tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105175712024-03-07T11:26:48.331-08:00myGoogleSimple Blog about GoogleMyGooglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166027447985243720noreply@blogger.comBlogger1389125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-63257418108279916442008-12-21T12:36:00.000-08:002008-12-21T12:37:44.176-08:00Whispers of the G2 Android phone grow louder<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtk7935pwdDkauFMLdd3W2gJTDElWcb5lahERAXyzWK-HvlijXwZ9OU-0U_7NSbSFqoIm_l9OM1Rw64tygo4CbqnUkQ2FW4VMk31HSLI6DnEudxo9Dx6kuP8ux_APVe8UfZhT3/s1600-h/android-search01.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtk7935pwdDkauFMLdd3W2gJTDElWcb5lahERAXyzWK-HvlijXwZ9OU-0U_7NSbSFqoIm_l9OM1Rw64tygo4CbqnUkQ2FW4VMk31HSLI6DnEudxo9Dx6kuP8ux_APVe8UfZhT3/s320/android-search01.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282345302815696274" /></a><br />Yesterday, the T-Mobile blog CellPhone Signal published a list of new features it claimed would be in the G2, the second HTC-built phone built for the T-Mobile network running Google’s Android platform. The most outrageous claim however, was the supposed date of the device’s release: January 26, 2009.<br /><br />Would T-Mobile really risk enraging the million or so people who bought the G1 just a few months after its release by launching an updated version? No, says the blog Boy Genius Report, which has a separate tip containing some of the same G2 information, but a later launch date: April 2009.<br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/20/whispers-of-the-g2-android-phone-grow-louder/" target="_blank"><strong>venturebeat.com</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-52168961760726284812008-12-20T10:19:00.000-08:002008-12-21T10:29:54.199-08:00Talks break down; Warner Music pulls videos from YouTube<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIpFxYciEcpKBLhBrumFymb4DSZNoU-KKxWM0IedCo7bPJszzu5hhXSiJMjJNCI3xFFVGv9dnqM5qaLMG7qiAxamFHY9LISxv85yWhxpe4IvQCRdLLSlVu-RtiEmkPZYFrY_Q/s1600-h/warner-bros.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIpFxYciEcpKBLhBrumFymb4DSZNoU-KKxWM0IedCo7bPJszzu5hhXSiJMjJNCI3xFFVGv9dnqM5qaLMG7qiAxamFHY9LISxv85yWhxpe4IvQCRdLLSlVu-RtiEmkPZYFrY_Q/s320/warner-bros.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282312316927683458" /></a><br />Negotiations between Warner Music Group and YouTube over renewing the licensing agreement for the record label's music videos broke down Friday. Early Saturday, Warner, the third largest record label, removed videos from the Google-owned video site. <br /><br />The impasse comes at a time when all four major labels, including Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and EMI, are renegotiating their licensing deals with YouTube. <br /><br />"We are working actively to find a resolution with YouTube that would enable the return of our artists' content to the site," Warner said in a statement. "Until then, we simply cannot accept terms that fail to appropriately and fairly compensate recording artists, songwriters, labels and publishers for the value they provide." <br /><br />YouTube has become an important revenue stream for at least one of the top labels. This week, Rio Caraeff, Universal Music's digital chief, told CNET News that YouTube has generated "tens of millions" of dollars for the recording company this year, up 80 percent from last year. <br /><br />Caraeff said that Universal and YouTube enjoy a strong relationship and that the companies are trying to expand their relationship beyond music videos. A source close to Universal said that the label will likely book nearly $100 million in video-streaming revenue--most of it from YouTube.<br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10127666-93.html" target="_blank"><strong>news.cnet.com</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-25329427949161680692008-12-20T10:13:00.000-08:002008-12-21T10:30:38.607-08:00Android’s New Version To Support Upload to YouTube?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIx7wRj7cb8WZo0VbfgbaCrUXqvMoBoL8vcWMs_H3l5KDiC4CdxVAj6I9GtLAUoCT6QIe7_0fsvIa9dOLaN3ziqf8FyZArEsxvroucycBf3ytaJrKs21XX1tzbqBL0tsl4QQNy/s1600-h/android-list02.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIx7wRj7cb8WZo0VbfgbaCrUXqvMoBoL8vcWMs_H3l5KDiC4CdxVAj6I9GtLAUoCT6QIe7_0fsvIa9dOLaN3ziqf8FyZArEsxvroucycBf3ytaJrKs21XX1tzbqBL0tsl4QQNy/s320/android-list02.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282308652571206674" /></a><br />Google’s mobile phone OS “Android,” will soon be updated with several new features as a part of a major roadmap update. One of those features will include support for a video recording mode that will also let users share the content. The update, code-named “Cupcake,” has many speculating what that video sharing feature will actually look like. Some have suggested the possibility of being able to upload videos from the phone directly to YouTube. Now that’s something we would like to see!