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A new social network from google with a more fine-grained relationships model than twitter or facebook called circles.God sharing features and also useful connectivity features for collaboration such as hangouts. +1 button on web sites makes it easy to share when web browsing and control who you share with.

PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB drives. Recommended for EG-353 Research Project students by Dr Chris P. Jobling. Make sure that you always have a decent web browser!

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Because it's based on Netvibes, this resource for Engineering postgrads is bit more dynamic than the library web pages. Don't be put off by the title, most of the resources are applicable to undergraduate research and dissertation projects.

Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work - in the web browser itself.

The open-source browser that, with the help of extensions, can be extended to become a valuable part of your research arsenal.