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If your childhood was punctuated with epic battles of Risk, you might enjoy a similar online game called KDice, which combines the elements of Risk with another game, Dice Wars. Essentially the object is the same; try and take over the “world” by conquering the most “territories”. The game is based primarily on luck; you cannot control how your dice are distributed accross the territories; however, the number of dice you receive after each turn is proportional to the number of connected territories you have in your possession (for example, if you have 4 territories, but only 2 are conn...  read more
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Ever finish a book that you absolutely loved, only to discover that none of your friends have read it and you are left with no concept of how good of a book it actually was? A new web app, Booklert, now lets you track the popularity of a given book via its Amazon rank. Much like Alexa, you get a graph of the book’s peaks and valleys along with its current numerical standing. Booklert sends you ranking updates with an email or a tweet as often (every hour) or as little (once a week) as you like. In addition to following the ranking of a book, if you’re an aspiring author, you can also creat... read more
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Are you looking for a beautiful gown that will make you the belle of the ball at your upcoming prom or formal event? At 4PROM you will find a wide selection of the best prom dresses from some of the country's top designers. You are sure to make heads turn by wearing one of the gowns available on this site on your prom night. Finding a dress that suits your personal style for your prom or homecoming is very easy. Just browse through the different collections that 4Prom carries from the site’s famous prom and homecoming gown designers. 4Prom has designs by Mori Lee, Clarisse, Riva, Jovani, and... read more
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FriendFeed Spy, engineered by the creator of Twitter Spy, is a simple mashup that uses popular content-sharing stie FriendFeed’s API in order to allow its users to “spy” on what others are posting on the original site. Upon arriving at the home page, you’ll be presented with a real-time list of what FriendFeed users have shared in the past few seconds. You can see the user name, type of content posted along with where it was posted, and you can comment on the content or link directly over to it. Because of the large volume of content posted on FriendFeed, FriendFeed Spy does not provid... read more
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GIFMAKE is a free web-based animated gif picture creator. To use this tool, users first select and upload a selection of their preexisting gif, jpeg, or png files. These files are uploaded right onto the GIFMAKE homepage. Users then specify the details of the animation, including how many seconds delay they wish to have, and the height and width of the pictures. The last step is to hit the generate button, and the animated picture has been created. Reversely, GIFMAKE can also decompose animated pictures. To use this feature, users upload the animated file. From there, photos can be sepa... read more
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AdsenseFree claims that you’ll make money 24 hours a day doing nothing. Sounds almost too good to be true, doesn’t it? The upshot: websites make money each time someone clicks an ad link; thus, AdsenseFree offers its users 155 websites which are prebuilt and optimized for search engines; they’re geared for high click rates. All you have to do is sign up for a Google Adsense account and download Adsense Free’s collection of sites and input your Adsense code. You get to keep all the revenue and you don’t have to shell out a single centavo. Each site is ready to go with optimized ... read more
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iHipHop, formerly known as they dubiously named, CrackSpace, has gone under the knife, got a new look and name, and relaunched. It's newest incarnation still keeps the edgy, innovative framework that was CrackSpace's claim to fame, but with enhanced features culled from a year of studying users wants and needs. iHipHop, as you might have guessed is a site dedicated to everything HipHop. You'll find news, tunes, gossip, ringtones, interviews, reviews, videos and plenty of room for discussion. The revamped version has a lot of nifty features like video chat, widgets, blogs, and a hiphop wiki to ... read more
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The fourth of July is nigh and that means its time to start celebrating. For families with children, the holidays are the perfect time to get together and get all arts and craftsy. This July 4th, you can consult the charitable site ArtistsHelpingChildren to find a whole lengthy list of art projects and crafts dedicated to celebrating the nation’s independence. ArtistsHelpingChildren helps sick children by partnering with artists who then share their artwork and skills to decorate hospitals, shelters, clinics etc. The site also distributes donated art supplies and toys to needy children. ... read more
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UpFuse presents itself as a social market place that's international in reach, but deals locally. It's sort of like eBay, Craigslist, or any online classifieds, but with more emphasis on networking and sharing. Sign up for free to sell, buy or vote for any of the items you see on the site. If you want to sell, all it takes is a quick post with the necessary details-- item description, title, location (city, state/country), price, pic, shipping, tags and email. Buying requires a little less fingerwork. Simply click on the item in question, add to your cart, continue shopping or check out. The s... read more
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Identi.ca is a new microblogging site which of course begs comparison to the mother of all microblogs, Twitter; however, it’s not merely a Twitter clone. Rather, it’s open source and runs on a CreativeCommons license, providing users with a transparent service that preserves their autonomy, meaning that if you don’t like how Identi.ca works, you can take your own data and move it to another account or server. Also, friends on other microblogging services will be able to receive your messages. This will probably appeal to those frustrated by Twitter’s shortcomings—e.g. its frequent ... read more
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Smart Phones are all the rage right now. Before the iPhone, there was the Blackberry and before that we had to make do with the best WAP money could buy. As people are increasingly getting their internet from their mobiles, businesses, web sites and entertainment companies are trying to jump on the bandwagon and cash in. One way to do this is through a new site called MobileMo. MobileMo understands the future of the market and wants to make it easy for you to get in on the Next Big Thing by letting you make your very own mobile website. The MobileMo sites aren't simplistic looking WAP things e... read more
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Using natural language processing and machine learning, Peer39’s algorithms understand a page’s meaning and sentiment instead of just scanning for key words and plugging in advertising like Google’s Ad Sense. By pulling out the true meaning of any given page, Peer39 is able to deliver the most relevant and effective display and text advertising available and it is a real company to watch over the coming months. A quick glance at their page shows that their business structure is similar to that of Google’s, where advertisers can buy space and publishers can sell it. The difference be... read more
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Ipopetz is a site that allows you to choose from a number of different digital animal characters and then make greetings or short films with them. You can pick... read more
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