As a tribute to the nascent and thriving Web 2.0 industry, we thought we’d take the time to identify some of the best up and coming sites in this online world. The businesses below are all “live” and have something handy to offer everyone, including how you can watch videos, photos and listen to music from your home computer from anywhere in the world, and a great search engine just for blogs.

• Orb - take the home out of home entertainment
• Technorati - a blog search engine