If I want to see an excellent music video, this page is gold for me. The page is maintained by Ivar Hagendoorn, an internationally acclaimed choreographer, photographer and researcher. You'll find music videos directed by Spike Jonze, Chris Cunningham, Jonathan Glazer and Michel Gondry.
Some excerpts:
"Jonathan Glazer has directed some of my favourite music videos: Radiohead Karma Police and Street Spirit, Jamiroquai Virtual Insanity, UNKLE Rabbit in your headlight, and Massive Attack Karmacoma. In 2001 he completed his first full-length movie, Sexy Beast. I just loved the scene where the rock rolled down from the mountain into the swimming pool. He also directed the Levis commercial with the guy and girl running through walls."
{ Image from Bjork's All is full of love. }
Top 5 Google Games
Who said you can't play games on Google? You can add a lot of gadgets to Google's personalized homepage, and some of them are time-wasting games. Here are my favorite 5 games from Google's directory.
5. Pacman (Pacman is universally considered one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games, and an icon of 1980s popular culture)
Play on Google Homepage (this game makes a lot of noise)
4. Blackjack (Blackjack is one of the most popular casino card games in the world)
Play on Google Homepage
3. Solitaire (single-player card game)
Play on Google Homepage
2. Flickr Puzzlr (puzzle based on images from Flickr)
Play on Google Homepage (click on the picture to see the puzzle)
1. Google Minesweeper (the game has been rewritten for many computer platforms and is most famous for the version that comes with Microsoft Windows)
Play on Google Homepage
Bonus:
Puzzle challenges from a Google engineer
5. Pacman (Pacman is universally considered one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games, and an icon of 1980s popular culture)
Play on Google Homepage (this game makes a lot of noise)
4. Blackjack (Blackjack is one of the most popular casino card games in the world)
Play on Google Homepage
3. Solitaire (single-player card game)
Play on Google Homepage
2. Flickr Puzzlr (puzzle based on images from Flickr)
Play on Google Homepage (click on the picture to see the puzzle)
1. Google Minesweeper (the game has been rewritten for many computer platforms and is most famous for the version that comes with Microsoft Windows)
Play on Google Homepage
Bonus:
Puzzle challenges from a Google engineer
Google Index Flooded With Spam
Google doesn't show the number of pages in the index on its homepage, but a good way to find it is to search for "* *". The resulting number is 25,270,000,000. Google says their index is more than 3 times larger than any other search engine. But what kind of pages are included in this huge index? Let's see:
Search for [site:t1ps2see.com]: 2,460,000,000 results and every page is a search result from a spam site.
Search for [site:eiqz2q.org]: 5,100,000,000 results that redirect to the same t1ps2see.com spam site.
Here's Alexa traffic:
And the list of spam sites is really long. So that means Google has upgraded its index with spam sites.
Note: Yahoo and MSN have very few pages from the sites mentioned (MSN: 59 results, Yahoo: 11,800 results for [site:eiqz2q.org]).
Also read:
Examples of queries for which these sites rank well
Search Google searches (where you can see how Google indexes search results from Blog Search, Google Maps or Google Books).
Google From Inside
A software engineer at Google, nicknamed ZorbaTHut, accepted to answer some question about Google at a forum called Something Awful. Zorba worked on Google Desktop, Google Video, Google Ads and Google Calculator. Here are some interesting answers:
What does it take for someone to get fired from Google?
I mentioned logs a while back - abusing those is a fireable offense. I don't know if anyone's actually done this, but they drive it in pretty hard if you try getting anywhere near the log system.
I was told a story about an IT guy who decided to give his wife a full VPN login to the Google network. I should point out that his wife was a Yahoo employee. That did not go over well.
I haven't known anyone who got fired, and I haven't even been on any teams where someone got fired. It seems to be pretty rare - people decide they want to try something else and leave more often than they get fired. But, you know, if you can work at it you can manage it.
What kind of computers do people use at Google? Do you see a lot of Linux machines because you have a lot of tech savvy people, or Windows machines because you want your stuff to work on the majority of the platforms? Is anyone using any Apple machines? From what you've said about Google's management it makes me think you're able to basically choose your own machine, so...what's it like?
