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2009 Most Innovative Companies

2009-08-06T00:27:00.003+03:00

Business Week has just published their annual ranking of the most innovative companies (based on a survey of top executives by the Boston Consulting Group). They are:

1. Apple

2. Google

3. Toyota

4. Microsoft

5. Nintendo

6. IBM

7. Hewlett-Packard

8. Research in Motion

9. Nokia

10. Wal-Mart Stores

11. Amazon.com

12. Proctor & Gamble

13. Tata

14. Sony

15. Reliance Industries

16. Samsung Electronics

17. General Electric

18. Volkswagen

19. McDonald’s

20. BMW

21. Walt Disney

22. Honda Motor

23. AT&T

24. Coca-Cola

25. Vodafone

resources

http://create2009.europa.eu/index_en.html

http://www.fastcompany.com/fast50_09

http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/innovative_50_2009/

http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/InnovationManual090323.cfm?vid=199

http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/01/the_art_of_inno.html

ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/innovation-policy/studies/sar1_smartinnovation_master2.pdf

http://www.dius.gov.uk/~/media/publications/F/file34902

http://www.innovationtools.com/Reports/PW95X7/innovation-strategies-for-recession.pdf

http://create2009.europa.eu/about_the_year.html

http://eit.europa.eu/

اقتراح لعمل مبادرة من جمعيات المجتمع المدني و التجمعات العلمية الهندسية لوضع إستراتيجية لتطوير التعليم الهندسي في مصر

2009-08-05T02:34:00.003+03:00

بعد عودتي من يوم الهندسة المصري هذا العام ، و مشاركة لمدة يومين في الندوات و المناقشات والحوارات مع المشاركين في المؤتمر و المنظمين و وسط بستان رائع من المشاريع ، فقد كان يوم جميل أخري في حياتي ....يوم الهندسة المصري 2009 ، لكن رجعت وأنا أحمل سؤال في داخلي كبييييييييييييييييييييييير ، هل يكفي مؤتمر لمدة ثلاث ايام لمناقشة قضية الابتكارفي المجال الهندسي في مصر ،و هل تكفي تلك الساعات القليلة نسبيا لاحداث تغيير كبير في مسار التعليم الهندسي والمهندسين لنخرج بمدعين و رواد في الصناعة ..................!!!؟؟
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كل ما استطيع ان اجزم به ان تلك الاحداث تصنع نوع من الوعي و اليقظة في أرواح وعقول الشباب .. بما يقول لهم ان الحياة لا تسير فقط نحو البحث عن وظيفة وبمرتب جيد بغض النظر كونهم فقط مستهلكون للتكنولوجيا لا فاعلين ، وان التميز انما يبدأ من الريادة والابتكار ...و لا اكتمكم سرا ان هذه اليقظة و تلك الروح لا تستمر إلا لمدة قصيرة لتضيع سريعا وسط احداث الحياة و ا كبرا دليل علي هذا عدد الحاضرين في الاجتماع السنوي من المشاركين السابقين في مسابقة صنع في مصر بالإضافة الي عدد الحضور في الندوات التي كانت تركز علي عملية الابتكار و الابداع بالنظر الي الندوات التي كانت تتحدث عن طريقة الحصول علي و ظيفة في مجال بشكل تقليدي . .

ثم انتقل من التسأل الاول الي تسأل ثاني كبييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييير _اكبر من الاول - ، كيف يمكن ايجاد حل لهذه المشكلة وتلك المعضلة .................!!!؟؟؟

وخطر علي بالي وانا في اخر الليل ان ارسل رسالة الي احمد المنظمين للحدث بجعل كافة انشطة الجمعية هذا العام عن الابتكار و الابداع ، و اعني بالانشطة من الندوات و المؤتمرات و المطبوعات و ورش العمل و تفعيل هذه الفكرة في فروع الجمعية في الجامعات ...الخ .
و بمعني اخر يصبح عام الابداع والابتكار فبدلا من كونه مؤتمر عابر يصبح حدث فاعل .

