Gmail enables Nested labels and Message sneak-peek

Gmail is now even more customizable as folks at Google provided the facility to arrange labels hierarchically. Now emails can be arranged even more intuitively by making a label child of another label. This highly requested label setting can be enabled by going to

settings-> labs –> Nested labels –> enable it –> save

Once you enable it, you can then name your labels with slashes (/) to make it a child of another label.

For example, if you want to create a simple label hierarchy with a "Social networking" label, and inside it a "Digg" and a "Facebook" label,then you just need to create three labels with the following names:

Social networking

Social networking/Digg

Social networking/Facebook

You can then create “Social networking/twitter” etc to get something like the screenshot on the right. Also, if the parent label doesn't exists then you have to create it before hand.Here you can see above that I have even started to use it and have arranged my labels accordingly.

Another feature to preview emails have been added to Gmail. You can now preview messages by right clicking the mail. this feature is known as Message Sneak-Peek.

You can enable this feature by going to -

settings-> labs –> Message Sneak Peek –> enable it –> save

Experiment and get the max out of your gmail :)

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Google GO – New programming front

Google Go is a new language developed by Google Inc which was first officially announced in November 2009. It’s a compiled, garbage collected concurrent programming language. Language veterans Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson initially started to design Go based on previous work related to the Inferno operating system in September 2007. Go has been deployed to compile on UNIX and Linux platform however as of the launch, Go was not considered to be ready for adoption in production environments.

With ken co creating Go,it has a syntax closer to C except for the type declarations; other syntactical differences are the missing parentheses around for and if expressions. Go has been designed with an aim to have exceptionally fast compilation times, even on modest hardware. Some of the features missing in Go as of now are exception handling, type inheritance, generic programming, assertions, method overloading and pointer arithmetic.

Here is an example of a Hello world program in Go -

package main

import "fmt"

func main()

{

fmt.Printf("Hello, World\n")

}

Go can be compiled using 2 compilers as of now - 6g (and its supporting tools, collectively known as gc) are in C, using yacc/Bison for the parser and Gccgo,a compiler with a C++ front-end with a recursive descent parser coupled to the standard GCC backend.

The industry reaction for Go has been mixed, with some veterans raising its fast compilation and others who criticized lack of features in it. judging by the reaction,one can simply say that Go is just not mature enough to be deployed to industry ready environments and has some rough edges to smooth out.

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Google Hacks: How to use Google Web Search Basics

Whenever you search for more than one keyword at a time, a search engine has a default strategy for handling and combining those keywords. Google defaults to searching for occurrences of your specified keywords anywhere in the page, whether side by side or scattered throughout. To return the results of pages containing specifically ordered words, enclose them in quotes, turning your keyword search into a phrase search , to use Google's terminology.

On entering a search for the keywords:

Learn ethical hacking

Google will find matches where the keywords appear anywhere on the page. If you want Google to find you matches where the keywords appear together as a phrase, surround them with quotes, like this:

"Learn ethical hacking"

Google will return matches in which only those words appear together.

Google's Boolean default is AND, which means that if you enter query words without modifiers, Google will search for all your query words. For example, if you search for:

Learn ethical hacking website "penetration testing"

Google will search for all the words. If you prefer to specify that any one word or phrase is acceptable, put an OR between each:

Learn ethical hacking OR website OR "penetration testing"

* Make sure you capitalize OR; a lowercase or won't work correctly *

If you want to search for a particular term along with two or more other terms, group the other terms within parentheses, like so:

Learn ethical hacking (website OR "penetration testing")

This query searches for the word "website" or phrase "penetration testing" along with "Learn ethical hacking"

If you want to specify that a query item must not appear in your results, prepend a (minus sign or dash):

Learn ethical hacking website -"penetration testing"

This will search for pages that contain both the words "Learn ethical hacking" and "website," but not the phrase "penetration testing."

* Note that the symbol must appear directly before the word or phrase that you don't want. If there's space between, as in the following query, it won't work as expected: *

Learn ethical hacking website - "penetration testing"

Be sure, however, to place a space before the - symbol.

There are certain words that Google will ignore because they are considered too common to be of any use in the search. These words"I," "a," "the," and "of," to name a feware called stop words .

You can force Google to take a stop word into account by prepending a + (plus) character, as in:

+the hackers

Stop words that appear inside of phrase searches are not ignored. Searching for:

"the hackers" lifestyle

Will result in a more accurate list of matches than:

the hackers lifestyle

Simply because Google takes the word "the" into account in the first example but ignores it in the second.

The Google synonym operator, the ~ (tilde) character, prepended to any number of keywords in your query, asks Google to include not only exact matches, but also what it thinks are synonyms for each of the keywords. Searching for:

~ape

Turns up results for monkey, gorilla, chimpanzee, and others (both singular and plural forms) of the ape or related family, as if you'd searched for:

monkey gorilla chimpanzee

Along with results for some words you'd never have thought to include in your query. (Synonyms are bolded along with exact keyword matches on the results page, so they're easy to spot.)

If you're looking to spend $500 to $800 on a sony laptop; Google for:

sony laptop 10..15 inch $500..$800

The one thing to remember is always to provide some clue as to the meaning of the range, e.g., $, size, megapixel, kg, and so forth.

You can also use the number range syntax with just one number, making it the minimum or maximum of your query. Do you want to find some land in Noida that's at least 50 acres? No problem:

acres Noida land 50..

On the other hand, you might want to make sure that raincoat you buy for your terrier doesn't cost more than $10. That's possible too:

raincoat dog ..$10

Google normally does not recognize special characters such as $ in the search process. But because the $ sign was necessary for the number feature, you can use it in all sorts of searches.

