Registered users not only have an option to read essays online but save favorite items in their account and even download them. The site adheres to strict plagiarism guidelines and despite the fact that listed essays are free to access and use, members agree to give proper reference and credits to the source.

Note: When searching on the website make sure to set it to search essays only on AllFreeEssays.com. While there is also an option to search on PeerPapers.com that service is not free and requires a subscription fee.

Features:

• Database of more than 50,000 free student written essays, term papers and reports.
• Browse essays by topic categories, search with keywords and view popular papers.
• Sign up and donate one essay to get full access to content on the site.
• For free essays, search only from AllFreeEssays.com.

Check out AllFreeEssays @ www.allfreeessays.com

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• University Of The People: Tuition-Free Online University
• Wowbrary: Get Alerts on New Book Arrivals From Your Library
• WiZiQ : Virtual Classroom
• wePapers: Student Paper Database to Find & Share Notes
• WebSourceIt : Which of The Two Spellings is Right?

To put it simply, it measures things like how many teens (12-18) have a Facebook profile, or how many adults between 18-35 have a broadband connection, who buy more online: women or men, what percentage of patients check for health on Internet, the actual number of adults playing video games and so on.

It’s one of the biggest free public research sources whose findings and reports are heavily cited by most mainstream publications and technology blogs all accross the web. All of their content is available online or downloadable in PDF format for free from their site, for personal non-commercial use. Users can browse reports by type and by publication year.

They have their own experts for different technology topics (social networking, broadband, web 2.0) whom you can contact by email, to ask questions or inquire about posted reports.

Features:

• Non-profit free public research source for technology trends in US.
• Focuses on how internet affects people lives.
• View all the content (reports, statistics, presentations) for free online or download in PDF format. For personal use only.
• Contact experts on different technology topics.
• Browse reports by type (presentation, dataset, commentary, media mention) and by publication year.

Check out Pew Internet & American Life Project @ www.pewinternet.org

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• Best Of Wikipedia: Read Interesting Wikipedia Articles
• ZipSkinny : Zip Code Finder
• Zinepal: Online Ebook Creator
• Ziipa: Web 2.0 Directory
• ZAPReader : Practise Speed Reading Online

Just browse through charts and compare your own financial situation on debt, spending habits  and other metrics against national averages and view other fun facts.

“How the average U.S. consumer spends their paycheck”

Features:

• Interesting and fun economic facts
• View complicated economic stats on easy-to-understand charts and graphs
• Provided by CreditLoan.com

Check out VisualEconomics @ www.visualeconomics.com

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• PieColor: Online Pie Chart Maker
• ManyEyes: Visualize Statistics & Interesting Facts
• ChartsBin: Check out Interesting Charts Online
• ChartGo: App For Graphing & Charting Online
• ZipSkinny : Zip Code Finder

You can browse manuals by product type, by brand or search with keywords. Simply enter the manufacturer/product name and its model (ex. Apple iPhone 3G S) into the search field, hit “Search” and download the relevant manual. No need for an email or registration.

Moreover, user may sign up for an account to store and organize manuals online, upload your own manuals to the site and get help from site members with manual search and gadget problems.

Features:

• Search for manuals.
• Over 300,000 user manuals for all kinds of electronic gadgets.
• Browse manuals by brand, product type or search using keywords.
• Find and download manuals without registration.
• Sign up for an account to store and organize manuals online.
• Upload your own manuals and get help from other site members.
• Similar sites: The Manuals and SafeManuals.

Check out Manuals Online @ www.manualsonline.com

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• SafeManuals : User Manuals for any Gadget
• The-Manuals: Free Manuals Search Engine
• OwnerIQ: Download Free User Manuals for Products
• GadgetTeardowns: How To Disassemble Popular Gadgets
• WireWize : “How To Connect” Guides for Home Electronics

There are four ways to search for symbols here:

1. Using simple keyword search.
2. Using graphic index tool for searching symbols based on symmetry, shape and crossing lines.
3. Using word index to find a symbol with a certain meaning.
4. Browse through symbols randomly.

Features:

• Check symbols and meanings.
• Search for specific symbols or browse symbols randomly.
• Contains more than 1,600 articles about 2,500 western signs.
• Buy a book that features everything you can find at Symbols.com plus an additional 100 pages of in-depth articles about symbols and ideograms.
• No sign up needed.

