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Finding what you're looking for on the internet can be quite a daunting task. We've made it a little easier by selecting a few of our favorite sites.
New Employee Forms

W4
I9

Government Links

The Internal Revenue Service
Social Security Administration
U.S. Small Business Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce
Federal Consumer Information Center

Consumer Advice Links

Consumer World
Realestate.answers.com
AutoAdvice Car Buyers Guide

Internet Resource Links

The Best Search Engine - Metacrawler
HotMail
E-Bay
Priceline
Ensuring Fair Insurance Rates

News, Newspapers, And Magazines

CNN.com
New York Times
The Newspaper Association of America

Pathfinder Site
Money Magazine

Software Links

QuickBooks
Tucows
C/Net Software
Download.com

AVG Anti-Virus
Ardamax Keylogger

Education Links

SavingForCollege.com
National Council of Higher Education

 

New Employee Forms


W4

Use this form to determine employee's federal income tax withholding.
This form requires Adobe PDF Reader. If you do not have it, you may
download it here.

I9
All employees must complete this form at time of hire for the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
This form requires Adobe PDF Reader. If you do not have it, you may
download it here.
 
Government Links


The Internal Revenue Service
Downloadable tax forms and publications as well as a lot of great tax advice.
 
Social Security Administration
Learn how the Social Security Administration can help with your retirement, medicare, disability, survivorship and other benefit questions.
 
U.S. Small Business Administration
You don't need an MBA to use the SBA. This site outlines everything in plain English. The SBA site contains a wealth of information for entrepreneurs and small business owners.
 
U.S. Department of Commerce
A thorough overview of the Commerce Department and the organizations under its banner
 
Federal Consumer Information Center
Not only a catalog of free and low-cost federal publications of consumer interest, but also a wealth of information on other subjects such as product recalls, the latest scams and frauds, and more.
 

Consumer Advice Links

Consumer World
Before you purchase a product or service, spend a few minutes at Consumer World and save yourself the agony of buyer remorse. Research rates and comparison shop until you drop, for everything - cars, travel, credit cards and much more.
 
ABC's of Real Estate
Ad-free, in depth, step-by-step tutorials on buying, selling, and mortgaging your home. The site includes a comprehensive glossary of Real Estate terminology. A must visit site for homeowners or prospective home buyers!
 
AutoAdvice Car Buyers Guide
This site, while not ad free, has first rate advice to car buyers. It is sponsored by a company that provides quotes on cars. Nevertheless it is the best source of information we've been able to find on the net for car buyers and is written in plain English, including buy vs. lease, shopping around, negotiating, top ten mistakes made by car buyers, sneaky stuff to look out for, and more.
 

Internet Resource Links
The Best Search Engine - Metacrawler
Named the search engine of search engines. Metacrawler provides fast and efficient searching on multiple search engines like Yahoo, Alta Vista, Excite, and more.
 
HotMail
Free e-mail accounts from Microsoft.
 
E-Bay
The buy and sell all of the internet auctions, trades, and commerce. Accounts start with $10 of credit!
 
Priceline
Name your price on airplane tickets, cars, mortgages, hotel rooms, and home equity loans!
 
Ensuring Fair Insurance Rates
Quotesmith Corp.'s site provides instant rates from 375 companies in the following areas: auto, medial, Medicare supplement, life (no physical exam required), and term life. Current fixed and annuity rates are also available.
 

News, Newspapers, And Magazines
CNN.com
CNN.com is the best place for up to the minute news. Superb coverage of major world events as well as a link to local news.
 
New York Times
An eight page digest of the New York Times presenting the highlights of the front-page articles, the top foreign, national and business news, sports, results, the daily crossword puzzle, and a selection of editorials and commentaries.
 
The Newspaper Association of America
The Newspaper Association of America provides a large list of U.S. magazines with Web sites. Some contain the full content and back issues of the publication and others are little more than advertising brochures. Most contain information to help and appraiser looking for locational background.
 
Pathfinder Site
A site created by Time Warner with access to many newspapers, bulletin boards, chat sessions and other media material. This site is in a constant state of radical revision. Time, Time Daily, People, People Daily, Life, Nightly News, Money Daily, Asiaweek and National Review online.
 
Money Magazine
Money Magazine online edition is a outstanding resource for tax, real estate, insurance and retirement information.
 

Software Links

QuickBooks
Save up to 20% on premium business accounting software when you buy from us.
 
Tucows
The Internet leader in software downloads and reviews. Software for every user, Windows, Macintosh, PDAs, Unix, Linux and more.
 
C/Net Software
This is a huge search engine giving access to hundreds of thousands of programs plus demos, drivers, upgrades and patches.
 
Download.com
A C/Net affiliated site offering shareware and freeware programs to download, including software, music, and games.
 
AVG Anti-Virus
AVG Anti-Virus FREE Edition is a well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Anti-Virus FREE is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product! Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high-level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Anti-Virus FREE is easy-to-use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements).
 
Ad-Aware
A download.com 5 star resource, Ad-Aware has the ability to scan your RAM, registry, hard drives, and external storage devices for known data-mining, advertising, and tracking components, usually referred to as spy ware. Ad-aware SE can easily clean your system, allowing you to maintain a higher degree of privacy while you surf the Web. Be warned that ad-aware may disable your file sharing software.
 
FilesharingPlace.com
The legality of sharing files is questionable, regardless of what the distributors of file sharing applications tell you. Also, many file sharing programs, including the most popular, often include additional applications bundled with the software's installer file.
 
Third-party applications bundled with these programs may record your surfing habits, deliver advertising, collect private information, or modify your system settings. This site will give you the complete scoop on your alternatives in peer to peer (p2p) file sharing for personal use as well as utilities that will help remove invasive spy ware that you may have inadvertently installed on your machine.
 
Ardamax Keylogger
Ardamax Keylogger Lite is a free keystroke recorder that captures user's activity and saves it to a log file. The log file can be viewed as a text or web page. Use this tool to find out what is happening on your computer while you are away, maintain a backup of your typed data automatically or use it to monitor your kids. Also you can use it as a monitoring device for detecting unauthorized access.
 
Naomi Content Filtering
Naomi is an Internet content filtering program, intended for families and parents in particular. It constantly monitors all Internet connections for inappropriate materials, and immediately closes down the browser if encountered. The programs considerations include obscene or violent contents; pornography in the form of images or texts, as well as sites that popularize drugs, gambling, terrorism, hate propaganda and more.
 

Education Links

SavingForCollege.com

Learn how to best save for your children's college education. Find out how 529 Plans and Coverdell Education Savings Accounts can help you save wisely.
 
U.S. News' College Center

A vast storehouse of information on higher learning. Take the College Personality Quiz, view the rankings of America's best colleges, compare several schools with customizable side-by-side comparisons, and that's just the beginning.
 
National Council of Higher Education
Based in Washington, DC, the National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs, Inc. (NCHELP) represents a nationwide network of guaranty agencies, secondary markets, lenders, loan servicers, collectors, schools and other organizations involved in the administration of the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). Since its founding, NCHELP has represented its members on public policy and regulatory issues with the legislative and executive branches of the federal government.

 


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