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| Weather Watcher
| Weather Watcher is your personal Windows desktop weather station. Automatically retrieve your local weather from the Internet and store it in your Windows system tray. With one click of your mouse button, the most current weather update is in your view.
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| megaConverter
| megaConverters allow users to discover things like how many seconds old they are, the difference between a gallon in the USA and a gallon in the UK, how many nanometers in an inch, how many quarts in a chaldron, and what the heck a nebuchadnezzar is.
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| IFCC - Internet Fraud Complaint Center
| The Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C).
IFCC's mission is to address fraud committed over the Internet. For victims of Internet fraud, IFCC provides a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of a suspected criminal or civil violation. For law enforcement and regulatory agencies at all levels, IFCC offers a central repository for complaints related to Internet fraud, works to quantify fraud patterns, and provides timely statistical data of current fraud trends.
(Added 12/15/00) |
| xrefer - the web's reference engine
| Free access to over 300,000 entries - facts, words, concepts, people & quotations covering art, music, history, business, law, literature, health, science and more
(Added 12/15/00) |
| About, the Human Internet
| Where real people help you get whatever you want from the Web.
(Added 12/14/00) |
| National Center for Education Statistics
| NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other countries.
(Added 12/14/00) |
| The Why Files | The science behind the news.
(Added 12/14/00) |
| Arts & Letters Daily | This is an unreal, fantastic site! Watch out that you don't get lost amid all of the interesting items!
At this stage in its evolution the Web resembles a typical Australian goldfield, with vast mountains of low-grade ore.
Mining in both cases can be arduous. On the Internet it means sifting through endless streams of verbose, under-edited, often self-indulgent prose, frequently accompanied by tedious graphics that negate the "instant information" advantage of the Web.
Precious nuggets of real content are there to be found, however, and it's the mission of Arts & Letters Daily to extract them for our readers.
(Added 12/14/00) |
| Mad Science Network | MadSci Network is a collective cranium of scientists providing answers to your questions. For good measure we provide a variety of oddities and other ends as well.
(Added 12/14/00) |
| Virtual Sites Index | Virtual Sites is a Web Surfer's Guide of over 500 helpful pages representing 12,000 Great Sites! We focus on Strong Content and our Goal is to provide you information which will enhance your journey on the Internet. (Added 12/14/00) |
| Extreme Science | Find out about earthquakes, little robots, NASA, solar flares and all kinds of other great stuff!(Added 12/14/00) |
| Great Books Online | Publishes the classics of literature, nonfiction, and reference free of charge for the home, classroom, and desktop. With the release of five preeminent contemporary reference works, Bartleby.com becomes the most comprehensive reference publisher on the web. This one is unreal!(Added 12/14/00) |
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Deja.com's Usenet Discussion Service | The largest such archive on the Net, which includes Usenet newsgroups and other popular forums!
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| How Stuff Works! | Have you ever wondered how the engine in your car works or what makes your refrigerator cold? Then How Stuff Works is the place for you! Hundreds of cool articles(Added 12/14/00) |
| Refdesk.com | The single best source for facts on the Internet. I think they're right! (Added 12/14/00) |
| The Straight Dope | Fighting ignorance since 1973. (It's taking longer than we thought!) Outstanding site! Very informative answers on many different subjects. Be prepared, however, for off-the-wall commentary and pointed personal observations addressed to those asking questions of columnist Cecil Adams. He says he's the world's smartest human. (Added 12/13/00) |
| TheStreet.com Network | TheStreet.com Network provides you, individual and professional investors, with timely, to-the-point financial news and analysis you can use to succeed in today's markets. (Added 12/13/00) |
| FT.com Financial Times | The online edition of the Financial Times. World-class editorial analysis of financial markets, industries, and companies, plus clear and insightful content on a full range of business topics. (Added 12/13/00) |
| Worldnews.com
| Wide-ranging world news subjects. Some subjects will surprise you. (Added 12/13/00) |
| MedicineNet.com
| Selected as Best on the Web by USN&WR. Comprehensive on diseases and conditions, procedures and tests, medications, etc. Medical dictionary. Medical news. (Added 12/13/00) |
| Doctor's Guide
| Doctor's Guide is designed for the medical professional. It is very rich in news from professional meetings and medical wire services. Non-medical professionals will find it enlightening if you can make it through the jargon. You also can set up a "Personal Edition" to help keep you updated on particular areas of interest to you. (Added 12/13/00) |
| FirstGov
| The first-ever government website to provide the public with easy, one-stop access to all online U.S. Federal Government resources. FirstGov allows users to browse a wealth of information — everything from researching at the Library of Congress to tracking a NASA mission. It also enables users to conduct important business online — such as applying for student loans, tracking Social Security benefits, comparing Medicare options and even administering government grants and contracts.
(Added 12/13/00) |
| StateScape®
| StateScape is a web-based state monitoring service that offers its clients comprehensive legislative and regulatory reporting. Substantive analysis and activity forecasting complement this monitoring, creating targeted intelligence updated on a daily basis.