Check out Symbols @ www.symbols.com

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• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• Lingro : Translate Words on any Web Page
• HowToSayThatName: Learn How To Pronounce Names Correctly
• Howjsay: Pronunciation Dictionary
• ConfusingWords: Your Guide To Confusing English Words

Browse idioms alphabetically or search for a particular saying on the page using your browser’s search function.

Features:

• Find out meanings of common idioms in English language.
• Browse idioms alphabetically or search for a particular phrase on the page using your browser’s search function.
• Similar website: UrbanDictionary

Check out IdiomSite @ www.idiomsite.com

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• WebSourceIt : Which of The Two Spellings is Right?
• Phrases: Search for Idiom Phrases & Get Meanings
• Lingro : Translate Words on any Web Page
• Common Errors In English: Lists Commonly Misused English Words
• ZAPReader : Practise Speed Reading Online

Learn how to tie different tie knots through videos

Features:

• Ultimate resource for all kinds of tie a tie instructions.
• Learn how to tie different tie knots: The Windsor Knot, The Bow Tie, Oriental Knot and many other.
• Also learn how to buy a tie, caring for a tie, choosing necktie accessories and more
• Free, no sign up needed.

Check out 2TieATie @ www.2tieatie.com

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• SuTree : Over 10.000 of Educational Videos
• SafeManuals : User Manuals for any Gadget
• HowToSayThatName: Learn How To Pronounce Names Correctly
• HowToCleanStuff: Cleaning How-To’s and Tips
• Easy2DIY: Home Repair Tutorials & Tips

GoodGuide aims to change this by bringing information transparency to the products that we use. It provides a  comprehensive guide on more than 70,000 products with ratings, expert recommendations and advice. Using it you can find and compare healthy and green products that are safe for your children and family.

Browse products by their overall ratings or by their health, environmental and social impacts. View which products to avoid and which ones are safe.

Features:

• Find and compare products that are safe, green and healthy.
• Comprehensive guide of more than 70,000 products ratings.
• Browse products by their overall ratings and by their health, environmental and social performances
• Product information is collected from government data sources, academic institutions and non-government data sources
• Access GoodGuide product info from a cellphone by sending text messages or from your iPhone
• Free, no sign up needed. Register to save products in your shopping list.

Check out GoodGuide @ www.goodguide.com

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• WhatsOnMyFood: See What Pesticides are Used in Your Food
• TwoFoods: Compare Nutritional Values Of Common Foods
• StillTasty: Product Shelf Life Guide
• ShugarStacks: Check The Amount of Sugar in Foods
• NutritionToolbox: Food Nutritional Information Database

Additionally you can filter results by library type such as library system, central library, branch library bookmobile and books-by-mail.

Features:

• Public library locator.
• Search by library name, location (city, zip code, state) and phone number.
• Filter results by library type (library system, central library, branch library, bookmobile, books-by-mail etc)
• US only

Check out LibrarySearch @ www.nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/librarysearch

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• ZipSkinny : Zip Code Finder
• Ziipa: Web 2.0 Directory
• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes
• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• When-is: Find out Dates of Religious and Civil Holidays

Features:

• Find out how to glue anything to anything
• Get directions on how to properly do it and what type of glue to use.
• Free and no registration.

Check out ThisToThat @ www.thistothat.com

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• ZipSkinny : Zip Code Finder
• Ziipa: Web 2.0 Directory
• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes
• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• When-is: Find out Dates of Religious and Civil Holidays

At first look Dicts.info is minimalist and somewhat simple, nevertheless, once you get inside the list of things to see and do is countless. With comprehensive list of 67 available language dictionaries and their combinations it ends up being an exhaustive dictionary resource for language-related issues.

Here the list of things you get on Dicts.info:

• Universal dictionary – Dictionary system interconnecting 67 languages.
• English dictionary – Look up English words in several English dictionaries simultaneously.
• English thesaurus – Look up English words in several databases of synonyms.
• Picture dictionary – Lists more than 2500 illustrations with translations into > 50 languages.
• Basic vocabulary – 2000 basic meanings categorized by topics like time, animals, family, house etc.
• Encyclopedia – Lists several hundred thematic groups of keywords in many world languages.
• Bilingual dictionaries – List of all available bilingual dictionaries grouped by language.
• Examples of use – Database of example sentences for several languages. Shows you how to properly use words in sentences.
• Specialty resources- Lists resources related to terminologies for fields like for example biology, finance, metallurgy etc.
• Mobile phones - Online applications for mobile phones and PDAs.
• Download dictionaries – Lists links to pages with downloadable dictionaries.
• Dictionary applications – List of dictionary applications that can be used to look up words offline.
• Topical dictionary – Dictionaries containing topical lists of translations.
• Terminology – Sets of terms related to particular activity or science.

