* Houston Downtown www.houstondowntown.com is a new downtown information portal that provides business and recreational information such as apartments, condos, museums, fountains, tunnels, shopping, cafes and bars, conventions and parades, trolleys and light rail, libraries, sports venues, fitness, and parking.

* Texas Laws and Resolutions Archive http://texinfo.library.unt.edu/sessionlaws/ is a partnership effort of the University of North Texas Libraries and the Office of the Texas Secretary of State. The site provides permanent storage and public access to the non-current electronic files of the Texas Laws and Resolutions, beginning with the 78th Legislative Session.

* MSN Search http://search.msn.com/ the search engine created by Microsoft Network, has been upgraded and improved to compete with Google. Try a basic search, advanced search, or click on "MSN is improved" to sample the beta site for Google-like search options, such as "Images."