<br /><br />One of the only drawbacks to Apple’s widly popular iPhone is its lack of support for video recording. Of course, you can jailbreak your iPhone, a process that removes the restrictions put in place by Apple, and then install your preferred video recording application on your newly free device. However, the regular “Joes” of the world who are purchasing the phone don’t necessarily know how to do this or care to learn. If the “other” big smartphone offered video recording support, that would be a great selling point. (Then they would just need some apps.)<br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/androids_new_version_to_support_upload_to_youtube.php" target="_blank"><strong>readwriteweb.com</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-54253074218355579522008-12-20T05:11:00.000-08:002008-12-20T05:13:20.023-08:00YouTube Adds HD Video Showcase, Larger Player<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMt9QuYojcwAEGnpVGOp1glUujscLlPMWckAs0SpjgQmSBKhwZU2oBj9auSX-2ESM_0kTFUjh8gbuxLXRlO8-ZKc4MA22Wy6gRYigR5UpzpWt5H45gza8yTLT_BDBSw_sHYcgL/s1600-h/youtube_hd.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMt9QuYojcwAEGnpVGOp1glUujscLlPMWckAs0SpjgQmSBKhwZU2oBj9auSX-2ESM_0kTFUjh8gbuxLXRlO8-ZKc4MA22Wy6gRYigR5UpzpWt5H45gza8yTLT_BDBSw_sHYcgL/s320/youtube_hd.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281859686080639410" /></a><br />Back when YouTube launched its new HD video support, we (and many of you) lamented the fact that there was no way to find all the available HD content. Well, YouTube has now fixed that oversight with a new HD section to showcase all the high-def videos available on the site.<br /><br />To go along with the the new HD section, YouTube has also started displaying high-def movies in a larger video player that occupies the vast majority of the page. Naturally you can still use the fullscreen option, but with the larger player it isn’t as necessary.<br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/12/youtube-adds-hd.html" target="_blank"><strong>wired.com</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-8697509435609679272008-12-19T02:58:00.000-08:002008-12-19T02:59:47.961-08:00YouTube: A Money-Maker For Music Labels, But What About Google?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPSIdj5asv0HoQDx5CDHgUUiB3bsIkSYHQxO3vUR66oS4yGuXG9LO8nnXChllUkOw1ow0Dak9-Q_HrznXrMLBsNhGe4Q3tpgTW3zNE68bn6QsP7bN7jgqcpJFj2UHo_jZ7xnKH/s1600-h/logo.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPSIdj5asv0HoQDx5CDHgUUiB3bsIkSYHQxO3vUR66oS4yGuXG9LO8nnXChllUkOw1ow0Dak9-Q_HrznXrMLBsNhGe4Q3tpgTW3zNE68bn6QsP7bN7jgqcpJFj2UHo_jZ7xnKH/s320/logo.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281454199440956082" /></a><br />YouTube is driving more than traffic to music labels like Universal Music Group. Rio Caraeff, EVP of UMG’s eLabs, told CNET that YouTube is adding “tens of millions of dollars” to the recording company’s bottom line: “(YouTube) is not like radio, where it’s just promotional ... It’s a revenue stream, a commercial business.” <br /><br />The video site shares revenue with record companies like UMG from ads appearing with their music videos, as well as user-generated clips featuring their artists’ tracks. UMG’s eLabs division has brokered such deals with YouTube and others, including MySpace Music, over the past three years, and has made about $100 million dollars off its music videos as a result. By Caraeff’s account, YouTube has been responsible for a large chunk of that (which should make UMG doubly happy, since it, like some other labels, took a small stake in YouTube as part of the content-sharing deal). And while that’s great for the labels, what about Google?<br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-youtube-a-money-maker-for-music-labels-but-what-about-google/" target="_blank"><strong>paidcontent.org</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-84615911759060013742008-12-18T03:25:00.000-08:002008-12-18T03:28:03.535-08:00Vocito 1.1.0 for Mac<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRnzEc8iH9bAGMk0p_3xAY6z0UkA_kwd0OHhtG-Gs9JWNB0SPBcHvb8JbXIzyprIfib6dVeQLfEjNPckvGAAoa6fs9JLI7AKsDvezaIa-qHczTDCP5IMHfnooUscMWdA5T9OC/s1600-h/vocito-main_ui.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRnzEc8iH9bAGMk0p_3xAY6z0UkA_kwd0OHhtG-Gs9JWNB0SPBcHvb8JbXIzyprIfib6dVeQLfEjNPckvGAAoa6fs9JLI7AKsDvezaIa-qHczTDCP5IMHfnooUscMWdA5T9OC/s320/vocito-main_ui.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281090254587123682" /></a><br /><a href="http://code.google.com/p/vocito/" target="_blank"><strong>Vocito</strong></a> is a desktop UI for <a href="http://www.grandcentral.com/" target="_blank"><strong>GrandCentral</strong></a> for the Mac. It allows you to easily dial anybody from your desktop. Using GrandCentral it will dial the remote phone and your local phone simultaneously, and connect you together.<br /><br />It integrates into Address Book, Quicksilver, Automater, system services, supports "tel" URLs, and is fully AppleScriptable.<br /><br />All this integration makes it easy to have Vocito automatically dial your phone from just about any application that supports scripting, html, or Automator actions. For example, you can easily set up your iCal meeting appointment to automatically dial the conference call for you at the correct time. <br /><br />Vocito also allows you to save little applets that will automatically dial the phone for you with a simple double click.