The long-awaited new layout and URL for Delicious (formerly del.icio.us) is now available.  Sign into your account and see what’s new, or create one if you haven’t already.

“Delicious has a bold new design that is more powerful and easier to use, along with a revamped search that’s faster and more robust. It’s also full of useful features that people have been requesting for years,” they say on the site.

There are new tag, bookmarking, and navigation features, including menus that give you quick access to your Bookmarks, Network and Tags pages.  [via Lifehacker]

TechCrunch notes that Yahoo is beginnning to test integratation of Delicious’ user-generated bookmarks into Yahoo search results pages.  “Adding this information into Yahoo search is a great idea,” says Michael Arrington.

Not everyone will see Delicious results (at this time) but TechCrunch has an example so you can see what it looks like. 

Top 10 lists
This New Year’s Eve day I find I am plenty tired of “top” lists for 2007.  However, I decided I just had to save this one from Lifehacker for future reference.  It lists useful stuff, not just memories. You gotta love those free computer system recovery tools, Firefox extensions, and ways to sleep better when you’re not computing.

List of 2007 lists from TechCrunch
The Year in Launches 
Most Popular TechCrunch Posts of 2007 
The Year in Deals
The Year in DeadPool 
and a final list from TechCrunch shows their most bookmarked posts as determined by those who used the “add this” button.  Includes “9 ways to build your own social network” and “If you don’t use del.icio.us, you will now” among its 25 links.

Manage your Web reading better
These tips from Web Worker Daily, or reminders if you are already familiar with them, caught my eye and reminded me that I could use some more help in making my way through the good stuff that shows up in my RSS feeds. 

One favor I did myself this past year was to select and stick with Google Reader and take advantage of the features it offers.  I mentioned the feed search function here awhile ago and also the “personalized recommendations.”

I vaguely remember reading about the Firefox extension called “Read it later” but didn’t install it then.  Now I’m going to try it.  Developer Idea Shower recently brought out a major release.   You can download the extension here. 

Social bookmarking and tagging in libraries
Library Journal has an article by Melissa L. Rethlefsen on how social bookmarking and tagging tools help librarians bridge the gap between the library’s need to offer authoritative, well-organized information and their patrons’ web experience.

25 free online education resources
Includes Project Gutenberg, UC Berkely Webcasts, W3Schools, some user-submitted courses, and more from Mashable.

54 new countries added to Google Maps
More detail and maps of Latin American and Asia from Google.

Delicious 2.0 preview of coming attractions
TechCrunch previewed the new look expected for social bookmarking site Del.icio.us.  The limited launch was by invitation only and TechCrunch has a full review and screenshots.

Among expected changes are the elimination of the “dots” in Delicious and a new interface, new features, and improved navigation.  The Delicious folks say that the final design may not be exactly like the preview and no date for the introduction was given.

50 great widgets for your blog
Widgets can add fun, as well as information/function, but be selective about the widgets you choose to add to your blog.

Top 10 little-known Gmail features
Part 1:  Here are tips 6 through 10 from Gmail Blog
Part 2:  Tips 1 through 5 

“Photoshop Express” RIA sneak-peeked today
A number of blogs are buzzing about Photoshop Express, a new application under development at Adobe.  This new Photoshop app is not intended to replace previous ones, the idea is that it will make Adobe imaging technology immediately accessible to a many people.  You can view a screenshot and/or the image below.

Lee LeFever at CommonCraft has done it again — and even better than his previous videos.  This time Social Bookmarking  is the target of his “deliciously” low-tech but highly comprehensible work.  We’ve posted before on CommonCraft’s three previous endeavors, and also on how they upgraded their tools to create more professional looking work.  They have certainly succeeded and I look forward to more.

IA released a new web trend map of the 200 most successful websites.  Download a variety of sizes, a clickable map with Snap Shots, or the screensaver.  [via Mashable]

A Slick Visual Browser For Del.icio.us Links
Here’s an interesting alpha app that creates a visualization of del.icio.us links along with a browsable list of links that you can explore.

6pli  invites you to try out some demo links they provide.  If you are interested in being an alpha-tester or want more information, they provide an email address.  [Wired Blog Network]

 Weave Your Own Web Site
PCMagazine suggests some good tools for building Websites and blogs.  “Whatever you’re looking to get out of a Web site, one of these apps will get you started. ”  Includes summaries of four of the best apps in the space that we’ve encountered in the last six months.”

Lifehack.org profers 10 Smart Hacks for Google Reader to make Google Reader a dream machine for those seeking maximum productivity.  “Some of its many features include tagging, folder-based navigation, Firefox integration and the ability to import and export subscription lists as an OPML file. You can also star items for easy access, share your favorite items, and save your favorite items to del.icio.us.”

 Online child safety initiatives
Keeping kids safe on the Internet is a huge task — bigger than any single government, company or family. Google is working with our industry partners, law enforcement and child safety advocates around the world to address this issue.  [Google blog]

Update your PC for the new Daylight Saving Time
Several links to places that will help you out if you do not have Vista or have not done a Windows update recently.  [Lifehacker]

Software to help you access your del.icio.us (and other) bookmarks from your mobile device.
Read the details from your computer or visit http://mobilicio.us from your mobile browser.