicines will best meet your medical needs and give you the most value for your health care dollar.

The findings presented here combine an expert medical review of the scientific evidence on prescription drugs with their prices. The analysis compares and contrasts prescription drugs by category – that is, drugs in the same class that are used to treat a specific condition or illness such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heartburn or depression. Reports on the drugs in various categories can be downloaded to print out and discuss with your doctor.

BooksPrice.com

BooksPrice.com is a free service that searches for the best deal in books, cds and dvds among the main on-line stores. BooksPrice is specializing in price comparisons on several books, cds and dvds together. BooksPrice is an independent web site, not owned by any bookstore. The search result is therefore totally objective.

Want to Live Longer?

An ongoing project that is part of Quest Network, Inc.—co-funded by the National Institute on Aging and National Geographic—Blue Zones™ studies the world’s longest-lived populations for information and lifestyle characteristics that can help people live longer and better lives. Take the Blue Zone life compass test and see your current life expectancy based on your lifestyle.

Awakened Voice Learning Center

On this site you will find video tours and tutorials that will help you increase your knowledge of how to use the social web...

Each lesson is encoded in QuickTime format at a resolution of 640×480. Visitors to this site may stream the lessons in a window by clicking on the thumbnail in each post, they can download directly by clicking the ‘download’ links.

Encyclopedia of Death and Dying

The Encyclopedia includes lengthy articles on various topics surrounding death, from AIDS to Darwin to homicide.

Histpop: Online Historical Population Reports

The Online Historical Population Reports (OHPR) collection provides online access to the complete British population reports for Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1937.

The collection goes far beyond the basic population reports with a wealth of textual and statistical material which provide an in-depth view of the economy, society (through births, deaths and marriages) and medicine during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Free Public Domain Music

Musopen.com "is a community driven, online music repository started by a music and economics college student named Aaron Dunn."
"This site takes music that is in the public domain, meaning a work that belongs to the community, and has it recorded by individuals and college/community orchestras throughout the United States and stored online so it can be accessed for free through this website."

Global Warming: the Final Verdict

A study by the world's leading experts says global warming will happen faster and be more devastating than previously thought.

Microwave Zaps Germs on Sponges

Two minutes in a microwave oven can sterilize most household sponges, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

PayPal to combat phishing with keyfobs.

Ars Technica reports that "eBay subsidiary PayPal is preparing to offer secure key fobs. The devices, which display a six-digit code that changes every 30 seconds, will be made available free to all PayPal business users, and will cost $5 for all personal PayPal account users. Those who opt in on the key fob will have to enter the six-digit code when logging in to PayPal."

MicroSoft is offering a Windows Vista test drive. Check out Vista on your computer without having to install it.

The test drive is intended for evaluation purposes only.

The test drive requires Internet Explorer 6 or later, a browser plug-in, and a broadband Internet connection. A minimum 1024 x 768 screen resolution is recommended.

New CD swapping service

Trade CD's for only a dollar at LaLa.com.

"Lala.com is essentially a giant online swap meet for your used CDs. The concept is fairly simple but well implemented: you sign up, then trade CDs with other members. Naturally, you're not allowed to trade copied or damaged discs." -- (Cnet Reviews)

Cnet Preview of Apple iPhone

Apple iPhone is pretty ordinary

"The bottom line for at least this first generation iPhone is that it's a wonderful interface with great looks wrapped around an average product. Certainly not the high-end equipment you would expect for the price." -- Andrew Kantor (USA Today)