Posts Tagged ‘google’

Look Out OpenDNS: Google Public DNS Hits the Tubes

Google announced today the launch of their public DNS service. As of right now, all it provides is DNS resolution, while OpenDNS provides a plethora of options.
If you want to give it a try, Google got a pretty epic IP address grab. Use the following IP addresses for your DNS:

8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
As always, the service is in [...]

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First Impressions: Google Voice

Without getting into a long description and history of Google Voice, I simply offer this: The basis for the Google Voice service was originally a independent project named “Grand Central.” Google acquired Grand Central, kept it public for awhile, then it disappeared into the abyss to emerge over a year later as Google Voice. The [...]

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Google TV Ads? Taking Chrome to the Masses

With text, video, and image advertisements all over the web, and now television ads, obviously Chrome means a lot to Google. But, with Internet Explorer finally getting a clue, and the gents over at Mozilla not being the ones to let another browser introduce any feature that isn’t matched and/or bettered, will all this work?

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Free Google Cards – Got mine!

Google is giving away, with the help of iPrint.com, sets of 25 profile business cards (pictured left) to the first 10,000 Google profile users who complete the process.
The point is to refer people to Google to search for your name. If your Google profile is set up correctly, it should appear in the search results. [...]

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Finally! Inline (Embedded) Images for Gmail!

It’s here folks… turn it on in Labs and go nuts!

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Tether the T-Mobile G1 without any Messy Rooting or Hacking

Tethering has been around for the G1 since it hit the market, but it always required gaining root access to the OS by loading hacked-up version of the firmware. From what I’ve read, the process is fairly painless, and there are few reports of bricking. But, once you’ve rooted your phone, you’d have to load [...]

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If You Post it, they will SPAM it

I hope that my Internet savvy readers will know that you should never, ever, post a personal email address online in public view. In personal emails, in password-protected forums, sure, post away, but otherwise, posting an email address in plain-text is a one-way ticket to SPAM-ville.
So, if you already know this stuff, why am I [...]

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