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Definition Search in Google

January 7, 2007

If you are searching for a meaning of a word or a term, the Definitions feature of Google Search should come in handy. Till now if I wanted to quickly lookup a meaning for a word say preposterous, I used to search in Google with this keyword preposterous+meaning To see a definition for a word [...]

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Google Search does math too

December 21, 2006

I was talking to my brother the other day on phone and I had to quickly convert 4lbs to Kg’s. I was about to search in Google for a unit converter and he reminded me that I could do this easily in Google Search itself ! I just had to enter “4lbs in Kg“ in [...]

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Search Patents with Google

December 14, 2006

Now you can search/find full text of U.S patents via Google Patent Search. Phil points out that Unites States Patent and Trademark Office does have its own search service and its not that really useful. The first keyword I searched was “Google” and I ended up with this result !! Sanitary Device for Repelling Mosquitoes… [...]

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Java 6 is out

December 13, 2006

I am still using Java 1.4 and was contemplating on move to Java 5/1.5 and lo Java 6 is out. Ok now if you are confused with these version numbers check this page. I am still to get in terms with the new features of Java 1.5 itself and now Java 6 seems to come [...]

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Google Talk in Orkut

November 9, 2006

The integration of Google Talk within Orkut has been in news from quite some time. However unlike other Google products, there isn’t an official blog for Orkut which raises questions on Google’s commitment to this product ! One reason might be the lawsuit on Google by a small company which alleges that the Orkut developer [...]

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Google Reader in GMail (Another Greasemonkey script)

November 6, 2006

Google Reader, the online RSS reader from Google had a major upgrade some time back. Check this post to know more about Google Reader. Mihai Parparita, one of the lead developer of Google Reader has written a Greasemonkey Script to add Reader into GMail. The script added a “Feeds” link within GMail as shown below: [...]

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Suggest new features for GMail

October 19, 2006

GMail a.k.a Google Mail is still in Beta even after 2.5 years in service. However the application is evolving continuously based on user feedback. This is a snapshot of some of the suggestions that have already been implemented based on user feedback You can suggest more features to the GMail team via this link. I [...]

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The longest URL on web !

October 17, 2006

StumbleUpon is a nice way to find new sites and today I stumbled upon PCNames.com. Its a domain search engine which uses Ajax to display the domain status (i.e taken, available etc). So in a sense its one of the “web 2.0″ domain search engine. I started typing in random words like Googled,Googler etc. Then [...]

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Add Reader into GMail with GreaseMonkey

October 15, 2006

Google Reader, the online RSS reader from Google had a major upgrade in terms of features and UI. The most useful features included folder-based navigation and the expanded view of posts. Overall the UI looked a lot similar to GMail. Even while writing about Google Reader, I was wondering why Reader was not integrated into [...]

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Google Docs & Spreadsheets

October 12, 2006

Writely , the online word program from Google is now integrated with Google spreadsheets and is now known as Google Docs & Spreadsheets . I guess this is the first product from Google making use of “&” for combining 2 products and in a way combining word and spreadsheet does make sense. (However as of [...]

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