Web Finder 101 » definition http://www.finder101.com Showcasing some of the World's most popular and useful websites... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:54:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Living http://www.finder101.com/living/ http://www.finder101.com/living/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:28:32 +0000 finder http://www.finder101.com/?p=699 Living and Living +1, formerly affiliated with UK Gold as UK Living and then known as LIVINGtv. It is the main channel from Living TV Group and usually has the highest ratings, recently better than that of Sky1 which strengthens its bid to become “the 6th Channel”. It originally launched in 1993 as UK Living, but the channel later changed its name to Living in 1997, to disassociate itself from the UKTV network that launched that year.In a bid to appeal to a more male audience, the pink colour scheme was dropped and new types of programming came to the channel, but at the same time not losing its female audience. Shows include the likes of the CSI franchise, Close to Home and Boston Legal, the channel is now broadening its audience reach to other key demographics such as men aged 18–45. The most watched shows on Living are Ghost Whisperer, America’s Next Top Model, Grey’s Anatomy and Most Haunted Live!. Living in 2006 launched a specific version of the channel for the Republic of Ireland. Available on Sky, Magnet Networks, SCTV and UPC. The channel airs specific advertising for the region. Living have also used outdoor advertising within the country.

A high-definition simulcast of Living called Living HD was launched on 6 October 2009 and was the first high-definition channel from Living TV Group.

]]> http://www.finder101.com/living/feed/ 0 GameTrailers http://www.finder101.com/gametrailers/ http://www.finder101.com/gametrailers/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 23:32:44 +0000 finder http://www.finder101.com/?p=601 GameTrailers (GT) is a media website that specializes in video game related content. It provides free access to original programming (such as reviews and previews), game trailers and recorded game play. Many of the video clips are offered in high definition (960×540) along with standard definition (640×360).

Users can upload videos, create blogs and participate in forums. Users can also create factions for games or other interests. Factions have access to private forums. GameTrailers has before had a currency called GameTrailers Dollars (GTD), which can be earned by interacting with the website and used to purchase virtual items and real merchandise but now replaced and discontinued for a new currency called GameTrailers Points (GTP).

]]> http://www.finder101.com/gametrailers/feed/ 0 Wiktionary http://www.finder101.com/wiktionary/ http://www.finder101.com/wiktionary/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:57:10 +0000 finder http://www.finder101.com/wiktionary/ Wiktionary, a collaborative project to produce a free-content multilingual dictionary.

Designed as the lexical companion to Wikipedia, the encyclopaedia project, Wiktionary has grown beyond a standard dictionary and now includes a thesaurus, a rhyme guide, phrase books, language statistics and extensive appendices. We aim to include not only the definition of a word, but also enough information to really understand it. Thus etymologies, pronunciations, sample quotations, synonyms, antonyms and translations are included.

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