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Frozen Slush Inspired by Google

Google is not getting into the food business and this Gulp launch was just another April Fools’ Day prank but this possibly inspired a company in India to launch a semi-frozen slush.

Google Docs Guide: How to do Stuff with Google Docs

Google Docs is like an online version of Microsoft Office where you can create and upload documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, then share them with anyone you choose. This tutorial and guide will help you get more out of Google Docs.

Generate Fake Names and Identities

Say you’re writing a book, and you need to name a German character, how do you do it ? You use Fake-Name-Generator. Such fake identities are complete with an address, email address, website, birthday, even a mother’s maiden name. The site lists other uses for this data.

Google Reader iGoogle gadget updated

Google has updated the Google Reader gadget for the iGoogle startpage. Earlier, it was a limited gadget, which only showed previews of your feeds. Now you get “the same powerful Reader interface for any feed in iGoogle, complete with keyboard shortcuts, expanded and list views, infinite scrolling and embedded videos”.

Deep Space Firefox Logo

This photo, taken by the Hubble space telescope, bears a striking resemblance to Firefox’s logo. The logo is overlaid on the original image in the second picture for reference. Even the dates seem to coincide. This image of the star V838 Monocerotis was taken on December 17, 2002. Firefox, meanwhile, released v0.1 on September 23,(…)

Save Documents to Zoho Directly from Microsoft Office

Zoho today release an updated version of their Microsoft Office plugin that lets you upload Word documents and Excel Spreadsheet directly from Microsoft Office. The new release even works with .docx documents though you cannot upload PowerPoint presentations to Zoho with this tool yet. There’s also an option to select the appropriate Creative Commons license(…)

The 20 Most Popular Websites

Hitwise today released new data about the top 20 most popular websites in terms of traffic with Google.com taking the top position.

Add Web Links in your Google SMS Text Messages

Google launched SMS channels early this month and so far, this new medium of content distribution has proved to be quite popular among mobile phone users in India who prefer receiving updates via SMS messages than say email or RSS feeds.

Flickr Guide: How to Do Everything with Flickr

Flickr Guide will show you how to do everything on Flickr. You can download and backup flickr pictures, set them as rotating wallpapers, browse pictures in 3D, make a screensaver and more.

Google makes you smarter ?

A UCLA study has revealed that the use of search engines may actually help stimulate and improve the minds of middle-aged and older people. The study, which included 24 healthy volunteers ages 55 to 76 with or without previous web search experience, were asked to perform Web searches while their brain activity was recorded. Only(…)

Compact your Firefox Context Menu with FFChrome

Like the previously mentioned Firefox Menu Editor, FFChrome is a new Firefox addon that lets you trim the contextual menu of your Firefox browser to show just the most useful commands.