The application also displays flags that have been placed on articles indicating status (needs attention or don’t live up to editorial standards) or the date the article appeared on the homepage.

Additionally to most edited articles you can also view 30 top most active Wikipedia editors.

Features:

• Displays top 30 most edited Wikipedia pages.
• See most edited page in the last Hour, 6 Hours, Day, 3 Days, Week and Month .
• Subscribe to feeds and get Wikirage updates on feed reader or follow it  Twitter.
• Legends showing the status of the articles and the dates when it has been on the home page displayed.
• Also view to 30 top  most active editors.
• Free and no registration.

Check out Wikirage @www.wikirage.com

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• Wikirank: View Hot Topics on Wikipedia
• Wikiwix: The Ultimate Wikipedia Search Engine
• Wikipedia-Roll: Search & Browse Wikipedia Articles Visually
• Wikify.appointment.at: Enrich Your Text with Links To Wikipedia
• WikiAlarm: Track Wikipedia Edits & Get Email Alets

There are no restrictions on the storage space or the number of files users can upload. The upload page lets you upload up to 10 files at the same time. As you upload the files, the upload progress bar gives you a nice overview of the upload speed and estimated time to complete the upload. There is nothing to download or install.

Features:

• Upload and store files online for easy access from any computer.
• Share desired files, photos and images with friends and family.
• Store and share as many files as you want.
• Embed photos and link files from your blog or social networking profiles i.e. Myspace.
• Organize files into folders and create photo galleries.
• Upload up to 10 files simultaneously.
• Unlimited online storage space (max. allowed file size < 100 MB).
• No email or sign-up required.

For additional details and questions check out MediaFire’s extensive help section.

Go to MediaFire @ www.mediafire.com

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• WooFiles
• Wixi : Your Online Media Center
• WikiUpload: Store and Share Videos, Images, MP3s & eBooks Online
• WatchDox: Secure Document Sharing Over The Internet
• uSend.io: Quick and Simple File Sending Application

Over the last year the site has become very popular and currently hosts hundreds of smaller social networking sites focused around different interests.

But the best part about Ning is that you can map your network to your own domain name. This requires some additional work but you don’t have to be a tech guru to do that.

Features:

• Create social networking website in minutes.
• Browse current networks by tags.
• Check out most popular networks
• Join networks you like.
• Put your social network under your own domain name ($4.95/month).

Go to Ning @ www.ning.com

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• Zapproved: Web based Decision Making Tool
• Zamabook: Web Based Appointment Scheduling Service
• Yammer – A Twitter For Businesses and Enterprises
• Wordoid: Get Company Name Ideas
• Wikirank: View Hot Topics on Wikipedia

You can search books by author name, title and even search within the contents of the book. Or if you are not sure where to start then you might want to check out top 100 most downloaded books for the previous day.

Features:

• Search books catalog by author name or title.
• Advanced search: Filter books by subject, language, category, filetype, etc.
• Browse books by popularity, book author, title, language or recently posted.
• Download ebooks directly from the website or via FTP.
• Download certain ebooks in HTML, plain text, plucker (mobile) or audio format (human-read).
• Read ebooks on your Palm, PDA or smartphone.
• Books available in Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, etc.
• Get RSS feeds for recently added books.

Please keep in mind, while the service is leagl in the United States it may not be the case for the some other countries. So make sure to check the copyright laws of your country before downloading a book.

Go to Project Gutenberg @ www.gutenberg.org

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• Wowio : Download Copyrighted eBooks for Free. Legally.
• WitGuides: Find And Download Ebooks
• ThoughtAudio: Lots of Free Full Audio Books
• PDFse: Search for PDF Files on Google
• PDFgeni: Comprehensive eBook Search Tool

“We are following the more expansive popular (if inaccurate) use of “urban legend” as a term that embraces not only urban legends but also common fallacies, misinformation, old wives’ tales, strange news stories, rumors, celebrity gossip, and similar items.”

