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Rumor has it eBay wants to unload Skype. What if Google bought it? Remember all that dark fiber that Google has been buying up? Then they make Skype ad supported and make Skype in and out free over their dark fiber network.What do you think?

One of my favorite features of Google Calendar is the ability to overlay other calendars on top of mine. Through the magic of the iCal standard there are lots of public calendars available that you can easily add to your Google Calendar.
If you are into follow a sport of any kind you can find your [...]

Google News has a new feature: custom localized news. Just visit the Google News homepage and scroll down to the “Local News” input box. Enter your location, click Add, and you’ll find a new navigation entry in the top left.

Go to:
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-02-07-n63.html

I just installed the new 2.0 beta of Google Maps for Mobile (GMM). This has a cool new feature called ‘My Location’. If, like me, your phone doesn’t have a built in GPS, GMM uses the signals from the mobile phone system towers to triangulate you coordinates.
I downloaded the app via the browser on my [...]

Lost drivers soon will be able to Google for help at the pump. The online search leader will dispense driving directions at thousands of gasoline pumps across the United States beginning early next month.

Technorati Tags: Maps , gas , directions

It’s here. Finally. Gmail now supports IMAP. Internet Message Access Protocol. IMAP is cool because as you work with your email, moving it to folders, reading it, deleting it, etc. your actions are synced with the mail server. This way if you access the mail again from a different computer you will have everything in [...]

Here is another installment in the ‘Plain English’ series. This one covers Google Docs and in an excellent explanation.
Don’t miss RSS in Plain English if you haven’t seen it. That one is still my favorite.
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Technorati Tags: docs , how-to

Google is bankrolling a $30 million contest that could significantly boost the commercial space industry and spur the first non-governmental flight to the moon.

Technorati Tags: xprize , moon

Steve Fossett has been missing for several days. If you don’t remember, he is the first person to fly a plane around the world without refueling and the first person to fly around the world in a balloon. It is assumed his plane is somewhere in the Nevada desert.
Now with the help of Amazon’s Mechanical [...]

Google uses images to put astronomy on your desk.
YouTube video:

These features are in Google Earth 4.2.