للمرة الثالثة علي التوالي اتوقف لاسأل نفسي لماذا لا تتظافر الجهود المدنية او بمعني اخر الشعبية لتتوافق حول رؤية واحد و منهجية واحدة لتطوير التعليم الهندسي فبدلا من انتشار التشتت و التبعثر و التشرذم في المجتمع المهتم بتطوير التعليم الهندسي في مصر من
الجمعيات مثل جمعية نهضة المحروسة و المنتدي المصري للاعمال و ieee و جمعيات اخري كثييييييييرة
وبالاضافة الدعم المالي و الفني من الجهات الممولة و الداعمة مثل هيئة دعم الصناعة و itida و لصناديق التي يتم التفكير في إنشائها ......الخ ،و تبعثر جهود الشركات الراعية و الداعمة لتطوير التعليم الهندسي والصناعة المصرية و أضف إلى ذلك الانشطة الطلابية المختلفة في الجمعيات و الجمعيات العلمية و النوادي التكنولوجية و الاتحادات الطلبية و التجمعات العلمية .

لهذا فانا اتقدم لاقتراح لكل تلك الفئات السابقة و غيرها بفكرة محورها كالتالي :

اجتماع تلك الجهات المختلفة في مؤتمر شامل و عام لمدة مناسبة للتوافق حول إستراتيجية موحدة تعمل علي دعم و تطوير و مساندة التقدم الهندسي في مصر و ذلك من خلال الإعداد الجيد والسابق لهذا الحدث الفريد لتعمل كل هذة المنظومة المدنية و الأهلية و الشبة حكومية جنبا الي جنب مع وزارة التعليم العالي والجامعات و المعاهد الهندسية و مدارس الصناعية ، في دفع الصناعة المصرية في مختلف فروعها و أركانها نحو التقدم والريادة و المنافسة مع العالم المتقدم

في النهاية ايها الشباب انت اكثر الفئات الحقيقية علي تحقيق هذة الرؤية و تلك الرسالة بما تملكوه من، الحماسة، والعمل و الشجاعة و حب هذة البلاد

إنما تنجح الفكرة إذا قوي الايمان بها، وتوفر الإخلاص في سبيلها، وازدادت الحماسة لها، ووجد الاستعداد الذي يحمل على التضحية والعمل لتحقيقها. وتكاد تكون هذه الصفات الأربعة: الايمان، والإخلاص، والحماسة، والعمل من خصائص الشباب ، ومن هنا كان الشباب قديمآ و حديثأ في كل أمة عماد نهضتها، وفي كل نهضة سر قوتها

المقال الثاني :مجالات عمل المهندس

2009-02-13T20:55:00.006+02:00

في هذا المقال نتحدث عن مجلات عمل المهندس المختلفة وان كان التركيز علي قسم اتصالات و الكترونيات و الكمبيوتر

المقال الاول : المهارات الأساسية للمهندس

2009-02-11T00:37:00.006+02:00

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله

كنت في تجمع هندسي في الاسكندرية تحت تنظيم مجموعة من طلاب الاكاديمية البحرية للعلوم والتكنولوجيا (ieee student branch )

عن كيف تصبح مهندس ناجح في عملك و كيف تختار مجال العمل المناسب لك .

حاولت اعمل تغطية للحدث لنشر هذة المعلومات الاكثير من رائعة .

اتقدم بشكر خاص جدا للمنظمين للحدث علي هذا المجهود الرائع والتنظيم المحكم و الاعداد القوي للحدث ليصبح بالفعل من أحسن وأفضل الاحداث في مجال ارشاد الطلبة والمهندسين الاختيار مجال العمل ، و أتمني من الله استمرار هذا الحدث و دوام التوفيق للفريق القائم علي التنظيم .

سأقوم ان شاء الله بعمل مجموعة من المقالات لتغطية الحدث وتوفير مواد عن أهم النقاط.

Professional Keys to Success for Engineers

know yourself

English

present yourself (CV , resume , interview , business network , )

presentation skills

communication skills

from Zidny workshop in EED 2009

ICT 2009

2009-02-10T11:39:00.001+02:00

انتظروا التغطية الكاملة

2009-02-10T09:25:00.009+02:00

Leading Your Career, Leading Your Society 09

كيف تختار مجال عملك

Leading Your Career, Leading Your Society differs from conventional Career Initiatives in that its program addresses the engineering careers in depth, pointing out the different options of work for Electrical and Computer Engineering graduates. Sessions are presented by successful engineers in the Telecom, Electronics, Automation and Software Development fields, where they highlight diverse options within each sector and the skills needed to progress in these careers. This information and interaction with practicing engineers provides the students with the 'big picture' of the professional world, motivates them to stretch their knowledge during their undergrad years and recharges their batteries!