Examples

- Dating Disasters: The Fart in the Dark.
- Dumb Crooks: 911 Surrender.

Things you can do at Snopes

• Browse legends by category (over 40 cats.): Autos, College, Crime, Humor, Sports, Religion, Travel, Politics, Love, etc.
• Legends classified as: true, false, multiple truth values, undetermined, or as unclassified veracity.
• See currently ‘Hottest 25‘ legends and myths. Also available via RSS.
• Subscribe to the latest legends by email.
• For more details go to Snopes FAQ page.

Check out Snopes @ www.snopes.com

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• ZipSkinny : Zip Code Finder
• Ziipa: Web 2.0 Directory
• You Don’t Know Jack
• YearbookYourself: Give your Photos 1950s, 60s, 70s …. look
• XSketch : Online Multiplayer Pictionary Game

FatWallet Features

• Search though thousands of indexed deals from all over the web (Dell, IBM, Circuit City, Overstock, Buy.com, eBay, etc.)
• Browse deals by: Hot deals, expiring deals, major online stores (see above), and by category (Music, Computers, Travel, Softwares, etc.).
• Price Comparison: Compare item prices across hundreds of online stores.
• Cash Back: Get certain amount of cash from each purchase./li>
• Daily Email: daily review of newest and soo-to-expire product offers.
• For more info go to FatWallet FAQ page.

Go to FatWallet [www.fatwallet.com]

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• WoW-Coupons : Search, Find and Print Free Coupons
• RetailMeNot: 1000s of Fresh Discount Coupons
• Combyo: Hot Deals and Bargains from top Deal Sites
• Yahoo Deals: Daily Online Shopping Deals And Discounts
• Webbyplanet: Find Hot Deals & Latest Coupon Codes

ImageShack Features:

• Host and Share images and videos. Hotlinking allowed.
• Upload options: from file, from URL, using desktop widget, by email or from mobile.
• Create animated photo slideshows.
• Supported image/video formats: .JPG, .JPEG, .PNG, .GIF, BMP, TIF, .TIFF and SWF
• Maximum image size: 1.5 MB
• Bandwidth Limit: 100 MB per hour.
• Resize images on upload
• Search through millions of publicly shared images.
• Extra Tools: Browser toolbar (Firefox, IE), Mac widget, Mac Uploader (for multiple uploads), Image tracking and more.
• For more information and image guidelines go to ImageShack FAQ page.

Visit ImageShack [www.imageshack.us]

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• RapidPik: Free Online Photo Resizer and Hoster
• Best Free Image Hosts (makeuseof.com)
• Slide : Photo Slideshows with Music
• Pict: Quickest Way To Upload And Share Images
• PiccDrop: Host and Hotlink Images Online

43Things Feature Overview

• Track and Share your goals (learn piano, watch all episodes of simpsons, get rid of debt, etc.)
• Set and schedule goal reminders.
• Tag your goals and browse community goals via tag cloud.
• For each goal see: people who think it’s worth it, people who have done this, related goals, user comments, and more.
• Monitor updates (comments, people, etc.) for any goal via RSS feed.
• Get automatically connected to the people with same goals.
• Challenge yourself with one of your goals and declare your stakes.
• Zeitgeist section: recently cheered goals, recent tags, recent comments, etc.
• Subscribe to Popular Goals, New goals, recent comments, etc. (via RSS)
• Need more? Check out video below or navigate to 43things FAQ page.