Try the search - "weekly sale" bargains 10

and then - "weekly sale" bargains $10

Notice how the second search gives you far fewer results? That's because Google is matching $10 exactly.

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How To Get Free Backlinks from EDU and GOV sites

In the cyber world, reputation of EDU and GOV domains are quite good and so the backlinks also worth a lot. To get a backlink from such domains are more valuable as compare to any other domain. To get free backlinks the first step is to find blogs and forums on edu or gov sites.

To find an edu blog, search the below team in Google:

site:.edu inurl:blog "post a comment

To find an gov blog, search the below team in Google:

site:.gov inurl:blog "post a comment

To find an edu forum, search the below team in Google:

site:.edu inurl:forum "post a comment

To find an gov forum, search the below team in Google:

site:.gov inurl:forum "post a comment

Now the next step is to get a backlinks. For this all you have to do is post a comment on the blog and forum. This is quite tricky part as you have to be careful before posting you comments. Be sure to post only relevant comments only. DON"T try to spam otherwise your comments will be deleted without any delay. EDU and GOV domains are quite strict towards spamming. Only leave QUALITY comments related to the post.

Show you respect for blog owner and leave sincere comments. It actually adds value. This is a WIN-WIN situation as you will add contents to their blog and in return you will get a free backlink from a reputed website.

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Detect Invisible Users on Instant Messengers

Hi friends,I m one of those guys who always sign in as invisible in my IM’s because if I set my status to “Online” or available, at least 6 (unwanted) chat windows will open and pest me up. However recently one good friend of mine tracked my status (both on Gmail and Yahoo),slightly baffled I asked him how he did that,and here I m sharing with you how he tracked my status on both IM’s. You can use the given methods to find your friends who try to hide from us,the lesser mortals.
TRACK INVISIBLE USERS ON YAHOO
Yahoo Messenger is a bit cryptic when it comes to tracking users,so we can track their status by these 2 methods -

1. Yahoo Invisibility Detection sites
2. Using Yahoo’s URL Resources

Yahoo Invisibility Detection Sites
I’ve found many sites which helps you to see which of your buddies are hiding online,some of these sites are:

YDetector.com
Invisible-Scanner.com
DetectInvisible.com
YahooScan.net
Invisible.ir

These site are very easy to use and self explain themselves. Just enter the ID you want to trace and get the status.
Yahoo URL Resources
Here are a bunch of URLs that can be used to detect invisible users, just replace “[username]” with the username you want to detect :

http://mail.opi.yahoo.com/online?u=[username]&m=g&t=0
(Shows up a yellow smiley if the person is online and gray if the person is offline or invisible)
http://mail.opi.yahoo.com/online?u=[username]&m=g&t=1
(Shows up a button with “Online Now” or “Not Online”)
http://mail.opi.yahoo.com/online?u=[username]&m=g&t=2
(Shows an image with “I am Online send me a message” or “Not Online right now”)

http://mail.opi.yahoo.com/online?u=[username]&m=a&t=0
(Shows a text with “[username] is ONLINE or NOT ONLINE”)

http://mail.opi.yahoo.com/online?u=[username]&m=a&t=1
(Shows “00” if person is offline and “01” if he is online)

remember,You have to replace the text in RED color in the given URL with the Yahoo ID you want to detect,
for eg - my YahooID is “iamrdx” ,the first URL is :

http://mail.opi.yahoo.com/online?u=[username]&m=g&t=0

After the replacement it would appear as :

http://mail.opi.yahoo.com/online?u=iamrdx&m=g&t=0

TRACE INVISIBLE USERS ON GTALK
Tracing Gtalk users is rather easy,you only have to use the following method -

1. Login to Gtalk using your Google id.
2. Go to IM window of user you want to trace for invisible.
3. You will see a drop-down list on right top side,click on it.
4. Click on "go off the record".
5. Now give any message.
6. If the "xyz@gmail.com is offline and can't receive messages right now" message appears in red color it means your friend is really offline.
7. If no message comes means your friend is online and invisible for all.

Good Luck :)

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Improve Google Page Rank and Alexa Ranking

Showing up on search engines is one of the most critical ways to increase website traffic and expose your content, product or service to people who might be interested in what you have to offer. Most of the major search engines utilize an algorithm to determine where a website ranks.Google uses Pagerank system and Alexa uses various criteria’s to rank your position in related searches.A proven but little-known way to improve your page rank with Google and your Alexa ranking for new web authors is here for you.

Steps

1. Build a website. NVU is an easy free WYSIWYG html editor or use a simple blogging platform like blogger,typepad or wordpress.
2. Make sure that your site is optimized for the search engines and that all meta tags and robot tags are constructed properly.
3. Focus building your site on original and unique content. Once Internet users start to appreciate and see the value in your website, they will begin linking to it.
4. Submit your site map to Google to have all of your pages indexed.
5. Submit to the main search engines, Yahoo, Google, MSN and any others that you prefer.
6. Go to your favorite search engines and type in "social bookmark sites".
7. Submit your site and any other favorite sites to as many social bookmark sites that you like.
8. Submit your site to as many directories as you can, specially to those with high page rank like DMOZ or yahoo directory or to any smaller directory with lower page rank.
9. Update your site frequently adding new content that keeps users returning to your site.

This method is two-pronged because not only will you get better positions in searches for your keywords, you are also going to receive one way inbound links for your website which will improve your search engine rankings.Add your website address sparingly to social bookmarking and wiki sites. Users who over-indulge in self-promotion will be perceived as spammers which may result in your website being added to blacklists or, even worse, your efforts to be simply ignored.Beware of duplicate content. Always make sure to check the content that you get by searching for the content on Google, Yahoo, and MSN.Be original and blog original. And just in case if you are copying from other blogs or websites,then do give a reference or link to the original source.