كيف تختار مجال عملك وتصبح رائد في هذ المجال.... مما يؤدي الي تطويرالمجتمع
هذ البرنامج دليل لبعض مجالات الهندسة وكيفية العمل فيها و متطلبات العمل فيها و المهارات للازمة للعمل في كل مجال

The Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites 2008 from PC

2009-01-24T20:48:00.012+02:00

هذة قائمة بأحسن المواقع التي تحتوي علي اتجاهات وتكنولوجيات جديدة في عالمك الانترنت ، قد تكون هذة الخدمات والمواقع غير مشهورة ولكن يتوقع الخبراء والمحللين ان يكون لها شأن كبير في المستقبل القريب .

Technology
By Brian Heater

This list of tech Web sites covers all areas of technology, from gaming to gadgets, from DIY to Web development.

Coding Horror
www.codinghorror.com

FixYa
www.fixya.com

Google Operating System
googlesystem.blogspot.com

Hack n Mod
www.hacknmod.com

Malware City
www.malwarecity.com

OhGizmo!
www.ohgizmo.com

Phone Arena
www.phonearena.com

Rock, Paper, Shotgun
www.rockpapershotgun.com

SafeSurfer
www.safesurfer.org

TechDailyDose
techdailydose.nationaljournal.com

Web Designer Wall
www.webdesignerwall.com

Apps and Services

By Kyle Monson

These online tools can simplify your life and your workflow.

Animoto
www.animoto.com

Drop.io
drop.io

Ecosystem: The Netvibes Widget Directory
eco.netvibes.com

Jooce
www.jooce.com

Jott (beta)
www.jott.com

Mux
www.mux.am

PageOnce
www.pageonce.com

Read our review of PageOnce.

Plurk
www.plurk.com

PurpleTrail
www.purpletrail.com

Scrapblog
www.scrapblog.com

Utterz
www.utterz.com

Health and Science
By Kyle Monson

Learn about the world around you and the world within you with these sites.

Atmospheric Optics
www.atoptics.co.uk

CalorieLab

www.calorielab.com

Exploratorium
www.exploratorium.edu

OrganizedWisdom
www.organizedwisdom.com

ZocDoc
www.zocdoc.com

Info, Search, and Reference
By Kyle Monson and Eric Griffith

These sites let you crunch the numbers, analyze the data, or just look up who that one guy is in that one movie.

blippr
www.blippr.com

Common Sense Media
www.commonsensemedia.org

Criminal Searches
www.criminalsearches.com

Damn Interesting
www.damninteresting.com

ExpoTV
www.expotv.com

glassbooth
www.glassbooth.org

Howcast
www.howcast.com

HowToCleanStuff
www.howtocleanstuff.net

NationMaster
www.nationmaster.com

RepairPal
www.repairpal.com

Searchme
www.searchme.com

Viewzi
www.viewzi.com

WhatTheFont
www.whatthefont.com

News
By Kyle Monson

These sites offer timely info, breaking news, and informed opinion.

AMERICAblog
www.americablog.com

MobLogic.tv
www.moblogic.tv

Orato.com
www.orato.com

ScotusBlog
www.scotusblog.com

Townhall.com
www.townhall.com

Truemors
www.truemors.com

Photo
By Eric Griffith

Go ahead and gawk at these visually stunning and technologically innovative sites.

BLDG BLOG
bldgblog.blogspot.com

Boston.com: The Big Picture
www.boston.com/bigpicture

Earth Album
www.earthalbum.com

PicApp
www.picapp.com

SquareAmerica
www.squareamerica.com

Tag Galaxy
www.taggalaxy.de

Social Networking
By Jared Preusz and Kyle Monson

The best sites for making and keeping friends, whether real-world or virtual.

Eons.com
www.eons.com
Eons is a social network geared specifically for baby boomers.

FriendFeed
www.friendfeed.com
We have stared into the social-networking abyss and it is the information overload named FriendFeed.

SocialVibe
www.socialvibe.com
Millions of eyeballs stare at social networks every day, but can they be used for good? SocialVibe thinks so.

SoSauce
www.sosauce.com
SoSauce is a slick social-networking platform for photo and travel enthusiasts.

