Google’s Click-to-Call Cancelled?

This is one of the stranger messages appearing on the official Google Blog – note the last line of this unsigned post (update: that post has been removed now):
Google Click-to-Call project cancelled10/07/2006 05:07:34 PMAfter concientiously considering, Google has decided not to continue with Google Click-to-call project. The project has been in the media on last days because of the notice of Google agreement with e-Bay. We finally consider click-to-call agreement with e-Bay a monopolistic aproach that would damage small companies in the CRM area.This message has been translated using Google language tools.

Google Interested In YouTube?

AP says Google “is in talks to acquire the popular online video site YouTube Inc. for about $1.6 billion in cash and stock, according to published reports.” I’ve seen the rumors pop up before but being repeated at AP gives them some more credibility...
Just recently, Google Video was spotted experimenting with more YouTube-like, community-oriented features. If they do buy the site I believe it wouldn’t be for technical reasons, but indeed to aquire content & community. Then again, you can’t just buy a community...

Future of modern humanity

Web 2.0 ‘knowledge’: future of modern humanity? (I hope not) by ZDNet's Donna Bogatin -- If scrutinized, logical truths are displaced by Web 2.0 induced, unmanaged “knowledge,” what does modern humanity portend?

Bird Flu Tracking Map, March 20th, 2006. 52 Countries with Confirmed H5N1 Infections in Birds, Animals, and/or Humans.

Bird Flu Tracking Map, March 20th, 2006. 52 Countries with Confirmed H5N1 Infections in Birds, Animals, and/or Humans.
Originally uploaded by Quiplash!.

Bird Flu Tracking Map, March 20th, 2006. 52 Countries with Confirmed H5N1 Infections in Birds, Animals, and/or Humans.
Counries with confirmed or suspected bird flu - March 22, 2006
Compiled by MHSC on thefluclinic.com .

Confirmed - 52 countries

-- Africa
----- Cameroon (B) 3-11-06
-------- Maroua (B) 3-13-06
----- Egypt (B) 2-16-06 (H) 3-18-06
-------- Bohaira (B)
-------- Cairo (B) 2-17-06
-------- Giza (B) 2-17-06
-------- Menia (B) 2-17-06
-------- Kalubia (B) 2-17-06
-------- El Mahmodia (B) 2-17-06
-------- Beni Suef (B) 2-18-06
-------- Daqhaliah (B) 2-19-06
-------- Kafr el Shiekh (B) 2-19-06
-------- Oina (B) 2-20-06
-------- Fayoum (B) 2-22-06
-------- Dommiata (B) 2-23-06
-------- Sharkia (B) 2-23-06
-------- Louxor (B) 2-23-06
-------- Monifia (B) 2-23-06
-------- Sohag (B) 2-25-06
-------- Al-Qalyubia (Qalyoubia Qaliubiya, Qalyubia)(B) 3-14-06
----------- Nawa village (H) 3-18-06
-------- Al Sharikya (B) 3-14-06
----- Libya (B) 10-9-05
----- Niger (B) 2-15-06
-------- Illela (B) 2-27-06
----- Nigeria (B) 2-8-06
-------- Abuja (B) 2-?-06
-------- Nassarawa (B) 2-?-06
-------- Yobe (B) 2-?-06
-------- Kaduna (B) 2-8-06
-------- Zamfara (B) 2-20-06
-------- Kano (B) 2-22-06
-------- Katsina (B) 2-22-06
-------- Bauchi
----------- Toro (B) 2-22-06
-------- Plateau (B) 2-22-06
-------- Anambra State
----------- Idemili (B) 3-7-06
-------- Benue
----------- Oturpo (B) 3-7-06
-------- Rivers
----------- Port Harcourt (B) 3-7-06
-------- Kogi (B)
-------- Lagos (B)
-------- Ogun (B) 3-10-06
-------- Sokoto (B)


