Finetune is an interesting new online music station service. You create playlists and combine them with those of others to make up a station. There’s also the inevitable community cum recommendation cum tag thread running through it all, but for some reason it’s quite an interesting thing to play around with. I’m not sure how much extra it gives over something like Pandora, which may not have as many customisation options, but lets you listen to music in your taste-band just as…

Flickr Tag Browser. Neat and fast way to search the massive Flickr image database without losing your hair or your patience. Nice simple interface too. Props. Tags: flickr, tags, tag+finder

A nice little broadband Internet speed test from DSL Reports. Flash or Java available. If this one doesn’t suit your palate, here’s a list of international broadband speed tests from across the globe for you to try. Tags: broadband, dsl+speed+test, cable+adsl

Yotophoto is a specialist image search engine with an index of more than a quarter of a million Creative Commons, Public Domain, GNU FDL and other copyleft images from places like Flickr, Morguefile, sxc.hu etc. Great resource if you’re looking for a meta search facility for pictures. [Thanks Tom]  Yotophoto is a search engine for free-to-use stock photographs and images. These are images that are either in the Public Domain or released under generous Creative Commons, GNU FDL or similar licenses…Our goal is…

OldVersion.com is an archive of older versions of popular software packages, for those times when a newer version simply won’t work for you. I love the idea of a history machine for programs, especially since new version bloat often results in an inferior product. Definitely worth a bookmark.  Sometimes upgrading to a newer version can be a good thing. Other times, your computer may not be compatible with the new version, the new version is bloated, or all the options you liked…

Zuula Search actually doesn’t look half bad, especially since it’s just giving you the standard search engine results in a fancier tabbed layout. Quite a nice design and a few extra features (like automatically stored recent searches) make it a cut above the usual search clones.   * How is Zuula different from a “meta” search engine? Zuula allows you to browse through your search results from the top search engines individually, while a meta search engine uses an algorithm…