Links to Useful and Amusing Sites

I spend a fair bit of time surfing the Internet. Here are some sites I like, for various reasons. I have tried to categorise them to some extent. This first link is to associated organisations, companies I am in some way associated with (this link takes you to my Professional Services page). Strongly recommended (five ***** stars) are in red.

Newspapers

The websites of the major newspapers are a fabulous source of news. Google News is great.

The Sydney Morning Herald. Still the world's best newspaper *****	www.smh.com.au
The Age. Melbourne's attempt at a quality newspaper ***	www.theage.com.au
Google News: Summary of news from the word's newspapers *****	http://news.google.com
The Australian. Australia's national newspaper ***	www.theaustralian.news.com.au
The Australian Financial Review. Australia's financial newspaper ***	http://afr.com
The Times. Owned by Murdoch, but still The Times ***	www.timesonline.co.uk
The Guardian. The world's best left-wing quality newspaper ****	www.guardian.co.uk
The New York Times. "All the news that's fit to print" ***	www.nytimes.com

Other News

Non-newspaper wesbites often do a good job, though the newspapers, with a print mentality, are generally better. But these ones tend to be updated more often.

ABC online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation ***	www.abc.net.au
BBC: Still the world's most reliable news source ****	http://news.bbc.co.uk
Deutsche Welle: A German perspective (in English) ***	http://dw-world.de/english

Sport

Most websites of sporting bodies are pretty bad. And most of the general worldwide sports sites, like ESPN, are very US-oriented. Cricinfo, though, is in a class of its own. Little wonder it is one of the world;s most popular websites.

Cricinfo. The authoratative website on cricket, the world's best game *****	www.cricinfo.com
ARU. Australian Rugby Union **	www.aru.com.au
AFL. Australian Football League (Aussie Rules) ***	www.afl.com.au

Miscellaneous Services

The IT Industry

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