Computers, Internet, Networks, and Software
26 Best Dark Web Websites Not Listed on Google (2024)
404 Media – technology news
A History of Modern Computing by Paul E Ceruzzi
A primordial DNA store and compute engine – Nature Nanotechnology
AbuseIPDB – IP addresses associated with malicious activity
Adafruit – place for learning electronics and hardware products
Ahmia – Dark Web search engine (requires Tor browser bundle)
ahrefs – SEO as an SaaS
Akamai Connected Cloud
Algolia – AI search solutions
Algorithm Design Manual, The (2008)
Alice & Bob – “first universal and fault tolerant quantum computer”
AMD
Antitrust trial of the United States v. Google, LLC
AWS Amazon cloud computing
Apache Server
AppInventor.org – visual, blocks language for building Android Apps
Apple Computer
Apple Developer
Archie search – preserving the Internet’s first search engine
Arduino
Ars Technica
Artur Ekert – Quantum Technology expert and Crypto-Physicist
Aruba Networks – AI powered networking
ASP.NET cross-platform development
Assembly Language Simulator
Association for Computing Machinery – ACM
Association for Computing Machinery ACM Digital Library
Atom – a hackable text source code editor
Azure Microsoft cloud computing
Babbage’s Analytical Engine, 1834-1871. Science Museum Group
Banana Pi – open source hardware
BBN RTX – legendary pioneer in computer and network tech
BCS Academy of Computing (UK)
Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School
bitsavers.org – archive of historical computer magazines, manuals, & other documents
blackhat – annual cybersecurity conference
Boston University Photonics Center
Broadcom – “connecting everything”
Brooks, Frederick Phillips – historic computer pioneer and thought leader
BrowserLeaks – tools to test browser privacy
C# – C Sharp programming language
Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)-Assisting people with disabilities.
Center for Quantum Networks at the NSF
Centre for Computing History UK
Chainguard – securing open source software
Charles Babbage Institute at Univ of Minnesota
Cisco
Classiq – largest collection of quantum algorithms and applications
Cloudflare – “connectivity cloud”
Cloudflare Radar – provides insights into global internet traffic, attacks, and technology trends
cnet Online
Code Project
Columbia University Computing History
Common Lisp programming language
Computer Closet – collection of old microcomputer equipment 1975-1985
Computer Conservation Society
Computer History Museum
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
ComputerScience.org
CompuServe – since 1969, a pioneering internet company
Computer Security Resource Center NIST
Copilot Microsoft AI
Computer Reseller News CRN
Computing Curricula Recommendations from Association for Computing Machinery ACM
COMPUTEX Taipei
Content Security Policy – An Introduction by Scott Helme
Cover Your Tracks – from the Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF
CrowdStrike – cybersecurity
Content Security Policy (CSP) Evaluator
CTFtime – Capture The Flag
Cyber.org – prepare next generation for the cyber workforce
Cyberhaven – protecting content creators intellectual property
Cyber Security News
CyberNews – cybersecurity news
Cybersecurity News
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, US Government
Dancing With Qbits, Second Edition by Prof. Robert Sutor
Dangerous Prototypes – open source hardware projects
Dark Reading – cybersecurity
Daylight DC-1 – “a more caring computer”
DD-WRT – OpenSource firmware for routers and embedded systems
DEF-CON Hacking Conference
DeleteMe – remove your personal data online
Dell Technologies
Delphi: Modern Object Pascal programming language
Dia – open source diagram editor
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures, NIST IT Lab
Disconnect.me – transparency and control over personal information on the Web
DistroWatch – directory of open source operating systems
DMARC Record Checker by MXToolBox
Drupal content managment system
DuckDuckGo – privacy focused search
Eclipse IDE – Open platform for professional developers
Elastic – AI search and analytics engine
Elevate Quantum
ELIZA Archaeology Project
ELIZAGEN – world’s first chatbot restored on the world’s first time-sharing system
Emacs – customizable, free/libre text editor from GNU
Entanglement of nanophotonic quantum memory nodes in a telecom network, Nature 629:573–578 (2024)
Equal1 – UnityQ, world’s first hybrid quantum-classical computing chip
findsecuritycontacts.com
Fortran programming language
FreeBASIC – free, open source BASIC compiler based on QuickBASIC
FreeCAD – free, open source CAD CAM modeling software
FreeDOS – open source DOS-compatible operating system
Free Software Foundation – promoting user freedom
GanttProject – free project management software
Geeklog content management system
Git – free open source distributed version control system
GitHub – AI powered developer platform
GitLab – AI powered DevSecOps platform
Gemini Google AI
Genql
Ghacks – technology news blog by Martin Brinkmann
Gpg4win GNU Privacy Guard for Windows
Ghostery – tracker and ad blocker
Gizmodo
GnuCOBOL – free COBOL compiler
