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Websites contain beneficial information (known). Yet, as search websites
existence attests locating specific details is difficult. The following websites are some of my favorite,
really useful or regularly visited plus
a website which
assist you.
Search URLs are sites that help you tame the world wide web massive amount of
information, which is ever expanding and morphing. Start with a world wide
web (www) search website and learn to refine searches for best results.
For personal websites, it seems to be the "normal" thing to supply a list of
URLs referenced. For professional or commercial websites, I feel it
would be helpful to supply a list of URLs referenced. So here is mine...
(Note, the table of contents on this pages shows only the major categories plus a few subcategories.)
- World wide web search URLs
- Professional URLs - things for common
technology
issues
-
Microsoft Knowledge Base
- Personal URLs - things for what I enjoy
after work
-
Tall Clubs - North American
- General or Reference URLs - weather, etc.
- A sampling of search or search engine websites
- Search websites include (infer nothing, alphabetical listing only,
might be gone because tough market segment): AltaVista (www.altavista.com),
AOL with Google enhancement (search.aol.com),
Ask Jeeves (www.ask.com), Google (www.google.com),
Look Smart (www.looksmart.com), Lycos
(www.lycos.com), MSN (search.msn.com), Netscape
with Google enhancement (search.netscape.com),
Overture (www.overture.com), Yahoo
(search.yahoo.com).
Search engines and search websites change regularly. The search engine
business is big money so business battle ground. If you are unable
to locate what you seek on one search website try another search website.
- A sampling of people or business contact information search websites
- (NOTE - a number of individuals are removing their listing from online
contact listing websites. Hence, if you are pretty sure it might behoove
you to actually speak with directory assistance.)
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- People or business contact search websites include (infer nothing, alphabetical listing only,
might be gone because tough market segment): 411 (www.411.com),
Info Space (www.infospace.com),
Superpages (www.superpages.com),
Switchboard (www.switchboard.com),
Whitepages (www.whitepages.com), Yahoo
(personal.yahoo.com or
people.yahoo.com), Yellowpages (www.yellowpages.com).
Search engines and search websites change regularly. The search engine
business is big money so business battle ground. If you are unable
to locate what you seek on one search website try another search website.
Note, some websites and/or URL plus associated and related details are
intellectual property, copyright, servicemark
and/or trademark which are property of the
each respective item's owner.
For information systems items, I always start with the product's website.
- Computer, photographic and custom cases
- case company Tenba (www.tenba.com) -
(personal note -- I have used these cases for everything with ZERO failures
or issues.)
- Computer Hardware
- computer companies: Apple (www.apple.com),
Compaq (part of
HP so www.hp.com), Dell (www.dell.com),
Digital (part of HP so www.hp.com),
Gateway (www.gateway.com), Hewlett Packard or HP (www.hp.com), International
Business Machines (IBM) (www.ibm.com),
Lenovo (www.lenovo.com)
- Device drivers - for peripheral cards, printers, sound cards,
gaming and add-on items
-
I always start with the device manufacturer's website for the
manufacturer's device driver. examples: 3com
(www.3com.com), ATI (www.ati.com),
Axis Communications (www.axis.com), Epson (www.epson.com),
Epson (www.epson.com), Hewlett-Packard (www.hp.com),
Linksys (www.linksys.com), Logitech
(www.logitech.com), Motorola (www.motorola.com)
- Handheld hardware - for cellular phones, psp, pda, and
data sharing
- handheld companies: Blackberry (www.blackberry.net), Hewlett-Packard or HP (www.hp.com),
Motorola (www.motorola.com),
Palm (www.palmone.com)
- Operating Environment or Operating Systems
- operating system or operating environment companies: Apple (www.apple.com),
Citrix (www.citrix.com), Microsoft (www.microsoft.com),
Novell (www.novell.com), Palm (www.palmsource.com),
Pick Systems merged into another company (www.picksys.com),
SUSE Linux (www.novell.com/linux/)
- operating system's support site: Microsoft Knowledge Base
- Microsoft Knowledge Base
- For those who use Microsoft's products, this is Microsoft's public
collection of support assistance cases. These cases include the basic
information plus some related URL's (to other sections of Microsoft).
(support.microsoft.com)
- Network hardware
- network hardware: Apple (www.apple.com),
Cisco (www.cisco.com), D-Link (www.dlink.com), Hewlett Packard or HP (www.hp.com),
Intel (www.intel.com), International
Business Machines (IBM) (www.ibm.com),
Juniper Networks (www.junipernetworks.com)
Linksys (owned by Cisco) (www.linksys.com),
Netgear (www.netgear.com), Nortel (www.nortel.com)
- Processors for computers
- AMD (www.amd.com), Intel (www.intel.com), International
Business Machines (IBM) (www.ibm.com),
Motorola (www.motorola.com)
- Software
- There are too many software companies to list. I suggest a web
search for the specific software, i.e., Google (www.google.com)
and enter the software product.
- Virus, Trojan, Spyware, Adware, etc. protection programs
- There are a few major computer protection software companies.
Companies: Adaware (spy BOT and similar but not virus) (www.adaware.com), McAfee
(www.mcafee.com), Sophos (www.sophos.com),
Symantec (www.symantec.com) for
Symantec or Norton products
- Virus, Trojan, Spyware, Adware, Malware, etc. infection issues
- I suggest doing a web search, using a web search engine. In the search
criteria enter the specific detail(s)
you know. You can list name, type (virus, Trojan, spyware, adware,
issue caused,
etc.), result, problem program name, virus name in warning message, etc. Many virus software vendors have
details about using their software and handling the removal for a specific pathogen.
Operating system or other knowledge base support sites have additional details about the specific pathogen.
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- Note, websites and/or URL and related details are copyright, servicemark
and/or trademark which are property of the each respective trademark owner.
- Cartoons
- I always enjoy a bit of humor and laughter. Being a technology person,
Dilbert© (www.dilbert.com) is one favorite.
Non Sequitur© (www.non-sequitur.com)
is perspective favorite. (Since the cartoons are copyright I did not
link to any specific cartoon so as to avoid potential republication issues. A web
search for the specific cartoon, i.e., Google (www.google.com),
search will yield plenty of options for the cartoon's website plus
commentary about the cartoon.
- Computer, photographic and custom cases
- case company Tenba (www.tenba.com) -
(personal note -- I have used these cases for everything with ZERO failures
and/or issues.)
- Snowboarding
- board / deck manufacturers: Burton (www.burton.com)
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Tall Clubs
- North American
-
Tall Clubs International (www.tall.org)
- A starting point for North American tall clubs.
- Unicycling
- Unicyclist (www.unicyclist.com)
- about riding unicycles. Unicycles (www.unicycle.com)
- Unicycles of all types and sizes plus gear.
- Volleyball in Manhattan
-
New York Urban Professional Volleyball League (www.nyurban.com)
- An organized league for playing volleyball (the same group also offers
organized basketball leagues).
- Whitewater Rafting in
Maine
-
Northern Outdoors (www.northernoutdoors.com) - A wonderful rafting company offering
top notch trips on several northern Maine rivers.
Note, websites and/or URL and related details are copyright, servicemark
and/or trademark which are property of the each respective trademark owner.
- United States geared Weather
-
www.weather.com - US weather
- Canadian geared Weather
-
www.weather.ca - Canadian weather
Note, websites and/or URL and related details are copyright, servicemark
and/or trademark which are property of the each respective trademark owner.
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