It consults reference books and a database maintained by GuruNet editors before displaying text in a pop-up window. It requires a free software download. EGroups allows anyone to create and maintain free e-mail lists. More than 18 million people have done so for their friends, special interest groups, small businesses and even families. To automatically send a message to all list subscribers, members simply put the name of the list in the address field of their message.
Zing is the most heavily trafficked Internet photo-sharing site.
Online photo sharing has exploded in popularity since a dozen sites have offered to develop 35mm film for free and put your images online if you buy paper prints, usually at 49 cents apiece. Zing remains my favorite because I like its tools for uploading images from digital cameras, arranging them in virtual albums and sending e-mail cards. Yodlee lets people view multiple e-mail accounts, stock portfolios, news pages and shopping services from a single site. For heavy Web users who regularly access dozens of Web sites, it's a time saver. The main issue consumers must grapple with is whether to trust Yodlee to store their user IDs and passwords.