The Top 100 Web Sites of 2010 - Classics: Tech
Ars Technica
When it comes to tech news, Ars Technica doesn't mess around. The site offers some of the most consistently hard-hitting and informative coverage on the industry. The site may be a bit too "inside baseball" for more casual readers, but anyone with a genuine interest in the world of technology ought to add Ars to their RSS feed.
Filehippo.com
There are a lot of great places where you can download freeware and shareware, but few focus like a laser on the good, useful stuff you need as well as FileHippo.com. Install its update checker to find out if your current software has a new version you missed.
gdgt
Launched by former Engadget bigwigs Peter Rojas and Ryan Block, gdgt isn't just your standard tech news blog. It's a social network built around fellow techies. Read reviews and support for all of the latest gadgets from people like you—just be wary of the flame wars. This is the Internet, after all.
Lifehacker
Optimizing software is Lifehacker's bread and butter, but as its title implies, the site's usefulness extends well beyond that. Hack your work space, hack your home, hack your lunch, hack your mind—hack your life with this Gawker blog.
MakeUseOf.com
Every day, an international group of tech heads go out of their way to tell you about all the great things you can do online and with a PC. This site features every techie thing from the obvious to the obscure, with collections of sites, tools, and more, that you can, uh, make use of.
Techmeme
Where do tech journalists go to read tech journalism? Techmeme doesn't offer any original content, but it offers a well curated aggregation of some of the best industry coverage the Web has to offer.
