Applications

1. backpackit.com
2. basecamphq.com
3. tadalist.com
4. docs.google.com
5. softwaregarden.com/wkcalpha

Blogs: reading

1. technorati.com
2. icerocket.com
3. newsgator.com
4. google.com/reader
5. bloglines.com

Blogs: writing

1. wordpress.org
2. blogger.com
3. vox.com
4. statcounter.com
5. google.com/analytics

Email

1. mail.google.com
2. mail.yahoo.com
3. mail.live.com
4. bluebottle.com
5. tempinbox.com/english

Gaming

1. gametab.com
2. pocketgamer.co.uk
3. gamasutra.com
4. gamefaqs.com
5. esrb.org/ratings/index.jsp

Maps

1. maps.google.co.uk
2. streetmap.co.uk
3. multimap.com
4. ordnancesurvey.co.uk
5. npemap.org.uk

News: mainstream

1. news.bbc.co.uk
2. nytimes.com
3. news.google.co.uk
4. english.ohmynews.com
5. nowpublic.com

News: recommendation

1. digg.com
2. reddit.com
3. memeorandum.com
4. megite.com
5. findory.com

Offbeat

1. snopes.com
2. ringsurf.com
3. theweirdsite.com
4. theonion.com
5. b3ta.com

Politics

1. theyworkforyou.com
2. publicwhip.org.uk
3. 5thnovember.blogspot.com
4. no2id.net
5. editthis.info/nhs_it_info

Public action

1. pledgebank.com
2. petitions.pm.gov.uk
3. hearfromyourmp.com
4. netaction.org
5. timebank.org.uk

Radio

1. bbc.co.uk/radio
2. shoutcast.com
3. radio-locator.com
4. live-radio.net
5. reciva.com

Recommendation: music

1. last.fm
2. pandora.com
3. liveplasma.com
4. audiomap.tuneglue.net
5. goombah.com

Reference

1. en.wikipedia.org
2. encyclopedia.com
3. martindalecenter.com
4. onelook.com
5. infobel.com/teldir

Science

1. alphagalileo.org
2. eurekalert.org
3. space.com
4. nasa.gov/home
5. realclimate.org

Search

1. google.co.uk
2. search.yahoo.com
3. search.msn.co.uk
4. blinkx.com
5. ask.com

Social software

1. myspace.com
2. bebo.com
3. habbo.com
4. friendster.com
5. linkedin.com

Video

1. youtube.com
2. revver.com
3. brightcove.com
4. currenttv.com
5. videojug.com

Virtual worlds

1. secondlife.com
2. habbohotel.co.uk
3. worldofwarcraft.com
4. thesimsonline.com
5. eqplayers.station.sony.com/index.vm