Good luck and

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Offline Email - Gmail

Gmail Labs have introduced a new concept of Ofline email which uses Google Gears to download a local cache of your mail. As long as you're connected to the network, that cache is synchronized with Gmail's servers. This feature will be very useful to users who have less internet connectivity but use emails extensively.When you lose your connection, Gmail automatically switches to offline mode, and uses the data stored on your computer's hard drive instead of the information sent across the network.And if you're on an unreliable or slow connection (like when you're "borrowing" your neighbor's wireless), you can choose to use "flaky connection mode", which is somewhere in between: it uses the local cache as if you were disconnected, but still synchronizes your mail with the server in the background.

Offline Gmail is an experimental lab feature,which is made available to everyone who uses Gmail in US or UK English over the next couple of days, so if you don't see it under the Labs tab yet, it should be there soon. Once you see it, just follow these steps to get started:

1. Click Settings and click the Labs tab.
2. Select Enable next to Offline Gmail.
3. Click Save Changes.
4. After your browser reloads, you'll see a new "Offline0.1" link in the upper righthand corner of your account, next to your username. Click this link to start the offline set up process and download Gears if you don't already have it.

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Google secrets - Some Cool Google Dorks

Method 1

?ww.google.com

put this string in google search:

"parent directory " /appz/ -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums
"parent directory " DVDRip -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums
"parent directory "Xvid -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums
"parent directory " Gamez -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums
"parent directory " MP3 -xxx -ht
ml -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums
"parent directory " Name of Singer or album -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums

Notice that i am only changing the word after the parent directory, change it to what you want and you will get a lot of stuff.
voila!

Method 2

?ww.google.com

put this string in google search:

?intitle:index.of? mp3

You only need add the name of the song/artist/singer.

Example: ?intitle:index.of? mp3

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Metasploit Pro 4.0 New Released: Download Metasploit Professional Edition

New version of Metasploit professional edition has been released by Rapid7, Metasploit is a complete solution for penetration testing that gives pentester a complete visibility on different threat with over 10 vulnerability scanners.

Metasploit Pro 4.0 helps you improve your enterprise vulnerability management program and test how well your perimeter holds up against real world attacks:

• Identify critical vulnerabilities that could lead to a data breach so you know what to patch first
• Reduce the effort required for penetration testing, enabling you to test more systems more frequently
• Discover weak trust models caused by shared credentials that are vulnerable to brute forcing and harvesting
• Locate exposed, sensitive information with automated post-exploitation file system searches

On the security and effective team operations activity Metasploit helps you prioritize the vulnerabilities reported by your vulnerability scanner:

• Import vulnerability management reports from more than a dozen third-party applications and verify their findings to eliminate false positives
• Integrate with your in-house NeXpose infrastructure to kick off new scans and access real-time vulnerability findings (requires NeXpose)
• Focus on remediating critical vulnerabilities to reduce exposure and reduce mitigation costs
• Prove exploitability to application owners to expedite remediation

you can have a demo version of Metasploit Pro 4.0 on the official website.

Source: http://www.sectechno.com

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Google Chrome Easter Eggs

Google Chrome,the flagship Google developed browser,has changed the stats of the browser wars.Fast JavaScript and page rendering,absolutely intuitive interface and minimalistic design has propelled it to the likes of mainstream user.Like most other browsers, Google Chrome has some special pages that show information about memory usage, cached files, plug-ins and more. However,some of the users dubbed them as Google chrome easter eggs,a noteworthy buzzword roaming on internet.Here's a list of the most interesting about: pages available in Google Chrome (you can open them by dragging about:name to the address bar).

about:memory - this pages compares the memory used by all the active browsers and by Google Chrome's tabs.

about:stats - a list of internal counters and timers that has a funny subtitle "Shhh! This page is secret!".

about:network - this page could be used for I/O tracking and it's a partial replacement for the Live HTTP Headers extension. Click on "Start I/O tracking", open a web page in a new tab and you'll get a list of all the images, scripts and objects loaded from that web page.

about:internets - this is an Easter egg that references two popular Internet memes: Internets and Series of tubes. Google Chrome embeds the 3D Pipes screensaver from Windows, so you'll see it only if you have the file sspipes.scr in C:\Windows\System32.

about:hang - type this in the address bar of a tab when there's already an active web page to hang the process (this means that the process no longer accepts any signal, but it's still running). The other tabs will continue to work and the active tab can be closed.

about:histograms - a list of histograms for Google Chrome's internal metrics.

about:version - Google Chrome shows the version number the browser, WebKit and V8 (JavaScript engine). You can also find the user-agent used by Google Chrome.

about:dns - Google Chrome prefetches the DNS records for 10 frequently visited hostnames. This feature can be disabled in Options > Under the Hood by unchecking "Use DNS pre-fetching to improve page load performance".

about:cache - files currently in the Chrome cache

about:crash - crash the active tab. Google Chrome displays the "sad tab" image, followed by this message: "Something went wrong while displaying this webpage. To continue, press Reload or go to another page".

about:plugins - the list of plug-ins that are available in Google Chrome: Shockwave Flash, RealPlayer etc.

I hope that was informative.

Cheers and keep reading

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Gmail Alerts on your Mobile for FREE

Recently Google launched their Google SMS service and I have been using it to full potential as of now. I have 3 sms channels,one for this website which you can join here . Being a technogeek (sarcasm) I get loads of emails everyday,no its not like I m spammed by my fans (sarcasm again..) but still,sometimes i wish that I can check my mails as soon as they come,anywhere,anytime. Of course I use GPRS/EDGE to surf net on my handset,but that costs me money which I don't have. SO I got the brilliant idea of using Google sms service in order to receive email alerts on my cell phone for free. Interested ? Read on then..

