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Archive for December, 2005

Google Transit Helps You Plan Trips

Thursday, December 8th, 2005

Google launched a new service in Google Labs, Google Transit Trip Planner. Good idea. As soon as I reached the site, I simply run a test by clicking one of the examples ("pdx to 100 nw couch st, portland, oregon") on the site. It returned to me with:
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Submit Your RSS to Yahoo Now

Wednesday, December 7th, 2005

Submitted your RSS to Google Sitemaps? Now, submit your RSS to Yahoo to help Yahoo search engine crawl your site better. (You will need a Yahoo! login)

(via Yahoo! Search Blog)

Google Desktop: We Shouldn’t Use It!

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

I had just tried out Google Desktop yesterday and I'm quite worried whether my personal information is safe to be indexed by Google Desktop. Now, I know it's not safe! Hackers can actually crack through IE to retrieve our personal information in Google Desktop! In this case, I understand that it's IE's fault. However, since this can happen, so I guess, there might be other flaws as well! Always becareful with your personal information.

(via Philipp Lessen)

Video Call with Skype 2.0 Beta

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

I've been using Skype 1.1 for quite some time, to chat with my sister studying abroad. Normally when we want to start our webcams, we'll have to launch other IM such as MSN Messenger to see each other. Just today, two of my friends who has just got themselves new webcams from a recent PC Fair, informed me that Skype 2.0 Beta supports video call. They were actually looking for video conferencing software to fully utilize their brand new webcam.
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Google Desktop: Should We Use?

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

I have just installed Google Desktop for the very first time. It is really a great tool with lots of features in one single application. It has search (desktop and web), mail, news, photo, map, weather and much more. After installation, it began to index everything in my PC and my mailbox. All of sudden, I feel that my every single piece of information in my hard disk is going to be indexed by the application without restriction. Nobody knows what the application is going to do with my information.
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