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Google invests in drilling - for geothermal energy
Green Wombat: Environment + Technology. The amazing folks over at Google.org are doing some cool stuff these days. “Google.org is investing $11 million in technology to expand the nathion’s geothermal reserves. That’s more than the U.S. government is spending on geothermal projects this year.” Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS), have recently secured some good VC funding. The idea looks promising. I think this a great step forward. It will take ages for U.S. government to come out of the whole beaurocratic process, satisfy all the oil drillers, and generate substantial momentum towards alternative and renewable energy sources. Let’s hope Google.org’s this step gives the government enough push. (Thanks to Madhu for finding this article).
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The new T-Mobile G1 with Google Android
The phone I’ve been waiting for Soooooo long is finally here. Jump forward to look at the official web site. For those of you interested, it’s $179 with 2 plans: $25 with unlimited data and 400 text, $35 with both unlimited. Of course, you still need the usual voice plan, but this isn’t bad at all. Now all T-Mobile needs is better 3G coverage. Oh and forgot to mention… if you have wi-fi you can call through wi-fi using this phone. If you do so, your Minutes are not deducted! Pretty cool, huh?
Also, look at Android Marketplace for some of the insanely amazing applications that have been built to run on android (and many that are being created as you read.) As soon as that site is live, I’ll update the link.
UPDATE 1: Follow this link to see Engadget’s side-by-side quick comparison of Apple iPhone and HTC G1.
UPDATE 2: Here’s a price/feature comparison with other smart phones.
UPDATE 3: So, as more details emerge on the HTC G1 device and Android, I am kinda-sorta not too excited. Here’s 5 big-time flaws that make me want to cry hard.
I guess I’ll just have to wait till next year for better apps and better devices. (And yes.. I’m NOT going to get an iPhone… although it looks so tempting).
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Kosmix: The web organized for you
Looking to explore a subject? a news story? the latest-and-greatest? Kosmix might serve you better than traditional search engines. Results on this search engine seem to target the search results from ALL OVER the internet. Unlike Google and Yahoo, who try to give you the one perfect match to your query at top and less-likely matches thereon; Kosmix organizes everything it can find about your query, and list the top-hits in categories. For example, searching for Chocolates gives you a result page where google results for chocolates are in a box, results specific to blogs are in another box, images, videos, shopping, facts, etc. is also organized in a box.
It’s a nice idea. I would use it when I’m trying to find a wide array of information about a topic rather than the one ultimate Web site that has every info.
Give it a try. Here are some search terms to begin with: Bollywood, Muffins, Yosemite, DOS, Fart
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FCC OKs use of white spaces to deliver broadband (AP) by AP: Yahoo! Tech
A particularly AWESOME news, and a great biginning to US Election parade.
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Finally, updated and linked my Google Profile. Looks good for now. I also like that it has already been added to Google search results. Scroll all the way to the bottom of listings. That’s where all the profile results are located. This is a helpful addition to Google search. Thank you Google!
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Google Dictionary / Firefox hack
I’m a big fan of Google’s “define:” functionality (in google search, type define: life to see it). Recently, Google released a dedicated dictionary page, so I thought I’d create a nice little Firefox keyword bookmark to do this from the address-bar itself. And here’s how this works:
- Go to http://www.google.com/dictionary?hl=en
- Right-click on the search-field, and select “Add a Keyword for this search”
- Save this to your bookmarks with a keyword define
- That’s it!
Now every time you want to get a definition of something, all you have to do is type define [your_word] in the address bar, and see the most current definition come up!
(NOTE: this snapshot shows address bar with “define firefox” in it, but that will change automatically once you hit return. I just left it there so you can see what to type.)
Google offers dictionaries for A LOT of languages.
So you may choose to do this with endef (for English definition) spdef (for Spanish) gudef (for Gujarati) and whatever have you!
I hope this helps some of you! Let me know if you come up with some fun hacks of your own :)
- Go to http://www.google.com/dictionary?hl=en