Remember that most of Google is either HTML (cross-platform) or backend stuff that doesn't have to work on the "majority of the platforms". Therefore, the vast majority of computers at Google are Linux boxes. They give us a laptop also, and we get to choose between a Mac Powerbook and an IBM Thinkpad. I don't know of anyone who uses a Mac for their main system, though - it might have trouble compiling some of our code, and we're really entirely uninterested in having our server code run on Macs.
I suppose whoever it is that does Mac ports of software might, but I have no idea who that is. And I suspect it'd be a second computer, not their main computer, but who knows, I could be wrong.
I guess I'm not really looking to apply, but I'm pretty interested in the corporate structure. Can you go into any details regarding how the company is structured internally?
The company's structure, at least for engineers, is amazingly flat. The average hierarchy goes like this: Programmer. Tech lead. Manager. Department lead. Larry/Sergey/Eric. That's it. Five levels and you're done. And keep in mind that "Tech lead" is an engineer also, and "Manager" you talk to at most once a week and probably more like once every two months.
They really just give us vague guidance and assume we're competent.
My question is, what kind of source control system do you guys use? Does every team use a standard source control system, or do the team leads get to decide what to use?
I probably shouldn't get into major details on this, but we have one monolithic source control system across the entire company. This lets us link in handy libraries from other projects, and is honestly one of the coolest things about working here - if there's something common you want, chances are good it's already been written.
Most companies split up into one repository per major team, and therefore it would not surprise me in the least if we had the largest single source repository on the planet.
Also read Windows Vista from inside to see how things stand at Microsoft.
{ For an extended digest of the forum thread, go to Google Blogoscoped. For the original discussion, visit Something Awful. }
Windows Vista From Inside
Philip Su is a Microsoft developer that has some strong opinions about Windows Vista development. In a post titled Broken Windows Theory, he gives reasons for Vista's repeated delays.
"Ask any developer in Windows why Vista is plagued by delays, and they'll say that the code is way too complicated, and that the pace of coding has been tremendously slowed down by overbearing process. These claims have already been covered in other popular literature. A quick recap for those of you just joining the broadcast:
* Windows code is too complicated. It's not the components themselves, it's their interdependencies. An architectural diagram of Windows would suggest there are more than 50 dependency layers (never mind that there also exist circular dependencies). After working in Windows for five years, you understand only, say, two of them. Add to this the fact that building Windows on a dual-proc dev box takes nearly 24 hours, and you'll be slow enough to drive Miss Daisy.
* Windows process has gone thermonuclear. Imagine each little email you send asking someone else to fill out a spreadsheet, comment on a report, sign off on a decision -- is a little neutron shooting about in space. Your innocent-seeming little neutron now causes your heretofore mostly-harmless neighbors to release neutrons of their own. Now imagine there are 9000 of you, all jammed into a tight little space called Redmond. It's Windows Gone Thermonuclear, a phenomenon by which process engenders further process, eventually becoming a self-sustaining buzz of fervent destructive activity.
Vista is said to have over 50 million lines of code, whereas XP was said to have around 40 million. There are about two thousand software developers in Windows today.
There are too many cooks in the kitchen. Too many vice presidents, in reporting structures too narrow. When I was in Windows, I reported to Alec, who reported to Peter, to Bill, Rick, Will, Jim, Steve, and Bill. Remember that there were two layers of people under me as well, making a total path depth of 11 people from Bill Gates down to any developer on my team.
In general, Windows suffers from a proclivity for action control, not results control. Instead of clearly stating desired outcomes, there's a penchant for telling people exactly what steps they must take. By doing so, we risk creating a generation of McDevs."
Also see: Google from inside
"Ask any developer in Windows why Vista is plagued by delays, and they'll say that the code is way too complicated, and that the pace of coding has been tremendously slowed down by overbearing process. These claims have already been covered in other popular literature. A quick recap for those of you just joining the broadcast:
* Windows code is too complicated. It's not the components themselves, it's their interdependencies. An architectural diagram of Windows would suggest there are more than 50 dependency layers (never mind that there also exist circular dependencies). After working in Windows for five years, you understand only, say, two of them. Add to this the fact that building Windows on a dual-proc dev box takes nearly 24 hours, and you'll be slow enough to drive Miss Daisy.
