Association
for Computing Machinery
Founded in 1947, ACM is the world's first educational and scientific computing
society. Find out about their publications and conferences.
Association
of Information Technology Professionals
Started by machine accountants in 1951, AITP is a professional association
devoted to providing education and networking opportunities for employers,
employees, managers, programmers, educators and students in the IT field.
Association
of Women in Computing
Since 1978; promotes the advancement of women in computing by offering
information and networking opportunities.
Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility
A public-interest alliance of computer scientists and others concerned
about the impact of computer technology on society. Major projects: The
National Information Infrastructure, Civil Liberties and Privacy, Computers
in the Workplace, Technology Policy and Human Needs Reliability, and Risk
of Computer-Based Systems.
Institute
for Women in Technology
Mission: To increase the impact of women on technology, and to increase
the positive impact of technology on the lives of all women. Puts on conferences
and seminars, develops projects, and sponsors an Internet community.
Society
of Computer Professionals
Formed in 1996 to provide benefits such as health insurance, legal advice,
and career information for independent computer professionals such as
technical support people, sales reps, software developers, and others.
Includes job listings and special offers.
TCA
- The Information Technology and Telecommunications Association
A resource for information technology and telecommunications professionals
involved in transporting, connecting, and integrating data, image, video,
and voice. Chapter information and updates on regulatory matters affecting
telecommunications.
USENIX
Started in 1975, USENIX is the Advanced Computing Systems Association,
a community of engineers, system administrators, scientists, and technicians
working on the cutting edge of the computing world. USENIX sponsors conferences
on all aspects of computing systems. Includes SAGE, a special group for
system administrators. Site includes information on member benefits and
an online library.
Books/Documents/Online Courses
Fatbrain.com
Books, training materials, and print-on-demand documentation for business,
finance, math, science, and technology experts. Documentation includes
industry research, technical papers, math references, and business texts.
Help-Site
Independently owned site was originally called "Online Manuals" at a different
address; purpose is to assist users in finding computer-related documentation.
Includes documentation on all major kinds of hardware, operating systems,
programming languages, and the Internet.
Hungry
Minds
Source for learning materials, including Web sites, books, online discussions,
and other media, such as music CDs, software, magazines, and more. Also
includes information on and links to more than 17,000 online and distance-learning
courses, some of which are free. Information on and links to online universities,
degree and certificate programs, and online learning alternatives such
as PBS, iVillage, Monster.com, eMind.com, OnlineLearning.net, and others.
BrainBuzz.com
IT career portal offers job listings, skills training, professional certification,
career enhancement, and peer tech support.
BrassRing.com
In a former life, this was incpad by Westech. As BrassRing, site includes
career articles, news, company profiles, stock information, technology
Information and a super-fast job database.
Dice.com
Job search website for computer professionals, with thousands of high
tech permanent, contract, and consulting jobs nationwide, as well as career
information and tools.
Jobs
for Programmers
Developed from within the programming community, now expanded to include
programmers, developers, and software engineers. New offshoots (accessible
through the same URL) include sites with jobs for networkers, network
engineers, intranet specialists, system administrators, and database pros.
Computer
Chats
Free Web-based chats on these topics: C/C++, Games, Hardware, HTML, JAVA,
Mac, NetWare, Networking, NT, OS/2Warp, Perl, UNIX, WebServer, Windows.
Slashdot:
News for Nerds
Interactive home for the geek community, with commentary, information,
many links.
Techdirt
User-contributed links for high-tech news and commentary.
Technology
Mailing Lists
Guide (and links) to free mailing lists on technology subjects. Example —
FreeTiles: A newsletter is for people who enjoy using tiled backgrounds.
Hot
Dispatch
Home base for contract programmers, HotDispatch is a marketplace where
small-scale development projects (applets, custom code, drivers) can be
commissioned, delivered and purchased, all online. Also serves as an online
technical support site that allows the users of a particular product to
answer each other's technical questions on a pay-per-incident basis.
