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Slate Magazine
Slate Magazine You’ve got to love a publication with an article hyped as “Flipping the Bird: A History.” Arts, culture, politics — yes, lots of politics — in a publication from Microsoft, of all places. “Today’s Papers” is a must when you don’t have time for the real thing (and who does?). Served up with …
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Flickr
www.flickr.com Flickr isn’t just your typical, run-of-the-mill spot for storing your photos and having prints made from them. Flickr is about sharing your images, and tagging them, and maybe even developing friendships around your photographic obsessions. Whatever your photographic interests, you will find communities of likeminded photogs eager to gather online. And the more you …
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Nolo
Nolo Nolo provides do-it-yourself legal solutions for consumers and small businesses. The site helps regular people navigate through the legal system with easy-to-understand advice and information on topics including estate planning, retirement, taxes, housing, real estate, divorce, and child custody, as well as resources for starting and running a small business.
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Google Maps
Google Maps When it comes to online mapping, Google Maps is the best on the Web. Faster than both Mapquest and Yahoo! Maps, which send slow-loading full-size maps from the server to your computer, Google Maps saves time by creating its clickable, draggable maps in pieces on the server, then assembling them on your screen.
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Stockhouse
Stockhouse Stockhouse is half social network for investment pros and plain ol’ investors, and half information resource, letting users keep a finger on the pulse of the financial world. You can track stock prices, swap trading tips, and even add other users as friends. Just like Wall Street, but without all the golf and cigar …
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Project Gutenberg Canada
Project Gutenberg Canada For book lovers young and old, Project Gutenberg is the foremost online source for public-domain literature, with over 20,000 books available. Even better, titles from the entirely free eBook collection are downloadable to your PC or PDA, and searchable by author or by title.
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Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg.com We’ll put it this way: Bloomberg.com is the go-to financial news service for the guys who manage your stock portfolio and the Wall Street bigwigs who manage their portfolios. If Bloomberg.com’s news and stock info is good enough for them, it’s probably good enough for any savvy investor.
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Nickelodeon Canada
Nickelodeon Canada Nick’s site captures the essence and draw that is Nickelodeon – from its ultra-bright colors and in-your-face graphics to video clips and slick flash games. That’s not to say it isn’t brimming with content, including kid-centric news, Nicktropolis forums, a customizable My Nick homepage, podcasts, and more. There’s no doubt it will suck …
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YouTube
YouTube YouTube originally started as a personal video sharing service, and has grown into an entertainment destination with people watching more than 70 million videos on the site daily. Everyone can watch videos on YouTube – both on YouTube.com and across the Internet. People can see first-hand accounts of current events, find videos about their …
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