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NOVEMBER 6, 2007 PC MAGAZINE 91
THINKGEEK Oddball gadgets and techy
trinkets for sale.
Social Networking
Facebook
www.facebook.com
This social network shares its premise
with MySpace, but with less design fl exi-
bility (thank goodness!) and more updates
on your friends’ activities.—Chloe Albane-
sius
LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com
LinkedIn is social networking for profes-
sionals. That means more résumés but no
drunken party pics.—KM
MySpace
www.myspace.com
The site that launched a million bathroom-
mirror self-portraits continues to broaden
its reach with features such as the video
site MySpaceTV.—CA
Sports
ESPN
www.espn.com
Whatever your favorite league acronym—
NBA, NFL, NHL, PGA, MLB, even NAS-
CAR—ESPN covers it on TV and in even
more detail online.—EG
Yahoo! Fantasy Sports
fantasysports.yahoo.com
The best fantasy sports site on the Web,
with an easy-to-use interface and some
clever features and alerts.—KM
Technolo g y
Dev and I.T.
DevX
www.devx.com
This site is chock-full of great resources
for software and Web developers of all
stripes.—KM
The Register
www.theregister.com
If your sense of humor runs along the lines
of bits, bytes, and Monty Python, then The
Reg may be just your thing.—LAR
SourceForge.net
www.sourceforge.net
“The world’s largest open-source software
development Web site”? With more than
150,000 registered projects, it’s not bluff-
ing.—KM
W3 Schools
www.w3schools.com
Find loads of free training tools and refer-
ences for all levels of developers.—KM
Download and D.I.Y.
AVS Forum
www.avsforum.com
Home-theater buffs, audiophiles, and high-
def junkies will feel right at home on these
extensive forums.—BH
DistroWatch.com
www.distrowatch.com
Keep pace with the many-headed hydra
that is the open-source community.—KM
ExtremeTech
www.extremetech.com
The site for people who build cutting-edge
computers.—KM
Instructables
www.instructables.com
There’s no DIY project too technical, artis-
tic, or edible for Instructables. Each step
comes with an annotated picture—occa-
sionally a video.—EG
Lifehacker
www.lifehacker.com
The preeminent DIY blog covers every-
thing from tweaking your PC settings to
organizing your home.—KM
ProcessLibrary.com
www.processlibrary.com
Translates gibberish process names into
familiar English and gives you a security
rating and recommended action.—KM
Version Tracker
www.versiontracker.com
Among the most popular resources to keep
you on top of updates and patches.—CI
Gaming
1up.com
www.1up.com
Serving up news on upcoming game titles,
plus a huge selection of reviews, cheats,
and spoiler-fi lled graphics.—EG
IGN.com
www.ign.com
The site for gaming news and reviews
extends to entertainment, with movie trail-
ers and television-show recaps.—JLD
Kotaku
www.kotaku.com
Gawker’s entry in the world of gaming
blogs is everything it should be: tenacious,
passionate, and full of rumors.—EG
News and Blogs
Akihabara News
www.akihabaranews.com
Based in Tokyo’s Akihabara District, this
site gets the gadget-oriented scoops and
INSTRUCTABLES Instructions for DIY
projects with pictures and videos.