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Wikipedia |
Launched in 2001,
Wikipedia is the people's encyclopaedia in that it contains information
and entries submitted by internet users and not some university
boffin. It has become the major online resource for global
knowledge, with nearly eight million articles written in 253 languages. |
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Snopes |
Snopes is the site
you should go to if you receive an email giving you a dire warning about
something or other and then urging you to pass the information on to
everybody in your address book. It allows you to check the truth of a
story before sending it out to your friends only to be told later it is
completely false and you are left with egg all over your face. |
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The Internet
Movie Database |
This is the most
complete movie guide ever with up-to-the-minute movie news, actor and
filmmaker bios. It has a great index of every aspect of every film and
TV show you can remember. |
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WebMD |
WebMD is a great
replacement for your friendly GP. It offers tips for everything from
exercise to heart health in layman's terms and this Internet doc is the
No. 1 go-to spot for quick self-diagnosis. Remember, though, WebMD is
not a replacement for a real physician—not yet, at least. |
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Space.com |
This colourful site
brings you the latest news of astronomy, space science, and space travel
(manned and unmanned missions), top-notch articles, photo galleries,
videos, star charts and observing tips, discussion forums,
polls—everything you could want for exploring the final frontier from
your PCs. |
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PCMag.com |
The Web site for PC
Magazine includes everything the magazine has built its name on:
hands-on product reviews from our PC Magazine Labs, expert commentary
from some of the biggest names in the biz, and breaking tech news. |
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This website allows
you to quickly find words matching a
pattern. Use "." for unknown letters; for the known letters,
you may use upper- or lowercase. (Ignore any spaces.) E.g., enter "fl..e."
to find all six-letter words that start with "fl" and have an
"e" in fifth position. Words must be at least 3 letters long,
and at least one letter must be known. |
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Dictionary
Search |
Think of this web
site as a search engine for words and phrases: If you have a word for
which you'd like a definition or translation, it will quickly shuttle
you to the web-based dictionaries that define or translate that word.
More than 5 million words in more than 900 online dictionaries are
indexed by the OneLook® search engine. |