The following websites and online services have helped us with our daily activities - perhaps they could help you too, with both your business and leisure time.

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• Seriously cheap international telephone calls using regular landlines from 1p per minute
• GetSafeOnline.org - expert advice to help protect yourself against internet threats
• Skype™ - Free Internet Telephony That Just Works
• BT Directory Enquiries
• TSTools - Some Online Tools for Technical Support/Assistance
• Adobe Acrobat Reader download page (all versions)
• Adobe Acrobat PDF Conversion into HTML via Simple Form or see the Advanced Form for further options
• Enter the URL of an Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) file to convert on-the-fly into HTML
• Amazon.co.uk for books, videos, games, CDs/DVDs, software, etc.
• Create amusing anagrams using the Internet Anagram Server
• Annual calendar insert for see-through mouse mats
• OpenOffice.org - the blindingly good, compatible, free alternative for MS Office
  • Download latest release from: http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.3/index.html
• Ever wondered what other people are searching the Internet for? (or view the unfiltered version)!
• A pretty-slick Meta search engine
• Cheap flights to European destinations with RyanAir
  UK Postcode or Address:
• Systran: To translate text, type it or paste it here (to translate a Web page type or paste its address/URL)
  
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• Translate text between European languages, using AltaVista's Babelfish!
• Search engine listings (550 and rising!) and site submission links
• Free newsletters courtesy of About, The Human Internet
• General Postcode and Address searches
• View satellite photos of the your area (UK)
• Yahoo! 3-Day Weather forecast for the Southend-on-Sea area
• Look for software applications/packages at Amazon.co.uk

• Broadband (ADSL & Cable) Services:
  • TS Tools Speed Test
  • BT Speed Tester
  • Eclipse Internet Broadband Service
  • BT's ADSL/broadband availability checker for your area

• Journey/Route Planning:
  • Live Traffic Info
  • UK Speed camera map
  • The Automobile Association Route Planner
  • The RAC Route Planner for UK and Europe
  • Michelin Route Planning and Driving Instructions
  • Live up-to-the-minute UK Traffic News (e.g. M25, etc.) from Vauxhall/TrafficNet
  • Real time UK Traffic Information from the Higways Agency
  • The Highways Agency Traffic Information home page
    • Current South-East traffic flows

• Get a free HomeCheck report on your area:

  Enter the postcode for the property you want to Homecheck

• Spyware, Adware, Viruses and Security Threats:
  • http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html home of SpyBot, etc.
  • http://www.lavasoft.de for Ad-Aware and other utilities
  • http://www.net-security.org
  • http://www.spychecker.com
  • http://www.antiphishing.org
  • http://www.grisoft.com (also: www.avguk.com) - AVG/Grisoft Anti-Virus (free edition)
  • Think you're clued up on phishing - why not try the SonicWALL Phishing IQ Test !?
  • Why-Spam? ten reasons explaining why you get spam plus Anti-Spam resources

• Asterisk Sudoku; for Sudoku fans looking for a new type of puzzle! [Alternate Link]
• Astronomy Picture of the Day, from NASA
• Ever wondered what song was No.1 on the day you were born (or any other date) ?
• Bristol University's ridiculous molecules names & Molecule of the Month!
• The secrets of Magic Tricks and Feats of Illusion!
• Search for music on CD, record or tape at Amazon.co.uk
• Find a film on video or DVD at Amazon.co.uk
• Video Games at Amazon.co.uk
• The Origins of Words and Their Changing Usage
• Lynmar WebCams and Security