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Gaming With Purpose: Friday Afternoon Time Killers

TGIF! Almost quittin' time but not quite yet. This week's time killers are all about having fun but with a purpose. Guilt free gaming on a Friday afternoon! Google Image Labeler : You and your online partner view images and write tags. Each matching tag...

Published Fri, May 30 2008 2:30 PM by Mike Phillips
Find a Song and Share With TinySong

TinySong is a simple tool that does one thing well. With the service you can type in the name of a song you would like to hear, then get a short URL in return. Email the URL to someone and when they click, they're taken to a media player where the song...

Published Fri, May 30 2008 9:09 AM by Mike Phillips
Mefeedia Launches Video News Channel

Web video search and aggregator Mefeedia has launched a news service. They claim to include over 500 news sources worldwide to provide a nice, one-stop shop for video news clips. Some sources include ABC News, MSNBC, FOX News, CNN, Reuters, 60 Minutes...

Published Thu, May 29 2008 9:08 AM by Mike Phillips
Buy and Build Green with Rate It Green

If you're planning some home improvement work or looking to purchase some products for your home and want to be eco-friendly about it, check out Rate It Green , currently in beta. This site looks to the community to provide advice and resources for green...

Published Wed, May 28 2008 10:21 AM by Mike Phillips
Your RSS Feeds Your Way

If, like me, you subscribe to a plethora of RSS feeds, you probably spend more time than you'd like scanning hundreds of headlines searching for something relevant to your interests. That's where FilterMyRSS comes in. This handy tool lets you filter the...

Published Wed, May 28 2008 9:08 AM by Mike Phillips
Social Shopping with DealQUE

With all the social sites out there vying for users' attention, it's not easy to make an impact. What's needed is something very useful, as there are enough time-wasting sites out there. DealQUE is hoping to provide something truly useful, in the way...

Published Tue, May 27 2008 9:14 AM by Mike Phillips
Charity Gaming: Friday Afternoon Time Killers

Big three-day weekend coming up for many of us. But still a few more hours to go before the celebration is official. In honor of Memorial Day and the men and women who died to make the world a better place, here a few online games to help do the same...

Published Fri, May 23 2008 2:27 PM by Mike Phillips
FriendFeed Adds "Rooms"

Social networking aggregator FriendFeed has launched a new feature, called Rooms. Here, you can create a topic of interest and invite other users to join in the discussions. Each Room can be made public or private. Essentially, it looks like a community...

Published Fri, May 23 2008 9:29 AM by Mike Phillips
Use Microsoft Live Search, Get Discounts

Microsoft adds another arrow in its search quiver, this time offering users cash back rewards for search. Of course, it's all product search, but if you find something you like, you'll get a discount between 2% - 11.5% off any price you find at any store...

Published Thu, May 22 2008 10:19 AM by Mike Phillips
Google Sites Opens to Public

Google's latest website creation service, Google Sites, has officially opened to the public. The service allows you to easily create websites, hosted at Google, without any HTML or coding knowledge. The focus here is on collaboration. Google has made...

Published Thu, May 22 2008 9:38 AM by Mike Phillips
A Real iPhone Killer on the Way?

Blackberry has announced a release date of a new device aimed squarely at the iPhone. Dubbed Thunder and with a release date sometime in September, according to The Wall Street Journal , the new Blackberry will feature a full touchscreen and will be exclusive...

Published Wed, May 21 2008 8:49 AM by Mike Phillips
GooglePreview: Firefox Add-on of the Day

One of the nice things about Ask.com is the ability to preview a thumbnail of a website before clicking on the search result. Now, only if the results were as good as Google's. Now you can have the best of both worlds with GooglePreview , an add-on to...

Published Tue, May 20 2008 11:26 AM by Mike Phillips
Send Voice Messages to Twitter

Twitsay allows Twitter users to send voice messages of up to 10 seconds to their friends from their mobile phones. Create an account using your Twitter username and password and the phone number you will be using. You then call up to four different region...

Published Tue, May 20 2008 11:19 AM by Mike Phillips
Netflix and Roku Bring Movies to Your TV

Netflix announced a new way of delivering movies to its 8 million subscribers today, in the form of a set top box built by Roku. The device streams movies directly to your television. And for Netflix subscribers, it offers access to more than 10,000 titles...

Published Tue, May 20 2008 9:11 AM by Mike Phillips
Mix Up Your Home Page with Whatpage

Tired of the same old website popping up every time you open your browser? Try out whatpage . This service lets you pick as many URLs as you like, then set your home page to whatpage.org. Then, every time you open your browser, you home page will rotate...

Published Mon, May 19 2008 1:58 PM by Mike Phillips

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