GNU Project
GNUpg GNU Privacy Guard
Go Programming Language
Google Quantum AI
Hack the Box – gamified cybersecurity upskilling, certification, and talent assessment
Hackaday.io – engineering enthusiasts and ethical hacking
Hacker News, The
HackerOne
hackster.io
Harvard Quantum Initiative – Quantum computing
Haskell programming language
have i been pwned? – Check if your email address is in a data breach
Hawai’i International Conference of System Sciences, since 1968
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society HIMSS
Healthcare IT
Heretrix – Internet Archive’s open source web crawler
Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE
High Performance Software Foundation
HP personal computers
History of Computer Communications
Hockeypuck OpenPGP keyserver
Hold Security
How to Geek
HTML reference guide from Mozilla MDN
HTML Writers Guild Website
HTTPS Everywhere – from the Electronic Frontier Foundation
i-programmer – online magazine for programmers
IBM 7090/7094 Page by Dave Pitts
IBM Corporation
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
IEEE Xplore – Advancing Technology for Humanity search
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Dept of Computer Science & Engineering
Information, The – tech industry magazine
Information Security StackExchange
Information Technology Laboratory – National Institute of Standarda NIST
Institute for Advanced Studies
Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo
Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines at Georgia Institute of Technology
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – IEEE
Intel
Intel Techniques – security blog by former FBI investigator
Interdisciplinary Quantum Information Science and Engineering at MIT
International Federation for Information Processing
Internet Archive – Snapshots of the entire Web every 60 days since 1996.
IntroComputing.org – based on Nick Parlante’s Stanford Univ CS101 course
Jais جيس – Arabic Large Language Model affiliated with Mohamed bin Zayed University
Java programming language and development platform
Javascript programming language
JDoodle – AI-POWERED CLOUD-BASED IDE to practice programming
Joomla content management system
Julia programming language
Jupyter – builds tools, standards, and services for many different use cases
Kaggle – largest AI and Machine Learning community
Kali – linux for security penetration testing, ethical hacking
Kano Tech – computer kit to teach hardware assembly and basic programming
Kuaishou 快手 – video centric social network with AI video generation app
Kim Komando Tech News
Kotlin programming language for multiplatforms
Konwinski, Andy – AI scholar and entrepeneur
kubernetes – containerized applications in the cloud
LabVIEW – Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench developed by National Instruments
Lecture Notes on Quantum Algorithms by Andrew M Childs
Library of Congress Web Archive – of websites since 2000
Libre Computer – open source hardware
LibrePlanet – a community of freedom software activists
Lilliputing
Linux.com
Linux.org
LiveOverflow – hacking
Lobste.rs – computing-focused community
Looker Studio – Google data visualization and analytics
lowprofiler.com – privacy and security blog
LucidChart – UML Diagram Maker
Lynx : Text-based browser
macdirectory.com – All you need for your Mac!
macworld.com
Make: makers, inventors, and DIY magazine
MDN Resources for Web Developers, by Developers – Mozilla
Mythical Man Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick P Brooks, Jr.
Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences at UMass Amherst
MathWorks MATLAB for Artificial Intelligence
Matrix – open protocol for decentralised, secure communications
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Visio – flowcharts, diagrams
MIT Media Laboratory – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS)
National Museum of Computing, The (TNMOC) – England
National Quantum Initiative of the US Government
National Security Agency Cybersecurity Collaboration Center
Network Security Toolkit
Nokia
NordVPN
Northeastern University Network Science Institute
Notepad++ source code editor
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Jetson Nano open source hardware
OCaml programming language
OffSec – cybersecurity skills and resources
Omnis Studio – Rapid Application Development
Onion Links | Dark Web Links
Open Source Security Foundation OpenSSF
OpenSource.com
OpenAI ChatGPT
OpenDNS
OpenVPN
OpenWrt – open source linux for embedded devices and routers
Oracle JDeveloper – integrated development environment for Java
Orange Pi open source hardware
Original ELIZA on an emulated CTSS environment – original “chatbot”
Oxford Quantum Circuits
PageSpeed Insights – website performance analysis
Palo Alto Networks – network security
Parrot OS – operating system for cybersecurity and ethical hacking
Perimeter Institute
Perl programming language
PHP programming language
PineTab2 by PINE64, a Linux tablet computer
PMBOK – Project Management Body of Knowledge
Privacy Badger from Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF
Privacy.net
Project Honey Pot
