Misc.Web Tools

Amazing Portal Generator lets you design your very own web portal, that you can use as your custom browser home page. You can choose links from a categorized list that is provided with the software, and you can also add your own. The library includes buttons, search forms (Google, Yahoo etc.) and other items that allow you to get the latest news (via tickers), monitor stocks and more. The portal can be customized in many aspects, there are different color schemes to choose from and you can also specify custom colors. The program is easy to use and enables you to have your own portal up and running without the need to write any HTML or know anything about web design. The portal can be used as your local browser start page or uploaded to the web.

USAPhotoMaps downloads USGS (United States Geodedic Survey) aerial photos from terraserver.microsoft.com and creates scrollable, zoomable, GPS-enabled maps from them. It offers special support for garmin GPS owners and and option to connect the GPS to the application in order to retrieve aerial photographs of the current location. The program works fine, even if you don t have a GPS, all you need to do is enter the Langitude and Laditude numbers of the location that you want to view. (You can find these numbers at mapblast.com). The photos are not live views, but are archived and usually about 5 years old.

SysSense runs in the system tray and monitors your Google AdSense account for changes. You can review various statistics from the tray icon info tip, including impressions, earnings, clicks and other details, and also generate a report with performance graphs. The program can monitor multiple AdSense accounts, supports custom sound notifications and proxy server connections.

Google Earth allows you to view global imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop. Just type in the address or location, and watch the interactive 3D navigate to that location, zooming in to street level (you can actually see cars on the street). Along with the detailed satellite images, you can pan and zoom, mark locations, and activate layers that show points of interests like banks, schools, restaurants shopping areas and much more. In addition to the standard satellite view, Google Earth also includes a tilt feature that allows you to render the map in a realistic 3D perspective that shows elevations levels. Additional features include on-screen measuring, emailing and printing of map views, personal places and more. The latest version also allows you to explore stars, constellations, galaxies and more.

Amazon PriceWatcher allows you to search several popular categories at Amazon.com (US, UK, FR, DE, CA, JP), compare prices between different sellers, and watch selected items for price changes. It creates a personal library of items that you selected to watch and lets you track price changes as well as graphical price statistics. The program also allows you to set a target price for each item, and will inform you if any price matches your price limit during future price checks. Amazon PriceWatcher supports searches in most Amazon product categories.

Schmap Player is a dynamic travel guide that allows you to download interactive city maps that contain virtual tours with photos, city search, trip planning features and more. You can also print your own map views and choose which points of interest to include in the printout. You can browse the maps by region or neighborhood and also review additional information, including historical data, reviews, attractions, events and other topics. The current inventory of available maps includes major metropolitan areas within the US and Europe. The program is in Beta testing and map inventory is expanding. If the city you are interested in is available, then Schmap Player can provide a wealth of informative maps and background information.

Mobysaurus Thesaurus is an off-line English thesaurus that help you find related and synonymous words for your everyday speaking and writing purposes. It includes a database of over 30,000 root words and phrases and more than 2,500,000 synonyms, all of which can be cross-linked by simply clicking on a word. If you happen to run into a word that is not included in Mobysaurus, you can use the integrated online reference to look up synonyms on Wikipedia, Thesaurus.com, Dictionary.com, MSN Encarta, WordWeb Online and other sites. Other features include wildcard search, clipboard/print support, system wide hotkey, WordWeb integration and more.

DealAlert Shopping Assistant enables you to be notified of selected online deals and available coupons. The simple interface offers a searchable list of all available deals during the last 7 days, and can also notify you when deals with a specific keyword were found. The program is limited to deals and offers provided by DealAlert.

AlexaTraffic Viewer is a simple interface that pulls the traffic graphs for a list of sites from Alexa.com, and allows you to view the Alexa graph display. You can configure the height/width of the graph, as well as the number of months to display.

myFlixer is a handy tool for Netflix users, that allows you to view your Queue and recently shipped movies by clicking on a icon in your system tray. The program displays the information in a small windows, and adds a small description and CD cover image to the display.

Mars Rovers Raw Data Browser allows you to easily navigate the listing of raw images from the JPL/NASA website. You can choose between Spirit and Opportunity, and also select the camera that you want to see pictures from. The program then displays a list of small thumbnail images, that can be clicked on to launch the full size image on the NASA website.

WorldTime is a desktop world clock with unlimited configurable clocks, each with its own time zone, description, display format and more. The program supports 12/24 Hour, UTC, Internet Time, Universal Time, Metric Time and Sidereal Time with optional date display as well. Additional features include options to chime the hour, alarm reminders, a stopwatch, a time calculator and more.

PADLess is a tool to aid software developers in the submission of their products to sites that do not support Portable Application Description (PAD) files. It allows you to import your PAD file(s), and provides you with a drag and drop form filler interface that enables you to simply drag the PAD info into the according form fields of the sit that you are submitting to. The program also provides a filtering option, so you can exclude the PAD fields that you are not using.

Host Evaluator is a tool to compare features of different web hosting providers and to monitor their web performance in order to to help you make a decision on which company to host with. The program lets you pick whatever hosting company you want and a step-by-step wizard walks you through the details that are need to compare the individual hosting plans. It provides options for storage space, bandwidth, 12-month cost, e-mail, support, redundancy, features, connection speed and uptime and more. After you have entered several plans, you can choose which plans you want to compare, weight your attributes according to your needs and the Host Evaluator will generate a HTML table with the best host. After you have found a host, you can continue to use the software to monitor your sites uptime. The program does not favor or suggest any hosting providers. Asks for a voluntary donation.

You found some useful text on the Web or in a text document and you`ve copied it to the Clipboard. Now, before you can copy another text, you`ll need to open up a text editor, paste the current copy and then save it. Forget about it! Paste & Save will do this for you automatically. The program helps you to sort your information by importance, has many useful features and handy interface.

SETI@home is a scientific experiment that will harness the power of hundreds of thousands of Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). You can participate by running a program that downloads and analyzes radio telescope data. There s a small but captivating possibility that your computer will detect the faint murmur of a civilization beyond Earth.