I knew that Google always blocked the sending and receiving of a virus but I had never thought to see what happens if you try to send a virus. A Google Blogoscoped visitor sent in the above screenshot of what happened when he tried to send the eicar virus string to himself in a text file. After that had failed he also tried changing the extension to JPG and WMV but neither of those worked as well.

The entire concept of RSS (Really Simply Syndication) is growing in all forms as people are slowly becoming aware of such a concept. Offertrax, a startup Web 2.0 company is using RSS to connect consumers and merchants with trusted rules of engagement.

The Google Video Homepage has gotten a small facelift that really helps draw attention to popular videos. It now has a Top 10 list and the Movers and Shakers on the right-side of the homepage which gives users an easy way to find more videos. Immediately below the Movers and Shakers you will find some of the free videos of the day.

Mozilla is reporting that there have been nearly 2300 bugs fixed for Firefox 2.0 so far in addition to the memory leaks they have fixed.