(Added 12/13/00) |
| The Supreme Court | The Supreme Court of the United States. Florida election cases. Other cases at the Court.
(Added 12/13/00) |
| Air Traffic Control System Command Center | Welcome to the Air Traffic Control System Command Center Real-time Airport Status page. Select an airport from the map or from the drop-down list to obtain the latest delay information
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| 2.5 Million More People by 2025 | Think we can squeeze that more people into North Texas? See the 2000 Demographic Forecast. Build your own maps. See what the future brings!
(Added 07/29/00) |
| The Internet Fraud Complaint Center | The Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C).
It addresses fraud committed over the Internet.
(Added 06/01/00) |
| Cool Freebies Links | Do you like freebies? Then you are in for a treat. They say they've hunted down what they feel are the best free samples and other freebies on the Internet . It sure looks that way too! (06/08/00) |
Motherboards.com
MotherboardsDirect | Have you ever wanted to build your own PC? The first place you may want to start is the motherboard. These locations will give you a quick introduction in what to look for when you shop. You can also go directly to the manufacturers' sites.(Added 06/07/00) |
| Science Friday | You can listen to past NPR broadcasts or read the information about the broadcasts. Ira Flatow always makes it interesting! (Added before 05/27/00) |
| Medicare |
The official U.S. Government site for Medicare information. Everything you always wanted to know about Medicare and didn't know where to ask. (05/28/00) |
| Stamp Asylum |
Stamp Asylum in Plano is the retail store for people who are crazy about rubber stamps. It stocks over 40,000 rubber stamps from over 130 different companies with over 6,000 distinct images. (Added before 05/27/00) |
| The Internet Movie Database |
Prepare yourself for the biggest, best, most award-winning movie site on the planet. (Modified 07-28-2004) |
| About Knowledge@Wharton |
In a world where markets change in nanoseconds, knowledge is a source of competitive advantage. Knowledge@Wharton is an Internet-based guide through this volatile environment.
( 05/28/00) |
| U.S.S. Amazon |
Proud member of the International Federation of Trekkers! Here, you can find all the Info you need on the USS Amazon Akira Class Refit Starship. (Added before 05/27/00)
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| Travel Smith |
The premiere purveyor of performance travel gear.
They offer versatile, wrinkle-free, lightweight, easy-to-pack travel clothes, indestructible luggage and innovative travel essentials that assure maximum comfort and minimum hassle on the road. (Added before 05/27/00) |
| Passport Express |
Passport Express helps individuals, travel agents and corporate travel departments obtain passports in as little as 24 hours instead of eight weeks. (Added before 05/27/00) |
| Book Passage |
A lively bookstore. Reasons to shop online at Book Passage:
A Powerful Search Engine for 1.4 million titles.
Free Freight* on U.S. shipments of $20 or more. (Added before 05/27/00)
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| Fodor's Travel |
Create your own miniguides. Customize a concise guide to 110 destinations worldwide: where to stay, where to eat, top picks, and essential information. (Added before 05/27/00) |
| Treo Smartphones |
palmOne, not Palm, is now the name of the company that manufactures handhelds, and palmOne has acquired Handspring (the originator of Treo smartphones). (Modified 07/28/2004) |
| 75% Off Books |
This is unreal. Thousands of new books at 75-90% off.
Plano, Texas.
Addison, Texas.
North Richland Hills, Texas. (05/29/00)
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| The Wonderful World of Bowling Noir |
If you're a fan of the true film noir, the American cinehistorical phenomenon that spanned the decades between 1940 and 1960, then you won't believe this cheeky and twisted look at the films of that time. It's great! Check it out. (Added before 05/27/00) |
| Pulp Fiction Central |
Another great site! Specializing in pulp fiction: action, adventure, detective, mystery, superhero, and weird menace. The Pulps delivered stories for every possible genre, including detective, western, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, spicy, spy/military, as well many other, smaller niche genres. (Added before 05/27/00) |
| No Place for a Woman: The Family in Film Noir and Other Essays |
An interesting look at the dark themes in film noir. In film noir, women serve to express these films' skepticism toward the family and the values that it supports. With few variations, noir films divide women into three categories: the femme fatale, the nurturing woman, and the ®marrying type.® Each type of film noir woman functions in a way that undermines society's image of the traditional family. (Added before 05/27/00)
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| Carfax |
Millions of used cars have costly hidden problems. Use Carfax Vehicle History Reports to check for: Salvage history? - Odometer fraud? - Multiple owners? - Flood damage? - Major accident damage? - Fire damage? Know the REAL history of a used car. (Added 05/27/00)
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| TheLaw.com |
A lot of legal information for free. News stories on celebrities with legal problems. (05/29/00) |
| MyLawyer.com |
They say they have a new way to solve your legal problems. They specialize in providing interactive legal documents that you complete by answering a simple set of questions utilizing the intelligent RapidocsTM document assembly system. (05/29/00)
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