Check out Dicts.info @ www.dicts.info (by Lucas Gabriel Artigas from Get-it-Rght)

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• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• Lingro : Translate Words on any Web Page
• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes
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• VisuWords: Visual Dictionary and Thesaurus

It provides full details of each cleaning service i.e., the address, telephone, zip code and detailed map location. If you have your own cleaning business you can get it listed  by contacting the site.

Features:

• Directory of house cleaning services (USA only).
• Search and browse by state, by county and zip code.
• Cleaning services for home and office.
• Full information on each cleaning service – address, zip code, telephone number and detailed map location.
• Free and no registration.

Check out House Cleaning Services @ www.housecleaningservices.info

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• Ziipa: Web 2.0 Directory
• SafeManuals : User Manuals for any Gadget
• FILExt : Lookup “Unknown” File Types
• ZipSkinny : Zip Code Finder
• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes

Each application that is listed on GetJar has a description along with a couple of screenshots. You can also see how many people have downloaded it so far. For many applications they have also included a list of features and reviews. You can search and browse apps by mobile phone, check out new, most downloaded and featured ones.

Features:

• Collection of mobile phone apps that are free to download and use.
• Thousands of free applicationsto chose from.
• Search for applications by Platform, by phone manufacturer or by categories.
• User ratings and reviews for applications to keep you well informed.
• Many applications have descriptions, list of features and screenshots.
• Statistics about weekly and all time downloads.
• Check out new or most popular apps.
• Similar sites: Phoload

Check out GetJar @ GetJar.com (Contributed by Tehseen Baweja from Ijaar.com)

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• Phoload: Download Free Software For Your Mobile Phone
• Zoogmo – P2P Backup Network
• ZipSkinny : Zip Code Finder
• Ziipa: Web 2.0 Directory
• You Don’t Know Jack

Below is a screenshot of the information they have indexed for MakeUseOf.com. (We deliberately removed some of the ifo due to prvacy concerns).

Moreover, since it is a Wiki, you also have an option to edit the information about your website if you think something is inaccurate or inappropriate. However, just like Wikipedia they do require you to register before you can edit any page.

Some other features include:

• Single click retrieval of website information from third party services like Compete.com.
• Option of upgrading your website page from Basic (Free) to Spotlight (Paid) for greater visibility.
• Create a watch list to keep track of changes to a certain page.
• Share the information across major social networks.
• Similar website profiled earlier: AbouThiSite

Check out AboutUS @ www.aboutus.org (Contributed by Tehseen Baweja from Ijaar.com)

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• Sucuri: Free Website Security Monitoring
• SoundUnwound: Wikipedia for Music
• DomainTools: Six Useful Domain Tools
• Dataopedia: All In One Website Statistics Web Service
• AbouThiSite: See WhoIS, Server Location, IP Neighbors for any Site

However, it’s still a good idea to understand the difference between confusing English words. The website ConfusingWords lists thousands of words in the English language that seem to confuse others. People don’t seem to know when to use these words, what context the words should be used in, and what the meaning of the word really is. If ever you are confused about how to use a word, ConfusingWords is the first place you should look at.

Search for the word to get its definitions, usage examples, and some additional notes

Features:

• Search through thousands of confusing words in English.
• Get examples on how to correctly use the word.
• See what each word is commonly confused with.
• Search for words you can’t spell by adding a ‘?’ to a search term to represent a single missing letter or add ‘*’ to the search term to indicate a string of missing letters.

Don’t get confused again with ConfusingWords @ www.confusingwords.com

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• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• Lingro : Translate Words on any Web Page
• Howjsay: Pronunciation Dictionary
• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes
• WordSpy: Dictionary of New Words

You can search and get dll files for free. The website has an extensive and up-to-date database. You can search for dll files using on-site search function or browse them alphabetically.

Features:

• Donwload missing dll files to repair dll errors on windows.
• Search and browse dll files alphabetically.
• Free and doesn’t require any registration.