-- China (B) ? (H) 2-4-03 (WHO - 15 cases/10 dead)
----- An hui (H) 2-25-06
-------- Huainan City (B) 11-14-05
----------- Fanyu (B) 11-14-05
----------- Fanxu (B) 11-6-05
-------- Tian Chang City
----------- Liangying Village (B) 10-20-05
----- Guangdong (H) 3-5-06
----- Guangzhou
-------- Zhongluotan
----------- Chendong (B) 3-3-06
-- Hong Kong
-------- New Territories (B) 1-10-06
---- Hubei
-------- Jingshan
------------ Zinshi (B) 11-2-05
-------- Shishou
------------ Swan Economic Development (B) 11-20-05
-------- Xiaogan
----------- Maochenzhen (B) 11-05-05
----- Hunan Province
-------- Xiangtan County
----------- Wantang Village (B) 10-22-05
----- Jiangxi
-------- Kiangsi Province (B) 12-15-05
----- Liaoning Province
-------- Beining (B) 11-06-05
-------- Chaoyangsi (B) 11-06-05
-------- Daling (B) 11-06-05
-------- Jinzhou Municipality
----------- Badaohao (B) 10-26-05
----------- Heishan County (B) 10-26-05
----- Ningxia
-------- Yinchuan
----------- Shangqian Cheng (B) 11-17-05
----- Shanxi
-------- Xiaoyi
----------- Gaoyang (B) 11-11-05
----- Sichuan
-------- Dazhu
----------- Yang Jia
-------------- Liu Jian (B) 1-4-06
----- Xinjiang
-------- Miquan
----------- Niuzhuangzi (B) 11-15-05
-------- Shanshan (B) 11-22-05
-------- Urumchi
----------- Beidalu (B) 11-9-05
----------- Daban Cheng (B) 11-16-05
----------- Wulabo (B) 11-12-05
-------- Yutian
----------- Gujiangbage (B) 11-10-05
-------- Zepu
----------- First (B) 11-9-05
----- Yunnan
-------- Chuxiong
----------- Hehua (B) 11-17-05
----- Yingshang
-------- Jitai (B) 2-26-06
----- Zhejiang (B) 2004
-------- Anji (H) 2-10-06


