Google's program SketchUp, the 3D design program that is simple and easy to learn has been released for the Mac OS X. Google explains the program as a 3D modeling program that allows you to explore the world in 3D. SketchUp also allows you to take your 3D design and place it into Google Earth.
Have you ever wondered what time it was in another state or another country? Leave it to Google to put that information right at your fingertips. If you want to find out what time it is in San Francisco then just search for it: . This may not be a completely new feature but it is extremely useful!
Prete'c new iDisk USB Drive is bullet proof. Yes that's right, bullet proof! The new iDisk, a 20 Mbps thumb drive is made in different capacities from 32MB to 2G. They are designed to withstand a bullet, water, and even fire! This reminds me an episode of Walker Texas Ranger.
Robert Scoble had just announced the other day that he will be leaving Microsoft to move to another company. So who is going to be the almighty blogger that will replace him? Well, a "robot" will.
How many instant messenger services does one person need? As many as they can fit in the system tray! I just noticed that MySpace has released their own instant messenger (I don't know how long it has been out), and in my opinion it must be because people still have room left in the system tray.
Windows Live Messenger was once expected to be released on June 16, but that expectation has gone away. The next generation Messenger can't be too far away though because Microsoft has sent out emails thanking Beta Participants for their feedback, and letting them know that the Beta Program for Windows Live Messenger is now over.
Garett Rogers from Googling Google noticed that there were some new additions to Google's robots.txt file. The new addition references some sort of calling feature that looks like it will have caller ID. If you try and visit what the robots.txt is blocking then an XML file is displayed. A picture of the XML file is above.
I was reading Google Blogoscoped when something caught my attention. Philipp had demonstrated how easy it is to get rounded corners on boxes, but the trick is that it only works for Firefox. Here is the example he used and the CSS code that is used to create it: border: 2px solid gray; -moz-border-radius: 25px; width: 250px; height: 100px; padding: 15px;
Alright, Google continues to be on a roll with the release of Google Earth 4 Beta (of course it is Beta). There are a variety of enhancements that you will see while using the new version. Some of these new features include a new user interface, integrated SketchUp designs, and some KML improvements.
For those people who have downloaded the new Ubuntu and have started tweaking it then you might find this of interest as well. This guide, by Monkeyblog.org, will walk you through the steps to get just about any software installed that you would want to. It is very well put together with a number of screenshots to help ensure that you won't get confused.
