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"The energy team at Google has been analyzing how we could greatly reduce fossil fuel use by 2030. Our proposal - 'Clean Energy 2030' - provides a potential path to weaning the U.S. off of coal and oil for electricity generation by 2030 (with some remaining use of natural gas as well as nuclear), and cutting oil use for cars by 44%." I'm not sold on this carbon as devil concept, except in that cutting...
Lively by Google, the search giant’s product for creating 3D virtual worlds on the web, will be shutting down at the end of the year. This news isn’t exactly a big surprise — despite creative director Kevin Hanna’s speculation about expanding the product to include casual games, and his statement that the user base “exceeded every number [...]
Google is hosting the LIFE Photo Archive, featuring an amazing collection of photos and etchings dating back to the 1750’s. Each photo has it’s own page with additional information, including the name of the photographer, date and location. Once the archive is fully digitized, it will total around 20 million images. via Google Blog photo by Larry [...] Related posts: - Google Acquires JotSpot - Doodle...
When you visit Wikipedia, you may know that not all of the articles contain true information. Enter Knol. It's a user-edited site that wants to become one huge encyclopedia. You'll know who's writing what because their picture or username will be next to the article. You can even write stuff too. It's free. You'll need a Google Account to write on Knol. The account is free. Have fun! http://www.knol.google.com/...
Google has launched a new site Flu Trends , that keeps track of the word flu through its search . The data on the site goes back to 2003. The search engine giants tracking site keeps the search record...
Google Earth has rolled out a neat new feature that lets you explore Ancient Rome in 3D. The aptly named Ancient Rome 3D, announced this morning, lets you zoom around the city as it stood in 320 AD. You can get inside numerous ancient structures such as the Colosseum to see up-close detail [...]
Google’s feedreading service Google Reader is now offering built in feed translations. The new feature comes from a Google 20% project and is as easy to use as subscribing to a feed in any language, then from the feed options drop down menu in Google Reader selecting “Translate into my language.” The option opens up the world [...]
Google has added a feature from its Knol sites, on Google Accounts, where you can verify that they are who they say they are. You get a green tag on your profile that says verified name, just as Google executive David Glazer has. The objective taken from Google’s Knol is to provide people an opportunity [...]
Google is experimenting with allowing users with registered accounts to verify their identity through Knol, the company's Wikipedia-like database of content supplied by volunteers. It's not clear what benefit there is except for a note that you're noted as Verified within Knol (though I'm guessing you'll get brownie points during the inevitable takeover by our robot overlords ). Though this could...
Google is experimenting with allowing users with registered accounts to verify their identity through Knol, the company's Wikipedia-like database of content supplied by volunteers. It's not clear what benefit there is except for a note that you're noted as Verified within Knol (though I'm guessing you'll get brownie points during the inevitable takeover by our robot overlords ). Though this could...
Wireless and Mobile News' editor, Lynn Walford wrote the following article for the beta version of Google's Knol as knol unit of knowledge. She offers the following advice on ways Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";...
It's been a busy couple of weeks. Below is some of what I've done... Testimony: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee "A rescue plan for main street" EPI Policy Memorandum #132 National Journal Experts Blog Google's "Knol debates" vs CATO C-Span Washington Journal NPR Marketplace The Hill, Support for 2nd stimulus strengthening CQ: A Concrete Stimulus Plan: Infrastructure and Recovery
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