Although designed for journalists and writers, it is useful to all. Filez lets users search over 4000 ftp servers and a database of over 60 million files from an easy to use WWW interface. Users can even specify if they're interested in Mac or Windows software. Users can register themselves and do name searches. A free, searchable, nationwide online directory of residential and business telephone numbers.
Users can also add their e-mail addresses to their listings.
It includes links to information produced by a number of Federal agencies. All of the information included in the Social Statistics Briefing Room is maintained and updated by the statistical units of those agencies such as the CensusBureau and the National Center on Health Statistics. Also includes some links to other public affairs sites. HotWired and Inktomi have developed a new search engine called HotBot. They claim to have indexed every word in the WWW and to sit on a more flexible and powerful system than Altavista or Yahoo.