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christom95
I have used "Excite.com" as my homepage for years. It's customizable and has games and news and TV listings etc... It's not getting updated any more and half the features don't work, so I'm looking for a fun, informative website to make my new homepage. Excite had a lot going for it once, if they'd just kept up on it.
Any suggestions?
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/
Breaking news, sport, TV, radio and a whole lot more.
The BBC informs, educates and entertains â wherever you are, whatever your age.
http://www.netvibes.com/
Netvibes lets individuals assemble all in one place their favorite websites, blogs, email accounts, social networks, search engines, instant messengers, photos, videos, podcasts, widgets, and everything else they enjoy on the Web.
http://www.pageflakes.com/
Personalize your homepage with your favorite news, weather, sports, entertainment, photos, videos, music, emailâ¦and much more, all in one place!
http://www.fav20.com/
Fav 2.0 is a modern way to use your most visited websites. Set it as homepage and add your most visited sites. It uses cookies to store your sites and settings.
http://www.webwag.com/
Choose between news feeds, online services, live TV, emails (pro and personal), sticky notes, weather forecasts and many more.
Simply click âAdd New Contentâ to install your widgets, drag and drop and youâre done with your ultimate personal portal.
And to make yourself at home on any computer, sign up, it only takes 30 seconds!
http://bonzobox.com/
Instantly save your favorite websites as real-time
images and save time by clicking through to your
favorite websites without having to retype your
log-in information.
Share websites in a fun and interactive way
http://www.icurrent.com/
iCurrent is a new approach to staying informed on any topic. This is a web 2.0 information service with innovative filtering features, that organizes internet news content into one centralized experience (plus mobile). Use it for personal and professional productivity gains.
http://43marks.com/
Keep the default bookmarks or delete them and add your own.
Re-arrange categories & bookmarks in any order you want.
Toggle between Google and Yahoo search results with one-click.
The Ultimate Homepage â All your bookmarks in one place!
Get a unique URL â 43marks.com/username.
Access your bookmarks on any computer anywhere in the world.
http://www.likebutton.me/
Like Button is a collection of links shared by your Facebook friends from most popular sites. For you privacy concerned people: donât worry, like button has no access to your personal information. Think of each box as a very specific miniature Facebook page inside of this site. Like button makes a great home page.
http://www.getwapps.com/View/Public/Default.aspx
Getwapps is central place for discovering, organizing and accessing web applications and sites.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
Breaking news, sport, TV, radio and a whole lot more.
The BBC informs, educates and entertains â wherever you are, whatever your age.
http://www.netvibes.com/
Netvibes lets individuals assemble all in one place their favorite websites, blogs, email accounts, social networks, search engines, instant messengers, photos, videos, podcasts, widgets, and everything else they enjoy on the Web.
http://www.pageflakes.com/
Personalize your homepage with your favorite news, weather, sports, entertainment, photos, videos, music, emailâ¦and much more, all in one place!
http://www.fav20.com/
Fav 2.0 is a modern way to use your most visited websites. Set it as homepage and add your most visited sites. It uses cookies to store your sites and settings.
http://www.webwag.com/
Choose between news feeds, online services, live TV, emails (pro and personal), sticky notes, weather forecasts and many more.
Simply click âAdd New Contentâ to install your widgets, drag and drop and youâre done with your ultimate personal portal.
And to make yourself at home on any computer, sign up, it only takes 30 seconds!
http://bonzobox.com/
Instantly save your favorite websites as real-time
images and save time by clicking through to your
favorite websites without having to retype your
log-in information.
Share websites in a fun and interactive way
http://www.icurrent.com/
iCurrent is a new approach to staying informed on any topic. This is a web 2.0 information service with innovative filtering features, that organizes internet news content into one centralized experience (plus mobile). Use it for personal and professional productivity gains.
http://43marks.com/
Keep the default bookmarks or delete them and add your own.
Re-arrange categories & bookmarks in any order you want.
Toggle between Google and Yahoo search results with one-click.
The Ultimate Homepage â All your bookmarks in one place!
Get a unique URL â 43marks.com/username.
Access your bookmarks on any computer anywhere in the world.
http://www.likebutton.me/
Like Button is a collection of links shared by your Facebook friends from most popular sites. For you privacy concerned people: donât worry, like button has no access to your personal information. Think of each box as a very specific miniature Facebook page inside of this site. Like button makes a great home page.
http://www.getwapps.com/View/Public/Default.aspx
Getwapps is central place for discovering, organizing and accessing web applications and sites.
What are some good books and websites that can help one go from being a "tech-dinosaur" to being "tech-savvy"?
Ninjamaste
Rome was not built in a day, but it is nice a have starting point.
Thank you for your time.
Answer
(~Specifics at the bottom~)
In agreement with some of the previous answers. Books go out of date very quickly - So I wouldn't spend time and money for YOUR particular purpose. Web sites tend to be field specific and don't necessarily provide a broad enough overview. The few that cover multiple technologies on the other hand can only give you a limited glimpse of "all" of it.
So what's the answer? A good mix of it all (except maybe the books ... for now). Personally I like following tech news. I click on links and follow the trail. Pick up on some words/jargon/hot-phrases and then I Google them and WikiPedia them. My country's big News websites all have articles grouped. One of the groups usually is something called "Science and technology" which covers IT (at least half of it). So, read often, read wide, explore, google, research. You'll pick very quickly. I promise.
Check out:
- Mashable.com
- Linked-In (they have a "News" tab/link with latest intresting stuff)
- Check out Yahoo's main page on news and tech news
- Check out the typical IT and compute questions here
- Check out the News portal "News24.com". - It is the most popular in my country (South Africa) and has a Sci-Tech section down towards the bottom of the page (Try clicking on the header, not only its listed links)
(~Specifics at the bottom~)
In agreement with some of the previous answers. Books go out of date very quickly - So I wouldn't spend time and money for YOUR particular purpose. Web sites tend to be field specific and don't necessarily provide a broad enough overview. The few that cover multiple technologies on the other hand can only give you a limited glimpse of "all" of it.
So what's the answer? A good mix of it all (except maybe the books ... for now). Personally I like following tech news. I click on links and follow the trail. Pick up on some words/jargon/hot-phrases and then I Google them and WikiPedia them. My country's big News websites all have articles grouped. One of the groups usually is something called "Science and technology" which covers IT (at least half of it). So, read often, read wide, explore, google, research. You'll pick very quickly. I promise.
Check out:
- Mashable.com
- Linked-In (they have a "News" tab/link with latest intresting stuff)
- Check out Yahoo's main page on news and tech news
- Check out the typical IT and compute questions here
- Check out the News portal "News24.com". - It is the most popular in my country (South Africa) and has a Sci-Tech section down towards the bottom of the page (Try clicking on the header, not only its listed links)
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