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Google, People Reviews

Google Video (beta)

It turns out that an open, sprawling interface works better for a search engine than a video store. Google Video will have to take a few categorisation notes from Yahoo if it's ever going to challenge the iTunes Music Store.

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Google Spreadsheets

The online Google Spreadsheets is free, easy to use, and handy for collaboration, but stick with Excel for complex spreadsheets.

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Google Talk

With an interface that lacks ads but is also short on features, this early Google Talk beta serves Gmail users who want to chat via text or voice.

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Google Calendar beta

Google Calendar beta is a flexible and easy-to-use online system that lets you juggle multiple events from multiple calendars.

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Google Talk beta

With an interface that lacks ads, the simple Google Talk beta dresses up its features by allowing you to leave and receive free voicemail messages, transfer files, and find out what music your buddies are tuning in to.

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Google, People News

Google wants people to stop googling

Google has said it intends to crack down on the use of its name as a generic verb, in phrases such as "to google someone."

Scheme preys on people who mistype 'Google.com'

Be careful typing "Google.com" in your browser, or you could end up stampeded by Trojans horses.

Google offers cutting-edge Chrome, first update

Those who want to try the latest features arriving in Google's Chrome browser can sign up for developer releases or beta versions. The first update is out of the gate.

Improved Google MyLocation: You are here

This week, Google's mobile team let loose with an updated version of MyLocation, a feature of Google Maps that geolocates your position based on mobile-tower triangulation. It fixes a minor, but distinct drawback: an overly generous target.

Google adds Android app for Flickr photos

Google's Photostream will let phones running its Android phone operating system view photos stored at Yahoo's Flickr photo-sharing site.

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Google, People DIYs and How-to

Google Docs & Spreadsheets: 5 things you probably didn't know you could do

Google's product experts share their favourite features that often don't get the limelight or that people simply don't know about.

Google hacks

Think you know how to use a search engine? These three handy tips will help you get even more out of your Googling experience.

DIY: Yahoo Hacks

CNET describes ways to use Yahoo for custom searches and to compare results against those of Google.

100 tips to speed up your software

Do more faster with these amazingly useful shortcuts.

Newbie's guide to Google Reader

RSS feeds aren't so scary. Give Google Reader a try and we think you'll enjoy them quite a bit.

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Google, People Features

50 significant moments from internet history

We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet.

Start-page smackdown: Netvibes, Pageflakes, iGoogle and Live.com

Want to create your own homepage? We put four personalised start pages through their paces and rank them according to looks, features and performance.

Top 10 Google apps

CNET.com.au reviews Google's most compelling desktop and Web-based applications for communications, mapping, 3D drawing and more.

Calendars: Yahoo vs. Google

CNET pits Yahoo Calendar against the Google Calendar beta online scheduling service.

Find it fast: our top five desktop search apps

As the battle of localised search applications heats up, which ones are best at quickly finding your files, no matter where you stashed them?

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Google, People Downloads

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GooglePages Backlink Generator 1.7

Create and post your own Web pages.

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HOT or NOT 0.3

Search and vote for good looking people on HOT or NOT.

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The Life 8.0.2

Browse various online channels for LGBT people.

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US Top 51

Access the US top 51 Web sites.

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EZTreezy

Create and maintain your family tree with multiple features.

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