Here is How to do that -

Google tends to put everything as a feed,secure and unsecure. Your emails are also published as Atom feeds by google by the syntax of -

https://USERNAME:PASSWORD@gmail.google.com/gmail/feed/atom

first formulate your URL as a feed by replacing your username and password with the above given one.

Then go to feed burner,create an account (if you don't have one),log into it and enter this feed address which you created and burn a new feed.

It will ask for Feed name and Feed Title,and then click next and burn a feed right now by clicking next and next one more time.

Now you will be at your feed management menu,click on Publicize and then at bottom corner,click on NOINDEX option (since you don't want your email and pass to be discovered y every other guy on this planet) and uncheck all options and click Activate.

Congrats,you have created a feed channel for your email. Copy your Feedburner Feed address which you created above.

Now go to Google SMS channels,and create a new account there,enter your cell phone number ,go through usual mombo-jumbo (you know the drill) and make a new sms channel.

and enter information about your SMS channel. Enter Feed URL into RSS/ATOM feed option (the feed burner URL you copied earlier) and choose invitation only and publishing by Only me.

Click on create channel and Voila,your are done. You will now get Email alerts of your Gmail account on your mobile.

Keep Learning.

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Google gets Powerpoint Powered and TIFF enabled

Google has been sprucing up its services (like it always does) and has added the support for viewing PowerPoint files (.ppt) and TIFF files (compressed image files) to its services,enabled in Google apps. A few months ago, it had added the support for viewing PDFs files in your browser,the same viewer now supports the TIFF and Microsoft PowerPoint document formats too.Now you can view TIFF and PPT files online ,directly in your browser,without needing hefty software packages to start things up.
The default Google viewer earlier had "View as slideshow" option for PowerPoint files for a while; but now they have integrated the conversion technology into the same viewer that they used for PDFs and TIFFs.Powered up with a richer set of features,the new viewer enables you to zoom in and out, select text to copy and paste, and "print" the presentation to a PDF document. And, unlike the old version, you no longer require to have a Flash plugin installed on your browser.
Stay tuned for more Google innovations..
Keep Reading..

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Google Nexus One Launch – Google Jumps Mobile

Google will be announcing its own smartphone and will finally jump into the mobile computing officially. The smartphone named Nexus One will showcase the latest generation of the Linux-based open source Android operating system and will be directly marketed by Google itself. Designed by HTC it runs Android OS 2.1 which is a step up from older version 2.0.
The Nexus One is powered by a 1-GHz Snapdragon CPU, a 3.7-inch 480 x 800 display,5 Megapixel camera with LED flash, 512 MB of of RAM and an expandable 4-GB microSD card, The 1-GHz processor alone should make the Nexus one of the fastest smartphones available currently and it will have a stiff competition from the product offerings by Apple iPhone,Nokia,Palm and Blackberry.

The Phone will be priced at about

• 530$ Unlocked and
• 180$ subsidized with a contract to commit for 2 years.

With Google jumping up in the mobile market,the biggest loser is Microsoft as HTC used to be its flagship company for its Windows mobile phones, and now its not. Overall,Nexus has less to suggest as a standard and set itself as a benchmark in the market due to the competitive offerings from other smartphone makers,unless Google baffles us with some nice welcoming tricks under its sleeves.

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Google Spanner – A better Google

A recent presentation confirmed the existence of the proprietary distributed technology that will automatically move and replicate the load between Google’s mega data centers when traffic and hardware issues arise. Perhaps this was done to counter the issues of lagtime when Gmail was down..who knows? The platform is known as Spanner.

Google fellow Jeff Dean hinted about Spanner in the classic Google manner during a conference this summer and has now confirmed its existence in a presentation (PDF) delivered at a symposium earlier this month. .Dean’s presentation calls it a “storage and computation system that spans all our data centers [and that] automatically moves and adds replicas of data and computation based on constraints and usage patterns.” This includes issues and constraints related to bandwidth, packet loss, power, resources, and “failure modes”.

Google is intent on scaling Spanner to between one million and 10 million servers, encompassing 10 trillion (1013) directories and a quintillion (1018) bytes of storage. And all this would be spread across “100s to 1000s” of locations around the world.

Thats a hell lot of data and power granted to a single corporation which will be housing an exabyte of the world's data across thousands of custom-built data centers.

Lets see how this unfolds..

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Recover Email Password using SMS

First of all..I would like to say that Gmail is out of Beta..yep..After a long time when they have integrated the best of world in their email system,it was the right time to rip off the tag,and they did it.Further,with the world going mobile,they took some of the steps to better enhance the security even a notch above than other email services. It helps to know that even the best of us forget our passwords from time to time and In fact,the sheer amount of people visit Gmail help center everyday just to recover their passwords. To help with these situations, Google went a step ahead by adding the ability to recover your password via text message.

In order to access this feature,sign in to your account and select ' Change Password Recovery Options ' enter your cell phone number and click ' Save '
The Next time you forget your password, enter your username on the password-assistance page, and Google will text you a recovery code. No need to check another email account or even leave the page.
In general, it's a good idea to add as many password recovery options to your Google Account as possible, like a secondary email address and security question. And don't forget to keep them up-to-date.
Afterall,we all make mistakes :P

Cheers and Keep Learning

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T Mobile G1 – Google Android powered Cellphone

The T-Mobile G1 (known as the HTC Dream during development) is an Internet-enabled smartphone with software designed by Google and hardware designed by High Tech Computer Corporation of Taiwan. The G1 is the first phone to the market that uses the Android mobile device platform.Previously rumored to cost at par with the iPhone at $199, this one actually does better at $179.