* Windows process has gone thermonuclear. Imagine each little email you send asking someone else to fill out a spreadsheet, comment on a report, sign off on a decision -- is a little neutron shooting about in space. Your innocent-seeming little neutron now causes your heretofore mostly-harmless neighbors to release neutrons of their own. Now imagine there are 9000 of you, all jammed into a tight little space called Redmond. It's Windows Gone Thermonuclear, a phenomenon by which process engenders further process, eventually becoming a self-sustaining buzz of fervent destructive activity.
Vista is said to have over 50 million lines of code, whereas XP was said to have around 40 million. There are about two thousand software developers in Windows today.
There are too many cooks in the kitchen. Too many vice presidents, in reporting structures too narrow. When I was in Windows, I reported to Alec, who reported to Peter, to Bill, Rick, Will, Jim, Steve, and Bill. Remember that there were two layers of people under me as well, making a total path depth of 11 people from Bill Gates down to any developer on my team.
In general, Windows suffers from a proclivity for action control, not results control. Instead of clearly stating desired outcomes, there's a penchant for telling people exactly what steps they must take. By doing so, we risk creating a generation of McDevs."
Also see: Google from inside
Embed Google Calendar in Your Site
You can now share your Google Calendar with your friends, coworkers or family. Create a page that displays the calendar, the same way you see it on Google Calendar. Click on the arrow next to the calendar you want to embed, select "Calendar settings", and select the code from the "embed this calendar" section.
Click on "Customize the color, size, and other options" to change the default view, the size of the calendars and the details that are displayed. Choose your calendar options and you'll obtain a simple code to include in your site. It's an iframe, so you can include it in most blogs (it doesn't require Javascript).
For example, this is Perl Community's calendar displayed in agenda mode:
Related:
Mobile Google Calendar
Synchronize Google Calendar with your phone
Synchronize Google Calendar with Outlook
Click on "Customize the color, size, and other options" to change the default view, the size of the calendars and the details that are displayed. Choose your calendar options and you'll obtain a simple code to include in your site. It's an iframe, so you can include it in most blogs (it doesn't require Javascript).
For example, this is Perl Community's calendar displayed in agenda mode:
Related:
Mobile Google Calendar
Synchronize Google Calendar with your phone
Synchronize Google Calendar with Outlook
Six Proofs That Vista Has Security In Mind
Microsoft senior vice president Bob Muglia said at TechEd 2006 in Boston that Windows Vista will be the most secure operating system. I hope it will be at least the most secure Windows ever. Here are some features that will make Vista more secure:
Reduced privileges
Services are now run with reduced privileges that contain profiles specifying allowed file system, registry and network activities.
Spyware and malware detection
Windows Defender detects spyware in real-time and the Malicious Software Removal Tool periodically scans the PC for known prevalent viruses.
Better firewall
Vista will add to the firewall in XP full directional filtering and application blocking.
User Account Control
User Account Control forces programs to run in a specific Integrity Layer and request elevated privileges from the user when performing system commands or writing to system directories.
Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer 7 in Vista runs in a "Protected Mode" and has a phishing filter. The phishing filter is the new pop-up blocker, as it will become a standard feature in most toolbars and browsers (see Google Toolbar for Firefox, Firefox 2, MSN Search Toolbar).
BitLocker
BitLocker Drive Encryption is a data protection feature that provides encryption for the entire OS volume. Using a Trusted Platform Module chip located on the motherboard or USB stick, BitLocker encrypts data while it is being written to the disk.
After people will start using it, Vista will not be as secure as it may look now. And hopefully security won't mean prompting the user to type the admin password everytime he wants to install an application or delete a shortcut.
Related:
Windows Vista live preview
Reduced privileges
Services are now run with reduced privileges that contain profiles specifying allowed file system, registry and network activities.
Spyware and malware detection
Windows Defender detects spyware in real-time and the Malicious Software Removal Tool periodically scans the PC for known prevalent viruses.
Better firewall
Vista will add to the firewall in XP full directional filtering and application blocking.
