You need only one multiple-service blog pinger to notify blog search engines, aggregators, and directories whenever you update your blog. But, in case your favorite service goes down or if you feel like experimenting with different ones, here is a list of more than 20 online ping tools and blog pingers that will notify various [...]

There are lots of reasons why you’d want to access your PC remotely, and luckily there are also plenty of ways to do so. Crossloop is one of the simplest (it’s also free), but for those willing to venture further, you’ve got lots of options.
Excuse us while we get technical for a second. This list [...]

The biggest online store out there has thousands of tools to compliment it. Some add to the shopping experience, and others are just plain odd, but all show amazing creativity. The following are all built on the Amazon API.
Miscellaneous
A-Tree - An AJAX powered Amazon mashup that lets you browse Amazon in a branching tree style [...]

You can’t have failed to notice that Skype suffered major downtime this week. However, there many more VoIP service providers that enable users to make free or cheap international calls through computers, landlines or cellphones. Many of them offer social networking features plus easy embedding options in blogs and social networking sites.
Here is our take [...]

Skype’s downtime this week has everyone speaking about P2P again. Here’s our take on more than 30 of the leading peer to peer services.
Software
AllPeers - A Firefox extension that works on a P2P principle to distribute files amongst co-workers, family, and friends.
Ares P2P - Peer-to-peer file sharing with built in audio and video players, chat [...]

Developers have built a wide variety of tools to enhance the Digg experience for both readers of the social news site and authors hoping to get their content Dugg. With the launch of the Digg API earlier this year, applications have become increasingly useful; we’ve compiled a list of more than 50 of the best.
Official [...]

Facebook is growing at a fast rate these days, with hundreds of new applications, scripts and Firefox add-ons driving that growth. We’ve picked out the leading browser extensions, desktop applications, Greasemonkey scripts and Facebook apps - more than 150 in all.
FIREFOX ADD-ONS
Firefox Toolbar - adds Facebook search and activity notifications to Firefox. Also view friends [...]

Social bookmarking was one of the earliest trends out on the social web, and del.icio.us quickly took the lead. Today, we outline over 180 of the best tools and resources to get the most out of the number one social bookmarking site.
Web browser add-ons and Bookmarklets
Randomizer button- A great way to find sites whch you [...]

With businesses and families spread out more and more, we’ve dug up 60+ sites that will help everyone be on the same page.
Business Productivity
37Signals.com - Maker of collaboration tools including Basecamp (others listed below).
8apps.com - A mixture of social network and productivity applications.
BlueTie.com - Online collaboration directed towards small and medium sized businesses.
Businessitonline.com - Centralized [...]

In an inspired blog post, Jason Kottke said that social networks aren’t helping us organize; since all of them require different credentials to log in, they’re just adding to the noise. He just might be up to something there. It’s getting harder and harder to remember all those logins, passwords, and most importantly to remember [...]

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