AWARE Competitive Intelligence Resources
Favourite non-business & Fun Sites

This list gives a number of favourite sites, sites that link to us and non-business / CI-related sites that we have found particularly interesting. If you would like to be included on this page, include our site on your pages and contact us. We'll take a look at your pages and if we feel that they are suitable, then we will add them to this page or one of our other pages.

We hope that you enjoy the links on these pages or find them useful. We have attempted to categorise sites by subject. You should also check out our competitive intelligence links site - giving a number of great links for competitive & marketing intelligence professionals.

If you are interested in learning more about using the Internet and online sources for competitive intelligence research, contact us. Or visit our Services Page to see how we can help you today!

General Reference Material, etc.

• weather.com - Check the weather world-wide
• London Air Quality Pollution Bulletins
• Current time around the World and standard time zones map of the world
  
  
• BugMeNot.com - Access free subscriptions sites with a generic password
  
• eSpares - Keep old appliances working by buying replacement spare parts
  
  History, Locations, Names, etc.
• Surname Profiler - Locate where surames come from and their origins in the UK
• Our Property.co.uk - free house prices from Land Registry data, etc.
• The Holocaust History Project Homepage The Holocaust History Project is a free archive of documents, photographs, recordings, and essays regarding the Holocaust, including direct refutation of Holocaust denial.
• The UK National Archives | Home Page - The National Archives of the United Kingdom where you can find out about a thousand years of British and World history are at your fingertips

Telephone Directories, etc.

• International Country Dialing Codes
• International White and Yellow Pages
• Infobel World - Telephone Directories - worldwide phone books, etc.
  
  
• Non-Geographical Alternative Telephone Numbers
• Compare UK telephone call rates
  
  
• US Voicemail Cheats to get through
• Cold Calling Counter Script

Travel Information - Hotels, Airports, Flights, etc.

• CHEAP FLIGHTS, air tickets and travel advice
• TravelSupermarket - Cheap Flights, Car Hire and Cheap Hotels
• TravelJungle - Your fare comparison system for the best rates online
• Expedia Travel
• Travelocity
• Lastminute.com - last minute holidays and flights
• Laterooms.com - last minute hotel bookings
• Priceline.co.uk - bid for the best price hotel (or flight via Priceline.com)
  
  Guides
• Fodors
• City Search
• Digital City
• Lonely Planet
• ViaMichelin
• TripAdvisor
  
  
• World66 - the travel guide YOU write
  
  London Airports / Flight information, etc.
• London Luton Airport
• London City Airport (LCY)
• BAA Heathrow: Welcome to Heathrow Airport
• BAA Gatwick: Welcome to Gatwick Airport
• BAA Stansted: Welcome to Stansted Airport
  
  
• Internet-Only Fares (USA/Canada)
• Low cost airlines in Europe, Asia, USA, Canada
• SeatGuru! - information on airline seets, in-flight amenities, legroom, etc.

Miscellaneous Business Sites, etc.

• Lifehacker, the Productivity and Software GuideHints & tips for creating better presentations.
• Presentation Zen: Find quotations for presentations?
  
• Better Business - A major resource for smaller businesses and independent professionals from the publishers of Better Business magazine.
• ActiveInformation - Publishers of newsletters, company magazines and more, aimed at helping small (and large) businesses grow and succeed through knowledge and active information.
• Sun Tzu and the Art of Business - Lessons from the Chinese warrior for today's business world
• New Product Development - Body of Knowledge - A useful collection of papers on NPD and strategy.
• I don't feel 50 - Help for over 50's seeking employment
  
  
• AMAZON Online Bookshop - buy from over 1 million books online!
• AMAZON UK
  
  
• Online MBA Program: Business Education / Top Business Schools MBA Online Business Schools offers you the ability to search top business schools for the business class requirements to earn your executive MBA or business degree.
  
  
• Copyscape - Website Plagiarism Search - Web Site Content Copyright Protection
  
  
• Charity corporate Christmas e-Cards supporting Cancer Research UK
  
  
• E-mail security certificates

Entertainment listings

• onthebox - The definitive UK TV listings guide, 160 UK channels
• UK Theatre Web - What's on in the UK Theatre
• Movies/Cinema Database - Cinema reviews and information
  
• Movie Trailers

Kids Stuff, Information for school projects & Computer Games

• Yahooligans! - Yahoo's kid's search engine
  
  
• Discovery Kids
• PBS Kids
• Disney
• Scholastic.com
• HowStuffWorks
• National Geographic Magazine
• Smithsonian Institution
  
  Computer Games
• Digital Seed Entertainment - Tactics Arena Online (also at: http://www.tacticsarena.com/play/)
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - The Adventure Game
• Runescape - a multi-player role playing game.
• Rune Tips: Wilderness map - Runesape Fan site
• Lemmings! The classic game
  
  Schools
• Queen Elizabeth Boys Grammar School, Barnet, London
• Hasmonean High School, London

Apple & Computer Stuff

• Apple Computer Support Pages
• Macintosh Products Guide
• Mac OS X Downloads
• Microsoft Mactopia - Microsoft's dedicated pages for the Mac
• Macworld - Apple Mac news
• Mac Home - MacHome Magazine - Apple Reviews, Tips and News, etc.
• MacAddict - Apple Mac Magazine
• MacTech - Apple Mac technical information magazine
• O'Reilly - O'Reilley's pages aimed at Mac Developers and open source development.

Humourous & Fun Sites

• Dihydrogen Monoxide Research and Information on the threats posed by DHMO
• GEOCOMTEX - Spoof Business Web-site
• Welcome to Torchwood House - Spoof Tourist Web-site
• Jackson Pollock by Miltos Manetas - original flash animation by Michal Migurski
• TIME.com: 50 Coolest Websites
• Pandora Internet Radio - Find New Music, Listen to Free Web Radio - Pandora is the music discovery service that helps you find new music based on your old and current favorites. Create custom internet radio stations, listen free.
• Number Logic - Sudoku

We try and keep all links up-to-date. However sites frequently change or disappear. Please let us know if you find any dead links, or if you want us to add your site onto any of our source pages.