Cool Software and Websites: (All free unless stated otherwise)

• CookBookWiki – wikipedia-like website for general and occasion-specific recipes, i.e. christmas dinner, romantic dinner for two, etc. (30.000+ user-contributed and edited recipes)
• Dealighted – tracks web for fresh online deals, coupons, and free stuff on a daily basis.
• Fullerscreen – handy firefox extension that makes default ‘Full Screen View’ mode (F11) even Fuller. :-)
• Songbird – powerful, cross-platofm(Win, Mac, Linux) media player. Nice and customizable look, 30+ addons, lots of cool features, iTunes compatibe…
• ToonDoo – fun place where you can create, share and publish comic strips. Check out some of the recent contributions here
• Viewmy.tv – yet another place for watching TV online, features over 700 TV channels categorized by region, country and genre. Supports ‘Full screen’ viewing
• WriteWith – simple and fast online word processor for groups. Features: store and share documents online, assign tasks to others, real-time collaboration and detailed update history for each doc.
• Zillow – one of the coolest and biggest real estate sites. In addition to standard Buy and Sell options, offers couple other cool features, i.e. ‘zestimate’ and ‘make me move’ which can help you get an idea of the value of your home prior to selling it.

Cool Articles and Tips

• 10 Most Successful Web 2.0 Startups To Date [rev2.org] – check it out, maybe you missed some
• Most Dangerous Internet Sites [usnews.com]
• 101 Essential Freelancing Resources [Freelanceswitch.com via Lifehacker.com]
• This is How We Catch You Downloading [torrentfreak.com] – “…anti-piracy company’s techniques for identifying alleged file-sharers on the internet…”