Check out Dll-Files @ www.dll-files.com

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• ErrorKey: Find Out What Error Codes Mean
• Bug.gd: Find Solutions To Error Messages
• ZipSkinny : Zip Code Finder
• Ziipa: Web 2.0 Directory
• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes

If you’re looking for some interesting websites and not sure where to start you can check out their most viewed, most rated and most discussed sections. There are also options to rate them and comment on sites.

Developers and website (webservice) owners can further benefit from the site by submitting their own app to Ziipa. It’s quick and free. So if you’re running a webservice make sure to submit it to Ziipa as well.

Features:

• Directory of Web 2.0 apps.
• Clean and user friendly interface.
• Search or browse apps by topic in the tag cloud.
• Counts almost 2000 apps and growing.
• See latest, most viewed, most rated and most discussed apps.
• Rate and leave comments.
• Freely submit your website for inclusion to directory.

Check out Ziipa @ www.ziipa.com

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• SafeManuals : User Manuals for any Gadget
• HouseCleaningServices: House Cleaning Services Directory
• FILExt : Lookup “Unknown” File Types
• ZipSkinny : Zip Code Finder
• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes

Features:

• Find out how to pronounce names correctly.
• Search names, browse alphabetically and sort by language.
• Listen to names pronounced by native speakers.
• No registration needed.

Visit HowToSayThatName @ www.howtosaythatname.com

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• TheNameEngine: Hear Proper Name Pronunciations of Public Figures
• PronounceNames: Learn Correct Name Pronounciations
• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• Symbols: Look Up Symbol Meanings
• SafeManuals : User Manuals for any Gadget

Features

• Directory of free mobile phone applications and games.
• Search programs, browse by category, filter by phone type.
• Rate and leave review.
• Option for developers to add their software.
• See latest and featured apps.

Check out Phoload @ www.phoload.com [Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog ]

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• GetJar: Thousands of Free Mobile Phone Applications
• Zoogmo – P2P Backup Network
• ZipSkinny : Zip Code Finder
• Ziipa: Web 2.0 Directory
• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes

Each country has a dedicated page that lists YouTube video and some additional information on the anthem.

Check out All National Anthems @ www.allnationalanthems.com

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• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes
• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation

Currently bug.gd has amost 80.00 errors and solutions in its database. If you did not find a solution to your error on bug.gd and later solved your problem by other means then you might consider improving the site by sharing your solution with others.

Features:

• Search and find a fix to your error message.
• Submit solution to your error and share it with others.
• Currently database has 79,413 errors and solutions.
• Rate and comment on solutions.
• Keep track of submitted errors in one place (account required)
• Firefox Extension and Firefox/ IE search bar addons for quicker access.
• Similar website: ErrorKey.

Check out bug.gd @ www.bug.gd

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• Yahoo Answers: Biggest Q&A Community on The Web
• ToAnswer: Get Answers to Your Questions through Twitter
• TechGuy: Tech Support For Hardware and Software Problems
• ServerFault: Q & A for Server Problems & Network Related Issues
• PicAnswers : Post a Picture and Get Answers

You can search cemetery records by name, date of death or browse records by location. Optionally you can become a member, create a memorial, submit new data, and upload photos.

Features:

• Search and find a grave of your ancestors, old friends and relatives.
• Search by name, date or location.
• Database has more then 27 million names.
• Create a memorial, submit data, add flowers, add photos etc.
• Check out memorial pages of famous people.
• See most popular searches and interesting monuments.
• Additional cemetery search that includes maps available as well.

Check out FindaGrave @ www.findagrave.com

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• ZabaSearch: Search People by Name, Address & Phone Number
• Facesaerch: Face Search Engine
• ArchiveSearch: Search News Archives
• Acronym Finder : Lookup Acronym Definitions
• Abbreviations: Lookup What Acronyms & Abbreviations Stand For

Similarly, it can be used to choose between the right homophones (or homonyms). Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled and defined differently. For instance, using WebSourceIt you can check whether it’s more then or more than.

How does it work?

(1) Enter your words or phrases in to the provided fields and click “Enter”.
(2) WebSourceIt will then count the number of times the terms appear on the web.
(3) The higher the number, the higher chances of it being correct.

Features

• Max phrase length: up to 5 words.
• No sign up or registration needed.