-- Afghanistan
----- Nangarhar (B) 3-14-06
-------- Kabul (B) 3-14-06
-------- Jalalabad (B) 3-14-06
-- Albania (B) 3-11-06
----- Vlore (B) 2-16-06
------- Cuke (B) 3-8-06
-- Algeria (H) 2-25-05
-- Austria (B) 2-14-06
----- Mellach (B) 2-13-06
-- Azerbaijan (B) 2-9-06 (H) 3-5-06 (Dog) 3-15-06 (WHO - 7 cases/5 dead)
----- Absheron (B) 2-11-06
----- Khyzy (B) 2-22-06
----- Salyan
-------- Daikyand (H) 2-23-06 (4 dead)
----- Gilyazi (B) 2-27-06
----- Bilyasuvar (B) 3-3-06
----- Fizuli (B) 3-3-06
----- Tartar (H) 3-9-06 (1 dead)
----- Baku (Dog) 3-15-06
-- Belgium (B) 10-?-05 (imported eagles)
-- Bosnia/Herzegovina (B) 2-17-06
-- Bulgaria
----- Bourgas (B) 2-13-06
----- Nova Zagora (B) 2-17-06 &
----- Sliven (B)
----- Sofia (B)
----- Vidin (B) 2-3-06,
-- Cambodia (B) 1-24-04 (H) 2-?-05 (WHO - 4 cases/4dead)
----- Kompong Cham (B) 2-6-06
-- Croatia (B) 10-26-05
----- Draz (B) 3-3-06
----- Pantana (B) 3-14-06
-- Cyprus (B) 1-30-06
-- Denmark (B) 3-15-06
-- France
----- Ain (B) 2-18-06
----- Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts (B) 3-5-06
----- Birieux (B) 3-8-06
----- Marlieux (B) 3-3-06
----- Prevessin-Moens (B) 2-28-06
----- Saint Marcel en Dombes (B) 2-28-06
----- Villars les Dombes (B) 3-6-06
-- Georgia (Europe)
----- Khelvachaurskeyeo
-------- Adliya (B) 2-23-06
-- Germany (B)
----- Baden Wuerttemberg (B) 2-24-06
----- Bodensee (B) 3-1-06
----- Femerne island (B) 3-2-06
----- Lower Saxony (B) 3-5-06
----- Mannheim (B) 3-3-06
----- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Ruegen Island) (B) 2-14-06 (Cat 2-28-06) (Stone Marten 3-8-06)
----- Schleswig-Holstein (B) 2-24-06
----- Singen, Germany (B) 3-7-06
-- Greece
----- Paralia-Katerini (B) 1-30-06
----- Asprovalta (B) 2-3-06
----- Fanari (B) 2-06-06
----- Polychrono (B) 2-10-06
----- Central Markrygialos (B) 2-11-06
----- Paralia-Katerini (B) 2-11-06
----- Thessaloniki (B) 2-11-06
----- Stavos (B) 2-12-06
----- Epanomi (B) 2-13-06
----- Nea Pella (B) 2-13-06
----- Amoliani Island (B) 2-14-06
----- Halkidiki Peninsula (B) 2-21-06
----- Lagadas (B) 2-21-06
----- Rhodopes (B) 2-21-06
----- Skyros (B) 2-21-06
----- Evros (B) 2-28-06
----- Rodopi (B) 2-28-06
-- Hungary (B) 2-15-06
----- Nagybaracska (B) 2-04-06
----- Csatalja (B) 2-04-06
----- Szentendre (B) 3-1-06
-- India (B,H)
----- Maharashtra (B) 2-18-06 (H) 2-22-06
-------- Jalgaon
----------- Hated (B) 3-14-06
----------- Marul (B) 3-14-06
----------- Salve (B) 3-14-06
----------- Sawada (B) 3-14-06
-- Indonesia (B) 2-2-04 (H) 7-?-05 (WHO 29 cases/22 dead)
----- Bali Island
-------- Padang Sambian Village (B) 10-26-05
----- Batam (B, H) 3-2-06
----- Central Java (H)
-------- Surakarta (H)
----- East Java
-------- Madium (H)
-------- Malang (H)
----- Jakarta (B, H)
----- Kediri (B) 10-8-05
----- Riau Islands
-- Iran (B) 2-14-06
-- Iraq (B) (H) 1-2-06 (WHO 2 cases - 2 dead)
-- Israel
----- Negev (B) 3-16-06
------- Amioz (B) 3-20-06
------- Kibbutz Nir Oz (B) 3-20-06
----- Beka'ot (B) 3-22-06 (results "appear to be positive")
-- Italy (B) 2-11-06
-- Japan (B) 1-?-04
-- Kazakhstan (B) 8-2-05
-- Kuwait (B) 11-11-05 (migratory flamingo)
-- Laos (B) 1-27-04
-- Malaysia (B) 8-?-04
----- Selangor 2-20-06
-- Mongolia (B) 8-12-05 (Bar-headed goose, Whooper Swans)
----- Tengjiaying Village (B) 10-14-05
-- Myanmar
----- Mandalay (B) 3-13-06
-- Pakistan (B) 2-26-06
----- Abbottabad (B) 2-27-06
----- Charsada (B) 2-27-06
-- Poland
----- Bydgoszcz (B) 3-11-06
----- Kostrzyn (B) 3-11-06
----- Swinoujscie (B) 3-11-06
----- Torun (B) 3-5-06
-- Romania (B) 10-15-05
----- Agighiol (B) 12-3-05
----- Albesti (B) 12-27-05
----- Borcea (B) 3-5-06
----- Braiesti (B) 12-13-05
----- Braila (B) 10-7-05
