The Bots




General Search Bots Top
WebFerret (free trial; $27 Pro)
Search many search engines at once
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AskJeeves (free)
Finds a focused list of sources for answering plain text questions
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Copernic ($80)
Searches multiple engines; ranks results to anticipate your needs
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Specific Search Bots  Top
TrademarkTracker (?)
Searches for trademark violations
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CollegeBot (free)
Search Education Resources
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MP3-Wolf ($29.95)
Music Search Engine
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HighBeam (formally eLibrary) (free trial, $20/mo or $100/yr)
Search millions of documents from thousands of newspapers, magazines, books, other sources. Have it delivered to you free.
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Knowledge Management Bots  Top
CyberWolf (?)
Security Bot
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Eve2 ($29.99)
Automatically checks documents for plagiarism.
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questia ($14.95/mo - $99.95/yr)
Online library that automatically creates bibliographies and footnotes.
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Copernic Summarizer ($59.95)
Text-summarizing software
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EndNote (free trial / $239.95 to buy)
Queries online reference databases; adds references to papers; creates bibliographies
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EchoMail
Manages and classifies email
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Karnak (free trial)
Construct your own personal library, then constantly add results while you're offline
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Alexa (free)
"Learns" and suggests sites; provides statistics about sites
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Text Analyst ($400)
Program which examines a text file and creates a semantic network of importance; produces abstract automatically
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News Bots  Top
CReAte Your Own News Paper (CRAYON) (free)
Creates a custom newspaper based on your interests from online newspapers
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Morning Paper (free)
Visits web sites automatically and summarizes changes in a newspaper format
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Chatter Bots  Top
Noa (29.95)
Virtual Personal Assistant
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Virtual Friends ($99)
Extremely high end graphics characters that can inform
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Extempo (?)
Character which conducts tours and answers questions
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Shopping Bots  Top
eSnipe (free)
Place your eBayTM bids in the last few seconds of the auction — automatically.
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BottomDollar (free)
Real Time Shopping agent
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DealTime (formally EvenBetter, DealPilot)(free)
Finds best price for books, music, and movies
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My Simon (free)
Finds bargains on the internet; can be taught to shop intelligently
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StreetPrices (free)
Searches for the lowest prices and organizes results in tables
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Excite Shopping Channel (free)
Finds best prices for items
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Collaborative Bots  Top
Virtual Steve (not for sale)
Virtual intelligent training agent
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Telephony Bots  Top
iPing ($5 - 15)
Calls you with reminders that you specify
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TellMe (free)
Service you call to reach the Internet
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InternetSpeech (free)
Calls you with reminders that you specify
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Informant Bots Top
A1Monitor (free trial, $99 purchase)
monitors network servers
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myNetWatchman (free)
Firewall Agent
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WeatherBug (free)
Weather Service
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KeepUpdated (free)
Informant Bot browser plug-in
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TVEyes (free)
Watches TV and tracks keywords
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TracerLock (formally The Informant) (free and $19.50/mo)
Periodic searches for key items; emails the notification of results
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Miscellaneous Bots  Top
AdsGone (free trial, $29.95 purchase)
closes pop up windows
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AntiPopUp (free)
closes pop up windows
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AARON (free trial download)
Cybernetic Artist (creates original paintings)
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Cybernetic Poet (free)
Writes original poems from a language model
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20Q (free)
The classic 20 Questions game that learns
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Net Mechanic (free)
Checks HTML code for broken links
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Web Whacker (free eval)
Download entire sites for offline use
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WebVCR (free trial)
Records pages for offline viewing
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CreatureLabs (free demo)
Illustrates the use of agents and society/evolution
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