Now its rare that I ever need to use one of these sort of sites but I must admit there have been a few occasions recently at work where I’ve needed to do a quick file conversion, especially before Windows fixed the comparability between 2003 and 2007 documents.

In addition to the Standard conversion options you the site also offers the facility to download videos in various file formats from major video sharing sites such as youtube.com always a nice bonus

Heres a great list of 10 video downloading sites that allow you to download and save videos from youtube etc in various formats check out the articles for a more in depth review of the sites.

Recently I was passed a link to aboutmyplace.co.uk which utilizes Microsoft’s Virtual Earth Software to show yet another innovation a 45 degree birds eye view from 4 directions north, east, south, and west. aboutmyplace was established to help home buyers in the uk view potential properties without leaving the house but the potential is endless and for a more global use you can visit Microsoft LiveSearch Maps.

Map Resources and Links:

www.aboutmyplace.co.uk

Microsoft Live Search Maps

Google Maps

Google Earth

BugMeNot - Find and share logins for websites that force you to register.

RetailMeNot – RetailMeNot.com is an easy way to find online coupon codes. Enter these codes at the checkout page of participating merchants for instant discounts. Also available as a firefox Add-on.

InviteShare – InviteShare allows registered users to trade invites to the increasing number of beta testing sites and invite only internet tools.

Last.fm – A music social networking site which though a free download program monitors your listening habits and recommends you new music and artist.

Digg – Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. From the biggest online destinations to the most obscure blog, Digg surfaces the best stuff as voted on by our users.

Docstoc – Docstoc is a user generated community where you can find and share professional documents. Find free legal documents and free business documents. Upload your documents for all the world to share.

Sputtr – Nice little search engine hack. from a single page search all sorts of sites from the google groups, web, images, video, news, blogs to lots of other sites like last.fm, stumbleupon, Digg, Yahoo, Youtube… I could go on forever just check it out.

Spock – The people search engine. Find people!

Listible – The quick way to get resources. Lisible has thousands of lists created by its users. Create your own list or add to an already existing one.

Pownce – Pownce is a way to send messages, files, links, and events to your friends. Pownce has recently added a mobile version of the site and is also available as a desktop download.

StumbleUpon – Channel surf the internet with the StumbleUpon toolbar to find great websites, videos, photos and more based on your interests. StumbleUpon learns what you like and makes better recommendations. Highly addictive!

SpeedTest – Speedtest.net measures the performance of your broadband connection. At the end of each test, you are presented with the download and upload bandwidth speeds.

Del.icio.us – del.icio.us is a social bookmarking website — the primary use of del.icio.us is to store your bookmarks online, which allows you to access the same bookmarks from any computer and add bookmarks from anywhere, too.

BugMeNot Disposable Email Address – When forced to register for a site often you’ll need to provide an email address to receive a ‘verification’ link. BugMNot allow you to make a disposable address which lasts 24 hours. Enjoy spam free emails.

10 Minute Mail – Same as above but lasts only 10 minutes.

SpamBox.US – Another temporary email address this time you can specify how long you want the mail box to las. The site boasts up to a year for free mail boxes.

YouConvertIt – Free! Convert any media file format (Documents, Images, Audio, Video & Archives) without buying or installing anything on your PC.

Wakoopa – Wakoopa tracks what kind of software or games you use, and lets you create your own software profile. Great for discovering new software.

System Requirements:

* PC running Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista
* 128 MB RAM (256 recommended)
* 10 MB free disc space
* Internet connection (broadband recommended)

A useful freeware application that I would recommend.

A great site for finding free mp3 files to listen to, the site has many features once you create and account for free you can search for songs and videos which are hosted on the net so that you can listen to them for free as well as making your own playlists which you have the option to save for playback anytime your logged in. You can generate an embed code so that you can post songs or playlists on the your own sites or forums.

If simply listening to the songs online when ever or where ever you have an internet connection isn’t enough this next site, audioraider.com might be more up your street.

This site takes advantage of google’s customer search API and allows you to search for open index’s which hold mp3 files simply by typing the name of the artist or song then download them for free. No registration no way to trace it 100% safe free mp3 downloads without having to remember the customer google search. enjoy.