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Here are Kate Russell's latest reviews of the best sites around the web. We would also like to hear your suggestions of sites you think are fun, useful or so good they have to be shared. If you would like to get in touch, please go to our Inbox section on the left hand side and use the e-mail form.
RECENT REVIEWS
18 December 2009
Watch global TV on the net 11 December 2009
Aggregate your social media 4 December 2009
" great text to speech reader 27 November 2009
See the plane of the future 20 November 2009
Explore some galaxies 13 November 2009
Find the right rhyming words 6 November 2009
"Free music catalogues and video messaging 30 October 2009
Wisdom in a travel blog 16 October 2009
"Hyping up" a new style of fashion site 9 October 2009
Discovering alphabetically astute animals 2 October 2009
Exploring a virtual human body 25 September 2009
A visit to the zoo without the smell 18 September 2009
Travel the world via real time streaming 11 September 2009
How to name that tune stuck in your head 4 September 2009
A feline website to melt your heart and a super-safe search engine for your kids 28 August 2009
Creating presentations in a map format 21 August 2009
Funky guide to five European cities
USEFUL TOOLS
This travel site Trip Advisor shares information on the differences between airline seats
A one-stop e-mail address to manage various e-mail accounts
Offer a spare room for for holiday makers, backpackers or even business travellers
Application for storing, organising and syncing files on BlackBerrys, iPods and MP3 players
Google Alerts means you can find out about if it appears on the web
Tool links frequently visited web pages to a hotkey launcher in Firefox
Site to shorten a long URL and link directly to a Twitter account
Blog keeps you updated on the dangers lurking around the internet
Some impressive flash templates to help spruce up your own site
Freeware image viewer and editor supporting major graphic formats
Find out what is a fair taxi fare from A to B in major cities
Useful study guides across a broad range of subjects
A really cool place to find free software to download
A little tool to help guide you to the right animal companion
Service that filters useful e-mails from the junk ones
Limits the web to around 1m pages suitable for children
A Windows-only player without the need to install codecs
Free tool shows space left on internal and external hard drives
Site to learn about family roots, includes a genealogy search
A record of everyone who lived in England and Wales in 1911
Turn your PC into two by installing a second operating system
One of the most secure free e-mail providers on the web
Search results are split into listings and their site previews
Site that allows saving, storing and sharing data over the web
Mozilla-based plug-in that blocks scripts loading on web pages
Tutor helps children at all stages to improve their maths skills
A full explanation about the mystical byte in all its sizes
A friendly place to get answers to any technology questions
The Taskbar Shuffle application helps organise desktops
A portal that makes all web pages easy to view on a mobile phone
Mobile services, include an app to preview sites on a handset
Handset tool to create social networks on the road
Google maps for the mobile phone is a free download
A good source of information safety procedures at work
Services, general advice on living well and staying health
From the people at Wikipedia: get the answers in a pub quiz
Program designed to keep all data regularly synced and backed up
Tool to free up valuable space at the bottom of computer screens
Organise programs and icons on multiple 3D desktops
The place to find experts on a variety of subjects
Fancy a free 10-minute phone call to anywhere in the world?
A macro script writer to carry out tasks at the stroke of a key
Provides information about computers in one central location
A tool to access apps as local files from the desktop
Set up a roboform passcard to open up sites with few clicks
A down-to-earth introduction to all things recycle related
A professional networking platform to connect businesses
Free downloads of all sorts of sounds and audio effects
A sort of weather channel designed specifically for surfers
A free image and photo editing suite for Windows PCs
FUN AND GAMES
For some reason the creator is trying to collect one million giraffes by 2011
How to make orange peel fangs and shadow portraits, and other sublime experiments
This site tell you when it's a good time to visit the toilet during a film at the cinema
Lots of funky and freaky little flash games
This blog lays bare those cunning cognitive confusions
See the way world events have played out in maps
Blog to bookmark for anyone wanting a library of smart things to say
There are thousands of stunning 360 degrees images from across the globe
The latest breaking news from the world of physics, space and technologies
Play with your own wild creature called Dino in this online game
Surf a multitude of different websites based on your mood
Be persuaded that computer science is fun and programming is magic
Scrumptious blog providing some very easy recipes
Laying bare the tricks and cheats used in photographic publishing
Make music on this virtual piano called pianolina
View interesting sightings on Google Earth and Streetview
Create your own brute character for some fighting games
Create your own musical masterpiece with Mario
Have fun betting on all sorts of news headlines
An online community, content and advice for teenagers
A remix of dozens of unrelated musical clips from YouTube
Open source project that turns your keyboard into a guitar
Blog of a four-year-old's musings on her father's art work
Bursting at the seams with highly addictive games
See stately residences around Europe - a must for architecture fans
A countdown of the most popular video virals and who watches them
A collection of bike trails and cycle paths from all over the world
The lifecycle on Earth, includes global birth rates and CO2 emissions
Forthright and down-to-earth articles on the environment
Keep and ride your own virtual horse - one for the children
A site full of wonderful, amazing, funny and weird content
Directs people to a Google search interface with a sense of humour
Online networking service for older people to feel safe in
Search facility returns a webpage with text summaries, pictures and links
GET CREATIVE
In-depth tutorials teaching you how to create some pretty advanced stuff with graphics
A hobbyist's dream, crammed full of great projects, ideas and instructions
Easy to use animation package called Monkeyjam
A retail outlet for UK shoppers with inspiring decor ideas
A global community of book lovers sharing reviews
Support entrepreneurs in developing countries with small loans
Full of toys and interactive widgets, including charming movies
Real life pictures are manipulated to look like models
Broadcasts on-screen activity, adding narration and subtitling
Online tool to create your own computer screen activity (screencast) content
A talent portal to help people get noticed by comedian Graham Norton
A social network and projects for aspiring writers to make contributions
A simple tool for mind-mapping thoughts - one for people in creative industries
A blog that helps users brush-up on their writing skills
Viral online clock with bursts of dancing and funky music
A place for creative people to post their work for others to review
Get painting with various virtual brush types
WEB 2.0
Powered by the Google News aggregator which provides a visual guide to the latest headlines
Hasve some fun betting on all sorts of news headlines
Set yourself goals and record of progress on this networking site
Search engine looking at the content people are talking about daily
Watch and make your own stop motion animations
A chance to chat to strangers on a variety of subjects
UK charity and community giving advice on cyber bullying
Clips and highlights from various NASA missions
Online community around live video streaming
A tool for sharing interesting content with friends
A social networking site to discover software used by others
Broadcast yourself from your webcam
Read the latest micro-blogging updates from the celebs
Social networking site, instant messaging, e-mail in one
Blog that is home to lively conversations on a variety of topics.
Watch DJs spinning live from the comfort of your living room
A blog, newsletter and RSS feeds about Web 2.0 products and firms
Users can build a virtual world on any page of the internet
Price comparison site for mobile phones
Slick interactive blog with music, sound, pictures and video
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