The Top 100 Classic Web Sites 2008 form PC

2009-01-24T20:23:00.010+02:00

The sites on this list were selected from a list of hundreds of nominees by a committee of PC Magazine editors and analysts. When building this list, we looked for sites that are leaders in their field both in innovation and in the numbers of their readers and/or users. We also looked for sites that are either regularly adding cool features, or started out so unimprovably perfect that they shouldn't ever change

Apps and Services
Fun and Games
Health and Science
Info, Search, and Reference
Lifestyle
Money and Real Estate
Music
News
Photo
Shopping
Social Networking
Technology
Travel and Maps

Technology

This list of tech Web sites covers all areas of technology, from gaming to gadgets, from DIY to Web development.

Ars Technica
www.arstechnica.com
Ars Technica provides some of the most insightful tech analysis on the Web.

AVS Forum
www.avsforum.com
Like all the geekiest forum sites, AVS Forum isn't much to look at.

Broadband Reports
www.dslreports.com
This excellent site has all the info you need to pick the right ISP for your home, office, or municipality.

CNET
www.cnet.com
CNET is one of the premier technology destinations on the Web.

DistroWatch.com
www.distrowatch.com
The definitive Web site for Linux fans, DistroWatch.com keeps track of the ever-expanding universe of Linux distros with news, reviews, and downloads.

Engadget
www.engadget.com
After several years and thousands of upstart competitors, Engadget's no-holds-barred gadget coverage is still the gold standard for tech blogging.

iLounge
www.ilounge.com
iLounge used to be a pleasant little site specializing in all things iPod.

Kotaku
www.kotaku.com
Still our favorite gaming blog, Kotaku is constantly ahead of the pack when it comes to digging up leaked gaming news and info. And it's one of the few blogs whose comments we actually enjoy reading, most of the time.

Lifehacker
www.lifehacker.com
We're sure there was life before Lifehacker, but we're glad our memories of such a cumbersome, frustrating existence have been mercifully stripped away. The blog's steady stream of tech-leaning tips and advice just makes life easier.

MakeUseOf.com
www.makeuseof.com
This technology blog is one of the best on the Web at finding cool, free software and Web apps, and at providing walk-through tutorials for them.

1Up.com
www.1up.com
1Up.com is a sister site of PCMag.com, but screw the conflict of interest: It's the best gaming site on the Web.

PCMag.com
www.pcmag.com
The Web site for PC Magazine includes everything the magazine has built its name on: hands-on product reviews from our PC Magazine Labs, expert commentary, and breaking tech news. But the Web site also offers features that we can't stuff into a magazine, like our award-winning product guides, episodes of DL.TV and Cranky Geeks, PCMag Radio podcasts, our Security Watch blog, and so much more.

Phone Scoop
www.phonescoop.com
With its breaking news coverage and in-depth reviews, Phone Scoop is one of the best and most comprehensive sources for mobile-tech info on the Web.

ProcessLibrary.com
www.processlibrary.com
Need help deciphering the gobbledygook names of processes running on your PC? ProcessLibrary.com can help.

The Register
www.theregister.co.uk

El Reg skewers the tech and IT industry with its perfect mix of in-depth news reporting and snark. And if you're having a bad day on the IT desk, perusing the brilliantly biting headlines on The Register's homepage will serve as the perfect pick-me-up.

Silicon Alley Insider
www.alleyinsider.com
the New York tech community has its own perfectly complementary blog in Silicon Alley Insider, which covers technology with a steely, Wall Street-informed approach.

Slashdot
www.slashdot.org
"News for Nerds" indeed. After 11 years, this user-submitted-CmdrTaco-vetted-news site is still one of the best ways to keep a finger on the pulse of the tech community.

SourceForge.net
www.sourceforge.net
SourceForge.net is the world's foremost repository of open-source software, and the site hosts a near-ridiculous amount of software downloads across many different categories. SourceForge.net also gives users access to the software's source coding, so you can follow along at home or even improve on what's there.

TechCrunch
www.techcrunch.com
In the past couple of years, TechCrunch has grown from a not-so-humble tech blog to a media empire, complete with spin-off brands, events, and heady (but speculative) valuations.

VersionTracker
www.versiontracker.com
Looking for that one utility that can solve all your problems and make your whole life better? Sorry, it doesn't exist. But if you're okay with solving your problems piecemeal and improving your computing experience, go raid VersionTracker's incredible library of freeware utility downloads.