User Account Control
User Account Control forces programs to run in a specific Integrity Layer and request elevated privileges from the user when performing system commands or writing to system directories.
Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer 7 in Vista runs in a "Protected Mode" and has a phishing filter. The phishing filter is the new pop-up blocker, as it will become a standard feature in most toolbars and browsers (see Google Toolbar for Firefox, Firefox 2, MSN Search Toolbar).
BitLocker
BitLocker Drive Encryption is a data protection feature that provides encryption for the entire OS volume. Using a Trusted Platform Module chip located on the motherboard or USB stick, BitLocker encrypts data while it is being written to the disk.
After people will start using it, Vista will not be as secure as it may look now. And hopefully security won't mean prompting the user to type the admin password everytime he wants to install an application or delete a shortcut.
Related:
Windows Vista live preview
Thank You For Downloading Gmail Notifier. Please Uninstall
Gmail Notifier is an application that alerts you when you have new Gmail messages. On Google support sites there are many topics that explain how to solve some problems by uninstalling the notifier.
Example #1
Example #2
Also read:
5 fast ways to check your Gmail account
Check multiple Gmail accounts
Gmail skins: Change Gmail interface
Example #1
When I start up my computer, I get a pop-up asking me to log in to my Google Account. How can I make this stop?
Is it possible that you downloaded the Gmail Notifier? If the Gmail Notifier has been installed, you'll see a pop-up window asking you to log in to your Google Account when you start your computer. If you have the Notifier installed and you'd like to uninstall it, please follow these steps:
1. Open the Windows "Control Panel."
2. Open "Add or Remove Programs."
3. Highlight "Google Gmail Notifier" in the list of programs currently installed on your computer.
4. Click "Remove."
Example #2
If you're having trouble signing in to your personalized homepage, here are a few things you can try: [...]
If you're using Gmail Notifier, you'll need to uninstall it. For instructions, please visit this page.
If you like the functionality of Gmail Notifier, you may want to download Google Talk. As with Notifier, Google Talk sits in your system tray and alerts you of incoming Gmail messages.
Also read:
5 fast ways to check your Gmail account
Check multiple Gmail accounts
Gmail skins: Change Gmail interface
Yahoo To Become Social Search Engine
Yahoo wants to win the battle with Google in the search engine market by using its social networks to improve the search relevancy. Yahoo wants to integrate Yahoo Answers, My Web 2.0 (that will relaunch soon), del.icio.us, Flickr into Yahoo Search. del.icio.us and My Web allow users to bookmark sites, so they can be used as a measure of site popularity. Flickr can improve the image search with high-quality pictures that have a lot of metadata (title, description, tags, comments). Yahoo Answers will be used for search queries that contain questions, the same way Google creates onebox results for queries like [Brazil population]. You type a question: [Can Flash .swf files carry viruses?] and Yahoo will find the answer in an answered questions database.
Yahoo's goal is "to change the game of search" and "tap the untapped authority" of users, said Jeff Weiner, senior vice president.
Yahoo has a stronger user base than Google. There are more people that use Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Messenger, Yahoo Groups than the similar products from Google and those users can tell more about the quality of a site than many complex algorithms.
Yahoo's goal is "to change the game of search" and "tap the untapped authority" of users, said Jeff Weiner, senior vice president.
Yahoo has a stronger user base than Google. There are more people that use Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Messenger, Yahoo Groups than the similar products from Google and those users can tell more about the quality of a site than many complex algorithms.
Google Government Search
Google launched a custom Personalized Homepage for searching federal government Web sites. The site available at http://www.google.com/ig/usgov "targets federal employees who often need to search across several government agencies", informs Washington Post. Google U.S. Government Search includes information about American Forces, White House, Government and it's the logical extension of the old Uncle Sam site that restricts the search to .mil and .gov sites.
"People are moving away from directory access to enter these sites," said Kevin Gough, product manager for Google U.S. Government Search. "They just want to type in a few words to pinpoint the information they need."
"People are moving away from directory access to enter these sites," said Kevin Gough, product manager for Google U.S. Government Search. "They just want to type in a few words to pinpoint the information they need."
