Desktop Search and Efficiencies
The new
Google Desktop has a new sidebar feature that makes frequently used or interesting info very easy to reach and access. In addition it does a great job at searching as the previous version did. The outlook add-in for searching mails quickly is also a good addition.
Cool developments in the real time collaboration world
Lots of interesting things happening in the online collaboration world...
Google Talk Beta got introduced. Its comparatively low bandwidth, very clear and just great stuff. There is even some UI feedback to show connection quality on any call. Chat is of course possible and its an improvement on the old google notifier so that checking out gmail becomes easy. No conf calls possible though.
and... now
vskype beta offers video conferencing for upto 200+ users... very cool indeed. Allows web presentations. It has limited features and can't be compared with webex etc but its getting there. And its Free. (No, it is not connected to skype which is a Luxembourg based company. It adds on to skype technology and has been developed by Santa Cruz Networks).
It claims that it works over dialup also (speed is slow expectedly so...) but broadband is preferred for these.
Browster for cool searching
Check
Browster for a neat way of browing search results.
"A free plug-in released for Internet Explorer allows users to mouse over Web search listings for an instant view of the content rather than having to wait for the full page to download." says Elinor Mills, CNET News.com
Its a small download and has no spyware tagging along (as they claim) and can save much time while sifting through search results for the right answers.
Works with IE and Firefox...