• Network - HSDPA 1700 / 2100 plus quadband EDGE.
• Screen - 3.2 in (8.1 cm) TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive HVGA screen with 480 X 320 pixel resolution.3D graphics acceleration.
• Storage - The G1 has a microSD card slot and comes with a 1GB memory card (2GB in UK). MicroSDHC cards up to 16GB have been successfully used on the G1 and it is believed a 32GB card should work on the device
• Camera - The G1 has 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus functionality. There is currently no software to capture video or offer zoom functionality.
• Media - The G1 supports playing back H.264, streaming, 3GPP, MPEG4, and Codec 3GP files.The G1 supports audio files in MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, MPEG4, WAV, MIDI, Real Audio, and Ogg formats.
• Miscellaneous - Android Market (The Appstore for Android devices).Amazon MP3 integrated for music purchases.Push Gmail support with full HTML client.Google Maps and Street View.
• Connectivity - Wi-Fi + Bluetooth (w/o AD2P).No desktop synchronization (it all happens over the air)
• Battery - The G1 has a user-replaceable, rechargeable battery stated to offer up to 5 hours of talk time and 130 hours of standby power.
• Keyboard - The G1 has a sliding full 5 row QWERTY keyboard.
• Audio - mini-USB-compatible ExtUSB jack.

The phone would be available contract free @ $399. And can be unlocked after 90 days. That is standard policy of T-Mobile.Would require an attachment for 3.5mm jack.The browser is Google Chrome.Pre-installed software applications provide access to many Google services, including Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Maps, Google Talk, and a YouTube video player.

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How to Improve Search Engine Ranking

How to Improve Search Engine Ranking

Showing up on search engines is one of the most critical ways to increase website traffic and expose your content, product or service to people who might be interested in what you have to offer. Most of the major search engines utilize an algorithm to determine where a website ranks. The search engines have set up specific criteria that a website must meet to get to the top of the list. The criteria are different for every engine, but all engines share several commonalities. It all boils down to the type and amount of content provided on a given website, the level of optimization done on the site, and the popularity of the website (link popularity/PageRank). Tailoring your website for improved search engine rankings is also known widely as search engine optimization, or SEO.

Steps

[1]. Research the keywords:Decide what search queries you want to show up for. Do some research on how many people are actually searching for your site. Many times it is best to consult a "natural search engine optimization" professional during this process. There are several tools available from Google, Overture, and third party software developers that can make the keyword research process easier.
[2]. Think outside of the box: Don't just focus on your main keywords. The first thing to realize when targeting keywords is that it is not all about ranking for the most popular keyword. The most successful search engine marketing and optimization campaigns target the most relevant keywords. For example, if you are a realtor in a particular area, don’t just optimize your site for “real estate." Optimize your site for dentist, florist, movie theaters, etc. You would be amazed how many unique visitors will come through to your site when "outside of the box" thinking occurs.
[3]. Focus on the end user: If you spend too much time trying to please the Search Engine Spiders, you may forget about the end user. Think about what your target market needs to accomplish their goals, and then put it on your site so that they can find it. The phrase "content is king" was born about 6 years ago, and it still holds true today. If you want to be relevant for specific keywords, than you need superior or at least highly competitive content. Write about 225-300 words of copy for each keyword and plant it on your site each day. Grow, grow, and grow. On average, one can target between 3-5 like keyword phrases per page. Make it as natural as possible and the Search Engines will reward you will a first page ranking.
[4]. Describe EVERYTHING: Make sure that all the pages of the site of have custom titles and descriptions. If your site is using the same tags for all the pages, you are not helping search engines figure out the subject or relevance of your individual pages. Regarding Meta Tags, there are 2 very important fields:
* Title Tag - arguably the most important SEO tag for any website. Google supports approx. 60 characters in the title, while Yahoo allows for up to 110 characters in the title. It is important to target the most critical keywords in the Title. Every page should have a unique Title.
* META Description Tag - also very important for every page on the site. Some engines do display the description defined, while others do not. All search engines do read the description tag, and do utilize the content found within in the ranking process. A good rule of thumb is to create descriptions that do not exceed 200-250 characters. The META keyword Tag is essentially useless in today's SEO market, but is often times good to utilize as a placeholder for the keywords targeted.
[5].Maintain Consistency: Keep the structure, navigation and URL structure of your site simple enough for search engines to follow. Remember that search engines cannot parse your navigation if it's using flash or javascript. So try to stay close to standard HTML when it comes to Navigation. URLs with dynamic parameters (?, &, SIDs) usually do not perform when it comes to search engine rankings
[6]. Create a site map: Create a site map that tells people where everything is on your site. You will get about a 1% click through rate to your site map. However, it will do wonders for those who know what site maps do, and the Search Engines will like it as well.
[7]. Build up your popularity: So now you have determined the right keywords on the right pages, you've created all of the necessary content; you've optimized all of the content to the best of your capabilities. Congratulations - you're now in the top 80 percentile (from an optimization standpoint) of the websites listed for the keywords you're trying to target. So how do you get a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd page listing? The answer is quite simple: You have to be the most popular, too. That's right, it's a popularity contest. In other words, how many other websites know you (link to you), and how popular are they? This is typically referred to as link popularity, or called PageRank by Google. The more sites that link to your site the better, and the more popular the site linking to you the more value you will receive for your link popularity. The best types of "link building" are directory registration, text link advertising, and press release distribution. Try to offer valuable information or tools so that other people are motivated to link to your site. Well linked sites (that don't use spamming) do better in search engines.