<br /><br />It works on Tiger and Leopard, is both PowerPC and Intel native, and is fully open sourced.<br /><br />Download: <a href="http://code.google.com/p/vocito/downloads/list" target="_blank"><strong>Vocito 1.1.0 for Mac</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-52332597385001268442008-12-18T03:17:00.000-08:002008-12-18T03:21:27.042-08:00Picasa 3.1 Build 70.71<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0ef7kG7F6cvUsJ7blCmf5OhyphenhyphenPa3rJsttmAI6jMQ0gs2PBUMxMJV6fDUpGCJ_51xvhn59lNbCthdYAqBnBrWVsv9BXWuq-JB1VhUMTx8QLLF6nn0S72iWj0GvS7AvEyj98yuw/s1600-h/picasa-logo.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0ef7kG7F6cvUsJ7blCmf5OhyphenhyphenPa3rJsttmAI6jMQ0gs2PBUMxMJV6fDUpGCJ_51xvhn59lNbCthdYAqBnBrWVsv9BXWuq-JB1VhUMTx8QLLF6nn0S72iWj0GvS7AvEyj98yuw/s320/picasa-logo.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246761904082569538" /></a><br /><a href="http://picasa.google.com" target="_blank"><strong>Picasa</strong></a> is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you will recognize. Picasa also makes advanced editing simple by putting one-click fixes and powerful effects at your fingertips.<br /><br />Picasa also makes it a snap to share your pictures you can email, print photos at home, and make gift CDs. And with the new Web Albums feature, you can upload your photos to the web with just one click. You can even download your friends' photos directly back to Picasa on your own computer. It's never been so easy to share photos online. Now with Picasa Web Albums!<br /><br />System Requirements: Windows XP/Vista or Linux<br /><br />Download: <a href="http://picasa.google.com/download/" target="_blank"><strong>Picasa 3.1 Build 70.71</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-51147311212056115772008-12-18T03:15:00.000-08:002008-12-18T03:24:51.371-08:00Picasa Web Albums Uploader 1.3<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagnOqyIpwrFdHGda2yhrzvD6ahM9jC0lmz17l3MZLIWgttcc1V01rHlnKuExp0PbKAd30zVc6y02GiiLDv0_dakWJYROM-2l0lveN2A0PAT5sy9Ax04XStxKBzgjPNhw_hi9u/s1600-h/google_mac_logo.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 59px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagnOqyIpwrFdHGda2yhrzvD6ahM9jC0lmz17l3MZLIWgttcc1V01rHlnKuExp0PbKAd30zVc6y02GiiLDv0_dakWJYROM-2l0lveN2A0PAT5sy9Ax04XStxKBzgjPNhw_hi9u/s320/google_mac_logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281089577929732146" /></a><br />Use your Mac to upload photos!<br /><br />Now there are two ways to upload your photos to <a href="http://picasa.google.com" target="_blank"><strong>Picasa</strong></a> Web Albums -- from directly within iPhoto or using drag-and-drop from a standalone application.<br /><br />For iPhoto users<br />The Picasa Web Albums Exporter lives right inside iPhoto. Select photos, choose Export in the File or Share menu, and upload them directly to your web album.<br /><br />For a standalone application<br />Use the Picasa Web Albums uploader -- just drag photos from the Finder and click the Upload button.<br /><br />Requirements: <br />- You must have a Picasa Web Albums account to use the Exporter or Uploader.<br />- Requires OS X 10.4 or later.<br /><br />Download: <a href="http://picasa.google.com/web/mac_tools.html" target="_blank"><strong>Picasa Web Albums Uploader 1.3</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-63346625609155619692008-12-18T03:14:00.001-08:002008-12-18T03:15:16.904-08:00Yahoo Outdoes Google by Anonymizing User Data After Only 90 Days<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZi_ap25JsswKI970zeoNRxQQYQzJu37674mtuRSNs0U0MgjLWp9iGGFwJbZPAPQVC0mbkqF8Cf4j1xB0q6solq9q7F6XndVbCM4Adw6Aal7BB92q4QvM63fGCYiqWBbQEj9oe/s1600-h/y_holidays_logo.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 55px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZi_ap25JsswKI970zeoNRxQQYQzJu37674mtuRSNs0U0MgjLWp9iGGFwJbZPAPQVC0mbkqF8Cf4j1xB0q6solq9q7F6XndVbCM4Adw6Aal7BB92q4QvM63fGCYiqWBbQEj9oe/s320/y_holidays_logo.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281087106741421602" /></a><br />New move from Yahoo should help further privacy on the internet<br /><br />One major concern in the tech community is the loss of privacy on the internet. With the internet being increasingly used as a site for personal activity and business, such loss is worrisome to many. Search providers store vast amounts of personal information based on your web browsing practices, which some fear could be used against them for medical discrimination or other malefic uses if the information fell into the wrong hands.<br /><br />In September, Google, who is one of the largest collectors of such information, announced an initiative to make its user logs anonymous after only 9 months. Now Yahoo has one-upped Google by announcing that it will anonymize its own user data stockpile after only 90 days.