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For years now when ever you wanted to scouter the internet for some bit of information you headed right away to a search engine like google.com or yahoo.com or what ever rocks your boat. Well any of those search engines are… well lets say to much tech and simple. They show results in a scientific fashion on a simple interface. Some would argue that simple is better, and i would agree with them.

But if you want to spice up your searches you might be interesting in heading out for viewzi.com.

viewzi.com witch is still in beta state gives you a new view on search results, a more visual one, making the user experience more personal. Not only this but viewzi.com aggregates data from several locations and this can improve your search results, plus it can search in severals ways: web searches, picture searches, video searches and a few others that i will let you discover.

How is Viewzi Different?

It’s all about Views
We think there are better ways to present information than in a simple list. We start with specific topics or search terms and ask: “Is there a better way to present this data?” The result? Dozens of new, unique ‘views’, or ways to look at information, each custom-tailored for that content. It’s the right data, presented in the right way.

It’s Refined
Some views are more utilitarian and pull from broad sources like Google or Yahoo!, while others can be tailored for a specific topic like world news, celebrity gossip, or gadgets. This means your results are right for your search. No more sifting through millions of results.

It’s Smart
Our View Picker helps connect you with just the right Views. We do the work of finding the best places and sources and brings those together for you. One search bar for hundreds of sources. It’s like having thousands of search engines in one search bar.

It’s Fun
It’s just more fun to use Viewzi. So fun that we’ve been called, ‘The iPhone of search.” Each time you search for something you can try a different View. Our views are hand crafted by some of the best designers and experts across the globe, each one of them passionate about making search exciting and fun for you.

What is your thought on this new social search website ? Feel free to comment away.

Well i hope you enjoy it and i will leave you with a video review from Chris Pirillo.

Just a few minutes ago i happened to tune into Chris Pirillo Ustream Chanel that was showing the GnomeDex conference, and it caught my attention right away.

It was a presentation of a new media center software called boxee.

boxee is a social media center. with boxee you can play videos, music and pictures from your PC or from the Internet. you can also share with your friends what albums you’re listening to, what movies and TV shows you’re watching, send recommendations and more.

boxee is designed to work with a remote control (it looks great on a big screen TV), but you can also control it using your keyboard.

once installed boxee will start scanning your local Movies, Music and Pictures folders automatically. boxee will attempt to bring artwork, reviews, cast, etc. for your media, so browsing your library becomes more useful and fun than looking at a list of files.

boxee is based on the best media center on the planet, xbmc.

If you havent figure it out what the fuss is about, well this media center will drive content right to your screen from services like youtube and last.fm and display it right on your screen, and above all it will let you know your friend activity on those services, get recomandation from your friends on what videos, shows to watch or what music to listen too.

Plus it can connect to other devices on your home network being computers, file storing servers or even mobile devices ( that have a way to comunicate on the network ) and pull in content from them as well : pictures, music or video.

I dont know if this has caught your attention, so i am going to add another BIG + … its OPEN-SOURCE, yes you heard right … open-source, plus it has versions for windows, mac and linux … how cool is that.

The only bad side is its in alpha state and hasnt opened download to everybody, you must register on the site to get a download link ( hope i receive one soon ).

Enjoy the screenshots and videos below.
Cheers.