Re: UKNM: desert island sites

[Fiona Campbell-Howes]

www.newsnow.co.uk - superb news aggregation site with tech bias

www.moreover.com - news aggregation with a wider spread

www.google.com - no other search engine comes close

www.whatis.com - definitions of thousands of tech terms

www.howstuffworks.com - does what it says on the tin

www.ntk.net - funny *and* clever

www.theonion.com - funny

www.amazon.co.uk - never had a problem with them

www.guru.com - for advice on freelance work and lifestyle

www.theregister.co.uk - IT news with bite


While we're on this subject, I'd be interested to know what those with WAP

phones are using them for.  Am writing an article on why WAP isn't all bad,

and I'm interested in hearing of any WAP sites that people use and are happy

with.


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From: rODbegbie <

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Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 3:14 AM

Subject: UKNM: desert island sites



> > OK, let's try to get the ball rolling to find out if people can actually

> > name 10 sites they really truly do use on a day to bay basis that

> > they could

> > not live without (or something like that...)

>

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/ -- best news coverage by far

> http://slashdot.org/ -- keep up to date on geek stuff

> http://www.betanews.com/ -- get software update news

> http://www.google.com/ -- natch

> http://www.audiogalaxy.com/satellite/ -- best mp3 transfer system --

> web-based, so i can search from work and download to my home PC

> http://moneycentral.msn.com/ -- find out how much money i'm losing on a

> daily basis.  especially useful since it links up with my accounts in

> microsoft money.

> http://www.haddock.org/ & http://www.memepool.com/ -- find new cool sites

> http://www.updates.com/ -- searches my hard drive, and tells me any new

> patches/upgrades for software i own.

> http://www.paypal.com/ -- transfer cash to people for free -- and one of

> only two sites I visit on my WAP phone

> http://www.fusionone.com/ -- the other site i use on my WAP phone --

synced

> up contacts with Outlook

>

> also the myriad of financial institutions which i have accounts and

> creditcards with.  i wouldn't even consider a card if it didn't have a web

> statement system.

>

> rOD.

>

> --

>  rOD Begbie +---------------------------------------------------------

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