----- Buzau (B) 10-7-05
----- CA Rosetti (B) 10-15-05
----- Calarasi (B) 10-7-05
----- Caraorman 10-?-05
----- Ceamurlia de Jos (B) 10-4-05
----- Cetate (B) (2005-2006?)
----- Constanta
-------- Ostrov (B) 2-17-06
-------- Topraisar (B) 2-?-06
-------- Vlahi (B) 2-?-06
----- Crisan (B) 12-3-05
----- Dunarea (B) 3-14-06
----- Ialomita (B) 10-7-05
----- Konstanca
-------- Cherna Voda (B) 3-13-06
----- Lake Razim (B) 10-31-05
----- Maliuc (B) 10-7-05
----- Mangalia (B) 3-9-06
----- Odaile (B) 12-?-05
----- Padina (B) 12-13-05
----- Sarina Suf (B) (2005-2006?)
----- Scarlatesti (B) (2005-2006?)
----- Tulcea (B) 10-7-05
----- Vadu Oii (B) 10-31-05
----- Vaslui County (B) 10-?-05
----- Valea Nucarilor (B) 3-14-06
-- Russia (B) 7-23-05
----- Adygea (B)
----- Altai Territory (B) 10-12-05
-------- Grjaznova Village (B) 10-31-05
-------- Novichiha Settlement (B) 10-27-05
-------- Pokrovka Village (B) 10-26-05
----- Astrakhan (B) 3-7-06
----- Chechnya
-------- Achkhoi-Martan (B) 3-1-06
----- Chelyabinsk
-------- Shatrovo Village (B) 10-31-05
-------- Sunaly Village (B) 10-22-05
----- Dagestan (B) (2006)
----- Gilyazi (B) 2-?-06
----- Kabardino-Balkaria (B)
----- Kalmykia (B)
----- Kurgan (B) 10-?-05
-------- Polovinnoe Village (B) 10-29-05
----- Krasnodar (B) 2-28-06
----- North Osetia-Alanii (B) 3-7-06
----- Novosibirsk (B)
----- Omsk
-------- Novosanzharovka (B) 11-3-05
-------- Rozovka Settlement (B) 10-27-05
----- Stavropol (B) 3-10-06
-------- Izobilnensky
-------- Kislovodsk
-------- Neftekumsky
-------- Shpakovsky (B) 3-11-06
-------- Vladimir (B) 3-11-06
----- Tambov Region
-------- Ioujniï Village (B) 10-21-05
-------- Morshansk (B) 10-24-05
-------- Morshanskogo (B) 10-24-05
-------- Streltsy Settlement (B) 10-26-05
----- Tyumen (B) 8-30-05
----- Tula Region
-------- Yandovka settlement in (B) 10-17-05
-- Saudi Arabia (B)
-- Serbia & Montenegro (B) 2-16-06
----- Sombor (B) 3-9-06
-- Slovakia (B) 2-16-06
----- Gabcikovo (B) 2-23-06
----- Sturovo (B) 2-16-06
-- Slovenia (B) 2-12-06
-- South Korea (B) 12-19-03 (H) ?-03
-- Sweden (B) 2-28-06
----- Faro (B) 3-15-06
----- Gotland
-------- Farosund (B) 3-16-06
-------- Sjaustru (B) 3-10-06
----- Karlskrona (B) 3-3-06
----- Nyköping (B) 3-14-06 (Owl)
----- Oskarshamn (B) 3-3-06
----- Oxelösund (B) 3-8-06
----- Simperarp (B) 2-24-06
----- Stockholm (B) 3-20-06
----- Torhamn (B) 3-17-06
-- Switzerland
----- Feuerthalen (B) 3-15-06
----- Geneva (B) 2-26-06
----- Kreuzlingen (also known as Bodensee) (B) 3-1-06
-------- Allensbach (B) 3-3-06
----- Ramsen (B) 3-3-06
----- Schaffhausen (B) 3-3-06
----- Stein (B) 3-3-06
-- Taiwan (B) 10-?-05 (consignment of smuggled birds)
-- Thailand (B) (Tigers 1-23-04) (H) 9-?-04 (WHO 22 cases/14 dead)
----- Nakhon Nayok (H) 2-19-06
-- Turkey (B) 10-13-05 (H) 1-1-06 (WHO - 12 cases/4 dead)
----- Adiyaman (B) 2-10-06
----- Aralik (B) 1-3-06
----- Balikesir
-------- Manyas Lake (B) 10-1-05
----- Bartin (B) 2-10-06
----- Burdur (B) 1-31-06
----- Catalca (B) 3-3-06
----- Dogubeyazıt (H) 1-5-06
----- Eskisehir (B) 1-31-06
----- Mardin (B) 2-10-06
----- Malatya (B) 1-31-06
----- Rise (B) 2-17-06
----- Samsun (B) 2-12-06
----- Silivri (B) 3-3-06
----- Tokat (B) 2-12-06
-- UK (finches in quarantine) (B) 10-?-05
-- Ukraine (B) 12-5-05
----- Crimea
-------- Predmostnoye (B) 1-20-06
-------- Primorskii (B) 1-9-06
-------- Sevastopol (B) 1-18-06
-------- Solnechnoye (B) 1-12-06
-------- Tsvetochnoe (B) 1-31-06
-------- Zolotoye Pole 1-20-06
-- VietNam 1-8-04 (H) 12-?-04 (WHO - 93 cases/42 dead)
----- Dong Thap (B) 10-3-05
----- Bac Lieu
-------- Hong Dan (B) 10-18-05
----- Bac Giang
-------- Viet Yen (B) 10-25-05
-------- Yen Dung(B) 10-25-05