Inquiry.com
Q&A site for developers and programmers produced by devx.com, the Development
Exchange, which has other sites for C++ developers. Post a question and
a pro in that area will answer. Searchable database in case the question
has been asked before. Includes links to white papers, downloads, product
reviews, magazines, user groups, discussion boards.
Academic
Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
Free online version of the largest scientific dictionary ever compiled
in the English language. Search from over 130,000 terms defined in 130
fields of science.
Free
Online Dictionary of Computing
Searchable dictionary of acronyms, jargon, programming languages, tools,
architecture, operating systems, networking, theory, conventions, standards,
mathematics, telecoms, electronics, institutions, companies, projects,
products, history, and anything to do with computing.
Skeptic's
Dictionary: A Guide for the New Millennium
More than 338 skeptical definitions, arguments, and essays on pseudoscientific
ideas and practices, the occult, the paranormal, and the supernatural,
with references to the best skeptical literature. You've gotta like a
site with a FAQ whose first question is "Who made you God?"
WhatIs.com
Technical dictionary and more, including a product finder, references
for file formats, Web site creation, a jobs database, a primer on how
the Internet works, and much more.
Downloads: Palm Stuff, Screensavers, Desktop Themes
EuroCool
Archive listing more than 1,200 Palm Pilot apps. Browse by category, author,
or software type; also listed in categories such as "coolest software
as voted on by users" and "latest, all-time favorites."
Minor
Demons
Irreverent site with irreverent, fun apps for handheld computing devices.
Their words: "Minor Demos are devious and mischievous designers, progammers,
and animators committed to bringing life to the often dull world of handheld
computing. Avoiding spreadsheets and databases like the black plague,
the Minor Demons have taken a bite out of the PalmOS to create naughty
software that promises to bring a sick smile to your face."
PalmBlvd.com
Claims to be the most complete third-party resource on the Internet for
information relating to Palm Pilot and Palm III operating systems. Offers
developers resources, software downloads, hardware reviews, discussion
boards, and an archive of support articles.
ScreenSaver.com
Free screensaver and desktop theme downloads, archives, and instructions
on how to make your own screensavers. Also offers downloads of related
utilities.
Screen
Saver Archives
Download freeware and shareware screen savers, organized by topic.
ScreenSaver
Guide
Reviews and links to screensavers.
Theme
Archives
Download freeware and shareware desktop themes, organized by topic.
Dilbert
Online
Official home of the famous cartoon.
Online
Games
Games forbidden on your work computer? The games at this site are played
online without downloading.
Online
Java
Cute java games you can play from the site's home page.
Online
Word Puzzles
Many word puzzles, some solved and some unsolved, and discussion boards
for contributing a solution for the unsolved puzzles. If you like the
NPR's Sunday Edition puzzle segment, you'll love these.
Profession
Jokes
Profession-based humor, including jokes about/for mathematicians, physicists,
programmers, chemists, engineers, tech support staff.
Fun
with Shockwave Animation
Use search on this site to find animated Dilbert cartoons, games, puzzles,
greeting cards, and more.
Internet
Clocks, Counters, and Countdowns
The only site the time-obssessed will ever need. Links to countdown clocks
(how many days until the end of the Clinton presidency?), Internet time
(according to Swatch), and the "official" time according to the military,
NIST, and various world governments. Warning: Many of the clocks this
page links to are Java applications that take a little time to load, and
some require Shockwave.
Internet
Traffic Report
Dispays a value between zero and 100 that represents how smoothly data
is currently flowing around the world (the closer to 100 the number is,
the faster data is moving). Just like with the radio station traffic reports,
by checking the Internet Traffic Report, you can determine if your slowdown
is global or local. Unfortunately there are no alternate Internet routes
you can take! Updated every 15 minutes.