<br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.dailytech.com/Yahoo+Outdoes+Google+by+Anonymizing+User+Data+After+Only+90+Days/article13709c.htm" target="_blank"><strong>dailytech.com</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-76371582489855719772008-12-18T03:02:00.000-08:002008-12-18T03:13:44.105-08:00Yahoo begins rolling out social, extensible e-mail inbox<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qnHr9GalesXbY7NWJ9syoTxxl7A7WTigaC6jfCCXeEke9dYVKqWrTXfox0n0XD_aiHOljnRoSEzVbEdgncu0_PYidzaAufX-j7-hOGAoHgaCJ9Wyk-cILyuMigPmW6qVmCFj/s1600-h/y_mail_new.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qnHr9GalesXbY7NWJ9syoTxxl7A7WTigaC6jfCCXeEke9dYVKqWrTXfox0n0XD_aiHOljnRoSEzVbEdgncu0_PYidzaAufX-j7-hOGAoHgaCJ9Wyk-cILyuMigPmW6qVmCFj/s320/y_mail_new.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281086694580516866" /></a><br />Human interaction is increasingly diversifying. We post photos to Flickr, family members leave comments, and friends reply to our latest Tweets. Yahoo recognizes this shift and has begun rolling out a new "smarter inbox" that melds social tools and even opens up to third-party applications, all in an effort to help Yahoo Mail users get more done with the people they know.<br /><br />Slowly rolling out in limited beta for a select group of users, Yahoo Mail's most significant change is a completely redesigned Welcome page that focuses less on mainstream news and ads, and more on social activity and a new concept called "My Connections." Near the top of the Welcome page is a new My Connections area that features mail from the contacts you most frequently exchange mail with, and other contacts you specifically mark as preferred. Clicked messages open in the tabs that Yahoo's (still-in-beta) Mail UI has featured for some time, making it easier to quickly sift through all that correspondence.<br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081215-yahoo-begins-rolling-out-social-extensible-e-mail-inbox.html" target="_blank"><strong>arstechnica.com</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-36496760742914558032008-12-11T16:06:00.000-08:002008-12-18T03:01:56.446-08:00Google Chrome 1.0.154.39<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNc1vbwz7y4zm6SbP9fyNqt9yQNeN6OqaAVdmetc771pyiVQ8s1ZMjxEg27gwO1RrGbADEUfXLha0tcE9VSvkTfitOm9lIYta9cwTMJ-Ph_yUL-1i2xOn-teSlZ_B461zKkxJ/s1600-h/dlpage_lg.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNc1vbwz7y4zm6SbP9fyNqt9yQNeN6OqaAVdmetc771pyiVQ8s1ZMjxEg27gwO1RrGbADEUfXLha0tcE9VSvkTfitOm9lIYta9cwTMJ-Ph_yUL-1i2xOn-teSlZ_B461zKkxJ/s320/dlpage_lg.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270097521894464098" /></a><br />Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.<br /><br /><strong>One box for everything</strong><br />Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages.<br /><br /><strong>Thumbnails of your top sites</strong><br />Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab.<br /><br /><strong>Shortcuts for your apps</strong><br />Get desktop shortcuts to launch your favorite web applications.<br /><br />Download: <a href="http://www.google.com/chrome" target="_blank"><strong>Google Chrome 1.0.154.39</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-89674827368636978012008-12-11T16:04:00.000-08:002008-12-18T03:01:34.442-08:00Google Chrome Portable 1.0.154.39<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji8lZ2gsyNUI53NaawU68dmZoMHkLEQNbMEUtSwvPhEJ7CbfnP_fEXKJ80kqecG_5ptC9xo_g5LGSBy7MvQTFZSWzKBNfThJbLX12ICr9eKnO6XaBfXoTK7DZChwLrq6NiEA-7/s1600-h/chrome_portable.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji8lZ2gsyNUI53NaawU68dmZoMHkLEQNbMEUtSwvPhEJ7CbfnP_fEXKJ80kqecG_5ptC9xo_g5LGSBy7MvQTFZSWzKBNfThJbLX12ICr9eKnO6XaBfXoTK7DZChwLrq6NiEA-7/s320/chrome_portable.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246762255080009810" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/chrome" target="_blank"><strong>Google Chrome</strong></a> is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.<br /><br />This is the <a href="http://stadt-bremerhaven.de/" target="_blank"><strong>portable</strong></a> version of Google Chrome.<br /><br /><em>Just download and extract and start with ChromeLoader.exe. Chromeloader.exe is a simple AutoIt-Script – compiled to an exe-File. So – if you get an error from your AV: it’s just a false positive, because ChromeLoader.exe was packed with UPX. All settings are stored in “Profil”-folder.</em><br /><br />Download: <a href="http://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/stadt-bremerhaven.de/Chrome/" target="_blank"><strong>Google Chrome Portable 1.0.154.39</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-85027931300520325902008-12-11T16:02:00.000-08:002008-12-11T16:03:54.087-08:00Google enables Gmail SMS messages<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjQxmL-i1B-ohlJqtm5H7mMPsf3UZkg0P9bzoHzK32KQnymnkaFGBs6yk_RQf2EwoP7RZQvF0ariHTDvKxBCL9-W6IAeGdh0Bcw_eEcRrlHjTTaRpuAkXhmw0P1_bRGAvJ0H6/s1600-h/sms_big.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 117px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjQxmL-i1B-ohlJqtm5H7mMPsf3UZkg0P9bzoHzK32KQnymnkaFGBs6yk_RQf2EwoP7RZQvF0ariHTDvKxBCL9-W6IAeGdh0Bcw_eEcRrlHjTTaRpuAkXhmw0P1_bRGAvJ0H6/s320/sms_big.