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to YouTube clips of the candidates’ TV
appearances, stump speeches, gaffes, and
rallies.—KM
ScienceHack
www.sciencehack.com
ScienceHack is a video-search engine dedi-
cated to the world of science, including
physics, green energy, and space. What sets
it apart from the rest is that every indexed
video is screened and approved by real
scientists. You can search for a video by
keyword or by selecting a tag.—JLD
uLinkx
www.ulinkx.com
For serendipitous video searching, check
out uLinkx, which fi nds the most popular
videos from across the Web and makes
aimless video browsing fun and easy.
Warning: The “Most Popular” videos that
uLinkx aggregates are often salacious
(especially the ones from YouTube).—KM
Ustream.tv
www.ustream.tv
Ustream.tv makes it easy to stream your
footage live—as it’s being recorded. All you
need is a webcam or video camera, a PC,
and an Internet connection. There’s plenty
to watch on Ustream, though obviously
much of it is, shall we say, rough?—KM
VideoJug
www.videojug.com
VideoJug touts itself as an “encyclopedia
of everything,” but what sets it apart from
other how-to sites is the way the informa-
tion is presented: no long articles, just
video. All the video content is written,
reviewed, and produced by experts and
professionals to ensure that the informa-
tion and advice is factual and, to put it
bluntly, won’t kill you.—CI
Web Apps
Bubbl.us
www.bubbl.us
This free Web application helps you orga-
nize your thoughts into easily readable and
colorful mind maps to print and to share
online. Bubbl.us lets you interact with your
team to pool and sort out your thoughts
in a clean, crisp way that leaves the usual
conference-room mishmash and endless
e-mail threads behind.—CI
Eyejot
www.eyejot.com
Eyejot combines elements of e-mail, voice
mail, and video chat into one free stream-
lined solution. The site lets you record a
video message and e-mail a link to your
friends, who can click on the link at their
leisure, view your message, and reply via
their own video messages.—KM
MediaFire
www.mediafi re.com
Media Fire is a free fi le-sharing and stor-
age service that lets users upload unlim-
ited files and images. After the easy,
registration-free fi le-upload process, you
can access your data from any computer
and post links to the fi les to share with fam-
ily (and coworkers if you’re using the site
for work-related purposes).—CI
Meebo
www.meebo.com
Why bother installing software for all your
instant-messaging accounts? Use your
most important app—your Web browser—
to log on to all of them at once. Sign up with
Meebo to access AIM, GoogleTalk, MSN,
and Yahoo! networks automatically, with-
out a separate program.—Eric Griffi th
Only2Clicks
www.only2clicks.com
Only2Clicks lets you set up a customized
home page with instant access to the sites
on which you spend the majority of your
time, along with previews of what’s on
their home pages. Yes, the Opera browser
has this “speed-dial” feature built in, but
Only2Clicks is a free and easy way to add
this functionality to any browser.—KM
Picnik
www.picnik.com
Upload a photo or import online photos
from Flickr, Picasa, and others; then Pic-
nik’s real-time online manipulation tools
let you crop, sharpen, adjust exposure and
color, and more. Add some effects, such as
doodles or infrared (try the “gooify” fea-
ture for true wackiness), and then share
them with your friends.—JAK
Remember the Milk
www.rememberthemilk.com
Get organized with Remember the Milk, a
handy online list-making app that makes
your to-do list accessible from anywhere.
Adding items to your list is as easy as send-
ing an e-mail, and you can receive remind-
ers via e-mail, IM, or text message.—KM
Wetpaint
www.wetpaint.com
Wikis have revolutionized the way we con-
sume information online, but for the most
part, they’ve never really been dynamic in
terms of aesthetics and creation. Wetpaint
makes good-looking, easy-to-create wikis
a reality, and since it’s a Web 2.0 site, you
can bet dollars to donuts that it includes a
social-networking component.—BH
Zamzar
www.zamzar.com
Before Zamzar, you had to download a
utility—or two or three—to convert file
formats. But with Zamzar, you can convert
anything—images, documents, and You-
Tube videos—and have it e-mailed back to
you in four quick steps . . . without down-
loading a thing.—CI
Zoho
www.zoho.com
Zoho has the typical stuff (word processor,
spreadsheet, and presentations) along with
some distinctive items such as the Zoho
Creator database, a notebook, a Wiki, and
a Web-based collaboration tool. Not all the
modules are free (like the project manager
and CRM tools), but all are exceptionally
well done and kept fresh with new options
and features.—EG
PICNIK Upload your photos, then crop, edit, add special effects, and share them.