Check out WebSourceIt @ www.websource.it

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• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes
• IdiomSite: Find Out Meanings of Common Sayings
• Writer : Distraction-free Internet Typewriter
• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• WordSift: Visualize Text & Related Information

In case you find something is wrong or missing you can fix it by editing the page. All edits will be further checked by site moderators before they appear on the website.

Features:

• Comprehensive music reference source.
• Play related Youtub videos without leaving the website.
• Contribute and correct incorrect information by editing pages.

Check out SoundUnwound @ www.soundunwound.com

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• Sidereel: Watch TV Shows and Movies Online
• LyricsFly : Lyrics Search on Steroids
• AboutUS: Get Short Overview Info For Any Website
• Zoho : Feature-rich Web-based Office Software

From the Page:

Abbreviations.com is the world’s largest and most comprehensive directory and search engine for acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms on the Internet. Abbreviations.com holds hundreds of thousands of entries organized by a large variety of categories from computing and the Web to governmental, medicine and business and it is expanding daily.

In addition to searching you can put together your own list of abbreviations and acronyms.

Features:

• Lookup what acronyms and abbreviations stand for.
• Create and keep a list of your favorite acronyms.
• Search, browse alphabetically, filter by category i.e. Computing, Governmental, Medical, etc.
• Become an editor and help expand the database by adding new definitions.
• Get an abbreviation search widget for Mac dashboard.
• Custom button for Google Toolbar.
• Add Abbreviations.com search to Firefox search bar and Internet Explorer.
• No sign-up or registration required.
• Other similar website: AcronymFinder.

Check out Abbreviations @ www.abbreviations.com

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• Acronym Finder : Lookup Acronym Definitions
• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes
• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• WordSpy: Dictionary of New Words
• WordSift: Visualize Text & Related Information

Features:

• Get the meaning of error messages.
• Search for error codes and messages related to following systems: Oracle, Sybase, Apple, Cisco 6400, Unix Solaris, DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SAP DB, Borland C, Python, HTTP, Symbian, Mozilla, and Windows NT.
• No sign up or registration needed.

Check out ErrorKey @ www.errorkey.com

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• Dll-Files: Get Missing DLL Files & Fix DLL Errors
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• ZipSkinny : Zip Code Finder
• Ziipa: Web 2.0 Directory
• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes

Using Archive Search you can search for events, people or ideas and see how often they have been mentioned in the news over time. Additionally, you can get a historical overview of the results on an automatically created timeline, drill into particular period and see results for that time period, read news archives and so on.

Features:

• Search diverse news archive sources from one place
• Browse timelines of events and stories related to specific queries.
• No sign-up or registration needed.

Check out ArchiveSearch @ news.google.com/archivesearch

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• Wolfram Alpha Google: Adds Wolfram Alpha Search Results Next To Google’s
• SemantiFind: Cool Suggestion Tool for Searching on Google
• itpints: Real-Time News Search Engine
• In Quotes: Compare Politicians’ Quotes By Keywords
• GoogleGuide: Learn How To Really Use Google

Search for tutorials, browse them by category (3D Effect, Abstract Effect, Drawing Effect, Photo Effect, Text Effect etc.), leave comments, rate and so on. Registered users can further bookmark and store favorite tutrials in their account area.

Features:

• Free photoshop tutorials
• Bookmarks and store favorite tutorials in your account (registration needed).
• Check out Most Viewed and Highest Rated tutorials.
• Tutotial categories: 3D Effect, Abstract Effect, Drawing Effect, Photo Effect, Text Effect, Texture & Patterns and User Interface Design.

Overall it’s a pretty good source if you’re looking for some step-by-step Photoshop HowTo guides. For more tutorials you can check out Good-Tutorials and Youtube (lots of video tutorials).

Check out Photoshop Lady @ www.photoshoplady.com

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• WriteOnIt: Create Fake Photos, Captions and Magazines
• Wiredness
• VunkySearch: Lists Cool GIMP And Photoshop Tutorials
• Tutzor: Top Notch Photoshop Tutorials Collection
• RoundMyCorners: Make Pictures with Round Corners

Features

• Shows synonyms and verb forms
• Shows tranlations in 7 different languages
• Also shows orthographically similar words along with their meanings.
• Print out pages.