Wired
www.wired.com
The Web site is just as multifaceted as the magazine, covering technology, gadgets, science, environmentalism, gaming, music, movies, politics—all with a cool look and a geeky slant

Apps and Services

These online tools can simplify your life and your workflow.

Bloglines
www.bloglines.com
Looking for a way to keep your obsessive-compulsive blog reading habits under control? Bloglines's browser-based reader will aggregate all of your feeds into two manageable windows, and also lets users forward along those stories that deserve a second read.

Google Calendar
www.google.com/calendar
In 2006, Google streamlined collaborative scheduling the same way it streamlined search and e-mail. Add text message reminders, Gmail integration, and event importing from Outlook and you've got yourself the killer calendar app.
Read our review of Google Calendar.

MediaFire
www.mediafire.com
For the longest time, it seemed that YouSendIt was the only site in the large-file-sending game. MediaFire is everything YouSendIt should be: smooth, user-friendly, and free.

Meebo
www.meebo.com
Once we found this online instant-messaging aggregator, we realized there was no going back. Meebo gives you AIM, Gchat, Yahoo!, MSN, and more, all from the comfort of your browser.
Read our review of Meebo.

Remember The Milk
www.rememberthemilk.com
The reigning king of list-making services, Remember The Milk is extremely customizable, so you can make your to-do lists and get your reminders however you like (text message, Twitter, AIM, e-mail, Skype, and on and on).

Yahoo! Mail
mail.yahoo.com

It takes a lot to bump Google's beloved Gmail from our list, but Yahoo!'s Editors' Choice-winning revamp of its webmail service did the trick. This feature-packed free e-mail service is easily one of the Web's best.
Read our review of Yahoo! Mail.

YouConvertIt
www.youconvertit.com
For audio, video, images, and docs, YouConvertIt is a dead-simple way to change the file format into something you can use.

Zoho
www.zoho.com
Zoho brings full-featured office apps online. Along with the standard word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation programs, the suite also gives users tools for note taking, wiki creating, project management, and more.

Info, Search, and Reference

These sites let you crunch the numbers, analyze the data, or just look up who that one guy is in that one movie.

Dictionary.com
www.dictionary.com
There is no excuse for misusing or misspelling words—not if you have an Internet connection, anyhow. This is the free destination on the Web for dictionary searches (you get results from a variety of top-name dictionaries). But that's not all: It's packed with other tools, like thesauri, encyclopedias, translators, and much, much more.

Fact Check
www.factcheck.org
The fact is, politics is all about spin. The fact is, "spin" is a euphemism for "deception." The fact is, there's at least one great site on the Web, one nonpartisan, nonprofit site, that can help you unspin the gibberish that will assault your ears during this year's U.S. presidential election campaign (and the gibberish that comes from politics in general). The fact is, that site is Fact Check.

Google Universal Search
www.google.com
Google continues to crush all comers in the search field.

How Stuff Works
www.howstuffworks.com
This site is packed with science and trivia of every sort, from debunking the onion-powered iPod to articles on the history of Beijing's underground city. But the main strength of How Stuff Works is indeed the articles that live up to its name. This is the place you'll go if you care to know how GPS works, how your cubicle can make you sick, or even how performance-enhancing drugs work.

Instructables
www.instructables.com
The coolest site on the Web for how-tos. If you're looking for a new project, whether it's how to grow delicious peppers or how to modify your Xbox for rapid-fire cheating in first-person shooters, Instructables is the place to look. Best of all, it's a DIY site in the sense that anyone can contribute a project.
Read our review of Instructables.

Internet Archive
www.archive.org
This nonprofit site provides free access to a ton of great content, from live Dead shows to Washington Irving's Sketch Book. The site's showcase (and the feature nearest and dearest to our hearts) remains, however, the Wayback Machine, which hosts snapshots of Web sites throughout time—over 85 billion of them.

The Internet Movie Database
www.imdb.com
Where can you find out what year Clint Eastwood appeared on Mr. Ed, or what Woody's next movie is going to be, and when it'll appear? The answer is the IMDB. It's the source, par excellence, for information about movies and television and the actors, directors, producers, and even miscellaneous crew who make entertainment entertaining. The answers, by the way, are 1959 and Whatever Works, in 2009.