Confirmed H5 - strain unknown - 6 countries

-- Bosnia/Herzegovina
----- Srednjobosanski (B) 2-16-06
-- Ethiopia
----- Endibir (B) 2-28-06
-- Germany
----- Bavaria (B) 2-28-06
----- Brandenburg (B) 2-25-06
-- Switzerland
----- Thurgau (B) 3-4-06
----- Zurich (B) 3-4-06
-- Zimbabwe (Peacock & Ostrich) 12-9-05

bluepulse Blogger widget

We just heard from the Ozzie developers at bluepulse that they've whipped up a Blogger widget for their mobile phone platform; here are a few details from their post about it:
Supports HTML, so you can link to a site, another post, or another blog from your post
Supports multiple Blogger blogs.
Create a new post, or edit an existing post from the widget and republish it
Save a post as a draft and then edit and publish it from the widget or your desktop laterCheck it out!

Ansari back from Space

Ansari back from space, which smells like burnt almond cookie
The Expedition 13 crew have returned from the International Space Station to Earth -- specifically, the dry steppes of Kazakhstan, where they landed Thursday night local time in a Soyuz TMA 8 spacecraft. No word on whether Borat was around to welcome them home.
In the NASA image above, from left: Anousheh Ansari, the first female space tourist, who accompanied Expedition 13 crew members Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Jeff Williams.
Just a few minutes before this photo was taken, they were extracted from their Soyuz capsule after landing on the home planet.
Expedition 13 was up there for six months, and a NASA report says their tasks included ..."the arrival of two space shuttle missions, resumption of construction of the orbiting laboratory and the restoration of a three-member crew."
They'll now spend a few weeks in Star City, near Moscow, for debriefing and medical exams.
Ansari ascended to the ISS with the crew of Expedition 14, and spent eight days there. Her trip was arranged through the Russian Federal Space Agency.

