Google and the Collapse of Western Civilization

Due to all the legendary sources, the humanity today is under threat and on the verge of extinction, and the credit for this goes to Google. Our world has contracted around internet and as all the search engines are revolving us around it, just like a guide. All of them are fooling us, but maximum contribution comes from Google. With the passage of time, all of us will become3 dumb, start relying on Google and will gradually, not even try to scrabble our minds for an answer. [...]

Sidewiki’s Ups and Downs

On Wednesday, Google launched Sidewiki, a new comment subprogram. Using Sidewiki, users of Google Toolbar can post comment and discussion to any Web page they are drawn to. The comments appear in a sidebar column. Intimate The release has sparked conflict, between those who view Sidewiki as a potentially valuable tool, and those who view it as Google reducing the value of web site content by, in essence, “outsourcing” comments to Google’s domain. Whatever the opinion, there is the additional caution of the perhaps-unmanageable hassle Google may endure in monitoring and administrating such a vast network. [...]

Speed Up IE8 With Google Plug-In

Computerworld has run tests on Internet Explorer, version 8, after the addition of the Chrome Frame plug-in available from Google. The test results demonstrate that IE8, with Chrome Frame, runs almost ten times faster than IE8 without Chrome Frame. IE8 handles JavaScript 9.6 faster with the addition of the plug-in. To test and validate its results, Computerworld used the SunSpider Javascript program, running it three times on IE8 standing alone, and three times with the addition of the ChromeFrame plug-in. The scores were averaged to achieve the published results. The average score with the addition of ChromeFrame was equal to the scores of Google’s Chrome browser, proving that ChromeFrame can optimize any Internet Explorer program to the speed and efficiency of the actual Chrome browser. [...]

AOL stake sold by Google with a big loss of $717 million

As per the regulatory filing, stake in AOL of Google was sold by it with a heavy loss of $717 million. AOL stated in its filing with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that Time Warner has on June 8 purchased 5 percent share of Google in AOL for $283 million. The same share of AOL was bought by Google in late 2005 for a price of one billion dollars. [...]

Gmail Tips: How to work with search based approach of Gmail

Gmail has marshaled completely new way to access and manage e-mail. The following tricks and add-on will make working with Gmail still more enjoyable. Use keyboard shortcuts: There is no need to use mouse each time you want to compose, open, label or search an e-mail message. The keyboard shortcuts will keep your inbox clean. To activate them, in Gmail settings open General tab and enable keyboard shotcuts. [...]

Moving Towards Inter-Planetary Internet

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has declared that scientists have achieved success in testing deep space communications network, the first of its kind based on Internet concept. [...]