There Are No Private Albums In Picasa
If you create albums with Picasa Web Albums, you must know that your album's URL will be accessible to everyone. If you don't make the album public, it will not be listed in your gallery, but can be accessed if someone guesses the URL.
"What's the difference between public albums and those that are unlisted?
When you upload photos to Picasa Web Albums, you can mark your albums as public or unlisted.
* Public albums appear on your "My Photos" and "My Public Gallery" pages. These albums can be viewed by anyone who knows the URL for your public gallery. This URL is easy to share – it's short and based on your Gmail username: http://picasaweb.google.com/GmailUsername
* Unlisted albums do not appear in your public gallery; only you can see them on your My Photos page. Since they don't appear publicly, they're accessible much like an unlisted phone number – anyone who knows the specific URL of an album can view its contents, but there's no directory for finding them."
(From Picasa Web Albums FAQ)
Philipp Lenssen even found an album of Larry Page that's not accessible from his public gallery.
"What's the difference between public albums and those that are unlisted?
When you upload photos to Picasa Web Albums, you can mark your albums as public or unlisted.
* Public albums appear on your "My Photos" and "My Public Gallery" pages. These albums can be viewed by anyone who knows the URL for your public gallery. This URL is easy to share – it's short and based on your Gmail username: http://picasaweb.google.com/GmailUsername
* Unlisted albums do not appear in your public gallery; only you can see them on your My Photos page. Since they don't appear publicly, they're accessible much like an unlisted phone number – anyone who knows the specific URL of an album can view its contents, but there's no directory for finding them."
(From Picasa Web Albums FAQ)
Philipp Lenssen even found an album of Larry Page that's not accessible from his public gallery.
Google Video Upload Status
If you upload videos to Google Video through the web interface (without the upload program), you can view information about them at Google Video Status page. The report shows if a video is live, it lets you edit the properties and resubmit the video for reviewing. For each video, you have the number of page views and downloads in a similar way to the AdSense reports.
The status page is not new, but I know some people that upload videos and then don't know if someone watched them or if they are still live on Google Video.
There's a new way to upload videos to Google Video: using the new Picasa, that has an option you can find at Tools/ Experimental/ Upload to Google Videos. The dialog is similar to the web form, but the progress bar from Picasa is really sweet, as it's always visible.
Picasa Web Albums
You can upload some of your albums to the web. Go to Picasa Web, get an invitation for the limited beta, download the new version of Picasa (even if you already have Picasa, you need to upgrade). When you right-clik an album, you'll see a new option: "Upload to web album". You have a space limit of 250 Mb and you can make a web album public or private. For $25 a year, you can have 6GB extra storage space and no bandwidth limits.
For an album, you can specify a name, a description and a cover album. You can add captions by clicking "Add Caption" while viewing individual photos.
You can also use Picasa Web Albums without installing Picasa using a basic uploader or a more fancy ActiveX control that allows you to upload more pictures at once (Internet Explorer). To do that, visit Picasa Web and click "New Album" or select the album you want to upload photos. Click "Upload Photos" on the left side of the page.
By default, the URL of your public web album is based on your Gmail username, but you can change that in your settings.
You can also download other users' public albums to Picasa, so this is a great way to share photos.
Unfortunately, it's very hard to organize large albums on the web. There is no search option, you can't assign tags and there is no way you can synchronize an album from Picasa to a web album.
To view a gallery of screenshots from Picasa Web, go to my Picasa album.
New Google Homepage Design
Going to google.com, I saw a new design that puts the navigation on the left side of the page. Maybe they try to make the homepage design consistent with the new SERP look.
Here's another homepage design experiment.
Related experiments (from April):
Extended snippets | Top result | Left navigation on SERP.
Windows Vista Live Preview
If you didn't manage to download the whooping 3.5 GB setup for Windows Vista Beta 2, you can view some screencasts recorded on a Toshiba Portege M400 Tablet PC (you need QuickTime, if you don't have it I recommend QuickTime Alternative).
You can view the Aero interface, the new Media Player, Windows Sidebar, the search features integrated in Vista and how to improve handwriting recognition on a Tablet PC.
