Google : Search raised to the power of Googol

When my son showed me a new service from Google, I just could not believe, how Google comes out with surprises frequently.
I have been using computers from IBM Pcs and then the Intel 486, from 1989 and still seeing the growth of this 'not- so' idiot box.
'What is a Googol'is still a favourite question in all school quizzes. But what is the power raised to is Google? It is an interesting history.
Basically we know that Google is a search engine that enables users to search the Web, Usenet, and images. Its features include PageRank, caching and translation of results, and an option to find similar pages.
Googling for 'Google' gave me so much of insight to the crawling beast on the net!

If you know about all these things about Google... you can log out and wait for my next post!

*Google Desktop - If you download this feature, you canView personalized news, photos, and many more on your desktop. You can search for files across all your computers. You can share information with your friends right from the Sidebar.and find your emails, files, web history, and more.
* This Web Word Processor which will help share documents instantly & collaborate real-time, pick exactly who can access your documents and edit your documents from anywhere. You can sttore your documents securely online. But right now you are placed on wait-list!
*If you are an avid reader on the Net, check Google Reader.
Reader automatically gets the latest news and updates for your favorite sites and can find the blogs and news sites you've been missing out on.
Sure, you won't miss my postings anymore!
*Want to see research papers in your subject of interest? Google Scholar will help you.
*If your site has dynamic content or pages that aren't easily discovered by following links, you can use a Sitemap file to provide information about the pages on your site.
*On Google Books, you can search the full text of books to find ones that interest you and learn where to buy or borrow them also. You can promote your books on Google for free here.
*All the recently acquired features in Google are available for a download at one click in Google Pack - A free collection of essential software

Though many around the world talk about the flipside of Google and keep a watch of their algorithms and privacy policies, it is growing, growing and growing to googolplex.
Do you wonder, which new feature / service I was talking about in the beginning?
It is Google pages. Online web page creator similar to Geocities of Yahoo!, not with 15 MB space, but 100 MB.
If you don't want to miss out on any new feature, keep a tab on Googles official Blog.
Happy Googling!

A mouse is a mouse is a mouse!

Hickory dickory dock!
The mouse ran up the clock. . .
The clock struck one
The mouse ran down
Hickory dickory dock!

At one in the afternoon, my mouse which has been giving trouble for sometime now and reached the stage of 'run down' condition gave up! I am talking about the computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart!

I recollected my earlier days with the computer. The 486 computer I was using, was just similar to a typewrtite in use. I did not bother much about the mouse. The necessity to use the mouse made me play a computer game. A mathematics game. The quick addition, subtraction, multiplication and division by moving your mouse as fast as you can will give you titles - Math pro, Math Genius and so on and if you are really fast and all correct will get the title - Einstein!
I suggested this game to all the new users of mouse. . .
(If anyone wants to know about this game, write to me through - your reflections. Will try to send it by mail!)

But this addiction to mouse made my working with the keyboard difficult. Switching of the Num lock and moving the mouse through the arrow keys was really boring. As usual I looked up to the internet for solution. After going the entire page I found that my mouse is still not working. I scrolled down the page. It said,

"If you've tried all of our troubleshooting tips to no avail and are now out of options, it's time to go shopping. Here are a few shopping tips to keep in mind as you browse the aisles of your local computer store."

Thats the end of the story. . . I bought a new basic optical mouse, but keeping the tips given by the websites in mind!

"Hottest" blackworm!

The morning newspaper says - the new virus will attack the computers all over the world today! How many of us did not boot the computer on? I had always wondered if booting a system or connecting to internet will open the doors for viruses?
Or should we not open emails with strange extensions? Or no e-mails at all?
In any case, how do the 'intelligent' programmers write these virus programmes and announce the world that it will attack your computer on this day?

And what a name! Kamasutra a.k.a Blackworm! Techtree says that this virus is designed to overwrite all .doc, .xls, .mdb, .mde, .ppt, .pps, .zip, .rar, .pdf, .psd, and .dmp files. Is there any other extension left out? (By the way, Techtree is a good technology e-daily of India. Worth a click)

Though this virus is considered highly dangerous, Symantec says that this is a slow spreading, 'Troy horse' type. (Hey, have you installed Symantec anti virus solutions on to your computer? Have you renewed your subscriptions promptly?)

Anyways, if you are on your computer and is at work, do read this!

Its time to say good night!