The New Cuil Search Engine has been getting a lot of press coverage. Why? It boasts of 3 times the number of web pages indexed by Google, a different style of displaying search results and a black (good one) homepage with just 3 links. For a starter, this is really good.
Created by Anna Patterson (a former Google employee), Cuil is in contrast to Google in interface. Cuil’s homepage is black in color and the results are displayed in magazine-column like way. The search results carry a thumbnail of image of the website it’s pointing to.
Pushkar
‘Don’t be evil’, thats what Google said when it entered the internet world. And now it has entered the PSP with the firmware 4.0 . You can now search from the XMB cross media bar of the PSP with Google and get results within a jiffy (not that it needs explaining).
Eric Lempel, director of the Playstation network wrote that with this new firmware update, people will be able to get the Google experience same as the way that they get on the web. Google search of the PSP will be able to recall 20 search items. Of course, users have to connect to the net via a wifi hotspot nearby.
Pushkar
Google maps for the real world? Yes. Virtual world ? w00t ?! That was my reaction after I discovered this map at IGN. Apparently, people can get ‘lost’ even in virtual worlds. Even after the minimap in the game, the GPS and escort functionality of some vehicles, we still need this. Why? Its because we are either dumb to read between the ‘map features’ or just love to roam around in the virtual world and end up wasting time without going about the assigned mission.
Pushkar
Over the years, Microsoft Office has become the most preferred and advanced office suite. However the high price tags attached to legal and licensed copies of Microsoft Office can become a burden in the long run.
Fear no more recently lots of alternative office suites have sprouted up. They not maybe as comprehensive as Microsoft Office, but they still manage to get the work done. Here are my 6 alternative office suite picks.
1. Google Docs – Google Docs is probably your best bet against the monopoly of Microsoft office. Assuming you a decent internet connection, Google Docs includes a web-based Word Processor, Spreadsheet application, and a Presentation app. Best of all its free.
Pranjal
Recently Google launched the new Google Sites wiki that lets you create and edit websites without learning HTML.
If you are a Google Apps admin, you can easily integrate the new Google Sites wiki service to your account. Just take a look at the steps below and you’ll be good to go building sites.
1. Open your Google Apps Dashboard and click the “Add More Services” link.
https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/<yourdomain.com>/SelectServices
2. Now you’ll see a button to integrate Google Sites with your Google Apps account. If it is unavailable, use the following link:
Pranjal
GTalk is an extremely simple instant messaging client. But simplicity is something you don’t need always, especially when it comes to your privacy. GoogleTalk doesn’t even has a privacy option to hide your status or maybe idle it, thats just plain disgusting I myself end up fighting with my friends, as they think I’m chatting with fellows and not working.
Beside that Gtalk will show you “idle” only if you do not use the computer for at least 10 minutes. Funny part is if a single click or button press and your status is green.
Pranjal
Gmail has a really cool feature, Gmail’s custom ‘From:’ feature lets you send messages that display another address. As i also have to deal with day to day emails coming to my website email, its really cumbersome to email from my hosting email application(buggy as hell).
- Log in to your Gmail account at mail.google.com.
- Now head over to the settings and open the Accounts tab.
- Under Send mail as, click Add another email address.
Pranjal
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