Computer search tools
Computers
(52 sites)
AnandTech
- Hardware analysis and news. Search for articles or for user posts on the forums. Searches for articles by default
Ant Task help pages
- Display Ant Task help pages.
ARIN Whois Database Search
- Search the Arin Whois database at
www.arin.net/whois
Astalavista
- Search Astalavista for software cracks and patches.
Example : arin 192.23.168.001
Borland Newsgroups
- Search the Borland Newsgroup Database. Results are sorted by rank and article.
C/C++ Reference
- Search cppreference.com
CNET Download.com
- Search CNET's shareware archive for Windows software. (By the way, it wouldn't hurt if you felt like posting a positive review of this product there.)
CodeProject (CP)
- Search CodeProject for source code, samples and tutorials
Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
- Search CPAN for Perl software. Searches for modules by default.
DHTML reference at Microsoft
- Lookup a DHTML item reference on the MS site
DHTML reference at the World Wide Web Consortium
- Lookup a DHTML item reference on the W3.org site
DNSStuff.com
- Perform a wide variety of DNS lookups.
Examples:
dns 192.168.1.1 /rep
dns adclick.net /whois
DynaGen Domain Search
- DynaGen will find variations of domain names for any word or domain name.
Foldoc
- Free On-Line dictionary of computing.
Freshmeat.net
- Search open source projects on Freshmeat.net.
GeekTools Whois
- Whois service by GeekTools. Searches can be done by IP or domain name
GeoPinpoint
- Get a Physical Location to an IP address.
Examples:pinp 207.46.230.220
HotScripts.com
- Search for code snippets in a multitude of programming languages. Searches all languages by default.
Information Security
- The authority in security news, insight and analysis.
Javascript reference
- Search references of various flavors of Javascript.
JDK Javadoc Search
- Search Sun's JDK Javadoc. Uses Google.
Linux man pages
- Search Linux man pages.
Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN)
- Search for articles on the MSDN.
Microsoft Discussion List Archive
- Search the discuss.microsoft.com archive
Microsoft Knowledge Base
- Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base using either a regular search expression or a 6-digit "Q" code.
MySQL Reference
- Lookup on mysql.com.
O'Reilly.com Search
- Search O'Reilly.com for articles, books, etc.
Example:/all [default]
/book
/art
PalmGear.com
- Search PalmGear.com for software.
PC Magazine
- Search the PC Magazine archives.
PHP Reference
- Lookup on php.net.
Rex Swain's HTTP Viewer
- See exactly what an HTTP request returns to your browser.
RFC/STD/FYI/BCP Archives
- Internet RFC/STD/FYI/BCP Archives
Sam Spade Whois Utility
- Check internet addresses using SamSpade.org.
Sourceforge.net
- Search or go to open source projects on SourceForge.net.
SQLTeam.com
- SQL server reference search.
TechWeb Encyclopedia
- TechEncyclopedia More than 20,000 IT terms
The File Extension Source
- Lookup the meaning of Windows/DOS file extensions.
Tom's Hardware
- Search Articles at Tom's Hardware.com
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weakxp.com
- Search the tweak database on tweakxp.com
Uniplus DNS
- Dig on a DNS address
Virus Bulletin
- Independent Anti-Virus Advice.
Example:
vir klez
Webmonkey
- Webmonkey search.
Webopedia
- Seach the weboopedia for technical terms and links
WebPerform Webpoll
- Webpoll displays a graph illustrating the timings of the objects on a web page.
What's This Site Running?
- Check Netcraft's "Whats this site running?" HTTPD database for a specific web site to get information on a web server.
Whatis.com
- Definitions for IT-related words Example: whatis 42
WHOIS Domain Lookup
- Use BetterWhois.com to lookup domain contact and DNS server information.
Example: whois karynova.com
WhoIs.Userland.Com
- Get whois information from WhoIs.Userland.Com
Windows Guide Network
- Search Windows Guide Network for technical resources and support to tweak, manage and secure the Windows operating system.
WotSit's File Format Reference
- Search WotSit's Format - Programmers File Format Reference.
ZDNet Downloads
- Search Ziff-Davis Net for software. Searches for Windows software by default.
Example: zdn quicktime /mac
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