Through the Internet, for basic office work, these are enough:
Box.net (or choose 163, Gmail) for online storage space
Backpack (or choose rememberthemilk) for event tracking and schedule reminders
Gmail for personal email and blogs
Writely (or choose Gmail) for diaries and office documents
Bloglines or Newsgator Online for RSS subscriptions
Meebo (to log in to your MSN, ICQ, GTalk, Yahoo Messenger) for instant messaging
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