Web 2.0 applications just keep getting better, gaining the features people expect from traditional desktop applications. Here are some of the interesting WEB 2.0 application I found. Some of these may be really usefull for you people, while others are the repetition of some highly popular web services.

Founded in March 2008, Balsamiq Studios creates rich, elegant, high quality plugins for Web Office applications.

Balsamiq is company that sells a software mockup tool. Mockups feels like you are drawing, but it’s digital, so you can tweak and rearrange controls easily, and the end result is much cleaner. Teams can come up with a design and iterate over it in real-time in the course of a meeting.

Less than 6 weeks from launch, Balsamiq Studios reached USD 10,000 in revenue.This is a true one man show. Yes, you heard it right! The whole company, Balsamiq Studios LLC consists of a single guy.

There are a lot of WEB 2.0 application s coming up daily, but a small number of them are getting noticed. Some of these are really useful for us. The apps listed here are not rated based on anthing. These are just random picks by me and thought they are good and should spread the word.

1. Hikkup: Hikkup is a free tool for communicating with friends without revealing who’s who. Express yourself or to get honest feedback from friends about things that are deep and personal or just fun.

Get something off your chest. Learn something that your friends might not tell you in person. Hikkup takes the risk out of having an open conversation with people you know so everyone can speak their mind.

2. Trendio:Trendio provides a stock exchange environment for headline news predictions. Sign up for Trendio and predict what will make the headlines in the news. Join this community-based game which features news predictions in politics, business, entertainment, sports and technology.

Use words from specific categories and determine their value by their presence in the media. Use the word search tool to search for specific words.View the word’s category, last quote and change. Find out which words are the most traded and which ones have been added recently.

View the word’s category, last quote and change. Find out which words are the most traded and which ones have been added recently. Buy/sell words to trendio, choose which words to play and bet on specific trends. Vote for words or suggest new ones. See a list of the current contests and competitions and register to compete. Increase your ranking by winning and contest/competition.

3. Reddit : Use Reddit to bookmark your favorite pages in one central location. Create tags and share them with others. Browse Reddit.com for bookmarks of your interest or preference. Meet other people who share your same interests. See if Dragons really exist. See what George Orwells 5 rules of effective writing are. Rate your bookmarks and others for easy access.

Subscribe to bookmarks of your interest and preference. Search Redditt by category or keyword without a need to register. Use Reddits search function to sort bookmarks by category, date, and others. Visit the Reddit homepage to see what bookmarks are hot or what bookmarks are new for today. Visit the Reddit blog for more information on how to use Redditt, or for updates to Redditt.

4.Hot Help Desk : Hot Help Desk is a free ticket management and 100% web-based help desk system which can be accessed from any browser, with no plug-ins, no client maintenance and no client updates. Your customers can create and update tickets via online web based form or email easily, so you are able to track the history of support requests from inception to resolution, including routing, ownership and transfers .

5. Ma.gnolia : Bookmark your favorite webpages using Ma.Gnolia and save them in one central location. Use tags to organize your bookmarked pages and share them with others. Access your collection of bookmarks from any computer. Ma.Gnolia saves your searched pages/ Keep your bookmarks private if you dont want anybody else to see them. Browse through different bookmarks and see what other people like, as well as finding other people who like the same thing as you.

6. Grouptivity : Socialize with your friends and create social discussions with Grouptivity. Discuss about music, videos, stories or news and hear what your friends have to say. Download the toolbar to your browser and start a discussion on a website that has caught your interest. See who is online by adding your buddies from Yahoo IM, AIM and other messenger providers. Select from one of the various templates available including Discuss Shopping, Discuss News, Family Reunions, Charities, Event Planning, Photos, and Travel.

7. Squidoo : Find the stuff you are looking for online with Squidoo. With Squidoo, you create a Lens that enables you to use Squidoo. A lens is one person’s view on a topic that matters to them. With Squidoo, you can place your blogs, favorite links, RSS feeds, Flickr photos, Google maps, your eBay auctions, CafePress designs, Amazon books or music, and more in one single location. Share information witn Squidoo, increase traffic on your web page by posting more information, and do other things as well.

8. Monitor.us : mon.itor.us provides 24 x 7 network and website monitoring service with personalized interactive interface, where you can add server performance and availability tests, get uptime reports, track visitors, check CPU, memory and other systems resources, add contacts to get the alert notifications. End-user availability tests will be performed from geographically distributed servers as well from customer locations. The monitoring will be performed both outside and inside of your network firewall.

9. Second Life : Second Life® is a 3-D virtual world entirely created by its Residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by millions of Residents from around the globe. Businesses use it for meetings, individuals use it for social interaction, building, and fun. Explore the possibilities in a virtual world teeming with people, entertainment, experiences and opportunity. Language support in eleven languages, including Spanish, German, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.

10. Spicypage : Bookmarking and social networking application. Spicypage lets you post, comment on, vote on, share your favorite sites or blogs with your friends and others. Network and meet other people with similar interests as you. Use Spicypage to bookmark your favorite web pages and save them in one central location. Use tags to organize your bookmarks. Share your bookmarks with friends, co-workers, and other Spicypage users. Meet other Spicypage users who share similar interests and have similar preferences. Comment on your bookmarks and others, and vote on the popularity of different bookmarks.