Tips

* Search engine algorithms assess the relevance of your page to any particular keyword by the content on your pages. For instance if you are selling "widgety widgets" on your site and you do not mention "widgety widgets" on your page text, search engines have very little to work with. Also make sure that you are not spamming search engines by using the same keyword over and over.
* Although not as important as they used to be, reciprocal links do still matter with Google. Reciprocate with similar websites and include keywords near the links on your site.
* If you want to optimize well for your city, state etc., make sure to sprinkle geographic search terms throughout. Include it in text as well as set apart. Search engines do not know where you are unless you tell them.
* Bold and italics can make your keywords stand out more with the search engines.
* Interior links within your site will improve SEO; Sitemaps are a great way to generate internal links and make your website better too!
* Correct broken links, search engines do not like dead ends.
* If you have over 30 keywords that mean business to you, then you might want to hire a Professional Search Engine Copywriting firm or outsource it to freelancers.
* Anyone who can go to google and type in "keyword research" will find very many tools that mixed with common sense should suffice quite well.
* Now when digging deeper to understand the traffic patterns of certain keywords use Wordtracker’s GTrends Tool. You can get an idea on the amount of competition on Google compared to the amount of searches. Now these numbers are far from accurate, BUT if you can kind of step back and take a broader look at things, don’t worry so much about the numbers but compare the trends since it shows the past history. See if its steady traffic, traffic that is going extinct, or traffic just starting to peak. By using this tool, you can many times find some golden opportunities.
* It really comes down to just using common sense. Just sit down and think, "What would other people search to find this? What would I search for to find this?" Try phrases in your keyword research tool to get new ideas and find the higher trafficked most targeted phrases. DO NOT look at the numbers spat back out at you by these programs as accurate numbers, they rarely are. You can still use these tools to get ideas on new keywords, search patterns of users, and many other things, that mixed with the information of trends in that area, can really help you.

Warnings

* If you are going to use freelancers, beware of duplicate content. Always make sure to check the content that you get by searching for the content on Google, Yahoo, and MSN.
* Never have hyperlinks like "click here", hyperlinks should always be keywords, long hyperlinks with multiple keywords are even better.
* Don't hide content.
* Don't create duplicate websites.
* Remember that if you use black-hat SEO techniques, you run the risk of getting penalized by the search engines and having your web site permanently removed from their index.

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Google Chrome OS FAQ

Google has made quite an impact by announcing the Chrome OS and its indeed sending waves though the tech world with some saying the OS signals the beginning of the end for the reign of Microsoft and there are others who say that Google will fall flat on its face and fail. Without more specifics only time will say for sure how big of a splash the OS will really make. Google pledges to release more information regarding the OS later this summer.

This leaves us with lots of questions and few answers. Until Google decides to share more, we'll try to make the best of what we've got in this FAQ.

What is Chrome OS?

Chrome OS is a Linux-based operating system developed by Google which promises to focus on Web applications while integrating a fast and simple interface, based off Google's existing Chrome browser.

Who will use it?

Chrome OS is initially targeted at the netbook market, but Google plans to offer the OS for computers all the way up to full-size desktops. Chrome supports both x86 and ARM architectures, which means that most computers and possibly some mobile devices will be able to run Chrome OS.

What will it look like?

As Google says Chrome OS will run a heavily modified version of Chrome browser so it may resemble chrome with a dock full of apps.

What will become of my computer's desktop?

Nothing..period. When it releases,dual boot it :P The Linux kernel is flexible, so anything's possible.

How will my computer stay secure?

Google claims that it will design Chrome OS's security infrastructure so users "don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates." It may or may not be possible since protection measures are itself built into Chrome OS itself.But still flaws are always there.

No computer is truly virus-proof. What will happen if mine gets one?

Good question. Its a common perception that Linux doesn't gets viruses but its only because its a low profile OS and its not targeted as much as Windows,but Chrome will make it an attractive target for virus makers. It's not known what security measures will be in place to save a compromised computer. Probably Linux based Anti-viruses will surface from AV giants like Norton and Kaspersky exclusive to Chrome.

Should I be worried about privacy when entrusting my OS to Google?

This issue has already raised eyebrows by some privacy advocates. Earlier, the company took heat for the way it collected data from Chrome users, and had to make concessions. Until Google can explain how an entire operating system won't be any more intrusive than its existing data-collection practices on the Web, privacy is a valid concern.

Will Chrome OS computers resemble Macs or Windows-based PCs at all?

As Google truly intends for Chrome OS to be a Web-centric OS and their official statement states that Google is "working with multiple OEMs to bring a number of netbooks to market next year." We could see a new line of computers built exclusively for Chrome OS.

Will we see applications exclusive to Chrome OS?

Nah..as the operating system stresses Web apps above all (think it like addons for Mozilla Firefox). Furthermore, Google itself says Web apps "will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but on any standards-based browser on Windows, Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the largest user base of any platform."

Will we see applications that won't run on Chrome OS?

Without a doubt. If Chrome OS could perform every task, it'd be another Windows or OS X, and that's not what Google is trying to do. Don't expect to run Crysis, or Minesweeper.

Will "Favorite Application X" run on Chrome OS?

Depends upon the software dev if it supports the OS or if Google is interested in the program.It's conceivable (till date) that Microsoft won't support a Chrome OS-compatible Office suite, but Google could make things going by building out its Docs suite to match.

When will Chrome OS be released?

It will become available later this year, first for outside programmers to begin tinkering. It'll reach the netbook market in the second half of 2010, according to sources quoted in The New York Times.