Beta Update

Thanks very much to everyone who has submitted feedback thus far on the new Blogger in beta! I wanted to give an update on: migration, login problems and more features.1) Migration The biggest thing we've heard thus far is "When can I get it!" Believe me, we want to let everyone move over to Beta as quickly as possible. While we continue to increase the number of eligible users, we are doing so in an incremental way.This is important because our highest priority is protecting user data during the migration process. By taking the approach we have, we've been able to fix bugs before they affect larger numbers of users. As it stands now, only a very small percentage of users have been affected by migration issues and we have fixed most of those problems. If you have experienced a problem related to migration, let us know and we will fix it (and don't worry your blog posts are safe!)2) Login trouble Rather than migration errors, the biggest problem we've seen thus far is folks who have tried to log into Blogger and are concerned because they see an empty dashboard. In almost all cases, this is because users are unknowingly being logged into the Beta instead of the current version of Blogger. The login box on www.blogger.com now accepts Google Accounts; by using the auto-complete function of your browser's password manager, you may be logged into Beta instead of the current version of Blogger.It's important to remember, if you get logged in and see an empty dashboard, check the address bar of your browser to see if it says beta.blogger.com. If it does, you'll need to log out and go to www.blogger.com. Be sure to enter your current Blogger username and password at www.blogger.com and you will see your current list of blogs.If you've forgotten your current Blogger username and password, you can retrieve them using our forgot password page.3) More features A lot of folks have been wanting to use new features like Labels but with their existing template. Or there are folks who are looking for more fine-grained control than offered with the new Layouts system. Fortunately, it's always been part of our plan to introduce a new Edit HTML system for Blogger in beta. This system will not only let folks have the degree of customizability they desire, but it will let you create templates that are customizable with the Layouts system. Right now we are finishing the first version of this system and will be introducing in the "days not weeks" timeframe.We are also going to be adding FTP support to the new version of Blogger which will allow open up migration to our existing external users. As we've noted in the migration documents, some of the new features rely on the new dynamic serving capabilities of Blog*Spot. We won't be able to support all of those features for our FTP users. We do intend to continue to support FTP and also come up with ways to make it possible and desirable for those folks (which includes me) to come back to Blog*Spot.Finally, I wanted to point out a feature of the new Blogger in beta that's available today, but hasn't been much remarked on in the many reviews of the new app: updated spellcheck. This is not surprising, as our existing spellcheck is so cumbersome that many folks are probably conditioned not to use it at all. But now our spellcheck is powered by the same great experience users have been enjoying in Gmail. Check it out and let us know what you think!

New Old Feature on Beta

Blogger in beta initially launched without a few features -- it's still a beta version after all -- and it turned out that one of the ones folks missed the most was having an Edit HTML view for their templates in the new Layouts system. I can sympathize with that myself. Complete template control was one of the things that originally made me choose Blogger over the other available options almost four years ago (and yes, that was before I worked here). That kind of personalization and customization is important to us here at Blogger, so I hope no one thought this feature was gone for good.I love the fact that we've got such cool new ways to just drag 'n' drop parts of your template around, and change fonts and colors with the click of a mouse. And that "shuffle blog colors" option can keep me entertained for hours. But still, there are times when you really just want to muck around in the code and nothing else will do. So for those of you who feel that way, have at it! Edit HTML is now available for Layouts.One quick warning before you all dive in, though: The new template language is completely different from the old one. So even if you're used to working with classic templates, you'll need to learn some new tricks to directly edit the new templates for Layouts-enabled blogs. We've got some starter documentation on it, with more to come later. Personally, I recommend making a test blog to experiment on while you learn how it all works.

