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Have a Great 2008 - Inspiration for All

Wherever you are, whatever you're doing (to paraphrase BBC World Service radio's ident), have a great, peaceful and prosperous 2008! Lots happening in the next 12 months, Olympics, US elections, LeWeb08, DLD, LIFT, APMMediaLab, 3GSM. Fraid I won't have much influence on the first two - but I will have a lot of fun being involved with the others. Saw that someone has put a lampshade on one of the street lights in Gouda, the famous cheeze town in the Netherlands. May the light guide you to wise decisions. Keep smiling and safe travels.

A Googley Holiday Season



Season's greetings, everyone! To help ring in the New Year, we've got a great holiday present for you: an update to Google Desktop for Linux. The biggest addition in version 1.1.1 is support for 64-bit platforms, but we have also made many stability improvements that should be welcome to all of our existing users. Our team has worked hard over the past few weeks to get the new version out before the end of the year, and we're glad to have succeeded. So have fun with the new release, and have a wonderful holiday season — from all of us here at Google.

Desktop Gadgets for the Holiday Season



Developer-elves have been busy creating new Desktop gadgets to celebrate the holidays. Here's a guide to the some of the most recent additions.



Christmas Tree
by Benjamin Schirmer

Deck your desktop with a one-of-a-kind tree. This tree starts out plain, with only animated snowflakes as decoration, but you can easily make it yours. Just right-click (Windows) or ctrl-click (Mac) wherever you want to add a decoration. If you're not in the mood for animated snowflakes, you can easily turn them off.




Holiday Countdown 2007 Gadget
by Beepem

Count down to the holiday of your choice — Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Festivus! Snowfall is optional.


Hanukkah Menorah
by Glenn Rivkees

It might seem a little late to feature Hanukkah gadgets, but we couldn't leave out this beauty. It's both a countdown to Hanukkah and a menorah that lights candles on the appropriate days. Hanukkah 2007 may be over, but this gadget tells me there are only 368 days until Hanukkah 2008!




CALGOT and MAIMAI Christmas Tree
by 12STUDIO Inc.

Here's the perfect desktop decoration and Christmas countdown gadget for fans of CALGOT and MAIMAI. The pretty images, animated star, sparkling highlights, and delicate snowfall help make this gadget an eye catcher.




CALGOT and MAIMAI Christmas Wreathe
by 12STUDIO Inc.

If you think the snails just aren't prominent enough in the CALGOT and MAIMAI Christmas Tree gadget, try this one.



Christmas Countdown
by Bijoy Thangaraj

This simple gadget counts down the seconds until Christmas.




Fancy Christmas Frame
by Bijoy Thangaraj

Click inside the frame to add a random decoration. Each decoration fades out over time, so you'll have a blank slate unless you keep clicking!



Merry X'mas
by Lahiru Lakmal Priyadarshana

Decorate your Google Talk buddy's tree! Here's how:

  1. Make sure you both have this gadget. (If not, your buddy will automatically get an IM saying where to get the tree.)
  2. Click the people icon (at the lower right) and choose an online Google Talk friend (one with a green icon).
  3. If necessary, click the item preview (at the upper right) so you see a star with a + sign.
  4. Click a decoration from the items palate (upper left).
  5. Click your tree to place the decoration.
  6. Repeat steps 4 & 5 as many times as you like.
  7. Click the Send button (upper right).


Countdown To New Year 2008
by Teodor Filimon

This holiday gadget displays a different picture and message every day until New Year's Day, 2008. You can have animated snow, listen to holiday songs, and even go shopping. On New Year's Eve, you'll get a countdown to midnight.


Want more seasonal gadgets? Check out the holiday gadget page.

Happy Holidays from the Google Desktop Team!

Trusted Travels

Its time to plan for your tours for this winter and here is a perfect deal for you that will help you with some great tours in all the famous cities in the United States.

I had been to New York last month and I had one of the best trips ever. I really enjoyed my time there. It was a one week planned tour where I had decided to enjoy New York as much as possible. I am actually thinking about going there again so that I could spend some more time and seeing the place again. Some of the famous places that I visited were the Statue of Liberty, ground zero. I could see awesome lights around the city during the night tour that I had taken just before the end of my trip. On the whole, the trip was fantastic and I would definitely revisit New York whenever I get the opportunity to.

Trusted tours and attractions have some great tours in all the famous cities in the US at the moment they are giving away an ipod Nano just for signing up to the Trusted Travel eNewsletter The site is well worth a visit if you are looking at visiting one of the famous US cities.

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Brando's mini USB fridge!


Yep, you heard that right… it’s an awesome USB-powered refrigerator that’s gonna keep your drink cooled. The best part is that you can carry it anywhere you want and all you need is a USB.

Brando brings us the USB mini fridge which takes about 5 minutes to bring the fridge to 47 degrees Fahrenheit. Well, it’s a 5V USB-powered refrigerator and is definitely worth.

Watch Sweeney Todd!!

I am sure most of you will be waiting for the release of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” which is going to hit the theatres this Christmas. Johnny Depp plays the role of a man who was unjustly sent to prison and now seeks revenge. Apart from that, he is also revenging the devastating consequences of what happened to his wife and daughter.

Director Tim Burton who is best known for creating Sleepy Hallow, Nightmare Before Christmas and many others, is now ready for the release of his next film, Sweeney Todd. One of the best scenes on the film’s website shows him vowing vengeance on the wrong doer’s right when he returns to his old home. It starts the suspense for the rest of the movie where he becomes a serial killer fueled by revenge.

The movie shows how revenge can severely corrupt even the most honest of men. In the movie, the main character is one of the best examples of a great human. He has a great life and remains honest to his wife and himself. Things turn sour when a high ranking official turns him in for a crime he did not commit. As a consequence, he spends a large chunk of his life in jail. For further information on the movie and its characters you can visit Sweeney Todd on MySpace or visit the official Sweeney Todd movie site

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Go Green!!


Nokia is out with its whole new eco-friendly mobile. You might ask what makes this piece an eco-friendly mobile!!??

Well, the 3110 has a new charger that is 94% more efficient than older models and the plastic is made from plants not petrol!! So, when its time to upgrade, recycling shouldn’t be a problem.

Apart from this, here are a few key features:

  • 1.3 Mega pixel camera
  • Weighs 87 grams!!!
  • 3.5 hours of talk time

Read news for all occasions

Have you always wanted to get the latest news from around the world but were too lazy to visit different websites to read different news. Well, you need not worry about that anymore cause www.readlatestnews.com it helps you read all the news in various languages and includes all the possible categories, some of them being: politics, entertainment, technology, sports covering NASCAR, baseball, football, soccer, cricket, Electoion 2008 and much much more absolutely free. The best part is that you will get the latest news, updated minute by minute by major news providers like BBC, CNN, Reuters, Yahoo etc.

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Featured Gadget: Concise System Info



This blog periodically features a Google Desktop gadget and a quote from someone who uses it. If you'd like to recommend a gadget, send an email to desktop-gadgets AT google DOT com.

Roger Pack, a Google Desktop user, says: "Concise System Info rox! I just set it floating at 75% zoom and then minimize Google Desktop. When my computer slows down I can restore gadgets and immediately know why my system is slow."

More information | Download gadget

Funx in Den Haag


Funx in Den Haag
Originally uploaded by Jonathan Marks
Interesting to see the line-up of stuff that urban music radio network FunX uses for remote broadcasts, in this case from a room in the Hague city hall to commemorate World Aids Day 2007. Proof that analogue technology isn't dead just yet.
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