I m keeping my fingers crossed..Period

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50+ Google Reader Productivity Hacks

50+ Google Reader Productivity Hacks

Google Reader is already a tool that can be used to boost your productivity throughout the day by letting you view your favorite blog’s feeds and posts in one spot: through your Google account. But for those of us who tend to get bogged down in a lot of useless subscriptions and really need to cut down on the minutes (or hours) we spend procrastinating each day, there are a lot of little hacks to make Google Reader more productive. We’ve compiled a list of over 50 of our favorites here.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Use these basic but necessary keyboard shortcuts to make searching, organizing, sharing and reading your feeds more efficient.

1. /: Use the forward slash to move your cursor to the search box and start looking for new stuff or saved items.
2. g then u: Type g then u to go to your subscriptions.
3. g then d: This shortcut will take you to the recommended page. If there are no recommendations, typing g then d will take you to the browse page.
4. 2: Press 2 to see your subscriptions in a list view or headline view.
5. ?: Find more keyboard shortcuts just for Google Reader by pressing the question mark.
6. Shift-s: Pressing Shift-S will share or un-share the selected item.
7. s: Star and un-star your highlighted items simply by pressing s.
8. Shift-o: Open up the highlighted subscription or folder with this shortcut.
9. g then h: Press g then h to go back to the Google Reader homepage.
10. g then shift-s: This shortcut will take you to the “Your Shared Items” page.
11. shift-n/p: n/p stands for Next/Previous, and using this combination will select the Next/Previous selection or folder.
12. v: Open up the original page of the selected item in Google Reader.
13. e: Quickly e-mail a page or other selection by pressing e when you’re in Google Reader.
14. r: Check to see if anymore unread updates have been added when you hit the r button in the navigation.

For Firefox

Firefox users like their browser’s speed and ability to add on new scripts or buttons. Check out several Google Reader-specific hacks for Firefox here.

1. Enhance Google Reader Preview: This script adds a Preview button so that you don’t have to open up an article or post all the way to read it.
2. BlogThis2Me: The BlogThis2Me script lets you “blog Google Reader’s “BlogThis!” to your own blog system, not to blogger.com,” as long as you have Firefox and Greasemonkey.
3. Smart Google Reader Subscribe Button: this script “adds an overlayed check icon when you’re subscribed to at least one of the feeds that the site advertises via auto-discovery.”
4. Gbutts 1.5.1: Gbutts is short for Google buttons, and you can add your Google Reader button, as well as any other Google buttons, to your Firefox address bar.
5. Better GReader: Better GReader works with Firefox adds a menu with extra options and features like Smart Subscribe, Preview Inline, Optimized Skin and others.
6. Google Reader Watcher: Google Reader Watcher is an add-on that makes Firefox check your Google Reader for unread fees. This download does not require Greasemonkey.
7. Quick Hide Message: Shave off milliseconds with this script, which “quickly hides the message displayed in Google Reader after performing renames, folder changes,” and other actions.
8. Auto Add Feed: The Auto Add Feed script only adds feeds to Google Reader, instead of asking you where you want it to be saved.
9. Title Unread Count: This hack moves the unread count in Google Reader to the front.
10. Greasereader: Add even more hot keys to your Google Reader systems by reading this guide.
11. Google Reader All Starred: Extract all of your starred items as links from Google Reader so that you don’t have to download each one.
12. Google Reader Read by Mouse: Set up this script so that you can use a mouse-only system to read your feeds. It uses mouse buttons for the following actions: next item, previous item, and more.

Real Time Savers

If you’re serious about making your Google Reader visits more efficient, learn how to categorize by priority, use the “next” bookmarklet, and implement scripts that let you autoscroll, review your subscriptions and more.

1. Categorize by priority: Stepcase Lifehack recommends categorizing your feeds by priority so that you don’t get bogged down in irrelevant articles.
2. Google Reader Autoscroll: The autoscroll script lets you “view and mark items as read by means of a mouse wheel and keyboard shortcuts.”
3. Mark All as Read: If you only want to read one article from a feed, you can mark everything else as read to weed out your extra entries.
4. Google Reader Scroll Reducer: With this script, you’re able to comment on and view the original site without having to scroll to the top of page to get to the URL.
5. The “Next” Bookmarklet: The Google Reader Blog discusses this hack, which “allows you to use Google Reader through just one link — clicking on it takes your browser to the next unread item in your reading list.”
6. Review your subscriptions: Are you still getting subscriptions for some obscure hobby you were only interested in a year ago? Go through your subscriptions and delete any that you don’t really want emptied into your account regularly.
7. Print Button v2.0: The Google Reader Print Button v2.0 allows users to print either the selected content or everything that’s displayed on the page in Google Reader.
8. Gmail + Google Reader: Add Google Reader into your Gmail account so you don’t have to constantly switch back and forth.
9. Google Reader Filter: Get rid of duplicate and unwanted content with this script.
10. Tag your items: Take advantage of the tagging feature on Google Reader. It’s there to help you stay organized and more productive.

Social Media Hacks

How much time do you waste each day checking all of your social media accounts? These hacks let you sync up Google Reader with Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Google Chat and more.

1. Google Reader + ma.gnolia: This basic script lets you add a Google Reader post to ma.gnolia.
2. Google Reader Digg News: Add a Digg button to your Google Reader posts with this script.
3. Tumblr: Sync up your Google Reader and Tumblr with this script. You can attach your reblog button or Share-on-Tumblr at the bottom of articles on Google Reader.
4. Managing Your Shared Items: This post from the Google Reader Blog shows you how to add and remove friends from your Gmail or GChat account.
5. Google Reader and Flickr: Now you embed Flickr videos into your Google Reader, so you don’t have to switch back and forth to share with extra friends or read their comments.
6. Facebook Sharer + Google Reader: Share your favorite posts and articles with Google Reader friends and Facebook friends.
7. Google Reader + del.icio.us: Use this script to define tags and links for a faster way of posting to del.icio.us.
8. Google Reader + Twitter: Use this script to add reader posts to Twitter.