If you want to download Vista, Microsoft's site is not very helpful. Because of a big demand, most people who try to download Vista are unable to access the download site. In case you're feeling lucky, here are the direct links for the 32-bit and 64-bit editions. You can also try an unofficial BitTorrent.
Vista Beta 2 can be used until next year in June and you won't be able to upgrade it to the final release. So if you have an unused computer that meets Vista specs, give it a try.
View Geographic Data On Google Maps
KML (Keyhole Markup Language) is an XML-based language for managing three-dimensional geospatial data in Google Earth. KML files are often distributed as KMZ, zipped KML files. The KML file specifies a feature (a placemark, image, or polygon) for Google Earth, by describing the longitude, latitude, tilt and other information.
Now you can use KMZ files in Google Maps, not only in Google Earth. If you know the address of a KMZ file, paste it into Google Maps search box.
Here are some nice places to see in Google Maps:
The seven wonders of the world
Earthquakes from the last week
World Cup 2006 stadiums
Eiffel Tower
World's top 500 hotels
Related:
Google Earth 4 just launched
Now you can use KMZ files in Google Maps, not only in Google Earth. If you know the address of a KMZ file, paste it into Google Maps search box.
Here are some nice places to see in Google Maps:
The seven wonders of the world
Earthquakes from the last week
World Cup 2006 stadiums
Eiffel Tower
World's top 500 hotels
Related:
Google Earth 4 just launched
Marissa Mayer's Normal Day
Business Week has an article about Marissa Mayer, Google's vice-president for search products and user experience, called "Marissa Gauntlet" by the insiders because of her rigid structure.
This is the schedule of a typical day of work for Marissa:
8:00 a.m. Wake-up, get ready for work
9:00 a.m. Arrive at work, take conference call about a new technology
10:00 a.m. Meeting with Udi Manber, VP of engineering to discuss search, engineering staffing, etc.
10:30 a.m. Meet with Associate Product Managers to brief and prepare for upcoming international business trip
12:00 noon Product review with Larry and Sergey; review product direction and strategy and potential future collaborations
1:00 p.m. UI (User Interface) review to review/approve user interface designs/changes for multiple products
3:00 p.m. Meet with a new member of my team to welcome him and discuss career goals/trajectory
3:30 p.m. Meeting with Google Video product manager
4:00 p.m. Google Product Strategy meeting with Eric, Larry, Sergey, and other executives to go over weekly site traffic and a few special topics
5:00 p.m. Executive strategy meeting on Google China
6:00 p.m. Office Hours
8:30 p.m. Catch up on the day's e-mail
11:15 p.m. Visit to the Google Gym to run
12:00 a.m. Go home
12:30 a.m. Watch TV, do e-mail
3:00 a.m. Go to bed
I wonder how does she manage to do all this in a single day and sleeping only 5 hours?
Related:
Marissa Mayer's profile on Orkut
Marissa prefers Pine to Gmail
She admits Google Video Store's launch was a failure
Stanford lecture - Marissa Mayer's ideas about innovation
Video of the lecture
This is the schedule of a typical day of work for Marissa:
8:00 a.m. Wake-up, get ready for work
9:00 a.m. Arrive at work, take conference call about a new technology
10:00 a.m. Meeting with Udi Manber, VP of engineering to discuss search, engineering staffing, etc.
10:30 a.m. Meet with Associate Product Managers to brief and prepare for upcoming international business trip
12:00 noon Product review with Larry and Sergey; review product direction and strategy and potential future collaborations
1:00 p.m. UI (User Interface) review to review/approve user interface designs/changes for multiple products
3:00 p.m. Meet with a new member of my team to welcome him and discuss career goals/trajectory
3:30 p.m. Meeting with Google Video product manager
4:00 p.m. Google Product Strategy meeting with Eric, Larry, Sergey, and other executives to go over weekly site traffic and a few special topics
5:00 p.m. Executive strategy meeting on Google China
6:00 p.m. Office Hours
8:30 p.m. Catch up on the day's e-mail
11:15 p.m. Visit to the Google Gym to run
12:00 a.m. Go home
12:30 a.m. Watch TV, do e-mail
3:00 a.m. Go to bed
I wonder how does she manage to do all this in a single day and sleeping only 5 hours?