Known Issues for Blogger in Beta

Some of our users have expressed concerns about the lack of up-to-date information on issues and bugs they’re seeing in the new version of Blogger in beta. What are the engineers aware of? What’s being worked on? And when have bugs been fixed? We’re addressing these questions with today’s launch of Known Issues for Blogger in Beta, a new blog that will contain fresh information about the status of issues and bugs that affect you.While I am on the subject of communication, let me clarify the purpose of the various other communication channels that exist between the users and the Blogger Team:
Support form: Users can report problems with the application here to the Blogger support team. Depending on the issue the support team will answer with either some pointers to self-help information, ask for more information, or — in case of a new issue — report it to engineers for resolution. Issues that affect a large group of users will be resolved promptly (meaning that an engineer will start to work on it right away) whereas problems that just apply a single blog or account may take a little longer to fix.
Blogger Status: This venue is used by the Blogger Team to report production outages, such as database problems. This is not a place where we report known application issues.
Blogger Buzz: This blog contains information about new product features on Blogger as well as posts about cool and interesting things that go on the blogosphere.
Blogger Help Group: Here Blogger users help each other with gotchas, tricks, hacks, etc. The Blogger support and engineering teams monitor this forum and occasionaly post on issues of general interest, but it is not the goal of the Help Group to become an alternative to the Support form.I hope this note helps to clarify at which site/blog to seek help in various situations. And many thanks to the good folks on the Blogger Help Group for their feedback, which helps us provide a better service for all users.

image upload problems

In the past month we’ve made a number of changes to image uploading to detect and solve the problems that some folks have been having. The number of problem reports concerning image uploading have decreased substantially, so we know that we’re moving in the right direction. There are still some problems out there, however, and we’re committed to tracking them down and solving them.To that end, we’ve just released an additional change on the Blogger beta site to show you thumbnails of your photos after you upload them: We hope that this thumbnail feature will help us diagnose the remaining issues, in particular those where no error message pops up. If you still have image upload problems on the beta please report them to us so we can get them solved. Don’t forget to mention in your description whether or not you see the thumbnails!One more thing: to get all the latest fixes make sure that you clear your browser cache.I know it may sound cheesy for some frustrated bloggers but, happy photoblogging!

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Google Testing Removing Top Blue Ads Based on User Behavior

Search Engine Round Table reported that Google is testing remove the blue AdWords ads(Sponsored Links) on Google’s SERPs. When a user search the same query for multiple(about 10) times and does not click an ad, Google will move the blue Sponsored Links to the right side of the SERP. If you clear the cookies

More on “New Google Design Experiment”

Earlier this month I posted a new Google SERP design that Assaf and Adil experimented. Guess what? I have the “magic-cookies” now.javascript:alert(document.cookie=”PREF=ID=ad93daafaa747f70:TM=1158373640:LM=1158374016:GM=1:S=wNuiLiKHrkRnMZtf;path=/;domain=.google.com”)So you go to Google.com, enter the above code(remove line breaks) to the address bar, press Enter, and refresh the page. *!*!*!* <-Fireworks

Orkut Got Friends Map

Google just rolled out a new feature for Orkut, “Friends Map“. “The friends map on orkut.com is a feature offering powerful, user-friendly mapping technology to see where all of your friends are located around the world.” This feature is using Google Maps API, you can learn more about Friends Map at this Orkut support page.

“Google is the * *”, according to Google

Google is the world’s largest search engine.Google is the closest thing the Web has to an ultimate answer machine.Google is the undisputed leader when it comes to search.Google is the perfect repository.Google is the real deal.Google Earth is the “ROI savior”.Google is just the juice.Google is the fastest and easiest way to find relevant information […]

How Much Data Does Google Store?

Google Search Crawler:850 TB
Google Analytics:220 TB
Google Earth:70.5 TB
Personalized Search:4 TB
Google Base:2 TB
Orkut:9 TB
The size of the data shown in above table are measured before compression. They all add up to about one petabyte. Of course, the size of these data will be much smaller after compressing it. For example, Google Base’s compression ration is 31%, […]

Google to Build Server Farm in India

Not kidding, I think Google is really running out of space. Google is building alot of data center/server farm lately(I think there’s two of them, one in Oregan but I can’t remember the other). So, you see the title, Google’s ready for another in India, according to India Times.
It will store e-mails, blogs, photos, documents and chat records, and make it available to users when they demand it. Google’s proposal to set up a server farm in India comes on the back of increasing number of Internet users in the country.
Google had a plan on building a data center in India back in March, but it was forced to cancel due to infrastructure-related problems.