WACUG: Spriggs' Web Sites January, 2005

Lu Spriggs' January, 2005 Web Sites

http://scholar.google.com/ Find works of academic research with this search tool. Even find works in hard copy not on the internet.
http://wdc.speakeasy.net/ Check out the download and upload speeds for your network connection. Also, what you can do if your connection is slow.
http://www.help.com/ Check out the free online courses from C_NET. Win the fight against spam and spyware!
http://www.zdnet.com/ Sign up fpr a free technical news letter from zdnet. Learn about all the news when IT happens!
http://postalmuseum.si.edu/ Visit the Smithsonian National Postal Museum which illustrates the history of postal events starting with Queen Elizabeth and going to the present.
http://www.irfanview.com/ Free download of the popular Viewer for graphics files. Version 3.95 available. Supports many file types.
http://www.safer-networking.org/ To remove Spyware from your system, download Spybot search & Destroy. Free, but donations are solicited. Ver. 3.1 is 4.3 MByte dl.
http://edheads.org/ Visit this site for educational information about surgery. Your choice of a surgery simulation or actual photos taken during a knee surgery. Free educational activities for the classroom.
http://www.crbestbuydrugs.org/ This site, by Consumers union lets you search for the lowest price for drugs which treat Osteoarthritis and pain.
http://www.blingo.com/ Try out this new search engine, now in beta test, and win prizes!
http://www.flickr.com/ This site will let you save and display your digital photos to your friends. Free at present.
http://www.a9.com/ This is a powerful search engine, whose search results are enhanced by Google. This is an Amazon.com subsidiary.

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