Related:
Marissa Mayer's profile on Orkut
Marissa prefers Pine to Gmail
She admits Google Video Store's launch was a failure
Stanford lecture - Marissa Mayer's ideas about innovation
Video of the lecture
Change The World With Google Earth 4
Google launched a new version of Google Earth that includes some interesting features:
* Support for "textured" 3D buildings using models created with SketchUp, so that the images look more realistic.
* An updated KML format that allows sharing of partial information.
* Google Earth in French, Italian, German, and Spanish.
* Full screen mode now allows searching (press "/" to search).
* Now Google Earth is an universal binary, so it runs natively on both PowerPC- and x86 (Intel)-based Macintosh computer.
* There's a Linux version (available to download here as a bin file).
* Google Earth's index of high-resolution imagery has been increased by four times. One third of the world's population will have sub-meter high-resolution imagery.
* Google Maps API was also updated: you can now geocode addresses and use KML files in Google Maps to share geographic information. There's also Google Maps for Enterprise, that includes enterprise quality support and the ability to integrate maps into intranet applications.
* Support for "textured" 3D buildings using models created with SketchUp, so that the images look more realistic.
* An updated KML format that allows sharing of partial information.
* Google Earth in French, Italian, German, and Spanish.
* Full screen mode now allows searching (press "/" to search).
* Now Google Earth is an universal binary, so it runs natively on both PowerPC- and x86 (Intel)-based Macintosh computer.
* There's a Linux version (available to download here as a bin file).
* Google Earth's index of high-resolution imagery has been increased by four times. One third of the world's population will have sub-meter high-resolution imagery.
* Google Maps API was also updated: you can now geocode addresses and use KML files in Google Maps to share geographic information. There's also Google Maps for Enterprise, that includes enterprise quality support and the ability to integrate maps into intranet applications.
Search Google Searches
Search engines don't want to index pages that contain search results, because they're not useful. Most sites include entries in a special file called robots.txt that prevents search engines from indexing this kind of pages. Imagine what would happen if Google indexed its search results pages: some queries will bring the SERP as a top result.
There are some kind of searches you can find in Google:
1. Google Trends - find more than 60,000 searches, the most popular being "java, ruby, python, c#".
2. Google Blog Search - more than 687,000 searches, the most popular being "30 boxes".
3. Sketchup 3D Warehouse - more than 121,000 search pages in Google index.
4. Google Base - only 874 results with miscellaneous parameters.
5. Google Finance - although Google Finance is a content site, Google indexes pages about companies and also 32 search result pages.
6. Google PDA - Google indexes 32 search results pages from its PDA-optimized version.
7. Google Maps - more than 687,000 pages with almost no text content clutter Google index.
8. Google Music Search - more than 26,000 pages.
9. Google Books - more than 425,000 pages that contain search results from Google Book Search.
If you click one of the links above, you can add words to the query to actually search the search results.
There are some kind of searches you can find in Google:
1. Google Trends - find more than 60,000 searches, the most popular being "java, ruby, python, c#".
2. Google Blog Search - more than 687,000 searches, the most popular being "30 boxes".
3. Sketchup 3D Warehouse - more than 121,000 search pages in Google index.
4. Google Base - only 874 results with miscellaneous parameters.
5. Google Finance - although Google Finance is a content site, Google indexes pages about companies and also 32 search result pages.
6. Google PDA - Google indexes 32 search results pages from its PDA-optimized version.
7. Google Maps - more than 687,000 pages with almost no text content clutter Google index.
8. Google Music Search - more than 26,000 pages.
9. Google Books - more than 425,000 pages that contain search results from Google Book Search.
If you click one of the links above, you can add words to the query to actually search the search results.
Windows Live Reader
It's not a product that tries to compete with Google Reader. Windows Live Reader, codenamed MSReadr, aggregates news about Windows Live products (mainly Live Search, Live Mail, OneCare) from the growing list of their blogs.
Nial Kennedy says "this project was created on a Sunday evening without the approval or blessing of Microsoft" using Planet feed aggregator.
Windows Live is Microsoft's response to Google's web applications and tries to be an online extension for Windows Vista.
