Footnote.com, a social-networking genealogy and history site, recently released an interactive version of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall . You can search for a particular solider, or view the annotated, clickable wall by browsing. Registered users (a basic account is …[Continue]
Free Mobile Search
Ever need a question answered when you are away from your computer, and only have a cell phone? ChaCha is a free mobile search service that responds to queries asked via telephone or send as a text message (SMS). To …[Continue]
How to Add RSS Feed Content to Your Website
In addition to being a handy way to keep up with updates from your favorite sites, RSS feeds also can also be added to your own website as source of fresh content. There are a variety of free tools that …[Continue]
Google’s Street View an Invasion of Privacy?
Google’s Street View is now live at Google Maps for five cities (San Francisco, New York, Las Vegas, Denver and Miami) with more cities coming soon. Street View is a 360-degree street-level photograph that has some people upset about privacy …[Continue]
Yahoo! Pipes
If you are comfortable with RSS feeds, then you are technical enough to use Yahoo! Pipes to create a new web service. Yahoo! Pipes is an exciting feed aggregator that gives non-programmers a way to create data mashups: merging web …[Continue]
History Search Engine
Need a timeline for a school report? TimeSearch is a specialized history search engine that delivers results as timelines. You only need to say what areas (or themes) and time period interest you, and you’ll be rewarded with a timeline …[Continue]
StumbleUpon
StumbleUpon is a browser toolbar that introduces you to new websites based on your interests and preferences. As you rate websites, StumbleUpon compares your interests with other similar StumbleUpon users and finds new websites for you to “stumble upon.” Works …[Continue]
2006 Yearend Google Zeitgeist
Do you know the difference between a “bebo”, “rebelde” and a “mininova”? Google has just published their list of the top ten searches of the year. If you have any interest in pop culture, you owe it to yourself to …[Continue]