Project Management Institute
ProjectLibre open source project management software
ProtonVPN – free and paid versions of VPN
ProtonMail – free and paid versions of private, secure email
PsiQuantum
Puppy Linux – small, easy to use linux distro
Purism Librem 11 – a tablet with PureBoot and PureOS Linux
PyCharm – Python IDE for data science and web development
PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index
Python programming language
QB64 – Quick Basic 64
QHack – Quantum Computing Hackathon
Qiskit Quantum Computing Software from IBM
Qualcomm
Quantinuum
Quantum Algorithm Implementations for Beginners from the ACM
Quantum Algorithm Zoo from Stephen Jordan
Quantum Algorithms Institute
Quantum Coalition QRISE
Quantum Computing – overview from MIT faculty
Quantum Computing, University of Chicago
Quantum Information and Computation, Oxford Univ
Quantum information and computing Collection from Scientific Reports journal
Quantum Information Science and Technology, Univ. of California Davis
Quantum Insider – news site
Quantum World Congress
R Project for Statistical Computing, The
Raspberry Pi
Revolution OS – 2001 documentary on open source “rebellion”
RISC OS OPEN
Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
RSA Conference – Where the world talks security
rsync – fast incremental file transfer
Rubber Ducky USB
Ruby programming language
Ruby on Rails development framework
Rust programming language
Safe Superintelligence – safety-focused AI
SANS – cybersecurity resources
Scratch programming language for children
Security Headers – test HTTP response headers by Probely (Snyk)
Semrush – SEO optimization and marketing
Serial Port – Virtual computer museum
Slashdot: News for Nerds. Stuff that matters.
snyk – developer focused cybersecurity
Software Heritage – Preserving software source code
SourceForge – software review and comparison platform for open source software
Spamhaus Project – tracking Spammers & Spam Support Services
SSL Server Test – configuration deep analysis by Qualys
Stack Overflow
Stanford CS221: Artificial Intelligence: Principles and Techniques course | Autumn 2019
Stanford University Web Archive Portal SWAP
Steve’s Old Computer Museum
Swift programming language
SystemRescue – tools for recovery and diagnosis of Linux systems
Tableau data visualization and analytics
TAILS operating system – protects against surveillance & censorship
Tech Crunch – startup and technology news
Tech Xplore news
Tencent 腾讯控股有限公司
Texas Instruments
Thingiverse – Digital Designs for Physical Objects, 3D printing and Making
Time Reshared – exploring timesharing systems by Rupert Lane
Tinker Board – open source hardware from ASUS
Tiobe Index – of programming languages
Tor Project – Defend against tracking, surveillance, censorship
Traceable AI
Transforming Data with Intelligence
Traveling Salesman Problem from Wolfram MathWorld
Troy Hunt
TypeScript programming language
uBlock Origin – open source ad blocker
UDOO open source hardware
USMA Cyber Research Center at West Point Military Academy
Valve Software
vim – highly configurable text editor
Visual Studio Code – open source development platform
Wappalyzer – view technology stack of any website
watchTowr – offensive security knowledge and capability
Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools WAVE
Web Design Museum
Web Summit Conference
WebRTC
What is quantum computing? by IBM
whatsmydns.net – Global DNS Propagation Checker
WHOER.net – security and anonymity
Windows Club, The
Wired Magazine
WireGuard – secure VPN tunnel
WireShark – network protocol analyzer, cybersecurity
Wordfence – security for WordPress
WordPress
Xcode – Apple development environment
xml.com (Extensible Markup Language XML)
Yahoo
ZAP – Zed Attack Proxy – web app vulnerability scanner
ZD Net
- “There are 10 kinds of people in the world — those who understand trinary, those who don’t understand trinary and those who mistake it for binary.” François Celliers. GNU website. 2008
- “The Web does not just connect machines, it connects people.” – Tim Berners-Lee. Speech at Knight Foundation, September 14, 2008.
- “I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.” — Isaac Asimov
- “Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.” — Pablo Picasso
- “A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing.” – Emo Philips
- “Unix is simple. It just takes a genius to understand its simplicity.” – Dennis Ritchie, Unix co-creator
- “I propose to consider the question, ‘Can machines think?'” – Alan M. Turing (1912-1954) Computing Machinery and Intelligence, October 1950.
Grace Hopper on UNIVAC computer. By Unknown (Smithsonian Institution) – Flickr: Grace Hopper and UNIVAC, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19763543 Grace Murray Hopper at the UNIVAC keyboard, c. 1960. Grace Brewster Murray: American mathematician and rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who was a pioneer in developing computer technology, helping to devise UNIVAC I. the first commercial electronic computer, and naval applications for COBOL (common-business-oriented language). Credit: Unknown (Smithsonian Institution)