Obsolete
Computer Museum
Were you the first person on your block to get a Tandy TRS-80? Nostalgic
for the Commodore 64 on which you learned Basic? On this site you'll find
photos and stories of the computers of your past.
Online
Machines and Cams
A page of links to Webcams showing such exciting sights as a rack of modems
at an ISP in Mississippi, a cat's feeding bowl, the CNN Newsroom, and
coffee makers and street intersections all over the world.
TechTales
True horror stories contributed by help-desk and technical service types.
Math
in the Movies
A mathematician's guide to how mathematics fares when it is depicted in
major motion pictures. Scores movies such as Good Will Hunting
and Big according to how good the movie was and how well and how
accurately the math was presented.
True
Random Number Generator
On this site you can download free Hot Bits software that generates truly
random bits, unlike the pseudo-random sequences created by an algorithm
on a computer. Along the way, you'll find a discussion of the hardware
and software used to generate the random bits and peek under the hood
of quantum mechanics to see why the data generated by HotBits is genuinely
random.
Interstellar
Space Travel
So just what is NASA doing about interstellar space travel? Find out here.
NASA
Spaceflight
Space news and facts about the shuttle and space station programs include
a countdown until the next space shuttle launch, and a continuously updated
count of how long the International Space Station has been in orbit. You
can take a virtual tour of the space station and track its movements; you
can also find out when the shuttle will pass over your house so you can
watch your tax dollars at work.
The
Science of Sports
Interactive look at the scientific principles behind baseball, skateboarding,
hockey, and more.
Structure
of the Universe
Find out the latest on the quest to determine the structure of the universe.
Includes free screensaver downloads.
Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter Weekly roundup of new, cool, fun, unusual Web sites.
The New Scientist Site of the Day
alarm:clock
Monthly magazine styles itself as the authority on the changes technology
is making on culture and society in the 21st century, including profiles
of the people behind those changes.
America's
Network
Online counterpart to long-time print publication on telecommunications
business. Offers networking and telecom news reporting and analysis and
searchable database of past articles.
Computer
Business Review
Database derived from UK monthly IT business journal. Looks at economic
trends and indicators, monitors financial results, tracks key market sectors,
and reports on major IT market research.
Federal
Computer Week
Magazine for influential users and volume buyers of federal IT, with emphasis
on desktop, client/server, and enterprise-wide computing.
IDG
Publications
The company that brought the "Dummies" books to the world also publishes
many magazines; you can link to them here. Magazines include CIO, Civic.com,
Computerworld, Dummies.com, FCW.com, GameProWorld, The Industry Standard,
InfoWorld.com, JavaWorld, LinuxWorld, Macworld Online, Network World Fusion,
PC World, Publish.com, SunWorld.
Internet Valley's Top 100 IT Magazines
Annual ranking of what this Internet consulting and publishing company
considers the top 100 IT and technology magazines in terms of quality
and influence. Fun to browse and a great source of links to online magazines.
Mappa
Mundi
Monthly online magazine offers intriguing articles and forums on the geography
of cyberspace.
The
New Scientist
Online site for British print magazine on scientific discovery offers
a selection of articles from the current week's issue; includes archives
of back issues. Web-only special sections include topics like cloning
and global warming, as well as an archive of everyday science questions
& answers, and a guide to science sites on the web, Hotspots. Site also
includes searchable database of science jobs.
Reality
Check Magazine: A Hype-Free Zone for Computer Professionals
Worth looking into just for the "News?" page, where real-life tech press
releases are skewered.
Scientific
Computing and Instrumentation
Online home of print magazine offers lost of scientific and technical
resources and links as well as archived articles.
Silicon Salley Online magazine geared to women in technology; fun site includes a section that details and offers examples of sites with good feng shui.
Technology
Review: MIT's Magazine of Innovation
Online version of print magazine covers latest science and technology
concepts and how they'll affect the future. Articles have informational
links as well as feedback and forum opportunities.
Wired News Online version of print magazine offers news and analysis with attitude.