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278687582019224850" /></a><br />Mountain View (CA) – Google’s Gmail team is on a roll. Two days ago we were introduced to a first task feature in Gmail and today it is another “Labs” feature that enables users to send text messages cellphones and receive a reply that will be posted in Gmail’s chat window. <br /><br />Another day, another new Gmail feature - text (SMS) messages from within the webmail interface. Some readers may remember that this feature appeared in Gmail about a month ago only, but was quickly removed due to bugs. This time around, Google says the feature is here to stay. "Send SMS text messages right from Gmail. You chat from your comfy computer and reach your friends on the go; they get your messages as texts and can peck out replies on their little keyboards," the company said in a statement released today.<br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/40548/140/" target="_blank"><strong>tgdaily.com</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-84322704575838287282008-12-11T15:59:00.000-08:002008-12-11T16:02:06.638-08:00Google Chrome Gets Out of Beta Really Soon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxPxS0DiXziqr-HBirjgsak8pFfrpsd_KBej7Ll28gIEDdVSpi98NMJAQouFD_8f-DUG8gZy70Pptxwq3rMIXD6LgjJMaUhreQiUSjITPwBg5enf0BUBEXu8QSgLZSYv3vllLQ/s1600-h/favicon.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 64px; height: 61px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxPxS0DiXziqr-HBirjgsak8pFfrpsd_KBej7Ll28gIEDdVSpi98NMJAQouFD_8f-DUG8gZy70Pptxwq3rMIXD6LgjJMaUhreQiUSjITPwBg5enf0BUBEXu8QSgLZSYv3vllLQ/s320/favicon.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278687126936426162" /></a><br />It was great to see Firefox’s success in the browser war. While IE still dominates the market, Firefox has been chipping away IE’s shares. Now come Google Chrome which many have reported it would be hitting gold release soon. According to TechCrunch, the reason why Google is pushing Chrome to final release milestone is to be able to get PC Vendors to bundle the browser in their systems - as many of them would not accept incomplete software.<br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/google-chrome-gets-out-of-beta-really-soon-1125993/" target="_blank"><strong>slashgear.com</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-45590122924011436692008-12-10T15:56:00.000-08:002008-12-11T15:59:32.083-08:00Magazines Come to Google Book Search<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUw7qlmNkzlGG_Fsq48E8wXofeinRMOsViB_Algq_991B1HbSp0ZHrddmdSs1fErfbF8HToG8WjfFvZI1kx1qFlTdsqbPOnfv8VVJ6YxTO3BQA_HF1OcMrsDXK1mJ4kEry8pwR/s1600-h/book-mag-ebony+cover.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUw7qlmNkzlGG_Fsq48E8wXofeinRMOsViB_Algq_991B1HbSp0ZHrddmdSs1fErfbF8HToG8WjfFvZI1kx1qFlTdsqbPOnfv8VVJ6YxTO3BQA_HF1OcMrsDXK1mJ4kEry8pwR/s320/book-mag-ebony+cover.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278686460826803458" /></a><br />Google today announced that it is adding magazines to its lineup for Google Book Search. These magazines include publications like Popular Science and New York Magazine, but also more obscure publications like the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. In the long run, Google expects to add search results from these magazines to its main Google.com search results. <br /><br />It is not clear if Google struck a deal with specific publishers to allow for this, but the selection of included magazines still feels a bit uneven and leaves out quite a few well known publications like Time, Newsweek, and Wired.<br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/magazines_come_to_google_book_search.php" target="_blank"><strong>readwriteweb.com</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-21209953291623585482008-12-09T15:52:00.000-08:002008-12-11T15:56:26.486-08:00Android Gets New Supporters<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFM2t1ppf-cAcHPFQknbxo9jWzRQWuoaZWzQN-YJMmMOkVQXxHPMinCiSn_x6Wpd1WdqhmiAjI-Z4_jrnkJeBWm0k0K2fiJkK0wOwp_pBVTpTcgPaQEntLrt0deQX_RI3_AXGq/s1600-h/openhandset.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 287px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFM2t1ppf-cAcHPFQknbxo9jWzRQWuoaZWzQN-YJMmMOkVQXxHPMinCiSn_x6Wpd1WdqhmiAjI-Z4_jrnkJeBWm0k0K2fiJkK0wOwp_pBVTpTcgPaQEntLrt0deQX_RI3_AXGq/s320/openhandset.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278685662129545266" /></a><br />Open Handset Alliance, the consortium that is supporting the Google developed Android operating system, has some new fans.<br /><br />Fourteen new members that comprise both telecom service providers and handset makers among others have decided to join the Alliance in a sign that the newly introduced platform may be gaining momentum. <br /><br />The new entrants include ARM, Asustek, Garmin, Huawei Technologies, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba and Vodafone. <br /><br />So far only T-Mobile has introduced an Android device, the G1 from HTC, in North America. Meanwhile, Motorola has said it will launch handsets based on Android OS next year.