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Google has 87 domains

Recently i read an article on digg where it was listed that the list of companies Microsoft has aquired over a period of time but i felt another notable site should also find a mention on the list that has 87 domains as of today listed under one ip.
No wonder that company is [...]

Microsoft employees unhappy with Vista Delay

Some microsoft employees are unhappy as Vista and Office releases got pushed over to next year again.An anonymous Microsoft employee in his blog says that they are unhappy with the leadership and they should be sacked.
Read the entire article here.

Netvibes the popular Ajax Based Frontpage now provides Online web storage forfiles in collaboration with box.net
Using the new midget for Web storage, you can now directly upload fileswithout leaving the browser.
Here are some of the screen shots of the new module provided by Netvibes

Firefox 2.0 Alpha released

An early release of Firefox 2.0 alpha has been released
Firefox 2.0 is avialable in Linux and wondows flavors. The release is not directly avialable from Mozill a home page, you can download it from here.
 Read the article on firefox release at TechCrunch.

Now Fold Firefox

A new startpage has been released for firefox called fold, its features are almost the same as netvibes.
The basic functionality is same they are using containers (midgets) that hold information in itself.
Fold is specifically made for firefox only but it can run on other compatible browsers too, in addition Fold also supports Flash.
Beta signups are [...]

Google Desktop 3.0 released

Google has released their final version of Desktop Search Google Desktop 3.0 on Wednesday.
New features in this release include
Quick Search BoxThis Quick Search Box pops up in the middle of the desktop on clicking the Ctrl key twice to facilitate quick web and local searches, hitting the Ctrl key twice again makes the search [...]

Web 2.0 Lists

Here are few links I found which list out sites that use web 2.0 technologies, Its a pretty exhaustive list so Happy Surfing  
Here are few of them econsultant, openbc and techcrunch.
 

Listible lists everything

Ever wondered before going to shop we always make a list of things to buy (forget impulsive buyers),  we need to remember and find everything we want to buy rather than run around frantically.
Now think of the same when you want to surf the internet, what if you want to surf the internet and want [...]

Microsoft aquires Onfolio

Microsoft has aquired Onfolio for their Windows live toolbar.
Onfolio is a tool for collecting, organizing and sharing information online.
Onfolio site states "Built into the browser, Onfolio is a convenient and familiar tool that will make your web research more efficient and organized."

Google goes to Mars

If your not at NASA then you may still be curious to see how Mars looks, Google has launched a new site where it shows you maps from Mars with the Google Maps technology.
Google are not content with what they have yet and are trying to always find new avenues to cover.
The maps used on [...]

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