LECTURE 6 - USING LOCAL AND ONLI

Remote Access (to all sorts of stuff)

GoToMyPC lets you open and use your desktop from a remote computer
https://www.gotomypc.com/

Internet-enabled vibrator
"...With your purchase you receive a free membership to HighJoy, the website that enables you to watch and control a partner's sex toys from any PC, anywhere in the world..."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/29/remote_intimacy/

Where to buy Internet-linked sex toys
http://www.utopex.com/utopex/en/index.html

Internet-enabled drinking glasses
"...Could glowing, Wi-Fi wine glasses let people in long-distance relationships feel more in touch with their other half? Don't scoff: researchers in Boston at MIT's Media Lab - that citadel of outside-the-box thinking - believe so. When you and your partner both raise the high-tech glasses they will glow warmly, no matter how far apart you are. The idea is to give the feeling of a shared drinking experience..."
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18925425.400&feedId=online-news_rss20

Search engines

Google - top visited site on the Internet
LookSmart - alternate useful engine
AskJeeves - use english-like phrases
A9 (amazon) - search INSIDE books
MSN Search - integrated with general Microsoft network
Froogle - comparision shopping
Become - more comparision shopping
Shop.com - comparison shopping
craigslist - online "want ads"
Krugle - search for code snippets ("technical web")

Web-based email

Gmail - top web-based email system
Hotmail - older, more ad-ridden, less capacity
Yahoo! Mail - allows file uploads the others don't

Collaborative (user-contributed) web databases

Internet Movie Database - user-contributed movie database (play the "Kevin Bacon" game)
Wikipedia - "collaborative" user-contributed web encyclopedia

Weblogs

General audience blogs

Curated weblogs

Gizmodo
Wireless Weblog
Google Weblog (written by Google employees)
Video Games Weblog
Xbox Weblog
Bluetooth weblog

Replacing desktop applications (e.g. Microsoft Office) with a Web-based OD

Is Google preparing an alternative to Microsoft Office?
http://news.com.com/2061-11199_3-6048324.html?tag=nl

Google purchase of Writely highlights Web 2.0 boom
http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-6048621.html?part=rss&tag=6048621&subj=news

Auctions/sales by individuals

Ebay - http://www.ebay.com

Internet gambling

US lawmakers look to ban Internet gambling (defy WTO)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4723814.stm

Virtual "wallets" and "alternative" money

Microsoft plans "virtual wallet" for e-commerce
"...Gates said the virtual personal information wallet, code-named "InfoCard," would allow consumers to safely manage their identities online. It seeks to provide better security by reducing reliance on usernames and passwords which are often the target of computer criminals..."
http://www.leadingthecharge.com/stories/news-00143022.html

Prosper.com - online marketplace for people-to-people lending (bypassing banks)
http://www.prosper.com/public/welcome/default.aspx

Voice over IP (Internet telephony)

Skype
http://www.skype.com/

"Social Networking" - a new use for the Internet

Why search engines are losing to social networking
http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/85C7ch75t8FJrVhJhxVdPw6?siteid=yhoo&dist=TNMostMailed

A networking website for professionals
http://network.monster.com

Poddater - iPod video dates
http://www.poddater.com/

Revver- Put a RevTag on your videos. Share them with the world. When people watch, you make money
http://www.rewer.com

YouTube - share original videos
www.YouTube.com

Mobog - camera phone community
http://www.mobog.com/

Vidlife - MySpace-like website that lets you share movies and photos with friends and family
http://www.vidilife.com/

Online dating at match.com
http://www.match.com

Flickr - share images
http://www.flickr.com

MySpace - social networks, mostly for teens to exchange music interests
http://www.myspace.com/

My Yearbook - myspace-like
http://www.myyearbook.com