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Google Docs in Firefox Sidebar
via Google Operating System by Ionut Alex Chitu on January 26, 2008
Google Docs Bar is a Firefox extension that shows the list of documents from Google Docs in the sidebar. The extension has many features from Google's file explorer: you can search for a file, restrict the list to documents, spreadsheets or presentations and view a certain folder (the subfolders aren't yet supported).A great feature that makes this extension more valuable is uploading...
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The Most Frequently Used Features in Microsoft Office
via Google Operating System by Ionut Alex Chitu on February 18, 2008
Online office suites like Google Docs are often criticized because they have a very basic feature set, but the advanced features from software packages like Microsoft Office are rarely used. Jensen Harris, Group Program Manager of the Microsoft Office User Experience Team, published in 2006 a list of the most used features in Microsoft Word 2003, according to data collected from the users who...
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ControlC: Turning Cut & Paste Into A Web Service
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on January 29, 2008
ControlC is an interesting new site that takes normal copy and pasting (Ctrl-C) and turns it into a web service.At its most basic, any time you hit Ctrl-C, the information is saved to the ControlC website as well as your local clipboard, as simple text or as a URL link if what you’ve copied is a link. The information is both private and encrypted, although you can make any item public if you...
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Save the Developers! Stop Using Internet Explorer 6
via TechCrunch by Erick Schonfeld on March 24, 2008
There is a scourge on the Web. It is called Internet Explorer 6. Even though the more recent version of Microsoft’s browser, IE7, has been around for more than two years, IE6 still represents 31 percent of all browsers out there (versus only 22 percent for IE7 and 36.5 percent for Firefox). This upgrade lag is simply unacceptable—to programmers, that is, who find it a real pain to make...
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Potentially Serious Bug Discovered in Google Reader
via Mashable! by Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins on May 06, 2008
While I’m learning to love the new feature in Google Reader that allows you to add notes to your Shared Items feed, a very salient observation was made this evening by Ryan S. over at Duff’s Device:The (current) top item in my Shared Items feed shows that you can alter the text of any article, I couldn’t find the permalink in my Shared Items Feed. This could lead to misleading people by...
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Introduction to Google Search Quality
via Official Google Blog by Karen on May 20, 2008
Posted by Udi Manber, VP Engineering, Search QualitySearch Quality is the name of the team responsible for the ranking of Google search results. Our job is clear: A few hundreds of millions of times a day people will ask Google questions, and within a fraction of a second Google needs to decide which among the billions of pages on the web to show them -- and in what order. Lately, we have been...
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Do More with Your Webcam with Free Tools [Webcams]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 26, 2008
The webcam that came packaged with your computer system can do a whole lot more than just let you video chat. With the right tools, you can turn your webcam into a watchful surveillance tool, a face recognition-enabled computer login utility, a time-lapse movie-maker, and more. Let's take a look at some ways you can get more out of your underutilized webcam.Keep In Touch with Friends and...
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The Laptop Lover's Guide to Productivity On-the-Go [Feature]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on January 28, 2008
You're an on-the-go worker, and the one thing you always carry with you? Your trusty laptop, of course. Sure, you've reached a point where you're pretty good at getting things done away from your desk, but you still haven't reached laptop zen—that point at which your laptop does gymnastics for you and is a seamless extension of your productivity. Today we're taking a look at...
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Reveal Wi-Fi Network Passwords with WirelessKeyView [Featured Windows Download]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on February 07, 2008
Windows only: By default Windows hides WEP and WPA keys stored on your PC to connect to various Wi-Fi networks, but freeware utility WirelessKeyView lists them for you. When you've forgotten that Wi-Fi network key, run WirelessKeyView to see all the networks your Windows PC has ever connected to using its default Wireless Zero Configuration mechanism. (This utility doesn't reveal keys...
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Bringing OpenID To The Masses: Clickpass
via TechCrunch by Nick Gonzalez on March 10, 2008
OpenID, a way to sign on to multiple web sites with a single set of credentials, has incredible promise. Large companies have signed up. Thousands of website take OpenID sign-ins. All is good, right?Well, not exactly. First, those big companies only issue IDs, they don’t accept them yet. And the user experience with OpenID is just plainbad. Users have to remember their OpenID URL, and are...
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