<br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/12/android-gets-ne.html" target="_blank"><strong>wired.com</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-83885610102955502762008-12-09T15:50:00.000-08:002008-12-11T15:52:08.642-08:00Google Lets Advertisers Target Mobile Devices<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIgz-FnOpGhi9MjKq08Ek1GJEjTMcB7AKhyphenhyphenzWLMg7Xsgei1B-xhj6ck33m_dwUjWw2gLBbUBNRmApKKUNw2csmpSSWsG3GqpF3XK55D_2RphFn80ORVf8TmjVFskYd_cbBx9n/s1600-h/150x55aw.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 55px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIgz-FnOpGhi9MjKq08Ek1GJEjTMcB7AKhyphenhyphenzWLMg7Xsgei1B-xhj6ck33m_dwUjWw2gLBbUBNRmApKKUNw2csmpSSWsG3GqpF3XK55D_2RphFn80ORVf8TmjVFskYd_cbBx9n/s320/150x55aw.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278684433087345010" /></a><br />Google today announced that it has added a new option for AdWords advertisers to specifically target iPhones, T-Mobile's G1, and other mobile devices that have 'real' Internet browsers. Unlike the standard mobile AdWord ads that were targeted to appear on mobile web sites, this new feature will allow advertisers to target any mobile device with a full HTML browser. Google also points out that it is seeing 'a lot' of searches from iPhone and G1 users and the iPhone drove more traffic to Google.com during last year's holiday season than any other mobile platform.<br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_adwords_adsense_mobile_devices.php" target="_blank"><strong>readwriteweb.com</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-42456531155998204762008-12-02T12:00:00.000-08:002008-12-02T12:03:31.158-08:00YouTube recruits for world's first online orchestra<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-T_SryRAXuw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-T_SryRAXuw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Leading classical musicians are to audition on YouTube to become members of the world's first online orchestra.<br /><br />In collaboration with orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and Berlin Philharmonic, the video-sharing website is creating a talent contest in which musicians are invited to send in clips of themselves performing.<br /><br />A panel of experts will whittle the field down to a shortlist of semi-finalists who will then be voted on by YouTube viewers.<br /><br />The winning musicians will form the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, working with Michael Tilson Thomas, the Grammy Award-winning conductor, and Lang Lang, the Chinese pianist, culminating in a performance at New York's Carnegie Hall in April next year.<br /><br />At the same time a selection of the video entries will be combined to create an online ensemble piece.<br /><br />Read More: <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/3539715/YouTube-recruits-for-worlds-first-online-orchestra.html" target="_blank"><strong>telegraph.co.uk</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-54148419447555131652008-11-26T05:18:00.000-08:002008-11-26T05:32:11.367-08:00Gmail 'vulnerability' turns out to be phishing scam<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgebeQNW_erxgkkKIROro0Viq-S_tKqj4SVok5eIMip9qwk-kOv16JWOWGJl1FcsWF5hyphenhyphen7xu5j6Hu52PFsIvj_EKAbZ2O4I9S8VTHvF0dJOBhD_mjuJlTGOgB7VrhmSF6bYqHRc/s1600-h/gmail_blue.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 149px; height: 72px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgebeQNW_erxgkkKIROro0Viq-S_tKqj4SVok5eIMip9qwk-kOv16JWOWGJl1FcsWF5hyphenhyphen7xu5j6Hu52PFsIvj_EKAbZ2O4I9S8VTHvF0dJOBhD_mjuJlTGOgB7VrhmSF6bYqHRc/s320/gmail_blue.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272957607365747170" /></a><br />Reports that a purported Gmail vulnerability was being used by unauthorized third parties to hijack domains turned out to be nothing more than a phishing scam, Google announced Tuesday. <br /><br /><br />The alleged vulnerability reportedly allowed an attacker to set up filters on users' e-mail accounts without their knowledge, according to a proof of concept posted Sunday at the blog Geek Condition. In the post, Geek Condition's "Brandon" wrote that the vulnerability had caused some people to lose their domain names registered through GoDaddy.com. <br /><br />However, after consulting with those who claimed to be affected by the so-called vulnerability, Google determined that they were victims of a phishing scam, Google information security engineer Chris Evans explained in a blog.<br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10108529-83.html" target="_blank"><strong>news.cnet.com</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-2908403437047931432008-11-22T10:24:00.000-08:002008-11-22T10:26:08.623-08:00Google Mobile App for iPhone and iPod Touch<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVQW2wqOJOzYbQUCK07OLrQ2n_5aPM2RwzlKdV7WINFsrAcV990A4TX-bqQvSWp6bOVYoWy0mErOayzbyncGew-DhVocoXsBq7lXGpxs2VT9YgfSh7ckuDji7Sp6BDQmZJlYA/s1600-h/Google+Mobile+App.