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iGoogle

Heard off the wire today about a new venture called iGoogle which will allow users to share their own writings, photos, lists and other creative efforts, as well as to give consumers personalized views of the Web through use of their geographical location and search history. This week, iGoogle personalized Web search will be available in 40 countries and 26 languages, up from 22 nations and 15 languages where personalization is now offered. Thought this was a great idea by Google just think they may be trying to ride the I name like Applies iPhone and iPod makes me wonder is Apple and Google are going to announce a partnership of some kind.

After reading a post from Ashley I decided to get in on the fun and have a say as to what i would invest in if I had a million dollars.Well easy answer what I would do with my investment I would hire a bunch of geeks and start a software company that made web standards compliant designs without having to do any work on the HTML part of the sitesomething I find I have to do no matter which software , no no just joking I would invest in Google because I belive it will one day top $1000 a share I almost kick myself every day for not buying Google stock when it first hit the market.

Well decided after writing scripts for software I would try my hand at writing a script fora play or short movie. Had some great ideas for commercials and some five minute flicks. Have had such a great time watching Google video and Yahoo video but YouTube has most of my attention now adays.

Sharing Gadgets 

Posted by Catalin Patulea,Software Engineer

Some gadgets are simply better when you share them, and if you’re thinking of creating such a gadget, you’re in luck. By means of the Communication API, Google Desktop allows a gadget to exchange data with another instance of the same gadget on a friend’s computer. Through Google Talk, you can send and receive short strings (up to 2 kilobytes) of anything you want.

Homeless Great article in Wired News about how homeless folks can use blogging to reach out and express themselves online. I never thought about how important it would be to get homeless people email access, but it makes obvious sense when you realize that they have no fixed address. posted by Jason Goldman