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Technorati is so easily spammed

February 1, 2007

Technorati , the Internet search engine focused on the world of weblogs has probably one of the worst spam filters. BSNL, one of the popular Internet Service Provider in India, recently introduced 2Mbps bandwidth across all plans. I wanted to check the experience of the customers/bloggers using BSNL. A Technorati search for the same (http://technorati.com/search/bsnl) [...]

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Run Multiple Instances of Flickr Uploadr ?

January 16, 2007

Flickr the best online photo management and sharing application also has the best photo uploader tool. The uploader installation binary is small 648KB) and also in “run mode” the application takes the least amount of memory and CPU cycles. You can create sets and assign tags while uploading the photos. However one of the problems [...]

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Merry for spammers in Orkut

January 15, 2007

Orkut, the Internet social network service run by Google allows you to post personal or professional information and link to friends and acquaintances. The service which was available only by invitation was recently opened up for all users. Also unlike other services you don’t need a Google Account to access Orkut. These are some of [...]

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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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Launchy – Quicksilver for Windows ?

November 16, 2006

One of the features I liked in Google Desktop was the Quick search. Using this, I could quickly invoke the programs in the Start Menu, other than searching the files in my computer. Colibri was a nice alternative to GD’s Quick Search. You can read more about Colibri here. Launchy is another nice little open [...]

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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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Firefox Extensions

November 3, 2006

One of the nice feature of Firefox Web browser is the ability to add new features via extensions. Extensions are small add-ons that add new functionality to Firefox, from a simple toolbar button to a completely new feature. They allow you to customize Firefox to fit your own needs and preferences. Note that extensions shouldn’t [...]

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