Yes, there’s Google, Bing, Wolfram and many other nosey search engines to dig out whatever you’re looking for. DocJax, however, is a search engine for burrowing explicitly into documents such as text docs, spreadsheet files, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs and e-books on the World Wide Web. Once you spot what you need, you can either browse it online or download it. The service is co-powered by Google as well as Yahoo And there are some 187,748 free e-books you can also browse here.
Superminder
http://superminder.com/ Everyone needs reminders. But often, the problem with to-do lists is that they’re far too lean and simplistic. And calendar reminders tend to be a shade too complicated to set up for trivial stuff. Superminder is a tidy Web app with a clean, easy-to-understand interface that attempts to marry the simplicity of a to-do list with the orderliness of a calendar. Large fonts and buttons, minimal typing requirements and a reminder service that nudges you about impending to-dos and events via mail make it a very agreeable tool to use. You can receive SMS reminders on the go as well, if you are willing to fork out cash.
Answering machine for Instant Messaging
http://answer.im/
As the name suggests, here’s a useful auto answering machine for instant messaging. Answer.IM lets you stay online even when your PC has been switched off. The service supports MSN, Google Chat, ICQ, AIM, Yahoo and MySpace, along with some others. Be aware, however, that the service is not always dependable. It can work erratically at times. Due to the heavy load on its servers, your account may get booted out after a day or so.
Cometdocs
www.cometdocs.com
This is a happy little nook to help you with online conversion of documents. And, contrary to its name, it doesn’t do doc files alone. It can handle Audio, PowerPoint, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, PDF, Excel, etc. In fact, there’re about 50 types of online conversion options here. Depending on the complexity and version, the formatting of the resultant documents is fairly true to the original. So next time Zamzar ( www.zamzar.com ) doesn’t give you what you need, you know where to look.
Bubbl.us
http://bubbl.us/noflash.htm Several brainstorming and mind-mapping software downloads let you outline your thought streams as they come. But an online mind-mapping service such as Bubbl.us is good because it is platform-independent (Windows, Mac or Linux), always accessible if you are connected to the Web, and allows cooperative collaboration from colleagues who may not even be present. This easy-to-use thought plotter allows an unlimited number of undos, colour control, onscreen help. You can invite friends to collaborate, export the chart as a PNG or JPEG file, or as an XML or HTML chart to embed online. You can fool around with it without registering. But you’ll have to register eventually to use the service. Very neat stuff.
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