The Smoking Gun
www.thesmokinggun.com
The Freedom of Information Act may sound like a boring old way to guarantee that our political and legal systems are transparent and open, but this site rescues FOI from such dull obscurity by misusing it to obtain and publish the best, most salacious sorts of legal documents out there. You'll see full texts of celebrity divorce filings and lawsuits (think Alex Rodriguez), shocking non-celeb legal docs (think man turns in mother for bestiality), and roundups of the best mug shots of the week.

Snopes
www.snopes.com
Did Barack Obama's touch actually heal hundreds of the blind, deaf, and cancerous? Did John McCain really characterize himself as a war criminal who has bombed innocent women and children? Did Coca-Cola ever really contain cocaine? Snopes is the best site on the Web for debunking or confirming these sorts of rumors, myths, and urban legends.

Urban Dictionary
www.urbandictionary.com
Some words and phrases are just not appropriate for regular reference books or Web sites, but don't fret: Urban Dictionary can help. From the mundane slang to the most offensive made-up terminology, you'll find multiple, optional definitions. And you're likely to learn some new things you didn't want to know about in the bargain.

Wikipedia
www.wikipedia.org

I admit to being initially skeptical of a reference site created by its members, but Wikipedia won me (and the rest of the Internet) over. Articles are ceaselessly vetted and edited by an extremely (some might say rabidly) enthusiastic community of user-editors who make this one of the handiest reference sites on the Web.

Photo

These sites have the tools to help every level of shutterbug, from professional photographer to camera-phone user.

Digital Photography Review
www.dpreview.com
Celebrating its tenth birthday this November, Digital Photography Review is hands down one of the most influential—and popular—camera sites on the Internet. You'll find in-depth reviews of all kinds of camera gear, product announcements, and tips from photography pros in the discussion forums.

Flickr
www.flickr.com
This Yahoo!-owned photo-sharing site just keeps getting better. The latest big feature addition is video uploading, letting Flickr users share their video clips alongside their photos.
Read our review of Flickr.

SmugMug
www.smugmug.com
SmugMug lets users share their photos with the world, order photo-centric gifts, and even make a little extra cash on the side.

Social Networking

The best sites for making and keeping friends, whether real-world or virtual.

Facebook
www.facebook.com
What started as a gathering place for college kids has in the past 12 months become a MySpace-killing social-networking platform the likes of which the Web has never seen. It's a rare social network that can be considered cool by high-school students and their parents both. Whether the third-party apps and the recent profile redesign make the service better or worse is up for debate, but what we do know is that Facebook is the social network of the moment, and it has an army of third-party developers who are invested in its success.
Read our review of Facebook.

LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com
The social network for professionals has been slow to add new features and capabilities, and that's just the way its users like it. No music playing in the background, no blinking Flash modules, no SuperPokes, just simple, intuitive online networking.
Read our review of LinkedIn.

Twitter
www.twitter.com
This loved and reviled "microblogging" service lets users post off-the-cuff updates for their friends and followers to read. And with its combination of big-name Twitterers like CNN and hundreds of thousands of regular users, Twitter is an unparalleled source for breaking news. If there's an earthquake in L.A., a celebrity death in New York, or a happy hour in San Francisco, chances are good that Twitter will have the news first.
Read our review of Twitter.

Shopping

Most of the best deals are online, and these Web sites will help you find them.

Amazon.com
www.amazon.com
Writers and publishers may revile this site for its reputed strong-arm tactics, but there's no better site on the Web for buying books, movies, music, and much, much more.

craigslist
www.craigslist.org
There's almost nothing you can't find on craigslist, the premier site for buying used junk, hooking up with used people, renting used apartments, and finding services to use. In fact, the longer you look, the more likely you are to find something that you not only didn't know existed, but that you wish you could un-know.

Dynamism
www.dynamism.com
It's a truism that the U.S. lags behind Japan when it comes to cool tech like cell phones, laptops, and similar gadgets. If you don't feel like waiting years for a cool piece of tech to make it to the U.S. and can't figure out how to order from a Japanese Web site, chances are good that you can find it on Dynamism.

Etsy
www.etsy.com
This site is undoubtedly the best place on the Web to find and buy handmade, one-of-a-kind treasures of all sorts. And if you're the DIY type who makes handmade, one-of-a-kind treasures, you can sell them here, too!

Google Product Search
www.google.com/products
The site formerly known as Froogle is Google's stab at shopping and a good alternative to both eBay and Amazon. Type in just about any product you can think of and Google will list hundreds, if not thousands of vendors who'll sell it to you via the Web. You can sort by price, relevance, product rating, and seller rating.