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVQW2wqOJOzYbQUCK07OLrQ2n_5aPM2RwzlKdV7WINFsrAcV990A4TX-bqQvSWp6bOVYoWy0mErOayzbyncGew-DhVocoXsBq7lXGpxs2VT9YgfSh7ckuDji7Sp6BDQmZJlYA/s320/Google+Mobile+App.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271549914298379682" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/mobile/apple/" target="_blank"><strong>Google Mobile App</strong></a> helps you find the information you need quickly and easily with instant access to Google Search.<br /><br /><strong>Search with your voice so you don't have to type.<br />Search with My Location makes finding business, weather, and movie info easy.<br />Suggestions appear as you type to save you time.<br />Launch Gmail, Google News, and more from one place.</strong><br /><br />Features<br /><br />- Voice Search.New! Speak your queries without even pushing a single button.<br />- Search with My Location.New! Search for business, weather, and movie information without specifying where you are. <br />- Local search suggestions on a map. See nearby business suggestions on Google Maps -- just tap the "near me" suggestions. <br />- Instant access to search. Start a Google search with just one click.<br />- Google Suggest. Get relevant search suggestions as you type, saving you keystrokes.<br />- URL suggestions. Get to popular web sites quickly by tapping site web address suggestions.<br />- Contact search. Quickly find contacts in your address book.<br />- Search history. Get instant access to your previous searches.<br />- Easy access to other Google products. Launch other Google products like Maps, Gmail and News from the Apps tab.<br /><br />Download: <a href="http://www.google.com/mobile/apple/app.html" target="_blank"><strong>Google Mobile App for iPhone and iPod Touch</strong></a> or visit the <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284815942&mt=8" target="_blank"><strong>iTunes store</strong></a>. <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-24492707741704881292008-11-22T05:07:00.000-08:002008-11-26T05:09:55.815-08:00Google may offer Chrome detailing on new PCs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkSL9sUQ_afi3txRV5F_lmhyphenhypheneaOIPKinKmw3xbbDhDTjrFcaIke5HCbeFkq3dfQl5UWWWg9OCFTBKA-8MJHCR6soumlqRcKXZUbsDnHLAvARUqlHI5cI0miyUWS3VWPtYO6fgR/s1600-h/crome_scott.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkSL9sUQ_afi3txRV5F_lmhyphenhypheneaOIPKinKmw3xbbDhDTjrFcaIke5HCbeFkq3dfQl5UWWWg9OCFTBKA-8MJHCR6soumlqRcKXZUbsDnHLAvARUqlHI5cI0miyUWS3VWPtYO6fgR/s320/crome_scott.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272952778239307730" /></a><br />We've watched the rapid evolution of Google's beta Chrome browser since it first appeared. Chrome, apparently, will not remain in an indefinite period of beta testing for the rest of its life. Speaking to The Times, Sundar Pichai, Google vice president, stated that the browser will exit beta in January. Google, meanwhile, is exploring its distribution options and examining the various ways it might improve its market share. "We will probably do distribution deals,” Pinchai told The Times. "We could work with an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) and have them ship computers with Chrome preinstalled."<br /><br />Doing so could significantly change the browser market's competitive landscape. As of the end of October, Microsoft commands some 71 percent of the market, with Firefox hovering near 20 percent, according to NetApplications. Two-thirds of that last nine percent is held by Safari, with a ragtag collection of other clients collectively holding on to about three percent of the total number of web users. Shipping Chrome as the default browser on a system wouldn't have an immediate impact on browser standings, but in the longer term, Google's share of the market would almost certainly rise. Google is also working on Macintosh and Linux versions of its shiny toy.<br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081121-google-may-offer-chrome-detailing-on-new-pcs.html" target="_blank"><strong>arstechnica.com</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-74499232407336174392008-11-22T04:58:00.000-08:002008-11-26T05:07:29.282-08:00Yahoo Finally Sells Off Kelkoo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2QTPEtTHk0ttGvWwBZ7po6SJqyBvK6DcL6r1dNKyMOdHNFyvUTJNvj3OozeJ5Hze5P-XzhgvmllG9lEFCPX2XhPkTHTQkNuezvqgWCDVAsVERe9ymv22irh9Z5lX0Cmtf3Gx/s1600-h/kelkoologo.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 147px; height: 35px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2QTPEtTHk0ttGvWwBZ7po6SJqyBvK6DcL6r1dNKyMOdHNFyvUTJNvj3OozeJ5Hze5P-XzhgvmllG9lEFCPX2XhPkTHTQkNuezvqgWCDVAsVERe9ymv22irh9Z5lX0Cmtf3Gx/s320/kelkoologo.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272952103043071698" /></a><br />Yahoo has been rumored to be selling Paris-based comparative shopping site Kelkoo for some time now, and it appears that they have found a buyer. Yahoo acquired Kelkoo in 2004 for €475 million.<br /><br />The company has been sold to a UK-based private equity firm called Jamplant Ltd (update: here is a profile of the fund) for something less than €100 million, according to sources with knowledge of the deal.