C/Net
Major technology content site; leading source of information and services
relating to computers and technology. Covers technology news, product
reviews, comparison shopping information, software downloads, games, and
message boards for tech help advice. Also provides technology information
for television (CNBC) and radio (CNET Radio).
Fairfax
IT News
A look at the IT world from an Australian perspective.
NewsHub
Tech Channel
Link goes straight to the tech channel of new site that offers news from
online sources including PCWorld, Internetnews.com, InfoWorld, SiliconValley.com,
and more.
NewsLinx
Compilation of news links from some unusual sources (Montreal Gazette,
Irish Times, VARBusiness) as well as the usual sources. Instead of
regular news channels, offers channels such as intranet news, ISP news,
and e-commerce news.
San
Jose Mercury News Silicon Valley Tech News
Technology news from covered from a local Silicon Valley perspective.
Interesting archived features include company database and "Legal Library"
of stories about legal agreements and disagreements in the tech world.
ZDNet
News
Major technology portal provides much of the tech news for the mainstream
news sites.
Advisor.com
Self-proclaimed "e-business authority." Offers 35 online publications
for IT professionals including magazines and technical journals. Also
offers conferences, seminars, career information, and other IT products.
CEOExpress.com
Superb resource for the busy executive. Broad categories such as news,
business research and office tools are further categorized so that from
one page you can access links to the Library of Congress, Southwest Airlines,
Ameritrade, Bank Rate Monitor, the Mayo Clinic, the Washington Post
and AP Breaking News, and many, many more. Can be personalized, and members
get even more services including a new wireless service.
CIO.com
Portal for information executives includes lots of resources.
Computer
and Communications Entry Page
Owned by Webstart Communications, this portal for information about the
developing "Global Information Infrastructure" includes information on
and links to companies, conferences, media, organizations, programs and
projects, standards, Usenet groups, and FAQs.
Internet.com
Provider of global real-time news and information resources for Internet
industry, Internet technology, and IT professionals. Offers a network
of Web sites, e-mail newsletters, online discussion forums and moderated
E-mail discussion lists. Includes many international editions.
IT World Calls itself "The IT Problem-Solving Network." Buyers can search for IT providers or submit a confidential RFP; vendors can list profiles. Also ofers links to training, lots of news, newsletters, research reports.
Swynk.com
Bills itself as "the most comprehensive system administrator's site in
the world." Includes news, tech information, job postings, SQL users group,
conferences.
Women
in Technology International
Calling itself the "virtual home for women in technology," this portal
site offers personalization, news, events, job listings, financial and
health information, an online magazine, resources on a variety of subjects,
discussion boards, and a free home page to all registered users.
Telezoo
One-stop shopping and references for the telecom industry. Enter your
system requirements and find matches among equipment vendors, system integrators
and service providers. Extensive database enables apples-to-apples comparisons
across supplier lines. There's also information on telecom training and
degrees, telecom careers and jobs, telecom industry news, an acronym directory,
and a library of technical white papers.
ZDNet
Major portal site includes personalization, news, stock quotes, product
reviews, shopping, games, downloads, how-to information for developers,
expert advice, free newsletters, forums, chats, and links to online versions
of ZD print publications such as PC Magazine, Interactive Weekly, Computer
Shopper, MacWorld, and more.
About.com:
Computing/Technology
Part of a well-known site that hires "experts" to put together pages of
links and articles on various subjects; this one includes links for communication,
networking, programming, hardware, software, careers and the technology
business. Includes chat and free newsletters on technology.
Delphion
Intellectual Property Network
Website for searching, viewing, and analyzing patent documents. Offers
free access to a wide variety of data collections and patent information
including United States patents, European patents and patent applications,
PCT application data from the World Intellectual Property Office, Patent
Abstracts of Japan, and IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletins.
How
Stuff Works
Besides the usual mechanical and technical categories, you can also find
out how pragmatic, day-to-day stuff works. Examples: how bread works,
how holidays work.