ThinkGeek
www.thinkgeek.com

If you're into cool, kitschy, geeky, and/or nerdy technology, this is the shopping site for you. My personal favorites on the day I wrote this were the laser-guided scissors (Flowbee begone!) and the Annoy-a-tron, which is a small, easily hidden gadget that generates an annoying beep at random intervals—guaranteed to annoy

Health and Science

Learn about the world around you and the world within you with these sites.

NASA
www.nasa.gov
Start with the NASA's First Fifty Years interactive feature and then dive into the full gamut of goods, especially the stuff for teachers and students. There's more than simple space exploration here, but that is naturally where the site shines, with news stories aplenty about the latest and historical happenings on the moon, Mars, and beyond. Coming soon: You can watch as astronauts make the last planned mission to the Hubble Space Telescope for repairs and updates.

ScienceDaily
www.sciencedaily.com
ScienceDaily isn't like other news sites—after all, few have a section called "Fossils & Ruins" (though CNN.com might have one in the form of the Larry King Live updates). From space to nano and all the areas in between, ScienceDaily aggregates and adapts stories from around the Web and the world, leaving no bit of science unexplored.

WebMD
www.webmd.com
One area of health care not in crisis: self-diagnosis! WebMD and its Symptom Checker are probably the best tools available to budding hypochondriacs and even real sick people to get a handle on what's eating them (perhaps literally, from the inside out) without resorting to actual medical professionals.

News

These sites offer timely info, breaking news, and informed opinions.

CNN.com
www.cnn.com
It's like cable news and a newspaper got together and made a baby on the Internet. CNN.com has the best of both: video news footage and timely articles.

Digg
www.digg.com
The user-driven news service and Web 2.0 pioneer presents news in a democratic, vote-powered style that has been mimicked across the Web. Digg has suffered its share of controversy—even user revolts—but only because its many readers are so passionate about the service.

Drudge Report
www.drudgereport.com
Around in various forms since 1994, The Drudge Report breaks important stories like no one around. When Matt Drudge posts about politics, people pay attention.

Google News
news.google.com
Google is your one-stop source for aggregated news content, pulled from news sources around the world as well as from credible blogs. If it ain't up here, it probably didn't happen.

Huffington Post
www.huffingtonpost.com
It's been called "the most influential blog in the world," and HuffPo's list of contributors reads like a who's who in the fields of politics, journalism, and entertainment.

NPR
www.npr.org
NPR's site is a fantastic cross section of original content and, as you'd expect from the Web site for National Public Radio, podcasts galore.

NYTimes.com
www.nytimes.com
The Web site of record, the NYTimes.com has all the news that's fit to code.

Slate Magazine
www.slate.com

It may be owned by The Washington Post, but this online current affairs magazine is anything but stodgy, with sharp opinion writing and more than a little wit.

CertCities.com's 4th Annual Readers' Choice Awards

2009-01-24T11:42:00.003+02:00

12/7/2005 -- Every year, we gather your collective opinion about which IT certifications are the best in our annual reader survey. What program is worthy of your respect? What and who are the best exam preparation resources and resource providers?

Though the field has a lot of good things to offer, here are the crème de la crème. Congratulations to all of this year’s winners and finalists.

Most Respected High-Level Certification
Winner: Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
Finalists: Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), (ISC)2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Best Entry-Level Certification
Winner: CompTIA A+
Finalists: Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Best Mid-Level Networking Certification
Winner: Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Finalists: Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), CompTIA Server+

Best Developer Certification
Winner: Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD)
Finalists: Oracle Forms Developer, Sun Certified Java Developer (SCJD)

Best Database Certification
Winner: Oracle Certified Professional, Database Administrator (OCP DBA)
Finalists: Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA), MySQL Professional Certification

Best Internet Certification
Winner: Adobe Dreamweaver Developer
Finalists: Prosoft Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) Professional, CompTIA i-Net+

Best Security Certification
Winner: (ISC)2 CISSP
Finalists: Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP), Microsoft MCSE: Security

Best Linux/Unix Certification
Winner: Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
Finalists: Sun Certified Systems Administrator, Solaris (SCSA Solaris), CompTIA Linux+

Best Overall Certification Program
Winner: Cisco

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2009-01-24T10:55:00.005+02:00