I found these sites useful, I hope you do as well.
- Wikipedia.org - the free online encyclopedia
- LibraryThing - lets you cataloge your bookshelf and more
- Bankrate.com - find a good interest rate
- Free Rice - for each correct word, a donation of rice to help end world hunger
- Pandora Radio - radio from the Music Genome Project (it learns what you like as you go)
- National Public Radio - great programing, something for everyone
- AVG Technologies - anti-virus software
- Lavasoft - anti-spyware software
- OpenOffice.org - the leading open-source office software suite (great for casual use)
And now, a semi-random site from my browser "Favorites"
- The Newseum.org - use the map to see the front page of over 700 newspapers