ThoughtfulChaos

The inevitable just happened. Google just released a search targeted specifically at the blogosphere. Titled blogsearch (what else?) at first glance it looks like a typical Google offering with a clean minimal interface. Till now I have not found anything exceptional but all the expected features are there. Just key in what you are looking for and it displays the results related to that query.

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Hurricane Katrina resources by Google

Google has put together a page that can be used to search for people affected by Hurricane Katrina. This page also has many links to various organizations and local resources involved in post-Katrina rescue and rehabilitation activities.

I am a regular reader of many technical blogs, sites and forums. However the launch of Google Talk came as a big surprise to me. Sure there was some buzz about it in many of the forums but I seem to have missed most of it (maybe I should review the list of sites I subscribe to). The launch of their own IM service was nothing short of a shock for me.

Any new service launched by Google is big news. They have a knack of doing things differently and one thing that all people expect from Google is innovation. They are more friendly, both towards end users as well as developers.

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