Cool Websites and Tools [August 31, 2009]

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(1) Booster – New online MP3 finder that lets you search, stream and download almost any song you want. The site has simple and clean design without any annoying banners. To find a song, just type in the name of the artist or song and Booster will get you a list of results, along with an option to download and play each track. Read more: Booster – Online MP3 Finder

(2) Golden-Hour – Useful site for those who like taking beautiful outdoor pictures. It is actually a calculator which shows the time of Golden Hour for different areas. The term “Golden Hour” is used in photography to define the time of the day when sun position brings special quality of light that is great for taking beautiful photographs. Read more: Golden-Hour – Find out When to Shoot Beatiful Golden Hour Photos

(3) Is-This-A-Scam – Next time you receive a home business proposition or some lottery prize email and unsure if it is a legit offer or a scam check it on Is-This-A-Scam. It’s a Custom Search Engine where you can run a quick search across 100 major anti-scam and anti-fraud sites including forums and government agency websites. Read more: Is-This-A-Scam – Identify Internet Scams and Hoaxes

(4) NoteFlight – The software for composing music and writing musical notes aren’t cheap and not all musicians can afford them. Noteflight is a new online music composer and note editor which could serve as a nice alternative for such tools. Using it you can create, edit, display and play back music notations online. Read more: NoteFlight – Free Online Music Composer & Note Editor

(5) The Real Live Search – This is a quick online search tool that brings search results (incl. image and video ) from Bing. It shows search suggestions and live results as you enter each character into a search box. This comes in very handy when searching for something specific as you can simultaneously see how search results change as you modify the query. Read more: The Real Live Search – Search Bing Quickly

 

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  • Dan the Music Master September 1, 2009
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    Noteflight sounds interesting, although I’m more of a Cubase and Finale software fan.

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  • Arjay67 September 10, 2009
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    Problem with Booster is that after a search it will then hijack you over to http://www.movie-rocket-download.com/?nc=az33&subID=16594 to try to sell you pirated movies.

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    • Aibek September 10, 2009
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      really? I just checked the site and it works fine for me. Try it again and if you experience the same thing I advice you to scan your system for spyware. It seems your browser is being hijacked

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