Add-Ons and Solutions

Try out these add-ons to customize your Google Reader experience and streamline your Google accounts.

1. Google Reader Notifier: This extension keeps you updated by showing you how many unread items you have in your account.
2. Add a Search: Add a search engine to your Google Reader account to make searching for items faster.
3. Google Reader Optimized: Use this script to view Google Reader in a larger space. The last official update was in 2006, but Google Reader users have submitted updates.
4. Google Reader Romeo Script: Check out this script to access Google Reader from your cell phone — if you don’t have an iPhone.
5. Google Reader Button for Internet Explorer: IE users can add on a Google Reader to their browser using this tutorial.
6. iPhone Skin: iPhone users can easily view Google Reader on their phones with this special skin from developer David Cann.
7. Iris: View your Google Reader subscriptions in a Firefox sidebar.
8. Go behind the scenes: If you want to know how many people have subscribed to a certain feed, you can use this tutorial to speed up your search times.

Source : Bootstrapper

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Don’t Get Caught With Google Adsense Click Fraud

Don’t Get Caught With Google Adsense Click Fraud

Considering the money to be made with Adsense, it is no wonder that they would want to get back into it.

It is that same consideration why the Google Adsense click fraud is thought of and why many people are getting into it.

Click fraud is the act of clicking on ads for the purpose of costing the advertiser money. It is simply the same as paying out cash for false leads. Many people website owners are aware of this fraud and are sharing the same sentiment that this is the one big problem that Adsense is facing.

How do you prevent being involved in this fraud?

Majority of web hosts are offering access logs. Once this is offered to you, it is necessary that you hand it over to Google as well. This allows them to look for any suspicious activity on your site. Problems like this are very serious and giving it to them is saying that you would want to help them in any way you can in solving the problem.

It can also help if you have a click monitoring software. If you do not have one yet, you should try and get one. There is absolutely no major factor preventing you from having one because most of this software is free.

As usual, all the information you have received should be turned over to Google. This is showing Google that you too are fighting against click frauds and is in no way a part of it.

Study your server logs and watch for any activity that seems suspicious. Report anything that you may find odd, may it big or small thing.

You may want to consider disabling ads for your own IP address and local geographic area. This will certainly prevent accidents and will not make Google mistake another user as you. You can do through a htaccess file. This will avoid Google mistaking as clicking on your own ads and be kicked out because of it.

Keep your Adsense off on pop ups and pop unders.

Your ads should not be displayed on content sites that promote illegal activity or tampering of the legal rights of other people or business. Included in this are the content that is considered adult and gambling ones. If you think that you may be breaking this rule, immediately remove your content or Adsense from the web page.

Be truthful and confess up to Google about times when you might have clicked on your own as, whether accidentally or intentionally. Or the times when you have done something that is against the Terms of Service that they are implementing. Be honest about anything that you may have done that is wrong. Confessing is way better than Google learning about it eventually. It would mean eventual termination and no getting back what you have worked so hard for.

Do not tell your family or friends about Adsense on your website. Chances are they may start clicking on them to help you make money without you knowing it. They may be doing more harm to you than help by trying it in the first place.

If ever someone you know chanced upon your Adsense, make sure they understand that they cannot click on your ads under any circumstances. It would be wise to brief them on important things about Adsense and what not to do with them.

Most pay per click networks have different measures in hand to protect website owners against click frauds. Other search engines can track more than 50 data points, IP address, browser’s information, users session info and pattern recognition. They also have ’systems’ available that detects fraud. Not to mention the specialized teams monitoring how things are going and helping advertisers stop click frauds.

Google offers suggestion on how to avoid click fraud. Using ‘negative keywords’ can be used to keep your Adsense showing on products and services that are in no way related to yours. Adding tracking URLs to your links so you can track the traffic coming from Google.

Do not be caught in the Google click fraud. Be aware and be wary.

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Watch Videos in Gmail

Now You can watch videos in Gmail while chatting.Yep,Gmail has added a new functionality of YouTube video previews and video playing in Gmail chat.This will be a great help for chat addicts whose delayed reactions while chatting may have disrupted their friends .Now,there is no need of opening the video n a new windows and watch it there while it takes (forever) to load,the video will play right there in the preview . Right now,Google video and YouTube videos are supported but we can expect more in the near future considering Google’s amicable nature :)

Click the preview, and the video will play right there. Just remember to say something every once in a while or your friends will probably catch on that you're enjoying the dramatic chipmunk more than their conversation...

Cheers and keep learning

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Google M Lab – New Internet Saviour

Google today unveiled Measurement Lab (M-Lab), an open platform that researchers can use to deploy Internet measurement tools which can detect internet based errors.When an Internet application doesn't work as expected or your connection seems slow, how can you tell whether there is a problem caused by your broadband ISP, the application, your PC, or something else? It can be difficult for experts, let alone average Internet users, to address this sort of question today. Due to lack of a comprehensive set of tools available today to counter these issues,Google took the initiative (as always) and introduced M-Lab.

Over the course of early 2009, Google will provide researchers with 36 servers in 12 locations in the U.S. and Europe. All data collected via M-Lab will be made publicly available for other researchers to build on.It is a community based effort,so call it an Orkut for developers :) .

Following features are currently provided by M-Lab as of now -

• Diagnose common problems of internet which might low internet.
• Check whether bit torrent is blocked by their ISP or not.
• Get information about their connection and provide researchers with valuable aggregate data

and more..

As of now these tools are in their first phase of evolution and will mature into a great piece of code with time.

You can learn more at the M-Lab website.

Cheers and Keep Learning..

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