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Google Public DNS: Wonderful Freebie or Big New Menace? - PCWorld Business Center
Source: PC World

Since iI am part of iGoogle I think this is a great idea. A new DNS is "just what the doctor ordered." Google has so many services that speed is the only factor in using their services. 'sketch-up', Google-sites and blog spots are all free by the way.

iGoogle Releases Social Gadgets
Source: TechCrunch

iGoogle, a personalized homepage that competes with My Yahoo, My MSN, My AOL, Netvibes and others, will release 19 new in-house and third party iGoogle widgets today that add new social and sharing features to users of the service.

Google Goes After Celebrities With iGoogle Showcase
Source: TechCrunch

Twitter's not the only social platform to have a celebrity fetish. Google is bringing out its inner obsession with celeb users by launching iGoogle Showcase, which allows you to see and share the homepages of your favorite celebs.

Mobile internet devices are reality

Forget the mobile internet ''phones''. Cloud computing puzzle going on with Intel's mobile leg. Only ( mobile ) internet infrastructure is just not keeping ahead.

iGoogle gets video game makers in on the action - CNET News
Source: CNET.com

Google on Wednesday unveiled the latest addition to its iGoogle start page service: a collection of themes designed by video game publishers.

Google monetizes start page, vocal minority gets vocal
Source: Ars Technica

If you love something, set it free. Then, if you're lucky, maybe you can figure out a way to make money with it.

Official Google Reader Blog: iGoogle launches Reader integration
Source: googlereader.blogspot.com

Well this makes sense. I always hated going back and forth between iGoogle and Reader. I do like the new iGoogle interface too...

Google accused of ad fraud over AdWords on parked domains
Source: Ars Technica

How would you respond if you had paid Google $136.11 for advertising that appeared not on quality sites like The New York Times, but on parked domains and error pages? If you were lawyer Hal Levitte, you might file a federal lawsuit in California over Google's behavior and then …

Google Tests the New iGoogle
Source: googlesystem.blogspot.com

Announced in April, the new version of iGoogle that brings social applications is tested in a small number of randomly selected Google accounts.

Export Your Google Calendars
Source: googlesystem.blogspot.com

If you created many calendars in Google Calendar and you want to download them so you can view them in a desktop client, there's a simple way to export all the calendars.

Hints of iGoogle Turning Into Its Own Social Network
Source: TechCrunch

Google has long used its personalized homepage, iGoogle, as a launching point for its foray into social-networking applications. Any developer who builds an OpenSocial app, for instance, can make it work as a widget (er, gadget) on iGoogle.

iGoogle Themes Directory is Live
Source: Mashable!

You know those cute iGoogle themes that make iGoogle's interface a little less ugly? Well, now you can browse through them in the official iGoogle themes directory.

Google Releases new iPhone UI for Gmail, Gcalendar, iGoogle, Picasa
Source: CNET News.com

On Monday--the first day of Macworld--Google unveiled a new user interface for its iPhone Web apps that make Gmail, search, Reader, Calendar, Picasa and other services faster to use and more customizable. It also has optimized iGoogle for the iPhone.

Secret iGoogle Themes
Source: Google Blogoscoped

Since some new iGoogle themes were released last month and the Holiday Village theme for iGoogle was spotted more recently, I wondered how many other themes Google might be hiding from us... and found these two:

My World, According to Google
Source: Red Herring

by Joel Dreyfuss A PERSPECTIVE

So how do YOU use the web?! Your favorite newsreaders, browsers, search engines, websites, etc.

Ok, I've been thinking of this for awhile now. I've been on Newsvine since the beta, what, 2 years now?! And Newsvine has been terrific, addictive and in many ways it has taken over my life.

Inside Google Desktop: iGoogle meets Desktop gadgets
Source: googledesktop.blogspot.com

We've often asked ourselves why Google Desktop Gadgets are confined to just the desktop and sidebar. With Google Desktop 5.5 Beta, we've decided to change that.

Embed Web Widgets into the Desktop with Hypercube - Lifehacker
Source: Lifehacker

Windows/Mac: Embed your favorite web widgets into the desktop with freeware app Hypercube. Hypercube supports several widget platforms including iGoogle, Pageflakes, Google Video, and YouTube.

Google OS Tab for Your iGoogle Page
Source: googlesystem.blogspot.com

Google has improved the way you can share iGoogle tabs with your friends. Now you can also share the settings, so a weather gadget will keep the information about locations, zip codes and temperature scale.

Feed Reader Options - Web Based and Desktop
Source: thefattytalks.com

A Great article on options for Web Based versus Desktop Feed Readers.

Ga-Ga for Gadgets
Source: googleblog.blogspot.com

Google has just announce Google Gadget Ventures, a service that will help developers develop new and better Google Gadgets.

Where To Build Your Frontpage

My MSN MyMSN is a web service where you can tailor your web frontpage as you wish. You can add MSN widgets and feeds to your frontpage. You can also customize the colors and add extra pages or columns. And if you happen to be hotmail user, you can add your mailbox there too.

Web Stickies Mod For iGoogle
Source: bonstio.net

Web Stickies Mod is a modification of Kevin Gill's original Web Stickies module (great idea, Kevin) which offers the ability to add up to ten sticky notes to your homepage, change their opacity and colour and freely edit their content.

Add Outlook to your Google homepage
Source: Lifehacker

Handy little gadget if you're into that kind of stuff.

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