how to translate text or websites

Paste text into the text box and select the language you'd like the text to be translated into.

Alternately, you can enter a website's url and Google will translate the whole site for you. Google currently supports the following languages:

 

 

 

From the site:

English to/from Arabic
English to/from Chinese (Simplified)
English to/from Chinese (Traditional)
English to/from Dutch
English to/from French
English to/from German
English to/from Greek
English to/from Italian
English to/from Korean
English to/from Japanese
English to/from Russian
English to/from Spanish
English to and from Portuguese
Chinese (Simplified) to/from Chinese (Traditional)
German to/from French
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How to keep track of your favourite tv shows

This site allows you to select from a long list of tv shows and it then produces and RSS feed that will let you know when your shows are on next. A bit like an RSS tv guide.
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How to search multiple search engines at once

Enter your search term at the top and see the results from Google, Yahoo, Technorati, Ask, YouTube, Truveo, Flickr, Blinkx, Ice Rocket, Digg, Topix, Newsvine and Tweetscan all on one page. You can customize the location of the results and bookmark the page for future searches.
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Redesign Your Room Online

Design your room in 3d or upload a photo. This tool allows you to add all kinds of furniture and accessories, try out different wll colours and much more. You see a 2d and a 3d view via a movable camera.
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How to map your family tree

Over at it's our tree you can map your family tree online for free. Just sign up and start adding family members according to their relationship. Zoom in and out of your family tree.
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How to convert any unit to anything

How many litres in a gallon? Feet in a metre? Convert almost any type of unit here.

Including:

Area Bits & Bytes Density Energy Force Length

Power Mass Pressure Speed Temperature Volume

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How to clean up your hard drive

CCleaner cleans out unnecessary files that not only take up space but can impact performance. Fully configurable and of course, FREE!

 

Here's what it found on my 3 year old computer:

Yes, that's an astonishing amount of unneeded clutter. In the end it removed about 7 gigabytes of files though you will probably not see these kind of results.

I should note that the next time I ran it the scan was completed in under 3 seconds

Removes, among other things (From the site):

From Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera:
Temporary files, URL history, cookies, Autocomplete form history, index.dat. 

From Windows:
Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files and Log files. 
Registry cleaner
Advanced features to remove unused and old entries, including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more... also comes with a comprehensive backup feature. 
Third-party applications
Removes temp files and recent file lists (MRUs) from many apps including Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, MS Office, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and many more... 
100% Spyware FREE
This software does NOT contain any Spyware, Adware or Viruses.

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How to chat on any instant messaging service

Meebo is a free web based instant messager that allows you to sign into aim, Yahoo, Google talk or msn, all for free and in your broswer. Great for use in internet cafes that don't have your IM software installed.
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Create a CD from any music format

Pepsky Free Audio Converter will allow you to create a standard or MP3 music CD from any number of formats. It also does a lott more, like simple audio file conversion and CD ripping.

It supports a large number of formats including:
WAV, MP3, AIF, WMA, AAC, AIF, VOC, FLAC, M4A, OGG, AU, FLV, and now also APE.
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How to easily share large Files

File Dropper bills itself as "The simplest file hosting website ever" Simply upload a file and you will get a link to download the file that you can use later to retrieve your file or share it with someone. This free file hosting service allows you to upload files up to 5GB in size!

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How to find the cheapest airfare

Farecast let's you search for and compare flight tickets to and from the destination of your choice amongst the major online ticket agents

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Also try these excellent sites for multiple airfare searches:

bookingbuddy.com
vayama.com
kayak.com
Momondo.com
dohop.com
yapta.com (Will track fares and send you alerts when they change)
Hotwire.com
Farechase

How to find free Wi-Fi internet access hotspots

Enter your city or postal/zip code and you will be presented with a great list of free Wi-Fi Hotspots.

For now it seems to be quite US-centric but I imagine that will change. Don't forget that you will of course, need to be online when you do the search!
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How to convert your presentation to video

Would you like to put your PowerPoint presentation on the YouTube? Or perhaps on your website, blog or iPod? Sign up with authorSTREAM, upload your presentation and download your video!
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How to synchronize files between computers

If you use multiple computers and want to make sure the files are updated on all of them (work and home for example) Syncplicity allows you to do it effortlessly...and for free!

from the site:

• Syncplicity offers unlimited storage.
• No configuration is required.
• Works with the folders & websites you do.
• Exclude any folder, keep syncing the rest.
• Just one click to sync or share.
• One click for intuitive, elegant status.
  
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How to find a job online

Indeed is a new job search that searches multiple online job sites. Enter your profession and location and search.

The advanced search option gives you a slew of great options to narrow down your job search should you need to.

including:

• With all of these words
• With the exact phrase
• With at least one of these words   
• With none of these words   
• With these words in the title   
• From this company       
• Show jobs of type    
• Show jobs from
• Distance from city
• Age of posting

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U.S. job search
Canadian job search

How to find sounds

Want to replace your system sounds, identify a bird call or need a sound effect for your home video? Findhounds.com allows you to search through over 1 million sounds and sound effects.

How to backup your email online

Amic email is a FREE email backup with support for all the major email clients.

From the site:
Amic Email Backup can save emails, address book, settings, mail and news accounts, message rules, blocked senders lists and signatures to a single, compact, compressed backup file that can be easily restored when necessary.

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How to save money on your cell phone bill

If you live in the U.S. Enter a few statistics about your cellphone usage and  Billshrink.com will show you all the options available in your zip code. You can even import data from your phone bill and it will analyze your potential savings.

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How to share a large file online

Senduit allows you to temporarily and privately,  share a file, up to 100 MB in size online. Sign up, upload your file and share the link with friends or family. No need to remember to delete it, simply choose the expiration date from 30 minutes to one week.

How to choose the right time for a meeting

Just click the grid for all the times that are good for you and whenisgood.net then sends you a link to circulate to all the desired participants. They see your proposed times and click on when they are free. You see the combined results

 

Features (from the site)

• Eats time zone confusion - perfect for international conference calls
• Beautiful personalised URLs for each of your events
  You write the invitations - no cheesy automatic emails
• Free for basic usage