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Personal calendaring tools
For many more calendaring tools, see also: Social Calendarng Tools
Deadline : Simplest calendar every made. Hosted
Google Calendar : Online calendar. Hosted
Lightning : Brings the Sunbird calendar to the popular email client, Mozilla Thunderbird and the SeaMonkey internet application suite. Download
Sunbird : Cross-platform calendar application, built upon Mozilla Toolkit to provide you with a full-featured and easy to use calendar application that you can use around the world. Download
Alert tools
Alerts.com : The information you want when and where you want it. You’re in control. Hosted
Conference Alerts : Receive free e-mailed updates of conferences matching your interests, available dates and preferred destinations. Click on ‘Subscribe’ to stay up to date with what’s happening in your field. Hosted
Google Alerts : Email updates of latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic. Hosted
Notify.Me : notify.me delivers notifications that interest you in real time. It eliminates the need for you to constantly check on classified listings, blogs or social networking sites. Hosted
Video-Alerts : Video-Alerts is a service that allows you to get an email notification when new videos are uploaded to YouTube, on whatever topic you choose. Be the first to watch! Hosted
Watch that page : Monitor pages for new content. Updates sent by email. Hosted
Yotify : Track anything that matters to you. Hosted
Read it later tools
I need to read this : One click to save an article to your to-read list. One click to read the next article on your list.
InstaPaper : A simple tool to save web pages for reading later. Hosted
laterloop : Read web pages later on your phone or anywhere. Hosted
Pocket (previously ReadItLater: One reading list everywhere you are. Hosted
Surfulater : Saves any text or images you find on the web for you to review later. Just select and save. It’s as easy as that. You can even save the contents of emails or any other app! Hosted
Online calculators
7 stones : Online scientific and statistical calculator. Hosted
Calcoolate: The coolest calculator on the web. Hosted
Calc Result : Calculator for every formula, with unit conversion and printable calculation history built in. Hosted
eCalc : Both a basic and scientific mode calculator, it includes advanced features like unit conversion, constants and equation solving. Hosted
gCalc : Designed to provide a basic, easy-to-use, well-balanced set of graphing functionality for algebra, pre-calculus, calculus and beyond Hosted
Screen Calculator (Ambleside School) : Large online calculator. Hosted
Web2.0calc.com : Online calculator. Hosted
Accessibility tools
Browsealoud : Reads web pages aloud for people who find it difficult to read online. Download
iSpeech : onvert text to Speech. Listen to any document, website or blog. Hosted
PowerTalk : Program that automatically speaks any presentation or slide show running in Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows. Download
ReadtheWords.com : Upload doc, choose a reader and sit back and listen online or create MP3 podcast. Hosted
TextAloud : Reads text from email, web pages, reports and more, aloud on your PC. Free Trial, Download
Thunder : Screenreader talking software for blind and visually impaired people. Hosted
Password managers
Clipperz : Anonymous online password manager. Hosted
KeePass : Free, open source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager. Download
LastPass : LastPass is a password manager that makes web browsing easier and more secure. Download
PassPack : Store logins to all online accounts. Share passwords on a need-to-know basis. 1 Click Login for everyone. Hosted
Password Bird : Password generator. Hosted
Spellcheckers
Anytypos.com : Spell checker. Hosted
Spellcheckonline.com : Hosted
Spellify : Online spellchecker. Hosted
SpellJax : Online spellchecker. Hosted
Miscellaneous
Achieve Planner : Time management software for Windows helps you get organized, increase your productivity, and make better use of your time. Free Trial, Download
Big Time : Countdown timer. Download
Bit.ly : URL Shortener for tracking clickthroughs. Hosted
ClipClip : When you find something on the web, you can cut out only the most interesting part preserving the look and feel rather than bookmarking bunch of links. Hosted
Egg Timer Plus : Stopwatch and timer program. Download
Google Translate : Translate from one language to another. Hosted
Plaxo : Your smart, secure and synchronised address book. Hosted
RapidReader : Speed reading on demand. Free trial, Download
RescueTime : Ridiculously easy time management. Hosted
ShortText : A simple tool to post text online, with minimum fuss. Hosted
Spreeder : Online speed reading application. Hosted>
Tagxedo : Create Tag clouds with style. Hosted
TickCounter : countdown, countup, timer, counter and stopwatch tools. Hosted
Videora : A free video converter that converts video files, YouTube videos, movies and DVD’s so you can play them on your video playing device. Download
Wordle : Generate “word clouds” from text you provide; useful to visualise themes, etc, share wordles. Hosted
Zinkmo: Synchronise bookmarks across computers and browsers. Hosted.
