Last year on May 31st we saw Google push Google Gears out the door, their open source browser extension project. One of their goals with the project was to provide a way for web applications to interact naturally with your desktop. More recently they decided to drop the "Google" part of the name and just go by "Gears" so that people realize that it's for everyone to get involved with. People have accepted

Last November, Zoho announced that they were adding offline editing support to Zoho Writer using Google Gears. We mentioned how ironic it was that Zoho was using Google's service (Google Gears) to make the offline editing support available, yet Google still wasn't offering any type of offline editing or synchronization option for Google Docs. At last, Google has caught up to one of their competitors and they are now offering offline access for

Google Blogoscoped noticed that there was a presentation given by Google at KMWorld the other day, and while there they gave an inside look at some of the tools they use internally to stay productive. There's really no need to to say that a lot of what they had to show were their own products, such as Google Docs, Calendar, and Gmail, but they also showed off some things that aren't available to

Back in May of 2007, Google launched Google Gears which gives offline access to services and applications that are normally only available online. A few services that use Google Gears include Google Reader, Remember the Milk, and Zoho. Thus far it has been very useful for those using supported applications. Now Google Gears is going mobile which means that some services will be available both online and "offline" on your Windows Mobile 5 or

The eagle-eyed Google Blogoscoped forum noticed that Google Gears has started prompting some users to enable offline support. Tony Ruscoe looked through some of the JavaScript code on the page, and managed to scrounge up two different lines that provide definite clues that Google Gears support for Google Calendar is coming soon.

Typing javascript:_olp_showPromo(); into the address bar of your browser

It's been over three years since Google opened their doors to their web-based email service called Gmail, which at the time shattered all existing storage limitations. To make Gmail a worldwide service Google has people translate phrases into their native language. Instead of spending money on professional translators they just enlist the help of common users who are fluent in multiple languages. One of those translators shot some information over to Googling Google

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School is back in session which means students will be taking pages upon pages of notes. There's the traditional paper/pencil route that many people use to take notes, others use a text editor. In case you're looking for something a little bit different than the two more popular methods, you'll want to check out NoteSake.com.  I always preferred to take my