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Warriors of the Net: Have you ever wondered just how this technological wonder we call the Internet works? If so, then you'll be delightfully enlightened by watching this 12-minute animated movie. Once you've seen it, you'll be able to impress your friends and neighbors with you're new insight and understanding of packets, routers, switches, firewalls, and much more.
The World Community Grid: I'm a regular blood donor at our local community blood bank because it's been the easiest way to really help people who really need it, until now. The World Community Grid's mission is to create the largest public computing grid benefiting humanity. Donate your computer's un-used time to speed scientific research on projects such as finding a treatments and maybe even a cure for HIV/AIDS and helping to unravel the mysteries of the human genome. Visit their site for more details and sign up to help.
Snopes: Has anyone ever sent you an e-mail warning you about hypodermic needles in pay phones or that Bill Gates, Microsoft, or AOL will pay you to forward an e-mail, or the venomous South American Blush Spider (arachnius gluteus) is hiding under your toilet seat? These messages are all urban legends that are hoaxes or just plain false. Before you forward such e-mails to all your friends, check them out at the Snopes web site to find out if they are valid.
CNet: Bringing Tech to life. Info on all kinds of technology in reviews, videos, and more.
CNet's News.com.com: All kinds of technology news updated as it happens.
ZDNet: Where technology means business.
The Langa List: Fred Langa knows computers and the internet. This free service is easy to understand and provides tons of information about questions and problems we all encounter. Fred is a freelance computer/web author whose current primary work now reaches an audience of over two million readers per month (as of May 2005).
Sourceforge.net: Sourceforge is a web site at which programmers develop open source, free, programs. This is a great source to search and browse for little known treasures.

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