There are some good websites out there for you.

General

SmartPros
        Some good news and interesting professional forums (in community).

WebCPA
        Lots of accounting news (6 months worth).   Some free quotes from business leaders, if you sign up.

Accounting Resources
        Good links to associations, firms, standard setters, regulators, journals, etc

Pros Online
        More good links

Hoover's
        General news.  A list of lists ("biggest" etc.).  Information on individual companies.

S&P Equity Investor Services
        Great site for investors

Markets
        The New York Stock Exchange (but no live stock quotes), the American Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Stock Market, and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange

MoneyWords
        Comprehensive online financial and capital-raising glossary; also includes financing tools, critiques, and briefings.

PC Quote
        Source of live, free stock quotes.

Consumer Price Index

 

Official: keep up to date

FASB

AICPA

WSCPA (Washington Society of CPAs).  You can find other state societies (and state boards of accountancy) at the AICPA site.

 

  Scholarships (also see AccountingStudents and Beta Alpha Psi)

FastWEB

FreSch

 

Career Information (in addition to above sites)

Accounting and Finance Jobs

Accountemps

Accounting.Com

Robert Half International

CareerExposure

Career Crossroads

Hot Jobs

JobNet

Job Bank

Monster Board

Seattle Times Newspaper

Wall Street Joural

Career Magazine

Careers.Org

CareerBuilder

 

  Games

        The real purpose of the computer is to play good games on, right?  Here's some places to find good games.

Hridayesh: some good games to play (I like tripeaks).

Real World Games: there is a "beat the market" game (to practice finance); I haven't tried it but it looks interesting.

Virtual Free Stuff:

Gameculture

Java Game Park

Java games to play