earthweb.com

Advantages: wide variety , good reviews , interesting topics , respected writers
Disadvantages: nothing major springs to mind

This is one impressive website with some great sections my particular favourites where the web development sections and software development sections. The web development section is particularly good with interesting areticles , well written tutorials and also features articles from Joe Burns the author of the excellent HTMLgoodies site so that gives you an idea of the quality. There are sections on topics such as XML and servers and the XML section ...
...software development sections has some really great sections and my favourites are Visual C++ , multimedia development and games development so as you can see a wide range of programming topics here . The other major sections are IT management , networking and hardware out of these I found the hardware section the most useful ,in this section you can find reviews of the latest software/hardware , these reviews are very thorough and no nonsense with ... Read review

Advantages: Very useful.
Disadvantages: It can be a bit slow.

EarthWeb is the home of many, many useful things. EarthWeb really is a collection of Web pages that anyone working on a website will find handy. Their search function allows you to quickly home in on what you want to find. The very best thing on EarthWeb is, I think, the only reason why many people even get their their domain. The jewel of the EarthWeb crown is HTMLGoodies. Dr Joe Burns - a man with a sense of humour - has put together some wonderfully ...
...I learnt my first HTML scrips there. I am now working designing complex WebPages for a cutting edge legal firm. I still go back to HTMLGoodies because it is both a good source of reference and I still find new things to learn. If you are new to the web and you want to learn a few of its secrets then, if you do nothing else, try the Primers on HTMLGoodies. ... Read review