<br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/21/yahoo-finally-sells-kelkoo-and-brings-cash-in/" target="_blank"><strong>techcrunch.com</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-48972737034128461512008-11-20T17:12:00.000-08:002008-11-20T17:15:02.915-08:00Google adds themes to Gmail<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9yzKGut0gJtzfa9BWBIw0tQT6WhwtQKvaJ1m_y8K8l_R5ucIsBda0y09Ap3D9l7LzRv2sTz3CHV7otuOPJ7pN7364_crR7PXc626z_s86WtQWuLexnOiVxHX72NKModEGMwV5/s1600-h/gmail_themes.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9yzKGut0gJtzfa9BWBIw0tQT6WhwtQKvaJ1m_y8K8l_R5ucIsBda0y09Ap3D9l7LzRv2sTz3CHV7otuOPJ7pN7364_crR7PXc626z_s86WtQWuLexnOiVxHX72NKModEGMwV5/s320/gmail_themes.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270913126048097298" /></a><br />So now the sun shines out of your inbox<br /><br />Google has brought themes to its Gmail webmail client – allowing you to personalise your page.<br /><br />Themes have been present in iGoogle – a personalised home page – for some time, and that functionality has now been rolled out to the popular Gmail service.<br /><br />Google's mail client is some way behind the likes of Microsoft's Live Hotmail and Yahoo mail, but it has taken a considerable chunk of the market.<br /><br />The themes include the likes of beach, planets, ninja, pebbles and a whole host of colour changes.<br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/google-adds-themes-to-gmail-486967" target="_blank"><strong>techradar.com</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-78982233440201900372008-11-20T10:51:00.000-08:002008-11-20T10:54:28.546-08:00Google Lively Is Dead-ly<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhput8K9ziqpI5YTgD51KWvXqgjJ-y8qNGk7s8Dfgga81i8Klp-BsShFguEO-WeOX9AT2PgY3HWtnGGP2G6t6A-MOUVBR_L12x2Mk7m3Ec_5ygffhtuQZZnhbTaInxkRNvipaZV/s1600-h/lively_shutting.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 46px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhput8K9ziqpI5YTgD51KWvXqgjJ-y8qNGk7s8Dfgga81i8Klp-BsShFguEO-WeOX9AT2PgY3HWtnGGP2G6t6A-MOUVBR_L12x2Mk7m3Ec_5ygffhtuQZZnhbTaInxkRNvipaZV/s320/lively_shutting.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270815051703089858" /></a><br />In an economic environment where a number of companies are stumbling, it's important to remember that sometimes even Google makes bad decisions. Such would be the case with Lively, a browser-based virtual world environment - and purported Second Life killer - that Google launched this summer to great fanfare.<br /><br />Now, a little over four months after Lively's launch, Google has decided to turn the lights out on the alternate reality, announcing that they are discontinuing Lively at the end of this year.<br /><br />Google tried to be polite about pulling the plug:<br />"Since Lively's launch, we have been delighted to see the creative ways you've used the product. We enjoyed hanging out in Jen's coffee house, and checking out the Brasil Party room. We got a kick out of the YouTube videos in a variety of languages telling stories about your avatars. And we've been awed by the elaborate rooms that you've constructed, using mosaic tiles and photo gadgets in novel ways."<br /><br />But ultimately, it decided to shut the whole thing down. Why?<br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_lively_is_deadly.php.htm" target="_blank"><strong>readwriteweb.com</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10517571.post-5218785393124139202008-11-19T15:17:00.000-08:002008-11-19T15:18:59.557-08:00Google to present millions of photos from Life archives<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPwV956PwYaPWoJr_ynh2SJr0NOM-IQ4Z9cUSFpWskREFAfCrtPDcnaa3q5HrM4pY0-pJXwX4NavHitDjoq8kAVYLw_YrOw2G2wa9FtoFIKcJSjeMMjBqp5DGVlIC9dx_r3MT/s1600-h/c.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPwV956PwYaPWoJr_ynh2SJr0NOM-IQ4Z9cUSFpWskREFAfCrtPDcnaa3q5HrM4pY0-pJXwX4NavHitDjoq8kAVYLw_YrOw2G2wa9FtoFIKcJSjeMMjBqp5DGVlIC9dx_r3MT/s320/c.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270512137270737218" /></a><br />Seattle - Google is going to start to present millions of photographs from the archives of Life Magazine. There are approximately ten million photographs that are going to be presented to the public.<br /><br />The photographs have been taken throughout the twentieth century. Some of the notable photographers who took some of the archived photographs are Gordon Parks, Margaret Bourke- White, and Dorothea Lange.<br /><br />You have been able to search for some of these photographs by entering the proper keywords of the photographs into the Google Image Search feature. There will be more photographs and images added to the Google Image Search feature. Life magazine stated that approximately ninety seven percent of the photographs that Google will present have never been seen before by the public.<br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.ireallyshouldstudy.com/technology/2008/11/19/google-to-present-millions-of-photos-from-life-archives/" target="_blank"><strong>ireallyshouldstudy.com</strong></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0