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Google NewsAutomatically collects breaking news articles from popular news sources and sorts them by topic and popularity. [View] Check out our Google News tips.	Let's learn what is happening in different parts of the world. Given below is a list of websites from where you can hear news. Google Reader Most popular RSS reader online. Lets you Easily follow latest updates from favorite sites on a daily basis. Highly recommended. [View] GetGoogle Reader cheat sheet.
Hacker NewsSocial news website site for technology stuff or “anything that gratifies one’s intellectual curiosity”. Users submit links. Submissions can be voted up. Highest voted stuff appears on top. [View] PopurlsPopurls nicely presents highest voted stories, pics and videos from the most popular social news sources as well as highly regarded news sites on a single page. [View] Wikileaks Controversial non-profit organization that publishes submissions of private, secret, and classified information from anonymous news sources, news leaks, and whistleblowers. [View]	RedditCool news source for interesting and offbeat stuff. Users submit and vote on the links to interesting stories and decide, through voting, what’s good. Highest rated links appear on the homepage. [View]See 5 cool things about Reddit. JimmyRCheck out what’s currently popular on the web on a single page. See latest buzz in News, Tech, Pictures, Videos, etc. [View]

Facebook Noneed to explain this one. You might want to check out a MakeUseOf Guide on Facebook privacy though. Includes best Facebook privacy tips. [View]	Social sites....... TwitterThis one doesn’t require a description either. If you’re on Twitter or planning to start using it make sure to check out out Twitter guide. [View] Download thecomplete guide to Twitter.
PiplThe most comprehensive people search on the web. Search for people by email, name, phone number or even username. [View] TumblrExtremely easy way to start your own blog. Post text, images, videos, links, quotes and audio. Users may set their blogs to public or private modes. [View] See, how to easily start a blog with Tumblr.	MeeboChat with friends on AIM, Yahoo!, MSN, GTalk etc. in a single buddylist, right from your browser. Includes features like games, video chat, file transfer and conversation history. [View]Check out 8 reasons to use Meebo. LinkedInSocial network for prefessionals. Find past and present colleagues. Discover inside connections when looking for a job. Ask industry experts for advice. Over 100 million users. [View]

If you are bored, look this sites

Cracked

Hugely popular humor site with stories often going viral on Facebook and Twitter. From saddest things people do to look smart to things gay people are going to hate about gay marriage. [View]

Kongregate

Lots of additictive flash games that will kill your free time. Browse games by category, check out top rated, earn achievements, chat with other players and enjoy active user community. [View]

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The Onion

A popular entertainment magazine featuring satirical news articles and videos. [View]

LEARN MORE AND MORE STUFF............

TEDWatch inspiring talks and presentations by remarkable and highly successful people on various topics. Includes some of the best presentations ever made. [View]	Khan AcademyWhat once was only a handful of algebra lessons now turned into a library of over 2,100 quality educational videos on various subjects including math, physics, biology, test preparations and educational talks and interviews. [View]
National GeographicThe NatGEO’s corner on the web. This sites brings you some of the most interesting articles as well as some really amazing photos on a daily basis. [View] WikipediaFree encyclopedia and your quick reference guide for everything built collaboratively by people like you. [View] QwikiQwiki is a one of a kind search engine. Get the results in a visual list and a video on the go summarizing those results – with computer generated female voice narration. Users can sit back, relax, and enjoy the show. Literally. [View] Check out Qwiki in detail.	InstructablesOne of the first how-to sites on the web. Find easy instructions on how to make all kinds of cool stuff ranging from anonymous survelliance cameras to home-made potato bazookas. [View] WebMDYour online reference to health and better living. [View]

MakeUseOfMakeUseOf maintains its own top 100 best software lists forWindows and Linux. Check them out. [View]	SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS WEBSITES........ CNET DownloadsBiggest software download resource on the web. Users may browse software by popularity and/or category. Includes both free and commercial software. [View] FileHippoAnother popular software download portal. Unlike Download.com it comes with simpler user interface. [View] MajorGeeksMajorGeeks is a software download site and includes tested tweaks, repair, backup and protection applications. [View]
SourceForgeBiggest online repository of open source software. Nearly 300,000 free open source programs. [View]

Project GutenbergOver 36,000 free ebooks to download to your PC, Kindle, iPad, iPhone, Android or other portable device. Choose between ePub, Kindle, HTML and simple text formats. [View]	BOOKS GoodReadsProbably the largest social network for book enthusiasts. Keep track of what you’ve read and what you’d like to read. Highly recommended by book lovers. [View] Check outGoodreads review.
DailyLitRead books only short parts a time. Choose a book you want to read and you will receive short installments by email or RSS daily (or days your prefer). You may read books on any computer or mobile device. [View] ManyBooksThis free website offers nearly 30.000 ebooks in many different formats. Whether you want to read the ebook on your iPad, iPhone, smartphone or ebook reader, you can get it here. [View] Hundred ZerosHundred Zeros is a frequently updated catalog of free best-selling ebooks from Amazon. [View]	What Should I Read Next?What Should I Read Next? is a useful recommendation engine that suggests new books based on what you’re already reading. [View] Find out the best 3 book recommendation engines for quick book searches whichbookwhichbook recommends new books based on the type of book or story you’re looking for. [View] Pixel of InkMust-bookmark site for Kindle owners. Lots of free and well discounted books for Kindle. There is something called Bargain Bin where you will find Kindle Books that are highly rated yet a bargain at under $1. [View]

BROWSING AIDS

SymbalooSymbaloo gives you a nicely designed and easy to use startpage for the web. It’s like a favorites bar on your browser but nicer. It holds your favorite sites as well as a number of useful web tools. [View] Check out, Create Your Own Virtual Learning Environment Using SymbalooEDU.	iGoogleGet yourself a custom online startpage from Google. Your startpage can have everything from latest articles from your favorite websites to weather reports, stocks, games, daily jokes, calendar and lots of other cool widgets. [View]
Google TranslateBy far the best online transaltion tool. Allows you to translate text or webpages while you browse them. [View] DiigoThe only bookmarking tool you will ever need. Easily bookmark and organize webpages, highlights, notes, screenshots etc. Access your bookmarks from anywhere. [View] See 7 reasons Diigo tastes better than Del.icio.us. JustPaste.ItSimple online clipboard. Copy and paste any piece of text and instantly get a private web link to share that text with friends. Supports text styling and images. [View] InstapaperAwesome tool that allows you to save interesting pages or articles you come across online for later reading. You may then read those articles at home, or during commute on your mobile.[View]Check out: Manage your bookmarks and reading list with Instapaper. StumbleUponStumbleupon shows you cool stuff discovered by people like you. You select topics that you find interesting and start stumbling: every click on the Stumble button takes you to some interesting site, photo or video. Pretty cool. [View]	TinyURLCreate a tiny URL for long links that are too long to be included in the emails or elsewhere. TinyURL can create a short link for any page you are currently at. [View]