Quick video demo/intro (Youtube.com)

Inspired by 43things.com (Youtube.com)

Go to 43Things [www.43things.com]

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• stickK: Make Resolutions and Make Sure you Stick to Them
• Track-n-Graph : Track just About Anything
• TimeTracker : Online Timer for Timing your Tasks
• LifeTango: Goal Sharing & Tracking Tool
• GoalsOnTrack: Set Goals For Yourself Online

Softonic Features:

• Browse software by section (Mac, Windows, Mobile, Palm, Pocket PC) OR by Popular user searches (see image below).
• Discover interesting programs via ‘Top weekly’ downloads and ‘Top ranked’ sections.
• Possibility to filter search results (or any in-category list) by ‘freeware only.’
• Bookmark favorite programs in your account page.
• Keep history of all downloaded programs. And receive “new release” notifications.
• RSS Feeds: Monitor latest programs for each main category (Windows, Mac, Palm OS, Pocket PC, Phones)
• Multiple download sources for each program.
• Counts almost 70.000 programs in it’s database.
• Cool Blog (InsideTonic): Daily PC tips and handy software reviews.

Go to Softonic (www.softonic.com)

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• Wakoopa – Discover Cool Software
• SnapFiles
• OpenWith: Open Any File Extention
• AppWorldBlackBerry: Directory of Paid & Free Applications for the BlackBerry
• Appnr: Directory of Free Ubuntu Apps

“Channel surf the internet with the StumbleUpon toolbar to find great websites, videos, photos and more based on your interests. StumbleUpon learns what you like and makes better recommendations.”

How it works:

To become part of StumbleUpon community you need to install StumbleUpon browser toolbar (IE, Firefox). Once up and running you’re ready to start stumbling. Everytime you press ‘Stumble’ on your browser toolbar you’ll be taken to some website which was recommended by other stumblers with similar interests. By optionally rating these websites you can automatically share them (only ones you like) with like-minded people and at the same time train StumbleUpon about what you do and don’t like. The more you rate the better recommendations get.

Some other features available from your Toolbar

• Rate stuff (Thumb/Up down), send by email, share with friends, etc.
• Update interests for more specific recommendations (Cars, Fashion, Internet, Computers, etc.)
• Click Photos: To start Stumbling through user-recommended photos
• StumbleVideo: Stumble through user-recommended videos. (Recommended)
• Read reviews for the page you’re on

Visit StumbleUpon

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• Yedda : Ask Questions. Get Answers.
• Yahoo Answers: Biggest Q&A Community on The Web
• Wis.dm: Ask Fun Questions and Get Quick Answers
• Wakoopa – Discover Cool Software
• VideoSift : ‘Digg’ for WebVideos

“Scribd’s mission is to create the world’s largest open library of documents. Explore the thousands of docs already uploaded or contribute your own!”

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Feature Overview

• Browse docs by popularity (recent, most viewed, most liked, most discussed, etc.), and by different languages (English, Japanese, Spanish etc)
• Also browse docs by category and tag cloud
• Upload document without registering. Although, if you register you will be able to manage and track documents online.
• Get viewer statistics on uploaded documents once you register.
• Supported document formats: .pdf, .doc, .ppt, .xls, .txt, .odt, .odp, etc.
• Share documents with friends and/or other Scribd users.
• Browse through profiles and documents of other members

Embedding Demo

Check out Scribd @ www.scribd.com

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• Zamzar
• YouConvertIt : Online File and Unit Converter
• You Don’t Know Jack
• YearbookYourself: Give your Photos 1950s, 60s, 70s …. look
• XY WriteIt : Collaborate on Text Documents with Others

The best part of it is that Clipmarks lets other users (and they have many of them) vote and comment on user saved clips. Popular and highest voted clips are featured on the website’s home page creating in itself a good destination for daily read.

Features:

• Save/share favorite parts from any webpage
• Browse popular clips for Now/ Today/ This Week/ This Month
• To start clipping you need to install Clipmarks browser addon (Firefox, IE)
• Learn more

Visit Clipmarks

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• SpinSpotters: Find, Edit and Share Biased News Articles
• ReframeIt: Innovative Web Annotation Tool
• Notefish: Simple And Effective Online Note Taking App
• Google Notebook
• Zoho : Feature-rich Web-based Office Software