IBM
AlphaWorks
On this site "early adopter" developers can download and evaluate IBM's
latest software technologies. Current technology focus areas are Java,
XML, Multimedia, Pervasive and Security.
Low
End Mac
Whether you want, or are forced, to keep that Macintosh Quadra working,
this is your source. A great source for the IT pro who volunteers to keep
computers working with the many schools and nonprofit organizations to
which older Mac models have been donated.
Microsoft
Research
Computer science research organization of Microsoft, founded in 1991 to
do basic and applied research in computer science. Site includes searchable
list of technical reports written by MSR researchers, current news from
MSR, job opportunities including graduate fellowship and summer internship
programs; free downloads of research project demos.
National
Institute of Standards and Technology
A tech-lover's paradise of information on standards and time, as well
as some nifty resources. Want to synch up your computer clock to the official
U.S. time from the Naval Observatory atomic clock? Here's where you can
do it.
Windows98
Annoyances
"The most complete collection of information assembled for and by actual
users of Windows 98" includes topics of professional interest, such as
networking and Internetworking.
Anonymizer
Here's where you get Window Washer, the application that can clean up
your hard-drive and desktop tracks so no one knows just what you've been
doing all day. There's also a place to enter URLs so you can surf anonymously
for free. And here's a chilling link: Click on the words "You don't have
to tell us, we already know all about YOU" and you get a free analysis
of your Internet connection's privacy (or lack thereof).
ICSA.net
Current information security industry events and discoveries, product
information, tips and technical papers. Also offers The Security Digest,
a weekly email newsletter that covers breaking news in the information
security world. ICSA Labs sets standards, performs research, tracks and
measures risks, and certifies 98 percent of the market's anti-virus software,
network firewalls, intrusion detection, cryptography, and IPSec products.
Archie
McPhee
Cool toys including a whole section on toys for nerds. Not sure you qualify?
Take the "Are You A Nerd?" quiz online and see.
Direct
Wireless
Carries PDAs, pagers, and accessories, both original and after-market.
EBatts
Batteries and AC adapters for laptops, camcorders, and USPs.
GizmoCity.com
Visitors will find products for the telephone, car, and home, as well
as health and comfort gadgets. The site features a "What's New" section,
a search engine for locating gadgets, and email technical support.
ShopWireless.com
Mobile electronics from cellular telephones to satellite television. Check
out the Very Cool Stuff link.
Stuff4Wireless
Source for all types of cellular phone accessories.
ThinkGeek
Shopping for nerds; gadgets, toys, etc.
TopixOnline
Everything from electronics to hyperbaric oxygen chambers.
ACE-Net,
the Angel Capital Electronic Network
Small Business Administration-sponsored service offers access to a number
of local networks that match based on their own local investor database,
not a national database. Also lists other national networks that are affiliated
with ACE-Net.
The
Capital Connection
For entrepreneurs: free resources such as a business plan format, as well
as information, websites, lists of capital networks and other financial
matchmaking websites, angels and private investors, a directory of service
professionals, links to business incubators, discussion forums, and more.
There's also information and resources for investors, a matchmaking service
and a "virtual" venture capital conference.
CompanyFinance.com
Capital matching firm offers free auction-based service to help middle-market
companies find the right lending institutions for financing up to $100
million. Member network includes more than 100 lending institutions from
multinational banks to commercial finance companies.
Tech
Coast Venture Network
Nonprofit organization serves as a clearinghouse to bring together users
and providers of resources for new and emerging businesses. Resources
include public accounting, banking, intellectual property protection,
funding, marketing, sales, strategic planning, and government resources.
Holds public forums on such topics as funding, raising money, how to present
a business plan, how to get the attention of angels, and more.
vFinance.com
"Financial opportunity exchange" site where you can look for investors
or for investment opportunities, read venture capital news, look for advisors,
attorneys and other support personnel, or offer your support services
to start-ups.
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