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Windows Live is a big bet
Nial Kennedy says "this project was created on a Sunday evening without the approval or blessing of Microsoft" using Planet feed aggregator.
Windows Live is Microsoft's response to Google's web applications and tries to be an online extension for Windows Vista.
Related:
Live Mail Desktop wants to be Gmail
Live.com is Vista's default homepage
Windows Live Mail review
Windows Live Toolbar shines
Windows Live is a big bet
Open Source Shopping Cart
"Open Source means a lot, it gives you the liberty to edit anything as you want. Of course, for users that only want to double-click to install and use the programs as they are delivered it won't make a big difference.
The Linux OS, in any flavors, isn't much different from Windows if you only use it to navigate on Internet, read e-mail, type a text, edit images, play videos and print things.
I'm not saying here that Windows is bad, I'm only saying that Linux is really great and available for free with nearly daily updates.
Take a look (from Amazon.com):
For Windows:
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2: $279.99
- Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003: $407.99
- Adobe Photoshop CS2: $579.99
- Norton Internet Security 2006: $59.99
- Nero 7 Ultra Edition: $69.99
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- Total: $1397,95
For Linux:
- Linux (almost any flavors): free
- OpenOffice: free
- Gimp: free
- ClamAv, Avast!, AVGand etc: free
- K3B: free
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- Total: 0
Of course, OpenOffice and Gimp and ClamAv and Avast! and AVG are also available for free on Windows, but again (except for Avast! and AVG) you are using Open Source programs."
[ by Trek1701, posted as a comment to Will Linux rule the world? ]
The Linux OS, in any flavors, isn't much different from Windows if you only use it to navigate on Internet, read e-mail, type a text, edit images, play videos and print things.
I'm not saying here that Windows is bad, I'm only saying that Linux is really great and available for free with nearly daily updates.
Take a look (from Amazon.com):
For Windows:
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2: $279.99
- Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003: $407.99
- Adobe Photoshop CS2: $579.99
- Norton Internet Security 2006: $59.99
- Nero 7 Ultra Edition: $69.99
---------------
- Total: $1397,95
For Linux:
- Linux (almost any flavors): free
- OpenOffice: free
- Gimp: free
- ClamAv, Avast!, AVG
- K3B: free
--------
- Total: 0
Of course, OpenOffice and Gimp and ClamAv and Avast! and AVG are also available for free on Windows, but again (except for Avast! and AVG) you are using Open Source programs."
[ by Trek1701, posted as a comment to Will Linux rule the world? ]
Create Video Montages Online
With One True Media you can create slideshows and video montages online. Embed photos (jpg files), videos (mpg, mp4, mov, or avi files) and music (mp3 and aac), change the sequence of the elements and share the result with your friends. You'll obtain a streaming flash you can embed in your blog, like this one. It's not a video editor, but it's a simple way to create a nice gift for a friend's birthday.
Google Lighthouse And Other Secret Products
Tony Ruscoe has found many interesting Google services, using an automated tool that fetches URL addresses like https://www.google.com/ accounts/ Login?service= [GoogleService].
What did Tony find?
Google LH2, a service that for the moment redirects to http://lh2.google.com/lh/invitationRequired. That means it's a closed beta. The name might suggest it's Google Lighthouse.
Google RS2, Google SSD, Mobile Download Console - SSD might be Simple Storefront Distribution, RS2 - Remote Storage, while the Mobile Download Console might be a software synchronization tool, like Browser Sync extension.
M Scrapbook - code-named Weaver. Maybe related to Dreamweaver?
That means Google has a lot of products to launch in the months to come.
What did Tony find?
Google LH2, a service that for the moment redirects to http://lh2.google.com/lh/invitationRequired. That means it's a closed beta. The name might suggest it's Google Lighthouse.
Google RS2, Google SSD, Mobile Download Console - SSD might be Simple Storefront Distribution, RS2 - Remote Storage, while the Mobile Download Console might be a software synchronization tool, like Browser Sync extension.
M Scrapbook - code-named Weaver. Maybe related to Dreamweaver?
That means Google has a lot of products to launch in the months to come.
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