Check out Woxikon @ www.woxikon.com (Contributed by Abhijeet Mukherjee from Jeet Blog )

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• Lingro : Translate Words on any Web Page
• Mobile Translator : Free Online Dictionary for your Mobile Phone
• Howjsay: Pronunciation Dictionary
• Dicts.info: All-In-One Dictionary Resource
• ConfusingWords: Your Guide To Confusing English Words

Features:

• Quickly find rhymes for almost any word.
• Save rhymes on your computer or print them out.
• No registration needed.

Go to Write Rhymes @ www.writerhymes.com

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• WebSourceIt : Which of The Two Spellings is Right?
• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• VisuWords: Visual Dictionary and Thesaurus
• SoundUnwound: Wikipedia for Music
• RhymeZone: Find Rhyming Words & Phrases

Simply enter the term and click on find button. Next Acronym Finder will bring you the list of all available definitions that can be filtered further by type and category.

Features:

• Lookup acronyms, abbreviations and postal codes.
• Search through more than 4 million acronyms and abbreviations.
• Search results : sort alphabetically, sort by rank or filter by category (Information Technology , Military & Government, Science &Medicine, etc.)
• Get quick info on any US and Canadian postal code.
• Contribute by adding new definitions.
• Search plugins: Integrate Acronym Finder search to your browser search or Google toolbar.
• No registration required.

Check out AcronymFinder @ www.acronymfinder.com

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• Abbreviations: Lookup What Acronyms & Abbreviations Stand For
• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes
• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• WebSourceIt : Which of The Two Spellings is Right?
• VisuWords: Visual Dictionary and Thesaurus

Currently Lingro can translate to and from following languages:

English to English
English <-> Spanish
English <-> French
English <-> Italian
English <-> German
English <-> Polish
English <-> Swedish
Swedish <-> Polish

The interactive interface enbales user to switch between different languages with a single click. There is also an option to archive and add words to your wordlist.

Please note that Lingro is not a website translation service, but more like a tool to lookup word meanings without leaving the current web page. If you need something that does full website translation then better try Google Translate.

Features:

• Lingro Dictionary – translate words.
• Lingro Web Viewer – lookup ad translate unknown words.
• Lingro File Viewer – upload text files (.txt, .doc, or .pdf) and lookup unknown words.
• Browser bookmarklet for quicker access. Supports Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Internet Explorer.
• Keep track of translated words in your wordlist (sign-up required).
• Improve your vocabulary with Lingro word games.

Check out Lingro @ www.lingro.com

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• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• Phrases: Search for Idiom Phrases & Get Meanings
• Mobile Translator : Free Online Dictionary for your Mobile Phone
• IdiomSite: Find Out Meanings of Common Sayings
• Howjsay: Pronunciation Dictionary

Select your bibliography source (book, websites, emails, etc.), tell EasyBib how did you find it and click on the Next button. Repeat the process for each of your references. When fiinished, you can either save the formatted citation list online and edit it later or download it to your PC as a Word file.

Features:

• Supported formats: APA & MLA (Modern Language Association) formats supported.
• Print out ready bibliography list.
• Download and save citation list as a Word (RTF) file.
• View, manage and edit bibliography list online.
• Anoother similar tool is BibMe.

Check out EasyBib @ www.easybib.com

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• WebSourceIt : Which of The Two Spellings is Right?
• OttoBib: Easy Bibliography Maker
• IdiomSite: Find Out Meanings of Common Sayings
• BibMe : Online Bibliography Composer
• AllFreeEssays: Free Student Essays, Papers & Reports

Features:

• Find user manuals for almost any item you need.
• Database covers 3 627 brands and contains 883.542 instruction manuals.
• Search for manuals, or browse by brand (Apple, Blackberry, Dell, etc.)
• Preview manuals prior downloading them to your PC.
• Download and save manuals in PDF format.
• Want to contribute ? Upload manuals which aren’t listed.

Check out SafeManuals @ www.safemanuals.com

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• OwnerIQ: Download Free User Manuals for Products
• ManualsOnline: Over 300,000 Free Downloadable Manuals
• WireWize : “How To Connect” Guides for Home Electronics
• The-Manuals: Free Manuals Search Engine
• GadgetTeardowns: How To Disassemble Popular Gadgets

Find out the zip code location, how many people live there, % of married/single/divorced people, average income, number of the public schools in the area, and lots more.

