Watch grizzly bears on a live camera

Live camera of grizzly bears in Alaska;s McNeil River Falls state game sanctuary.

http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/wildcamgrizzlies/wildcam.html

Photosynth - A new type of photo program

Certainly not your average digital photo program. I will be trying this when it is released.

Photosynth takes a large collection of photos of a place or object, analyzes them for similarities, and displays them in a reconstructed 3-Dimensional space. With Photosynth you can:
walk or fly through a scene to see photos from any angle;
seamlessly zoom in or out of a photograph even if it's gigapixels in size;
see where pictures were taken in relation to one another;
find similar photos to the one you’re currently viewing;
explore a custom tour or see where you’ve been; or
send a collection to a friend.

http://labs.live.com/photosynth/
http://labs.live.com/photosynth/videodemo.html

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=afe093ae-b780-4ee0-b0f1-897dfd42f0f9&DisplayLang=en

On line backup

There are beginning to be a number of sites that let you back up your files to their servers - for free.

Mozy just announced their program. 2 Gigabytes. Beta test.
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/1537

I hear rumors of similar services about once a week.

With some finagaling you can do it using your Google Gmail account. 2.6 Gigabytes.
And maybe Yahoo and MSN mail for also. Haven't looked to these.

Google Talk - new version

Latest version of Google Talk (which almost no one uses). Neatest feature is that it allows you to send humongus files (any type). Also has voice mail.

http://www.google.com/talk/whatsnew_more.html

Back Pack - An online tool for an organized life

Backpack's strength and versatility lies in its simplicity. Simple tools such as to-do lists, notes, and reminders help you stay organized (and calendar)

http://backpackit.com/

Windows Live Messenger

This is the latest version of Microsoft's instant messenger program. I am trying it. My alias is Toyman or maybe Toy Man or use my email address thepcman@digital-rivers.com.

What I don't like about it is that I cannot import my Outlook Contacts.

Call your friends' mobile or landline phones. It's affordable both within the US and internationally. And calling someone's PC is always free.

Show and tell: Grab a webcam and start a video conversation within minutes.

Set up a Sharing Folder with a friend. Drop in photos and other stuff, as many as your computer can handle. See it even when one of you is offline.

With Windows Live Messenger, you can now connect with your Yahoo! Messenger with Voice contacts.

http://get.live.com/messenger/overview

On line digital photography scholl

Looks interesting. I have not checked it out.

http://digital-photography-school.com/Digital%20Photography%20School.html

Google search cheat sheet

Everything you need to know about using Google search.

http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html

PDF995 - A PDF edit program

This program looks very powerful for creating/editing PDF files. If I read it correctly it exceeds the capabilities of Acrobat. Something to check if you create PDF files.

http://www.pdf995.com/pdfedit.html

Thanks to subscriber CB for this item.

Gizmo offers free phone calling

The new All Calls Free plan makes calls FREE between registered, active Gizmo Project users in 60 countries around the world. Get all your friends using Gizmo Project and you may never pay a phone bill again! Make calls to mobile and landline phones FREE!*

http://www.gizmoproject.com/learnmore-allcallsfree.html

SlickDeals.net

Makes me want to max out my credit card.

The most frequently updated and complete deal site on the web! We provide you with the day's hottest deals every day. We also have over 800 coupons for all your favorite online stores. Browse around and you're bound to save more than a few bucks!

http://www.slickdeals.net/

30 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do on the Internet

30 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do on the Internet

The Web is learning new tricks every day. These surprising sites and services will help you solve problems and save time--and one might even make you a star.

http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,120784,pg,1,00.asp#

Red Swoosh - Send/receive large files, video, etc

Red Swoosh is dedicated to providing zero-cost file and video delivery. Red Swoosh accomplishes this by incorporating best of breed P2P technology where users download and stream files from each other, rather than from webservers. The end result is that your site saves money on bandwidth while improving your users' download speeds.

http://www.redswoosh.net/

Active Sync 4.2

Microsoft ActiveSync 4.2 is the latest sync software release for Windows Mobile-based devices. ActiveSync provides a great synchronization experience with Windows®-based PCs and Microsoft Outlook right out of the box. ActiveSync acts as the gateway between your Windows-based PC and Windows Mobile-based device, enabling the transfer of Outlook information, Office documents, pictures, music, videos and applications to and from your device. In addition to synchronizing with a desktop PC, ActiveSync can synchronize directly with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 so that you can keep your e-mail, calendar data, tasks and contact information updated wirelessly when you’re away from your PC.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7269173a-28bf-4cac-a682-58d3233efb4c&displaylang=en

Microsoft Private Folder

Microsoft Private Folder 1.0 is a useful tool for you to protect your private data when your friends, colleagues, kids or other people share your PC or account. With this tool, you will get one password protected folder called 'My Private Folder' in your account to save your personal files. Download and have your private folder today!

http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/offers/Details.aspx?displaylang=en&countrycode=USA&offerid=441c2998-248b-49cf-b084-f3a237b58f71

Animusic - Pipe Dreams

WAY cool. How do people create such amazing stuff?
Make sure your speakers are on

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5503582578132361295

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5503582578132361295 higher quality display

ShopWiki

Interesting concept. Not sure if it will fly.

ShopWiki is a shopping search engine that indexes retail products from thousands of online merchants. ShopWiki is not a store and does not sell anything. The purpose of the site is to help consumers find the products they are looking for online with ease.

http://www.shopwiki.com/

Faststone screen capture utility

Powerful (and free) screen capture utility.

FastStone Capture is a powerful, flexible and intuitive screen-capture utility. It allows you to capture anything on the screen including windows, objects, full screen, rectangle regions, freehand-selected regions and scrolling windows/web pages. It has innovative features such as a floating Capture Panel, hotkeys, resizing, cropping, text annotation, printing, e-mailing, screen magnifier and many more.

http://www.faststone.org/FSCaptureDetail.htm

Finding research papers on the web

From the Cool Tools blog:

I have constant need for scientific papers, and articles from obscure scholarly journals, or old newspaper clippings. A few years ago I would have trekked to the nearest university library whenever I required a journal article, to search through the stacks of bound volumes, haul them to the copy room and then xerox my findings. Now I stay at my desk and search through JSTOR, an online depository of the full text of most major scholarly and scientific journals, and download a PDF file of the same paper within minutes. Few academic books are available this way so far, but a surprising amount of the periodic portion of the digital library is now online.

http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/001285.php

Foxit PDF reader - A replacement for Adobe Acrobat

Acrobat sure is getting bloated. This program is one of several that can replace Acrobat.

A free reader/viewer/printer for PDF documents. Unlike Adobe® Reader, our program is only 1megabyte and runs instantly without installation.
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/

ZYB - Online backup of your phone's data.

I have no idea if this works but it sounds neat and it's free.
https://zyb.com/Default.asp