Keep in mind though, while the website provides lots of interesting stats about the zip code area, it’s designed to give only a general idea. In some cases it can be inaccurate. So you can’t use it as a primary source for any serious research.

Features:

(1) Look up general info about the zip code: educational achievements, marital staus, household income, occupations, race, age, gender etc.

(2) Visualize zip code related information on charts.

(3) See how given zip code compares with other neighborhood areas. Using this handy feature you can compare up to 20 zip codes.

(4) See top 100 zip codes for United States (or top zip codes by state) based on various criteria i.e. population density, median income, unemployment rate, college graduation etc.

(5) Check all public schools in that area code. Since this information is based on the NCES “Common Core of Data” you only get information about public schools.

(6) Check out the given zip code on the map.

(7) Widget: Generate a widget for any zip code and embed it onto your website or blog.

Check Zip Skinny @ www.zipskinny.com

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• ZipMaps: Find Out Zip Code For Any Place in the US
• Zipdecode: Visualize Zip Code Location as You Type
• ZCmap : Zip Code Lookup by City or State
• Postal Code Lookup: Search For Postcodes Worldwide
• Ziipa: Web 2.0 Directory

Features:

• Dates of religious and civil holidays around the World.
• Includes Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and American holidays.

Check out When-is @ [ www.when-is.com ]

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• IsItaHolidayToday: Check If Today Is A Holiday
• EarthCalendar: Calendar of Holidays And Celebrations Worldwide
• ZipSkinny : Zip Code Finder
• Ziipa: Web 2.0 Directory
• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes

“We aim to make everyone’s search for definition fast as possible yet it provide complete informations of the word by combining the Ajax technology with Wordnet 3.0. We also aim for an ease of word searching by using our desktop and browser tools. We have a toolbar plugin for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape and Mozilla.”

Features

• Direct live-search for the word
• Highlight the word and Right Click feature.
• Additional tools : browser plugins (Firefox, Internet Explorer) and bookmarklet.

There is also a search plugin (Opensearch) for Internet Explorer 7.0 and Firefox 2.0+ for people who prefer to have an instant Word Search option in their browsers without installing anything. For browsers that are not supported by Opensearch plugin there is a bookmarklet. The bookmarklet is an applet that sits in the browser’s link bar and lets you lookup word definitions by simply highlighting the word and clicking the bookmarklet.

Check out DefineItFast @ www.defineitfast.com

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• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes
• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• WebSourceIt : Which of The Two Spellings is Right?
• VisuWords: Visual Dictionary and Thesaurus
• Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary

Features

• Extensive database of file extensions and the programs that use them.
• Search database by extension name (exe, txt…) or browse it alphabetically.
• Google toolbar integration: Lookup unknown file extension directly from the web page.
• Add Filext search to Firefox search engines list.
• Search Filext database from your mobile phone (via Boopsie).
• No registration required.

Check out FILExt @ www.filext.com

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• Ziipa: Web 2.0 Directory
• WhatIsThatFile: Lookup Unknown Files
• SnapFiles
• SafeManuals : User Manuals for any Gadget
• HouseCleaningServices: House Cleaning Services Directory

Features

• Make print-friendly copies of Wikipedia article summaries.
• Customize article summary to A4, A4 Small, A5, A5 Small, A6, Black & White, Antique and Mix formats.
• No registration required.

Check out Lexisum @ [ www.lexisum.com ]

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• ZipSkinny : Zip Code Finder
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• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes
• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• WoW-Coupons : Search, Find and Print Free Coupons

Here you can interact with a number of hugely popular mobile phones via fully interactive web-based virtual handsets. Use your mouse cursor to click on the phone’s buttons, navigate through options, run default phone applications, change settings, etc. If some features aren’t clear then you can run a virtual demo for it. Want to play with the iPhone interface? Here your chance.

Feature List

• Virtually test-drive popular mobile handsets. Currently lists only 13 popular phones (incl. iPhone) but more phones will be added soon.
• For each phone view: dozens of demos and howto video (ex. how to download music), full specs list (battery life, dimensions, weight …), user reviews and ratings, etc.
• Compare multiple phones side-by-side.

Check out TryPhone @ [ www.tryphone.com ]

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• ZYB : BackUp Your Mobile Online
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• YouMail : Store and Manage Voicemail Online
• Yeigo: VoIP and Instant Messaging for Your Mobile